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ZHELEZOBETON / Muzyka Voln releases
ANTHESTERIA -- "Phobos 1953 (OST)" -- CD -- €10
2010 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXVI / 7Hz Records, 7HZ 01 D, (ltd. 500)
The name of Anthesteria is already well-known to the connoisseurs of Russian post-industrial music. This project has released two solo CDs, a collaboration work with Stalnoy Pakt, and a number of tracks on various compilations. After this the project's leader George Beloglazov founded his own multimedia studio Phantomery Interactive and focused his attention on creating computer games with an unconventional author approach... After releasing the appreciated game "Sublustrum" ("Outcry") filled with the spirit of decadence, steampunk and sombre surrealism, spring 2010 saw the release of a new psychological quest - "Phobos 1953". The action takes place in March 1953 in an abandoned Soviet bunker - a place of strange experiments on the human psyche. The game explores such themes as the limits of mental possibilities, the electronic voice phenomenon, experiments with thought-transference and impact of fear on the human organism... The game soundtrack, presented on this CD, embodies the project's concept in sound. Imbued with an industrial atmosphere, leisurely soundscapes turn into states of calm estrangement and isolationism. Excursions into the unknown corners of the consciousness bring to its surface old memories and long forgotten yet vaguely familiar images... and laboratorial claustrophobia grows into light melancholia. This musical picture is performed in the trademark style of Anthesteria combining abstract dark ambient, melodic neoclassics and experimental sonic artifacts... The release is packed in a DVD-size double cardboard sleeve with full-colour cards depicting game locations and fragments of a book about mental suggestions from 1962. Released in cooperation with 7Hz Records.
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ANTHESTERIA -- "Eis" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 kultFRONT, KF-XXX / ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXVI, (ltd. 345)
Anthesteria "Eis" is the third CD in the "Znaki" series tracing the "parallel life" of Zhelezobeton and kultFRONT label residents. This collection of Anthesteria works includes compositions created in 2003-2010. Some of them were released on various compilations, others were published by the author in his web diary and some of the tracks are released for the first time. All compositions are woven into a single semantic stream showing the cardiogram of the author's experiences. These are contours of images surrounding the musician during seven years of activity. Since 2010 the project has been de facto "frozen" except for work on the track "Alone" for which Sergey Vasilyev ("Insane Pierrot Cabaret" / "Electrocabaret") read the poem by Edgar Allan Poe in 2016... Anthesteria is music of St. Petersburg - the dusky city standing on water and wind where most of the year one has to know how to keep warm. The theme of Winter is heard in every composition of the album in one way or another. Winter is either already here or inevitably comes in the future. Whether it is the opening autumnal track "Eidolon II" or the track "Exodus" dedicated to the Chernobyl disaster. This part of Europe knows what "nuclear winter" is… However Winter here is not only a sign of desolation and death. Rays of the frozen sun in "First Winter Day" find a direct way to the eyes of the listener who is enjoying the laughter of happy people in "We Are So Inspired That We Glow" and feeling the fresh breeze from the Gulf of Finland… The artwork is done by the famous visual artist and media philosopher Oleg 'cmart' Paschenko (http://humanimalien.ru) who has rethought the classical Anthesteria logo specially for this project. The CD is released in an edition of 345 copies.
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ARCHON ORCHESTRA -- "Cenotaph" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Shadowplay Records, SPR 143 / Muzyka Voln, MV-VI / Monopoly Records, (ltd. 500)
Together with the labels Shadowplay Records and Monopoly Records we are pleased to present you the second album of Archon Orchestra, produced by the well-known founder of Cyclotimia and Sphere Rex projects. "Cenotaph" continues the line started on the debut CD "Pong" - the sounds of a church organ harmoniously intertwine with delicate, subtle electronics while piano and strings mysteriously "float" under the arches of a gothic cathedral immersing the listener in light melancholia. Recommended for the lovers of both atmospheric soundtracks (Ludovico Einaudi, Eleni Karaindrou) and academic "minimalism" (Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Arvo Pärt). However it's also absolutely worth checking out for the fans of "neoclassic" and "ethereal".
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ARCHON ORCHESTRA -- "Pong" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Shadowplay Records, SPR 115 / Muzyka Voln, MV-IV / Monopoly Records, (ltd. 500)
Muzyka Voln in cooperation with the Moscow label Monopoly Records and under the aegis of the Voronezh company Shadowplay Records have released the debut album of the project Archon Orchestra. The compact disk cover shows a collage with a fragment of a Renaissance painting on which biblical saints look at the "sky" above them and see the game "Pong" being played there (a cult arcade game from 1972, first game by Atari company). What could this marvellous picture mean, let the listener decide... The main instrument on this CD is the organ, which sounds in fast mechanical sequences a bit unusual for our ears and more typical for the Berlin school of electronic music. Simple compositional structure meets vivid expression, liturgical atmosphere and a sublime metaphysical line running through the whole concept of the project. Some parallels can be drawn with the CD of the Sphere Rex project, released in 2009 by the same community of labels. And it is no coincidence, as both projects originate from the same "producer center". However if Sphere Rex makes accents on classical ambient and piano improvisations, then in the case of Archon Orchestra we deal with clearly structured music lying in the intermediate plane between the so called "holy minimalism" and "repetitive music"... We can recommend this CD to the lovers of Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley and Recoil ("Hydrology" album).
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ASTRALFLUIDZ -- "Mÿsteriüm Mägnüm" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 ZHELEZOBETON distribution division, ZHBD-13, (ltd. 300)
"Mÿsteriüm Mägnüm" is the debut album of the Ästrälflüidz project coming from Vladimir, Russia, and it's entirely dedicated to Alchemy as Royal Art, opening a new page in the history of an endless search for the highest and principal truth of human life. As Éliphas Lévi once wrote: "The Great Work is, before all things, the creation of man by himself, that is to say, the full and entire conquest of his faculties and his future; it is especially the perfect emancipation of his will"... The musical language of this opus may be characterized as a combination of epic symbolism and thoughtful sonic occultism. Ästrälflüidz' retort dissolves and condenses elements of neoclassic and dark ambient, experimental electronics and field recordings, minimalism and ritual inclusions aiming to disclose entirely the main idea of this work. Solve et Coagula!.. The disc is packed in a matte 4-panel digipak with a 12-page booklet. The edition is limited to 300 copies.
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BARDOSENETICCUBE & SHINKIRO -- "Beyond the Edge of the Universe" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXXVIII, (ltd. 300)
The Russian prophet of dark sonic surrealism Igor Potsukailo (Bardoseneticcube) once again teams up with the Japanese master of dark ambience Manabu Hiramoto (Shinkiro). "Beyond the Edge of the Universe" is their third collaboration work after "Four Noble Truths" (2011, Athanor) and "Inner and Outer Space" (2015, Zhelezobeton). Like both previous albums, the new release continues to explore the ghostly dichotomy of inner and outer worlds, this time shifting the focus to the border of the known universe and beyond... Unknown landscapes full of diverse acoustic phenomena are slowly unfolding before the aural gaze of the listener: from dense layers of synthetic sound and industrial samples to the finest emotional melodies, sensual female voices and echoes of a prepared koto. Such a rich sound palette allows the musicians to create incredible images, in the intricacies of which listeners can spend hours each time discovering something new. Beautiful, delicate and complex cosmic dark ambient music... Artwork was created by the St. Petersburg based designer Cyril Kazanov.
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BARDOSENETICCUBE & SHINKIRO -- "Inner and Outer Space" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LX, (ltd. 333)
This is already the second collaboration album of Bardoseneticcube from Russia and Shinkiro from Japan, this time under their own names. The first disc "Four Noble Truths" was released under the combined title of Bashin on the French label Athanor in 2011 and was dedicated to the basic principles of Buddhist teachings. The meditative and contemplative subject continues here as well, now being focused on the aspects of inner and outer space. We submerge in the dark thick matter of sound, fluid, transparent and stratiform. Woven from abstract electronics, omnifarious samples and transformed voices, textures are smoothly interchanging, always showing new visions in the black mirror of our viewport. Makes you wonder - does the perceivable exist separately from the percipient? In any case this is dark, nocturnal, cosmic music, not devoid of epicism and dramatism. Worth having in your playlist for the next space travel!... The disc is packed in a matte 4-panel cardboard digisleeve with artwork made by Vitaly Stromchinsky (X3D5, Eternal Return Records).
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BU.D.D.A. -- "Diese Anmut von Trophäen" -- CD -- €10
2022 ZHELEZOBETON distribution division, ZHBD-23 / Attenuation Circuit, ACU 1041, (ltd. 300)
Bu.d.d.A. (Bund des dritten Auges) was born accidentally – in a dark room in Barcelona. It evolved quietly until Sascha Stadlmeier (EMERGE) and Chris Sigdell (B°TONG) took Bu.d.d.A. on the road and started to take the project seriously. This resulted not only in various EPs, split releases and compilation tracks, but also in a bona fide album which you can hold in your hand and put in your player. What's inside? Mesmerising ambient music! Bu.d.d.A. is Sascha Stadlmeier and Chris Sigdell doing the unexpected... playing real instruments! "Diese Anmut von Trophäen" ("This grace of trophies" in German) features not only trademark Bu.d.d.A. tracks, but also guest appearances by such illustrious figures as Bees from COMMON EIDER KING EIDER, DREKKA and BEBAWINIGI. Think of Earth meets Troum together with Brian Eno on LSD... "Diese Anmut von Trophäen" is released by the joint efforts of Zhelezobeton Distribution Division (Russia) and Attenuation Circuit (Germany). The CD is packed in double cardoard sleeve with three inserts.
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BU.D.D.A. -- "Diese Anmut von Trophäen" -- C-65 -- €10
2022 ZHELEZOBETON distribution division, ZHBD-23 / Attenuation Circuit, ACT 1058, (ltd. 70)
Bu.d.d.A. (Bund des dritten Auges) was born accidentally – in a dark room in Barcelona. It evolved quietly until Sascha Stadlmeier (EMERGE) and Chris Sigdell (B°TONG) took Bu.d.d.A. on the road and started to take the project seriously. This resulted not only in various EPs, split releases and compilation tracks, but also in a bona fide album which you can hold in your hand and put in your player. What's inside? Mesmerising ambient music! Bu.d.d.A. is Sascha Stadlmeier and Chris Sigdell doing the unexpected... playing real instruments! "Diese Anmut von Trophäen" ("This grace of trophies" in German) features not only trademark Bu.d.d.A. tracks, but also guest appearances by such illustrious figures as Bees from COMMON EIDER KING EIDER, DREKKA and BEBAWINIGI. Think of Earth meets Troum together with Brian Eno on LSD... "Diese Anmut von Trophäen" is released by the joint efforts of Zhelezobeton Distribution Division (Russia) and Attenuation Circuit (Germany). Bronze cassettes with black silk-screen body print, ivory cases, full-colour foldout covers with download coupon.
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CHURCH OF HOWLING DOG -- "Umbra" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2016 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 017 / ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division, ZHBD-09, (ltd. 300)
The talented multi-instrumentalist Kein from Ekaterinburg, Russia has already proven himself in such projects as Sol Mortuus, Prognostic Zero and Zinc Room, and now the time has come for his new incarnation - Church Of Howling Dog. The labels Evil Dead Productions and Zhelezobeton Distribution Division present his first full-length work "Umbra"... "Umbra" is slow hypnotic instrumental psychedelic rock. Reverberated guitar chords, slides and coarse fuzz, a dispassionate drum machine and psychedelic string percussion, delicate organ pads, the hum of guitar amplifiers and the wheeze of cello - these are the elements creating this tapestry. Pleasantly enough, the author knows how to treat silence as it plays a significant role in his compositions - each note takes its time to fade away, mesmerizing the listener with its vibrations... Some familiar musical landmarks to be mentioned here are Earth albums "Hibernaculum" and "The Bee Made Honey in the Lion's Skull" (although Earth is more monotonous and straightforward), and the famous OST for the Jim Jarmush movie "Dead Man" by Neil Young.
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CLOSING THE ETERNITY -- "Forever and a Day" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Muzyka Voln, MV-X, (ltd. 300)
The Russian project Closing The Eternity hardly needs an introduction. Since the beginning of its activity 15 years ago, in 2001, it has released a good amount of recordings on various respected labels both in Russia and abroad. In its music the project aims to digress from everything earthly and mundane, bringing attention to the phenomena and processes lying outside of the realm of human existence... The material of this album was recorded back in 2004 and has long been awaiting the right moment for manifestation. It seems as if this work was specially created for the Muzyka Voln label (the title of which translates as "music of waves") as these two words describe it best. Three long tracks flowing one into another dissolve the listener's attention in endless tides of gentle electronic ambience. An absolutely pacifying and tranquil work imbued with a majestic contemplative atmosphere... The artwork of the album features a series of photographs by Arseniy Vinovarov made literally on the edge of the Earth - at the shore of the Arctic Ocean, where one unwillingly faces the inhuman flow of time, where eternity meets infinity…
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CREATION VI & UHUSHUHU -- "Δ" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Muzyka Voln, MV-X, (ltd. 300)
Masters of the new wave of Russian drone ambient present their collaboration work. A narrative streaming out of the green thicket of a fictional forest as a cloud of purple fog pierced by flashes of resonating harmonies and ghostly echoes. A dense organic cobweb of field recordings, voices, acoustic instruments and electronic manipulations. A dream filled with bright colours or a psychedelic slumber with a whirling kaleidoscope of asymmetric images and visions. A sonic fantasy so pleasant to dive into together with the musicians and spend some time in the company of your own subconscious mind…
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CYCLOTIMIA -- "Celestis: Space Ceremonial Music" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007/2010 Shadowplay Records, SPR 114 / ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXIX / Monopoly Records, (ltd. 500)
The reissue of probably the best album of the Russian electronic duo, complemented with a 15-minute space suite as a bonus track. Cyclotimia's album "Celestis: Space Ceremonial Music" was inspired by the activity of a well-known American aerospace company Space Services Inc. which among other things specializes in sending human ashes into space (via their subsidiary Celestis Inc.). Moreover, the compact discs with this music have prowled the outer space twice while being on board rockets launched from the spaceport America in New Mexico. This happened for the first time in April 2007 ("Legacy" project), and for the second time in May 2010 ("Pioneer Flight" project). Cyclotimia's music obtained the status of the official soundtrack to both events... "Celestis" definitely stands out in the discography of this project, known mainly for its post-industrial and avant-garde recordings. It would be no exaggeration to say that this is their most accessible work (in a good sense) correlating with the best examples of such acclaimed masters of the "space genre" as Jean-Michel Jarre or Klaus Schulze. At the same time the music on "Celestis" is in no way secondary, it is modern and quite craftily made... From the opening theme "Capsula" the album's atmosphere plunges the listener into a world of spiritual experience, calls to take an imaginary space travel; fly towards Space along with the remains held in capsulas... It's worth mentioning that the CD comes with a 12-page booklet narrating about the activities of the company. This release differs from the first edition (2007) as it contains an additional exclusive track "Another Time Another Place" - a 15-minute "space suite" recorded by the project in 2009.
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CYCLOTIMIA -- "The Invisible Hand Of Market" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXXVIII / Shadowplay Records, SPR 148 / Monopoly Records, (ltd. 300)
The Moscow-based project Cyclotimia, well-known for its long-standing interest for the world of global finance, stockmarket speculators and multinational corporations, presents its new work "The Invisible Hand of Market". According to the musicians, this is not a conceptual album dedicated to the economic term of Adam Smith. In this case it's rather a metaphor "invisibly" linking together various compositions created during 2010-2013... The album's program consists of ten polystylistical tracks combining such genres as "post-industrial", "minimal(ism)", "dark ambient", "experimental" and "downtempo". The main line is a connection between the "sacral" and the "futuristic", a combination of a liturgical atmosphere and electronic music based on the above-mentioned styles... A separate part of the disc belongs to a 20 min. long electro-acoustic suite "Oil & Gas Colony" in five acts. Parts of vocal, classical string, wind and percussion instruments were recorded inside a dome of an abandoned radar station - a carbon fiber sphere 20 meters in diameter with a unique acoustic environment. This monumental work tells about the malignant nature of the resource-based economic model in modern Russia.
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CYCLOTIMIA -- "Music for Stockmarkets" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XVIII, (ltd. 500)
Cyclotimia is most probably the only project in the world which has chosen the creation of a soundtrack to "globalisation" and life of the "consumer society" as their concept. The project members more than anyone else are immersed into the magic of finance and probably therefore has their creative intuition allowed them to compose the main part of "Music for Stockmarkets" with its unforgivingly precise name "Wallstreet Requiem". Today the whole civilised world is listening to this requiem the first cords of which were played on Wall Street itself... The "Music for Stockmarkets" album with its radically experimental nature stands out in the extensive discography of this Moscow project. The 64-minute album includes 32 tracks divided into three conceptual parts: "Wallstreet Requiem" (25 minutes, recorded in 2004-2007), "Trivial Pleasures" (26 minutes, recorded in 2002, this part was the only one released as a seperate CD in 2003) and "Financial Glossary" (13 minutes, recorded in 2003)... The music material itself is nothing like the one heard in the previous records of Cyclotimia. There is no apocalyptic soundscapes of "Wasteland" times, no cybernetic hi-tech and media madness of "E$chaton", no cosmic downtempo of "Celestis: Space Ceremonial Music"... Minimalism, academic sterility, surgical accuracy and meditative ataraxy prevail on "Music for Stockmarkets". Then again it is not the familiar "idm", "glitch", "noise", "clicks and cuts" and not "minimal techno"... The sound of the album is chrystal-clear and warm at the same time. "Vintage" lovers have a wonderful chance to listen to the masterpieces of Soviet music production (such as Rhythm 1, Rhythm 2, Aelita, Formanta UDS, Formanta EMS-01, Polyvox) in pure sound, unprocessed by effects.
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CYCLOTIMIA -- "Regnum" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXXXII / Monopoly Records / Shadowplay Records, SPR 162, (ltd. 300)
More than five years of silence could suggest that the album "The Invisible Hand of Market" released in 2014 was the last sign of life of this Russian project. However, the musicians of the Cyclotimia duo, who consistently create soundtracks for a society of global capital dominance in their works, still have something to say, as it turns out... The album “Regnum” consists of six tracks (the CD version additionally contains a long-playing bonus track) and lasts for about half an hour. The compositions have a distinctive vibe of “the blessed 80ies” typical for the synthwave genre that has been in fashion in recent years, yet they distinctively go beyond the borders of this predominantly stereotyped style towards rhythmic post-industrial... "Regnum" comes out in turbulent times. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that the cover shows a man walking on a deserted night street into the unknown? And although the musical atmosphere doesn’t inspire anything optimistic in the end, the opening track with the characteristic name “Battlefield” is apparently intended to set the listener in a combat mood in relation to the future.
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CYCLOTIMIA -- "Sci-Fi Music: Soundtrack to a Nonexistent Movie" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Shadowplay Records, SPR 113 / ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXVIII / Monopoly Records, (ltd. 500)
As the title suggests, the new work by Russian masters of electronic soundscapes represents a score to an imaginary sci-fi movie. The musicians call themselves admirers of old-school Sci-Fi / Cyberpunk genres, and for a long time they have felt a desire to make some music inspired by soundtracks of sci-fi blockbusters from 70-80-s... Spaceship battles, alien colonies, teleportation and mysterious droid ceremonies are only part of the images created by this music. The album contains both dynamic rhythmic "hits" and disturbing space ambient as well as avant-garde neoclassic pieces.
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CYCLOTIMIA -- "Styx" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Shadowplay Records, SPR 104 / ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXII / Monopoly Records, (ltd. 500)
ZHELEZOBETON in cooperation with the Voronezh label Shadowplay and the Moscow label Monopoly Records presents the new 7th full-length album from the masters of "stockmarket industrial". "Styx" is the most mainstream-oriented work in the Cyclotimia discography. The music here is free of experimental and academic explorations traditional for the band; here the emphasis is made on the rhythmical component. Inexorable like an economic recession and steadfast like a financial indicator chart, eleven compositions depict the sickly technogenic reality of the planet wrapped by networks of global capital, media glamour and ideological obsessions... In the ancient Greek mythology Styx was the embodiment of primeval dread and gloom, from which the first living creatures emerged. This was a personification of the underworld river whose pestilent currents seclude life from death... Similarly to this mythic river, currents of credits, percent, funds, financial quotations, capital issues, barrels of oil and advertising spaces flow on the Cyclotimia album to the accompaniment of hard, sterile and atmospheric electronic music... Recommended to the fans of Skinny Puppy, Clock DVA, Laibach (of the "Das Kapital" period), Front Line Assembly.
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CYCLOTIMIA -- "TimeBank" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Shadowplay Records, SPR 105 / ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXIII / Monopoly Records, (ltd. 500)
"TimeBank" is a collection of exclusive compositions recorded by Cyclotimia in 2003-2007 and for some reasons left out of the main albums. The material presented here is hard to fit in the Procrustean bed of common musical styles, but we can try to list the ingredients from which this post-industrial "dish" was cooked: both cyber jazz and idm, neoclassics and trademark technological ambient, old-school electronics and atmospheric new age, experimental and many more can be found here... Despite the seeming stylistic incompatibility the band succeeded in creating a self-sufficient album with a spectacular plot no worse than a good Hollywood thriller. A special jewel of the disk is the track "Nocturne" combining aerial melodies and uneasy sonic "cinematography". Also worth mentioning is the "live" 10-minute prog-industrial suite "Economic Meditation", imbued with psychedelic dramatism... Words written about the band several years ago remain true even today: "While actively using the possibilities of analogue and vintage equipment Cyclotimia creates unique soundscapes, suspenseful and sublime at the same time. Not so many projects can successfully implement such impressively "cold" atmospheres and, despite being "technological", fill the sound with such a deep humanistic sense." ["Audio Video Saloon" magazine]
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DMT -- "Selected Funbient Works 1-4" -- 2 CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 kultFRONT, KF-XV / ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXIV / Aquarellist, aquarel 13-09 / Monochrome Vision, (ltd. 500)
Dmitriy Tolmatskiy (1970-2009) - a journalist and musician from the city of Saratov (south of Russia), one of the first popularizers of the alternative intellectual culture and particularly industrial music in post-Soviet Russia. He was the creator of the RWCDAX website which had certain influence on the mindset of many modern personalities of Russian post-industrial art... The musical project DMT was established in 1995 and released by the end of the 90s several limited-edition cassette albums, lapsing afterwards into silence for a while. In the mid-00s the project was revived, had some successful live gigs and recorded a lot of new material, part of which is presented on this double-CD "Selected Funbient Works 1-4"... Plans of this release existed for a long time but unfortunately were not implemented while the author was alive. His life cut short in the autumn of 2009. And now by joint efforts of the kultFRONT, ZHELEZOBETON, Aquarellist and Monochrome Vision labels, this release has become available for those interested. The album vividly displays the complex music world of DMT, which like everything innovative exists on the crossing of several musical styles and directions: from dark-ambient and industrial noise sketches to technoid rhythmics and pure sonic experiments.
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DMT -- "Ultimatum" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 kultFRONT, KF-XXIV / ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-L, (ltd. 300)
DMT "Ultimatum" is the second album in "Die Zeichen" series run by kultFRONT and ZHELEZOBETON labels. The first part was released in 2013 - Sal Solaris "Die Scherben 2004-2010". The new album is a tribute to Dmitriy Tolmatskiy who unexpectedly left us in 2009. Dmitriy was one of the few journalists who popularized the alternative culture in Russia. In late 90-ies he created the web portal RWCDAX and his famous "Industrial Culture Extended FAQ" which unveiled previously unknown layers of post-industrial art for many Russians... "Ultimatum" shows the varied musical and stylistical planes of DMT. It mainly consists of compositions never officially released before, taken from CDRs which Dmitriy gave to his friends. There are also a few tracks from the compilations he had time to participate. Unfortunately not always were there notes and years of recordings. One track was digitized from an untitled audiocassette kept by the musician's friends in his native city of Saratov. The album provides a glimpse into various periods of DMT's sonic experiments from 1999 to 2008. It also features fragments of a live performance together with Alexei Borisov in St. Petersburg in December 2005. For bandcamp users there is a bonus archive of three compositions. One remix by DMT of the Species Of Fishes track. One remix of DMT track by the Ghost Reflection project. And an extended version of the title track from the unreleased album "Cold Autumn in Belgrade" recorded in 2000. The artwork is done by the famous visual artist and media philosopher Oleg 'cmart' Paschenko (http://humanimalien.ru | http://www.conclave.ru).
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EONIC -- "Secret Land" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXVII, (ltd. 333)
Secret land lost in an unknown dimension... Like ancient ruins this place hides the traces of stories, which are told in this new album by the St. Petersburg project Eonic. This is their 6th release (and 2nd "professional" CD) and it easily combines different stylistic approaches, making its own way to the listener's heart. Ethno-gothic in vein of Dead Can Dance and Arcana is layered over tout electronic rhythms a la Delerium and Enigma and spiced by pleasant psychedelic arrangements. Musicians don't hesitate to step on the territory of pop-ambient and even new-age, and it just adds more lightness and airness to their energetic music. A firm and masterful work.
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EXIT IN GREY -- "Control Points" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Muzyka Voln, MV-XII / Frozen Light, FZL 072, (ltd. 300)
The new album by the Moscow region based drone ambient project Exit In Grey is released by joint forces of the labels Muzyka Voln and Frozen Light. It represents the completion of the symbolic trilogy started by “Shadows of Stillness” (2013, Muzyka Voln) and continued by “One Lumen from the Past” (2016, Frozen Light)... Exit In Grey stays true to his creative method: using an electric guitar, voice, effects, field recordings, radio waves & digital synthesizers he creates spatial sound canvases immersing the listener in gentle melancholic and contemplative atmospheres and dissolving his attention in endless fields of sonic vibrations... The CD is released in an edition of 300 copies in 6-panel matte digisleeve.
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EXIT IN GREY -- "Hysterics of the Eternal" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Frozen Light, FZL 044 / ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXIV, (ltd. 300)
Radiowaves rustle, layers of ether interference whisper and an electric guitar carefully draws gentle tonal vibrations… The new album by Exit In Grey is indeed largely based on sounds of radio noises, so close to our heart. Although of course this is not a noisy work but rather oneiric, contemplative, shimmering… In two multilayered 20-min long collages we can hear the elements of nature and man-made objects, fragments of random radio interceptions and melancholic guitar parts piercing dark space with its bright emotionality... The material was recorded by Sergey [S] in March 2011 and mastered by Oleg Hurvatov (Interior Disposition) in 2016. The disc is released in cooperation with the Frozen Light label in an edition of 300 numbered copies in a standard jewel-case with an 8-page booklet.
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EXIT IN GREY -- "Shadows of Stillness" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Muzyka Voln, MV-VIII, (ltd. 300)
Exit in Grey is one of the main musical incarnations of Sergey [S] from Moscow-area town Pushkino, who is also known for many other projects including Five Elements Music, Sister Loolomie and labels Still*Sleep and Semperflorens. Starting from 2004 Exit In Grey has released over a dozen of albums on CD-Rs and cassettes, mainly on his own label Daphnia Recordsand also on such labels as Mystery Sea, Abgurd and YAOP. His first factory-pressed CD "Perception" came out last year while "Shadows of Stillness" becomes the second album released in this format.... Exit In Grey has quickly developed it's own recognizable style - very calm, a bit melancholic drone ambient with gentle melodies and rugged textures made of found sounds. Four compositions of "Shadows of Stillness" follow the same path: harmonious currents of droning guitars and reed organ are framed by slow waves of resonances dissolving into each other, signals and loops crafted from field recordings, sounds of a Polyvox synthesizer and very long frequency radiowaves from the Earth's atmosphere and space bodies.... The album is dedicated to the beauty and grandeur of Stillness which we can so rarely notice in our everyday bustle...
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HATTIFNATTER -- "Barometrizm" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LIX, (ltd. 333)
Hattifnatter is a collaboration project by Evgeniy Savenko (Lunar Abyss, etc.) and M.M. (Kryptogen Rundfunk) formed in 2007 for free-form exploration of the psychoactive electroacoustic ambience and only now matured enough for this first full-length studio album. The material has been recorded in 2007-2013, infused and distilled, redefined and again sent to distillation and transformation to finally form into six compositions full of weird oneiric images... Through the clouds of omnifarious rustles, hisses and crackles one can see the landscape built by analogue pulsations and multiplied echoed acoustic percussion clatter. Swarming in the bush of field recordings and random sound combinations are the little voices of the unknown creatures. The air of atonal guitar drones is soaked in melodic tunes, feedbacks and colourful multi-layered effects... Just like the doctor prescribed... Soulful mastering by Kshatriy (http://kshatriy.pro). The physical manifestation of this release is made as a CD in a 4-panel cardboard digisleeve and as an audio cassette. The digital version can be bought on bandcamp, CDBaby and iTunes.
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HYPNOZ -- "Breath of Earth" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XV, (ltd. 500)
Hypnoz is a project of Dmitry Zubov, a musician from Moscow suburb Fryazino, the town that endowed the lovers of post-industrial music with such names as Hum and Staruha Mha. His first composition was recorded in 1993, and during its existence Hypnoz has released one CD on the Moscow label Insofar Vapour Bulk, which gathered tracks from different periods, a couple of very limited CD-Rs, and participated on the compilation "Iznutri" by the Ewers Tonkunst label with a fragment of a composition from this album. Aside from Hypnoz Dmitry plays in several other projects: Zuboff Sex Shop (post-punk / new-wave), Circle Of Iron Tape (harsh noise), BRZB (electronics, with Alexey Borisov), etc... The basis of most of the tracks for "Breath of Earth" was recorded by Dmitry together with Evgeny Voronovsky (Cisfinitum) during their joint night psychedelic sessions, and this is evidently felt in their mood. Stylistically this can be called tranquil electronic ambient with a remarkable experimental touch – but who thinks about it while recording? Slowly twisting sound helixes, drawing inside the astral subspaces, pulsating rhythms, cosmic sounds of old analogue synthesizers, – all this produces an appropriate effect on the listener's mind, and there's nothing more to demand from music.
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I.M.M.U.R.E. -- "The New Circle" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2009 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXI, (ltd. 250)
The project i.m.m.u.r.e. is a part of St. Petersburg based musical foundation Forbidden Sounds Group and "The New Circle" is its first release on physical media. Before this the project successfully performed live several times and released a number of recordings on the net-label DNA Productions. The music of i.m.m.u.r.e. combines serious dark ambient, rhythmic electronics and psychedelic industrial in vein of English school a la Coil. It is full of gloomy melodies, light noises and sonic experiments, and is flavoured with morbid vocals narrating about infinite love to the dog and other schizophrenic joys of life. Part of the compositions from the album appeared to the author in his dreams. A nice soundtrack for an introspective pastime.
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THE INFANT CYCLE -- "Drop-out Center" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXXIV, (ltd. 300)
"Drop-out Center" is the anniversary album of The Infant Cycle project celebrating 20 years of the personal creative journey of the Canadian musician Jim DeJong which began in November 1992 after leaving the band Mind Skelp-cher. During this time Jim has recorded and released a massive amount of material both on his own label The Ceiling and on other respectable underground labels such as EE Tapes, Drone Records, Afe Records, etc. and this is his second full-length album on CD after "The Sand Rays" (Diophantine Discs, 2009)... The album includes nine abstract compositions recorded with Jim's trademark approach. Using such sound sources as shortwave radio, vinyl surface, videotape, bird cage and also more "normal" instruments (bass guitar, electric mandolin, Korg Poly-800 synthesizer) he creates slowly drifting multilayered textures with sometimes unexpected stops and narration twists. Sharp crispy foreground sound is set off by gentle background waves of resonating feedbacks forming intelligent electroacoustic glitch / drone with scratchy tangibility, meditativeness and even a sort of romanticism. This is music that evokes imagination and easily paints images in the listener's mind... "Turn on!"
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THE INFANT CYCLE -- "Playout" -- CD-R -- €7
2007 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XI, (ltd. 250)
The Infant Cycle is a project of the Canadian artist Jim DeJong working under this name since 1994. It may seem surprising, but all these 13 years he remained in the underground of experimental music, and his name is well-known only to inveterate enthusiasts and explorers of this strange phenomenon. The project has put out 6 full-length albums on cassettes and CD-Rs, several singles and an amazing series of minions called "Clear Shape" released in ultra-limited editions on transparent vinyls of unusual forms (square, hexagon and triangle). Jim has also recorded a lot of collaboration works with such musicians as Big City Orchestra, Dronaement, Orphx, Aidan Baker, Delphium, etc., some of them were published by his own label The Ceiling... The Infant Cycle's music has never been notable for tensity or ornateness, instead of this it focuses on the subtle aspects of sounding of separate timbres and their combinations. Such textural orientation allows to create a completely peculiar effect, and the seeming minimalism carries into the contemplation of the infinity of possible microsound combinations. In this connection, Jim knows how to get on with both rhythms and drone ambient prostration. Among his favourite instruments are Poly-800, shortwaves, feedback, field recordings and altered vinyl records... Vinyls deserve special mentioning. Jim carved the runout grooves of records and thus created simple and unembellished (yet in some ways, unpredictable) rhythm patterns. Once he decided to start a project severely limiting the sound sources to one carved playout and the operational sounds of his old 4-speed Califone record player. Additional noises were generated by running a razor blade along the platter while it was spinning (the blade at different altitudes, and the platter at different speeds which was picked up by the needle), and the tone arm being vibrated into different tones by a violin bow (amplified via the needle)... An early track (called, fittingly "Playout (Early)") appeared on "Lágrimas De Miedo N°8 - Sund", a compilation CD coming with the eighth issue of France's "Fear Drop" magazine (2001). Two excerpts were also released as a free promotional 5" by The Ceiling to announce the then-upcoming CD release of "Playout" on the American label Merchants Of Sound. But the label soon folded out, and the recording was lying and lying in the bins of The Infant Cycle's archive. And now we are infinitely glad to have an opportunity to present this work to your attention!
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KRCFHL -- "s/t" -- CS -- €12
2021 kultFRONT, KF-XXXIX / ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division, ZHBD-21, (ltd. 50)
The recording entitled "KRCFHL" was made on September 28th, 2005 by the musicians of the projects Kryptogen Rundfunk, Cisfinitum and Hladna in the home studio of Evgeniy Voronovskiy in Moscow, right before the performance at the Our Baikonur mini-festival. Armed with analogue drum-machines, synthesizers and an electric violin with effect processors, this spontaneous trio delved into researching the present moment, moving along the rhythmic soundscapes filled both with emotional cosmic reveries and noisy psychedelic visions... The recording was kept "in the drawer" for 16 years until kultFRONT dug it out and turned it into this release, prepared with the support of ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division. In addition to the original material, the label invited four projects – Notum, bezvlastje, Svetlo111 and Symphocat – to participate with remixes which showed their unique visions and peculiarly expanded the sound pallette of this album... The edition is embellished with the photos of old St. Petersburg walls and is made in the form of 50 copies of 85-minute audio cassettes. Digital version is available on bandcamp.
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KRCFHL -- "s/t" -- 2 CD -- €14
2021/2011 kultFRONT, KF-XXXIX / ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division, ZHBD-21, (ltd. 200)
The recording entitled "KRCFHL" was made on September 28th, 2005 by the musicians of the projects Kryptogen Rundfunk, Cisfinitum and Hladna in the home studio of Evgeniy Voronovskiy in Moscow, right before the performance at the Our Baikonur mini-festival. Armed with analogue drum-machines, synthesizers and an electric violin with effect processors, this spontaneous trio delved into researching the present moment, moving along the rhythmic soundscapes filled both with emotional cosmic reveries and noisy psychedelic visions... The recording was kept "in the drawer" for 16 years until kultFRONT dug it out and turned it into this release, prepared with the support of ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division. In addition to the original material, the label invited four projects – Notum, bezvlastje, Svetlo111 and Symphocat – to participate with remixes which showed their unique visions and peculiarly expanded the sound pallette of this album... The edition is embellished with the photos of old St. Petersburg walls and is made in the form of a double CD in a matte 4-panel digisleeve. Digital version is available on bandcamp.
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KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK -- "Elusive Trajectories 2003-2006" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 kultFRONT, KF-XXXIII / ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXXIV, (ltd. 300)
The series of archive recordings "Znaki / Die Zeichen" continues! The labels kultFRONT and ZHELEZOBETON present its fourth installment – the collection of compositions of the St. Petersburg-based noise project Kryptogen Rundfunk, recorded in 2003-2006. Most of these tracks were released on small-edition compilations of the same time, but some of them remained unpublished until now... This album offers a fresh look at the early period of Kryptogen Rundfunk’s sound in all its diversity. Sharp injections of digital glitches are polished by dense electronic drone and radio noises, raw sound of Soviet analogue synthesizers pervades the space with low-frequency vibrations, drum machines rumble in a slow industrial dance with a sampler used instead of a vocalist... The textures of the tracks vary from dark abstract drone ambient to edgy dashing noise, sometimes passing the stage of funny delusional rhythmic sketches. Each composition here is a separate short story, from a 12-minute immersion into the depths of radio waves on a psychedelic submarine to a 1-second collage made of several found sounds... Traditionally for the "Znaki" series the artwork was created by the media artist Oleg Paschenko (http://humanimalien.ru).
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KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK -- "Elusive Trajectories" -- t-shirt -- €18
2019 ZHELEZOBETON, (ltd. 40)
Based on the cover design of "Elusive Trajectories 2003-2006" created by Oleg Paschenko (http://humanimalien.ru), a small edition of Kryptogen Rundfunk’s t-shirts has also been printed. The t-shirts are made of premium quality “penye” fabric and are available in all sizes M, L and XXL.
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KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK -- "Liquid Circuits" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXV, (ltd. 333)
"Liquid Circuits" is the second solo studio album by Kryptogen Rundfunk released 12 years after the debut album "22.SZ" (Mechanoise Labs, 2004). The gap between these two works was filled with many collaborations and split recordings with such artists as Hladna, Lunar Abyss, Neznamo, Umpio, Forgttn, to name a few, and many tracks on various experimental and noise music compilations. Behind the project stands M.M., also known for running the ZHELEZOBETON and Muzyka Voln labels and participating in other projects such as Hattifnatter, Govorit Radio Kosmos, etc... The album is built on the use of analogue synthesizers and effect processors, various found sounds, samples and, of course, traditional for this project multiple kinds of radio noises and interceptions recorded both in home studio and various unusual places (the Caucasus mountains, Kola polar region, several cities of Western Europe…). Kryptogen Rundfunk combines elements of sound collage, drone and dark ambient, power electronics, chaotic and structured noise, weaving his multilayered musical fabric from them. Sonic streams radiate with all shades of frequencies, looped pieces of interference spiral out and soft rhythmic pulsations make room for scorching detailed electric noise burning out holes in sonic perception... Sound mastering performed by Kshatriy (http://kshatriy.pro). The compact disc edition is limited to 333 copies. Digital version can be purchased at bandcamp (including high resolution 24-bit FLAC), CDBaby, iTunes and other platforms of digital distribution.
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KSHATRIY -- "From Heart to Heart" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Muzyka Voln, MV-VII, (ltd. 500)
Kshatriy pleases his fans with a regularity of his musical experiences and Muzyka Voln label gladly presents his third CD-album "From Heart to Heart". Many reviewers referred Kshatriy's previous works to space dark ambient and the new album also has a cosmogonic feel to its musical images. This time everything takes place in utterly deep space, in the immense emptiness that contains the whole world. Swinging on slow waves which shimmer in all possible colours we contemplate monumental galactic metamorphoses. Slowly unwinding are the tight spirals of synthesizer drone, rhythmic patterns pulsate and emotional melodies are cut with rare flashes of voice samples. Smoothly flows the sound, charged with energy, transmitting the experience of self-awareness from the musician to the listener... from heart to heart.
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KSHATRIY -- "Slepok Soznaniya" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Muzyka Voln, MV-II, (ltd. 500)
The project Kshatriy appeared on the Russian post-industrial scene in 2004 and up to present has participated in several compilations, as well as released some solo and collaboration recordings on limited edition CDRs. Muzyka Voln presents the project's first "professional" compact disk with the album "Slepok Sonzaniya" (meaning "a mould of consciousness" in Russian)... This work is based on the concept of consciousness of a warrior, a galactic warrior of light, bringing to world pure knowledge, infinite silence, perfect balance, a moment of power and might, a flight of freedom, love, serenity, joy, light, unified time, eternal life, simplicity and bliss... The music of the project can be described as fractal dark drone ambient with lots of patterns, woven from various sonic fibres: synthesized drones, processed field recordings, acoustic echoes and rhythmic loops. Calm and profound, filled with resilience and hidden power, like an endless ocean of tranquility, energy and beauty.
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KSHATRIY -- "Transforming Galaxy" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Muzyka Voln, MV-V, (ltd. 500)
"Transforming Galaxy" is the second full-length album of Sergey Bulychyov (aka Uak-Kib) from Vsevolozhsk, Russia - an imprint of direct experience of the Universe. The album is dedicated to the end of Kali-Yuga - the age of technocratic lack of spirituality and moral decay - and to the attainment of human awareness of the Unity... Eight hasteless compositions of psychedelic drone ambient combine a light atmosphere with deep multilayerness, crystal clear sound transparency with mild and sometimes uneasy melodies. Soft organic tracks full of plangent drones, noises and natural recordings neighbor with dense and saturated hymns to Hindu goddess Kali. The disk is closed by a beautiful lyrical composition reminding us that the best way to overcome ignorance and realize unity is Love... The album is released in a glossy 6-panel digipak with front cover by Sergey Ilchuk (Siyanie, ex-Vetvei & Vresnit Art).
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LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Agdy" -- CD -- €10
2022 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXXXVII / kultFRONT, KF-LX, (ltd. 200)
The new edition in the “Znaki / Die Zeichen” series, published by kultFRONT and ZHELEZOBETON labels, is a collection of rare recordings of the St. Petersburg project Lunar Abyss Deus Organum, which traces its history back to 1998. For almost a quarter of a century its author Evgeniy Savenko has been weaving bizarre patterns of acoustic harmonies, shamanic incantations and electronic oscillations, creating multi-layered visions of dreams from parallel worlds... The first compilation of miscellaneous tracks, named “Uzor”, was released by the author himself in 2011 and contained compositions from 2002-2004, while the current edition includes tracks from the later period of 2003-2013. Some of them were originally released on such cult Russian compilations as “Zvukolan”, “Muzyka Voln”, “Thalamus II”, etc., others – on very limited edition cassettes (“Kujvo”, “Devachan”), the rest are previously unknown compositions, remixes and live recordings... In addition to his activity in Lunar Abyss and other projects, Evgeniy constantly collaborates with like-minded artists. He is known as the organizer of live events, including a series of sleep concerts "dRЁma" and "PoludRЁma" and the renowned Gudelnaya Polyana (“Droning Glade”) stage at the local forest festivals Solar Systo Togathering and Deadwood Council. This compilation also features references to such friendly projects as Hladna, Kadegu and Nojda. Sound mastering and design work were done by Pavel Dombrovskiy (Uhushuhu) and the artwork features a drawing by Pastushka Sofya (Tremorkikimor).
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LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Khara-Khoto" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXXV, (ltd. 300)
We gladly present the new Lunar Abyss Deus Organum full-length album "Khara-Khoto"! In fact, this is the first big studio work of the project after "Atimudra" (2012, BioSonar^Labyrint) and a long series of split-releases, collaborations, live recordings and various small editions... Khara-Khoto was the name of a Tangut city with Buddhist culture which existed in the XI-XIV centuries before it was captured by the troops of the Chinese Ming dynasty (nowadays it's geographically located in the Chinese Inner Mongolia). The idea of creating this album appeared after visiting a special exhibition at the Hermitage, which presented a lot of original artifacts from this ancient settlement buried in the sands. Special inspiration came from a deep understanding of the ephemeral and impermanent nature of existence – even prosperous cultures can die in one moment because of the blind greed of invaders... From the musical point of view, here one can hear the full sound palette typical for Lunar Abyss. This includes multilayered ambiental sketches with flowing chains of samples, voice loops and acoustic instruments; rhythmic percussive tracks with vigorous pulsating energy; abstract collages made of analogue electronics, radio noises and fragments of television programs; semi-static enveloping drones spiced up with field recordings. The psychedelic kaleidoscope of aural images continues its work – the fans of the albums "Snovidenie", "Tuntury" and "Atimudra" won't be disappointed! The CD-version is limited to 300 copies and comes in a 4-panel matte foldout digisleeve.
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MAJDANEK WALTZ / DENIS TRETYAKOV / THE NOKTULIANS -- "Pentagram" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 kultFRONT, KF-XXXI / ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division, ZHBD-15, (ltd. 300)
Aleister Crowley's poems translated into Russian were first published in 2017 – the same year we release the album on which musicians inspired by his works create their sonic dedication. This album was created by Russian dark scene musicians who have never met before but have been following each other's activities for a long time – Majdanek Waltz and Denis Tretyakov... The latter professes his own religion which implies faith in a mole as an underground deity. Being the leader of two bands – "Tserkov' Detstva (Church of Childhood)" and "Bratya Tuluzovy (The Tuluzov Brothers)" – for the first time he acted as a reciter of poems. Majdanek Waltz from Ryazan' remembered their early musical experiments and primary sources of inspiration. Priceless support was granted by the secret musical project The Noktulians. The final black balance was masterfully adjusted by the member of Reutoff and Otzepenevshiye – ArSch aka Myrrman... Apart from all other obvious jubilees and important round dates, 2017 marks the 70-year anniversary of Aleister Crowley's death. This recording should close the gap of the jubilee list of the year. Instead of the always fashionable red stars better use this black digipak. Put it in windows, nail it to the front door, take it with you wherever you go. "Every man and every woman is a star"... 300 copies in glossy 4-panel digipak, released by kultFRONT with the support of ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division.
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MAJDANEK WALTZ • VINTERSOLVERV • THE NOKTULIANS -- "Der Weg der Toten" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXXX, (ltd. 300)
"Der Weg Der Toten" (“The Path of the Dead”) is a collaboration by the renowned musical mystics Majdanek Waltz, the Belorussian neoclassical project Vintersolverv (ex-Erde, ex-Svalbard) and the dark horse of the Russian underground scene – The Noktulians. The work is dedicated to the marinistic images appearing in the poems of the expressionist and symbolist poets of the turn of the 20th century: Georg Heym, Stéphane Mallarmé, Arthur Rimbaud and Aleksandr Blok... Recitations by Pavel Blyumkin and Larisa Arkhipetskaya are skillfully framed by the sound of the chamber ensemble of Majdanek Waltz, supported by piano and string arrangements of Vintersolverv, at times referring to the melodic themes of his solo album "Frost På Träden" (2018, Infinite Fog Productions). But this harmony is fragile, occasionally it becomes covered with the rust of dark ambient and noise passages, and sometimes it is completely destroyed when the sonic field is invaded by the harsh dissonant music of The Noktulians. As a result, the whole album turns into a maelstrom of sounds and melodies dragging an unguarded listener into its abyss… The artwork for the album was created by Elena Lisitsa. CD edition is limited to 300 copies and comes in a matte 4-panel digisleeve.
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MIRA DREVO -- "Dreams of Abandoned Villages" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Electrotapes Archive, ETA-CD-01 / ZHELEZOBETON distribution division, ZHBD-18, (ltd. 100)
The second full-length album of the St. Petersburg folk ambient project Mira Drevo is dedicated to the numerous abandoned villages of the Russian North. The idea of this work came to the author during ethnographic trips inspired by the interest in Russian folklore and village culture. In these expeditions many field recordings were collected: the stories of the elderly – about an uneasy life, war, beliefs and traditions, about what’s around and what’s inside; creaking floorboards of abandoned houses; dogs barking in the neighbourhood; rustling of spirits in the branches of dead apple trees; sounds of a cranberry swamp… Additional recordings were made on Solovki, on the Vottovaara mountain and in the Karelian woods. Some of the acoustic instruments were captured during these trips on a portable recorder and later woven into the fabric of minimalistic synthesizer ambient. A significant contribution to the sound of this album was made by the soulful vocals of Anastasiya Kharchenko who sang several folk songs and lyric poems... The album is released on a factory-pressed CD in an edition of 100 hand-numbered copies in matte-finished 4-panel digipaks, a tape version produced by the Electrotapes Archive label is also available.
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NEZNAMO -- "Aiwyasto" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Muzyka Voln, MV-IX, (ltd. 300)
If somebody still doesn't know, behind the Neznamo project stands the Moscow-based musician Dmitry Shilov who stepped on the path of ritual ambient music in 1996 under the stage name of Unknown. After releasing five albums on the "Strely Peruna" ("Perun's Arrows") label, the project temporarily fell in a lethargic sleep but woke up again in 2006 with a renewed name and approach. As Neznamo Dmitriy has released several mini-albums on his own label Moonsun Productions, as well as a number of collaboration works with several other acts from the Russian drone underground: Misery, Bardo, Lunar Abyss, Siyanie, etc… For those interested in the project's roots and branches we can give some more keywords: Temnozor', Medve Na Meche, Peal Grim, Magickal Things. "Aiwyâstô" is Neznamo's first full-length album and first "factory-pressed" CD. The album consists of one 42-min long composition recorded in a deep transcendental state. Covered in ornaments of unhasting vibrations, flickering and parallel sound layers, dense string drone permeates the whole track. This music is for lovers of deep inner self diving. Towards the depths of pitch-dark sound where one can see all forms dissolving in emptiness and being reborn by it again in an endless game of space and imagination.
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NEZNAMO -- "Molva" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Muzyka Voln, MV-XIII / Moonsun Productions, MS012, (ltd. 200)
Six years have passed since the release of the previous full-length work of Neznamo "Aiwyâstô", during which Dmitry Shilov was busy with session studio and concert work with other bands & projects (Majdanek Waltz, Noises Of Russia, etc.) and released only a couple of very limited edition cassettes ("Rite Unknown" and "Aery" – split with Notum). And now we finally have a new album! The material for it was collected during 2012-2019 from fragments of studio sessions and live recordings, and unlike "Aiwyâstô", which consisted of viscous thick drone music, "Molva" makes one remember the archaic and ritual roots of early Neznamo works. Conceptual like before, the album consists of three sonic canvases, woven from lingering drones, rustles, resonances and cryptic spells, interlaced into a single sonic ritual... The CD was co-released with Moonsun Productions in an edition of 200 copies in a 6-panel matte cardboard digisleeve, the digital version is available on bandcamp.
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NIGDENIYA -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXXVI, (ltd. 150)
Nigdeniya is a mail-art project initiated by Vitaly Maklakov - a painter and musician from the Siberian town of Kamensk-Uralskiy, known to the fans of Russian noise underground for the projects Light Collapse, Kromeshna, Obozdur and DIY-labels Ostroga and Heart-Shaped Box. On the first album of this new project he collaborates with Michel Madrange aka M.Nomized - an honoured activist of the French underground since 1975. One track also features the Russian musician Dmitry Rodionov with his project Dmitry Rodionov Experience... "Nigdeniya" (translated from Russian as "Nowhereland") is an utopia state, an idea drawn out of writings of the English philosopher & humanist Thomas More. This is a geographical and socio-political fantasy, a place not found on Earth - as there is no place for this musical project whose creations are born in virtual space during an exchange of material by mail. The result of this exchange is presented in 8 compositions, in which electronic rhythms are tightly interwoven with multi-layered arrangements made of synthesized sounds, voices, sampled musical fragments and field recordings, forming striking industrial psychedelic kaleidoscope of visions.
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NOISES OF RUSSIA -- "Experimental Structure" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2008 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XIX, (ltd. 250)
Nowadays Noises Of Russia is one of the most known groups on the Russian experimental post-industrial scene, mainly because of their numerous concerts and CDR-releases, published by their leader - Gosha Solnzev aka 1g0g ("Van Gog") - on his own label ElectroIndustria. This release has captured one of such concerts which took place at the Experimental Sound Gallery (ESG-21) in St. Petersburg in October 2008... This concert was peculiar because of the non-traditional band line-up which aside from 1g0g included some of his friends: musicians Nikolay Kalmykov (Hladna), M.M. (Kryptogen Rundfunk), Igor Potsukailo (Bardoseneticcube) and Evgeny Savenko (Lunar Abyss Deus Organum), and also VJ Alco (video projection) and Grigory Glazunov (ODDDance Theatre, butoh dance). By common efforts these comrades performed totally improvised material quite typical for the "St. Petersburg post-industrial wave" and combining elements of collage, industrial, noise and ambient. Field recordings and voice manipulations, metal percussion and rough analogue signals, guitar semi-melodies and various sound effects - all this is harmoniously blended in the unified psychedelic soundsphere.
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OGNI VIDENIY -- "Skeleton in the Closet for God" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LIV, (ltd. 77)
The new album from Ogni Videniy following the "Sounding Emptiness" disc delves again into Buddhist themes, this time - the spatial Buddhist cosmology. Every track is dedicated to a certain state of mind and its corresponding plane of existence of sentient beings, from material worlds to the realms of pure consciousness... Nine compositions with intense sonic structures, like fractal canvases with no end and no beginning. Each of them with its own atmosphere: from mild and rarefied to dense, noisy and pulsating; all being pierced by elastic electric drones with lots of hues and parallel resonating forms... Perhaps this is a kind of music that devas are hearing in the depths of their meditative absorptions. However, no matter how high the level of their staying in non-material worlds is, the most valuable is still human life because it has the best opportunities to make decisions and choose the right path.
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OGNI VIDENIY & SVETLO111 -- "Synapse" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LIII, (ltd. 77)
A collaboration of the two projects now based in St. Petersburg and often performing together at city gigs and forest festivals. Three long psychoactive tracks filled with gritty analogue noise, farced with scraps of electronic signals and soaked in a syrup of harmonious drones. Despite the abrasive texture of sound and use of rather sharp effects, the atmosphere of the album is quite contemplative. Like the severely frosty northern night with polar lights: the air bites your skin and burns your lungs, but you just can't stop staring. The key point is the right adjustment of perception and selection of warming elements!
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OTZEPENEVSHIYE -- "Razryv Svyazi (Disconnection)" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2017 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXXI, (ltd. 300)
At last! The first major solo release from Otzepenevshiye in 11 years of the band's existence! The project was shaped in 2006 by Evgeniy Voronovskiy (Cisfinitum), Dmitriy Zubov (Hypnoz, Zuboff Sex Shop) and Ivan Napreenko (Sal Solaris, Θ16), but after some time transformed into a duo of Ivan and Arnold_pR (Reutoff, Myrrman). Otzepenevshiye have recorded many compositions published on compilations on various occasions by such labels as Heliophagia, Ewers Tonkunst, Old Europa Cafe, etc. The only full-length album "For a Knife" was created in collaboration with the band Vir' (2013, Zhelezobeton Distribution Division). And only now many scattered pieces, like cold drops of condensate, have accomplished their cycle and gathered in two dazzingly freezing snowflakes... Powerful and catchy guitar riffs, relentlessly sharp industrial rhythmics, minimalistic pads and authentic field recordings – these are the lattice points of the sound of Otzepenevshiye. The need to use understandable terms makes us turn to such tags as industrial doom metal, drone-doom or doomgaze, but anyway we can't avoid the word "doom" here. Yes, this music has darkness inside, there's suffering, there's a feel of real experience, but also a clear conscious gaze towards the other side of the rubicon. Otzepenevshiye know how to get to the very depths and see the blackness that contains the infinite cosmic absolute... Apart from solo recordings, the second disc features tracks created in collaboration with Circle Of Unexisted and Vir' and remakes of compositions by Banda Chetyryokh and Thergothon. The material of this album was released in small cassette editions by NEN Records, including several bonus tracks. The track-list of this double-CD edition was specially adjusted by the musicians for the sake of maximum immersion.
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PEAL GRIM -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Moonsun Produsctions, MS009 / ZHELEZOBETON distribution division, ZHBD-07, (ltd. 100)
Peal Grim is one of the names of Dmitriy Shilov known for the projects Unknown, Neznamo and Magickal Things. Peal Grim explores the theme of dramatic experiences of the human life using acoustic and electric guitars, overdrive, distortion and spatial effects. Their sound creates clouds of guitar drone, noise and ringing, assuming different shapes in the acoustic atmosphere: sometimes floating like an impenetrable fog, sometimes rolling like a gigantic front of thunderclouds, sometimes creeping over a dark pit of overwhelming melancholia… These five compositions were recorded over the course of three years from 2007 to 2009 and were mastered by Sergey Bulychiov (kshatriy.pro) in 2014... "This record is not recommended to listening for depressively inclined persons".
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PETROGRAD DRONE GATHERING / MOSCOW NOISE MANUFACTORY -- "PoluDrëma 26.11.2021" -- C-90 -- €8
2022 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXXXVI, (ltd. 150)
Petrograd Drone Gathering exists since 2016; this project was conceived by Evgenii Savenko as an ensemble of like-minded musicians from St. Petersburg, united by the common idea of free undulating musical expression, saturated with the forest psychedelia of the Karelian isthmus. Moscow Noise Manufactory is a similar creative union of metropolitan musicians, working in many genres from drone ambient and noise to psychedelic jazz and doom metal. The project was organized by Georgiy Orlov-Davydovskiy in the spring of 2021. In fact, both formations are live laboratories exploring the impersonal matter of sound, and the appearance of their joint recordings was just a matter of time. Such a recording was made at the “PoluDrëma” (“semi-slumber”) party, which took place on the night of November 26th-27th, 2021 at the Red Eyes Moscow club. From midnight until morning the St. Petersburg musicians played in sequence with artists from Moscow, for eight hours weaving a seamless fabric of oneiric sound for an audience which was either sleeping or drinking tea. These recordings were later edited in studio and condensed in two 45-minute pieces, showcasing all versatility of experimental ambient music... This time the line-up of Petrograd Drone Gathering featured Alexey Korablin (Reconstruction of Moss), Dmitry Maslyakov (Mira Drevo), Evgenii Savenko (Lunar Abyss), М.М. (Kryptogen Rundfunk), Pavel Dombrovskiy (uhushuhu), Lilia Akivenson (tremorkikimor) and Alexandra Isaeva (Jum-Jum). Moscow Noise Manufactory was represented by Georgiy Orlov-Davydovskiy (Yudol), Dmitriy Bubinskiy (Old Moss), Alexandra Isaeva (Jum-Jum), Vladimir Cherepanov (t_error 404), Philipp Datura (Datura Metel), Fedor Kovalev (Waldgrenze), Anton Kochubeev (Acanto), Alexey Vasilev (Droning Room), Boris Drone ([bɔː]), Alexandr Rust (Cotton Rust), Koloyar Dreved (Hladna) and Ilya Suzdaltsev... The album is released in a limited edition of 150 copies on C-90 audiocassette: brand new tape in recycled shell with full-colour stickers, double-sided foldout cover and a download card.
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POLKKA LOVE MACHINE -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LVI / Aquarellist, aquarel 31-15 / Saaren Levy, (ltd. 77)
Polkka Love Machine is the title of a performance made by the Finnish theatrical group Sabotanic Garden founded by Pasi Mäkelä and Jussi Saivo. The piece appeared in 2009 and has toured extensively ever since in France, Germany, Austria, USA, Czech, Estonia and Finland. Now it's been turned into a musical project in which Pasi and Jussi explore the depths of ritual eroticism. What we hear is a set of six laid-back songs with a lo-fi sound but refined old-school approach. Slooow rhythms, hum of amplifiers, bluesy splashes of vibrating guitars, subtle electronic tones and ghostly auditory hallucinations... Retired jazzmen on mushrooms and sedatives? A session of deep seductive self-hypnosis? Or a result of super hot sauna overdose?... In any case, a great collection of Finnish love-making music... Jussi Saivo is also the member of such projects as Tiermes and Aural Holograms and a chief of his own Saaren Levy label. Pasi Mäkelä aside from performing with Sabotanic Garden plays weird music as PAM and operates his micro-label Meteorismo.
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PORCH NAP -- "Antidot (Selected Works 2007-2017)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Fulldozer Records, FDCD38 / ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division, ZHBD-16, (ltd. 175)
During the last ten years this moderately active figure of the St. Petersburg underground has been engaged in acoustic research, almost invisible for most people but passionate in its cosmologic nature. The result of these experiments turned into a fusion of seemingly incompatible genres of modern music – techno and improvised noise. However in the interpretation of Porch Nap this paradoxical combination sounds quite natural... The album features selected tracks of Porch Nap dated 2007-2017, most of which were reworked in recent years. For five compositions additional parts were recorded by honored figures of the Russian experimental scene: Fedor Svolotch, Alexei Borisov, Kryptogen Rundfunk, Brompton's Cocktail, as well as by the famous American noise musician Phillip Klingler aka PBK. And the final track "Intelligent Noise Monday" was remixed live by Alexander Zaitsev, known as a member of the band EU (Ёлочные Игрушки)... Porch Nap's creative method is rooted in deep minimalism and almost complete disregard of musical setup in its traditional meaning. The basis of almost all compositions is built on live recordings of an analogue feedback generator transformed by the author’s algorithms of digital processing. Peculiar frequency combinations and extreme binaural effects obtained in a random manner during improvisations will arouse interest of the most inquisitive music lovers. Recommended to listen in headphones. Not recommended to listen before sleep... Standard edition: CD in digisleeve with two cards, limited to 175 copies.
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PORCH NAP -- "Antidot (Selected Works 2007-2017)" -- CD + 3"CD-R + CS -- €20
2018 Fulldozer Records, FDCD38 / ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division, ZHBD-16, (ltd. 35)
Special edition includes CD in digisleeve with two cards, bonus mini-CD-R in cardboard sleeve with an alternative version of the title track Porch Nap feat Fedor Svolotch "Antidot" and two additional compositions, Porch Nap ""Ordo Ordinans" audio-tape (reissue of the 2001 album), all packed in white rag bag with silk-screen printing. Limited to 35 copies.
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PUSTOTA -- "Greatest Hits" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LVII, (ltd. 77)
A collection of the best pieces by the conceptual project Pustota maintained by Evgeniy Savenko (Lunar Abyss, Hattifnatter, Boevye Cikady, etc.) to explore various forms of manifestation and convergence of the acoustic spaces and artifacts. Repeatedly amplified noise of old magnetic tape, work of tape-recorder mechanisms and technical faults, electro-magnetic interference, running through the tube cascades of the old amplifiers, impersonal urban and field recordings caught on cassette dictaphones - all this is tesselated in a sort of mosaic of textural sonic events. All compositions except one were previously released in extended forms by BioSonar^Lo-End label in tiny editions of 7-15 cassettes with deliberately absurd handmade artwork.
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SAL SOLARIS -- "Thresholds" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXII, (ltd. 333)
"Thresholds" is the first Sal Solaris solo album in 15 years marked by a variety of collaborations, splits and minor releases. From a musical point of view this is probably the most complex and certainly the most rhythmic work of the duo which opens a new chapter in its history... The Sun radiates and cools down. Mountains erode and grind into sand. Any system tends to minimum energy and maximum entropy, that is to uniformity. But while chaos does not reign yet, the universe is a complex thermodynamic landscape filled with low grounds and peaks, ridges and valleys. To go from one valley to another we need a breakthrough. As when a match boosts energy to let reagents gain ability to cross the threshold, and continue to roll freely and independently... "Thresholds" is an acoustic study of a breakthrough over the threshold. Therefore the album constantly crosses genre limits. The listener is taken from a thicket of dark techno to a rave meadow, and in the middle of dark ambient wasteland he or she gets thrust against a rock of minimal electro... "Thresholds" is also an attempt to answer the question of what may be a match in human life situations. How to cross the pass, when the ridge is covered with clouds. The album can be regarded as a box of matches, or an experimental map of passes for those who feel confined in their valleys... Authors can not guarantee its absolute accuracy... Cassette version of the album with two exclusive remixes is released by NEN Records and available for purchasing at their bandcamp as well as in our mailorder catalogue.
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THE SAND RAYS -- "Remembered Vol. 1 (EPs gathered together)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXX, (ltd. 300)
After the dissolution of The Infant Cycle, Jim DeJong went on a hiatus from production, and disappeared into seclusion. However, after a few months, an offer to score a feature film appeared, which spurred him back into production. A lot of flexible basic tracks were produced during this time, that could be fitted together for different scenes. Unfortunately, the film production ground to a halt, but being active again caused DeJong to begin his new project, The Sand Rays, and adapt some of the film score ideas into something that could be released and heard. A number of EPs were released on DeJong's label The Ceiling in tiny editions, under a number of similar names (The Sand Rays, Ray Sands, Sandra Y.), which are hard to find. The sounds emanate from an assortment of instruments and sound makers including carved runout grooves, bass guitar, bird cages, shortwave radio, and more, cooked into a choppy stew of drones and mood... The cover photo reflects its contents. Up close, a pretty photo of sumac, but pulls back to reveal a more troubled location. This location was outside DeJong's old studio, a brownsfield too toxic for people, but a safe place for the vegetation to flourish... The material could be considered an extension of the final inclinations of The Infant Cycle, such as the "Drop-Out Center" album (2012, Zhelezobeton). A new chapter in the same book? Now we bring together the rare first four EPs in an easier to find and digest package, with full colour sleeve artwork. Eight interlocking tracks. Play it straight through, or random, or repeat.
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THE SAND RAYS -- "Remembered Vol. 2 (more EPs in coalescence)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXXXI, (ltd. 107)
The Canadian musician Jim DeJong (ex-The Infant Cycle) continues to splinter and perplex his discography, releasing mini-works under different monikers: The Sand Rays, San Andreas, Sand Ra, etc. And we are making already the second attempt to collect these sprawling entities under a single cover after the CD "Remembered Vol. 1 (EPs gathered together)" in 2017... This time Jim doesn’t reveal the list of tools that he used, but we know his passion for recycled sounds of shortwave radio, household appliances and malfunctioning electronics. His music is like ghostly monochrome corridors and sound tunnels which often end with sudden turns and dead ends. It is like endless fields of inner calm, woven from reverberations and atonal textures, giving way to mysterious several second-long cuts in which seemingly almost nothing happens. It is like a quiet psychedelic introversion, a contemplation of bitcrushed emptiness, a parallel existence in intangible layers of space.
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SISTER LOOLOMIE -- "Signals" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2009 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XX, (ltd. 250)
Sister Loolomie is one of the offspring of [S]ergey (or just [S]), a musician from Moscow region, known for his projects Exit In Grey, Five Elements Music and some others, as well as for his labels Still*Sleep and Semperflorens. The musical style of [S] is notable for its delicate and gentle approach to sound, the keywords for its definition are: ambient / drone / experimental / electroacoustic. In Sister Loolomie [S] utilizes deliberate sonic "digitalizing" and at the same time manages to keep the warmth and cosiness of sound in his own way, resembling tape drone music... [S]ergey uses guitar, electronics, radio and computer processing in creating his soundscapes, both abstract and sensuous at the same time. The compositions move calmly and slowly, sound loops draw in attention like spirals and dissolve it in their textures. Shivery signal waves and soft generated rasp form an aerial atmosphere, in which crackle the discharges of digital interference, and bright yet slightly melancholic melodies bring serenity and tender contemplative sadness.
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SOL MORTUUS -- "Extinction" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2015 Evil Dead Produsctions, EDP016 / ZHELEZOBETON distribution division, ZHBD-08, (ltd. 300)
Sol Mortuus is the project of the Yekaterinburg-based musician named Kein, who played in the 90-ies in a well-known underground Russian atmospheric black metal band Thy Repentance and later got carried away by experimental ambient sound. Under this name he has already released the album "Black In The Green Wreath" on a split with Zinc Room (2014, Evil Dead Productions, EDP 014) and a couple of tracks on compilations. Kein is also the author of such projects as Scratching Soil, Carved Image Of Emptiness, Church Of Howling Dog and is a member of Prognostic Zero and Zinc Room... "Extinction" was recorded in 2014-2015 and dedicated to a life in decay, under a dying Sun, or possibly Three Suns? This is slow, thick and viscous rhythmic ritual ambient evoking spacious desert images (although everyone has their own visions). Aside from the essential synthesizers which play a background droning role here, a lot of acoustic instruments were used in this recording: cello, mandolin, blockflute, kaluka, vargan, buben and various percussion. The album sounds whole, it seems the tracks bleed one from another but at the same time each of them carries its own story built on the interpretations of the ancient Ural legends and tales of the northern peoples.
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SPHERE REX -- "For Electronics and Piano" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Shadowplay Records, SPR 101 / Monopoly Records / Muzyka Voln, MV-III, (ltd. 500)
Muzyka Voln in cooperation with the Moscow label Monopoly Records and the Voronezh label Shadowplay Records presents the solo album of one of Cyclotimia members - Sphere Rex... The word "ambient" came into the musical culture after the same-name solo album of Brian Eno, a member of the British art rock band Roxy Music. Legend has it that the musician was in the hospital and had nothing to do but to listen to the noises behind the window, and so he noticed a certain structure and musicality which he later started to imitate with the use of tapes and musical instruments... Of course Eno wasn't the one who discovered this music style first, as before him the ideas of "background music" were developed by the French composer Erik Satie, and the concept of "the art of noises" was stated by the Italian futurist Luigi Russolo. However it was Eno who recorded in the 70s a series of albums with compositions which, so to say, laid the foundation of all contemporary ambient music in its boundless variety: from inelaborate "new age" to club "chill out" to harsh and experimental "dark/drone ambient"... Sphere Rex plays ambient in this uncommon for today traditional vein, combining minimalism and "background"-style of electronic music a la Brian Eno and piano improvisations based on proto-ambient ideas of Erik Satie. This music is able to calm down and lull to sleep like alpha-wave rhythms or paint weird images guided by the surreal titles of compositions in one's imagination. For the goals of complete authenticity only analogue devices were used in recordings, as well as tube preamps and compressors from 60s-70s.
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STRUP vs DN23rd -- "24d19" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2021 ZHELEZOBETON distribution division, ZHBD-20, (ltd. 60)
Everything what we love: noises of radio ether and mysterious signals are framed by industrial field recordings and utterly abstract inhuman playing on acoustic instruments. A meditative sound collage, under the quasi-static form of which one finds a layered abyss full of micro-dynamic processes. A zen garden assembled from burnt rubber and metal junk. Two long lullabies from the factory radio room... Factory-pressed CD limited to 60 copies in a cardboard sleeve.
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THEODOR BASTARD -- "BossaNova_Trip" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Fulldozer Records, FDCD41 / ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division, ZHBD-17, (ltd. 300)
"BossaNova_Trip" is the highlight of the early experimental period of Theodor Bastard. A non-vocal electronic album recorded by Fedor Svolotch (Alexander Starostin) in 2002 several years before the formation of the band’s key line-up. 14 original utterly minimalistic tracks of the album were on the cutting edge of the avant-garde trends of that time and are worth comparing to the best glitch releases of such labels as Mego, Raster-Noton and Sonig. Aimed at the most sophisticated music lovers, "BossaNova_Trip" has completely fulfilled the ambitions of Fedor Svolotch as a skillful master of sound design and had a strong influence on the unique sound of the later well-known albums of Theodor Bastard. It was on this recording that the track "PU's_Tota" originated in its initial electronic proto-version which, in highly modified form, became the band's first major hit two years later. This reissue features a bonus track – the vocal version of "PU's_Tota", originally released on the compilation that came along with the BulDozer#2 magazine. The melody and the lyrics sung by Yana Veva, which are now so familiar to the fans of Theodor Bastard, appeared in this version for the first time.
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UHUSHUHU -- "Long Songs Pleasant for Hearing" -- 2 CD -- €14
2014/2022 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XLI / Nebosvod, (ltd. 200)
Uhushuhu is a project led by Pavel Dombrovskiy, a musician and graphic designer from St. Petersburg, member of the bands Utrovortu, Pigeons and Insane Porrige-Makers, Krol’, etc. “Long Songs Pleasant for Hearing” is the project’s debut work, originally published in 2014... Following these songs, we set off on a journey through structures and surfaces in a shell of experimental drone ambient. We will face sonic anomalies, random wanderings in unstable and unpredictable spheres, vague rustles and semblant echoes, spaces of various densities, moods and origins, hidden dead-ends, spontaneous phonations and labyrinths enclosed in themselves... The 2022 reissue comes with a second disc containing three previously unreleased compositions with a total duration of 47 minutes. The edition is presented in a matte 4-panel digisleeve with a new design by Lilia Akivenson and limited to 200 copies. The digital version is available on bandcamp.
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UHUSHUHU -- "Onega" -- 2 CD -- €14
2015/2022 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LII / Nebosvod, (ltd. 200)
“Onega” is Uhushuhu's second album, originally released by ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ in early 2015 and later re-released in cassette format with a remix by Creation VI and an alternative version of the material by Uhushuhu themselves... Archaically natural, truly psychoactive drone, woven from hundreds of sounds that appear and disappear. Thick as a pre-dawn haze, haunted by the spirits of the forest and river nymphs. Flowing under the water like a transparent fog, descending deep to the smallest of shells on the muddy bottom of an ancient lake. Ripples on the liquid surface, stones dancing in the dark, tales of mosses and their inhabitants, the lightness of dew, the dizzying helicity of snails... The 2022 reissue comes with a second disc containing two bonus tracks from the cassette version along with one previously unreleased 26-minutes composition. The edition is presented in a matte 4-panel digisleeve with a new design by Lilia Akivenson and limited to 200 copies. The digital version is available on bandcamp.
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UHUSHUHU -- "Geoscience" -- 2 CD -- €14
2015/2022 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XLVII / Nebosvod, (ltd. 200)
The third studio album by the St. Petersburg-based group Uhushuhu continues the line of the two previous works: "Long Songs Pleasant for Hearing" and "Onega", namely – long spatial tapestries filled with a whole lot of electronic and organic events drifting on a leisurely contemplative wave. One can listen to this music endlessly, it seems to be created of several layers of semi-transparent mirrors reflecting everything that comes in the field of the musicians' imagination: smooth synthetic pads, singing birds and (perhaps?) whales, radio waves and a heavenly female voice, lurking whispers, instrumental loops, field recordings and various found sounds. All this creates a complex electro-acoustic image, surely still pleasant for hearing to the connoisseurs of the ambient genre... The 2022 reissue comes with a second disc containing three previously unreleased compositions and the tape version of the “Underwater” long song. The edition is presented in a matte 4-panel digisleeve with a new design by Lilia Akivenson and limited to 200 copies. The digital version is available on bandcamp.
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UHUSHUHU -- "Long Songs Pleasant for Hearing" + "Onega" + "Geoscience" -- 3 x 2 CD -- €36
2014/2022 ZHELEZOBETON / Nebosvod, (ltd. 200)
A bundle of three double CD reissues of the first three Uhushuhu albums at a special price.
UL -- "III" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2008 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XVI, (ltd. 250)
ÜL was formed in 2006 by Argentinians Alan Courtis (Reynols), Fernando Perales and Charly Zaragoza. They have performed live many times in Argentina and released two albums: "Astropecuario" on the Scottish label Pjorn Records and "II" on the Argentinian Facon Records. This is their third disk containing material recorded in 2007. The goal of ÜL is the exploration of timbric possibilities of electric guitars in their own way, combining elements of noise, drone music and free atonal improvisation. Their compositions immerse the listener into an abstract world of electromagnetic interaction between acoustic and electronic medium. A world glutted with raw sounds of string vibrations, droney feedback resonances, acute work of limiting amplifiers and layering echoes of effects.
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UMPIO -- "Insektio" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXXXIV, (ltd. 300)
Umpio is the solo project of the Finnish sound explorer Pentti Dassum, a member of numerous bands with incredible stylistic coverage from noise-grind (Romutus) to challenging electroacoustic experiments (SM/DP) and unpredictable brutal noise performed on self-built metal objects. However there's no junk noise this time – "Insektio" is made from massive oscillations, electronic microsounds and tape manipulations. Like a heavy trip into nature, listen with one ear to the ground, how all the insects work, how temperature shifts affect the resonance of the planet, and how civilizations crumble away as only the frogs and moss will survive... CD edition is presented in 4-panel foldout matte-laminated digisleeve and limited to 300 hand-numbered copies.
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VETROPHONIA -- "Kurutta Ippeiji (A Page of Madness") -- DVD -- €12 [-50%]
2014 ZHELEZOBETON Film, ZF-III, (ltd. 300)
"Kurutta Ippeiji (A Page of Madness)" is a silent film created by the Japanese director Teinosuke Kinugasa in 1926. The screenplay was written together with Yasunari Kawabata, a celebrated representative of the avant-garde literary movement of Neo-Perceptionists known as "Shinkankanu", who would later win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. Considering the overall traditional orientation of the Japanese cinema of that time, the film greatly surpassed all concepts about experimental art and made a big sensation among critics although remained almost unnoticed by the masses... The story unfolds in a mental asylum where a woman is kept after her attempt to drown her own daughter. Her husband, a former sailor, takes a job there as a janitor in hopes of eventually rescuing his wife from captivity but soon he himself starts loosing his mind… The film includes striking scenes of the emotions of characters, also those of asylum patients whose insane visions are shown using unconventional analogue special effects, which still produce quite a psychoactive impact even on the modern viewer... The short film screening in 1926 was accompanied by live musicians playing and comments from "benshi" - professional narrators who have put semantic accents in the story, but there is no information about the original music score. At different times several soundtracks for the movie were composed, all in different styles - from classical taiko drums and jazz interpretations to indie rock and experimental electronics... Backed by the successful experience of recording soundtracks for silent cinema (let us recall "The Space Voyage" from 1936 directed by N. Zhuravlev), St. Petersburg's duo Vetrophonia continues to contribute to the legacy of avant-garde cinematography in its trademark retro-futuristic style. With the use of electronics, archival samples, classical strings, brass and self-built metallic instruments Nikolay Sudnik and Alexander Lebedev-Frontov managed to create a sound canvas ideally fitting every scene of the film. The soundtrack is made both with meticulous approach and light humour, it follows all changes of moods and guarantees a truly unique watching experience enhancing both visual and emotional sides of this masterpiece of the Japanese silent cinema.
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WANDER -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-XXXV, (ltd. 150)
Wander is a duo from the Dutch town of Nijmegen consisting of Frans de Waard and Freek Kinkelaar, also known under the name Beequeen. Beequeen have been recording music since 1989 but in 2000 they decided to redirect this project to more accessible "almost-pop-music" and started Wander to unburden themselves in creating abstract soundscapes... This recording was made during the Russian tour of Wander / Beequeen in October 2011 in the Moscow art cafe "Ex:Libris". Their performance was not improvised - within 42 minutes the listener can find several specific compositions bound together by more abstract interludes. Freek plays guitar and uses expedient means for creating noises while Frans takes care of electronics and field recordings. Like in a good movie their music reflects a full range of human emotions: from light-hearted sketches with serene guitar passages to disturbing dark ambient scenes and, of course, trademark minimal drones with careful textures and easy noises.
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ZINC ROOM -- "Habal Garmin" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2021 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 028 / ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division, ZHBD-22, (ltd. 100)
The album "Habal Garmin" by the Yekaterinburg-based industrial project Zinc Room is dedicated to the work of the Austrian writer Gustav Meyrink and continues the "literary" series of releases after "Window of Erich Zann", based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, and "Poe", dedicated respectively to E.A. Poe... The permanent project mastermind Alexander "i" remains faithful to the style once chosen: the tone is set by a distorted bass guitar and metal percussion, and their crazy dance is accompanied by a cello, gloomy synth passages and repetitive samples recorded by Andrey "Kein" (Sol Mortuus, Church of Howling Dog, etc.). We regretfully note that this recording was the last for Andrey as part of Zinc Room – in October 2021 his life was taken by the well-known virus... The album is released by a cooperation of Evil Dead Productions and ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division. CD-edition is limited to 100 copies and comes in a foldout cardboard sleeve with an insert, digital version is available on bandcamp.
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ZINC ROOM -- "Window of Erich Zann" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2016 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 018 / ZHELEZOBETON Distribution Division, ZHBD-10, (ltd. 300)
"Window of Erich Zann" is currently the latest album by Zinc Room from Ekaterinburg, Russia, led by Alexander "I" (also head of the Evil Dead Productions label and member of Prognostic Zero) and Kein (Sol Mortuus, Church Of Howling Dog, ex-Thy Repentance, etc.). This is a blend of raw noisy industrial and dark ambient with the project's trademark sound: roaring bass guitar, steel sheets and spiral springs are combined with thematic samples, powerful synth pads and slightly unexpected cello intrusions... The album symbolically marks the past 10-year anniversary of the project's activity and contains several reworked compositions from the debut Zinc Room disc "Cold Corridors of Fear" (2004, Evil Dead Productions). "Window of Erich Zann" was originally released by EDP as a limited edition CD-R in 2015 and now re-issued on a factory pressed CD with the support of Zhelezobeton Distribution Division featuring two exclusive bonus tracks.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Gudelnaya Polyana – Solar Systo Togathering 2020" -- 3 CD -- €18 [-50%]
2021 ZHELEZOBETON, ZHB-LXXXV, (ltd. 300)
Here we have a three-hour long compilation of live recordings, made in September 2020 at Gudelnaya Polyana (Russian for “droning glade”) – the experimental stage of the Solar Systo Togathering festival. The concept of Gudelnaya Polyana is total drone, infinitely diverse, but united in its essence. Every year in any weather dozens of musicians gather in the woods of the Leningrad region to take part in this ritual action, keeping themselves warm with bonfires, hot pu-er tea and kilowatts of sound... In 2020, we were lucky to record the performances of most artists, and many of them agreed to provide fragments of these recordings for a commemorative compilation. The unity and diversity of droning sound is fully represented here since the festival gathers musicians from different fields: ambient, drone, noise, electronic, academic, and even the ensemble of 12-year-old experimenters made their contribution... The first disc gently immerses us in the forest thicket, swamps and electrified fogs; the second takes us further into the labyrinths of sound experiments and unlikely consonances; the third begins with the piercing clarity of dawn, which gives way to a calm daytime mood, followed by the coming of night – the deep darkness thickens, we’re riding electromagnetic waves and trying to look beyond human existence... In order to recapture the atmosphere more precisely, the tracks of 28 artists are smoothly rendered in three hour-long mixes. The artists taking part in this compilation are: AIKO ONLINE feat. KIKIMOTA & ANTON SONDA-JUNGLOV, ANDREW SPRRW & NIKA, AU, DRONE LIBERATION FRONT, EGREGOROS, EVERGREEN DJ, JAGATH, JAM DAZAN, KONTAKT S INOPLANETYANAMI ETO MUZYKA, KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK, LUNAR ABYSS, MIRA DREVO, NOISES OF RUSSIA, PETER THEREMIN, PETROGRAD DRONE GATHERING, SACHA RUSH & INSPECTR, SIX DEAD BULGARIANS, SOILCULT, SONOZERO, SVETLO111, SYMPHOCAT, TILE~SHORE, TIM SIX, TREMORKIKIMOR, TRETIY MIR, TUHJADES MAADES, W I I, WALDGRENZE... The physical edition is presented as a foldout matte-laminated 6-panel digisleeve, limited to 300 hand-numbered copies.
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.-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z V/A[HAVEN] -- "A2982" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Rage In Eden, RAGE 60, (ltd. 500)
42 minutes 05 seconds. This is the duration of the album. It will communicate any meter of time. Let us not however be deluded by the spells of this sorcerer; because the first sounds overturn its acknowledged and safe definition and begin construction of different, weirder spaces. This is the last chance to resign and turn back. Otheriwse, when you listen to the end of first track the only thihg left to say is "Toto, I have an impression that we're not in Kansas". You begin your own, separate (and the longest?) journey. What do you see on your way? What unknown ladns, traditions, incomprehesible rituals and dialects will you discover? I do not know. But I am sure that if David Lynch will ever undertake the filming of "Alice in the Wonderland" the soundtrack of the movie will be filled with the music from this particular album. "Victoire Vrist "Le Figuro". 10 tracks, 42 minutes, CD in digipack. [press-release]
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[SHTURM] -- "Final" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2021 MIC Label, MIC 016
EBM / Dark Electro. The final chord of the Moscow military-EBM formation. New material, which had been in the storehouse for almost five years and was waiting for its turn. Vocals are sung by the leader of the Yekaterinburg group SINGULAR 2.0 – Alexei Timkovsky. Musically it's all the same furious and danceable dark-electro / EBM loved so much by all fans of the group. And which, alas, will be heard for the last time within the framework of this project. As a bonus, several old compositions are presented, including the famous "Katyusha", presented here in the rereleased format. [label info]
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Θ -- "Total Division" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 229-2, (ltd. 350)
Dark Ambient / Drone Metal. Behind Θ (Theta) project stands Themistoklis Altintzoglou hailing from Greece and currently residing in Tromso, Northern Norway. He has been releasing music since 2013 and is also half of the duos METATAG and ISOLATION. Θ has been collaborating with MITSUMIDAI on Brazilian horror film soundtracks (Uptake Fear & the Hand), background music for podcasts and has contributed with soundscapes and atmospherics for TAU CROSS and WAR//PLAGUE albums... “Total Division” presents 9 mysterious, and doom-driven tracks that are drowned in distortion and reverb. On this album, Theta unleashes powerful, dense and textural music that you can almost touch. Altintzoglou states that his origins are rooted in hardcore punk and whatever it may be – punk, black or doom metal - you can clearly hear that guitar sound is the center of his inspirations and sources. As bold as this statement may be - MAEROR TRI comes to mind but put into contemporary context. This is the most ”metal” album we’ve released so far and couldn’t be happier about it. “Total Division” is the example of those rare situations, when the Artist reached out to us directly and we immediately knew we want to release this fantastic piece of work... CD edition of 350 copies comes in a 6 panel ecopack. [label info]
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Θ -- "Vision Of One" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2022 Zoharum, ZOHAR 249-2, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient. After the well-received "Total Division", THETA returns to Zoharum with its successor, the album "Vision of One", on which Themistoklis Altintzoglou consistently explores the formula of his own musical expression, balancing between drone and ambient aesthetics; in this case, it is only a starting point for further excursions to other regions, not so obvious in this genre. The Greek artist with incredible ease juggles rather modest mens of expression in order to bring out new, sometimes surprising, or at least not so usual structures based on a cold massive, even rough and metallic sound. On this core, individual compositions are embedded, which naturally unfold in different directions, but nevertheless create a coherent but multicolored and intriguing album, where the atmosphere thickens with every minute, where you can clearly feel the Scandinavian cold, and everywhere enveloped in an aura of mystery, seasoned with a pinch of post black metal spirit. If you appreciated "Total Division", you will love "Vision Of One" - the younger, more mature successor... Released on CD in 6-panel ecopack in a circulation of 300 copies. [label info]
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>O< -- "By the nightingale paths of the city" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Polevoy Dnevnik, P(F)D 006
Field recordings of nightingale songs, made during May-June 2016 in diverse areas of Saint-Petersburg. Calm corners and paths of wild nature in the droning industrial sphere of big city. Fullcolour sleeve. [label info]
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>O< -- "Emerald Leaves" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT151, (ltd. 22)
A beautiful meditative Drone Ambient / Progressive Electronics mini-album, imbued with the breath of spring, gentle breeze and freshness. Bright spring foliage yet not covered with dust sways on branches, emitting an emerald chime, and the movement of juices in the trees resonates with the pulsations of space. An ideal soundtrack for contemplative and psychedelic walks through forests and parks. Handmade and hand-painted cardboard envelope with textile applique in the form of an emerald leave. [label info]
>O< -- "La Belle Epoque" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT152, (ltd. 19)
Ambient / Drone / Dungeon Synth. The new disc by >o< is dedicated to the aesthetics of the "Beautiful Epoch", Art Nouveau or Modern - there are many names for this phenomenon, and the essence is very versatile, like this release. Here you will find sketches inspired by the masterpieces of Art Nouveau architecture like for example the famous Vitebsk Railway Station, and the technology of that era, and the romantic melancholy of the Baltic, and the breath of everyday life of those days. Accordingly, the tracks vary from minimalistic “gothic” forms of ambient to more lo-fi, experimental and drone variations of it - especially since we decided to supplement four new compositions with three bonuses of a similar theme, which were previously released on rare and already unavailable releases by >o<. The inner sleeve made by hand from vintage paper and decorated with a vintage floral sticker. All the information is handwritten with a golden ink. The outer A5 sleeve made of vintage patterned paper and sealed with a floral sticker. Decorated disc surface. [label info]
>O<MUTT -- "The Autumn Has Returned" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016 YAOP, YAOP 059 / Conclamatum Est, E, (ltd. 39)
The classic of Karelian ambient Omutt (also known for his projects Mare Desiderii, Dime[drone], Galaxy The Incubator, Syvary, Karjalan Tazavalla, etc.) re-interprets the >o< album "The Autumn Has Come". The result is three tracks of wonderful obscure space Drone Ambient, dedicated to the three months of bleak northern autumn. Full-colour sleeve with a photo of Karelian Isthmus in autumn. [label info]
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0ID -- "Red Book (Ambient Mix)" -- CD -- €7
2004 Lagunamuch Community, LMC200, (ltd. 500)
0id is Andrey Antonets solo project, created for the realization of the author's own ideas outside the Alexandroid project. Taking part in the Alexandroid project with Alex Matrosov and releasing albums all over the world, Andrey creats his own ambient soundsystem. There is no complexity in his world, no ambiguity or vagueness - there are only his own ideas and mood, embodied in music. Red Book was specially created for private listening - two in the room is too much to understand him. [press-release]
0ID -- "Systems of Mercy" -- CD -- €7
2006 Lagunamuch Community, LMC700, (ltd. 1000)
0id is one Andrey Antonets, who is a member of Alexandroid, but solo creates his own ambient music. I think it's played on analogue synthesizers, and it's not the tapestry sounds of Hypnos but more the stripped down version of ambient house music. Things move a little bit, there is arpeggio's on the piano, and even a bit of percussion. However the highlight of the cd is the fourth track, which started out with a voice going through a vocoder, later on forming a duet of voices and brings it close to space age popmusic. That is absolutely a great piece. Even with such a title for the cd things can't go wrong. [Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly]
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15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO -- "Open Doors" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Oxidation, CDROT085, (ltd. 200)
Ambient / Experimental / Noise. 15 Degrees Below Zero is Mark Wilson, Daniel Blomquist & Michael Addison Mersereau. The first release by this project was in 2000, so 21 years later we get to see how the project has progressed. Despite this album being started over 10 years ago it fully expresses a great maturity and beautiful diversity of styles. This is a truly epic album and I'm proud to present it to the world along with the members of the project. [label info]
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15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO -- "Under A Morphine Sky" -- CD -- €10
2004 Force Of Nature Productions, fon 07, (ltd. 1000)
15 Degrees Below Zero brings you the companion to 'Morhine Dawn' (2004 Crunch Pod Media), a further journey into the experimental ambience of 15 degrees below zero, who were formerly known as "Imperial Flower Unit". Mastered By Tomas Garrison At Misanthrope studios. "15 Degrees Below Zero's sound ranges from subdued, drifting ambience, featuring skewed, conventional instrumentation and tatters of rhythm, to more insistent, grittier electronic flourishes." [label info]
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16P17R15O19T15O19O23Y16P -- "Plast XXI 91342018191723" -- 2 CD-R -- €15 [-50%]
1998/2017 Torga Amun, Amun-117, (ltd. 24)
Radionoise / Field Recordings / Minimal Industrial / Lo-Fi. One of the projects by dr. Feitnathoroth (Gorduw, Hilderend, Lilly, Unit+Ass, etc.) and Depth Tyrant (Tchort). Portraits of weird radio broadcasts: flowing frequencies, signals, transmission interference, distorted voices & noises, industrial dictaphone recordings and an unexpected remix on a track by Mental Detsruction. Utter minimalism for immersion into your self and into nowhere. Recommended to listen in a gas mask. The material was recorded in 1997 and released on cassette by Folvork prod. (Kfeytzez 011) in 1998. The reissue is done in handmade cardboard sleeves with applique and insert, eacg copy is unique.
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1G0G -- "All Sacred" -- CD-R -- €6
2006 Electroindustria, 08EICDR
Dark Ambient / Noise. Solo album of of Noises of Russia frontman Van Gog (1g0g), which he actively performed during his numerous concerts in Russia and Finland in 2006. 50-minute suite forged from heavily distorted orthodox motets, ringing bells, industrial sounds, smooth ambient layers and found samples. True Orthodox Christian harsh noise!
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1G0G -- "Cover Me From Any Evil" -- CD-R -- €6
2008 New Orthodox Line, NoL+CD-R01, (ltd. 150)
Apocalyptic breath noise. 1g0g alias Gosha Solnzev - the composer of electronic music. His compositions often created from stylistically disparate musical elements are defined by specific composition of music space and by density of sound stream. The voices of turning machines, church singing or piping, drops of rain knocking against the metal roof, dog's barking, tree's whisper, howl of the wind, organ accords and any other sounds are changing in his hands enormously and serve as real-time source material for creating of giant acoustical constructions of very fanciful forms. [press-release]
1G0G -- "Quiet Cube" -- CD-R -- €6
ElektroIndustria
Dark Ambient / Industrial / Experimental. The alboum “Quiet Cube” is a live concert recording, that have been played on a performance of buto theatre “ODDdance”. This performance had taken place in St. Petersburg, in a famous sculpture studio of Anikushin, as a part of “Museums Night” 2008. During the performance the audience are programmed to a result of invisible process, follow the instruction, they are crook on a fish-hook wich was suspended by the artists. The audience had no possibility for usual breathing, they need a respiratory system: an idea, conception, message, fictitious form. [label info] Author's edition by 1g0g (Noises of Russia): printed CDR surface, slim jewel-case.
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21 GRAMMS -- "Water - Membrane" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2012 Greytone, Grey009
With many qualitative independent CDr, Tape, eps productions, 21 GRAMMS garnered so much praise from so many quarters in the past years. "Water - Membrane" is the second Poland's 21 GRAMMS pro-CD album. Seven extended pieces of sublime orchestral dark natural ambient, generated a truly wonderful album. "Water - membrane" sounds like a "last hope" inner movement into the most unknown decadences of the soul. Discouraging, shining, naturally isolationist. [label info]
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23 THREADS -- "I Woke Up at Dawn" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 183-2, (ltd. 250)
Doom Metal / Industrial. Marek Marchoff, Ingrid Swen and Rafał Janus are back with the new album. This is the fourth album released under the moniker 23 THREADS. However, it shows a completely different side of the project. This is a kind of escape from the current formula based on combining dark folk with kraut rock. So what can you expect from "I Woke Up Dawn"? This album is a tribute to the protoplasts of heavy music. The musicians themselves say that it is a doom album. Undoubtedly, in these 9 compositions, you can feel a different weight than before. There are guitars in the foreground, bass lines, thick cylindrical riffs intertwined with possessed vocals. In the background, there is a psychedelic atmosphere of the 1970s. This, however, is a kind of a starting point, a creation that the trio uses to utilize their ideas and to mix in their own musical language already known from previous recordings. It is worth mentioning that in one of the songs there is a guest appearance of ZENIAL who performs his own interpretation, deconstructing previously existing recording by the 23 THREADS musicians, which gives an interesting effect consistent with the whole album, and thus confirms the complexity of the convention adopted by the trio. Taken from the motto from "I Woke Up Dawn", Occult Macabre Doom is the best description of the nature of this recording... The album released in digipak in the shape of a cross limited to 250 copies. [label info]
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2KILOS &MORE -- "entre3villes" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Optical Sound, os.048 / Jeans Records, jeans records 07
IDM / Ambient / Post-Rock. French duo 2Kilos &More was formed in 2003 by Séverine Krouch and Hughes Villette, but their first release, a mini album entitled 9,21, wasn’t published until three years later on artisanal Paris-based imprint Taâlem. This was followed a year later by a full length album, 8Floors Lower, on Jeans Records, with a second album, Entre3villes, on Optical Sound issued two years later. Krouch and Villette also joined the ranks of French performance art collective Von Magnet, famed for mixing electronic music with flamenco and oriental music, in 2008, and with whom they have performed regularly ever since... [themilkfactory]
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2KILOS &MORE -- "Kurz Vor5" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Audiophob, auphcd018
IDM / Ambient / Experimental. 2kilos &More is a French electronica duo from Paris created in 2003 and consisting of Séverine Krouch und Hugues Villette (Von Magnet). Before finding their way to Audiophob, they released one 3"CD and two albums on different labels as well as a lot of other contributions to compilations and movie soundtracks. The new album "Kurz vor5" is once again produced by Norscq (The Grief, Atlas Project, Von Magnet, dDamage, Colder, remixer for Meat Beat Manifesto, Depeche Mode etc.) in his Parisian studio. The duo has invited Phil Von (Von Magnet) and Black Sifichi (a great spoken-words artist from New York who worked with Black Dog, Burnt Friedman, Simon Fisher Turner, Rodolphe Burger, High Tones etc.), two important voices from the independent French scene, to feature three new vocal compositions. Using samples and digital sounds, the duo composes by improvising on long evolving sound waves. They shape every song like a journey through sonic universe, playing with tension and surges punctuated by instrumental interventions (guitars for Séverine or drums for Hugues), often reminding us of the cinematographic world of David Lynch or Steven Soderbergh (Solaris). [label info]
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414 -- "s/t" -- CD -- €15
2000/2011 self-released, (ltd. 38)
A little-known project from one of the "old school" Russian noise musicians - Maks Lvovitch. 100% hometaping experience - tape loops, minimalism, monotonous abstract atmosphere, typical raw and fat cassette sound. Kirill Stoukaline's author's edition with a new design.
73! + PUSTOTA -- "Nesterilnost' (Antisterility)" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2016 Biosonar^Lo-End, 053/2016 cdr, (ltd. 20)
Live recording of the collaborative droning / rustling of the two projects, captured at dRЁmA-10 @ ZANZA 19/12/2015. Two parallel soundflows: flying guitar waves by 73! and rugged layered noises of cassette tapes and field rustles by Pustota. Limited edition and DIY artwork in a cardboard sleeve and stuff like that. [label info]
793 -- "White Rainbow" -- CD-R -- €7
2022 Barbatos Productions, BP 023/2022, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Drone / Lo-Fi. A mysterious esoteric project from the depths of the Russian underground with one 40-minute track full of synthesizer drone, bass rasp and distant harmonic echoes. Plastic half-DVD-box, 50 hand-numbered copies.
7PM RITUAL -- ":08:16:02:" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Lichterklang, LK029, (ltd. 300)
7pm Ritual is the new project of the founding Stein members Norbert Strahl, Nic Sender and Oliver Sittig who reunited for spontaneous jam-session after a couple of years, which finally resulted in “:08:16:02”. The album is a dedicated and conceptional piece of work, based on one of the biggest tragedies of the past millennium. Musicalwise 7pm Rituals debut is the perfect blend of songs, influenced by Neofolk and orchestral, cinematic sounds bands that sometimes remind of early recordings of In The Nursery, but with a more folky edge. The songwriting as well as the sound quality are outstanding and there’s no doubt that 7pm Ritual and their musical diversity will leave a deep impact throughout the different genres mentioned before. [label info]
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A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR -- "Ashigaru Revealed" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Eternal Pride Productions, EPP 012
"Warrior's way means death. When there are two ways to choose, choose the one that leads to death. Don't argue! Direct your thoughts to the way you'd prefer, and follow …" The latest work from one of the most prominent and outstanding Martial / neoclassical European projects. Continuation of music Odyssey began 7 EP - box-set "Ashigaru and dedicated to warrior's traditions of medieval Japan. Graceful and epic cocktail of atmospheric neoclassical passages, Japanese drums and rhythms. The album is released as appealing digi-pack, its design in classical Japanese style was created by Peter Savelkoul. [press-release]
A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR -- "Leonidas" -- CD -- €12
2009 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 120
The City of Sparta was once one of the biggest military state within Greece, the most famous Spartan king was Leonidas. A Challenge of Honour re-arranged lost material from his archive and created an Epic soundtrack in honour of king Leonidas, the ruler of Sparta! For this album A Challenge of Honour has once more returned to his sound of the legendary Seven Samurai recordings to try to get the right atmosphere for this journey into ancient history. Expect heavy percusion and powerful orchestral brass work combined with choirs and marching drums. [label info]
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A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR -- "Trilogy" -- 2 CD -- €17 [-50%]
2007 Vrihaspati Recordings, VR012, (ltd. 255)
The trilogy of human madness was released as three 10" ep's on the french label Divine Comedy. 5 years after the first release, comes now this 2CD-set containing the three 10" EP's digitally remastered on CD1 and on CD2 the Steinklang EP "Am ende des Tages..." as well as 5 unreleased tracks and 4 remixes by Antracot, Levoi Pravoi, Atrox and Hypnoskull (all exclusive).
A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR -- "Where No Angels Dare To Come" -- CD -- €12
2006 Vrihaspati Recordings, VR009, (ltd. 500)
Official release of the recordings from the first ACOH live concert in 2002. Two bonus tracks were recorded at a live concert in 2004.
AABZU -- "It Came From Outer Space" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 069-2, (ltd. 300)
With ”Rambo” album they conquered the Earth, and now AABZU duo (ie. Maciek Szymczuk and Lukasz Szalankiewicz aka Zenial) has decided to take over the whole universe. Their new album entitled ”It Came from Outer Space” is released on Zoharum in January 2014. And, although the title is not a direct reference to the science-fiction classic movie from 1953, those who have just imagined rubber aliens and cardboard scenery, will identify the atmosphere of this new album in the right way. This release is the next audio film for your listening pleasure - this time its theme is adventures in interplanetary area. It will feature aliens attacks, laser duels, plastic rocket flights and mysterious monsters straight from Mars and other planets. If that's not enough, one will also plunge into the secrets of the reptillians or escape from zombie attack. But this is just thematic backgroung for an hour of energetic electronica with hints of dub, ambient and breakbeat. Contrary to the trashy film references, the music on "It Came from Outer Space" is free from such qualities. Once again, AABZU surprises the listeners with their forward ideas and an unusual mix of styles while creating this new (cosmic!) quality... When asked about their influences for recording such an album, the duo answer, without the shadow of a doubt, that they come from their worship of such films - kitschy and cheap - where dwell robots similar to vacuum cleaners and aliens resembling shopping bags. The other, yet natural inspiration, is music, especially the one which is dominated by broken rhythms and massive basslines... The soundtrack to your interplanetary trip is composed of 10 tracks plus two remixes by Jim Coleman (Phylr) and Michal Sliwa (Echoes of Yul) which will only be available on the CD edition of the album. AABZU, Szymczuk-Szalankiewicz duo, invites you on the space flight with a handful of tracks: capturing, danceable at times, but always original. This 3-panel ecopak release is strictly limited to 300 copies. [press-release]
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AB INTRA -- "Henosis I-V" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 132-2, (ltd. 300)
Ambient / Drone. A bit more than two years after the two-disc split with 1000Schoen (ZOHAR 070-2), Ab Intra is back with a new album. After two previous successful ventures entitled "Aura Imaginalis" (ZOHAR 006-2) and "Supremus" (ZOHAR 026-2) the new release is a record of its research in the field of music. "HENOSIS" (Greek for unity, unification) is a scene of a suggestive sonic travel; a travel uniting opposites at different symbolic levels. The sounds on the album are an attempt to reflect the transforming process expressed through color, intensity and frequency. In this sense, the album is a conceptual whole strongly interacting with the imagination of the audience. The album released in a digipak is strictly limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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AB INTRA -- "Henosis VI-XI" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 212-2, (ltd. 300)
Ambient / Experimental. AB INTRA returns to Zoharum with a new piece of music. As title suggests we’re dealing here with a continuation or an expansion of the ideas explored in "Henosis I-V" from 2016. "Henosis VI-XI" takes us on a sound journey that unites (as "henosis" in classical Greek stands for "oneness", "union" or "unity" ) the opposites on different symbolic levels. As much as album presents sound pallete that resembles the previous part it differs in terms of arrangement and composition presenting new, unknown and exciting side of AB INTRA project. Taking the formula of "old plays new ways" AB INTRA once again presents music that’s strongly influencing listeners imagination. Album comes in 6 panel digipack limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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AB'SCHE / UNCODIFIED -- "Applied Misinformation For People Control" -- CD -- €10
2015 Naked Lunch Records, NLR020CD, (ltd. 250)
The third installment of the collaboration between Gianluca Favaron as Ab'she and Corrado Altieri as Uncodified. 11 tracks of Noise / Musique Concrete / Drone. Ltd x 250 copies in a digipak. Photography by Stefano Gentile.
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ABANDONED KITCHEN 1947 -- "A New Eden" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT147, (ltd. 47)
Finding beauty and even some kind of "paradise" - A New Eden - within the decadence of the modern urban landscape. Junkies as the new shamans, violence as a new kind of tenderness. Girls get forced into womanhood in dark alleys and dirty, dim-lighted rooms... The city is hell, but even at its darkest and murkiest and harshest, AK 1947 finds some beauty. An hour-long Katabasis in eight parts. Debut album by the Spanish project in the style of cold and grey industrial Dark Ambient of old school, bursting sometimes with furious Harsh Noise. Fullcolour sleeve. [label info]
ABBILDUNG -- "At The Gates Of Ouln" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Winter-Light, WIN 020, (ltd. 200)
Dark Ambient. The welcome return of ABBILDUNG to our Winter-Light label with a new studio album 'At The Gates Of Ouln'. We journey once more to the world first visited in 'All Demons Are Horned' and enter the realm of the other dreamers. On 'At The Gates Of Ouln', ABBILDUNG presents us with six new tracks of classic dark ambient, forged in his own unique style. Utilising field recordings, samples, drones and beautifully crafted atmospherics, we are once again drawn in to the creative realm of Casian's music... Uplifting organ sounds wrap themselves around rich, dark overtones, pulling them from out of the shadows and up in to the half light, only to let them fall away again in to the gaping abyss below, as they burn bright for one last time before fading away in to black nothingness... Edition comes in a full-colour 4-panel digipak, limited to 200 copies. [label info]
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ABISSO -- "Urban Witchery" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2007 Luminol Method
ABISSO is a new Italian uncompromising harsh / white-noise project involved with Satanism and Urban Guerrilla! This debut mini-album consists of 6 untitled tracks of pure mental dissection noise... The album comes in a black 3" mini CDr packed in an elegant mini-DVD box with inserts... [Old Europa Cafe]
ABOVE THE RUINS -- "Songs Of The Wolf" -- CD -- €13
1984/2018 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-85
New Wave / Post-Punk. A long-awaited reissue of the important album in early Neo-folk history, which sold out more than 20 years ago. This for sure will be interesting for those who are deep in the new wave/post-punk/neo-folk music and interested in the history of genres. The album was released by legendary “World Serpent” in 1995 but recorded in far 1984 after Tony Wakeford left Death In June. A splendid mix of post-punk, new wave and slightly folky, sound bears resemblance to early Death In June, Tony Wakeford's future project Sol Invictus and Joy Division. “Songs Of The Wolf” was released as a tape in 1984 and as LP in 1986, both well acclaimed and sold out immediately. A new version includes the complete CD album plus two rare bonus tracks. This is absolutely everything that recorded by that short-time project, ever. This is music by very young people with a hot blood and raw energy. The album like a trip back in old times, makes you feel young again... but not too much and only for a while. Part the money from sales will be donated to charities like “Hunt Saboteurs”, “Southall Black Sisters” and "Animal defense community"... We tried to publish this album since the 2009 year and happy that that is finally done. Now we can enjoy music (!) again and some collections became more complete. [label info]
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ACCOMPLICE AFFAIR -- "Cienie" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2011 My Hands Music, CD003
This album is continuation of music ideas from previous "Samotny horyzont" album. The album contains more experimental guitar sounds and mysterious voices. Music from this album gets of listeners to solitary and darkness lands. This music is cold and darkness, profounds and emotionals. Two songs were recorded together with Marek Styczynski (The Magic Carpathians, Cyber Totem). He created sounds with an old experimental instruments (cytra, fidola). Over 50 minutes of music for fans who like experimental sounds! [label info]
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ACCOMPLICE AFFAIR -- "Samotny Horyzont" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2009 My Hands Music, MHM 002
My Hands Music presents the third album of Polish project Accomplice Affair called "Samotny horyzont". This album was recorded at P.P.R Studio in Ostrow Wlkp, Poland from March to September 2008 year and contains 8 songs including bonus song with Krzysztof Bilinski from Radio Panteon. The music from "Samotny horyzont" is like a way towards to world of human imagination. There are a lot of magic landscapes which are entangled with psychedelic sounds. Total time near 50 minutes of music! Especially for fans who like experimental music! [label info]
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ACCRUST -- "Messenger of Shadows" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Aesthetic Death, ADCD 047, (ltd. 500)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. "Messenger of Shadows" is a journey through the underworld, a personal hell traversed deliberately & methodically; and interpreted in 46 minutes of aural paintings. The blurry shadows of faded memories, dark, distorted and far from their source are what is left in the aftermath. Distant silhouettes serving as a testament of the grueling past. Their origin, now an altered version of its former self, reduced to a mere messenger of antiquity; a rotting resolution of a passing idea... "Messenger of Shadows" is Accurst's 3rd album. This completes the trilogy of concept albums that started with "Fragments of a Nightmare" in 2003. [label info]
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AD OMBRA -- "Almost Eternity" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Rage In Eden, RAGE 83
After two years since the last release of ‘Magna Charta Illusorum’, Ad Ombra returns with a new album titled ‘Almost Eternity- Handmade beliefs for the nostalgic lambs’. The album presents 10 orchestral compositions. All the complex tunes, changes in the pace, dramatic phrases and the beautiful opera voice; all of them heard from the previous releases are also presented on ‘Almost Eternity’. The music is perfectly polished, definitely the magic of the third record worked well. The most sophisticated album by Ad Ombra. [press-release]
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AD OMBRA -- "Rites Of Genesis (Equinox Tremendum)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Rage In Eden, RAGE 53
Romanian project Ad Ombra’s debut album “Rites of Genesis” (equinox tremendum) offers a suite in 15 parts of Dramatic Orchestral art, rooted in the timeless fragrance of Classical music, adorned with Eastern lullabies, funeral dirges, monumental choirs and operatic female chants, theatrical soliloquies, industrial hues of a dark disturbing manner, all coagulated in order to depict the aesthetical testimonies of the project’s mastermind, George D. Stanciulescu. A spiral of emotions, thoughts, opalescent visions, essential recurrences, for Creation’s shrine that stands as a living mirror where everyone can reflect the(m)selves. For fans of Elend, Stoa, Sophia and Chaostar. 15 tracks, 42 minutes, 3 panel matt digipack with original artwork by Luna. [press-release]
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ADERLATING -- "Hell Follows" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Black Plagve, Infect16
The 5th full length CD for Aderlating finds the duo of Eric Eijspaart and Maurice De Jong returning to Black Plagve for the first time since 2013’s Gospel of the Burning Idols. Hell Follows takes a somewhat altered approach as it moves away from the ritualistic horror and smothering claustrophobia of past releases, and into a more spacious realm, with more distinguished sounds and clearer instrumentation. That’s not to say that Hell Follows isn’t steeped in atmosphere and dark energy. The 9 tracks are unpredictable, wildly hallucinatory and beguiling… odes to nightmares and flickering visions of torment and anguish, an alchemy of blackened kosmiche keyboard textures, raspy, foreboding voices, and passages of corrosive rumblings, hellish drift, and sinister percussive clangor. Mories has stated that Hell Follows was recorded live in the studio with less computer processing, and it shows in the amorphous quality of the tracks; a Coil like sense of psychedelia and surreal wooziness to some, a hopelessly dark and apocalyptic feel to others that adhere more to the traditional Aderlating template. Collectively, it’s a wild and mercurial sonic journey that resides on the peripheral of anything Mories and Eric have done to date, and yet at the same time, makes perfect sense within their discography. [press-release]
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ADRIVA -- "Cuore Mini" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 Observatiore 18, (ltd. 18)
Ritual old school industrial from Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
ADRIVA -- "Lacte Sessia" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 Observatoire 24, (ltd. 38)
One 30-min. piece made in monotonous drone ambient way typical for Adriva, but at the same time "shifted" towards more fluent mood: the sound became more flowing, loops - more wave-sounding, atmosphere - more abstract.
ADR-VA -- "Pigment...#1" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2012/2015 Rostov Vox, cdr01, (ltd. 10)
Reissue - 10 copies in a piece of green cloth. Individual audio lo-fi series, part 1 - "Chatte". Manipulations with ochra, sand, terracota... and other materials and processing... [label info]
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ADR-VA -- "Pigment...#2" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2012 Rostov Vox, cdr02, (ltd. 10)
Individual audio lo-fi series, part 2 - "Chatte - Reverse". Manipulations with ochra, sand, terracota... and other materials and processing... Only 10 copies, each containing a photo card from the author. [label info]
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ADRIVA -- "Spenta" -- CD EP -- €8
2017 Mantra Spenta, Sacrament V, (ltd. 300)
Drone / Archaic. The contemplative piece of drone sound art will lead the listener to the depths of preconscious. As the microcosm and the macrocosm are equal, so all the secrets and all the wonders are hidden inside of our deep inner self. Stop the fuss of mind and look into your soul. This is the only way to see the Unfading Eternal Flame... Adriva is the project of Russian ethnographer, artist and musical avant-gardist Denis Shapovalov from Rostov-on-Don. Starting his way in the black metal underground of the early 90s, and after founding one of the first Russian folk pagan band Sunchariot, the artist changed the reference point for drone and experimental music. Unlike the darker and denser paintings of the late Sunchariot, Adriva music is based on the experience of myths and drawing inspiration from archaic beliefs and the culture of the ancients. Presented in 4-panel digipak. [label info]
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ADR-VA -- "Voix De Mythe. Predchuvstvie - Ombre - Parties." -- CD-R -- €7
2012 Observatoire, obs * i(l65)|myth 039, (ltd. 65)
Reissue of two minions released in 2009: "Voix De Mythe" (Abgurd) and "Predchuvstvie (Ombre Parties)" (Der Schöne Hjuler-Memorial-Fond). "Voix De Mythe: A new mini-album from this Russian project which album Cold Sea Week released by Abgurd in 2007 got good acknowledgement. The new material is completely acoustic without usage of any musical instruments. Only field recordings and feedback. Everything melts down into electroacoustic drone ambient of live tension." [label info] "Predchuvstvie (Ombre Parties): One 18-minute track created from the field-recordings made somewhere on military objects. Released in a very limited edition of 14 copies by Komissar Hjuler's label Der Schöne-Hjuler-Memorial-Fond. Slowly droning and hissing sound jelly, wrapping the listener with unnoticeable hypnosis."
ADR_VA -- "Zatemnenie" -- CD-R -- €7
2016 Rostov Vox, 04, (ltd. 50)
A project by Denis Shapovalov from Rostov-on-Don, Russia, ex-member of Sunchariot and head of the electroacoustic-oriented label Observatoire. "Zatemnenie" is a lost album from early 2000-s, recorded for the labels Strely Peruna and Abgvrd, but never released. Two tracks of raw monotonous obscure ritual ambient. All material is based on cycled looped dark drones. Like some giant millstones rotating in space and grinding matter into dust, or are those electromagnetic coils slowly resonating in thickened ether?.. Cover made of two thick cardboard plates holding a disc and a poster.
ADRIVA 91404 D -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT44, (ltd. 147)
Collaboration between one of the giants of Russian drone-scene - Adriva from Rostov-on-Don, and YAO 91404 D from Ingria. Industrial / musique concrete in classical style of Pierre Schaeffer and Brume. Industrial noises, hum and clanks of mechanisms, loops, howl of the wind, hiss of air trunks and warped parts of musical instruments are mixed together into a complex multi-layered retro-futuristic industrial symphony. Two-sided printed sleeve. [press-release]
AELIA CAPITOLINA -- "The Completed History of Nordland" -- CD-R -- €3
Legio Mourman, legm-002, (ltd. 30)
Death Industrial / Dark Ambient. Russian industrial project with anti-Zionist ideology, inspired by the works of Douglas Reed, David Duke, Orey Volot, William Pierce and Evgeniy Evseev. Stylistically music varies from harsh noise and death industrial to darkwave and dark ambient with a martial touch. This disc contains the collection of mini-albums forming the "Nordic Weapons" trilogy.
AELTER -- "Dusk-Dawn / Follow You Beloved" -- 2 CD -- €10
2011 Crucial Blast, CBR98
One of several side-projects to emerge from the Wolvserpent camp, Aelter is the solo effort of Wolvserpent guitarist Blake Green. With Aelter, Blake explores a similar realm of dark majestic sound to Wolvserpent, with his massive downtuned guitar roar and bleak minor key melodies being the common thread between the two projects. But where Wolvserpent blends this chugging Melvins-esque heaviness and haunting slowcore arpeggios with violins, pounding drums, and a propensity for extended hypno-dirges, Aelter dispenses with the drums almost completely and goes for a more cinematic approach using layered keyboards and gorgeous harmonized voices that reminds me of something you would have heard on Beggers Banquet or 4AD being fused to a malevolent black heaviness. Both of the Aelter albums were only released on vinyl in limited editions of a few hundred copies and are close to going out of print completely, but we have now gathered both Dusk Dawn and Follow You Beloved together in a double disc set. [label info]
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AENDLEX -- "Driven by Night" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Rage In Eden, RAGE 115
A journey of psych-folk experiences. Aendlex comes back with a work fully recorded in analog, the lyrics have been written in Venezuela and Italy. Take a trip into the highs and lows of these one man band memories... [label info]
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AERE AETERNUS -- "Humanity Needs No Funeral" -- CD -- €10
2008 Kaosthetik Konspiration, KSTK 006
The dominant atmosphere combines a sense of impending insanity with sexual deviancy and a large dollop of occultism, creating a dark and troubling misanthropic sojourn that is relatively unique. The final track is probably the most musical, as it is centred on a guitar arpeggio, but no such concessions to convention are present elsewhere on this deeply troubling disk. The accompanying video of "Invocation" shows a Satanic ritual in all its kitchsy glory. Recommended for those looking for something a darker than the usual entities. [Chronicles Of Chaos]
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AESTHETIC MEAT FRONT -- "Temple of Flesh" -- CD -- €10
2006 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 087
"Temple of Flesh" is based on an Invocation of Rapture from A-M-F's "Blood Sun Rising" Rituals (2003-004). The text of this invocation has been translated into 12 languages, and sculpted into a dark electronic abyss. Ritual drones are the framework for haunting invocations and chants, which are supported by the seductive mantras of Zaskia Morgan. Bombastic drums and instruments connected with hooks into the skin of the ritual participants are also sound sources for this release. Elegantly packaged in a DVD case, Temple of Flesh comes with 6 double-sided cards reflecting the essence of an A-M-F ritual. Italian invocation featuring vocals by OEC master : Rodolfo Protti... Sounds remixed by R|A|A|N. [label info]
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AETERNA -- "Abyssos" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Lichterklang, LK012, (ltd. 400)
In 2009 the German Apocalyptic Folk Duo Aeterna released their successful debut „New Dawn“ on the Swedish cult label „Cold Meat Industry“. Their unique blend of dark Black Ambient, percussive Martial Industrial and fatalistic Folk was described as „Luciferian Hmyns to the New Dawn“. After three years of intensive work the eagerly awaited successor „Abyssos“ now will be released, radically continuing the path of it’s predeccesor, from the archaic growls of doom up to the ethereal heights of Icarus’ flight, characterized by it’s fateful lyrics, melancholic guitar-melodies, powerful vocals, martial drums and overall driven by the Luciferian ghost of revolt. „Abyssos“ is an album of dark flickering beauty and heathen power, mastered by Cyclic Law Mastermind Frederic Arbour. The exclusive artwork was conceived by the well-respected artist Birthe Klementowski, known for her collaborations with Desiderii Marginis, :Golgatha:, Sala delle Colonne, Apatheia, Vortex and Dawn & Dusk Entwined. [label info]
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AETHERE -- "The Long Dark Tea - Time Of The Soul" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 War Office Propaganda, WOP 45
Third full lenght album in 3 years from Aethere. Emanuale Ratti, a man behind Aethere have started to compose music already few years ago, trying to mix '70s space music with dark ambient in the vein of early Cold Meat Industry. Now Aethere has arrived with a perfect balance of old space music and ambient in the classic vein of Robert Rich & Alio Die, with a strong tones of oppressive & depressive feelings, rather far from old Cold Meat school influences. 6 tracks, 50 minutes, CD in digipack. [label info]
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AGATE ROLLINGS -- "Diomede" -- 2 CD -- €16 [-50%]
2016 Databloem, DB2CD069-2016
AGATE ROLLINGS is an Ambient / Electro Acoustic duo formed by Alessandro Sgarito and Stefano Gallone in 2010 in Rome (Italy). Their storytelling soundscapes of musical visions of sound and mental state, seem to constantly evolve and transmigrate in imaginary territories. Exploring and expanding this concept, Alessandro and Stefano not only offer 120 minutes of sounds and perceptions but also a photographic tale by Alessandro Sgarito (available in free download on request) and a book (available through Amazon), including images by Alessandro and words by Stefano. The idea for the title and the concept of the album came from the conformation of two islands called Big and Little Diomede and located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia, which borders with the Chukchi Sea to the north and the Bering Sea to the south. Because they are separated by the International Date Line, Big Diomede is almost a day ahead of Little Diomede but with only 2,4 miles of distance. Because of this the islands are sometimes called Tomorrow Island (Big Diomede) and Yesterday Isle (Little Diomede). DIOMEDE is an inner journey, metaphorically passing through sounds and images to any place where life is good. [label info]
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AGHAST MANOR -- "Gaslights" -- CD -- €10
2012 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-18 / Eternal Pride Productions, EPP-19
Dark Ambient / Darkwave. Aghast Manor is a creation of Andrea Nebel (Aghast, Hagalaz Runedance, Nebelhexe) who - after working for quite some time on dark movie soundtracks - recently also re-introduced her old Aghast songs to actors and filmdirectors such as Scott Derrickso and David Lynch. As a result, Andrea got received new inspiration and she decided to work again on a full album with dark tracks! Aghast Manor is inviting you to haunting darkness and decadent visions, providing perfect soundtracks for dark disturbing atmospheres. With a blend of sinister ambient and classical tunes the first album 'Gaslights' is giving you images of industrial lunacies, victorian visions of opium smokes and dark poetry, femme fatales, Jack the Ripper and Lovecraftian occult experiences... Travis Ryan from Cattle Decapitation has submitted a song called 'Suck My Drain', vividly describing the atmospheres within slaughterhouses and other death camps. Aghast Manor's 'Gaslights' must be enjoyed at night, either in darkness or with candle light. [press-release]
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AGHAST MANOR -- "Penetrate" -- CD -- €10
2013 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-33
Aghast Manor is the creation of Andrea Nebel (ex-Aghast). On this album she is joined by grand dark-art master Jouni Havukainen (In Slaughter Natives). "Penetrate" invites you to a dark and haunting flair of ambient sounds combined with styles of symphonic industrial, dark cabaret and jazz noir. Sinister and peculiar indeed, but undeniably beautiful and alluring! ”Penetrate” seduces with an overall concept of 1940’s Paris, fallen suicidal women, wicked asylum nurses and Russian spies. [label info]
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AGHIATRIAS -- "Ethos" -- CD -- €10
2006 Epidemie Records, EPR 054, (ltd. 500)
The fourth and as before thematic album of the Czech formation Aghiatrias, accomplishing its own concept of so-called integrated music that represents a confrontation in broad dimensions of contemporary classics, dark-ambient, noise and industrial. The central motif of this album is the refusal of broadly accepted materialistic view of the world and its future, demonstration of awareness of historical lapse of the human in relation to that what transcends him, well thought out attack against the "soul swallowers" supporting pathological mechanisms of hidden, nevertheless sophisticatedly planned process leading to the suppression of spirituality. The album is revocation and update of time-honored, in prism of today mistakenly as if mythical and therefore for many not existing combat of the good and the evil in the individual. Digipak. [label info]
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AGHIATRIAS -- "Regions of Limen" -- CD -- €10
2004 Epidemie Records, EPR 045, 2nd edition, (ltd. 444)
An extensive dark-ambient album devoted to the theme of subliminal sensual perception and its fictive musical applicaiton. An abstrakt conception of the confrontation between the surreal and real world (artificial ambient versus realistic industrial sound). The meditative character of the compositions is brightened by discharges of a kind of radioactive irradiation, representing the fleeing moments of understanding. The formation aims for purity of expressive means in an effort to accentuate the role of the primarily suppressed and ignored spiritual dimension of our world,while pointing to the importance of the liminal "structures" of our perception." [label info]
AGLAIA -- "Unprofaned Twilight" -- CD -- €10
2008 Faria Records, FAR-18 / Hic Sunt Leones, HSL 046, (ltd. 650)
The fourth cd of Aglaia is born from the previous work but, in comparison with them, it develops a wider breath directly from the background's sounds. The composition is softer and more refined. Again the sonorous world that here is explored is that one of the enchantment, of the mild sound fading. An unprofaned and inviolate twilight, where the different vibrations are balanced, without any sort of tensions. Time rolls by and space too. The sound is a natural matter and gives birth to an intense crepuscolar light. Listening to this music is like to see thousands of fine luminous rays, filtered through half-closed windows. A dance of dust in a never ending movement that catches the light around. With aglaia's sound we are in an electroacoustic microcosm full of vibrating signs. The first of the two long compositions suggests a natural and quiet landscape. The sound's mood is a sort of perpetual tinkling, wrapped up a voice coming from the space, that observes from afar. An harmonic accordance between different reality. The second, even though more intimate, is equally shining. Everything happens during a night where insects, spring-waters and moonlight match themselves together. A swarming midnight with underworld life. [press-release]
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AHAD, ZSOLT SORES -- "Ahad's Master's Garden III (2007 - 2009): The Harmonian Blues" -- 2 CD -- €10
2011 Fourth Dimension Records, FD2CD76 / AudioTONG, ATCD09.2011, (ltd. 500)
These two discs capture Budapest's prolific and versatile musician, Zsolt Sores, in a fully tranced-out fug that draws not only from his background in rock music but also his strong leanings towards the avant-garde and improvisation partly formed by being classically-trained yet never content to remain as such. In turn, we are treated to some near-mystical and transcendental journeys through a contemporary psychedelia at once recalling Taj Mahal Travellers and the spaceward-bound forays of early Pink Floyd and Can as well as Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock with their grizzled Dadaism and Lee Ranaldo's expansive and drone-bound guitar textures. Inspired by Fourier's Harmonian Opera and several quotations by Hakim Bey, Sores' has here created an album that resonates with depth of a nature rarely found these days. [press-release]
AIN SOPH -- "Live At Piper 1986" -- CD -- €10
1986/2021 SPQR label, SPQR LX, (ltd. 616)
Industrial / Ritual. Live at Piper is the first official live performance of this legendary occult/esoteric band from Rome. In the year 1986 their gig was not very well received by the audience. First Korg synthetizer and ritual percussions made this concert a very unique and incredible experience. For the first time is now available digitally remastered in an special eco digipack cd, limited to 616 copies. [label info] Reissue of a cassette previously released in 1986 by Misty Circles.
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AJNA -- "An Era of Torment" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Reverse Alignment, RA-39, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Drone. 2016 saw the release of Ajna's debut on Reverse Alignment; "Inevitable Mortality". An isolationist journey through desolate landscapes. External, but most of all internal. On "An Era of Torment", Chris F plunge deeper into the darkness of the soul. This time derived from psychological battlefields contemplating on lo-fi textures, blackened drones and abandon hopes. [label info]
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AJNA & DRONNY DARKO -- "Black Monolith" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2017 Reverse Alignment, RA-34, (ltd. 200)
Dark Ambient / Drone Ambient. Despite the continental drift and the apparent distance between USA and Ukraine, Chris F and Oleg Puzan has been working together for some years now. Black Monolith though, is the first release under the Reverse Alignment banner and includes previously released tracks from EP Facing the Void and the long single 1000 Years of Cryosleep put out digitally by norweigan Petroglyph Music in 2013-2014. These have been remastered together with new material, forming a continuum of collaborative work... Ajna, known from it's release "Inevitable Mortality", and Dronny Darko, one of Cryo Chamber's highly esteemed artists, create an alliance in pitch black ambient to carry out our minds to the outer rim territories of discovered space and the dark vastness of a universe without an end... This is beauty and fear, calmness and disturbance. This is the "Black Monolith". [label info]
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AKAUZAZTE -- "Dan Danok" -- CD + DVD -- €23 [-50%]
2009 self-released
Spanish group performing experimental avantgarde rock / post rock / no wave. Hard to compare to anyone, but obviously the musicians are talented and full of ideas and their music is quiet psychedelic. Release package is quite luxury and unusual. [YAOP]
AKHLUTH -- "Coma Cluster" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 VOLOK Records, VR-27, (ltd. 20)
Dark Ambient / Drone. Akhluth is a collaborative effort between two artists - Andrii Kozhukhar (Kojoohar, Kadaitcha) from Nova Kakhovka, UA and Mykola Yosypenko (Motorpig) from Kharkiv, UA. The project started in 2018 as an aural alloy of modular synthesis, granular textures, noise and field recordings from the different regions of Ukraine. [label info]
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AKKOSAX -- "An Werner Pirchner" -- CD -- €7
2009 Col Legno, WWE 1CD 30003
Free Improvisation.
AKPAN -- "dBal-phur bond-pa" -- CD-R -- €8
2012 Strely Peruna, SP024, (ltd. 50)
First part of the demonic trilogy of the black mantras on authentic language of demons of lower and upper worlds. Half-hour ceremony of wrathy flow of consciousness in unclean outer world and purification to emptiness. In the recording were used authentic Tibetan ritual instruments and industrial metal pipes and surfaces, throat and guttural singing. Artwork utilizes a piece of decayed rags from a burial and sang, also analogue mastering was made in special days of the year. [from the author] Stylistically the recording is not close to the authentic Tibetan ceremonies (like it is with Phurpa project), in this case this is rather a view of tradition through the prism of post-industrial and noise music - which doesn't prevent it from being convincingly grim. Recording features Sergey Gabbasov (Vazhes, Bardo).
AKPAN -- "Schwarze Sonne" -- CD -- €6
2007 Strely Peruna prod., SP019, (ltd. 420)
A project of a man also performing as Sva Battalion. Militant shamanistic dark-ambient/noise in which throat singing, khomus, percussion and wind instruments (not sampled but recorded by the author himself) meet noises and gunshots. Feeling like a gathering of shamans-generals conjures about their military business. In general, quite vivacious and non-standard recording, qualitative and interesting.
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AKPAN / BARDO -- "V Poiskah Potaennogo" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2008/2010 Valgriind, VG 36, (ltd. 75)
Handmade cardboard 3-panel digipack with b/w photos of Himalayan landscapes, made in 1939 by a famous expedition of Ernst Shaeffer. Two tracks of primeval monotonous drone. Reissue of a split previously released by S und S as an extra-limited edition of 12 copies. [label info]
ALBATROSS -- "Treasure Island" -- CD-R -- €7
2012, Anenerbe Music Club, 001, (ltd. 44)
Albatross - is a side-project of a Moscow-based post-punk band Anenerbe Music Club, with more psychedelic and experimental rock music. Packed in a 7" cover, 44 copies.
ALGOL -- "All These Worlds Are Yours" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Ksenza Records, ksz 015, (ltd. 333)
Space Ambient. The fifth full-length album by ALGOL brings to you digital and analog sounds combined with some soothing guitar tunes. A conceptual and contemplating album for virtual cosmic journeys. ALGOL is a project of Daniil Kazantsev, also known for STUZHA.
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ALGOL -- "Timeshifter" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Ksenza Records, KSZ 024
Dark / Space Ambient. Ksenza Records and Infinite Fog Productions present the new work by Daniil Kazantsev, the mastermind of the projects Stuzha, Black Wanderer and Algol. It is time to embark on a new journey through the endless cosmic horizons with the good old guide. Having left the usual notions of movement in space and time, we set off on a path led by cosmic winds. The new album “Timeshifter” is Algol's second work released by Ksenza Records and the seventh full-length album in 13 years of the project's existence. Characteristric refined space ambient showing the development of the project, which is a pleasure to watch. [label info]
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ALK0 -- "Music Under Intoxication" -- CD -- €10
2003 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 060
Alk0 is the solo project by Jouni Ulvtharm member of MZ.412 and Econocon! Harsh analog sounds in best powerful nordic industrial tradition... Fear of the unknown, machines alienation & high cerebral intoxication! Large full-color booklet with interesting "technology archeology" graphics. [label info]
ALL MY FAITH LOST... -- "Chamber Music" -- CD -- €12
2013 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-31, (ltd. 500)
We are happy present to you new CD of this wonderful Italian band. And now a best time for it, because their quiet melancholic music will be perfect introduction for imminent autumn season. "Chamber Music" was recorded 10(!) years ago, and it was the work that brought the group to a contract with Cold Meat Industry, but not released till this time due to copyright problems. All lyrics are taken fro James Joyce's collection of poems called 'chamber music'.To release this work was only necessary the permission of the actual copyright owner, Joyce's nephiew Stephen. This permission was denied in the past even to bigger artists as Kate Bush. It was clear then, that there was no other possibility than to write new lyrics and record all vocal parts again. Here under the base of "Chamber Music" was borns "as you're vanishing in silence" - CMI/2005, which got many many positive feedbacks. Now 10 years later, 70 years after Joyce's death, we have all rights to release this album. Digipak CD - limited to 500 copies. [press-release]
ALL MY FAITH LOST... -- "In A Sea, In A Lake, In A River .. ...Or In A Teardrop" -- CD -- €8
2002/2009 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-04, (ltd. 1000)
"In a sea, in a lake, in a river ... ... or in a teardrop" was composed and recorded by "all my faith lost .." in its original line-up (Francis, Federico, Viola and Raffaella) as a first full album. The songs included in this album are inspired by spirits and fairies somehow releated to water. There is Grageth-Anoon, a fairy that can be seen near small lakes, there is Argea, that comes out from a river to tell your destiny and Anja, a fairy hidden in a tear. The sound of the album is just more acoustic than recent releases of the band and almost all songs are following the verse/chorus/verse rule. Acoustic and Classic guitars are the main instruments at the base of the compositions, flutes and delicate synths create, then, light arrangements giving that ethereal mood that will be more present in the following releases of the band. The vocal parts are equally divided among the male one (Federico) and the female ones (Viola and Raffaella) creating a perfect balance between heavenly/frail and profound/dark atmospheres. "In a sea, in a lake, in a river ... ... or in a teardrop" is a beatiful travel in the early steps of "all my faith lost ..." music. [press-release]
ALL-STARS NOISE COLLECTIVE -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2011 Shit Noise Records, SNR 091
Mail collaboration between Armenia, Ego Death, Erekta, Napalmed, RedSK, Earth Incubator, Ecoute La Merde, Fever Spoor, NRYY. Laconic artwork. [YAOP]
ALLEGORY CHAPEL LTD. -- "Modus Operandi" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Oxidation, CDROT073, (ltd. 200)
Industrial / Experimental. "Modus Operandi – a particular way or method of doing something, especially one that is characteristic or well-established." What does Modus Operandi mean though when it comes to Elden M. and Allegory Chapel Ltd.? ACL has been so varied over the years and has shown he is a master of all sorts of genres. Modus Operandi the new album by Allegory Chapel Ltd. perfectly encapsulates many of those past genre-defining moments in one CD. Modus Operandi also features the track Distributed Organs, Flesh Feedback [Instrumental] featuring MARFISIA BEL, and the track ICBM which is a collaboration with MONTE CAZAZZA. Oxidation is proud to release this album by one of my all-time favorite artists. [label info]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Abenteuerliches Herz" -- CD -- €9
2002 Aorta, AORCD07
"Abenteuerliches Herz is a great album. Raw, powerful and complex. It is very exciting to see someone take the neo-folk music genre and completely redefine and broaden its scope. To see an artist infuse this genre with so many diverse musical approaches and infuse it with Mediterranean flavor has been a very unique and enjoyable experience. Allerseelen’s Abenteuerliches Herz truly stands out as an original and innovative release. I highly recommend this album to everyone. The music is very approachable and seductive. Faeries coming from many different music scenes will find both something familiar and something new in this music. All of the songs lyrical content is poetically esoteric and open to interpretation. The music is also good just for the experience. If you love innovative music that is redefining limits and boundaries you have to get Abenteuerliches Herz!" [Malahki Thorn, Heathen Harvest]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Chairete Daimones" -- CD -- €12
2019 Aorta, AORCD 20 / Indiestate Distribution, IST 093 CD, (ltd. 500)
Chairete Daimones (Ancient Greek for Be Greeted, Demons) is the brand-new CD by Allerseelen after their successful 2015 release Terra Incognita. This beautiful digipak CD with its 16-page-booklet, published by Aorta / Indiestate in early 2019, is another catchy and driving chapter in the discography of this adventurous and ambitious Austrian project... It has always been difficult to describe the music of Allerseelen as their oeuvre is not limited to just one genre: There seem to be dozens of them. No real expression key-word has been found to describe their apparently contradictory music. Some writers called it apocalyptic krautfolk or krautpop. This might work out as a rough approximation to describe some of their works, but definitely not for all of them. Most songs seem to exist inside an invisible field of force between genres like folk, post-industrial, pop, alternative rock. Nowadays, Allerseelen are musically situated somewhere between Coil, Einstürzende Neubauten, Laibach, Nine Inch Nails, 16 Horsepower and Throbbing Gristle. But Allerseelen are definitely unique with their studio recordings as well as live performances - as unique as the audience that has been attracted by their performances all over Europe, in North America and Russia... The 16-page-booklet - with all texts in German and English and partly even in Finnish - names the well-known guest musicians and vocalists who helped with their presence and skills to transform all seventeen songs on Chairete Daimones into real gems. The female singers are Aima (Les Jumeaux Discordants, Italy), Estella Plunkett (Miel Noir, Germany) and Faye R. (Fehu Uruz, Algeria). The cello is played by Annamaria Bernadette Cristian (Les Jumeaux Discordants, Italy). A special neo-classistic composition was written by Aida de Acosta (Keys of Perception, Venezuela) for Allerseelen. The bassist in almost all recordings is Marcel P. (Miel Noir, Fahl and other projects, Germany) who also took care of the mastering at his Dungeon Studio (Rhenania). Some songs have been mastered also at Soundtempel Studio. The violinists are Eugene Voronovsky (Cisfinitum, Russia) and Erich Zann (Kerbholz, Austria). The male guest vocalists are Aki Cederberg (Halo Manash, Finland) and Thomas Bøjden (Die Weisse Rose, Denmark). [label info]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Dunkelgraue Lieder" -- CD -- €13
2017 Aorta, AORCD 19 / Indiestate Distribution, IST 092 CD, (ltd. 300)
Allerseelen, after their CD Terra Incognita (2014) and three reissues of early Allerseelen cassettes (Requiem, Schwartzer Rab, Autdaruta) are back with the CD Dunkelgraue Lieder. This is the deeply reworked version of the eponymous Allerseelen album Sturmlieder released first time back in 1996. Now, 21 years later, Gerhard Hallstatt has returned to his classic masterpiece and he’s offering us the new look on this great work... Dunkelgraue Lieder contains all the songs from the first Sturmlieder incarnation in shortened digitally remastered versions as well as 7 tracks which didn’t appear on the original release. The original tracks with their “sturm und drang” attitude have been placed in the middle of the new album wrapped in the new ones which are more philosophical, melancholic and permeated with sad beauty. Sonically they are also more into krautpop/neofolk sounding of todays Allerseelen making a contrast to harsh and abrasive tunes from mid 90-es. As a result we have a very interesting reminiscence of the past with a kind of a comment from the present, some wise and soft look back on one’s young spiritual nietzschean extremities... Some of the new tracks have been inspired by US black/folk/post metal band Agalloch which has a close spiritual connection with Allerseelen. Album’s precious artwork is based on the photos Gerhard made in 2010 in Oregon when he first met Agalloch at the same time as Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull had its apocalyptic eruption. The same time some new tracks included in this new album has been composed and recorded using loops from Agalloch songs... Melting old and new stages of Gerhard’s creative path Dunkelgraue Lieder would be a perfect work both for old Allerseelen fans and for younger audience who have probably never heard its 90es era music. Something to discover, something to look back – a perfect gem in everyone’s collection, very recommended. [label info]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Flamme" -- CD -- €9
2003/2004 Aorta, AORCD10
"Apocalyptic folklore magnetico pop... The music on these two records is warm and sensual with apocalyptic pop, folklore magic and flamenco magnetico. Fine catchy melodies, infectious groovy rhythms, a lot of joie de vivre ambiance, lovely strings and a varied musical menu. Accessible and original at the same time. There are no weak moments. Some of my favourite songs are the sing-along 'Sonne golthi-ade (Josef)', the intimate classical songs 'Ob auch mein Herz so funkelt' and the almost Latin 'Sturmlied'. On the album even a DAF cover is present: 'Als wars das letzte Mal '.?"Flamme" sparks with the lovely choral 'Kamerad', the cheerful 'Lowin', the irrestible dancehit 'Goldener Lebenswein', the mysterious 'Knistern'... With this record the temperatures are rising again..." [funprox.com]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Fruhgeschichte I - Schwartzer Rab" -- CD -- €13
1990/2014, Ahnstern, Ahnstern 52 / Aorta, AORCD15, (ltd. 300)
This is a reissue of one of the first recording of ALLERSEELEN, originally recorded in Nov. 1989 and released as a tape on the AORTA' label in 1990. It contains the six original tracks, entirely remastered in 2014. Using kettle drums, processed violin, bass, human bones, loops, ALLERSEELEN composed dark, hypnotick, repetitive instrumental ambient ritual soundscapes. Comes in a four-panel digipack, limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Fruhgeschichte III - Autdaruta" -- CD -- €13
2016 Aorta, AORCD 18 / Indiestate Distribution, IST 091 CD, (ltd. 300)
The third in the series of early Allerseelen soundworks re-issues, this time it is dedicated to Greenland shaman Autdaruta and it has a very Northern mystical feel inside. The extensive use of loops Gerhard made with natural instruments such as kettledrums, violins and the others, have created some great ritual industrial album which reminds more of earliest Hybryds or Zoviet France works than the nowadays Allerseelen music, but still the unique and distinctive artistic nature of Gerhard is easily recognisable. A small masterpiece from the early 90-es, not to be missed! [label info]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Fruhgeschichte IV - Lacrima Christi" -- CD -- €13
1989/2019 Aorta, AORCD 21 / Indiestate Distribution, IST 094 CD, (ltd. 300)
The fourth in the series of early Allerseelen soundworks re-issues is another gem for lovers of dark ritual and rhythmical music who also highly appreciate a beautiful visual presentation. This digipak comes in a limited edition of 300 copies with photos of blue flowers, black wood and translucent tears, a poetic text about the background of this Allereelen cassette that was released in 1989 by Gerhard Hallstatt, the musician behind Allerseelen who back then worked under the name Kadmon, and a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke about wine and bitterness... Allerseelen were at this time not the music group that people are aware of nowadays with its numerous live performances all over Europe. It was still something prehistoric" or "embryonic", the acoustic and alchemical vision of one person. None of these unique recordings have ever been performed on stage... The first three releases in this series of re-releases - Schwartzer Rab, Requiem, Autdaruta - were inspired by alchemy, death and shamanism. The main inspiration for Lacrima Christi were a dangerous experience - or hour of truth - by Gerhard Hallstatt inside the crater of the Italian volcano Vesuvius in his youth and a sweet Italian wine named Lacrima Christi. Self-built xylophones made of bones and wood are creating an archaic and melancholic aura to remind the listener of the fragility and transience of life... The eight works on Lacrima Christi are not songs in the strict sense of the word. The dark loops that are intertwining each other in a hypnotic way appear rather like the soundtrack for a movie that was never made or never finished. A movie without actors: There are no lyrics, not even titles. These ritual rhythms and loops, combined with the sounds of ashes and fire, rocks, breath and wind, create a feeling like being inside the crater, the caldera of a volcano that is not dead but dormant... The sweet wine Lacrima Christi that grows on the ash grey slopes of the volcano Vesuvius refers to a Catholic myth about the tears of Christ in the time of his passion. To symbolize the co-existence of sweetness and bitterness, of light and darkness, of life and death, these recordings were enriched with rare voices, choirs, sighs, shouts of birth, lust, desire... There is something timeless in this music. Not only the sound itself, also the way how it came into existence appears incredibly anachronistic, almost "prehistoric" nowadays: Computers and internet were more or less science fiction, the internet was unknown. Just one small sampling keyboard served to create some loops. Everything else was done by using three tape recorders. The music was digitally re-mastered in a very careful way by Soundtempel Studio to preserve the authentic aura of the original recordings. For those who are keen to listen from time to time to something "against the modern world", these recordings might be a perfect choice. [press-release]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Hallstatt" -- CD -- €9
2007 Aorta, AORCD12
The Allerseelen CD Hallstatt contains thirteen brand-new apocalyptic and passionate songs about love and death. This release - musically situated somewhere in a terra incognita between folklore, krautrock, metal and industrial music - is inspired by the beautiful Upper Austrian village Hallstatt which belongs to the world cultural heritage due to its amazing tomb findings of the Hallstatt culture and the unique ossuary with the painted skulls. The songs have lyrics and vocals by Gerhard Petak and R.N. Taylor from Changes. [label info]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Morgenrote" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 :retortae:, arkaisk 4 / Aorta, AORCD 22, (ltd. 300)
Darkwave / Neofolk / Industrial. This full-length compilation combines two different periods of ALLERSEELEN's creative work. The first 10 tracks contain material recorded in 2020: alternative versions of the tracks from the albums "Venezia", "Flamme", "Rauhe Schale", a song originally recorded for the STURMPERCHT project, a cover version of "Als Wärs Das Letzte Mal" by DEUTSCH AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT, and a remix of the track "Dolce Vita" made by the German dark electro project PHOBOS REACTOR. The last 8 tracks are the shortened songs from the early ALLERSEELEN cassette "Morgenröte" (1988).
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Neuschwabenland" -- CD -- €9
2000 Aorta, AORCD05
"It is not only the packaging that possesses the texture of ice. A shimmering world of subterranean glacial caverns. One's consciousness is mesmerised by siren-like strings and metallic chimes, that glisten like frozen stalactites in this palace of ice. Sophisticated upbeat numbers veering toward pop territory in terms of its melody and construction, gelid love-songs. The addition of string and brass sections imbues the whole with a sense of subdued tension which acts as the perfect vehicle for Kadmon's pondering, poetic lyrics. Backdrobs of pulsating bass, sweeping reverberations. Wonderfully expressive violins provide a respite from the cold. As always with Allerseelen, one is left feeling enthused and invigorated by a brilliant listening experience. With concepts and music of this quality, Kadmons looks set to remain at the forefront of cutting-edge sounds for years to come." [Judas Kiss]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Rauhe Schale" -- CD -- €9
2010 Aorta, AORCD13
"Rauhe Schale" ('Rough Shell') is the brand new album from Austrian legends Allerseelen, which fascinates musically as well as visually. Everything moves and flows in a field of force between industrial, metal, folklore and pop. Lovers of bands like Nine Inch Nails, Einstürzende Neubauten, Laibach or Underworld could also fall in love with Allerseelen. Gerhard Hallstatt sometimes describes his music as Electronic Folklore or Apocalyptic Rock. But basically there is no real description for Allerseelen - all attempts to find an expression for their music may be valid for some time, yet lose their meaning after a couple of months or years. The songs were inspired by various magical mystery tours in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy and Slovenia. Gerhard is assisted here by Dimo Dimov (Svarrogh, Miel Noir, Sturmpercht), Marcel P. (Sagittarius, Miel Noir, Halgadom), Meri Tadic (Eluveitie) and Annabel Lee (Blood Axis). 70 mins. of music in a digipak with booklet. [Cold Spring]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Terra Incognita" -- CD -- €13
2015 Aorta, AORCD 16 / Ahnstern, Ahnstern 53
The latest all-new studio album of ALLERSEELEN released in 2015. The distinctive Gerhard's Krautpop has been recorded as usual with a help of his comrades, this time they are John Haughm (Agalloch), Jörg B (Der Blutharsch, Amestigon, Graumahd), Daniel P. (Arnica) and Alexander Wieser (Hrefnesholt) as well as Robert Taylor (Changes) who did the vocals on one of the songs. Combining folk, industrial and even some metal elements this contradictory music of the album is catchy and driving, but at the same time melodic, beautiful and melancholic. And profound beneath which is the epigraph reminds of: "All art is at one surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril." (Oscar Wilde: Dorian Grey) [label info]
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ALLERSEELEN -- "Venezia" -- CD -- €9
2001 Aorta, AORCD06
Dedicated to Mediterranean culture and music, this album was inspired by the beautiful city of Venice, Italy. The albums music moves between powerful and rhythmic oriented tracks to soundtrack-type grooves, encompassing the decadent, inspired, hypnotic and surreal. Based on R.M.Rilke and inspired by Nietzsche and E.Pound. Lounge and downtempo industrial. [label info]
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ALLISON, SCOTT & BEN OWEN -- "Untitled (For Agnes Martin)" -- CD -- €10
2013 Winds Measure Recordings, wm34/08-2 / Senufo Editions, # forty one, (ltd. 200)
Owen and Allison met in Brooklyn in 2009 with the intention to record 5 minute ‘songs’. Deciding to work within this duration, they made several versions of each improvisation based on a set of changing environments for new piece. Allison’s instrument’s included field recordings (processed and un-processed), ring-modulated sinewaves + contact mic; Owen’s instruments included a speaker + rose pedals, various oscillators, radio + fm transmitter and contact mic’ed surfaces + objects. The resonant pedals, feedback and shortened durations shaped the exchange that fluidly continued throughout the day. Not only the attention towards time and drawing from memory of years of collaborative improvised performance, this meeting documents decisive marks each person has explored in and out of the studio. [label info]
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ALPHA + GALATES -- "Oriflamme [Lys Noir]" -- CD-R -- €12
2022 Agfa Archive, AGFA 04, (ltd. 50)
Power Electronics / Noise / Industrial. The name Alpha + Galates refers to the old WWII French secret society studying Hyperborean themes, a kind of French Thule Society, an ark for Nazi-friendly esotericists. A new anonymous project with a radical ideological background has been launched on the underground French label Maltkross. Due to the fact that the musician is our old acquaintance, we decided to publish his new work. A crazy mix of brutal electronics, far-right politics, cyberpunk, heroic and occult aesthetics in the works of graphic novel artists of the 80s and 90s. The work "Oriflamme" has collected new tracks, as well as the best works from the early demos of the project. Multi-level intense noise terror with many references and easter eggs will not leave indifferent the lover of complex music and rich dense aesthetics. As for the design, you are again greeted by our branded thick original envelope pleasantly lying in your hands with many moves and labyrinths, inserts and discoveries. And if you know French, you will also be lucky to get acquainted with the texts and messages of the artist. [label info]
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ALTIERI / BALESTRAZZI / BECUZZI -- "In Memoriam J.G. Ballard" -- CD -- €10
2012 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 159
James G. Ballard (1930-2009) was one of the most important and brilliant contemporary writers and his death has left a big cultural void. The influence of Ballard’s aesthetics has produced on millennium-end generations a true cult, inspiring artists and art-works in all disciplines. Yet nobody, until now, has decided to dedicate an entire work to his memory. Thus, by mutual agreement, Corrado Altieri (Candor Chasma, Monosonik, TH26 ..), Simon Balestrazzi (TAC, Kino Glaz, Candor Chasma, Dream Weapon Ritual ..) and Gianluca Becuzzi (Limbo, Pankow, Kinetix ..), have decided to dedicate this album to the master of post modern literature and his work. The nine tracks of that album take their titles from so many Ballard novels, trying to recreate his special visionary mood into music. A universe ruled by free dreaming associations: eroticism, technology, consumerism and cruelty mingle together to create a new perception of reality. A constant dialectic between micro-events and macro-rumorism, between digital pointillism and white noise, in between static drones, fluctuations, shifts and sudden changes of scenery. The changing environment is producing sound architectures where the organic and the inorganic are no longer self-conscious, casting vague on each other. The Marilyn Monroe hologram projected on the wall of a motel near an airport is sexier than the original. James Ballard is dead, long live James Ballard. This is best Italian Industrial in good old-school mood! [press-release]
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AMATEUR ANT / MTOMBO -- "Electric Anthill" -- CD-R -- €5
2007 Sickcore, SC-013, (ltd. 100)
Radio-frequency noise / digital noise ambient. AA: Chirrimg noise resembling a pile of swarming ants with lots of hi frequencies. M: calm digital noise-ambient. As a bonus - 2 mutual remixes. [Triangle description] Cool handmade cover - hard binders cover with attached metallic shavings.
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AMBIGUOUS -- "The Garden Of Ruins" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Aliens Production, AP 43, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Rhythmic Industrial. One of the darkest Aliens Production releases is momentarily actual thanks to this gentleman. Igor aka Ish and his devious side returns after a longer silence under the wings of Aliens Production. Once again Ambiguous is opening the gates of the mystery where is no boredom to dig and the remains of dead souls over which the sacred dust is decomposing will alive. Movies atmospheres are a strong source of energy and pulsating percussions shifts this piece into industrially tuned proportions. Atmospheric backdrop is wrapped in scary areas in which on the places embrace ancient testaments and abstract images. Painful but beautiful beginning of the end where various testaments and undiscovered corners meet. [label info]
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AMD4A -- "Metal Tank" -- CD-R --€8
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT47, (ltd. 86)
Noisy ritual industrial based on scratches and gnashing of metal, overloads and measured imposing rhythm. Sharp aggressive noise space of the first short intro piece makes room for a folk melody played on metal objects (we've heard nothing like this before!), and then comes the third track - cold shaman's sorcery little by little turning into hypernoisy martial industrial with pretentious male and female vocals. Then - harsh-neoclassics, harsh-gothic, a couple of near-radionoise mid-frequency tracks, and finally - a long meditative canvas of noisy organic dark ambient. Packed into a vinyl box with cover made of foil, full-colour front cover and a disk from an antiquarian 5.25" floppy, printed insert with information. [press-release]
ANALOG ANGEL -- "Dischord" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Rage In Eden, RAGE 71
80's analog electronica; today's digital technology; blended together for an up to date sound. This is what the headline banner of www.Analog-Angel.com states - let's see!! The new album - DISCHORD - is released by RAGE in EDEN records on 30th November and is the debut album of this three piece, electronic band from Glasgow, Scotland. For anyone that has not heard of Analog Angel; they are not a boy band by any means. They are of an age where they can remember the 80's in full, vivid, 3-D glory and the songs on DISCHORD tell some of the story from the glorious 80's. 80's electronica? There is certainly more than a hint of 80's electronica on DISCHORD. Some of the basslines are straight out of the yearbooks 80-85!! Some of the sounds are pure analogue beauty; full of filter sweeps that could smash windows!! Up to date technology? - that box is ticked too. There are digital synths on the album; of that there is no doubt but they have been tweeked to within an inch of their lives! DISCHORD has been put together using some sort of digital interface but ANALOG ANGEL have tried to be a bit different from all the others in this genre and they have actually played some of the parts live and not quantized the result. This results in a less clinical sound with a bit more warmth than you would normally expect from an all electronic band. An up to date sound? They have managed to revisit the 80's, picked all that is good, timewarped back to 2009 and put together DISCHORD. [label info]
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ANARCHIST MOUNTAINS -- "Macedonians" -- CD -- €10
2019 Pantheon, PAN124, (ltd. 50)
Ambient / Drone. Open wide and endlessly fluid, the force of nature, the magic unseen yet so obvious when you feel it. Breathing it in with the air, seeing it in the reflections on water streams, hearing it with the wind that blows from the tops of the mountains. They seem so ancient and still, breathing static is their lesson. Yet remember that even mountains move, they're basically waves on earth, same as in the ocean... Each element seems to have its own nature but it's easy to feel them united. Like a family in a huge, neverending cycle. We see those waves still, for them we are sparkles... No matter what scale is, the cycle continues. [label info] Hand-numbered edition of 50 copies in handmade cardboard sleeves.
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AND REMAIN THERE FOREVER -- "Silence" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 VOLOK Records, VR-28, (ltd. 20)
Dark Ambient / Drone. AND REMAIN THERE FOREVER – a project of Ilya Gorlov from Kramatorsk, Ukraine. This is a dark ambient drone with a gloomy chilling atmosphere. Just what you need for fans of the genre. «After 5 years, the ghost mechanism of otherworldly visions started working again in a rotten station. Broadcasting the silence of the places left, which breaks the dances of ignorance in irreversible chaos, supressing hatred towards the system. By that indifferently prompting the void to meditate in the void». [label info]
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ANDER -- "...Potrwa Wiecznie" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 241-2, (ltd. 300)
Neoclassical / Darkwave. "...Potrwa Wiecznie" (... it will last forever) is the successor to the great debut "Smutek" (Sadness), published a few years ago by BDTA. As on the previous release, we are dealing here with short, slightly song-like forms with a slightly melancholic and oneiric overtone. Each of the following miniatures unfold in such a way as to completely close into one longer story recorded on the album. The music on this album requires that you listen carefully, in a darkened room, detached from the hustle and bustle outside the window, so that its intimate character is fully heard in front of the listener. After all, this is an album for those who appreciate seemingly simple, somewhat fleeting, ephemeral melodies and short forms, woven delicately in a style similar to the atmosphere reminiscent of the sound of 4AD, Talk Talk, sometimes provoking reflection or stimulating the imagination of the audience... CD folded in ecopack, released in strictly limited edition of 300 copies. [label info]
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ANDERSSON, PETER -- "Music For Film And Exhibition II" -- CD -- €13
2010 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 135
Like baking a sweet cake or cooking an indian dish you need good ingredients and spices to get the right mouthfeel and the splendid flavor of your desire. 'Music for Film and Exhibition II' is just like that: a levelled declitre of raison d'etre, a brimful tablespoon of Atomine Elektrine, a couple of teaspoons of Necrophorus and a little bit of this and little bit of that, mixed into a perfect blend of many tastes. Peter Andersson, well-known from projects like Raison d'etre, Stratvm Terror, Necrophorus and Atomine Elektrine, shows here broad spectrum of sonic atmospheres, like if all of his different music projects were combined into one. From ambient-drone-textures and electronic chill-out to concrete sounds to even pure atmopsheric piano tunes. 'Music for Film and Exhibition II' is the sequel of 'Music for Film and Exhibition' (Yantra Atmospheres, 2007). While the previous output contains collected works from different exhibition projects and movies spanning from 1999-2005, this sequel is focused on one single project; an exhibition. Peter Andersson has lately worked as a media producer at Swedish Air Force Museum and being involved with their new large permanent exhibiton about the Cold War. Within this project Peter has worked with sound design and movie production in particular. The sonic results are presented on 'Music for Film and Exhibition II'. Some of the tunes are used as soundtrack for exhibition movies while the main part are sonic atmospheres and soundscapes to create the ambience of the exhibition rooms. The music is presented here as stand alone productions, displaced from its original context. To fully experience the music in its environmental Raison d'etre there is no other way but to travel to the Swedish Air Force Museum. Until then, you may enjoy the music on its own. The CD comes in a six panel digipak covered with beautiful Sunset painting by italian artist Christian Montagna/FLOODSart. [press-release]
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ANDERSSON, PETER -- "Sculpturing Time Fragments" -- CD -- €10
2010 Midnight Records, MN024, (ltd. 500)
Dark Ambient. The new solo album from Peter Andersson - the mastermind behind Raison D'etre. Restrained and distant ambience sounding mixed with typical industrial elements like Raison D'etre. Time stops and rearranges here... Check it out if you are a Raison D'etre fan! [label info]
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ANDROMALAR -- "Nunquam" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Reverse Alignment, RA-44, (ltd. 200)
Ambient / Drone. Reverse Alignment welcome ukrainian Andromalar to the fold. After three self released titles this magic drone act now found it's way to our label. Vast, dreamy soundscapes is expected. Listen and you'll understand what Andromalar is all about. [label info]
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ANEMIC ROYALTY / MONOCHROME -- split -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2012 Deathforce Records, DF086CD
Anemic Royalty: Post-Rock, beautiful, transparent, like the air of a sunny September day. Monochrome: hallucinogenic Space Ambient with elements of Berlin school. Slim box. [YAOP]
ANEMONE TUBE -- "The Three Worlds - Allegory Of Vanity" -- CD -- €10
2017 The Epicurean, cure.17 / La Esencia, LER018/2017, (ltd. 300)
Industrial / Experimental / Noise. Far reaching pleasures will be at hand – Anemone Tube reveals a series of three CDs entitled “The Three Worlds: Allegory of Vanity / Forget Heaven / Vanity of Allegory”, referencing a cosmological treatise on the universe from the Theravada Buddhism of the 14th century, the subject matter of which is the description of three levels of existence of all beings and mythical creatures... This extensive retrospective release contains selected tracks from various tapes released between 1997 and 1999 - mostly rare and unavailable today - as well as yet unreleased tracks recorded between 1997 and 2013, a.o. outtakes from the “Death Over China” recordings, handpicked and recontextualized by Anemone Tube, representing the project’s roughest and most atmospheric material up to date, ranging from depressive ritual experimental ambient over dark rhythmic industrial soundscapes to whirlwind noise. Sharply mastered by Hunter Barr for a powerful, contemporary sound, each CD comes in a 6-panel digifile featuring beautiful photography by Dario Lehner. [label info]
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ANEMONE TUBE -- "The Three Worlds - Forget Heaven" -- CD -- €10
2017 The Epicurean, cure.18 / La Esencia, LER019/2017, (ltd. 300)
Industrial / Experimental / Noise. Far reaching pleasures will be at hand – Anemone Tube reveals a series of three CDs entitled “The Three Worlds: Allegory of Vanity / Forget Heaven / Vanity of Allegory”, referencing a cosmological treatise on the universe from the Theravada Buddhism of the 14th century, the subject matter of which is the description of three levels of existence of all beings and mythical creatures... This extensive retrospective release contains selected tracks from various tapes released between 1997 and 1999 - mostly rare and unavailable today - as well as yet unreleased tracks recorded between 1997 and 2013, a.o. outtakes from the “Death Over China” recordings, handpicked and recontextualized by Anemone Tube, representing the project’s roughest and most atmospheric material up to date, ranging from depressive ritual experimental ambient over dark rhythmic industrial soundscapes to whirlwind noise. Sharply mastered by Hunter Barr for a powerful, contemporary sound, each CD comes in a 6-panel digifile featuring beautiful photography by Dario Lehner. [label info]
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ANEMONE TUBE -- "The Three Worlds - Vanity Of Allegory" -- CD -- €10
2017 The Epicurean, cure.19 / La Esencia, LER020/2017, (ltd. 300)
Industrial / Experimental / Noise. Far reaching pleasures will be at hand – Anemone Tube reveals a series of three CDs entitled “The Three Worlds: Allegory of Vanity / Forget Heaven / Vanity of Allegory”, referencing a cosmological treatise on the universe from the Theravada Buddhism of the 14th century, the subject matter of which is the description of three levels of existence of all beings and mythical creatures... This extensive retrospective release contains selected tracks from various tapes released between 1997 and 1999 - mostly rare and unavailable today - as well as yet unreleased tracks recorded between 1997 and 2013, a.o. outtakes from the “Death Over China” recordings, handpicked and recontextualized by Anemone Tube, representing the project’s roughest and most atmospheric material up to date, ranging from depressive ritual experimental ambient over dark rhythmic industrial soundscapes to whirlwind noise. Sharply mastered by Hunter Barr for a powerful, contemporary sound, each CD comes in a 6-panel digifile featuring beautiful photography by Dario Lehner. [label info]
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ANENERBE -- "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" -- CD -- €8
2007 self-released, (ltd. 500)
Russian band Anenerbe was formed in the beginning of 2000-s and follows the asceticism of minor post-punk aesthetics. On their performances and recordings the band use a grotesque mix of decadent irony with sickly sadness, excited self-mockery with despair and hopelessness. The themes of their songs are deep and varied, they contain inner claustrophoby, vicious transformations, destructive eroticism, pompous militant mysticism, eternal return, private interpretations of eschatologic and gnostic apocryphs, etc... [press-release]
ANENERBE MUSIC CLUB -- "The Night Porter" -- CD-R -- €7
2014 Collapsar Publishing, mpec-01-2014, (ltd. 100)
Second album of the cult Moscow band Anenerbe Music Club made in retro-aesthetics and dedicated to the underground "new wave" music culture of 1980-s, true ex-Soviet nostalgia.
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ANGEL OF DECAY -- "Bleeding on the Flowers" -- CD-R -- €7
2007/2008 BloodLust!, B!103
Noise / Experimental. The solo analog synth / experimental project of Jonathan Canady (DEATHPILE, BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA, DEAD WORLD, etc.) active in 2002-2008. Recorded in one take live to 2 tracks on 3.31.2007. Originally released on cassette by BloodLust! in 2007.
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ANGST78 -- "78-Angst" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 190-2, (ltd. 250)
Dark Ambient / Techno. ‘78 Angst’ is a conceptual compilation of tracks composed by Patryk Gęgniewicz (REVISQ) and Lukasz Szalankiewicz (ZENIAL) between 2013 and 2019. This music was composed in various places and circumstances: Zenial recorded in Poznań, Kraków and New York, Patryk in Wałbrzych, Jelenia Góra and Warszaw. Thus, every track has its own specific atmosphere and sound. The musicians have also invited other artists to make their remixes and reworks. One of them ‘At The Gates’ has been made by duo FISHERBOYZ. Dawid Chrapla and Dominik Żochowski are the authors of the next two tracks. The compositions on this album fluctuate around ambient, EVP-drone and techno. The name of the band comes from Gerald Kargl's movie ‘Angst’ and 78 is the year of birth of both project members. The CD is housed in a ecopak sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 250 copies. [label info]
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ANHEDONIA -- "Ontology" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Aliens Production, AP 19, (ltd. 550)
A long awaited album of this talented musician, who has with its album DESTRUCTIVE FORCES crossed waters of idm genre and his next phase will be for sure a desert for fans of industrial community. Crystal electronics in pulsating rhythms and atmospheric labyrinths is again timeless phase in production of this creative artist, that is crossing over boundaries of human perception. Noncommercial electronic full of alterations and industrial methods in combination with melodies and destructive surfaces. On this album you can find interesting cooperations with projects like: DOCTOROFMINDMD, SOMBRA, DISHARMONY, that has moved this work again on higher level. [press-release]
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ANTEZ + MATHIEU CALLEJA + MIGUEL A. GARCIA + ARTUR VIDAL / GREGORY BUTTNER / HECTOR REY -- "Malasana / Kaktus / Myxini" -- 3 CD-R -- €8
2014/2015 Observatoire, obs * RD#4, (ltd. 100)
"Malasana": This recording was made in an area of Madrid called Malasana. The name recalls the Spanish struggle against the French troops of Napoleon, which took place at the beginning of the XIX century and is famously represented in the paintings of Goya. Nowadays, despite the increasing gentrification of the area of Malasana, it remains a place well known for night-time unrest and counter-cultural disobedience. This cultural climate draws parallels with the way improvised music relates to confrontation. Many musicians feel that improvised music clashes against, or is at odds with, social institutions, as in the case of Madrid, where modern or contemporary music is almost completely ignored by popular culture. In this recording we can hear a different kind of confrontation. Musicians seem to be trying to fight, both against themselves and against the temptation of presenting what they already know. They seem to be seeking out strategies for creating music collectively, without falling back on cliche, imitation or cultural habits. The listeners of this recording are invited to consider if the musicians have succeeded in this attempt. They are also encouraged to interrogate their own listening, as both a cultural practice shaped by social environment and as an area for a similar internal contest... "Kaktus": For this track I recorded the needles of a cactus played with my fingers. After some digital processings I edited them into a composition in 5 parts. In parts 3 and 5 the cactus recordings are combined and modulated with sinus-waves... "Myxini": Recorded in Bilbao during the summer of 2012. No overdub. [label info]
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ANTHESTERIA -- "Nebesnaya" -- CD -- €10
2005 Der Angriff, Nr. 24
The 2nd album of St. Petersburg-based project continues the line started 2 years ago with their debut album "Beyond Nimbostratus". The style of this album varies a lot from track to track, but in general it can be restricted with terms neoclassic/gothic/dark ambient, sometines traditional, sometimes experimental. One track features vocal of MRZ (Majdanek Waltz). "The second Anthesteria album tells a story of a journey, but it's not a journey about a ghost city as it was the case in the Beyond Nimbostratus debut album, the decadent but charming open-air museum called St.-Petersburg being the prototype of this ghost city. Now it's a journey about a fragile world of emotions and perceptions known to everyone, a sound realization of the author's diary. The winter city is preserved in the atmosphere itself, but just a scenery or background. Keeping the trend designated in their debut, Anthesteria added martial drums and recitative voice together with some ethnic elements in a number of compositions. Anthesteria keeps multiplying illusions which make up the charm and value of human's life." [label info] Double-panel aromatized fouldout digisleeve with photos for each track.
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ANTI-VERSTAND -- "By The Song As The Wind" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2007/2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT113, (ltd. 46)
Reissue of a legendary retro-psychedelic album recorded in 2006 by St. Petersburg based noise project Ant-Verstand. Earthen Power Electronics, an absurd cosmic symphony sunk in radionoise, smashing samples, sound like a prairie wind - tousles but purifies. Only 46 copies in sleeves with hand-written info, each copy is unique, each has different cover. [label info]
ANTI-VERSTAND -- "Cyclodol" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2015 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT119
Cholinolytic mid-frequency Harsh Power Electronic Noise, full of indescribable psychotic drive, soundtrack for the use of cyclodol tablets. Artwork inspired by A. Lebedev-Frontov's project "Pila". Listen very loud!!! Sleeve. [label info]
ANTI-VERSTAND -- "Electroorganics" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT27, (ltd. 92)
Reissue of a legendary album with a bonus-track and new artwork. Old schoola low-frequency rough noise created with the use of low-voltage currents fed through human body and picked by microphone input of a magnetophone, recorded in 2003. Bonus track is an electrified mid-frequency concrete noise based on a field recording made in July 2007 in Kurkiyoki. DVD-box, handmade cover with technologic paper, mini-poster. [press-release]
ANTI-VERSTAND -- "Mulyazh V Pishchu Ne Prigoden" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_55, (ltd. 18)
Noise. Old School Harsh Noise, recorded live without spectators, without preparation and overdubs July 15, 2020. No electronics, just a contact microphone, macro objects (different for each of the three tracks) and tons of feedback. A ritual noise tribute to the classic styles of K2 and early Merzbow with a rabid psychopathic concept that harks back to the golden days of post-Soviet noise at the turn of the century, performed by Comforter, LLG, Reductio Ad Absurdum, Veprisuicida and Khlyst. Absurd scriptures and wild little heads. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in transparent jewel-case. [label info]
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ANTI-VERSTAND feat. NOUMEN -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2014 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT111, (ltd. 46)
New full-length album by Anti-Verstand is recorded with the help of Noumen (MNL9, Monologue, IAMNOTHING, Morbus Mundi, Endlosung (Russland), etc.) and based on his ideas and recordings. Voice harsh in vein of Masonna, sound poetry of Kurt Schwitters, dada experiments, musique concrete, psychoanalysis and transpersonalism, Noumen's gut-wrenching existential vocal outbursts, eccentric scenes, children's grindcore and sweet noise. The album comes with a Noumen's dadaist video "Death is near". Each copy is packed in a slim DVD-box, comes with a unique handmade cover with hand-written info and vintage amateur photography as an insert. Five random copies also contain vintage leather chevrons. [press-release]
ANTI-VERSTAND / TOTALMEHEHE -- "Cyclodol / Haloperidol" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Cvlminis, (ltd. 20)
This isn't really a split release: Anti-Verstand's track "Cyclodol", being a soundtrack to the use of this anticholinergic drug (the original will be released soon) was reworked and edited by Noumen. As a result, the non-emotional anti-human almost-HNW track turned into an existential drama, spiritualized by the narratives of Noumen and flavoured with historical and religious samples and field recordings from a lunatic asylum. Two solo tracks by Totalmehehe are approximately in the same vein, multi-layered and verbally imbued, utilizing noise samples from Merzbow and other masters of noise. The result is unusual, raw, honest and certainly conceptual, like in all projects by Noumen: MNL9, IAMNOTHING, Morbus Mundi and others. Art bruite in its best. Slim-box. [YAOP]
ANTLERS MULM -- "Of Withered Sparks" -- CD -- €10
2007 Loki Foundation, LOKI 47
The third album of ANTLERS MULM opts for deep resonating tones that are harmonious and hypnotic with a greater emphasis on percussion, and the massive foray into song based structures. Dark Beats linked with impressive vibes bringing highlights of an extraordinary world of sound. Phantasmagorial Melodies are melting into an intense atmosphere guided by the outstanding voice of the father of shadows Hans Johm. Throbbing samples enriches this compositions to a homogenic masterpiece. These 10 songs are catching the mood of the warm feeling of being at home and creating a landscape of a coruscant kingdom that lies deep within the lyrical and musical expression. These tracks building melancholy on the most song based LOKI release ever - take a deep breath and get lost in this aural world of ANTLERS MULM. Limited Digipak with 12page booklet. [label info]
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ANTRACOT -- "Ferropolis" -- CD-R -- €7
2007 Steinklang Industries, SK-IN 05, (ltd. 150)
The fourth fulltime album from Antracot comes in a small DVD-case and is limited to 150 copies. 7 tracks - 70 minutes noise, heavily influenced by japanese noisicans. From metallic sounds to pure aggressive powerful harsh frequencies and feedbacks with screams full of hate! Highly recommended for fans of this genre! Track 7 feat. Stahlwerk 9! [label info]
ANTRACOT -- "Galvanism" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2008 Tosom, XS-006, (ltd. 150)
Very active Noise and Power Electronics project from south Germany. Known from the fantastic releases on Steinklang Industries, Atacama Records or Apocalyptic Radio. With ATROX he released as BOLESKINE and THE TIROLER HORN SECTION on Atacama Records and he is a live member of ATROX. "Galvanism" is a 20 minute Noise killer track. Long, loud, aggressive. [label info]
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ANTRACOT -- "Maschinenraum 173" -- CD-R -- €7
2006 Steinklang Industries, SKD 13, (ltd. 250)
65 minutes of violent Harsh-Electronics and structured Power-Noise by this ATROX bandmember. [label info]
ANTRACOT -- "Neurokinesis" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 Steinklang Industries, SK-IN 14, (ltd. 77)
One hour pure Japan-hardcore-noise by this german ultra-noise act. A brutal wall of noise with rumbling and screaming sounds. This album was released especially for their concert in Tokyo/Japan on 27.10.2007. [label info]
ANTRACOT / SCRELOMA -- "Live In Salzburg 10.10.2008" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 Steinklang Industries, SK7-25
The fifth part of the new old SK7 series. Here a german / japanese collaboration cd with Antracot and Screloma. You will get 18 minutes of rumbling and droning noise from Antracot and about 30 minutes of wonderful japanese Powerelectronics as it’s best. Both are live recordings from the Steinklang pre-shop-opening event on 10.10.2008 in Salzburg. [label info]
AOOM -- "Aequinoctium" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Pantheon, PAN108, (ltd. 50)
Ambient / Drone. AOOM is the collaborative project of UHUSHUHU & CREATION VI. Air and sound, lake and water, water and ice, wind and cold... So many different words for the things so alike. What seems opposite, from different realms, unfolds in simple conjunction made naturally – by Nature. What seems unspeakable is obvious in sound. Dualities of elements and cycles are merging into a river of tones and noises, forming something which can be called music, yet may be just the air fluctuation. It's up to the perception to decide where it starts and when it ends. It's simply a question of point of view, whether it's time or space, whether it's listening or hearing. [label info] Hand-numbered edition of 50 copies in handmade cardboard sleeves.
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APHELION -- "Lay" -- CD -- €10
2008 Shadowgraph Records, Shadow 1
Aphelion is a hardcore industrial outfit that pull no punches while driving home their inimitable style of wrenching, break-neck, dystopian future shock. Their new CD, Lay has 10 tracks of pure terror which all bleed into one another, leaving the listener no time or chance to stop the madness, so to speak. It is an atonal, dehumanized, automated and bloody record that can be either cathartic - at the right moments - scary in other mood swings, or it could be just plain noise to the uninitiated, but that would only show the lack of creativity and the absence of experimentalism in one's mentality... [Heathen Harvest]
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AQUAVOICE -- "Early Recordings" -- 2 CD -- €13 [-50%]
2015 Zoharum, ZOHAR 102-2, (ltd. 500)
This double album collects the most interesting songs from the early years of AQUAVOICE. The first disc is almost completely repeated album 'Water Music', previously released only as a CDR, including "Underwater Flight" among others - a composition which landed in top 10 of the best electronic chart on National Radio 3. The second album collects the most interesting recordings lifted from "Soundchaser" and "Dreamdesigner" albums - also CDRs, which have been been unavailable and requested for since long. As a bonus, there is an unreleased song sung by the great singer Julia Doszna recorded a few years ago, that only now sees the light of day... The collection was entirely revised by the author, who lovingly refreshed recordings, some of them being slightly reworked to adapt them to the needs of this release. They now sound fresh, new and they make up a coherent set of recordings. At the end, the tracks were mastered by the invaluable Marcin Bocinski (already known for some Zoharum recordings, such as the two previous Aquavoice albums, Zenial and X-Navi:Et LPs)... With this album Tadeusz Luczejko closes the early period of his musical activities and, moreover, is a 20th anniversary release celebrating those years of Aquavoice... The CDs are housed in a ecopak sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 500 copies. [press-release]
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AQUAVOICE -- "Nocturne" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 077-2, (ltd. 500)
"Nocturne", the second AQUAVOICE offering on Zoharum, is a successor to well-received last year's "Grey." The material for both albums was created around the same time and was divided according to the following key: "Grey" - more experimental and coarse compositions; "Nocturne" - more dreamy, low-key and soothing ambient textures. The new album includes 11 new songs clocking in at 50 minutes, songs a bit darker and colder than before where one can find inspirations taken from Scandinavian art. Tadeusz Luczejko, the author of this material and the man behind AQUAVOICE, says: Despite not liking cold on a daily basis, I do like it in art. I am inspired by the extraordinary works of artists such as Arve Henriksen, Jan Garbarek, Lars von Trier, Geir Jennsen and Eivind Aarset. I have an impression that we are on the same wavelength. This quote sums up the spirit of the album in the best possible way. One can find the answer, the feedback to those inspirations on "Nocturne." It is still varied, highest quality electronic music, with hints taken even from jazz. This 3-panel ecopak release is strictly limited to 500 copies. [press-release]
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AQUAVOICE -- "Silence" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Zoharum, ZOHAR 168-2, (ltd. 300)
Ambient / Experimental. "Silence" is yet another, the fourth album by Aquavoice in the Zoharum catalog. Two years after the compilation "Early Recordings", the project delivers a completely new album consisting of 13 compositions stylistically kept in the vein which Tadeusz Łuczejko accustomed us to on his previous materials. "Silence" is the ambient in its purest form, it is extremely rich, interesting, multicoloured electronic music. 300 copies in 3-panel ecopak. [label info]
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ARBOREAL -- "Embodiment" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Heart-Shaped Box Prod., HSB-119, (ltd. 24)
A HNW project by a Thai musician Polwach Beokhaimook. This isn't really an HNW recording though, as it's not particularly noisy. 25 minutes of almost static ambience, created with some background echoing field recordings and forefront scratching sounds. Hand-made design with an art-stamp.
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ARC -- "Arkhangelsk" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Epidemie Records, EPR 064, (ltd. 600)
ARC is a Canadian trio (Aidan Baker - guitars, flutes, tapeloops, Richard Baker - drumkit, percussion, & Christopher Kukiel - percussion) playing tribal guitar drone ambient with psychedelic and post - rock elements and very hypnotic sound. Their brand new album Arkhangelsk brings 4 compositions in 67 minutes and comes in nice 6 panels digisleeve and is limited on 600 copies. Arkhangelsk was recorded in Toronto, Canada in December 2007 in two separate sessions. The first consisted of improvisational performances on drumset and guitar and the second consisted of layering percussion, electronics, and woodwind tracks on those original drum/guitar tracks. Both sessions were done in real-time in single takes with a minimum of post-production editing or manipulation in an effort to capture the spontaneity of the performances. As such, Arkhangelsk maintains the typical ARC sound while simultaneously exploring more adventurous poly-rhythms and textures, combining influence/inspiration from such artists as Flyer Saucer Attack, The Boredoms, Tribes of Neurot, and Rapoon. [press-release]
ARC -- "Glassine 1" -- CD -- €6
2008 A Silent Place, ASP22
Glassine I was recorded live at the Ambient Ping in Toronto on 03/07/2006; and can be easily described as an organic space ambient, with very strong references to Pink Floyd (Ummagumma), Popol Vuh, Ashra Temple, Jackie-O Motherfucker, O Yuki Conjugate, AMP and Flying Saucer Attack or "Fourth World" ambient music! Four tracks of pure vibrant multi-layered psychedelic drone music! Now, close your eyes, listening to "Glassine I" and start for your trip even without the intake of any substances! [press-release]
AREA BOMBARDMENT -- "Republic" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Lichterklang, LK040, (ltd. 200)
Martial Industrial. Finally and after almost seven years since “In Hoc Signo Vinces” was released, LICHTERKLANG is proud to announce the release of “Republic”, the new opus of the Irish Martial Industrial project AREA BOMBARDMENT. „Republic“ marks the 10th anniversary of the band and was almost lost and forgotten on the hard-disc for six years for various reasons if the label would not have listened to it on a regular basis. It then took almost two years to get back in touch with Michael P. who agreed to finally release “Republic”. The tracks have been re-worked and re-mastered with some additional bonus stuff included. “Republic” is a conceptual work on the Irish history and the brave men that fought for their independence from England, proving that history and the Martial Industrial genre has more to offer than the constant relation to Third Reich related topics. [label info]
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ARGENTUM -- "Aguilas de Libertad" -- CD -- €10
2011 Ufa Muzak, UFA 47, (ltd. 500)
Military pop / Neo Folk / Neoclassic / Post rock. Inner history which existence has never been documented becomes especially clear once in a thousand years. Its laws and principles written in blood in its origin are much older than any existing religion or political idea. Everything which contains there has highly explosive nature for a contemporary world order. Cause-effect relationship of terroristic attacks, wars, economical crises, religious faction, new viruses, become useless. They change their poles and at this moment that which was black becomes white, and that which was white becomes black. This is not a state of crisis, this is an ultimate end, even when death is more worth than living. Argentinian project Argentum in its album "Eagles of Freedom" wipes the dust just from several dreadful pages before which the sunshine fades and other, hidden glow starts its cold action. Musically the album is very laconic and simple. But this simplicity is imaginary and in one hour the wideness of presented material becomes visible. Symphonic backgrounds, clear vocals, electronic loops, acoustic guitar passages, calm rolls of disturbing drums, "empty" tracks of light flight. In the whole picture every moment of the disc becomes a link leading to the one goal. Music for the Triumph of the Spirit and Freedom! 15 tracks, 60 minutes, A5 cardboard sleeve + inserts. [press-release]
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ARGENTUM -- "Ditirambos al dios de la Guerra" -- CD -- €10
2014 Ufa Muzak, UFA65, (ltd. 400)
Martial Industrial / Neoclassic / Ambient. The album full of colossal admiration for the Greek pantheon presented by the cult band Argentum. Overwhelming hymns with lyrics in Greek language, infused as components in an alchemic retort, only to make an unforgettable impression. Music is a secret way to Homer's "Iliad", Ovid's "Metamorphoses", to Aeschylus and Hesiod, to the mythological Olympus, the sacred mountain, the place of residence of the gods headed by Zeus. During the Great Dionysias in Athens choirs if singers dressed in goat skins were singing hymns - dithyrambs accompanying dances, and so the album if full of wine and hop spirit. Drunken satyrs with tails and goat legs carry old Silenus on a donkey, a wise teacher, to the sounds of flutes, pan-pipes and timpanis. The Agrentinian project's music opens slowly, moving from majestic hymns to resilient electronic rhythm, from conspiracy to Hercules, to the Orphic spells, to Zeus, from life to death, from pain to ecstasy. The Olympians pass in front of us and glorify their power, interwining Futhark and Ancient Greek, symbols of war and improving the magical experience, animal and divine nature... 9 tracks, 40 minutes, 4-panel digipak. [press-release]
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ARIU KARA -- "Medlennii Skaner Stalkera" -- CD -- €7
2005 Lagunamuch Community, LMC300, (ltd. 300)
Ariu Kara is a musical component part of audio-visual project Ariu Lab, created in 2001 by industrial photographer Anastasiya Krutova. Ariu Lab deals with documentary, video installations and visual design. Ariu Kara records sound for all visual parts of the project. Ariu Kara plays gloomy music of post-human future, dead earth, covered with snow of nuclear winter. It's music of dark overcastted sky, and huge rusty broken cars, living alone in their own eternal cycle. They assemble creatures from odd details and disassemble to assemble again. [press-release]
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ARKHAION -- "When Gods Walked The Earth" -- CD-R -- €7
2012 Ufa Muzak, UFA57, (ltd. 150)
Heroic / Mythical sympho neoclassic ambient. Human history is not what is seems for the majority of modern people today. There's no evolutionary and progressive history of development. The primitive modern science can only suppose that it all started about 8000-6000 years B.C. The raven darkness of this delusion is penetrated by other theories which may seem to be completely fantastic, talking about cyclic models of development. 10.000 years before the Common Era humanity was at the peak of cosmic growth and highest development. All myths and heroic eposes, ciphered and allegorical, tell about that times. In those times there was a different race on Earth, now we call them Gods. The great ancestors built gigantic cities, they were developing and lived according to the highest wisdom. This race was certainly of cosmic origin, and they laid the foundation of the whole history on this planet. There were humans like us too, who lived in the same time with the highest creatures, the Gods, and received knowledge from them. First kings described in ancient myths were the offsprings of the Gods - they belonged to the other level and deserved complete worship. Their power allowed them to reach the highest spiritual state, the biggest progress of science of much more absolute character, to build the cities of unseen constructions. The power of human beings came from the Gods who gave them self-consciousness and combined their fate with their own great fate and goal within the Universe. It started 200.000 years ago. Majestic, triumphant and cryptic album of the conceptual project Arkhaion opens up slowly and calmly like movement of a huge body in cosmic space. Everything is undisturbed and grandiose, white light divides in spectral colours and the micro-symbol starts rotating, a mandala containing the new model of the Universe. Ambient and symphonic structures repeat the process of matter efflux from the stars. Immersion in music is like obtaining wings for a short time enough to see the fabulous picture from the bird view. Genetic memory will allow only a few to dive deeper into the visionary space of the Ancient and live some more time there. 8 tracks, 52 minutes, pro-CDR, 8-page booklet with 8 myths. [press-release]
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ARMENIA / MACRONYMPHA -- "Promiscuity" -- CD-R -- €7
1997/2002 Bizarre Audio Arts
Noise. Reissue of a tape released in 1997.
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ARROWWOOD -- "Eye Of Ivy, Thorn And Moss" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 COD noizes, SHUM06
Dark Folk / Psychedelic Folk / Ritual. We are pleased to inform that we have released three records of the amazing American psych / dark-folk project Arrowwood. Two albums, "Hemlock And Spindle Flower" and "Eye Of Ivy, Thorn And Moss", were previously released only as DIY CDr, were instantly sold out and very quickly became "rarities". The third album, "Dark Fairytales", contains ten previously unreleased exclusive tracks, supplemented with material from the split recording with Novemthree, also released in DIY canons. "Hemlock And Spindle Flower" has been remastered for this release... Arrowwood is the "one-girl" project of multi-instrumentalist Chelsea Robb, positioning herself as "forest folk". Her music is addressed to Wiccan rituals, forgotten spells and mysterious forces that inhabit the depths of forest thickets. However, Arrowwood's music has its own unique sound, largely due to the truly unearthly voice of Chelsea, and the atmosphere that plunges the listener into a state of light autumn sadness... Despite the fact that the project is little known on the background of the titans of the dark folk scene, in the circles of connoisseurs it has long earned a cult status, including thanks to the collaborations with Novemthree and Kim Larsen’s Solanaceae. [label info]
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ARROWWOOD -- "Hemlock And Spindle Flower" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 COD noizes, SHUM08
Dark Folk / Psychedelic Folk / Ritual. We are pleased to inform that we have released three records of the amazing American psych / dark-folk project Arrowwood. Two albums, "Hemlock And Spindle Flower" and "Eye Of Ivy, Thorn And Moss", were previously released only as DIY CDr, were instantly sold out and very quickly became "rarities". The third album, "Dark Fairytales", contains ten previously unreleased exclusive tracks, supplemented with material from the split recording with Novemthree, also released in DIY canons. "Hemlock And Spindle Flower" has been remastered for this release... Arrowwood is the "one-girl" project of multi-instrumentalist Chelsea Robb, positioning herself as "forest folk". Her music is addressed to Wiccan rituals, forgotten spells and mysterious forces that inhabit the depths of forest thickets. However, Arrowwood's music has its own unique sound, largely due to the truly unearthly voice of Chelsea, and the atmosphere that plunges the listener into a state of light autumn sadness... Despite the fact that the project is little known on the background of the titans of the dark folk scene, in the circles of connoisseurs it has long earned a cult status, including thanks to the collaborations with Novemthree and Kim Larsen’s Solanaceae. [label info]
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ARSENNE, ARTHUR -- "Abstractions" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2017 Heart Shaped Box Prod., HSB-107, (ltd. 36)
Harsh Noise Wall / Field Recordings / Drone.
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ART ABSCONS -- "Am Himmel Mit Feuer II" -- CD -- €15
2012 Fronte Nordico, AA II, (ltd. 300)
The CD version of the first Fronte Nordico release from one of the best today's new neofolk projects Art Abscons. "Am Himmel mit Feuer II" is a total remake of CD out in 2010 on Dead Scarlet Records. Most of the tracks were re-recorded, many got totally new versions, some new tracks were added and some old omitted, and the tracklist was completely resorted. The result is a totally different album - as matured, integral and professional as best neofolk classical works by Sonne Hagal, Forseti and Orplid. Brilliant melodies, charming voice, sophisticated soundwork and german poetry full of melancholy, sadness and irony are melting together to form a perfect gem of rare beauty - not to be missed by any fan of dark folk magical art! This CD version is different not only to the 2010 release but also to its vinyl analogue, it lacks two short interludes appeared on LP but includes one totally new track and one song here is completely reworked. The release comes in a special embossed thick grey rough carton cover with full colour picture and limited to 300 copies only. [press-release]
ART ABSCONS -- "Les Sentiers Eternels" -- CD -- €15
2012 Fronte Nordico, AA IV, (ltd. 300)
The CD version of the second Fronte Nordico release from Art Abscons, one of its most favourite current neofolk projects. "Les Sentiers Eternels" is a brand new album including 10 tracks finished and mixed in early 2012. This work took about one and a half years in the making and shows further development both in technical refinement and the creative side of the project. The genre borders of neofolk are broken and we see here a varied mix of many style elements - from pure dark folk guitar ballads to more eclectic conceptual tracks close to something which could be defined as kraut-rockish psychedelic industrial, from electro-pop / minimal wave tunes to harsher and more aggressive pieces. The album was produced according to an innovative recording technique called "Stereo Spektral Sunrise" and is the first album to feature the SPEKTRALOPHONE, a sort of organic synthesizer developed by Art Abscon himself. "Les Sentiers Eternels" also brings Art Abscons' spiritual kinship with American neofolk project Gnomonclast to a new level and contains various noteworthy contributions from N2 ItinitI and Sasha Feline. This album is a kind of sounding universe strictly based on the principles of Abscons Magik and N2 ItinitI's cabalo-gnostic achievements, and, thus, includes any contradictions the real universe presents us with. There's everything here - Sun and Moon, Day and Night, Love and Hate, Joy and Grief, all act according to the hidden principles eternal, and this work is the most complex and intellectual to be found among Art Abscons albums until now - the literal and accurate revelation of the Hidden God - a pure excitement to the intelligent listener who is into occult matters! This CD is again distinct to the LP version, one track is totally reworked and the cover artwork is different. The release comes in a special embossed thick grey rough carton cover with full colour picture and limited to 300 copies only. [press-release]
ART ABSCONS -- "Nach allen Regeln der Kunst" -- CD -- €16
2021 Opus Abscondi, OA005, (ltd. 200)
Modern Classical / Neofolk / Darkwave. Art Abscon's latest album was produced in 2020 and in perfect seclusion and tranquility. It holds a special secret - a secret that is the result of more than two years of research and preparations. Even if you do not know what it is, you will most certainly feel it. Art Abscon does not wish to talk about it, but has given away one hint: you would not be able to play along to this album with any instrument at your disposal; the music on this album is far outside standard musical conceptions... The album was mixed and mastered by Nathaniel Ritter (Kinit Her) - and it is thanks to him that this is Art Abscon's best sounding release so far. The CD is housed in a 6-panel digifile featuring photographs of Art Abscon's stop motion music video to a song titled "Abscon". [label info]
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ART ABSCONS -- "The Separate Republic" -- CD -- €15
2017 Fronte Nordico, AA VI, (ltd. 300)
Neofolk. After five years of album-releasing silence, ART ABSCONs finally celebrates his comeback with an album that clearly shows that good things are always worth waiting for. For his sixth official album release, the Grandmaster has accepted not even a single collaborator and presents us 13 songs featuring 36 instruments all played by Michael, the man behind the mask, and which form the foundation of the artistic vision of "The Separate Republic". Digipak. [label info]
ARUM LILIES -- "Dismal Fantasies" -- CD -- €10
2017 Death Continues Records, DCRCD012
Cold, uncomfortable, heavy electronics. "...one of the more disturbing, unsettling releases we have heard in a while... uncomfortable, minimalist noise, very deep drones, death industrial atmospheres and sounds that mimic marginally tuning antique radios and half-effective LP players with old, crackling records. We don’t listen to this music because it’s beautiful. We do so because there is a comfort in discomfort, because sometimes we are attracted to that which evokes images that are often on at the dark horizon of our imagination. Dismal Fantasies totally fits that mold successfully. Disturbing. Unsettling. Fantastic!" [The Noise Beneath The Snow]
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AS ALL DIE -- "Time Of War And Conflict" -- CD -- €10
2001 Crowd Control Activities, Crowded 25
Neo-folk, Martial Industrial and Noise from America.
AS ALL DIE -- "Victory" -- CD -- €10
2006 Flood The Earth Records, FTE 011
Without question the most aggressive martial industrial release from As All Die to date. Mixes elements of heavy percussion, harsh soundscapes, aggressive and spoken vocals, droning synths and WWI samples. Not for the timid! [Red Stream]
AS WE LAY -- "Sacrilege" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 VOLOK Records, VR-15, (ltd. 20)
Dark Ambient / Drone. A dark, monotonous canvas, frightening with its infinity. Sucks you down into a black hole of a disturbing dream. Filled with unclear images. Only for real connoisseurs of the genre. [label info]
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ASTARIUM / UVODNA -- "Odalism" -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2017/2018 Valgriind / Glasir CD-R Series, 04
Dark Ambient / Darkwave. Reissue of the split, previously released as a 3.5" floppy disk. This edition finally features the audio tracks in full quality. ASTARIUM performs shamanic Darkwave with a mouth harp, and a track by the Siberian project UVODNA is closer to pagan neoclassics and late SUMMONING. Double sleeve. A beautiful release in all aspects. [YAOP]
ASTRAL & SHIT + KROMESHNA -- "Emyd Lub" -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 Ostroga, OTR-023
20'56 mn unique track issued from a collaboration between two Russian musicians. The result is an instrumental droning ambient piece, mixing electronic and concrete sounds. Nice sound. Housed in a special painted enveloppe. [Nuit Et Brouillard]
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ASTRO -- "Far In The Distance" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Abhorrent Creation Tapes, ACT004, (ltd. 500)
Noise. The brand new album from legendary Japanese Noise duo ASTRO: Hiroshi Hasegawa (C.C.C.C., South Southern Delta, Shroud Of Vapour, Galax, etc), and Hiroki Hasegawa (aka ROHCO, also of C.C.C.C. and Shroud Of Vapour). Recorded in Toyko earlier this year, "Far In The Distance" features walls of blistering harsh noise and blissful glitchy electronics, spread across two colossal tracks (21 and 25 mins apiece), with the second track involving heavier, power electronics elements. Hiroshi on electronics, field recordings and samples; ROHCO on electronics and devices. [Cold Spring]
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ASTRO & CORNUCOPIA -- "Deep Wind" -- CD -- €7
2010 Quasi Pop Records, QPOP CD055, (ltd. 500)
Noise / Psychedelic. The second collaboration between Japanese noise legend Hiroshi Hasegawa (Astro) and duo Cornucopia from Puerto Rico, though the first one released on CD. Each from two tracks is from the particular artist, and based on opponent's sound sources. Totally psychedelic record, often in extreme frequences & dynamics, it features some Cornucopia's trademark pulsating sounds, while Astro's track is unstopable stream of deep, heavy and slow as hell noise magma. Physical, brutal and meditative. Pure beauty of modern extreme electronic music. [press-release]
ASTROM, B. -- "Utan Titel" -- CD -- €10
2010 Aderlatning Produktion
11 tracks of field recordings, static, ambient, guitars, stoy, pop, grind, improvisations, madness, maraccas, 80's drums, bootlegging, melodies, piano, samples etc. in 46 minutes. Ten "original" compositions + one cover song from an old skateboard video. Recorded on different tape recorders, arrangement and completing sounds using software. [label info]
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ASTROWIND -- "Semikarakory" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Frozen Light, FZL 019, (ltd. 292)
"We will go to Semikarakory!" Latvian composer, musician and sound designer Kirils Lomunovs/Astrowind consistently develops alternative music style Paleopsychedelic Ambient falling into the limits of the Dark Ambient genre, and still is being inspired with the art of an actor and director Alexander L. Kaidanovsky. The delivered to the listeners "Semikarakory" mini-album is a logical sequel of the previous Astrowind album "Kaidanovsky". The "Semikarakory" mini-album is dedicated to the full-length director's work of Kaidanovsky - "Zhena kerosinshchika" (engl. "Kerosene seller's Wife") [1988]. This is an imagined walk in the dreary territory, where every being dwells in the anxious suspense, in an unquenchable thirst of freedom, haunted by the whing of the broken glass. "The chips are haunting me." Every chip here is a painful reminder of hopes' delusion. Insanity here is the only way to hide. Everyone here hopes for a miracle, dreams to soar up high above reality, to reach for an absolution, but even angels cannot escape this smothering space. The liberation lies within music. Three-panel A5 cardboard. 292 copies. [press-release]
ASULA MORI -- "Veter" -- CD-R -- €7
2007 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT10, (ltd. 89)
Mystic Sympho Dark Ambient from the middle of Russia. Using traditional rock-group indtruments (guitar, synthesizer, bass, vocal) they create enigmatic dark meditative cold music pierced with damp wind, never-ending melancholy, wandering in gothic dusk and very cinematographic at the same time... DVD-box with handmade cover made of hand-coloured paper. [press-release]
ASVLMJENOK -- "Amor Fati" -- 2 CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2016 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT133, (ltd. 152)
New word in the history of the European Power Electronics. 12 sermons-infusions dedicated to fate, death, cosmos and the slavery of neurotic ignorance in which most of people dwell. Fears, labyrinths and traps of verbal thinking, a wish to seem better than you are, political dirt, frustration, personal pride and insane Dostoevskiy's fixations - these are the walls of Asvlmjenok, a concentration camp for the consciousness in which people have immured themselves. And around that there is only the infinity of space which many can see only in a dream... in a dream from which you don't want to wake up. Extremely powerfull full-range sound, brutal vocals and obscure sample. Like Genocide Organ or Sektion B, but better. Vinyl case, handmade cover, insert. [label info]
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AT1385 -- "Home Audio" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2015 Kill Ego, KLLG013, (ltd. 50)
IDM / Electro / Breaks. A project of the Russian musician Alexander Tikhonov with a compilation of tracks recorded in 2005-2015. Powerful rhythmic electronics. CD-R packed in a slim jewel-case with an obi-strip.
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ATARAXIA -- "ENA" -- CD -- €10
2015 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-51
"Remember the wisdom out of the old days, they know undying things and nothing troubles the great streams and gleams from the holy orchards, where there is none but fruit that is of precious stone, or apples of the sun and moon. They know undying things, for this I have sailed the seas... WE ARE ONE. ENA (one = unity in Greek) is our musical contribution to overcome duality, conflicts and separation trying to go towards a resonant, open-hearted attitude. What we seed in our life, in others’ lives, on the earth is what we receive. We are One, separation causes blindness and destruction. WE ARE ONE, WE ALL ARE CONNECTED. Vibration is the very first act of creation, Music has the duty and the right to work on connection being such a suitable and direct channel to express harmony. If our life is meant to be a spiritual growing and not just a materialistic experience, all the domains where spirituality is expressed can become a source of enlightenment. Here is our naked soul alone in “her” voyage. To us, Music is diffusing a spiritual knowledge that’s not linked to a dominating specific religion but to the harmony of the cosmic forces. The aim is to reach again the primeval plenitude, calmness and inner light, being a part of the whole. The magic word resounds before being pronounced. Knowledge and Experience happen at the same time and all of this is a sacred announcement, a message that doesn’t need rationality to be caught. It is a sort of spiritual call coming from the depths. Memory and singing are linked, they enable a deeper subtle “sight”. The ancient wisdom was based on letting go, forgetting ourselves, our ego and masks in order to feel and live “the moment”. A deeply felt thank for all what we have received from Greek philosophy, poetry and mysticism. Without this inspiration we wouldn’t be here to do what we do. ENA!" [label info] Standard edition in jewel-case.
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ATARAXIA -- "Llyr" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010/2011 Shadowplay Records, SPR 100
Medieval / Neofolk. Three years after the last studio album Kremasta Nera, Ataraxia is back with a marvellous new album! Llyr (Lyra) is the name of the instrument of the Bards and the Greek lyrical poets; a sacred musical instrument visually inspired by the grace and nobleness of the swans. Ataraxia, in this voyage, played the following instruments: classical, folk and 12 strings guitars, chitarra battente, keyboards, flutes, sitar, gamelan, daf, frame drums, santoor, tablas, zard and bells. Female vocals are sometimes accompanied by male vocals. This new album is a new story inspired by pagan myths, feminine celebrations Of Mother Nature, celtic traditions… Ataraxia and her charismatic singer Francesca Nicoli have now create their uncommon genre of music: a cosmogonic dark folk praying for Beauty. [Prikosnovenie] Russain edition comes with a bonus track and a slipcase.
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ATARAXIA -- "Spasms (Sous La Coupole Spleenetique Du Ciel)" -- CD -- €10
2014 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-36
Regular edition of the all new album, in Jewel box with 12 page booklet! Ataraxia in their own words on their new album: “Is this the bitter-sweet side of ourselves? We portray great misery, of course, and a typically human desperate need of survival but, at the same time, joke and irony are always present to exorcise the fear of decay and death. Here we are just musicians playing airs that make you dance and cry at the same time, and while doing this we say to ourselves: “Take your bloody knife and start exploring your killing nature, be not politically correct, sing and play as a fucking gorgon if you wish and have fun". “Paris Spleen” and the following “Spasms” are works in progress, both musically and as live performances, and our main actor Paul Patchy is just a disseminator of chaos.”
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ATARAXIA -- "Suenos" -- CD -- €10
2001/2012 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-14
"Sueсos" ('Dreams' in Spanish) was originally released in 2001 by Cold Meat Industry's imprint Cruel Moon International. This remastered edition contains the bonus track 'Melisanda', which appeared on the rare split 10” with Engelsstaub "In Amoris Mortisque" (1995). "Sueсos" is a collection of songs with different styles, themes, with different historical backgrounds and recorded with the use of many acoustic instruments. Divided into three parts, the first (‘Ego Promitto Domino’) features lyrics inspired by journeys and memories of middle Eastern lands. The sounds are between neoclassical, orchestral and dreamy Mediterranean ambience. The second part (‘L’ame d’eau’) is entirely based on Medieval ballads for acoustic instruments and 2 vocalists. The Third part (‘Sandy Dunes’) is more intimate and meditative, once again the theme is the one of water linked to the female soul: The voyage through the sea, regret, the need of the sea, just for Francesca’s heavenly vocals. [press-release]
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ATE & NOWA ZIEMIA -- "Substrate" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 232-2, (ltd. 250)
Guitar Drone / Ambient. Artur Krychowiak (Nowa Ziemia) and Petar Petkov (ate) both hailing from Tricity in northern Poland join their forces to showcase mutual passion for guitar drones and harmony. Nowa Ziemia is not new to our roster and his collaboration with Petkov is his third installment for Zoharum. ate on the other hand has 2 albums released by Bulgarian Amek - a label close to our hearts. “Substrate” consists of 2 long, harmonic ambient tracks. Heavily processed guitars are surrounded by field recordings and subtle electronics creating soothing dronescapes. It’s one of those records which you can play all day long on repeat without fear of getting bored or annoyed, as with each listen you’ll discover new layers of musicality. This music is like a cushion for your mind giving it a sense of safety. [label info]
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ATOLON -- "Concret" -- CD -- €9
2012 Intonema, int004, (ltd. 250)
Concret is not only 4th release of Intonema but also it's the long-awaited 4th release of the Spanish trio Atolon that was recorded in January, 2011 by Simon Reynell, director of English label Another Timbre. Alfredo Costa Monteiro (acnordion, objects), Ferran Fages (acoustic turntable, objects) and Ruth Barberan (trumpet, objects) are using their instruments by unusual way: they are preparing them, playing on their surfaces, knocking and inventing a lot of other ways for sound making. Despite of these non-musical sounds, the trio is following almost melodic motive all through the piece. [press-release]
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ATOM, MIKHAIL -- "Astroepos" -- CD-R -- €8
1999 Soulworm Editions, Worm III
A conceptual masterpiece, and the ultimate one among those made by the Russian ambient artist known as Mikhail Atom. Travelling the nostalgic, subtle soundscapes, the author tries to render an illustration to the his own philosophical and alchemic searches. Sheer bells, monumental synths and mysterous, gentle noises... All this drives the listener to some kind of mystical mood while the spirit leaves the body for a while, wondering for what's hidden behind the horizon of meanings... [press-release]
ATOMINE ELEKTRINE -- "The Deep Invisible" -- CD -- €10
2008 Vendlus Records, Vend032
Dark Ambient / Industrial. Peter Andersson is a must-know name in the world of dark ambient and industrial music. He’s the man behind Raison d’etre, Stratvm Terror, Bocksholm among many, previously released by Cold Meat Industry, Essence Music and Old Europa Cafe. Atomine Elektrine is described as a truly out-of-body, deeply layered and dynamic cosmic experience in the form of a masterful ambiance, filled with outbursts of energy and synthetic movements. “The Deep Invisible” is his 5th album as Atomine Elektrine, it is a journey of dark matter to outer and inner space, to the empty regions of the universe outside the ambience of celestial bodies and to the inner most subconscious manifestations of the mind. [press-release]
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ATOMINE ELEKTRINE -- "Nebulous (Expanded Edition)" -- 2 CD -- €16
2007/2016 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 217
Space Ambient / Electronics. Peter Andersson brings Atomine Elektrine to an utterly refined and perfectionist sphere. Nebulous leaves all physical boundaries behind and takes you on a trip through endless space towards unknown deep corners of the cosmos. The sound is widening every moment and the walls of your room seem to disappear. Multi dimensional layers of sound makes this record into a cosmic outburst. A truly out-of-body, deeply layered and dynamic cosmic experience in form of a masterful ambience filled with energy outbursts, synthetic movements, illuminating pulses and algorithmical rhythms. An aural projection for a detailed exploration of nebulas, black holes, exploding stars and unknown deep corners of the cosmos... Very much influenced by the electronic side of the kraut scene and with the ability of imposing his very own classic trademark, Andersson sets a new stone and makes 'Nebulous', composed in 2005, one of the greatest albums related to this genre since the early 70’s. Peter allowing the ever evolving music to take shape slowly and form amidst the ever changing facades he creates. Truly an amazing achievement... Originally released in 2007 'Nebulous' is now presented in an expanded version with compilation tracks, earlier bonus material, previously unreleased stuff and also a complete live set earlier only released as a digital album with the title 'Space is an Illusion - Live in Vilnius'... Presented in a phantom styled 6-panel digipak based on space friendly original art by Hypsis. [press-release]
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ATOMTRAKT -- "Artefakte Des Verderbens" -- CD -- €10
2012 Steinklang Industries, SK56, (ltd. 400)
Two years after the highly acclaimed "Sperrstelle Nordost" album the mighty ATOMTRAKT are back with a new bombastic, martial, heroic and apocalyptic Industrial release which is entitled "Artefakte des Verderbens". The album spreads a superior and cold atmosphere and deals with the Battle of Stalingrad (2nd World War). As on "Sperrstelle Nordost", cold, heroic and atmospheric synthesizer layers are mixed with bombastic drums and military war-like rhythm patterns. The vocals on the new record vary from dark and clean to distorted and threatening. The overall sound of the album is powerful and bombastic - it spreads a superior and mighty atmosphere rarely heard before. The lyrics deal with fears, death, decay and ambiguity. When listening to this sophisticated album, you can find yourself on the battlefield in Stalingrad. The album itself never gets boring - This is due to the variety of songs and themes. The album is available in a 6-panel DIGIPAK and it was recorded and mastered at Luftschutzkerker Studio in Switzerland. [press-release]
ATROX -- "Dear Great Leader" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 Steinklang Industries, SK7-22
After one year of silence Atrox comes back with a new album. He arranged several weird sounds to a wonderful trip in a strange world. Old School Industrial like Haus Arafna meets the typical Atrox style. So you will get a mixture of Industrial, Experimental, Ambient and Powerelectronics. Welcome to the trip in a real strange world... [label info]
ATROX & ANTRACOT -- "Earth Listen Vol.2: Oppenheimers Garden" -- CD-R -- €16 [-50%]
2006 Atacama Records, a.r.21, (ltd. 100)
ATRX -- "Third Report" -- CD-R -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Zaimka, (ltd. 10)
Experimental / Ambient / Sound Collage. A cocktail made of sounds of different nature. Crossing textures of sound and images that have already changed their color... ATRX is Marcello Groppi, also member of Italian experimental band The Great Saunites. "Third Report" is the final chapter of a noise trilogy started in 2019. Compositions created using field rec, bass, no input mixer, plus various sound sources founded and assembled during summer 2021. Hand-decorated jewel case. Each copy is unique. [label info]
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ATTRITION -- "Invocation" -- CD -- €10
2012 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-28
A soundtrack for your dreams and nightmares... 30 years since their groundbreaking dark ambient album "This Death House" ATTRITION's Martin Bowes has combined forces with his wife Kerri on their full length movie score, written for the film G.H.O.S.T from cult U.S. horror film company Mutantville. From uneasy, shifting atmospheres to main themes on piano, vocals and strings, the album was remodelled and mixed at the Cage for this audio only version... An invocation in nine parts. Jewel case edition with 12 page booklet. With artwork by Holger Karas. [press-release]
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ATTRITION -- "The Truth In Dark Corners" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Other Voices Records, VOX8CD
This is not exactly a new album, but a live recording from 1985 (!) in The Netherlands. This is the kind of 'dated' album that will appeal for the biggest fans of the 80s and the collectors of Attrition. We get a spoken introduction (in Dutch) to the concert featuring nine songs (on this album). It seems that Martin Bowes restored some old demo-recording from this gig in The Netherlands. The songs are mainly taken from the "Smiling, At The Hypogonder Club"-album plus some old singles as well (cf. "Shrinkwrap/Pendulum Turns"). The bonus of this album is for sure the previously unreleased songs "In The Attic" and "The Aftermath". Both songs are rather experimental, totally fitting to the 80s musical style of early Attrition. The opening song from the concert (cf. "The Drop") is a bit less experimental and revealing a new-wave touch. The quality of the recording (sound) is quite honest while the songs are showing early tracks like "Pendullum Turns" or yet "Hallucinator" in a different (live) version. This album is mainly recommended for the heaviest fans of the band! Notice that the pictures of the concert (on the front- and back cover) were taken by Justin Mitchell from Cold Spring Records. Back in time he was a big fan of Attrition and finally become a friend of Martin Bowes. This album is pure nostalgia. [Side-Line Magazine]
ATTRITION -- "The Unraveller Of Angels" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 E-Klageto, Exklageto 03, (ltd. 500)
Darkwave / Industrial. The long awaited album from legendary dark industrial pioneers ATTRITION. Founder Martin Bowes has teamed up with US singer Tylean on vocals and created 10 new works varying in style from industrial to gothic to dark ambient soundscapes, whilst lyrically continuing his exploration of introspective themes of life, love and death... With a host of special guest appearances: Mona Mur (Einsturzende Neubauten, En Esch etc), Matt Howden (Seiben etc), Annie Hogan (Marc and the Mambas, Nick Cave etc), Erica Mulkey (Unwoman), Ian Arkely (My Silent Wake, Seventh Angel), Jyri Glynn, Joanna Dalin and more... [label info]
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AUBE -- "Imagery Resonance" -- CD -- €10
2007 Aquarellist, aquarel 05-07, (ltd. 1000)
This album has been specially recorded by Akifumi Nakajima for presentation at his Moscow concert in November 2007. This time he found the sound source in a small analogue percussion synthesizer Amdek PCK-100. Mostly calm album showing roughness and asperity of sound only in the first track. The rest material sounds more like lingering psychedelic soundscapes created from stratifications of looped and freely running electronic signals.
AUGSBURGER TAFELCONFECT -- "Fusion In The Slaughterhaus" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2004 Nneon, Nneon 002-2
Augsburger Tafelconfect is an audiovisual hamburgian trio consisting of Jyrgen Hall, who also recorded quite a lot of stuff for Cologne's finest label Staubgold under the name of Gunter Adler, as well as with his group Gronland Orchester, on laptop and electronics. Musically he teams up with Sebastian Reier on volcano-guitar. Their name pays tribute to the frivolous medieval music of Valenthin Rathgeber but their music is far away from that. Mixing electronically processed analogue guitar, computer, electronics as well as concrete sounds and beatz, they create a kind of half-improvised music that kicks ass instead of boring people with too much academic referentiality - their live sets add another component: the strong and colorful atmospheric visuals by BaronesseA who is also the designer of Nneon. This is their debut recording. [Fulldozer]
AURAL RAGE -- "The Doctrine Of Maybeness" -- 3 CD -- €25
2005/2019 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-98
Experimental / Industrial / Techno. "The Doctrine of Maybeness" by AURAL RAGE is an anthology of the works of Danny Hyde’s AURAL RAGE project, an engineer, Programmer, producer, collaborator, remixer, and co-conspirator of COIL, NINE INCH NAILS, PSYCHIC TV, DEPECHE MODE, and many others. A 15 year anniversary of musical adventure on 3xCDs with all works together - "A Nature Of Nonsense", "Sinsemilla Dreams" and "Svay Pak" with unreleased bonus tracks... One of the early sampling Pioneers, producing 80’s band SAVAGE PROGRESS, a huge continental hit. Working with amongst others THE SOFT CELL, and many more on Fairlights and Synclaviers. He contributed many unique sounds to COIL’s legacy and worked on their legendary albums Horse Rotovator and Love’s Secret Domain, onto The new Backwards. COIL lovers know that Hyde was a kind of a secret member for this group... On AURAL RAGE dark industrial-tinged electronica and moony-ambient music has broadened with synthetic strings, programmed rhythms, shuddering MDMA-filtered beats, acid gurgles and insect buzzes are all over the album. Believing that Humour can be the hidden violin in a piece. This anthology is a Cross-genre cocktail of various music styles, a pure experiment without any borders... The project features following guest musicians: John Balance and Peter Christopherson aka COIL and Joanna de Seyne. [label info]
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AX -- "Astronomy" -- CD -- €10
1997 Freek Records, FRR 027
Ax is the sometime-project of Anthony Di Franco, who appeared on early SKULLFLOWER albums. Mastered by Dennis Blackham. "Exploding star noise and electromagnetic overtones overloading your synapses."
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AX -- "Metal Forest" -- CD -- €10
2012 Cold Spring, CSR167CD
AX is the project of British rock and electronic musician Anthony Di Franco (Ramleh, Novatron, Ethnic Acid, JFK, ex-Skullflower). Extreme and uncompromising, AX presents a unique sound world of blistering power electronics, pulverising bass drones, feedback symphonies, and dark atmospheres. This CD includes tracks from the legendary long out of print mid-90s vinyl albums, digitally remastered for the first time. [press-release]
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AYRIA -- "Flicker" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2007 Soyuz Music / Alfa Matrix, AM1058CD
Sensual EBM with a mystical touch from the Canadian artist Jennifer Parkin. Official Russian edition with full-color 12-page booklet. Jewel case. [YAOP]
AZA -- "Expansion" -- 3"CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2017/2019 RU.MO.RE., 005, (ltd. 25)
Experimental / Drone / Noise. Greek electronic artist based in Athens. Working more as a collector of sonic instances rather than as a musician, AZA filters the everyday life to discover the essence of our auditory experience. His syntheses intermit an assemblage of ordinary sounds in a variety of “raw” states with frequencies at the edges of human hearing, field recordings and melodic instrumental interferences; creating a complex pervasive undercurrent soundscape. [label info]
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AZOIKUM -- "Anthropophagy" -- CD-R -- €12
2009 Cipher Productions, (sic 53), (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics from Germany.
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AZOIKUM / GOVERNMENT ALPHA -- "Das Methadonprogramm" -- CD -- €10
2005 Multi National Disaster Records, MNDR 2015, (ltd. 444)
Harsh noise.
B°TONG -- "Monastic" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Reverse Alignment, RA-36, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Experimental. Since getting to know Chris Sigdell from a distance in 2010, sending the label a promo copy of ”The Great Disintegrator”, and onwards recognising the release of his project b°tong through labels such as Attenuation Circuit, Greytone and Silken Tofu, we met up in the flesh in 2016. Since then the label invited him to master last years releases from Ajna, Valanx and Dronny Darko and now releases his project b°tong’s two new albums ”Monastic” and ”The Long Journey”. ”Monastic” is a configuration of field-recordings that Chris Sigdell recorded together with his companions Benny Braaten and Bertrand Gaude in 2010, while having a day off on tour. In the hands of Chris Sigdell ”Monastic” forms spooky and disturbing waves of sound, dripping carelessly down the spine, crushing rocks... Don’t listen properly, behave inaccurate. Don’t be obnoxious, be quiet and feel the concrete. [label info]
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B°TONG -- "Probing The Boundaries" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Marbre Negre, MN 091, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Experimental. "This album was made with the intention of creating a real hostile and dark piece of sound." [from the artist] 100 copies in full-color cardboard digifile.
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B4 -- "Didaktik National Legendary Rock" -- 2 CD -- €9 [-50%]
2011 Poli5
The band B4 was created accidentally in 1998 at a festival in Turnovo, when it was necessary to replace the missing band. Since then the line-up has been changing with a constant core consisting of keyboardist David Freudlem, guitarist Tomas Prochazka and drummer Leosem Kropackem. Since the beginning they have been playing improvised music based on psychedelia with fragments of noise, jazz and rock with special reference to the specific sound of the former Eastern bloc. B4 is probably the only Czech group actively involved in krautrock. Their studio recordings and live performances can be completely different, as in cases of Can or Nurse With Wound they are homogeneous stream of wild improvisation. Like with the British band The Bays they can say that "performance is the product". Years ago the band decided to use only historical analogue instruments: Vermona organ, Korg and Siel analog keyboards, tape echoes and replicas of Italian wow-pedals from sixties... B4 are inspired by Czech musicians Peter and Paul Ormovy, Steve Reich, the projects Medeski, Martin and Wood, Einstuerzende Neubauten and especially by two songs of the project Money Mark "Information Contraband" and "Push the Button". B4 has recorded and released several CDRs by their own, and in 2010 they had their first official release "Ringo George Paul John" on Poli5. Now their cooperation with the label continues with the release of the double album "Didaktik National Legendary Rock"... The album was recorded during the five day session at a cottage in Hornim Prysku without any preparations. The first CD contains nine songs moving between krautrock, retrofuturism, lounge and film music. With rich layers of noise, this album is characterized with non-standard usage of equipment, turntables and tape recorder. Most tracks on the CD are instrumental, other songs are in Czech, English, Hungarian and French... The second CD contains remixes or more alternative versions of these songs, reworked into totally different tracks. The overall feeling is different, with freak-country sound, a psychedelic hybrid of blues and garage noise and stoner rock. The inspiration for the first disc were mainly Zdenek Liska and Ennio Morriconne, for the second disc particularly Captain Beefheart, delta blues and African music... "Didaktik National Legendary Rock" is a labyrinth of sounds intended to make audience curious and inquisitive with a sense of extreme audio adventure. [label info]
BABYLONE CHAOS -- "Flying Bodies Under The Clouds" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 OPN Records, OPNCD0014, (ltd. 500)
Brand new release mixing dark soundscapes, concrete sounds and weird voices!!! A really amazing new piece of music from this French one-man project (Botchan Karisen). Babylone Chaos has long been an avid proponent of chaotic, oppressing climates and deals in suffocation and saturation. Artwork by MineUchi, with images by Yoshihiro Oimatsu. Mastering by Ruelgo (Le Syndicat). Ltd x 500 copies ina 6-panel digipak. [Cold Spring]
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BABYLONE CHAOS -- "Les Machines Ecarlates" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 OPN Records, OPN CD07, (ltd. 500)
A man with a fish eye stared at me when I satisfied my computer with this CD. The artwork on this release is awesome, something which is thoughtful to do when you release your CD in a DVD case. On the front of “les machines ecarlates” stands a man pierced through his forehead with a huge piece of piping. On the back a man with a fish eye gives me a look, which keeps me away from the track listing underneath it. I must say, it pleases me to receive such artwork, I could write a good review about the artwork alone.(...)Listening to the CD I found that Babylone Chaos can be compared, in a strange way, with Aphex Twin. You can hear beats, but they never last longer than a few measures. That is one of the reasons why this CD sounds so great. Babylone Chaos doesn’t care about being tagged with a genre; the artist just does what he wants. The CD isn’t one you listen to on a regular occasion. Listening to “les machines exerlates” is a trip. A trip to the beautiful, the ugly, the frightening the heaven and the hell. [Heathen Harvest]
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BABYLONE CHAOS / LAMBWOOL / LE DIKTAT -- "Shi" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 OPN Records, OPN CD08
The object you are holding in your hands is special in many respects. The product of a collaboration between three artists with a divergent, and indeed sometimes opposed, approach of music, this work plainly demonstrates how their musical universes ultimately complement each other along three axes – noise, rhythm and melody... The melodies are provided by Lambwool. A talented musician adept at creating musical landscapes fraught with melancholy, he colours the record with layers of keyboards and acoustic instruments samples that conjure up the crystalline, meditative melodies he has become renowned for... Babylone Chaos has long been an avid proponent of chaotic, oppressing climates and deals in suffocation and saturation. The nefarious vapours of his distorted, out-of-joint universe bring a great measure of entropy to this opus... Le Diktat is the only duo involved in this three party collaboration. Le Diktat brings the rhythm to the table. Break-core loops, drum n’bass rhythm patterns, trip-hop, electro and rock elements coupled with scratches create the most unexpected stylistic fusions, even on the most haunting instrumental tracks of this album. The result is a surprising collision between acoustic purity and punishing industrial beats, but a remarkably daring demonstration... Jembes, flutes, scratches, harp, piano, samples; intense episodes or long, meditative soundscapes; sometimes quiet, sometimes heavy with saturation, this work of contrasts displays a thousand faces, takes a thousand forms which will not fail attract any and all who would take a musical journey in unchartered territories. The soundtrack to the End Times! [press-release]
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BAD SECTOR -- "Dolmen Factory" -- CD -- €10
2008 Faria Records, FAR-21, (ltd. 500)
Reprint of the classic Bad Sector release. Harmonic, noisy, emotional electronic tracks set the trademark sound of the one-man project from Tuscany. It includes an unreleased track. [label info]
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BAD SECTOR -- "The Harrow" -- CD -- €10
2007 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 015 CD, (ltd. 750)
Re-edition of long sold out (and damn great!) album with a bonus track.
BAD SECTOR -- "Kosmodrom + Extra Tracks" -- 2 CD -- €40
2006 Waystyx, WR16, (ltd. 185)
"Kosmodrom" is dedicated to famous Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Soviet space investigations. Music strongly differs from previous recordings of Massimo Magrini: multi-layered tonal and noise stratifications are gone to non-existence, there's no dense and energetic sound any more. Instead of this the album comprises rarefied (still it is space!) sonic field made of smooth ambient substrate with angular constructions built over it from sharp noise pieces, samples of Russian space talks, infrequent melodic lines and abrupt beats, rather pulsating than creating straight rhythm. Soviet synthesizers "Aelita" and "ANS" were also used while recording of the album. The released is packed in special plastic case and supplied with 18-page booklet containing lots of useful information about the evolution of space researches and cosmodromes in Russia and USSR... This edition is a double CD set, first CD contains "Kosmodrom" album, 2nd presents 4 bonus-tracks developing the main theme.
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BAD SECTOR -- "Storage Disk 1" -- CD -- €10
2007 Waystyx Records, WR30, (ltd. 500)
First part of 2CD project revealing interest of Massimo Magrini in history of Soviet computer technics and presenting ten years of Bad Sector creative activity. It includes as remastered released compilation and bonus tracks as never before released material. Contains compositions from "Survival Tool" 3"CDR (Cohort Records), "Polonoid" concert edition CDR (Bastet Records) and "BadBox" edition boxset (Tantric Harmonies), "Toroidal Body" 7"+ mCDR (Pre Feed/Eibon Records), "Dolmen" 7" (Drone Records), "Manifesto Industriale Italiano" (Old Europa Cafe) tape box set. [label info]
BAD SECTOR -- "Storage Disk 2" -- CD -- €10
2008 Waystyx, WR43, (ltd. 500)
2nd part of rare tracks anthology. Contains material from: "Planar Energy" picture 7" (Smallvoices), "Scrignum Vitae" box with CD and objects (Old Europa Cafe), "Ten Years Of Madness" 2 CD (Achtung Baby!), "Land:[Schaft]" 2x10" (Cold Lands), "Hover" CDr (Bastet Rec.), "L'Ame Electrique Presents Old Europa Cafe" (Ame Electrique) + 4 previously unreleased tracks recorded in 2002.
BAD SECTOR -- "Transponder" -- CD -- €10
1999/2011 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-12
Science experiment as pagan ritual... Who needs representation for Bad Sector? Certainly almost no one. Since 95 year, each new album of this project it's event which is awaited by every second listener of industrial music. And now - long-awaited, CD the version, one of the most interesting albums of Italian master Massimo Magrini! First time Transponder was released as CD-r on Blade Records in 99, now the album is again accessible, in a new format and with additional, exclusive compositions of that period - "Yst" and "Waal"! More than 60 minutes dark, deep, meditative, structured noise-ambient, in the best traditions of Dolmen Factory and Ampos... [press-release]
BAD SECTOR & ASTRO -- "Idio Blast" -- CD -- €16
2005 Insofar Vapor Bulk, IVBCD10, (ltd. 500)
Initial material for this released was recorded by Hiroshi Hasegawa (Astro) and then manipulated and re-organized by Massimo Magrini (Bad Sector). Resulting sound of the album reminds something Aube-like: attenuate abstract electronic waves with highly detalized structure, nothing like traditional Bad Sector sound at all. The artwork of this release deserves separate description: it's a cardboard meccano kit with engineering instruction, by following it's notes you can assemble technic-like construction of decent size, in which the CD with booklet should be put. Besides the album itself, the CD contains some extra-material from Astro in ogg format (player installer can be found on CD as well), screensaver and several wallpapers for your computer desktop.
BADRUTT, GAUDENZ & ILIA BELORUKOV -- "Sauerkraut" -- CD -- €10
2021 Intonema, int033
Experimental / Electroacoustic. In 2013, the collaboration of electronic musician Gaudenz Badrutt and saxophonist Ilia Belorukov began in a trio with accordionist Jonas Kocher, and in 2014 the album Rotonda was released on Intonema. Since then, time has passed, Badrutt and Belorukov have toured also as a duo, Belorukov later switching to a modular synthesizer... In March 2019 in Biel/Bienne, the duo fruitfully worked in a new context, looking for fresh ways to interact, not only with each other, but also between electronic setups, in which complex patches and processing chains are filled with feedback and, therefore, unpredictability. The album Sauerkraut is a document of free improvisation in an extremely wide framework from barely audible field recordings and reductionism to the deafening chaos of electrical processes of live sampling and synthesizer modulations. [label info]
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BADRUTT, GAUDENZ / ILIA BELORUKOV / JONAS KOCHER -- "Rotonda" -- CD -- €9
2015 Intonema, int016, (ltd. 200)
In September 2014 Intonema co-organized the Russian tour of Gaudenz Badrutt, Ilia Belorukov and Jonas Kocher. They played in Moscow, Yaroslalv, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg. They recorded the material of this album in Intonema's hometown, St. Petersburg, which extends the series of releases recorded in rotunda of the Mayakovsky Library. Acute attention to silences and extremely careful work with sound comes from the "fourth" collaborator, the space of the rotunda and its specific acoustics. [label info]
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BAGHIRI, AMIR -- "Live Long And Prosper" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Blue Box, BB1107
Ambient / Drone / Tribal. Amir Baghiri is back after 5 years with a spacious ambient release, dedicated to Star Trek fans from all over the world. Transforming space and time into ambient drones and subtle tribal rhythms, pushing space music to its highest level. Welcome back to the deep, emotional and mystical soundworlds by one of the ambient music world's premier tribal ambient sound designers. [label info]
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BAND OF PAIN -- "Sacred Flesh (Original Movie Soundtrack)" -- CD -- €9
2000/2010 Cold Spring, CSR33CD, (ltd. 666)
On Friday 14th April 2000, the film SACRED FLESH finally premiered at the ABC Piccadilly cinema for a two week stint, before being shown at cinemas across the country. It was delayed for a while as the BBFC decided on whether to grant a certificate for screening, or to ban it altogether! Finally, with a few edits they gave it an 18 certificate. The soundtrack was written by BAND OF PAIN, creating a very dark, brooding atmosphere to compliment Nigel Wingroves' film. Originally with a 16-page booklet depicting explicit scenes from the film (generallt cute lesbian conventuals), pressure from the distributors forced the artwork into a revised 4-page version. SACRED FLESH is dark journey into realms of mental anguish and repression; a very Black Ambient soundtrack. At last, BAND OF PAIN is working in the medium to which its most suited. An incredible new album with massive demand from both film and music distributors alike. 10 year anniversary edition of 666 copies! [label info]
BARAKA[H] -- "Illuminescence" -- CD -- €10
2020 taalem, alm 100, (ltd. 150)
Guitar Drone. The very first solo-release by Baraka[H], member of the legendary TROUM and MAEROR TRI bands, also head of the seminal Drone Records label. Baraka[H] has created and collected through the years some tracks that were not used for TROUM tracks. He went back to these tracks and completed them in 2018-2019, especially for this release. The result is "Illuminescence", a collection of beautiful aerial and nostalgic guitar-based tracks, maybe a bit more droney and melodic... "These "songs" are not played perfectly - I'm not a professional musician. But all I can say is that they express my deepest feelings, a yearning for something that is absolutely not 'visible' or tangible. I don't know what it is, but there must be something hidden in the air, in the sounds, in the sensations..." [Baraka[H]]. Regular edition is released as a minimax CD in transparent "single" slim jewel-case. [label info]
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BARBAROSSA UMTRUNK -- "Der Talisman des Rosenkreuzers" -- CD -- €8
2012 Ufa Muzak, UFA 49, (ltd. 400)
Military pop / Ethereal neoclassic. We present the fundamental work by the French musical formation completely dedicated to the mysterious personality of Baron Rudolf von Sebottendorf and his work "Der Talisman des Rosenkreuzers" published in 1925 in Germany. One of the founders of powerful secret organisation "Thule Society", a member of Turkish masonic lodge "Order of Rose Wreath", a numerologist, an occultist, a Sufi practicioner with misty entangled fate - he fits very well for a subject of detailed study, and one of the forms of it is this album. Musically, you'll hear one of the most powerful combinations of martial, neoclassic and ambient. From the very first seconds it goes deep in the significant years of the XX century, grandiose flashes - slices of troublous times, exotic geographic locations, dangerous people, occult-war intrigues and famous mystical German movement. Walls of heavy drones, explosive drumming and songs of dervishes, sublime samples of classics and dark rhythms encoded by electronics, a whisper from the other world, making heart beat high. During all the long and comprehensive material there is an intuitive investigation of entangled weltanschauung of "the baron", a combination of sufism, masonry and aryosophy. 13 tracks, 70 minutes, 6 panel cardboard sleeve. [press-release]
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BARDO, IGOR -- "My Sweet Nightmare" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Some Place Else, SPEXI057, (ltd. 250)
Igor Bardo is a Russian musician and sound artist. He is best known as the mastermind of Bardoseneticcube, which is one of the leading experimental/post-industrial groups from Russia. He describes his music as Surrealism: “Pure psychic automatism by which it is intended to express, either verbally or in writing, the true function of thought. Thought dictated in the absence of all control exerted by reason, and outside all aesthetic or moral preoccupations.” (Andre Breton)... My Sweet Nightmare is Igor Bardo’s debut solo album, containing about one hour of first class psychedelic electronic listening music. The surrealist soundscapes will be instantly embraced by fans of Bardoseneticcube, yet the artist manages to conquer heaps of new ground at the same time. Free from the burden of expectation related to the fame of his main band, My Sweet Nightmare has mr. Bardo take us on an adventurous journey deep down into the rabbit hole. Themes such as religion, psychedelia, sleep paralysis etc. are explored with eerie atmospheres, bliss-inducing frequencies and cutting edge studio experiments... Igor Bardo formed Bardoseneticcube in 1998. The group have released dozens of albums on various labels throughout the world, and their powerful audiovisual live performances have gathered fame in Russia, Europe and Scandinavia. Igor Bardo has also collaborated live and on record with numerous Russian experimental artists. [press-release]
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BARDOSENETICCUBE -- "Ambiwax" -- CD -- €7
2013 ML, ML 0513, (ltd. 250)
New album from the acclaimed Russian master of surrealism and sonic psychedelia - Igor Potsukailo. Dense cocktail made of twisted and warped electronic passages, industrial rhythms, voice samples and all kinds of sounds not possible to identify... "Transparent bubbles of consciousness collapse and dissolve in scraps of conversation from a weird movie. There are no motives, just a brush dissecting the Moon." [from the author]
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BARDOSENETICCUBE -- "Deadhead" -- CD -- €10
2006 Aquarellist, aquarel 03-05, (ltd. 500)
New album of Bardoseneticcube is the whole surrealistic musical performance which is impossible to squeeze into the boundaries of any genre. Six untitled pieces reveal the labyrynth of sonic cobwebs born in the depths of subconscious mind of Igor Potsukailo and his brothers in arms (several guest musicians took part in recording sessions - two guitarists, saxophonist, etc.). The basis for the most tracks is formed by the hybryd of orchestral-ethno-electronic rhythmics and it's layered over with melodic lines walking from composition to composition and completely unexpected samples hardly rationally coordinated with musical context. For sure, this time Igor's talent has beaten all the stylistical limitations - the album sounds very organic and energetic.
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BARDOSENETICCUBE -- "Game Over" -- CD -- €12
2013 Deserted Factory
New CD from the legendary Russian project. The material was created back in 2009 and by now has been only available via torrent-service rutracker.org, and now finally sees the light of the day in physical format being slightly reworked for CD release. Minimalistic dark ambient slowly evolving into more spacious soundscapes and picturesque surrealistic forms richly spiced by hypnotic loops and speech samples.
BARDOSENETICCUBE -- "Illness Of Green Colour" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 ML, ML 0208, (ltd. 93)
"Illness Of Green Colour" is not a new album of BSC, this is a reissue of one-track half-hour-long album "Disease", released in 1999 by Black Dead Rabbit Production as a limited edition of 50 copies. This track is followed by a 20-min. long bonus-composition, taken from the album "Blood Of Green Colour" (2005 Blade Records, ltd. 150), which by the author's opinion thematically fits the material of "Disease".
BARDOSENETICCUBE -- "Noosphere" -- CD -- €9
2008 Monochrome Vision, mv24
New album by russian project Bardoseneticcube dealing with theory of russian scientist Vladimir Vernadsky about collective consciousness, emerging from the interaction of human minds. The continuos computer-generated music, minimally changing but reaching maximum concentration, comes as the one long track, designed for your mind challenge. "The universe is full of endless and omnipresent information fields, different in their energy/meaning potentials. Some of them are accessible for people who are using it extensively, others are intended only for machines that seem to be their source and destination at the same time. This soundpiece is pure improvisation by Igor Potsukailo (BARDOSENETICCUBE) and a Toshiba Satellite A-110 laptop (BARDOSENETICCUBE). The laptop is the leading performer here, created by unknown system error and playing the music of solar wind, derived from the information field that is not accessible to anyone else. Igor Potsukailo uses a kind of feedback circuit, adding the elements of human presence into this music and modifying the energy/information balance in that powerful field near our planet Earth called Noosphere... The laptop was stolen shortly after the recording session, so this particular album represents its only appearance in the project BARDOSENETICCUBE." [press-release]
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BARDOSENETICCUBE -- "Telloram" -- CD-R -- €8
2007 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT08, (ltd. 156)
New album from the most blazing Russian ambient project. Dehumanized technogenic desolate space noise-ambient with high concentration of radionoise. Your ticket beyond the bounds of galaxy. 156 copies in handmade package from polypheme. [press-release]
BARDOSENETICCUBE -- "XXX" -- CD -- €10
2006 Aquarellist, aquarel 02-05, (ltd. 509)
New Bardoseneticcube album is inspired by life and works of Nika Turbina - a poetess who started to write grown-up tragic poems when she was only 4 years old. "This is not me writing, this is God leading my hand", - the small girl used to say. First Nika's book of poems came out when she was only 9, and was later translated in 12 languages. After living pathologically strange life, receiving the most prestigious poetic prize "Golden Lion", and being held in mental hospital, at the age of 27 Nika tragically died falling down from the 5th floor window. The musical dedication of Bardoseneticcube is presented in 12 untitled tracks filled with surrealistic feelings and some childish morbidity. Obscure loops and industrial soundscapes are buried under a pile of rhyme wreckage, melody fragments and almost chaotic manifold of strange sounds.
BARDOSENETICCUBE + KROMESHNA -- "Kaleidoscope" -- CD-R -- €6
2019 Ostroga, OTR-107, (ltd. 78)
Experimental / Drone. A collaboration of two Russian experimentalists: Igor Potsukailo (Bardoseneticcube) from St. Petersburg and Vitaly Maklakov (Kromeshna) from Kamensk-Uralskiy. Synthesizer rumbles and mild industrial noises, field recordings, mouth harp, radio transmissions, fragments of TV-news and other odd samples and mixed with the auto-training voice recordings, forming well-structured eventful collages soaked in lingering drones.
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BARDOSENETICCUBE & IGOR V. PETROV -- "The Perpetuum Mobile Space Vehicle" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Mechanoise Labs, [mn029], (ltd. 500)
Collaborative material from Bardoseneticcube's recording sessions with St. Petersburg-based saxophonist Igor V. Petrov. Definitely one of Bardoseneticcube's most singular and musical works, with a mixture of irradiated electronics, hazy lunar jazz, sedated drones and urban soundscapes. Think of a cross between Bohren & Der Club of Gore and Contagious Orgasm but set in Pripyat. Artwork by STPo. [label info]
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BARDOSENETICCUBE & VRESNIT & KSHATRIY -- "Creation" -- CD -- €8
2011 Vetvei, V20, (ltd. 580)
A new CD release is presented on the Vetvei label. It is a split of three already well-known projects: Bardoseneticcube (St.-Petersburg), Vresnit (Yaroslavl) e Kshatriy (Vsevolozhsk). Being active and variously cooperating in studios and at concerts, the authors have got a vision of joint release: this split is inspired by a condition of direct experience, transformation, sensation of a new life arrival, display and realization of nature, creativity comprehension as a natural form of being. Some tracks from each project are presented on the disk as a seven acts of creation. BARDOSENETICCUBE: Igor Potsukajlo together with Alla Ryzhenkovoj (traditional Russian vocal) and Edward Dragunov (overtone singing) have presented light Ambient with colorific electronic patterns. Songs "Za verhom" and "Golymba", opening this disk, brightly show a female, mother nature. Further the space reveals as an active man nature. VRESNIT: As a initiator of the release concept, Ilchuk Sergey has presented multilayered psychedelic Drone Ambient with a plentiful use of the field and found records, guitar and cassete drones, analog electronics. "Time is Art "," Anahata "," Creation "... two of this tracks are written down together with a spiritually close project Kshatriy. Becoming even more professional mastering engineer with each his work, Sergey Uak-Kib (KSHATRIY) in the traditional key has presented two powerful space Drone Ambient tracks, " Well of Soul " and " Intention ", showing in music an author's experience of beauty, harmony and a resonance. A unification of the interweaving beginnings in the solemn act of the world creation. A new act of the initiating resonance and contemplation of the universal art and boundless self-similarity with open hearts. Mastering - Kshatriy. Design presented by six-panel full-colored envelope and card Vresnit & Vevei Art. [press-release]
BARRIKAD -- "Class War" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2010 Xerxes, ES58
Noise. Swedish Harsh Noise unit with a mini-album on the Japanese label Xerxes run by Yasutoshi Yoshida aka Government Alpha.
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BARRIKAD -- "We Make Nihilists Smile Again" -- CD -- €10
2011 Phage Tapes, PT:152, (ltd. 500)
The three tracks on this CD are each a collab between Barrikad and Kriminaaliset Metsanhaltijat, Fear Konstruktor or Government Alpha. Starting off this disc is a 19 min track with Kriminaaliset Metsanhaltijat where the collab conjures up an dark ambient styled track with ominouse soundscapes, sparse vocals, the clang of metal objects. The second track Barrikad and Fear Konstruktor produce a synth warble with strange vocals. The final track is a straight up harsh noise blast between Barrikad and Government Alpha similar to the 3" released by L.White. Edition of 500 copies with 8 page booklet. [press-release]
BASHIN (BARDOSENETICCUBE + SHINKIRO) -- "Four Noble Truths" -- CD -- €9
2011 Athanor, ATNR 039, (ltd. 333)
Something new has risen from the depths of Athanor's magickal furnace! " Bashin " is a brand new collaborative side project by SHINKIRO from Japan, known from his two dark ambient releases on Athanor, and prolific BARDOSENETICCUBE from Russia. Bashin consists of four long tracks of dark ambiences using drones, bells and various unusual sound sources as main textures, all based on a concept inspired by the buddhist concept of the Four Noble Truths, during which Buddha received his enlightenment. Presented in 5 covers/cards on textured paper, limited to strictly 333 copies, with the CD coming inside a black envelope. This release is part of Athanor's eco-releases - a concept to prevent from using plastic for smaller, limited CD series. [label info]
BASS COMMUNION -- "Reconstructions and Recycling -- 2 CD -- €20
2019 Aquarellist, aquarel 51-19, (ltd. 500)
Abstract / Ambient / IDM. A limited reissue of the 2003 CD of reconstructions of BASS COMMUNION music by an incredible line-up of artists from the electronic, drone and experimental music scenes. Originally released as a single CD, this new edition on Aquarellist has been expanded to include a second CD containing 2 long remixes by SCORN (17.45) and EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH (10.45) that were omitted from the original version for reasons of space. These and the original interpretations by LULL, MONOLAKE, CARBON BOY, BOLA, RAPOON, BLACK FACTION, RHINOCEROS, VIDNA OBMANA and COLECLOUGH / POTTER have all been remastered by Steven Wilson for this new edition. The artwork has also been reworked by Carl Glover, and now comes in a gatefold card sleeve. Strictly limited one-off 2CD pressing of 500 copies. [label info]
BASTARD NOISE / GOVERNMENT ALPHA -- "Radiation Snowfall" -- CD-R -- €22 [-50%]
2003 Xerxes, ES:45
BASTARDS OF LOVE -- "Decadance Royale" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Deja Vu Music, Dejavu 002
Bastards of Love debut album on CD! Let's get minimal! Featuring guest appearances from Genevieve Pasquier, and Nora Below, Bastards Of Love are tearing you up! Tobi Margaux has arisen from the vinyl release underground with his first CD. Bastards Of Love "Summer Destination" EP was a short initiation to what is now fully realized on "Decadance Royale". 70 minutes of pure electronic passion connecting old school synth-lines with amazing pumping rhythms that lead you straight into ecstasy. The vocals provide an emotional note ranging from whispering, melancholic layers, to the final heights of power: shouts of life. Invoking an experience that flows into the spirit and creates an everlasting impression. The magic of "Alchemy" with Genevieve Pasquier flows into pulsating industrial pop with "The Love Cafe", and "Fast Reaction". The mellower crooning side of Bastards Of Love is also finely represented by "Misunderstandings" and "World Of Matter". Bonus remixes of the hits "Stories" and "Rouge Fatale" round out the complete infusion of this "Decadance Royale". This is the language of pure energy, this is rebel electropop! [press-release]
BATTUS, PASCAL / LIONEL MARCHETTI / EMMANUEL PETIT -- "La Vie Dans Les Bois" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2012 Herbal International, 1201
Free Improvisation / Field Recording. "La Vie Dans Les Bois is a document of a musical performance recorded in the open air near a castle in France. The players were Pascal Bathus and Emmanuel Petit with their electric guitars, Lionel Marchetti credited with "electricity", and Yфko Higashi who performed a butoh dance during their music performance. La Vie Dans Les Bois is a compellingly mysterious piece of delicate interplay where for 50% of the time the guitars are barely recognisable as such, and all the performers only make an utterance when the occasion demands it... The recording also blends nicely with the distant sound of birdsong in the air... You may not be able to "hear" the sound of the dancer participating on the record, but Higashi's work is still perceptible somehow, as it were appearing in the interstices of the music, shaping its contours. The creators clearly felt moved enough to include a landscape painting by Dominique Lechec as part of the package, and a few lines from a poem. [Ed Pinsent, The Sound Projector]
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BATHYM -- "Interference Demon" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Volok Records, VR-18, (ltd. 20)
Be wary of looking inward. You may find emptiness there. The author tries to tell us about this in the album “Interference Demon”. Great material from BATHYM. The bursting scrape of a guitar is like breaking iron. Pure improvisation of pain.
It all sounds like bone cracking and gnashing of teeth. We recommend to listen only to the connoisseurs of guitar rumble. [label info]
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BECUZZI, GIANLUCA -- "[In]visible Fields" -- 2 CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 1145
INVISIBLE FIELDS is collection of tracks created in order to non-compositional works: sound and video installations, theatre, performances, live set. The first CD includes 5 tracks from various installations and theatre pieces. FOR E.A.P. is a reworked audio section for a theatre piece based on E.A. POE novel "The Pit and the Pendulum". THE CAGE is a performance made for the art exhibition "Strade Bianche". Gianluca Becuzzi played, into an etruscan barrel, a big empty aviary, scraping and beating it. RADIO TRANS IT was composed for an installation by Pietro Riparbelli / K11 entitled "Camera Sonora for 4 Radiodramas" presended at eXperimenta 02. WATER MEMORIES is the title of a site specific work presented at eXperimenta 03. BREATHS is the soundtrack of a series of video portraits by Francesco Arena. The second CD includes the long title track (IN)VISIBILITY, a semi-impro electroacoustic live set. The performance was created with a laptop playing a backing track (field-recordings, processed frequencies, concrete sounds) and objects (paper and stones of different form and size). [press-release]
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BEHRENS, MARC -- "Animistic [for Donatella]" -- CD -- €10
2004 Aufabwegen, aatp14, (ltd. 500)
This CD contains two pieces, 'Animistic (for Donatella)' concentrating on mixing location recordings with 'played' objects to obtain a complex soundscape in three parts that is inspired by the idea of an animist understanding of nature. 'Decaying Study 3' on the other hand offers a dense and dynamic drone-like composition built from the generative transformations of two sound files. The cover features 7 full colour cards in a DVD box that show photographs by the artist, complete with liner notes and texts explaining the nature of the location recordings. Marc Behrens is an artist and designer working in several fields. He has conceived musical compositions, installations, performances, objects, videos, and design. Born in Darmstadt, Germany, M. Behrens is a citizen of Konungarikena Elgaland-Vargaland (KREV). His discography spans releases on such labels as Sirr, Trente Oiseaux, Hypnotism, Intransitive, Wachsender Prozess to name but a few. He has collaborated with Francisco Lopez, Paolo Raposo, John Duncan and others. [label info]
BELBORN -- "Y" -- CD -- €15 [-50%]
2004 self-released
Belborn's 3rd album is self-released after the demise of World Serpent. Includes an MPEG video for an instrumental version of Notfeuer.
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BELL, JAKE -- "Awake In My Flying Dream" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 self-released, (ltd. 500)
Space Ambient / Electronics. New York guitarist Jake Bell played with Simeon (Silver Apples) in the legendary band Random Concept from 1966 to 1972. Silver Apples became famous for the first time in history that they began to use electronics in rock music. Simeon played on oscillators and tone generators, analog synthesizers did not exist then, and those first units that just appeared were too bulky to use on stage. Thus, Jake Bell stood at the origins of great historical events: the psychedelic revolution, the formation of the experimental music scene, etc. Unfortunately, due to personal disagreements, he and Simeon parted, and the recordings of Random Concept music remained unreleased. Jake disappeared from the scene for a quarter of a century, and only in 1997, after meeting Simeon again, decided to release his first solo album “Synjase”. The material of the album is a kaleidoscope of guitar instrumentals with accompaniment of electronic rhythms and ambient noises. Jake Bell is a master at transforming instrumental music into other dimensions. Dreamy, passionate, light, bright, but at the same time bizarre and eccentric, it always sounds fresh and unusual, although it retains a certain emotionality typical for the mid-80s: Herbie Hancock, Jean-Michel Jarre, Yello, etc. It is also interesting that the guitar parts sound very unusual, creating a lot of tonal shades and contrasts in each composition. Reviewers called Jake Vangelis of the next generation, heir to Pink Floyd at the zenith of their fame. “Awake in my flying dream” is the first CD of the series to include his latest work in the style of space ambient: beautiful cosmic landscapes, a captivating synthesis of art rock and electronics, melodic new age progressions that unfold in amazing atmospheric paintings. Jake Bell is not only a musician, but also an artist in a broad sense. He was engaged in ivory and wood carving, paints in the style of primordial, primitive art, draws with fluorescent paints that glow in the dark, and also holds unique workshops on art therapy, neo-expressionism, spontaneous painting, etc. The CD contains a booklet with reproductions of some of his works. Limited edition stylized as a mini-LP sleeve, with an inner sleeve and silver foil embossing, 500 copies. [Monochrome Vision]
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BELORUKOV, ILIA -- "Nobody Ever Escaped From There" -- CD -- €10
2018 Moving Furniture Records, MFR057
Experimental / Drone / Field Recordings. With "Nobody Ever Escaped From There" Ilia Belorukov returns with the follow up album to “There Was Hardly Anybody There” (Spina!Rec, 2016). Again he returns to electro-acoustic studio works, stepping outside his customary world of improvised saxophone... In the new works for this album an important role is taken by the vintage electronic instrument “Evgeniy Sholpo’s variophone” (constructed by Boris Shershenkov). The variophone is a photo-electrical instrument for which you works by means of rotating cut-out discs which are recorded on film as sound. Due to the instability of this instrument the sound has a very natural sound to it, as well as a rich sound colour palette. This you can hear back in “At his side was someone” and “One never meets anybody”... Other sounds sources are field-recordings recorded with different devices to capture different characteristics of the sounds (and recorders) which he combined with samples and synthesizers. With these different elements Belorukov composed the four works on this album with a focus on the lower frequency spectrum. [label info]
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BELORUKOV, ILIA -- "Someone Has Always Come" -- CD -- €10
2021 Sublime Retreat, SR008
Experimental / Electroacoustic. "Someone Has Always Come" is a third album by Ilia Belorukov in a series started with “There Was Hardly Anybody There” (Spina!Rec, 2016) and followed by "Nobody Ever Escaped From There" (Moving Furniture Records, 2018). In the new works Ilia combines diverse sound sources to create idiosyncratic electro-acoustic compositions. In 4 tracks you can hear elements of musique concrète, drone, ambient and virtual soundscapes based on field recordings, but these compositions are unique sonic worlds in themselves, transcending the boundaries of any particular genre. The whole list of instrumentation used: 0-coast, modular synthesizer, korg electribe amkII, vcv rack, electric organ, axolotl, electromagnetic pickup, vinyl samples, ppooll, flutophone, alto saxophone, effects pedals, nord drum 2, field recordings on sony pcm-m10, zoom h2n, sansa clip in Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Berlin, Zurich, Helsinki, Biel/Bienne, Tarasovskaya... [label info]
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BELORUKOV / BOSSHARD / DENZIER / MARKVART -- "Bizarre Perspectives" -- CD-R -- €7
2020 Акт-Продукт, akt-produkt 41
Free Improvisation / Electroacoustic. Swiss violinist Patricia Bosshard and Franco-Swiss saxophonist Bertrand Denzler, active in various fields of modern improvisational and composed music, play together with Russian experimental musicians, whose range of activities is also rather wide: Ilia Belorukov plays here alto saxophone and electronics, Alexander Markvart uses feedbacks of a prepared acoustic guitar and extracts sounds from a variety of objects. The recording was made at the Sound Museum at the end of 2017, Bosshard and Denzler appeared then in St. Petersburg as representatives of ONCEIM – Orchestra of New Musical Creation, Experimentation and Improvisation, and performed together with St. Petersburg Improvisers Orchestra... 5 thoughtful and contemplative improvisations, in which it’s not always clear what instrument is the source of sound. Any of these improvisations is a trace or a document of a meeting, which, anyway, opens rather bizarre perspectives... The release has a physical form – CDr in a cardboard envelope (that is also rather strange at this difficult time). [label info]
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BELORUKOV, ILIA / GABRIEL FERRANDINI -- "Disquiet" -- CD -- €10
2019 Clean Feed, CF521CD
Free Jazz / Free Form. There’s souls in the world who, no matter the distance between them, seem destined to meet: alto saxophonist Ilia Belorukov is from Saint Petersburg and drummer Gabriel Ferrandini has Lisbon as his home. Their respective backgrounds, their cultures and the music scenes they belong to couldn’t be more different, and yet, they’re soul brothers. Yes, they share the same disquietness announced by the title of this album, but that’s only the manifestation of something more deep in both of them: their common aloofness to the notion that an artist has to express himself or herself inside tight frames, those of a genre, an aesthetic current, a style. Belorukov is known for his wide range collaborations with musicians and bands going from creative jazz, free improvisation and classical contemporary music to hardcore punk, metal and noise, in every one of those situations always sounding like himself because his own musical universe has aspects we find in all of those tendencies. The use of extended techniques, preparations and electronic devices help him to take the saxophone to unsuspected ranges. The same way, Ferrandini’s approach to the drumkit can fit as much in a free jazz context as, for instance, an art rock one. In a recent interview he said that our contemporaneity is a mix of everything: in his opinion, every jazz drummer should hear Aphex Twin and Squarepusher to become more complete. Here they are together, opening our ears… [label info]
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BELORUKOV, ILIA / MIGUEL A. GARCIA / JASON KAHN / FRANTZ LORIOT -- "Invanskrue" -- CD -- €10
2017 Intonema, int025, (ltd. 200)
Improv / Electroacoustic / Minimal. In December 2016, Ilia Belorukov and Miguel A. García were on tour in France and Switzerland, with Zurich as the final point of their trip. Jason Kahn and Frantz Loriot, who live in Zurich, accepted the invitation to participate in the studio session with visiting musicians. This spontaneous meeting was saved in Invanskrue, Intonema's 25th release. The quartet explores the connections between electronic and acoustic sources of sound, getting to the territory of free improvisation, electroacoustics and microtonal play on the instruments. [label info]
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BELORUKOV, ILIA & JON HEILBRON -- "Studio & Rotonda" -- 2 CD -- €14
2019 Intonema, int031, (ltd. 200)
Minimal / Experimental / Free Improvisation. Recently we released the solo album Pieces for Chord Organs by Australian musician Jon Heilbron, which was recorded during an artist residency in St. Petersburg in August 2018. While there, he performed and recorded alongside Ilia Belorukov, resulting in this new double release... The first disc (aptly named Studio) consist of private recordings, in which silence and static sounds are punctuated by saxophone, snare drum, Bontempi organs, and toy harmonica... The name of the second disc, Rotonda, will not be surprise to regular Intonema listeners: this is a continuation of a series of recordings made in the Rotunda of the Mayakovsky Library. The unusual acoustics of the former Dutch church acts as a "third" member of the collective. Sounds coming from the street, random rustlings, and movements of the public are woven into a general outline forged by the musicians. [label info]
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BELORUKOV, ILIA & LAURI HYVARINEN -- "Inverted Canvas" -- CD-R -- €7
2021 Hemisphäreの空虚, HNK023
Free Improvisation / Experimental. Ilia Belorukov – modular synthesizer, Lauri Hyvärinen – acoustic guitar. Recorded live at 4 Pokoje, Warszaw, Poland on February 12, 2019. CD-R comes in oversized mylar cover with two full colour card inserts.
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BELORUKOV, ILIA / MAKLAKOV, VITALY -- split -- CD-R -- €15 [-50%]
2015 Ostroga, OTR-45, (ltd. 26)
Sound & visual collage travel. Different sound sources and instruments, tape experiments, field recordings and samples of different nature, all blending into one surreal landscape. Design - paper collages from Vitaly Maklakov's archive. Each copy has an exclusive hand-made artwork. Pro-CDR, 26 copies. [label info]
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BELORUKOV, ILIA / KONSTANTIN SAMOLOVOV / CHRISTIAN MEAAS SVENDSEN -- "Cephas Unisons" -- CD -- €10
2019 LaoBan Records, LB 05
Free Improvisation. Ilia Belorukov – alto saxophone; Konstantin Samolovov – selected drums, objects, radio, voice recorder; Christian Meaas Svendsen – double bass, voice. Recorded live at Vinylla Sky Bar and Cement Factory Studio in St. Petersburg, March 25th-26th 2018.
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BERGMAN, KRISTER -- "Purification/2019" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Red Engineering Production, REPR-08, (ltd. 20)
Drone. This album of the Swedish musician Krister Bergman contains two works: "Purification" and "2019". This is beautiful ambient drone noise executed in cold tones. [label info]
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BETA TWO AGONIST -- "Autumn Perdue" -- CD-R -- €9 [-50%]
2008 Databloem, DB08021
Experimental Ambient / Glitch. When I received Beta Two Agonist's demo some years ago, I knew from the first notes I was dealing with a talented artist. A year later Beta Two Agonist's debut album on Databloem Zero Point Field saw the light, a delightful mix of minimal glitchy atmosphere's and soft rhythms. Yet, I felt Ian Lizandra's best was yet to come… …Well, here it is: Autumn Perdue, a consistently brilliant set of rhythmic and melodic glitch ambient. Unlike other releases in this genre, Autumn Perdue gives you the feeling it's played life with real instruments. Actually Ian does use acoustic instruments such vibraphone and piano, which gives it all a more organic and personal touch. Another strong point is the transparent, perfectly balanced production. If you like contemporary glitch ambient ala Off The Sky, Murcof or Shuttle 358 you shouldn't miss this one. [label info]
BETA TWO AGONIST -- "Zero Point Field" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Databloem, DBCD 016
Experimental Ambient / Glitch. Minimal glitchy atmosphere's, soft rhythms and gentle shades of melody. Databloem is so good at finding new talent in ambient electronica, and they have really outdone themselves this time in bringing listeners the fresh sounds of Beta Two Agonist. [label info]
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BEYOND BLACK VOID -- "Desolate" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2002/2006 Marche Funebre Productions, MARCH 003
Drone / Doom Metal. One of the projects of the Belgian musician Stijn van Cauter (UNTIL DEATH OVERTAKES ME, ARCANE VOIDSPLITTER, etc.). This is the first album, originally released on CDR by Stijn's own label Nulll Records, now remastered and reissued on factory-pressed CD, packed in jewel-case with cardboard slipcase.
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BEYOND ENCLOSURE -- "Dungeon of Total Void" -- CD -- €10
2016 Malignant Records, TumorCD98
Prominent S&M inspired electronics is not a new theme, but it has been a long time since such a vital voice has arisen. Enter Beyond Enclosure. With their debut recording Dungeon of Total Void, this Portuguese duo fronted by Samantha Diabolik with the assistance of Andre Coelho (of the now defunct Sektor 304 and operating here as "The Analyst"), have assembled an imposing homage to discomfort, pain, and pleasure. Built around a foundation of subversive and deviant themes, the eight tracks here undulate and throb with malfunctioning electronics, noxious, droning wavelengths, brooding, low slung bass, and malevolent psychoacoustics, with a stream of processed vocal instructions and commands that create a heightened sense of tension and unease. It's a brilliant display and musically should find immediate appeal among fans of Puce Mary, IRM, Sewer Goddess, and Haus Arafna. [label info]
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BIANCHI, MAURIZIO -- "R.C.E." -- CD-R -- €10
2006 Simple Logic Records, simlog038, (ltd. 100)
"Exasperating sonata in three dissections for enharmonic pianoforte, industrial oscillations and digital emissions." Packaged in a hard cardboard sleeve, with disc envelope and inserts. Released in a limited edition of 100 hand-numbered copies.
BIANCHI, MAURIZIO & APPELBAUM, MAOR -- "Electrostatic Deflection" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 0714
Industrial / Experimental. "Electrostatic Deflection" is a new industrial-music masterwork, created through collaboration with MAURIZIO BIANCHI, and Israeli musician MAOR APPELBAUM. It's represents Bianchi's more extreme direction... a sample of whats comming in the future from the historic Italian composer. Amazing impact, immense slabs of industrial sound in motion. Sweeping vistas of intense static energy, storm-fronts moving across the stereo field, an acoustic tidal wave approaching landfall, breathtaking deep and dark voyages through underground abysses... a massive and monumental work. Sounds of Sodom and Gomorra burning... don't look back! An apocalyptic prophecy of sound. Waves of sound that can penetrate the thickest steel-plate. Let it wash over you. At high volume, this cd becomes a very physical experience. [label info]
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BIANCHI, MAURIZIO + SAVERIO EVANGELISTA -- "Micromal Sonorities" -- CD + A4 booklet -- €15 [-50%]
2007/2015 13, sps1508, (ltd. 250)
A collaboration between Maurizio Bianchi and Saverio Evangelista (Esplendor Geometrico). Originally published only in Japan in 2007 and deleted since long, it's now time for this long awaited re-release, which - along with the CD - features the photographic work "Micro" by Stefano Gentile, inspired by the album. [label info] The disc is packed in a 16-page A4 booklet.
BIANCHI, MAURIZIO / M.D.T. -- "Genologic Technocide" -- CD -- €10
2006 Spatter, SPCD3 / Pagan Moon Organization, PGM009, (ltd. 500)
These recordings show the most extreme side of M.B.: not very much ambient oriented, but a strong industrial noise opera reminding us the masterpiece from 1981 "Symphony for a Genocide". [label info]
BIANCHI, MAURIZIO & MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA -- "Spiritual Noises" -- CD -- €10
2012 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 155, (ltd. 300)
Industrial / Noise. Historical collaboration between two of the fathers of Italian (and not only Italian)
Old-School Industrial: Maurizio Bianchi (M.B.) and Pierpaolo Zoppo (M.O. / Mauthausen Orchestra). "Creating noise is determined by the presence of an original particle to which randomly apply an alteration to convey a voltage-activated disturbing that determinates the electro-phonic perturbation. As a result we obtain the SPIRITUAL NOISES". Limited edition of 300 copies in a Digipak.
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BINARY DIRGE -- "Sultriness In Brains" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2019 Valgriind / Glasir CD-R Series, 06, (ltd. 44)
Radionoise. The new release of this Russian project from Novosibirsk. Static mid-frequency radionoise saturated with the painful atmosphere of stuffiness, poisoning, devastation and radioactivity. Vinyl case, black & white cover plus insert. [YAOP]
BIOMASS vs. COMFORTER -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2004 Spirals Of Involution, SOI 039, (ltd. 197)
Biomass tracks (project comes from the city of Jaroslavl) are dedicated by japanese movie "The Ring" by Hideo Nakata and represent rather calm noise flow. Comforter whips out with hurracane of cut-up porno-harsh-noise with Vladimir Zhirinovsky as a guest vocalist in the last track.
BIRDS OF TIN -- "Altarwise" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Diophantine Discs, n = 24, (ltd. 500)
We are very pleased to present the latest recordings by Birds of Tin: a project we have long admired and fate finally brought us together. The two lengthy tracks of "Altarwise" were recorded in late 2004 and remastered earlier this year. The first track is a 30-minute experimental work that gradually moves through a wide range of sounds (echoing chimes, mysterious noises, subdued clanking, drones). The second piece is an epic 46-minute composition of deep ambient/drone music that manages to float freely through the listener's imagination while keeping his attention... While many modern day experimental artists have moved on into the computer realm, Birds of Tin has remained true to the experimental sound of tape loops, lo-fi samplers, and collections of unique toy instruments running through small fx boxes. The sound of the work may have become more cohesive and seamless over the years, but the methods have largely remained the same. Birds of Tin was always about creating and expressing by opening the heart and mind to the muse... in this way the sounds flowed through the artist, not from the artist. Birds of Tin is honest music. As the quote from Jackson Pollock states emphatically, every artist paints what he is. In the case of Birds of Tin, the sounds are no mere window dressing..this is who he is... Brooke Oates' Birds of Tin project has been active since 1996. His previous works have been released on such labels as Manifold, Solipsism/Self Abuse, Syntactic, XZF, and Hypnos. Additionally, Birds of Tin has collaborated extensively with such artists as Rapoon, Mechanism, and Augur... Housed in a custom printed color wallet. [press-release]
BISCHOFF, JOHN -- "Aperture" -- CD -- €10
2003 23five, 23five 006
John Bischoff has been composing music with computers and electronics since the mid 70s, and has always focused his compositions towards malleable forms that best suit live performances. Within this context, Bischoff seeks to position the construction of sound far beyond the common perception of synthetic music as a mere simulation of the intrinsic sounds of traditional instruments. Instead, Bischoff qualifies his work as the realization of a "reflective intention," where he determines sonic structure not only through the predetermined elements which go into a piece, but also through the active process of listening to the music as it happens and responding accordingly. In describing his initial attraction towards computer technologies, Bischoff states, "Here was a single device that could contain a seemingly infinite range of pieces or configurations of elements and that could be interacted with in real-time." During the '70s when programming involved crude systems of binary code, Bischoff’s vision of the possibilities for computer-based composition fused to performative agency seemed implausible; yet in hindsight, his artistic imperatives were incredibly prescient of contemporary tools such as the nearly omnipotent audio synthesis language Max/MSP, which has been at the core of Bischoff's recent work... An aptly named set of compositions, Aperture opens the possibility for multiple readings through a series of diverse techniques ranging from additive synthesis to FM synthesis to sampled-based processes. Each of the pieces within the album was recorded in real-time with no overdubs. Aperture introduces itself with clusters of samples that sprawl with the deliberate pacing of Morton Feldman’s later periods, yet Bischoff renders what might be recognizable citations of a piano or percussion as pointillist condensations of digitized pixels and precise plastic details. During the ensuing pieces, Bischoff unleashes coarse streams of electrons which flange and pulse within the caustic firestorm of divergent timestretching, giving the impression that Bischoff is quite literally tearing the fabric of sound. Bischoff also presents a collaboration with Kenneth Atchley in complementing the oversaturated physical noise of Atchley's water fountain sculptures with short digital articulations that ride on the top of Atchley's dense texture. [label info]
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BISCLAVERET -- "Theu Anagnosis" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 072-2 / Steinklang Industries, SK82, (ltd. 333)
BISCLAVERET returns with a new album entitled "Theu Anagnosis". It is a concept album, similarly to the previous 2 albums. In 8 compositions here the musicians captured a mystical-philosophical treatise of sorts. The first part of it, namely "An Introduction to Reading God", was presented on 7" vinyl split with Feine Trinkers bei Pinkels Daheim. By means of lyrics and music the duo creates apparently surreal own world of sounds devoid of "here and now." They propose their own vision of the Absolute which is seen through the eyes of mystics, madmen and free thinkers. The band invites us on a psychedelic wandering into the depth of ego, on a metaphysical adventure in the world of music painted with various colours, shapes and stories. Dreams of a madman? Calls of a scholar? Experience of a hermit? It all melts in a lava of many cultures. Yet here it creates a crystal, but heterogenic image. What is it like? Check it yourselves. The album is co-released by Steinklang Industries & Zoharum. Edition with black cover (222 copies). [label info]
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BIZARRE UPROAR -- "Amputaatio" -- CD -- €13
2015 Filth And Violence, FILTH&VIOLENCE-106
New 2015 full length from the legendary Finnish noise master. 2 long tracks of obliterating filth ridden power electronics. Somehow more dirge ridden and in the gutter than previous albums... Harsh, violent vocals and thunderous decayed bass tones clash against an oppressive percussive hell. Hail BU! [Unsafe And Insane]
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BIZARRE UPROAR -- "Filthy Communions 2005/2009" -- CD -- €10
2010 Turgid Animal, TA488, (ltd. 300)
Five live recordings from Helsinki and Rio De Janeiro, Brasil. Finnish masters of total filth. No bullshit, just noise. 12 page booklet with pictures from the gigs and shit smeared all over. [label info]
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BIZARRE UPROAR -- "Liha-Evankeliumi" -- 3 CD BOX -- €24
2008 Freak Animal Records, FA-CD-045, (ltd. 250)
Harsh Noise / Power Electronics. Re-release of selfreleased 10x3" CDr set originally 50 copies. Discs come in black window sleeves, packaged in an almost leather like heavy black box with pasted artworks and booklet.
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BIZARRE UPROAR / AUNT MARY -- "Recordings 1991-1992" -- CD -- €25
2005 Freak Animal Records, FREAK-CD-031, (ltd. 200)
Noise / Noisecore. Early recordings made by Pasi Markkula for his projects BIZARRE UPROAR (harsh noise / power electronics) and AUNT MARY (noisecore).
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BJARNADOTTIR, HAFDIS -- "Sounds of Iceland" -- CD -- €14
2015 Gruenrekorder, 157, (ltd. 1000)
This recording takes you on a round trip of Iceland. The aural journey starts westward from the island's south in the cold early spring. After a side trip into the West Fjords, our route traverses the north of the country at the height of summer, followed by an excursion into the interior highlands before a short stop in the East Fjords. As the sound trip nears its geographical starting point, autumn and winter make their appearance before the journey comes full circle. The recordings do not feature human-derived sounds. [label info]
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BJERGA, SINDRE -- "Dream Interruption" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Attenuation Circuit, ACK 1008, (ltd. 50)
On an extensive tour of the Baltic, Norwegian electro-acoustic improv artist Sindre Bjerga recorded this half-hour album that covers a lot of ground in a comparatively short span of time. Starting with Sindre’s trademark amplified metal objects, it turns into a massive drone noise behemoth in the end. If the small, distant sounds of the first half of the set represent the shadowy realm of dreams, then the gradually rising drone of what sounds like bomber planes overhead does indeed come as an interruption, a menacing presence that forces the sleeper to wake up … and perhaps run for cover. A visceral, quasi-narrative instant composition that translates well into the recorded format. [label info]
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BJERGA, SINDRE -- "Hermetically Sealed Static Operation" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT77, (ltd. 109)
Live recording made by famous Norwegian musician in St. Petersburg's Experimental Sound Gallery (ESG-21) on June 29th, 2010. Alchemical tapestry at the edge of non-aggressive atmospheric old school industrial and chtonic technigenic drone with expressive psychedelic taste, parts of live glockenspiel and ocarina. For the fans of Vetrophonia and ZGA, NON and Herbst9... Artwork made of paper and plastic, special unique insert comes with 8 copies. [press-release]
BJERGA, SINDRE -- "Northern Enlightenment" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 Pjorn 72, pjorncd0024 / Piped-in From Head Office, pifho010, (ltd. 60)
Ethereal twinkles twinkle, sub-marine rumbles rumble, and glacial winds wind their way to an ecstatic final five minutes of layered drone. Turn it up and sit the fuck down. [label info]
BJERGA / IVERSEN -- "Burning Liquid Rubber Metal" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2006 Abgurd, AB-26, (ltd. 120)
Dense and raw Harsh Drone Ambient. This is a pretty unusual album for these norsk experimentalists. It reminds of YAO 91404 D and MAEROR TRI at the same time. Acute feedbacks, sullen guitar loops and solid background of electronic hum and radionoise crepitation. Slim-box with a photo from 1980s made with an electron microscope. [press-release]
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BJERGA & IVERSEN / SKULLPTURE -- "split" -- CD-R -- €7
2005 Musically Incorrect Records, MIR #25, (ltd. 100)
More Musically Incorrect Records, although the content is not always a strikingly incorrect thing, as many of their releases hoover nicely along the lines of experimental music. Such as the split by Bjerga/Iversen and Skullpture. The ongoing collaboration between Bjerga/Iversen is here ready with part three of The Lighthouse Tapes: "All things Bright And Beautiful". Iversen plays 'electonics' and effects and Bjerga 'ampilied' objects and effects. In this long piece they gently improvise their way through scratching, moving and rubbing objects, while feeding them to the maggots of electricity, in an atmospherical setting (two candles and a bunch of LEDs lit the entire room, I imagine, while outside the wind can be heard at Norway's Southernmost point). This collaboration is finally growing and growing. Skullpture is a different bunch. They improvise on guitars and feed them through the lines of distortion and delays. Also slightly atmospheric, but much more raw and untamed than those of Bjerga/Iversen and more along the lines of some of the New Zealand lo-fi improvisers. Nice, but a bit long. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
BLACK DEPTHS GREY WAVES -- "Nightmare of the Blackened Heart" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Aesthetic Death, ADCD 022, (ltd. 1000)
Black Depths Grey Waves is a black occult industrial project from the sickened minds of Clint Listing (AS ALL DIE, LONG WINTERS STARE, WHEN JOY BECOMES SADNESS) and Saint Ov Gravediggers (ORDO TYRANNIS, GRIM PIG). Noise-filled, black industrial, occult evocations - music that will make you feel at one with your disturbed mind. [label info]
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BLACK SAND DESERT -- "Choking On Grave Soil" -- CD -- €10
2006 PACrec, PACrec119 / Troniks, TRO-224
Cinder block snakes pummeling through intricately woven nests, kneading maliciously at the middle, trying relentlessly & desperately to break through. A silver haired piper tries calling his snakes back home, stretches his vocal chords deep & wide but only whispers trickle out. They move too fast for him to catch. He closes his eyes tightly and follows them out & away, admiring their persistance & brilliant navigation with an envious heart. Their scales push outward and gash the softness open leaving shards and soggy ash in a twisting tail behind them. You can hear meat tearing in waves of coarse & uneven static, swelling & expanding as if they carve a new base, a fresh home. They bury their coiled bodies deep inside, knotting tails & heads into electric branches, you can hear the branches spitting up electricity and the way their fire crackles first and thunders immediately after. He circles the landscape like a madman trying to find the slithering escape artists that have left him behind. Their buzzing rattles growing larger & larger serve as his compass & guide. He picks up and fondles the skin they shed & tease him with. He can hear them digging, getting further & further inside, spilling wildfire in the folds & flesh. The end is here and the sounds they make reflect it, a blister covered whistling tone thins itself into nothing & disappears. They are lost and so is he... Black Sand Desert is the harsh noise sideproject from Greh (Hive Mind / Chondritic Sound). [press-release]
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BLACK SUN PRODUCTIONS -- "Astral Walk" -- CD -- €10
2004 FinalMuzik, FM01, (ltd. 1000)
Black Sun Productions is an international collective of radical artists well known since almost a decade on the industrial and underground scenes in Europe and USA. Black Sun Productions' members Massimo & Pierce are the creators of the performance project Plastic Spider Thing (a ritual/installation in 23 parts carried by the couple throughout 2002 and 2003) and live members of Coil on their only tour in more than twenty years of the band's recording activity. Massimo & Pierce are also friends and collaborators of Lydia Lunch, HR Giger and Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo (Larsen) with whom they're currently working on a project of industrial renditions of Bertolt Brecht's lyrics and Kurt Weill's music. Black Sun Productions' member Drazen is the author of the only official full lenght album of Coil remixed, Plastic Spider Thing, available on Eskaton (Coil's own label). [label info]
BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL -- "A Retrospective | 1986-2008" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Shadowplay Records, SPR 070
Neoclassical / Darkwave. Black tape for a blue girl - legends of the Neo-Classical / Heavenly Voices / Darkwave scene - have their first Russian best of courtesy of Shadowplay Records. Featuring tracks from all eras of their career, A Retrospective is designed for recent fans of vocalists Elysabeth and Bret from The Scavenger Bride and Halo Star as well as those who go back to the 80's and 90's with Oscar's vocals. Keeping things lively, Sam picked alternative mixes of many tracks, and also included three re-recordings with current members ("Remnants of a Deeper Purity"," "Overwhelmed, beneath me" and the previously unreleased "I have no more answers."). [press-release]
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BLACK WANDERER -- "Hostile Territory" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Ksenza Records, KSZ 018, (ltd. 350)
Dark Ambient / Drone / Isolationism. Black Wanderer (BW) is a new cinematic drone project from Algol. According to the author, BW explores much more inhospitable territories. It focuses on darker minimalistic tunes which suit perfectly sci-fi and horror films. Consider “Hostile Territory” as an alternative soundtrack with more menacing and suspended atmosphere. BW recorded using only bass and electric guitars which deliver more natural ambiance and presence to the sound. [label info]
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BLACKHOUSE -- "5 Minutes After I Die" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1986/2013 Dark Vinyl, DVLR 1, (ltd. 200)
Rhythmic Industrial. Repressing of an absolute cult album from 1986. "5 Minutes After I Die" was the third Blackhouse release, focusing on rhythmical noise and a pure feedback driven beat with enlightening vocals. Blackhouse are the godfathers of Rhythmic Industrial. Limited repress of 200 copies only! [label info]
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BLACKHOUSE -- "Hidden Beneath The Metal" -- CD -- €16 [-50%]
1996 Discordia, DISC 067 CD
Legendary American old school industrial band, a unique example of Christian industrial music. This CD contains the remixed version of half-hour long track from 1991 + 10 more rare tracks from the compilations released in 1983-1996. Great powerful unconventional industrial. [YAOP]
BLACKHOUSE -- "Live In Leipzig" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Dark Vinyl, DV67
BLACKHOUSE are the grandfathers of Industrial and this most fans still say: the tracks from their first 3 albums are their best tracks ever… and here you can find the best on one record. After 31 years BLACKHOUSE live world premiere took place in Leipzig 2015. 15 classic Blackhouse songs from the first albums, direct from the mixing board. [label info]
BLADH, MARTIN -- "Dirge; The Peter Sotos Files" -- CD -- €10
2008 Freak Animal Records, FA-CD-042
Martin Bladh of IRM with samples & spoken word from author Peter Sotos. [label info] "While I was working on the Swedish translation of Peter's excellent book Selfish, Little: the Annotated Lesley Ann Downey, I found that I couldn't get enough of this unsafe, highly personal world, and got the ugly idea to make my own piece based upon it. Since I love the buyer's marked material I asked Peter for the permission to do a recording centered on his private universe. He agreed and sent me a load of sound- and video clips, which he'd collected and put into context. I guess it's fair to call this album a conceptual piece, but I want to point out that it is foremost my own personal take on Peter's work and he should not be held responsible for anything I've done. Big thanks to Peter who made this recording possible. Martin Bladh, Norrköping, June 2008."
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BLADH, MARTIN -- "Study For A Theater Of Cruelty" -- CD -- €10
2009 Annihilvs, APEX006, (ltd. 300)
This is the long-delayed and anticipated solo release by the genius frontman of Swedish industrial legends IRM. Aktionist, provocateur, visionary: Martin Bladh has composed an eerie score for impossible performance art, incorporating sparse, stringed drones and chilling atmospheres similar to Bladh's work with performance artist Bo I. Cavefors. Standard edition jewel case. [label info]
BLADH, MARTIN -- "Umbilical Cords" -- CD -- €10
2005 Segerhuva, seger 10
Industrial / Experimental. Segerhuva hereby presents the first solo recordings of Martin Bladh, who also resides in the acclaimed avantgarde group IRM and the more experimental unit SKIN AREA, both now widely known for their charismatic live-shows. This is a highly personal recording, which takes some firm mature steps further into physical essence and digs deep into the walls of the mothers utero with its hypnotic drones and drenching layers of organic sounds from cymbals, stringinstruments, accordeon and bass, all treated with great care and respect. Instrumental throughout, bicephalous in the way of screeching, shuddering sounds and drowsy in opposition. There is something strangely slippery about the recordings, a frightening, obtuse atmosphere embedded in silk and soft controlled feedback. Receivers take note: fully stunning in retro-spect. Are you in need of fetal life support? Take a journey through the body and experience the monotony and the pain of birth. [label info]
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BLADH, MARTIN & BO I. CAVEFORS -- "The Island of Death" -- CD -- €10
2012 Freak Animal Records, FREAK-CD-065, (ltd. 200)
New album of Martin Bladh is his best and most challenging. Many of the known elements of his works are there. Amazing tones of bow / string instruments, wailing yelling voice known from IRM, usage of samples/spoken word collages like on "Dirge", rhythms, musical patterns and electronic noise. But simply everything goes further. Leaving all expectation behind, what should qualify as "genre album". Less of noise, more of experimental disturbing elements, often avoiding playing it safe. This work is most definitely recommended for anyone who wants to hear albums what stand out of line. Packaged in dvd case with full color cover and full color 24 pages booklet including Bladh's unique collages and Cavefors' texts. [label info]
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BLADH, MARTIN & BO I CAVEFORS -- "Three Studies For A Crucifixion" -- CD + DVD -- €16
2008 Firework Edition, FEV1008 / FER1070
This DVD is of a three act "Passion Play" dedicated to Francis Bacon, this is nothing to do with noise either, but certainly could in no way be described as trivial. The protagonists here in front of a projection of the paintings set out to embody the nihilistic vision of the painter. You might feel disgusted or sick at the blood, intestines and homosexual acts - and perhaps want to return to the playfulness of Fckn'bstrds antics. This is the real deep black horror of existence - shocking in that is can be or should be performed by human beings at all, not that it is in its deliberation - to shock or disgust - that would be too easy, it would become a sex show, and it is not. Like the paintings of Bacon it unfolds along a horrific and deterministic trajectory that somehow cannot be avoided, if it did appear to be deliberately shocking then it would be possible to step outside the drama and see it as amusement or entertainment. Or is it excusable as a sudden outburst of promethian energy - which is understandably human - from tribal dancing through to the silliness in noise festivals. The real horror here is the premeditated logic of the performance devoid of any emotional excuse. This performance as also Bacons' paintings in their inhumanity could and should be ignored as impossible imaginations if not for the reality of the logic of the slaughter house from which they derive and the even more terrible realizations of these artists finding in this beauty. [jliat, Vital Weekly]
BLASTERKORPS -- "Nos Annees Mortes" -- 2 CD -- €15
2015 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-48
Complete anthology of Blasterkorps, project created by Geoffroy D. (DERNIERE VOLONTE, POSITION PARALLELE) and Leonce B. (I-C-K, NIHILTRONIX, SOLDAT ARNAUD, CAGE APOTHEEK). Depth of analog minimal synth, electro and raw industrial with voice of Geoffroy D.! First time on CD and many unreleased tracks! 25 composition, almost 100 minutes of music. [label info]
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BLEAK EXISTENCE -- "Distress" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2008 Corrosive Art Records, CA-13, (ltd. 50)
BLEIBURG -– "Musique Grotesque" -- 2 CD-R -- €24 [-50%]
2007 SkullLine, SLCDR007-07, (ltd. 50)
Bleiburg goes back to the 80-ies - 28 solo tracks in vein of electro / italodisco / ambient / minimal / experimental. A truly grotesque recording... [YAOP]
BLEIBURG -- "Open Wound" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2008 The Eastern Front, Front 016, (ltd. 300)
Martial / Industrial / Electronic. German-Croatian legendary project Bleiburg does not need to be presented. This year we introduce an unique document - a record of live performance of Bleiburg in Kassel, Germany at Panoptikum club in June 2007. Live performances of Bleiburg take place seldom, all the more this release witnessing Bleiburg on stage may represent the particular interest. "Open Wound" is a collection of well-known Bleiburg songs like Gulag Good-bye, Na Rad!, Nezdrava Tvorba, Good evening, Zagreb and more... Edition of 300 copies. Special 3 panels folded cardboard packing. [label info]
BLESSED SACRIFIST -- "Timeless Losers" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2009 FTAM, FTAM-017, (ltd. 50)
Highly introspective and emotionally raw harsh noise/power electronics from the Milwaukee resident. Low synth tones give way to overpowering walls. Member of straight edge PE group xALLxFORxTHISx and doom/sludge outfit Slob Donovan. [label info]
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THE BLUE PROJECT -- "Shelter" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018 Eibon Records, TBP103
Ambient / Ethereal. New album from TBP, currently travelling through noisier paths than the ones they used to walk before. Maria Cristina's voice paints gentle melodies upon unsettling decostructed sonic backgrounds that owe something to both the most experimental DEAD CAN DANCE and the most courageous heavenly voices standards. For the brave and open-minded listeners only. [label info]
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BOCCI, CRISTIANO / FRANCESCO ARRIGHI / MARA LEPORE -- "Anagrammi" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2020 Unexplained Sounds Group, USG064, (ltd. 200)
Neoclassical / Electroacoustic / Free Improvisation. The piano: the perfect balance between harmony and melody. Processing a piano is always an adventure; having 24 recordings of free improvisations performed by Francesco Arrighi and Mara Lepore is an incredible sound palette to have available. These recordings were deconstructed into individual phrases and micro fragments and then reassembled, both serially and in parallell, to follow a unifying compositional idea. At the same time the tracks were dilated and processed with filters, echoes and granulation techniques in order to create the right mix between the sound of the instrument and its electronic transformation. [Cristiano Bocci]
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BOEVYE CIKADY -- "Shtrihi Trepeta" -- CD-R -- €5
2004/2009 BioSonar Revers
Author's reissue of the first album of this St. Petersburg's project (a side-project of Lunar Abyss Deus Organum), released in 2004 on Extremal Psyhonauts label limited to 34 copies. Electroacoustic ambient. Simple artwork. "Wave and microtonal minimalism, acusmatic pieces from the depths of electroacoustic abyss, "drawn sound" + two pieces of live cicada singing". [label info]
BOGDANOV / POTSUKAILO / STUKALIN -- "Slaughter in the Pigeon-Hole" -- CD-R -- €11
1998/2009 self-released, (ltd. 69)
An archive recording from 1997, previously released as limited CDR editions by Black Dead Rabbit label twice - in 1998 and 1999. This is a collaboration between the group Reductio Ad Absurdum with yet unknown Igor Potsukailo (Bardoseneticcube). This compilation is a second part of the collaboration recordings of RAA and Igor made in spring 1997. All material was recorded during 3 or 4 noise sessions in two months. First part of this material was previously released as Genetic Load "Tollenkisten". These recordings were not included in "Tollenkisten" because of somewhat different sound concept which, compared to "Tollenkisten", is more primitive and rough. [from the publisher]
BOLVERKSTORM -- "9 Steps To Death" -- CD -- €7
2013 Vegvisir music, o:009, (ltd. 200)
Martial Industrial. Bolverkstorm it is the name of new russian industrial project. “9 steps to death” is dedicaded to World War II and all those who perished thereat. Album consists of 8 tracks, each of them is about tragedy of soldiers death and act of bravery as well. Music of Bolverkstorm is made of hum of battles, archival records, blustering soundscapes, noises, groans, wardrums and trumpets. [label info]
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BOLVERKSTORM -- "Ewigkeit" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2014 Valgriind, VG54, (ltd. 500)
Martial \ Neofolk. "On the second album "Ewigkeit" Russian project Bolverkstorm presents the continuation of the sonic pictures of "9 Steps To Death" depicting the sensory perception of a white warrior's death, soldier or officer, in significant military conflicts of the historical realities. The breath of project - is pagan death in a battlefield, a clear derogation of the christian image of death of "those persecuted to death". May it be a mass massacre of people masses brought to war by the rulers, or a death of a volunteer warrior from a piece of metal, love and contempt for life at the same time - "der letzte sieger ist der tod". The eternal spirit of war burns the wicks of people fates, the fight for higher ideals borders with death - but the fates of those contempting death spark brighter. From the deep roots of antiquity to the young branches of modern weltanschauung - this spirit is constantly whispering to us over the clank of swords, rumble of cannons and rustling bullets..." [label info]
BONDARENKO, VADIM -- "Sentimental" -- CD -- €10
2009 Faria Records / Fine Acoustic Series, FINE-01, (ltd. 500)
"Sentimental" is an album of sensitive feeling melodies played by the composer himself on the piano. The album contains different pieces, but all they are united by one unique inner mood. Like the brilliant melodies of Ryuichi Sakamoto, this music will be remembered by everyone who likes romantic genre. [press-release]
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BONEHEADS VS. HOTDOGS / CONCRETE BELLY -- "split" -- CD-R -- €9
2007 Triangle Records, [TR017], (ltd. 50)
Split of Russian project BvsH and Englisg CB. Sexy vegetarian blonds from Novgorod, Russia won't make you dull with their pathological love to toys. Their rival - Sir Belly loves more serious toys, in the end we have a fine example of royal alco-noise and shit-ambient - spirit-lovers may get properly drunk. The guy is completely mad, look at his photo. Package: cardboard envelope A5, serigraphy. [label info]
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BOREDOM KNIFE / TYHJIO -- "Feticide / No Lives Matter" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Abhorrent Creation Tapes, ACT003, (ltd. 525)
Noise. A powerful, lethal dose of misanthropic Noise from two Helsinki creators. Boredom Knife is Experimental - Electronics - Noise - Eruption. Tyhjiø is music out of nothingness... at one with the void. An extreme Finnish Noise split release filled with hatred for ALL of humanity. [Cold Spring]
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BORGHI, ANDREA -- "Vetrale" -- CD-R -- €7
2013 Observatoire, obs * instrument|(e65) 044, (ltd. 65)
Andrea Borghi: modified turntable, elaborated glass discs, computer, effects. "VETRALE investigates the connection between space and matter through generated sound as an item for their integration/interaction. Technology and electronic is used to focus on frequency fields and sound details otherwise inaudible. The sound becomes tactil, the matter audible. Ideal follow up as a personal research on material sounds begins with Omaggio a Lucio Fontana (2010) and continues with Vetrale (2011) as a performing act that expresses an idea of Sonorous Spatialism." [label info]
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BORISOV, ALEXEI -- "Multiviza" -- CD -- €10
2007 Laton, Laton 046
Anthology of live recordings of Alexei Borisov, following after the similar F.R.U.I.T.S. CD released two years ago, appears to be the essential thing. Well, everybody know that his live sets are very different from the studio-albums, but it's just the way the things should be because his albums are usually devoted to something that can't be represented live, even if there is no real technical problems exists. The geography of touring shedules is impressive, but one can wonder if his music can fit in such a different kind of concerts and audiences. Just have a look through the list: Mutek (Montreal), Sonar (Barcelona) and BuduArt (Tomsk). There are more noisy, harsh and unstructured pieces reminding the installations of Achim Wollscheid or kitschy glitch from Mego and Raster-Noton series in the same time, suddenly dissolved into haunting guitar improvisations, warped by unarticulated mumbling and fastened by broken beat collages. Is it possible to imagine within the same track? Well, there will be always good to hear overloaded blasts of ultra-frequencies, so you will not get bored definitely! For those of you who just like me were leaving the concert with a sense of pity for absence the album-versions, now is the time to take over. Perfectly balanced and carefully selected, this is the best ever Borisov's album. [Dmitry Vasilyev, Independent Electronic Music]
BORISOV, ALEXEI & HEC -- "Live in Paris" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2008 Sickcore, SC015, (ltd. 200)
Experimental / Noise. Recorded by Alexei Borisov and Frantz Loriot (HEC) live in Paris, August 2007.
BORISOV, ALEXEI & OLGA NOSOVA -- "Samsa for a Friend (remixed by Yura Gorodezkii)" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Heart-Shaped Box, HSB-095, (ltd. 30)
Experimental sound collage. Pro-CDR, 30 copies. [label info]
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BOY DIRT CAR -- "Spoken Answer To A Silent Question" -- CD -- €10
2007 Aftermusic
2007 reunion recording. In one of the most unlikely reunions of recent years, seminal Milwaukee noise group Boy Dirt Car announces the release of its first new recordings since 1988. Spoken Answer To A Silent Question brings together several original members -- co-founder Darren Brown, Keith Brammer and Dan Kubinski (Die Kreuzen), T.S. Wahlen and Dave Szolwinski -- and, consistent with Boy Dirt Car's classic revolving-door lineup, brings in several newcomers, including longtime Milwaukee mainstays Peder Hedman, Karl Paloucek and Jeff Hamilton. For much of the 1980s, Milwaukee was home to Boy Dirt Car's brooding sound. Influenced as much by Wisconsin's brutal winters and the dark tales of its North Woods as by any of their avant garde contemporaries, the group forged a sound different from other so-called 'industrial' bands of the day. As one reviewer once put it, 'Boy Dirt Car creates a sound not like being in a car crash, but of being under one.' Just as it cadged its industrial instrumentation from scrapyards and roadsides, BDC culled its members from across Milwaukee's vibrant music scene of the time, building up an intense following and a reputation as one of the city's most potentially hazardous acts. At the same time, the group recorded numerous (now-legendary) cassettes and LPs which, while escaping the ears of Rolling Stone, garnered them coverage in The Wall Street Journal, and -- even more unlikely -- from late advice columnist Ann Landers. [press-release]
BPOLAR -- "The White Heads" -- CD-R -- €9 [-50%]
2007 Practising Nature, PN07021
Ambient. Cinematic, intense and moving soundscapes from Antwerpen (Belgium). Composed like a painting ... layer by layer ...until something is bigger than the sum of it's elements ...BpOlar's dynamic and unique sound will grab you from the first note and will keep you hooked till the last note fades away. [label info]
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BRADLEY, PAUL & CRIA CUERVOS -- "Moraines II" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2007 SmallVoices, SVR 07025
Moraines II is a radical re-working of the limited release Moraines (Twenty Hertz / Sileat, 2006). The original recordings have been augmented, re-worked and newly mixed into an entirely different piece of music. The final result is a far heavier and more substantial work that creates a light and dark relationship with the original release and is much more than a simple 'remix' of Moraines. Glacial drones melt to liquid and degrade to static. Andrew Liles also contributes a track which that takes elements and unique contributions to twist the work into his own personal sound world. Packaged in a textured digisleeve. [press-release]
BRAND, STEVE -- "Upwelling: Emergence" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018 Databloem, DBCD077
"Upwelling: Emergence", like it's predecessor, "Upwelling" (2011), is a collection of epiphanies, experiments, singular moments, re-workings, remixes and re-discoveries. Tracks were recorded between 2009 and 2017. Some of the music for this collection, like "Innervoice" and "Krater Of Earth" were completed while working on previous albums, but eventually set aside for various reasons. Some like, "Black Rock Temple" and "Womb Of Earth" were improvised in moments of inspiration and depth of feeling. Still others, "Names That Cannot Be Spoken" and "Host", are remixes and rethinkings of tracks that were originally released on compilations. "Near Earth" was created exclusively for this compilation and is an extension of my recent "Near Series" trilogy. [from the author]
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BRANDKOMMANDO -- "Nasz Ukochany Kraj" -- CD-R -- €7
2006 Beast Of Prey, bop 3.5, (ltd. 200)
Power harsh noise. New album of BRANDKOMMANDO "Nasz Ukochany Kraj" - 50 minutes of dewastation, extreme view of political situation and world around. No mercy, sharply and directly. Unconventional issue: Package made from white plastic folded in three pieces to 150 x 150 mm format, professionally made cdr. [label info]
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BRANDKOMMANDO –- "Three Strikes And You Are Out" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Sickcore, SC023, (ltd. 300)
New work by restless Polish musician deals with European capitals burning in fires. City anarchy, street wars, violence and terror. The musician most likely stands at the same side of barricade with rebelling society, in front of which like soldiers of the Evil Empire stand up legions of dogs of system. Crushing analogue outrage of sonic violence, raging vocals, cultural and street terrorism. This release can be compared to such sonic hooligans as Grey Wolves, Barrikad, Survival Unit, etc. [UFA Muzak]
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BRANDKOMMANDO -- "Welcome to Paradise" -- CD-R -- €7
Tosom, TOSOM XX-006, (ltd. 150)
New full-length of Polish artist. This time the author turned his attention to the joyless reality of the African continent: the cannibal presidents Amin Dada and Jahn Bedel Bokassa, dictator of Zaire marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga, apartheid and neo-colonialism. Anti-political power electronics, piercing feedbacks, distorted synths, wild noises. Colour cardboard sleeve + 2 photo inserts. [YAOP]
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BREWER, SPENCER -– "THE PIPER'S RHYTHM" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
1991 Narada Equinox, CD-3018
New Age / Ambient from early 90-ies with lush arrangements and jazz motives. [YAOP]
BRIGHTER DEATH NOW -- "Breaking Down Nihil" -- CD -- €33
2009 Der Angriff, Angriff Nr. 37, (ltd. 150)
This release was made to support the russian shows of Brighter Death Now tour "Breaking Down Nihil!" which took place in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg in September 2009th. It is limited to 150 copies and intended for sale on these shows only. Tracks 1-2 featuring Anthesteria & Lamia Vox. Tracks 3-4-5-6 featuring Bardoseneticcube & 414. Those contributors have played onstage with BDN in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg respectively. Tracks versions presented on this release have been recorded and mixed by the artists in their studios during preparations for the live shows using BDN original backgrounds as the source tracks. [press-release]
BRIGHTER DEATH NOW -- "Breaking Down Nihil - Live" -- 2 CD -- €15
2011 Der Angriff, Nr. 39, (ltd. 450)
Der Angriff and Indiestate Distribution proudly present a very special 2CD release of one of the most influential and famous power electronics projects in the world, a favourite child of Cold Meat Industry mastermind Roger Karmanik - Brighter Death Now. Recorded live during short Russian tour made in September 2009, it is unique since the lineup was made of Russian artists and only Roger himself was a part of the common European live incarnation of BDN. The persons behind Anthesteria and LamiaVox have joined him in Moscow while the guys from Bardoseneticube and 414 were together with him on stage in St.Petersburg. The basic parts of the tracks have been sent to them all in advance, so they have prepared their own vision of this material, thus it was nothing like a spontaneous improvisation or jam-session, but pure conceived and well-organized collaboration. Both shows have been recorded on a multi-channel devices, then carefully mixed and mastered, so the final quality is close to the studio one without losing any bit of the raw energy of live performance. The result is a very fresh and unexpected look on the well-known BDN compositions such as "Innerwar", "PayDay" and "Testing" which should be interested not only for devoted followers of the project but for the wider audience of power electronics / death industrial fans. The real gem in our roster, not to be missed! The release is limited to 450 copies and comes in a special embossed foldout envelope with cardboard inner sleeves. CD 1: MOSCOW (24-09-2009): Innerwar / Oh what a night / Payday / I wanna die / Destroy / I hate you. CD 2: SAINT-PETERSBURG (28-09-2009): First floor / Testing / Leave me alone / Dodsambient / There is nothing left in this world / Female blood. [press-release] Mastered by Kshatriy.
BRIGHTER DEATH NOW -- "With Promises Of Death" -- CD -- €12
2014/2015 Familjegraven, GRAV-01, 2nd edition
Death Industrial / Power Electronics. "With Promises Of Death" is the first new full length album from seminal death industrial legend BDN in eight years. The inaugural release on Roger Karmanik's new label, Familjegraven, created with the sole intention of producing releases from BRIGHTER DEATH NOW in the wake of Cold Meat Industry's demise, heralds a slew of planned reissues and new material. This is now over! [label info]
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BRINSTAAR -- "Infotswetock" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011/2014 Kotä Records, 01, (ltd. 450)
Here is what Brinstaar told us about this album: "I was creating Infotswetock using my guitar and some pedals, you can hear a synth I used in some tracks, it seems to be Polivoks as far as I remember. I had nowhere to play at that time, so I grabbed up my stuff and get it to the work office, and play the music when I had a break (and by the way, I want to say thanks to all colleagues and owners for the great patience they paid to me)... I made a creation process in the way of playing with hardware for a while to the moment I got sound I liked, then I get myself deep into sonar meditation. I improvised until I had my mind completely off, then I push the record button and get a condensed and intensive version in a right state of mind. Every track holds a several lines recorded in this way. For 2 years, while I was working on the album, I made hundreds of tracks, then I started to collect the coolest ones of them… then I dreamed a name Infotswetock, and that is how it was born... At the same time something happened with my perception, I’ve started to see patterns and structures everywhere, especially on people faces. I’ve thought about the nature of this patterns, and realized that it can be just another layer of the reality interpretation in my mind. Nothing magic, but pretty beautiful..." [press-release] Transparent plastic pack with silk screen.
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BRUME -- "Battery Hens Sabotage" -- CD -- €24 [-50%]
1992 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 001, (ltd. 498)
BRUME -- "Drafts Of Collisions" -- CD -- €10
1997 Crowd Control Activities, Crowded 02
Series of ambience and sounds sculptures as a continuos evolution. Good "Concrete Music". [Old Europa Cafe]
BRUME -- "Normal" -- CD -- €16 [-50%]
1998 Release Entertainment, RR 6999-2
BRUME -- "Zona Ventille" -- CD -- €16 [-50%]
2001 Elsie & Jack Recordings, #:008, (ltd. 1000)
When this CD was released, it was considered the last published work by Brume... Jewel-case with a sticker.
BRUME -- "Les Victimes Sont Dangereuses" -- CD -- €7
2008 Waystyx, WR56, (ltd. 375)
This is the 6th CD in the 13 CD Brume anthology. C. Renou - all instruments. Compiled, recorded and mixed at Brume Rec. in 1996-97. Ultrasonic mastering by Richard Johnson / Atmoject. Originally produced by Atmoject as a limited edition CD-R in 1998. Digitally remastered at Brume Rec. in winter 2006. [label info]
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BRUME -- "Moll" -- CD -- €7
1999/2008 Waystyx, WR57, (ltd. 375)
This is the 7th CD in the 13 CD Brume anthology. C. Renou - all instruments, tapes, mix, Marie-France - voice. Compiled, recorded and mixed at Brume Rec. in 1999. Originally produced by Prion Tapes as a limited edition CD-R in 1999. Remastered from the DAT-master at Brume Rec. in winter 2006. Dedicated to Philip K. Dick. [label info]
BRUME -- "Lost in Karrack" -- CD -- €7
2008 Waystyx, WR58, (ltd. 375)
This is the 8th CD in the 13 CD Brume anthology. A compilation of rare/unedited tracks. C. Renou - all instruments, tapes, voice. Remastered from the DAT-master at Brume Rec. in winter 2006. [label info]
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BRUME -- "Live With or Without Audience" -- CD -- €7
2008 Waystyx, WR60, (ltd. 375)
This is the 10th CD in the 13 CD Brume anthology. Live recordings from 4 performances held in 1985-1988. Remastered from the cassette and reel-to-reel masters at Brume Rec. in winter 2006. [label info]
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BRUME -- "In Death We Trust! / Programm T4" -- CD -- €7
2008 Waystyx, WR61, (ltd. 375)
This is the 11th CD in the 13 CD Brume anthology. Tracks 1-8 recorded in 1987 and produced by Underground Prods in 1998. Track 9 recorded in 1986. Remastered from original cassette masters at Brume Rec. in winter 2006. [label info]
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BRUME -- "Drug" -- CD -- €7
1999/2008 Waystyx, WR62, (ltd. 375)
This is the 12th CD in the 13 CD Brume anthology. "Drug" (parts 1-7) was basically recorded in 1999 and released as a limited edition CD-R by Blade Rec. in 1999. Track 8 was basically recorded in 1986 and released as a limited edition cassette by Brume Rec. in 1998. Tracks 9-10 were the very last stuff recorded in 1999 under the name of Brume. Digitally remastered at Brume Rec. in winter 2006. [label info]
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BRUME -- "The Prehistoric Tapes" -- CD -- €7
2008 Waystyx, WR63, (ltd. 375)
This is the 13th CD in the 13 CD Brume anthology. "These recordings were the very first electronic experiments I made, just after I gace up Uria, and just before I create Brume. The main stuff was inspired by music like Heldon, Suicide... but also progressive music and German kraut-rock." Recorded from 1979 to 1983 at Primitive Studio and Brume Rec. Remastered from "dusty tapes", reprocessed at Brume Rec., winter 2006. [label info]
BRUME -- "Emergence" -- 2 CD -- €10
2009 Waystyx, WR65
"These 2 CDs could be played together on 2 CD players, both should be connected to a single usual Hi-Fi amp in order to get some dephasings & maximum effects as well as sound was distilled during the E.P.E. 1990 year installation". Reissue of a double-cassette released by Old Europa Cafe (OEC 016) in 1990. Contains soundtrack for E.P.E. installation created from water sounds.
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BRUME & VRISCHIKA -- "s/t" -- CD -- €14 [-50%]
1998 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 016, (ltd. 500)
Second co-operation by Brume and Vrischika after the MCD out on Brume's own label. An ethno-industrial moisture with a wide range of ambients. [label info]
BRUNO SWIATLOCIEN -- "Czern I Cien II" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 New Experimental Art, NEA 002
The new album Bruno SWIATLOCIEN, czern i cien II, music and lyrics by Bronislaw Ehrlich. On the new album has 9 songs in the style of Dark Wave, Cold Wave, Noise or ambient. Candid message, the music of a noise mantras, uncompromising lyricism, is the essence of what we do on the album Czern i Cien II. In the music of Group Bruno SWIATLOCIEN can find something fans of early Swans, Kiling joke, Joy Division and Blood Axis. The first album of the band in Music Magazine, beside Wierze Fabryk was deemed album of the year 2013. New material already has similar quotes in the connoisseurs of music in reviews. Responsible for the production of discs Michal Miegon is known for its many projects, especially bands like Shipyard and Kiev Office. [press-release]
BSICTRANSIT -- "Aelita" -- CD -- €10
2019 Akt-Produkt, akt-produkt 39
Soundtrack / Ambient / Experimental. Cosmism is becoming a promising idea again, and it would be difficult for Akt-Produkt to stay aside from this trend. So we present our first cosmist release (and 39th overall). “Aelita” is the music for a ballet of the same name, created by Tomsk-based experimental collective bSICtransit. The ballet, which itself was an experimental work in progress, was first performed on November 7, 2014. Dance artist Ksenia Belenkova was responsible for its choreography, and its libretto based on the eponymous novel by Alexei Tolstoy was compiled by philosopher German Preobrazhensky... bSICtransit recorded a minimalistic and alchemical soundtrack where everything oscillates between the two poles. On the one hand there’s warm and old-fashioned Earth, where, however, there is no place already; on the other hand there’s cold, strange and alien space, where there is also no place (yet?). But there are 2 things that connect them – those are love and revolution. However, both of them remain somewhere in between those non-places, in the incomplete (or endless) flight towards. [label info]
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BUCKETTOVSISSORS -- "Brain Erase" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
Produck
Droney rough noise, almost atmospheric dark ambient! Recording of a gig performed in a small railway carriage with the use of reverb made of a tin can. Sleeve. [YAOP]
BUCKNER, THOMAS / EDYTA FIL / ILIA BELORUKOV / ALEXEY LAPIN / JUHO LAITINEN -- "Bewitched Concert" -- CD -- €9
2011 Intonema, int002, (ltd. 300)
The second step we took was the album Bewitched Concert by international quintet Thomas Buckner (USA), Edyta Fil (Poland), Ilia Belorukov, Alexey Lapin (both Russia) and Juho Laitinen (Finland). This is a record of a concert that took place at the Experimental Sound Gallery on November 6th, 2009. Spontaneously arising cast nothing negotiating played music rather reminiscent of academic music with some adds of free improvisation elements and acoustic drone... "It may feel strange but everything that played and sung on this album is very natural for instruments and voice - despite cello solo in Epilogue (performed with extravagant technique of string over-pressing which reminds Pierre Henri's classical Variations for a Door and a Sigh) and Buckner's shaman roaring. It makes a deceptive impression that this music can be easily notated by conventional way and if having a great desire - even can be performed according to that notation. Perhaps, only Deep Listening founded by Buckner's compatriot (and probably a friend) Pauline Oliveros, sounds comparatively similar. Ilia Belorukov describes the concert atmosphere as "academic" and quite calm though, the performance form reminds the first movement of Witold Lutoslawski's Second symphony Hesitant - when you listen to it you can't trace that it invisibly involves you into a vortex of very fast music in which all sound events - like granules in the computer music - merge in one unique timbre." (Dmitry Ukhov, from CD booklet)
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BU.D.D.A. -- "All Der Guten Dinge Drei" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Attenuation Circuit, ACU 1016, (ltd. 100)
Bu.d.d.A. - "Bund des dritten Auges" ("Third Eye Society") is a fairly new project involving experimental musicians Sascha Stadlmeier (EMERGE, Attenuation Circuit Records) and Chris Sigdell (Leaden Fumes (ex-Phased), b°tong) and which plays meditative ambient drones. Sometimes they play with a guest musician, and sometimes not. For those who need names, it may sound like Troum meets Earth together with Eno… but in reality Bu.d.d.A. builds on the legacy of German industrial band NID (1995-2005), who Chris was a member of, and which released a post-humous CD on Auf Abwegen (Asmus Tietchens, etc.). [label info] Factory-pressed CD in cardboard sleeve.
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BUFFETT, PETER -- "Lost Frontier" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1991 Narada Mystique, CD-2012
Amazing New Age / Ambient inspired by the Wild West landscapes. [YAOP]
BUILDING 33 -- ".End." -- CD-R -- €5
CVLMINIS, (ltd. 20)
BUMSTEINAS, ARTURAS -- "Organ Safari Lituanica" -- CD -- €10
2016 Intonema, int019, (ltd. 200)
We are happy to introduce you Arturas Bumsteinas, a composer from Lithuania! This is our second collaboration with him since he participated in the making of our first release Wozzeck "Act III: Comics". A new Arturas’ solo release continues his series of organ works. During Summer 2015 he has visited 20 Lithuanian cities with Gaile Griciute who improvised on a church organ. Arturas has written 3 compositions based on the recorded material where he researched sound details and specificities of different organs along with their sound in the space. [label info]
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BUMSTEINAS, ARTURAS -- "Stories From Organ Safari" -- CD -- €9
2010 Lithuanian New Music Communication Center, NMKC 007
Free improvisation / Neoclassic. "Organ Safari is an ongoing project which was started in year 2008 by...Arturas Bumљteinas. Since then he is traveling around Europe and recording sounds of various organs in churches, concert halls, record stores, streets, music schools and other locations. From these collected recordings artist has built an extensive sound archive which serves as an important source for his various acoustic and electronic compositions, improvisations and collaborations that involve other musicians..." [sleeve notes]
BUNKER -- "II" -- CD-R -- €12
2011 Agfa Archive, AGFA 02, (ltd. 50)
Industrial / Power Electronics. : a return from the secret depths of a document buried in the ground : sound signatures under the camp-ringing echo : an angel of grace settled in a kennel, the prophet has a library - an ideological trap left to descendants : a prize for the invention of new methods of execution, columns of numbers on a transparent film grow before the eyes like a tree-flower of a demon : the skeletonized remains on the appellplatz are carried away by the wind, an endlessly monotonous repetition in the security cinema : the hissing sound of gas and forever remaining shadows, the commandant writes a letter to his wife and draws a guillotine at the end instead of a signature : in the shower room, a file cabinet, a forearm, a newcomer, with help, gas chamber trucks, the sum, poetry in the barrack : an aftertaste of alkali on the tongue, and a resonating concussion from broken tracks, gunpowder and a line of fire : two crossed triangles : a compact disc as gassing from audio systems : stop-play-reverse secret order in a whisper through breakwater of interference : organizing an action, deliberate simplification, counterpoint in agony, numbers, sacrifice... 11 tracks, 60 minutes, pro-CDr, 12-page art-book, postcard, stickers. [label info]
BURIAL HEX -- "Book Of Delusions" -- CD -- €10
2011/2012 Cold Spring, CSR166CD
During the period in which Clay Ruby first began working on this piece of art, he had become so completely surrounded by evil and deception that he was forced to begin summoning a particularly extreme and ancient force of protection and vitality just to make it alive through the end of 2008. Aside from spiritually fortifying Ruby's life, the complexities of these new elemental entities brought with them circumstances causing a much more rich and intense recording experience than he could have ever composed on his own. Classic horror electronics and post-industrial apocalyptic soundscapes with unsettling notes, anguished cries and voices of the dead. His most ritualistic album yet. Reissue of the extremely limited LP with bonus tracks taken from the split LPs with Kinit Her and Zola Jesus, all available on CD for the first time! All tracks have been carefully remastered. [press-release]
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BURIAL HEX -- "Throne" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Cold Spring, CSR232CD
Finally a third volume of the essential reissue series featuring rare and out-of-print vinyl releases from Horror Electronics maestro Burial Hex. This collection takes us further back in time to a more raw and singular vision, whilst still infused with passionate vocals and eerie religious allusions that would eventually lead to a development of increasingly more compositional elements in the Burial Hex cycle. Collecting his sides from the split 7" with Sylvester Anfang on Aurora Borealis, the split 12" with Iron Fist of the Sun on Cold Spring, and taking a side each from “Bagirwa Hymn” on VON Archives and “From The Rites Of Lazarus” on Urashima, we experience the death industrial roots of this expansive project. Without as much focus on otherworldly hybrids, yet still organically eclectic, this offering will bring the grinding grey atmospherics and the nauseating aggression of early Horror Electronics into focus. Artwork by Nathaniel Ritter (Kinit Her). [press-release]
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BUTTERCUP INSURGENT -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
Smell The Stench
Hypnotizing Harsh Noise Wall and necrophiliac Dark Ambient from the UK-based musician. Sleeve. [YAOP]
BYMEL, OFER & BUTTNER, GREGORY -- "Ripsnorter" -- CD-R -- €6
2012 Observatoire, obs * y | instrument 031, (ltd. 250)
Collaboration of Israel drummer and experimentalist Ofer Bymel with German sound artist Gregory Büttner. The album contains two long improvisations, the first recorded in Gastatelier Fleetinsel (where Ofer got an artist residency for one month) and the second recorded live at "Blurred Edges" Festival in 2010 in Hamburg. There with Ofer breathes through his instrument and handles it with a lot of extended techniques; Gregory plays his sounds using a laptop through small loudspeakers which he prepares or plays with resonating objects. As a result the record gives an impression of a perfect melting of acoustic and electronic sounds. [label info]
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BZ BZ UEU -- "Tapes & Vinyls" -- CD -- €10
2016 Music A La Coque, COQ-010
Avantgarde / Punk / Free Jazz / Noise Rock. Bz Bz Ueu were an Italian avant-punk jazz band formed in 1992 in Bari. These are early recordings on tapes + 7" vinyls. Young and noisy from 1994 to 1998. "A crossover between hardcore and avant jazz, sharp no wave swerves and the feeling of bad fun. A product made of fury and immediacy, unthinkable in today's Italian scene". [Andrea Prevignano, Rumore]
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C. SPENCER YEH -- "1975" -- CD -- €10
2011 Intransitive Recordings, int037
Intransitive Recordings is extra-proud to present 1975, the debut solo album of tightly-coiled, crackling electronic ambience by C. Spencer Yeh. While “debut” may seem a strange word to use to describe an album by a guy with such a deep discography, Yeh explains that 1975 is like nothing anyone has heard from him before. “One thing is I really wanted to focus on a certain feeling of stasis. So much of what else I do just kinda pushes and pushes forward. 1975 is more vertical than horizontal, even though one can’t escape the horizontal completely.” Taking a confident step away from his familiar work as an improvising violinist and vocalist, from the mythology of his rock/noise band Burning Star Core, and from his recent forays into pop music, the omnivorous Yeh here reveals himself to be a composer of unsettling electro-acoustic miniatures... Yeh approached his source material with a desire to be transparent, even literal, and to avoid straightforward narrative. The literal is there in the deceptively matter-of-fact track titles — “Drone”, “Voice”, “Shrinkwrap from Solo Saxophone CD”, “Two Guitars” — but knowing which sound source is buried beneath these tones does little to remove 1975‘s sense of enveloping mystery. This is sensual abstract music with a light touch, a confident minimalism that only reveals its unsettling depth, sharp corners, and playful malevolence with repeat listens... For fans of Eliane Radigue, Hecker, Pita, or Kevin Drumm. [press-release]
C.3.3. -- "Ballad of Reading Gaol – The Cacophonietta" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2011/2018 Cold Spring, CSR255CD
C.3.3. is a personal project from Paul Jamrozy, co-founder of original industrial agitators TEST DEPT. The work is inspired by the real life experience of Her Majesty’s Prison Reading. Tracing the history of the location through to the present current political and social situation, evoking the harsh realities of Victorian and modern day Britain. Reminiscent of the finest mid-era TEST DEPT., such as “Gododdin” or “Pax Britannica”, with heavy percussion, strings, and strident vocals. The title C.3.3. is drawn from the cell number where the literary figure Oscar Wilde was incarcerated in Reading Gaol under gross indecency charges. C.3.3. was the pseudonym used for the publication “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”, a poem based on the execution of a fellow inmate. This sonic rendition draws upon the writings of Wilde’s poem and the horrors of prison life for a condemned man, as a metaphor for the universal predicament of all humankind. Remastered with 2 bonus tracks, featuring TEST DEPT. and presented in a 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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C.H. DISTRICT -- "Live at XIX Wrocław Industrial Festival" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 247-2, (ltd. 300)
IDM / Industrial / Experimental. The latest album of C.H. District is 100% live material, recorderd during a concert at the 19th Wrocław Industrial Festival in the middle of the lockdown and broadcast entirely online. Mirek Matyasik - the founder of the project - presents a material mostly based on the use of modular synthesizers, extracting dense, motor structures, giving the composition a distinctive character. The heavy beats, kept in medium tempos, set the rhythm and fill a large part of the set, constituting a strong pillar for the successive tracks with a metallic, rough sound appearing at different moments. At the same time, their composer consciously uses the available means to build tension and atmosphere in a controlled manner throughout the performance. He does not give way for a moment, does not allow himself to unnecessary shoals, keeping the attention of the audience focused all the time. While in the sound tracks and structures based on heavy, mechanical rhythms, we can listen for references to CH District's work from the initial period of his activity, while listening more carefully to the depths of the composition, woven with a whole lot of flavors, bits of melody, a thicket of means that make up CH District. On the whole, you can feel the experience gained from working on music for Tympanik or M-Tronic. An interesting addition is a recording recorded during one of the streams, which was broadcast from a home studio, based on the same framework, but as a result of improvisation running in a slightly different direction. This publication is a record of a fleeting fragment in the work of C.H. District, captured during two Live performances, which today, after spreading the developed patterns on a modular synthesizer, cannot be recreated... CD folded in six-panels digipack released in limited edition of 300 copies. [label info]
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C.J. MIND & MAN UFO (EXPERIMENT) -- "Source" -- CD -- €10
2008 Faria Records, FAR-24, (ltd. 500)
If you like music of Steve Roach - you will like it too!... The natural beginning of all life on the Earth intertwines with estrangement pressing on the person the incomprehensible power of an external world (space). Too extraneous and severe really to be a monastery of each of us, as if a mourning bed-sheet swallowed light. In this contradiction, someone finds something attractive for search of the external forms not similar to ours, but probably forgets that its house, a family and surrounding close friends as anybody another is important to him. And being behind an understanding side, and remains not untangled ball drawing to only when on it is unique a question exciting you to you by all means (here and now) it is necessary to receive it is unique a right answer... Stay in a womb, a birth, individual search of sense of existence, leaving in the other world. Spring (awakening) before fading in a cold twilight of mature autumn (death). All is marvelously simple. After all the, Nature does not suffer intervention in its nature. When it exists without our presence - flows and sounds absolutely other light. But the Creator comes and by a wave of an invisible conductor's baton twists a surprising pattern on beauty, in which the voice of a far-far star is audible... The teamwork purpose (the present album) consisted, first of all, in desire to grope some integrity of a universe and attempt to find room for this perception in presented on seventy five minutes of a music material. [press-release]
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CACTUS TRUCK with WADIM DICKE -- "Live In Siberia" -- CD-R -- €6
2019 Akt-Produkt, [akt-produkt 36] / Tractata Records, 004
Free Jazz. Akt-Produkt presents its 36th, this time another international release – live recording of Amsterdam-based power jazz trio Cactus Truck together with Wadim Dicke, bassist from Tomsk, Siberia... The Dutch trio describes its music as a mix of free jazz, japanoise, no wave, and delta blues. Saxophonist John Dikeman, guitarist Jasper Stadhouders, and drummer Onno Govaert create a high density sonic flow. On the one hand, their sound could be called old-school – it is inhabited by ghosts of free jazz, recalling the frenzy of Albert Ayler (whose "Spirits Rejoice" is quoted in the recording) or the first experiments of mixing jazz with heavy music; on the other hand – it is nuts and reckless in a punk rock way... Like many improvisers, Cactus Truck often collaborate with other musicians. In 2012 they did a joint release with Terrie Ex. "Live in Siberia" is a collaboration with Wadim Dicke – bassist, improviser, conductor of Strangelet Ensemble, and a member of such experimental outfits as Sect of Phoenix and Sine Seawave. Due to Wadim's presence, the sonic hailstorm seems to be even denser, and at the same time, more complete... This highly energetic recording was made at the "Energetik" house of culture in Cheremushki, the engineers settlement of the Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam. The EP consists of two improvised numbers, plainly titled "The Long Track" and "The Short One". The former unremittingly holds your attention for 19 minutes; the grindcore-like rapid firing of the latter, performed as an encore, fits under 15 seconds (not counting the applause), with a lot going on during those seconds. [label info]
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CALABI-YAU -- "Compactified" -- CD -- €10
2008 Faria Records, FAR-19, (ltd. 650)
Calabi-Yau (called in the names of two mathematicians (Eugenio Calabi) and (Shing-Tung Yau )) spaces may be that microscopic shape, deep inside the hidden dimensions of string theory. There are many such spaces… According to string theory, space-time isn't 4-dimensional as you might expect, but 10-dimensional. Where are the extra six dimensions? One answer is that they're "compactified": roughly speaking, rolled up into such a small space as to be unobservable at human scales. You are in the forest, it is night, and in a moment you are in space, exploring the phenomena, for which there is no explanation and knowledge in our days…And You hear the sound of loquacious water far away from You. The sky is in front of You…You can observe all the planets to be clearly. And there are plenty of animals around You, which You've never seen before, which are so close, that they are almost touching You. Thought is equal to movement, there is no difference between them. There is only one way to understand these visions… It is possible because of "calabi-yau", spontaneous movements and feelings inside myriads of spaces… [press-release]
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CAN CAN HEADS -- "Monorural Recordings" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Gyggen Lompsa, Gygg-001 / Mannavelli
Free improvisaton / noise rock, recorded on tape one spring afternoon in a small wooden hut somewhere in Finnish countryside. Primitive, powerful, varied, mono!
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CANAAN -- "Il Giorno Dei Campanelli" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2016 Eibon Records, CAN098
Darkwave. The stronger the spiritual pain, the worse the physical damage. Suppurating plagues can be carved and cleansed: spiritual wounds are impossible to sterilize. Mental germs grow, mutate, infect, colonize and suppress the once healthy host. "Il giorno dei campanelli", CANAAN's eight album, is a diary of mental putrefaction. No antibiotic can work here: these 14 songs will leave no soul unharmed. [label info]
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CANAAN -- "Walk into my Open Womb" -- 2 CD -- €15 [-50%]
1998/2003 Eibon Records, Can010, (ltd. 500)
Originally released in 1998, and since then already repressed a few times, "Wimow" was CANAAN's second album, and contains some of the most significant tracks composed by the band. Taste the early days of the masters of deception..... This last repressing (in a limited edition of 500 copies) comes with new graphics. [label info]
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CAPECE, LUCIO -- "Elemental Pulse" -- CD -- €10
2019 Intonema, int030, (ltd. 200)
Minimal / Experimental / Free Improvisation. Lucio Capece's new solo work is the second album by the Argentinian musician on Intonema after 2013’s Music for Flying and Pendulating Speakers. Taking un/natural silence as his starting point, Capece continues his research into the perception of sound and music, both as a listener and performer. The work features three new compositions, using diverse sound sources including slide saxophone, analog synthesizers, effects and field recordings, with which Capece crafts a vast array of textures, from drone canvases and sounds of nature to rhythmic loops and beats. [label info]
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CAPECE, LUCIO -- "Less Is Less - Music For Flying And Pendulating Speakers" -- CD -- €9
2013 Intonema, int009, (ltd. 300)
Music for Flying and Pendulating Speakers - a new work by Lucio Capece, known primarily for preparing of wind instruments and post-reductionism. Currently he is focusing on a region of perception and sound being in space. In the first of two presented compositions Capece is playing in the cathedral in Bern using speakers flying on balloons, soprano saxophone and the sound of the room itself. The second part of the dis? is a piece for speakers as pendulums, moving according to the oscillation phenomena, and analog synthesizer. Filigree work based in acoustic properties of various materials and objects. [label info]
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CAPRICORNI PNEUMATICI -- "The Erivar" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015/2016 Alma De Nieto, DNN 005 C / Monochrome Vision
Ritual / Dark Ambient. Back in the day, mid to late 80s, I was quickly cured from anything even vaguely ritualistic or all that came with the name Aleister Crowley attached, so that’s were I missed out on this Italian duo, whose name comes from Crowley’s book ‘”Liber A’ASH vel Capricorni Pneumatici SUB FIGURA CCCLXX”. They are only known by their pseudonyms Pazuzu and Soda Caustica, but I didn’t expect otherwise. A bit more research learned me they had a bunch of cassettes releases in the 80s, on a label called 666 Production, but also on SSS and Minus Habens and in 2016 there was this CD of six pieces recorded in 2014 and two in 2009, the latter that they did with Z’EV... Apparently their set-up was mostly acoustic in the past, ‘PVC tubes, air compressors, hammers, buckets, water, steel and aluminium tanks and plates, various metal and plastic objects’ yet on this CD also percussions, voice, harp guitar, ac. guitar, treatments and processing, electronics and field recordings. There is no ritual chanting here, which is always good in my book, but some fine atmospheric music of long form drone like sounds, whether these are acoustic in origin or processed versions. Actually I thought all of this was quite enjoyable throughout. Close your eyes, and there are no sigils, no burning crosses or incense, no liber all, just highly enjoyable experimental music based on loops, sounds, and with the right amount of reverb and delay (and no doubt more of those) all highly atmospheric; creepy and dark. Maybe this can also be the sound of a fine horror movie I thought. I am not sure this would make me rush out and hear their entire recorded output, but this one is surely the fine soundtrack to a grey November afternoon. [Vital Weekly]
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CAPRICORNI PNEUMATICI -- "Putredini Obnoxius" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
1991/2017 Alma De Nieto, DNN 007 C
Ritual / Dark Ambient. Italian duo Capricorni Pneumatici started in 1987, taking their name from an Aleister Crowley book. This CD is part of their 30th Anniversary release series. It should have been their tenth album, originally composed in 1991 for the Portuguese label Putrefactio, but was never published at the time (probably only a few copies were made on cassettes by SSS Production, CP's own label). 26 years later it comes to light in this first edition. The recordings are made up of electric guitar, samples, synths, tapes, strings, field recordings, percussion and voices (including that of Aleister Crowley, whose book they are named after). Mastered from the original master tape. Digipak.
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CAPRICORNI PNEUMATICI -- "Rahoor" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2017 Alma De Nieto, DNN 013 C
Ritual / Dark Ambient. Italian duo Capricorni Pneumatici started in 1987, taking their name from an Aleister Crowley book. This CD is part of their 30th Anniversary and they have produced two new albums to mark the occasion. "Rahoor", recorded in 2017, is the third part of The Erivar trilogy. They present four songs that show industrial rhythms with a distinctive rhythm and a mysterious ceremonial landscape. 51 minutes of music using percussion, voices, electronics, and treatments. Digipak with drawings and sigils by Austin Osman Spare.
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CARAMELOS, FELIPE -- "Se Prohibe Cantar" -- 2 CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 Waystyx Records, WR31, (ltd. 423)
After few years of work recognized master of concrete sound Lt. Caramel create brand new material, devoted to slavery in contemporary Spain. And now we present this edition with 2 booklets, decorated by real silver key. [label info]
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CARBON BASED LIFEFORMS -- "VLA" -- CD -- €14
2011/2016 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-77, (ltd. 1000)
We’re happy to welcome legendary Sweden space ambient project in our roster. Special album, different from earlier works of CBL, one hour of deepest space ambient tunes, one hour snatched from eternity, one hour of ethereal oblivion... Very Large Array (VLA) is a radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Agustin, between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, some 50 miles (80 km) west of Socorro, New Mexico. It comprises 27 25-meter radio telescopes in a Y-shaped array and all the equipment, instrumentation, and computing power to function as an interferometer. Each of the massive telescopes is mounted on double parallel railroad tracks, so the radius and density of the array can be transformed to focus on particular bands of wavelength. Astronomers using the VLA have made key observations of black holes and protoplanetary disks around young stars, discovered magnetic filaments and traced complex gas motions at the Milky Way's center, probed the Universe's cosmological parameters, and provided new knowledge about the physical mechanisms that produce radio emission. The VLA stands at an elevation of 6970 ft (2124 m) above sea level. It is a component of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). [label info]
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CARVED IMAGE OF EMPTINESS / ZINC ROOM -- "Lie, Illusions, Mystifications / Zinc 99,99" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2007 Imp. Hate Fac., IMPHF 002 / Evil Dead Productions, EDP 006
This CD contains not even a split, but in fact 2 full-length albums of two Russian industrial projects, both coming from Ekaterinburg, Ural region. Carved Image Of Emptiness isn't so easily categorized with one term, during their half of the disc the style changes in quite unpredictable manner. The album starts with an energetic industrial track with sampled distorted bass guitar (well, when you write about noise music you can't be completely sure about the sound sources, but it sounds like bass guitar here) and various samples. Then comes unhurried, sombre and serious neo-classics which changes with more "fairy" track. Then again, a neo-classical composition in which pompous martial-like "verse" (think about Der Blutharsch) alternates with totally cartoon-style "chorus" (think about "Crocodile Gena"). During the last 4 tracks the same metamorphoses happen... I think this could be a good soundtrack for some slightly naive, but thus interesting industrial movie from 80-90-ies... Zinc Room is quite another matter! Here you can feel the addiction to the old noise school: in his tracks analogue distortion (bass guitar, percussion, steel objects) blends with field recordings and samples. The recordings are mostly not aggressive (unlike, say, Japanese act K2 who uses a lot of iron as well), but somehow sadly pensive. Like an abandoned rusty factory building standing in the field and grown by weeds long ago. However the spirits of industrialization still live there and sometimes continue their mechanical activity.
CAST -- "Are Teek L" -- CD -- €7
2005 Peace Technologies, PT 002, (ltd. 500)
Denis Kaznacheev was born in 1983 in Tashtagol, Siberia. He adore music from his early childhood. He began from hip-hop and came to electronic music. His concert program started with idm project CAST when he was 18. In 2003 Denis came to Moscow, where his first album released. [label info]
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CAT'N'BONE -- "Butterfly" -- 3"CD-R -- €3
2010 self-released, (ltd. 20)
Hollow Concrete Noise Ambient with industrial taste. Sophisticated medical fetish package. [YAOP]
CAT.N.BONE -- "Pencil" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 self-released, (ltd. 20)
Beautiful and interesting Old-School Industrial / Musique Conrete, exploring the cultural and sonic phenomenon of a pencil. Paper sleeve with a sticker, 8-page A5 booklet, a set of 6 pencils, rubber and blade. [YAOP]
CAT'N'BONE -- "Sniff a Tree" -- CD-R -- €5
2010 self-released, (ltd. 8)
Art Noise / Noise Ambient with mysterious stalking atmosphere. Jewel-case with tho cards and a piece of dendromaterial. Just 8 copies!! [YAOP]
CAT.N.BONE / EGO DEATH -- "Unveiling The Wicked Dead Glass Behind A Curtain Of Thin Tissue Under Any Circumstances" -- 3"CD-R + 3"DVD-R -- €6
2012 self-released, (ltd. 22)
CATATONIC FACTUM -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT45, (ltd. 45)
Painted in cold sullen colours of non-agressive Industrial, icy Space Ambient and sometimes even brutal Harsh Noise, this album is a documentary precise portrait of the civilization in the end of Kali-Yuga, the hell on Earth, the most horrible anti-utopia which became the reality. Gloomy reign of machines managing everything, zombie people dully doing their work in hope to damp their fear of themselves for at least an hour, cybersystems without masters, because everyone - from the almighty corporation heads to the last bums - are the slaves of the idiotic solidarity of weakness. Gmashes and rustles of the unknown aggregates, morse peeps, radio intercepts of office talks (which stink of depression and fear much more than any contemporary "suicide rock"). Even the appeal to the glorious pages of the national history is impregnated with pompous hollywood reek of mass-culture. A remarkable audio-film about our common concentration camp. Strongly recommended. 45 copies are packed in the pages and photos from the report of the US Mine Department of the Interior from 1973. Each copy is unique. [press-release]
CATHEDRA -- "Time Was Away 1992-1997" -- 2 CD -- €15 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 191-2, (ltd. 350)
Ritual Industrial / Neoclassical. Known today for his projects CODEX EMPIRE and ANTECHAMBER, and as one half of KONSTRUKTIVISTS, MITRA MITRA and OPPENHEIMER MKII, Mark Crumby has been writing and recording since 1990. One of his earliest solo projects, CATHEDRA, recorded and issued a number of releases between 1992 and 1997 on a range of labels including Ant-Zen, OBUH records, MuzaMuza and Jara Discs... After being out of print for over 20 years, a new double-CD, ‘Time Was Away’ compiles 29 tracks selected from these releases, completely remastered, and in some cases remixed from the original master/multitrack tapes... Split over 2 CD’s, the material is divided thematically, with the first disc focusing on ritual/industrial/electronic material, and the second disc compiling classical/soundtrack pieces. The CDs are housed in a ecopak sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 350 copies. [label info]
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CATHEDRAL NIGHTMARES -- "Scincraeftcan" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2021 Dödens Kultur, DK№09, (ltd. 34)
Black Ambient. On his second release, a project from the Königsberg (Kaliningrad) underground presents even more versatile and distinctive look at Black Ambient: an abundance of analog synthesizers, sketches of acoustic guitar permeated with medieval melodies, Raw Black Metal cover on the great The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud, a magical tribute to Dungeon Synth, diabolical avant-garde performance among ruins and caves - all this united by austere and free spirit of old Europe and the blackest techno magic. "A prophet sleeps in every person, and when it awakens, a little more evil is added to the world." The package is hand-made of artificial leather, cardboard and paper. Each copy is numbered by hand. [label info]
CAVE DWELLER -- "Walter Goodman (Or The Empty Cabin In The Woods)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Aesthetic Death, ADCD 072
Neofolk / Experimental. Solo project of Adam R. Bryant from PANDO. An experiment in music and poetry that explores and touches on themes of loneliness and dealing with mental illness. Each track was recorded and mixed differently, using multiple mediums and techniques, including simple smartphone tracking, digital and analog tape recording methods, and field recordings at places of importance. [from the artist] Released in a 6-panel digipak with a 24-page booklet.
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CAWATANA -- "Decline Of Privileges" -- CD EP -- €7 [-50%]
2015, Lichterklang, LK033, (ltd. 270)
Five years after their last sign of life the hungarian neofolk legend return with a new 6-track EP, continuing the concept that has started with the "Advocation Of Privileges" CD. [label info]
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CD-R -- "Antipathetic" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2004 Spirals Of Involution, SOI 038, (ltd. 99)
First official release of young Moscow-based noise band. Dissimilar sounding compositions blend together features of analogue sound sources and digital design/processing. The last track is a provocative hello to Anna Hermann, done as a unrecognizable recycling of her song.
CELLERINO, EDGARDO MOIA -- "L'Amore Che Gira Il Mondo" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2009 Oltrelanebbiailmare, CD200903
Oltrelanebbiailmare is proud to introduce the solo debut CD of Edgardo Moia Cellerino, best known as Le Masque's singer. "L'amore che gira il mondo" is a collection of songs taken from various Le Masque albums, compilations and very rare and unreleased tracks. Edgardo has just got back during November from the prestigious Tenco Festival, a showcase dedicated to the most valid Italian singer-songwriters, where he received the SIAE/Club Tenco Prize as the best emerging author/songwriter with the following mention: "His lyrics are illuminated by all-consuming landscapes. His language is made of an almost embarassing extreme and refined elegance, and reminds the greatest Italian writers of the Twentieth Century, from Pavese to Buzzati. Nonetheless he defines himself just like "a polka-dot illustrator on clowns costumes". At the Tenco Festival he presented some of his songs in concert, including the new album title-track. For all the Le Masque aficionados and for all the lovers of Italian songwriting... This is a must! [label info]
CELLERINO, EDGARDO MOIA -- "L'Impazienza Di Restare" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Oltrelanebbiailmare, CD201618
Singer-Songwriter. New solo album from the LE MASQUE's singer. The Italian way to sing poetry. Elegance and refinement reminiscent of David Sylvian's songs without forgetting the best tradition of Italian songwriters. [Sugar & Spice]
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CELLERINO, EDGARDO MOIA -- "Plays Le Masque (Soundtrack)" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2019 Oltrelanebbiailmare, CD201921, (ltd. 100)
Singer-Songwriter. "I like life because I remember. This is not just another collection, but a filmed reproduction of Le Masque on the invisible screen of memory." (EMC) PLAYS LE MASQUE (SOUNDTRACK) is a soundtrack to a film that anyone can imagine as they wish. Edgardo reinterprets, re-elaborates and relives some of Le Masque's tracks creating the "definitive" work. Songs that are images that flow through our lives. [label info]
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CENT ANS DE SOLITUDE & FLINT GLASS -- "Sprengbagger 1010" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Les Nouvelles Propagandes, NP.027
Industrial / Soundtrack. Germany, 1929 – After developing the plans for a huge excavator for his coal mining company, the engineer Karl Hartmann yearns for the fresh air far from his smog-filled industrial world. He returns to the village of his childhood going back to his roots in the countryside, participating in rural life, working in his grand-mother’s mill and enjoying his free time with Camilla, the pretty girl from the nearby castle. However, his assistant, Olga Lossen, discovering the plans for his machine and recognising their importance, asks the board of directors to bring Hartmann back in order to build it... The engineer is torn apart by the two women and the two conflicting ways of life. At the very moment he has to make a choice, he discovers that the village was built on a giant coal mine. This revelation seals the fate of the whole community. The giant machine, like an apocalyptic creature begins its deadly task, swallowing up the very ground, destroying the natural environment and the castle, tearing people away from their collapsing homes and bringing death and ruin into the midst of what ought to have been an Eden... Cent Ans de Solitude and Flint Glass offer a musical interpretation of the conflicts arising throughout the movie. The live performance consists of a mixture of their own unique approach to sounds, made up of electronic layers and including acoustic elements deriving from objects being transformed from their original functions, such as scratching metal, hitting stone or bending springs. These sounds mimic the devastating effects of the monstrous machine and the industrial world it comes from. This cinema concert immerses the viewer into a dense musical environment, backed by the melodic electronic lines which echo the cold and brutal sounds of metal. [press-release]
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CHALK, ANDREW / RALF WEHOWSKY / ERIC LANZILLOTTA -- "Yang-Tul" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1998/2016 Cold Spring, CSR220CD
A legendary sound collaboration formed of two lengthy pieces. The first track features Andrew Chalk (Mirror, Ora, Ferial Confine) gently reworking the sound materials of Ralf Wehowsky (P16.D4). A hypnotic, slowly-evolving drone with waves of mysterious sounds, static and glitches. The second piece, on the other hand, finds Ralf Wehowsky composing a frenzied journey into otherworldly realms using sound material from Andrew Chalk and Eric Lanzillotta (Eye Music). These pieces reflect a sound unique from the work of any of the three individual participants, but clearly related. Subtle, but full of detail for the willing listener. Originally issued as limited coloured vinyl only on Lanzillotta’s label Anomalous Records in 1998. Cover painting by Andrew Chalk. Remastered for CD from the original master recordings. Digipak. [label info]
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CHANEY, NEIL -- "Aura (Original Soundtrack)" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2021 Cold Spring, CSR296CD
Dark Ambient / Neoclassical. We are very proud to release the original soundtrack by Neil Chaney to the British supernatural horror film "Aura" (aka The Exorcism Of Karen Walker). From the first notes, the incredibly evocative compositions feature huge swathes of cavernous Dark Ambient, with unsettling dark synths in the vein of the legendary '70's Italian Giallo horror. Quieter, and indeed sinister moments, are evoked by emotive strings, synths and piano, adding pathos and a melancholy atmosphere to the disturbing score... Aura: A couple discover Kirlian Photography apparatus in their new house. Intrigued by the concept of photographing peoples' Auras they unwittingly release an ancient evil. Only the local psychic can help and she knows far more than she reveals. Aura stars: Rula Lenska (a darling of British TV), Shane Taylor (Band Of Brothers), Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott (Nemesis)... Composing film soundtracks since 2009, Neil Chaney was also the creative mind behind the cinematic dark ambient / fortean electronics act SATORI (2007-2008 with Justin Mitchell), releasing their acclaimed album 'Kanashibari', and the EP 'Contemptus Mundi' (feat Magus Peter H Gilmore, High Priest of the Church Of Satan). He was also the creator of early 90's Industrial act PESSARY. [label info]
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CHAOTALION -- "Tannenholzrauch" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Attenuation Circuit, ACU 1004
Dark fir woods and weird pentagram-esque runes on the cover: How can the contents of this album not be a cliched, possibly black-metal influenced rendition of the idiotic “stay true to the soil” creed? Well, Alexander Marco has succeeded in tricking us all. His music on this album under the Chaotalion moniker is a vast expanse of breathing, pulsating ambient dreamscapes, cleverly evoking certain black metal genre elements, but totally eliding its ideology... Marco uses guitar and electronics to create the music on this album, but his textural approach owes a good deal to his work with not-so-musical sounds. A regular participant in the Noise Factory sessions hosted by Y-Ton-G, Marco is also schooled in musique concrete and assemblage of found sounds, and this rather constructivist approach gives this release a refreshingly sober, clear, kitsch-free touch. Actually, the album, with all its packaging and teutonic titles, might well be a conceptual ‘joke’ on certain ‘black’ aesthetics, but the music is too well-crafted to allow for an easy interpretation as a simple parody. [press-release]
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CHAOTIC BOUND SYSTEMS -- "Dissonanz" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2020 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 024
Dark Jazz / Experimental. This time I will be extremely brief: the one who manages to extract harmony from dissonance is a true master. The second album of the Yekaterinburg one-man project Chaotic Bound Systems is an example of true deep skill and genuine talent. Even more full-bodied, diverse and melodically more complex and multi-layered than the previous album "No light", but at the same time more transparent. Paradoxically, despite the abundance of instruments and their seemingly dissonant parts, the album has a lot of free space and air; there is not even a shadow of slowness and heaviness in it - which often happens with avant-garde jazz improvisations. Dissonance as a non-trivial and rare means of expanding the musical horizon, and consciousness. Depths and completeness of perception. [Providiy-137]
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CHAOTIC BOUND SYSTEMS -- "Dust Demons" -- CD-R EP -- €5 [-50%]
2022 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 030, (ltd. 30)
Dark Jazz / Avantgarde. This EP from CHAOTIC BOUND SYSTEMS contains its last recordings and was conceived as an addition to the Evil Dead Productions label compilation "Museum II". Atonal piano phrases, chaotic percussion, scattering guitar and double bass parts – all this is kept together by lingering saxophone solos. As if a quintet of jazz musicians got really high and slowed down; the world is collapsing, but they are trying not to lose the remnants of rational perception and they succeed, thanks to their strong musical professionalism. Only this whole quintet exists inside one head, which belongs to the author of the project – Andrey Kein (aka Kein Z. Necro) from Yekaterinburg, Russia. Andrey was also known for such projects as SOL MORTUUS, CHURCH OF HOWLING DOG, CARVED IMAGE OF EMPTINESS and more, but he left this world in the fall of 2021 (RIP!)... Two tracks, 13 minutes, pro-CDR with foldout cover in a PVC-sleeve.
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CHAOTIC BOUND SYSTEMS -- "No Light" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2018 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 021, (ltd. 300)
Dark Jazz / Dark Ambient / Experimental. New project of the Yekaterinburg-based musician Andrey Kein known for such names as Sol Mortuus, Church Of Howling Dog, Carved Image Of Emptiness, Zinc Room and Prognostic Zero. Unexpected combination of dark psychoactive jazzy atmosphere and avant-garde compositional techniques. Tenor sax, xaphoon, piano and guitar set the tone here, Kein uses them to create utterly abstract patterns, sometimes crosshatched by nervous passages of the rhythm section. It's impossible to memorize any melody here, but so easy to dive deep in a dark viscous mass of an absurd dreaming, hidden behind the thick curtains of a velvety night.
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CHASSE, LOREN & MICHAEL NORTHAM -- "The Otolith" -- CD -- €10
2008 Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS 014, (ltd. 700)
The recordings of Loren Chasse and Michael Northam begin and end with the great outdoors. Yet, the well-documented wanderlust of these two kindred sound artists is only part of the equation. Field recordings of wind, water, and stone intertwine and hybridize within private rituals of droning psychedelic ragas that return as a folklore reiterating the mystery of the natural world around us. Through his numerous contributions to the multi-faceted Jewelled Antler as well his solo work, Chasse has long postulated the microphone as an extension of his ear, which magnifies and probes the surface of the earth for a tactile grit that permeates all of the sounds that he generates. Northam claims his inspiration from vast geographies, microscopic detail, and severe weather, which he compacts through various techniques to explore what is between improvisation and acousmatic composition. Both Chasse and Northam entertain such notions through an alchemy of arcane instruments: autoharps, ouds, flutes, bells, gongs, bowed wires, harmonium, and Northam's magnetic table harp. The Otolith is the result of several years of work, with sounds gathered collectively in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout Europe. The album speaks as a bramble of fence wire and chaparral scrub oak, acquiring an unkempt collection of rubbish, cobwebs, insects, and soil within its tangle. As the wind pushes in one direction, this mass emits a quite if scratchy melody as if the ghost from a forgotten song; but when the wind changes directions, it bellows a rasping din of metal and vine cracking against itself. This sodden calliope tumbles into a miasma of droning atmospheres, softly rasped distortion, and very subtly rendered lulabies lurking deep within the overgrowth. Hand letter-pressed in an edition of 700 copies. [press-release]
CHIANURA, PIERO -- "10 Tumbleweeds" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Apparèmment Des Notes
Ambient / Instrumental Rock. The first solo album of Piero Chianura, the central figure of the Italian avant-progressive unit LA 1919 in the 80's! Although there is a single name on the cover, it is a work of a group, as Piero Chianura was supported by other musicians, such as drummer Federico Zenoni who is working with him together in LA 1919, guitarist Luca Formentini (FLOS), and producer Stefano Castagna (FLOS, SCREAM TEAM). Pleasant instrumental music centered around Piero Chianura's piano and synths, but it's quite an experimental ambient where some anomalous elements appear in the details. [Art Into Life]
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CHILDREN'S NOISE ORCHESTRA OF CHILDREN'S ARTS SCHOOL #1 -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT34, (ltd. 96)
An orchestra of Children's Art School #1 of Kamensk-Uralskiy town (Siberia) pupils headed by one of the most interesting Russian noise artists (Vitaly Maklakov - Light Collapse, Kromeshna, etc.). Avant-guard post-industrial collage built on lo-fi loops, multiple samples, voices and musical fragments. Retro-futurism as psychedelic kaleidoscope from future, past, present, childhood, maturity and non-existense... Two-sided printed sleeve. [press-release]
CHILDREN'S NOISE ORCHESTRA OF CHILDREN'S ARTS SCHOOL #1 -- "Floating Laundry (A Tale in 3 Parts)" -- CD-R -- €5
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT84, (ltd. 18)
On the second full length the sound of Children's Noise Orchestra has become closer to Musique Concrete / Industrial Avantgarde in best traditions of St. Petersburg's Experimental Sound Gallery (ESG-21). Samples of traditional instruments, domestic noises, enigmatic solos, poetry recitations. For the fans of Sergey Kuryokhin and Nikolay Soudnick. DVD-box, handmade cover. [label info]
CHUMAHO DREW -- "Pyatki (Heels)" -- CD-R -- €7
2020 UtrovortU, l-04
Chanson / Folk. The new Chumaho DREW release is uncomplicatedly called "Hills". However, one should not be deceived by such simplicity and frivolity, this is not about the bulging body parts on the back of the feet, this is an INVITATION TO THE GRAVE! First you have to put yourself in a coffin and wait for the arrival. And someone Kondrat will arrive! And bonfires will blaze, frying those very heels, and a human soup will gurgle in cauldrons, and a bald brunette will burst with laughter! And this very life of yours will flash before the fading inner gaze as a series of borscht plates, cigarettes and disappointments: "...I was born, studied, got married, took a mortgage... were these faded printscreens really me? Who am I? Did I ever exist?" Horror, chilling horror grips you! But salvation comes from where it wasn't expected. Musketeers from Chumaho DREW take you out of the grave, where they just put you, shake you well and say - "A la guerre comme a la guerre, bro! There is only now! Eat!" [from the authors] Released in handmade foldout cardboard sleeves.
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CHURCH OF HOWLING DOG -- "Ummu Hubur" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2019 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 022
Stoner Rock / Psychedelic Rock. Second full-length album of the Russian project CHURCH OF HOWLING DOG created by Andrey Kein, also known for SOL MORTUUS, CARVED IMAGE OF EMPTINESS, CHAOTIC BOUND SYSTEMS and several other bands. From the musical point of view, "Ummu Hubur" continues to walk along the path started on "Umbra" (2016) – a desert dirt road with sunburnt grass and dusty roots and bones lying around. However here is a significant difference from the previous work: the unhurried contemplative electric guitar chords in several tracks are accompanied by the clear voiсe of Gregory Shobolov who recited his philosophical text in Russian language, perfectly complementing the overall sonic picture. Piano, percussion, cello, organ, synthesizer and effects also play their role in creating the arrangements. Beautiful soundtrack for immersion in the freedom of Chaos.
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CHURCH OF HOWLING DOG / PROGNOSTIC ZERO -- "Across The Road / Ver.0.02.013." -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2013 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 012
Split of two Russian projects from Ekaterinburg. Church Of Howling Dog (side-project of mr. Kein from Carved Image Of Emptiness) presents three measured tracks in vein of atmospheric martial industrial / neoclassic, finely shaped according to the canons of the genre. Prognostic Zero (duet of Kein and Alexander i from Zinc Room / EDP label) starts with a dark ambient track with gregorian chorals and malignant whisper; then continued with a serious composition with industrial bass & rhythm, radionoises, strange voice samples and distorted pieces in vein of Zinc Room; and ended with another dark ambient track with quotations from classical church music.
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THE CIRCULAR RUINS -- "Realm of Possibility" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2002 Databloem, DBCD 002
Experimental / IDM. Ryhthmic ambient excursions: deep, complex, and beautiful. "Part of the strength of Circular Ruins material is the sheer attention to microscopic detail. One feels as if one is inside the machine, while at the same time still acting as audience to the vast sonic tapestry performed." - Brian Bieniowski. [label info]
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THE CIRCULAR RUINS & MYSTIFIED -- "Fantastic Journey" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2013/2021 Cold Spring, CSR298CD
Ambient / Drone. "Fantastic Journey" is an homage to writers such as Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and other pioneers from the early age of science fantasy. Stunningly adventurous dark ambient, dronescapes, pulsing synths, melancholic strings, and exploratory ambient electronica take us on a journey of imagination and ingenuity. Tales are woven of fantastic voyages and feats of scientific endeavour, through subterranean worlds, mysterious unexplored islands, Utopian societies, travels through time, and the farthest reaches of outer space... "Fantastic Journey" perfectly encapsulates the wondrous visions of these futuristic writers over the last 150 years. Designed for serious listening and exercising your imagination... Originally released in 2013, we are proud to release "Fantastic Journey" on CD-proper for the first time, with an exclusive 10-minute bonus track, taking the intrepid listener on one last marvellous adventure... Composed and performed using various samples, synthesizers, and field recordings by Anthony Paul Kerby (The Circular Ruins) and Thomas Park (Mystified). [label info]
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CISAK, PIOTR + PETAR STIPSITS -- "Phonetics Of The Unspeakable II" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Ostroga, OTR-078, (ltd. 50)
Instrumental / Improv / Electronics. Recorded in Vienna, Febriary 9th 2016. Piotr Cisak - cello & effects,
Petar Stipsits - drums. 50 copies in PVC sleeve.
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CISFINITUM -- "The Bog" -- CD -- €12
2013 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-39
This album is dedicated to the archetype of the toad in the world's mythology and based on re-processed sounds of frogs, toads and swamps. Field recordings were made during travels in China, India and Kavkaz and parts of the sound sources from friendly sound artists as Mars F. Weillink (ex-Vance Orchestra), Andrea Marutti (Amon) and Roman Voronovski (Rombix). Track 3 contains a looped voice by Dasha Baskakova and sounds recorded at Volkonski Dolmen using sine generator and dolmen original acoustic. Track 4 is based on pitched loops of a violin and sounds from Mars. No any preset sounds/ synths used on this record. [label info]
CISFINITUM -- "Coniunctio" -- 2 CD -- €13
2005/2006 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 009 CD, 2nd edition, (ltd. 500)
Cisfinitum is one of the oldest and well-known projects on Russian industrial scene, and shortly after their well-acclaimed 7" on Drone, Ewers Tonkunst is happy to present another international release of this remarkable project. This 2CD-set contains the tracks from the most gloomy and profound albums of Cisfinitum - "Landschaft" (released in 2001 as CDR by IVB Records) and "Malgyl" (previously unreleased), which have been recorded in 1999-2001. The material has been remastered and recompiled to become the new entity called "Coniunctio". Newborn album consists of two parts, "Worlds Of Retribution" and "Heavenly Russia", the first one contains most dark and depressive tracks, the second one presents brighter side of Cisfinitum. Going through the desperate landscapes of today's dying spiritless world, the listener comes into the sacred and surreal inner space of an immaterial land full of light, mysticism and universal melancholy. One of the most beautiful and heartful records ever done in the drone ambient style, "Coniunctio" could remind of the best and saddest Maeror Tri albums or legendary HOEDH "Hymnus", but the irrational Russian essence within Cisfinitum's music makes it unique and completely original. The real masterpiece which we are really proud to release! The second edition of this double-CD comes in a stylish monochrome foldout digisleeve. The edition is limited to 500 copies. [press-release]
CISFINITUM -- "Music Of Light" -- CD-R -- €5
2005 Spirals Of Involution, SOI 050, (ltd. 157)
This is the most atypical album for Cisfinitum - a collection of most experimental, harsh and uneasy noisy tracks. Contains a fragment of insane live performance in Moscow, 1999.
CLAUSTHOME -- "Radiophare [Lampe D'Ambiance]" -- CD -- €9
2005 Indiestate, IST 034 CD, (ltd. 500)
Clausthome is another project of the Latvian band Claustrum known for their great release on Old Europa Cafe. "Radiophare" brings the listener first class radio-noise in a vein of Bad Sector, Arecibo or SETI/Lagowski. This material was gathered during two years (under project research named Clausthome) using different ways of radio waves scanning, data gathered by radio telescopes and archives of universe research data servers. It was a sound analysis experiment, where material and after-processing of both Earth and cosmic authentic static radiation were used, applying different sound alteration programs and sampling methods, as well as sound synthesis creating music environment. It is a process of translation and transformation that leads towards awareness of that potential environment, which can be created using the gathered material. CD comes in a silver-black digisleeve with an insert and limited to 500 copies. [press-release]
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CLAUSTHOME -- "Radiophare II [Les Ondes Radio]" -- CD -- €9
2010 Indiestate, IST 081 CD, (ltd. 500)
The Latvian radionoise gurus Clausthome are back! With its new work "radiophare [les ondes radio]" they offer a new trip into the world of the radio waves. The route is a bit different than in the previous work "radiophare [lampe d'ambiance]" (Indiestate, 2005) - now it is closer to the actual radio waves and leads through darker spaces. Sometimes you will be left alone in the beauty of the invisible electromagnetic choir that surrounds us all. Sometimes there will be mere documental fragments thrown into your ear. At some point, it is sounding like a story about life - a look at life through radio waves. The sound here is made using carefully selected and processed scans and recordings of the radio waves, served by Clausthome's usual attitude to the radionoise aesthetics. The release is limited to 500 copies and comes in a monochrome silkscreened digisleeve, recommended to the fans of Bad Sector, John Duncan and other radionoise and radiodrone projects. [press-release]
CLEANING WOMEN -- "Pulsator" -- CD -- €9
2001/2004 Soyuz Music, BV-1
Industrial clangs and yells, echoes of Lapland lullabies, a Sufi and smile on techno-pop. Cleaning Women found the way off from the autobahn where Kraftwerk brought the music - directly in the parallel world, to Cleanus, the planet of cleaning robots. The most witty anti-utopia, most ominous dances, most functional clothes dryers! [AFI]
CLEW OF THESEUS -- "The Playground Of The Damned" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 Cipher Productions, (sic 41), (ltd. 100)
Noise. Recorded in 2002-2003, 'The Playground Of The Damned' was originally intended for Self Abuse's Solipsism sub-label, which unfortunately was ended before this disc could see the light of day. While a small artist edition disappeared into the ether, it's now finally time to bring 'The Playground Of The Damned' out from obscurity. The disc is a maelstrom of intense, engaging, finessed piece of harsh sonics with a heavier editing presence than other Clew Of Theseus releases, and mastered to painful perfection. 'The Playground Of The Damned' is the most focused, most tightly-wound, most intimidating release from Clew Of Theseus to date, carefully balanced with shorter ambient interludes and sample use. [label info]
CLIMAX DENIAL -- "You're Never Safe" -- CD-R -- €10
2008 BloodLust!, B!110
Power Electronics / Noise. First full-length recording after the debut on 7" on same label. Comprised of nine pieces including a befitting cover version of the delightfully indelicate DEATHPILE song, "Breaking A Doll". "You're Never Safe" is an excellent showcase of the unique blend of power-electronics and death-industrial! But let's just call it music from now on, that Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Climax Denial, AKA Alex Kmet, is increasingly well-known for. This CD was skillfully mastered by Thomas Garrison (CONTROL, EXSANGUINATE) at Misanthrope Studios in Santa Cruz, California. [Old Europa Cafe]
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CLINIC OF TORTURE -- "Whip And Pierce" -- CD -- €25
2001/2003 Freak Animal Records, FREAK-CD-030, (ltd. 200)
Noise / Industrial. One of the numerous projects of the restless Mikko Aspa (GRUNT). This CD collects tracks from the 2001 "Whip & Pierce" LP and from the 2003 "Perversion Bizar" 3"CDr. First edition, limited to 200 copies.
CLOAMA -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2005 New Old Sentinel, Sentinel-CD-01, (ltd. 500)
New Old Sentinel is a subdivision of Neuroscan.Org run by Jasse TUUKKI also STROM.ec member. This second album by CLOAMA offers very obscure industrial with ambient and experimental touches dealing with frequences, radiations and waves as well as their possible effects on nature, mind and body… Strange and quite subtile, evocative, deep atmospheres are developing along the five tracks/43 minutes of this CD enhanced by some frightening, hostile and weird elements setting off thebeauty of the the whole and revealing a contrast between peaceful apparences and things behind the mirror… Reminding us of some SCHLOSS TEGAL works. Recommended! Matte printed colour cardboard in A5 plastic sleeve. Edition of 500. [press-release]
CLOAMA + BLUTLEUCHTE -- "From Wasteland Mausoleums" -- CD -- €11
2007 New Old Sentinel, Sentinel-CD-06, (ltd. 500)
New collaboration of two Finnish projects released in summer 2007. Die Blutleuchte are known for their single yet very successful album, one of the best releases of Sahko Records. "From Wasteland Mausoleums" is a glance at the world which is hard to recognize: deserted, bewitched, thrown back in time. Both projects left their power-electronics ambitions for a while, and also went to the past. Ritual evening with candles, an evening of memory of German pioneers of electronic music, guitar improvisations, strange combination of melodic and noisy fragments, an ofter metaphore for a typical dichotomy of life - 12 tracks lasting for about an hour. Limited edition with 8-page booklet, 500 copies. [Monochrome Vision]
CLOSEDUNRUH -- "Sand Atmet Zeit - Los!" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2001 E-Klageto, 01001
Experimental Electronics / Ambient. A project of the German musician Thomas Tier. Abstract electronics and instrumental rhythmical compositions.
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CLOSING THE ETERNITY -- "Kosmodrones" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT35, (ltd. 212)
This album of the established Russian project was recorded in 1999-2002 but released only now. Three tracks interwoven with semantic interference with three poems of Georgy Ivanov about what is left after "the attack of atomic hysteria / will scatter everything in flare of azure". Black drone of cosmic vacuum and icy glow of monumental electronic melodies. "Only yellow day-dawn / Only icy stars / Only millions of years". Full-colour cover, three inserts with poems by Ivanov. [press-release]
CODEX OCCVLTA -- "Porta" -- CD-R -- €8
2020 self-released, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient. The first release of the long-existing and often performing St. Petersburg project Codex Occulta. "The material was recorded in different periods between 2008 and 2019, each track was inspired by an internal search under the influence of ancient dark cults, the main goal is to convey a meditative state and mood, when the sound becomes a kind of portal to another realm of images and archetypes, into the world behind the looking-glass of our reality." [from the author] Released in a 4-panel digipak.
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COH -- "COH DOMA" -- CD -- €14
2018 retortae, elixir 12, (ltd. 200)
New album from Ivan Pavlov aka CоH is a recording session in memory of his old friend Mika Vainio, who sadly passed away last year. The concert based upon this material took place place at Dom cultural centre in Moscow on 18.06.17. Unfortunately, the original live recording was lost due to a hard disk crash. Presented record is a live-in-a-studio version of the show, carefully engineered and mastered for the CD release. Musically it is deep electronic ambient with some throbbing rhythm pulsations and occasional glitches. CoH is active since late-90es, the project has got numerous releases on various labels including such milestones of modern electronic scene as Raster-Noton and Mego. Ivan also was a part of a post-utopian project Soisong made together with Peter Christopherson of Coil. Most of CoH releases had very special packages and our release is not exception – the CD packed in a special octagon-shaped thick black silkscreened carton package with a die-cut window and strictly limited to 200 copies only. [label info]
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COH -- "Mort Aux Vaches" -- CD -- €12
2003 Mort Aux Vaches, (ltd. 1000)
Glitch / Experimental. Recorded live 15/07/00 at the VPRO studio, broadcasted on VPRO Radio 5 "De Avonden". CD comes in six-panel plastic packaging held together with a metal brad.
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COIL presents BLACK LIGHT DISTRICT -- "A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room" -- CD -- €13
1996/2018 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-87
IFP presents: reissue of one of the key albums in COIL discography - "A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room". Recorded in 1996 as "Black Light District" project, the name was taken from a track by Boyd Rice. John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Drew McDowall, Danny Hyde were a part of this record and current reissue is authorized by Danny Hyde. Remastered by Martin Bowes. This CD contains an unreleased (!) track from the "Black Light District" recording session and Danny Hyde's comments in the booklet. [label info]
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COLD CAVE -- "Cremations" -- CD -- €10
2009 Hospital Productions, HOS-248
Cremations is a collection of early demo/live/and unreleased tracks from Cold Cave. From the projects isolated beginnings to the recent full band line-up the development of this singular musical entity is documented here in its icy electronic glory. From Cold Cave’s infancy sexual identity and oblique existentialism have been expressed through biting lyrics and electronic minimalism. Rarely has the human condition been exposed so brazenly as in “Sex Ads”. Melodies, noise and rhythms clash as stories from below the surface are retold. From the demo LP Coma Potion, which featured a rugged stripped down distortion, to the suggestive Electronic Dreams tour cassette (featuring the voice of Max Morton on the track “Heavenly Metals”). Cold Cave has developed its own brand of genre defying electronic music, without ever betraying its dark roots. Love and pornography, Industrial music and traditionalism, poetry and profanity all mix together in a hedonistic, cocktail of nihilistic nights and mournful mornings. Cremations collects all this work for the first and last time. [press-release]
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COLD FUSION & RUKKANOR -- "Wunderwaffe" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Rage In Eden, RAGE 50, (ltd. 500)
The 5th anniversary of War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden we'd like to celebrate with our classic re-edition. Critically acclaimed martial industrial split "Wunderwaffe" of Cold Fusion and Rukkanor, after first versions V-1 and V-2, this time comes as a V-3 weapon - third (and definitely last) time. Album contains two unpublished bonus tracks, both from "Wunderwaffe" session, and original, conceptual artwork made by Michal Karcz. Total time 42 minutes, 8 tracks in digipack. Limited to 500 copies. [press-release]
COLOSSLOTH -- "Heathen Needles" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Cold Spring, CSR235CD
Industrial / Electronics. On his second album, Colossloth continues his esoteric sonic crusade of volatile yet absorbing audio textures. Cold electronica, with swathes of rhythmic power noise and industrial harshness, tempered with penetrating song structures. Eleven tracks of austere, reflective and exploratory electronics for journeys made into the hidden realms underpinning daily life, spanning the bridge between gnosis and praxis. The dissonance of opposites falling into elemental synthesis with a sound and approach influenced from the past, present and future, letting us remain anachronistic yet temporal voyeurs in the abyss evoked forth. Digipak. [label info]
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COLOSSLOTH -- "Plague Alone" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Cold Spring, CSR277CD
Industrial / Experimental. When these tracks were recorded in spring-summer 2019, when the prophetic album title was set in stone, who knew what turbulence the world would undergo, what social isolation we would endure. To face a plague alone... Landscapes sheathed in cacophony, a new sound being forged, emerging from the fractured sonics and sepulchral bass rumblings. A bold move forward towards the cinematic... transcendence born from ancient currents stirred up into frenzied and chthonic ritual. Esoteric music for transportation and immersion, taming the wilderness of the ravaged psyche. Digipak. [label info]
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COLUMN ONE -- "Early Apes 1993-1995" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Nefryt, N 021, (ltd. 500)
Remastered LP "Dream Box Experience" + alternative version of tracks from "This Is My Dream", "An Analog Anthology - Never Mind The World" & one track unpublished never before. Comes in very nice A5 folder includes 6 cards extra. [label info]
COLUMN ONE -- "Early Tapes 1992-1994" -- CD -- €10
2011 Nefryt, N 020, (ltd. 500)
Unknown versions of tracks from: "The Individual Box", New-Re-Generation", "Various Dreamdances", "Coincidentia Oppositorum", "THX1138", "Two Flowers For The Travel" & "Odyssee" + 4 tracks unpublished before. All material is remastered by Robert Schalinski. Comes in A5 folder includes 8 cards extra. [label info]
COMFORTER vs. LEFTHANDEDDECISION -- split -- CD-R -- €8
2003 Spirals Of Involution, SOI 031, (ltd. 104)
Split release of Russian and American projects, playing digital harsh-noise. An hour of constant flow of dense, gritting sound, like a fork in your ear. Highly brutal.
COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER -- "Egregore" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Cold Spring, CSR271CD
Ritual Ambient. Égrégore is a ritual collaboration between B.S.s. (Common Eider, King Eider, Badgerlore / Six Organs Of Admittance collaborator) and Arexis (La Breiche, Coume Ouarnede, Stille Volk, Ihan)… and all of the spirits of the Pyrenees present during those Dark Moon Rituals, wishing to speak. Born under May’s New Dark Moon in 2018, born in secrecy, in darkness, in Ritual. Born in a tiny cabin in the Pyrenees of France… Born in humbleness… in friendship. Born to offer voice to the stones and waters and stars and all the spirits of that land. Born to summon… Born to give thanks... Rituals documented late into the night and early morning hours. Black moon… Black Mother… Voices captured whispering, wailing, lashing out. Rocks ground together, bundles of branches channeling voices hanging in the air, wishing to be heard, but spoken with a foreign tongue. Bells ring to both banish and invoke. Antlers scratching… mapping a direction… drawing digits. Voices speaking of loss, of longing… of hope, of despair. Voices singing of the broken relationship with the land and spirits. Voices screaming for repair and reciprocity... Recorded live using electronics, rocks, antler, branches and voice. Four offerings given as gifts to the black air… the burnt soil… Gifts to the Spirits living in those forests and mountains of the Pyrenees. Dark moon folk magic… Housed in a beautiful matte-laminate gatefold ecopak, with visuals prepared by Kevin Gan Yuen (Sutekh Hexen). [label info]
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COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER -- "Shrines For The Unwanted, Respite For The Cast Aside" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Cold Spring, CSR235CD
Ritual / Dark Ambient. The triumphant reawakening of San Francisco’s masters of behemoth ritualistic darkness… Within “Shrines For The Unwanted, Respite For The Cast Aside”, bone, antler and voice produce connective threads between the worlds, as guitar and percussion punctuate shifts in mood. Voices call to the spirits, and the spirits call back in return. Recorded in 2016 during four private, collective only rituals, the pieces pull the listener through the darkest and most overgrown trails of the blackest forest. Monumental and horizonless ritualistic black ambience. Vocal visitations by A.C. Way of Sutekh Hexen. Common Eider, King Eider is headed by Rob Fisk (ex-Deerhoof) and Andee Connors (A Minor Forest, legendary aQuarius boss). Spot-varnished digipak. [label info]
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COMPULSIVE SHOPPING DISORDER -- "In The Cube" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Rage In Eden, RAGE 63
Bold and original arrangements, dense and oppresive electronic sounds, aggressive industrial phrases, melancholic melodies and cold, impassive voice. Where the darkness and music become to one, COMPULSIVE SHOPPING DISORDER is alone with you. So at last there is a chance to slow down, stay for a while, look at the mirror and open themselves. Touching your own weaknesses you get back your sensitivity, lost in depression of life. Listen to this musical diary of everyday fears and find yourself between words setting modern world a challenge. This is a testimony filled with gloomy romanticism of Kirlian Camera, Coil's sonic sadness and energetic clamour of Skinny Puppy. Listen on minimal level, at night's solitude. 7 tracks, 52 minutes, 3-pannel digipack. [label info]
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CONCRETE / LIGHT COLLAPSE -- split -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2014 Torga Amun, Amun-072, (ltd. 20)
HNW split between German and Russian projects. A5 black / white glossy envelope.
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CONCRETE VIOLIN -- "End Times" -- CD-R -- €7
2003 Solipsism, Solipsism-55, (ltd. 100)
Raw noise music of American PE-school with monotonous noisescapes and lots of distorted vocals. Concrete Violin here isn't that agressive as his colleagues usually are, this album is even atmospheric to a certain extent.
CONDANNA -- "E I Vermi Ameranno La Mia Carne" -- CD -- €10
2008 Rustblade, rbl014
CONDANNA is an original experiment through alchemical audio activities characterized by an obsessive and introspective research of sound. 50 minutes to discover the circular subconscious, the dark soul, there finding a deep penetration in the wound of silence: this is "….e i vermi ameranno la mia carne", the CONDANNA debut cd. Everything has been programmed with an old "Roland" sequencer and all sounds come from synths and samplers, without additional pc editing or mastering. This first work is an attempt to create a personal manifesto able to transmit a complete lack of expression. A coma of the soul, a coma of the soul born from a hidden anger in the flesh, existential bruising eternally present. In 2005 the live performance began, outlined by a sound complex and eclectic; at the heart of the live performance is a component of improvisation with the use of instruments that allow CONDANNA to interact with his state of mind and his instinct at the same time, creating a greater sense of truth to the sounds played live. From these live experiments some of the recorded material in this new release emerged. [press-release]
CONIGLIO, ENRICO / UNDER THE SNOW -- "Dialogue One" -- CD -- €10
2011 Silentes, cd 201128
Dark Ambient / Minimal. This is the first split work between UNDER THE SNOW and various artists/friends. Nearly an hour of suggestive "border" music, equally divided between the relaxing and ambient atmospheres contaminated with experimental elements created by Enrico Coniglio, and the low-fi/rough sounds and atmospheres crafted by Under the Snow (Stefano Gentile (SEAMUS, SEELE) and Gianluca Favaron (LASIK SURGERY, AB'SHE)) - not so different but with a more dramatic, tense and hypnotic doom - built on deep drones stratifications, often hard and cutting, with a wide collection of noises, electronic hassles, ununderstandable wispherings, concrete moments... A perfect join-venture, a mix among two different music projects that gather coherence and inspiration to "sustain" a split album that showcases a not to be missed fusion of styles among the involved artists, oriented on parallel patterns, clearly increasing the value of their own personal and somehow different sonic directions. [press-release]
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CONJECTURE -- "Hydra" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 227-2, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. Conjecture started in 2013 is the solo music project of the Greek Avant-Garde visual artist Vasilis Angelopoulos. His music roughly stays in a fixed musical pattern and is easily shifting between different genres and concepts. Using mostly hardware synthesizers, metal sheets, piezo microphones, DIY impulse responses "collected" from abandoned buildings, and tape-manipulation expresses his manifestos upon human existence, religious folklore stereotypes and transcendence through archetypal rituals, body deconstruction, human subtraction and murder... On his album for Zoharum, Angelopoulos pays homage to Greek mythology. Every track (and album itself) is titled after more or lesser known mythic creature and tells its own story. As expected, music is dark and sublime and production is perfectly executed - sound is crunchy and powerful. Tension is built from the very first and is being kept high until the last track which eases it off with soothing ambient, field recordings and... trumpet (seriously) giving this amazing album closure it deserves... Greeks seem to have their own vision of ritual industrial music and they perfected it in an amazing way. Conjecture is no exception here. His take on the subject is mature and original and manifests in ruthless machine rhythms and cinematic storytelling that keeps you captivated from the very beginning to the very end... CD edition of 300 copies comes in 6 panel digipack. [label info]
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CONTAGIOUS ORGASM -- "Dessert Addicts Will Return To This" -- 2 CD -- €24 [-50%]
2004 Ant-Zen, act 171
Contagious Orgasm's new work, two years after 'The Cause Of The Flow', is presented on Ant-Zen as a 2-cd set, consisting of 'Dessert Addicts...' on cd 1 and all of the album tracks remixed by 11 different artists on cd 2. The variety of sounds and musical styles on this album is remarkable. A few examples: dub-like beats ('Livewire Voodoo'), a nearly neo-classical tune with bowed and pizzicato strings ('In the Dim Light'), a surreal piece reminding one of a soundtrack to a picture by René Magritte ('Unstable Parade'), a possible reference to Barry Adamson - that is, 60's movie phrases and jazz trumpet ('Lounge') - and of course the atmospheric ambient soundscapes C.O. is known for. Top all of that off with the rhythmic and abstract usage of various percussion instruments. Also, C.O. has employed found sounds: sounds taken during the project's trip to Europe in 2001, "Peek and Poke" (microcomputer's basic command for 'Read and Write') includes voices and sounds from a German TV documentary - these voice samples have only been used for the sound itself because C.O. mastermind Hiroshi Hashimoto doesn't speak German. Japanese references can be found on the calm, chilling final track of the cd - with this track C.O. masterfully works with beautiful female vocals... CD2 is a reconstruction of the tracks from the album - done by artists from all over the world. Ultra Milkmaids turn C.O.'s work into a Sonic-Youth-like acoustic guitar & electric bass tune. Daniel Menche adds an intense bass, irritating voice samples and lots of noise. Telepherique embeds the strings on 'In the Dim Light' into meditative bass pulses that are followed by shuffling beat sequences. Xabec presents an ambient soundscape with clicks and drones. P.A.L's track is a little radio play based on the German sample "Als ich in die Wohnung kam..." - the story of a worker ant who arrives at home to find it conquered by various uninvited guests. Roger Rotor's unstable parade is a stable, fast tek-track, followed by the dark ambient drones and slight beats done by The (Law-Rah) Collective. Donna Summer says: "Who is Barry Adamson - disco will never die!", and after dancing, it's time to listen to Imminent's strange rhythmic piece. The last two tracks are ambient soundscapes done by Orphx and Ontayso... Packaging: special transparent paper booklet + 2cd-jewelcase. [label info]
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CONTAGIOUS ORGASM -- "Illegal Occupation of Ears" -- CD -- €10
2000 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 026
The Japanese master of recycled ambient-sounds! 2 long tracks, 2 real sound sculptures, 2 more surprises for your ears with his unique way to re-work & assembling broken sounds! The cover presents some collages by Ryuta Nogouchi a new very interesting japanese designer. [label info]
CONTAGIOUS ORGASM -- "Thin Skinned" -- CD -- €10
1989/2010 Industrial Recollections
3rd tape from 1989 presents 2 long tracks, in total c. 45 minutes of playing time of experiemental industrial by the Japanese cult band. Those who heard the previous two tapes re-issued, canґt go wrong with this one! [label info]
CONTAGIOUS ORGASM -- "Ultramarine" -- CD -- €10
2016 SSSM, sssm-118
Brand new album from Japan's Contagious Orgasm. A very unique sound with strange landscapes in numerous and different musical styles. But because of the countless noise, electronica, classical and experimental sounds to dark ambient it is so much more than that. Great twists of sound and colour, a wonderful scene description on each track, a true tour through the electronic sound space. Gatefold digisleeve. [Cold Spring]
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CONTAGIOUS ORGASM + GOVERNMENT ALPHA -- "Heartstrings" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2006 SSSM, SSSM-108, (ltd. 500)
Third recent collaboration release on Contagious Orgasm's home label, this time with Yasutoshi Yoshida of Government Alpha who's been responsible for the great collage artwork on all these CDs. Over these 12 tracks, Government Alpha's screeching blasts of white-hot electronic noise are cut-up and mixed in with Contagious Orgasm's industrial rhythms, off-beat collages and found sounds. Surreal, unusual and highly listenable. [Mechanoise Labs]
CONTAGIOUS ORGASM + INSTINCT PRIMAL -- "Giant Fish" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 SSSM, sssm-113, (ltd. 300)
Giant Fish is the result of creative collaboration and sharing of sounds between Contagious Orgasm and Instinct Primal. The album is a rich mixture of deep, dark, funereal and space ambient with rhythmic beats. Some tracks demand your full attention and there is no escape. Some can have a hypnotic effect on a sensitive mind and trigger a whole new inner world of abstract ideas and imagination. Clear your mind after a difficult day and immerse yourself. The sound is made for a experience listeners who like to enjoy a daily dose of "primal orgasm". Released in a four panel cardboard sleeve. [label info]
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CONTAGIOUS ORGASM + KOTODAMA -- "Blackout" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 SSSM, SSSM-109
Very nice atmospheric collaboration between Contagious Orgasm and fellow japanese act Kotodama, on Contagious Orgasm's SSSM label. Still slightly gritty, bure more mesmerizin than really noisy, the whole album contains a lot of long melodic loops, sci-fi soundscapes and this kind of almost dubby, deep tonality that is typical of Contagious Orgasm. More accessible than most material by this essential act, and recommended. [Ad Noiseam]
CONTAGIOUS ORGASM + ZYRTAX -- "DNA Loops" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2005 SSSM, SSSM-107
The speed, the multiple, the scatter of the flow of time, and the curtain of the space are made in the layer, and the sound of them who wraps the listener. This mail collaboration project really has a magic touch when it comes to confusing the issue. From experimental electronic music to industrial monoliths to noisy electrolounge, those materials are resolved, and proliferate. The sound world that they make has been condensed to strength. They have been able, with the passing years, to amalgamate many styles and intrigue the listener, by proposing sonic mix sample based sound sculptures, with a constantly renewed freshness. [SSSM]... Contagious Orgasm and Zyrtax collaborated by mail, the results are the 14 tracks that form this album. Surreal sound collages with lots of variation from gentle atmospherics to more harsh passages and over to loop psychedelia, and soundwise from pure acoustics to heavily processed digital sounds. Comes in a very nice-looking cardboard gatefold sleeve designed by Yasutoshi Yoshida. [Government Alpha]
CONTEMPLATRON -- "Delog" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Wrotycz Records, WRT 007
After a successful debut album Wrotycz Records is proud to announce the second release of this Polish dark ambient act. The DELOG experience is extraordinary, marvellous, even within the esoteric context of Tibetan Buddhism. The Tibetan word DELOG refers to one who has crossed the threshold of death and returned to tell about it. The person who is recognised as DELOG lays without any sign of breath, pulse or body warmth for many days. During that his or her mind journeys to other realms of experience: the pure display of enlightened mind as well as existence within samsaric delusion and ignorance. [press-release]
CONTEMPLATRON -- "Ma Mo" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018 Wrotycz Records, WRT 031
Ritual / Dark Ambient. On the fourth album of his indo-tibetan series Contemplatron uncovers from their ashes the world of the charnel grounds, cemeteries and demonic or saint beings who lived there. The Tibetan word 'mamo' is a non-literal translation of the Sanskrit word ‘matri’. In India matris, literally ‘mothers’, are female indigenous spirit-deities of the natural world. They are benevolent or malevolent - thus they can be potentially dangerous to humans and other beings. The matris are intimately associated with fertility and sickness, life and death. The main medium of communication, invocation, appeasement or protection against them is the mantra... Over one hour of tribal dark ambient served in luxurious digipack. Mastered by Peter Andersson. [label info]
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CONTEMPLATRON -- "Prabhashvara" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Wrotycz Records, WRT 016
“Prabhashvara” (Clear Light) – the third album of dark ambient project Contemplatron. Music inspired by Tibetan buddism uniting traditional instrumentarium (gongs, bells, drums) with electronics and Tibetan monk’s chants. Mystic and meditative athmosphere guaranteed. Mastered by Peter Andersson (Raison d’Etre). CD released in elegant digipack (silver inprints and embossed elements) with design corresponding to the album concept. [press-release]
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CONTEMPLATRON & SHENTZ -- "Apocryphical Soundtrack for the Book of St. Lem His Master's Voice: Transmission Code" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Wrotycz Records, WRT 025
"His Master's Voice" (original Polish title: "Glos Pana") is a science fiction novel by Stanislaw Lem, first published in 1968. It is a densely philosophical first-contact story about scientific efforts to decode, translate, and understand an extraterrestrial transmission. The novel can also be read as a critique of human intelligence and intentionality in the context of deciphering a message from outer space which forever eludes comprehension. Chaos is the primordial source that cosmically resounds in the microwave background radiation across the universe. To find sequences in this cacophonous confusion, to discover its principles and understand them, only to die holding on to a scrap of something much larger – this is what Lem's book as well as its apocryphal soundtrack are about. The abstract sound layers were created by two Polish artists from Contemplatron (dark ritual ambient) and Shentz (noise), and mastered by Peter Andersson (Raison d'être). Comes in 6 panel digipack. [press-release]
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COPH NIA / MINDSPAWN -- "Erotomechaniks II" -- CD -- €10
2016 Raubbau, RAUB-047
Dark Ambient / Industrial. Raubbau is delighted to present this transatlantic collaboration, sequel to the enormously well-received, yet regrettably rare first part of 2005. ‘Erotomechaniks II’ is a dark ambient delicacy in seven parts, all very concise tracks with a defined structure, never getting lost in sound as such. The overall subject matter is perfectly specified by the title: the meeting of machinery with eroticism, of precision with yearning, of industrial with human sounds... It was after his occult pop masterpiece ‘Lashtal Lace’ in 2014 that Mikael Aldén aka Coph Nia felt a certain creative drain, so obviously he turned away from the song structures and emotional range of said album and sought to return to what is his own roots as well as his shared history of dark ambient industrial with US-based artist Mindspawn: Gene Williams is a recognized multifaceted visual and musical artist, as much a seasoned producer (active since around 1980) as he is obscure. The combination of these two creative minds makes for the special tension of their collaborative work. ‘Erotomechaniks I’ was one of those albums that were received with rave reviews and enormous enthusiasm, but never found the wide audience it might have deserved due to the limited nature of its release. Now, with a definite resurgence of interest in that particular style, it’s the perfect time for Erotomechaniks II... It’s from the very first hum of ‘Hive Mechanics’ that the listener feels a fragile comfort, an inescapable enchantment to the otherworld, before the antagonistic metal scrapes set in - and from there the trademark dualism of the album perseveres: the continued clash of the carnal with the constructed. Erotomechaniks II is perfectly balanced, with the industrial sounds never pushing towards overt aggression, and the human sounds - like the subtle moans in ‘Lust Transformer’ - never diverting the abstract nature of the album. All of the tracks clock in around the seven-minute-mark and build an intriguing suspense; that, combined with the sublime sound design, makes Erotomechaniks II a prime choice for the dark ambient massive. [label info]
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COPROHAMMER -- "Compilation 2019-2020" -- 2 CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Red Engineering Production, REPR-20, (ltd. 20)
Noise / Black Metal. You can find the darkness of the Middle Ages, vampires and ghouls, cemeteries, demons, inquisition bonfires and all possible and impossible manifestations of evil and obscurantism in the work of COPROHAMMER. The musician at the beginning creates a characteristic catchy melodic line, subsequently processing it with distorting sound effects. Some tracks have vocals. In general, the compositions sound damp, dirty and harsh just what you need for real black metal with a noise element. The COPROHAMMER project has existed for a little more than a year, but during this time he managed to create two dozen mini albums, which almost all were included in the 19-20 collection. [label info]
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CORAZZATA VALDEMONE -- "Avanguardia Rumorista" -- CD -- €10
2013 Ufa Muzak, UFA63, (ltd. 500)
Martial industrial / Neo folk. The Italian division of totalitarian art ministrels presents an integral conceptual program embracing the most striking moments, testaments, dates and personal fates of the last century. Each track is a separate chapter, separate piece of art, immerging into uneasy retro atmospheres of the last century. The musical part of this album represents a whole variety of performers and musical styles. From traditional songs and bombastic battlefield canvases to sad and quiet departures that help to understand deeper those restless times. Special focus is made on funeral theme, both as a point of no return and as a symbol of lost hopes. Prayer of the Italian fascists, testament of Magda Goebbels before the tragic finale in the bunker, German funeral march "Ich Hatt Einen Kameraden", and traditional Sicilian march of death - all can be found here. Though this is not sombre and sepulchral music, but rather inspiring and frantic hour-long song. Mild baritone voice sinks in the monotonous drone of fields fuming after air bombardments. From the shattered ditches and infantry defences the praying voice will rise again, now in English, slowly crumpled by the patter of new legionnaires and mechanical noises. "Mother Of Death" runs the show, red colours of "The New Force" draw to stand up in close rows again and again, both alive and dead, for the final part, the great energies of the earth glorify the cult of machines and endless wars, turning into one dynamic line, just like on futuristic paintings. Corrazata Valdemone are neither politicians, nor militarists, they don't start wars and don't appeal to anything, this is just their aesthetic feeling which we can fully enjoy here. 9 tracks, 44 minutes, 4-panel digipak. [press-release]
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CORAZZATA VALDEMONE -- "Stornellando In Grigioverde" -- CD -- €10
2015 Wolf Age, WAR 09
10 tracks of totalitarian Martial-Industrial and a touch of Italian Folklore. Inspired by the iron storms of the first World War. Special guests: Absentia Lunae, Art Inferno, Faust(O), Stefania Domizia.
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CORDE OBLIQUE -- "A Hail Of Bitter Almonds" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Shadowplay Records, SPR 128
Fourth album from the Italian guitarist Riccardo Prencipe. We were expecting this new beautiful album refined in a New York studio ! On this opus, the sound is extremely pure. Corde Oblique's musical landscape is like a warm wind from the Mediterranean sea, a Folk music tinted of nostalgia, enchanted by Italian female voices. Riccardo welcomes in his line-up the violinist and pianist of Ashram, Argine's drummer, a cellist and exquisite female voices as Claudia Sorvillo... Like a painter, Prencipe composes a musical painting with many guests as Daemonia Nymphe, the Synaulia (musicians on the movie 'Gladiator'), Anathema's Duncan Patterson, Sergio Panarella, singer of Ashram. Special mention to the beautiful acoustic cover of Radiohead 'Jigsaw Falling'. Corde Oblique's music captivates by its grace, its beauty and the strength of his compositions, like a heady perfume. [press-release]
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CORDE OBLIQUE -- "I Maestri Del Colore" -- CD -- €13
2016 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-64
The sixth album by Corde Oblique was conceived as a wooden palette used for mixing colors with sounds, the sounds of the colors are evoked by using lot of different musical instruments and musical styles. Almost all existing music tonalities have been used for the songs; moreover every title refers to a different color and the graphic design is inspired to one of the most famous italian art history encyclopedias printed in the '60s. The cover Picture is a photo from one of the main italian photographers: Franco Fontana. The album includes 13 unreleased songs written and produced by the mastermind Riccardo Prencipe. Over 50 minutes of refined Progressive-Ethereal-Folk music. [label info]
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CORDER, JASON & OPIUM -- "Autunno" -- CD-R -- €11
2006 Practising Nature, PN019
Jason Corder's percussive minimalism interwoven with Opium's drones. Jason Corder - The moniker "Off the Sky" was originally birthed as a simple misinterpretation of an obscure line from that famous film Trainspotting. Random as its conception was, Off the Sky is an all too apropos title summating the dub-atmospheric and acoustic solo projects emanating from Jason Corder's studio in Kentucky, USA. It is a humble hand that reflects both his mild mannered nature and his usual "in-the-clouds" mind-set. Jason's musical style is loosely inspired by the likes of Monolake, Gas, and Christian Fennesz. Teo Zini (Opium) was born in Bollate, Milan (Italy) in 1979 and now lives in Varese. His love for electronic music began when he was 15. His first experiments were created with the first home personal computer soundcards. Through software he creates rich drones and complex soundscapes often using etnic/tribal sounds and beats. Opium is also involved in other projects such as Sola Translatio with Alio Die. [label info]
CORIUM -- "Ba#56" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Opa Loka Records, OL16014 / Ecocentric Records, E.R.#200-CD, (ltd. 300)
Experimental / Musique Concrète / Industrial. The heterogenous nature of the CORIUM is based on a tension field which is generated by the two founding members Michael Schaffer and Matt Weigand. The musical roots of ambient and studio artist and guitarist M. Schaffer are located in projects such as BIRDMACHINE, INDIAN TREE PIE or MONOFLOW and vary from experimental abstraction to a clear harmonic form. Nearly standing opposite to his rather musical approach is the intonation of non-musician M. Weigand. His early musical education ocurred via 7 MINUTES OF NAUSEA, END OF SILENCE and XQM... While Schaffer is co-running the label for ambient and free sounds named Opa Loka Records, Weigand is the owner of Ecocentric Records, well known for its harsh and noisy obsessions... Common to both members of CORIUM is a gift to fill the room with sculptures made of tones and frequencies - this room is simply shining in the blaze of the CORIUM! The structures are yielding in an unique complexion of constructing / desconstructing euphony and - due to their will for transcendency - are interferring with entchanting additives to put the listener onto a magic journey alongside the dreamtime... So please be prepared to get melt down - and listen to the CORIUM! [label info]
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CORONA BARATHRI -- "Diabolical Path [Part III]" -- CD -- €10
2020 Speculum Diaboli Records, SDR003, (ltd. 150)
Ritual / Dark Ambient from Russia. This compilation contains the most significant works recorded for the section of the Dark Path 2018-2019. [label info]
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CORONA BARATHRI -- "Nox Mali" -- CD-R -- €7
2018 Noctivagant, (ltd. 43)
Dark / Ritual Ambient. "Night of Evil, Night of the Nights, Night of the Triumph of Evil Force, Feeding the Fire with our blood. Samael is the Father of Sins, the Source of Death. Childs Of Nahemah - Sons of Perdition, Dark Warriors, curse to god, curse to the world, curse to mankind. Orah HaEsh - Orah HaShed, DCLXVI". Limited edition of 43 copies with special booklet.
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CORONA BARATHRI -- "Speculum Diaboli" -- CD -- €7
2019 Speculum Diaboli Records, SDR001, (ltd. 100)
Occult Ritual Ambient / Dark Ambient from Russia. "Speculum Diaboli - look into the inner Darkness, in the hidden depth, in Satan's temple inside and see your real face in the reflection of Abyss. Tied with the crown of Abyss, the unbreakable blood ties, reflecting Darkness like the mirror of Diabolus." Limited edition of 100 numbered copies in cardboard sleeve.
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CORONA BARATHRI / AKHTYA -- "Summum Malum / Thronos Tou Satana" -- CD-R -- €7
2018 Noctivagant, (ltd. 149)
Dark / Ritual Ambient. Occult split of Russian and US projects.
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CORONA BARATHRI / EMME YA -- "Misterium Evigilationis Leviathan" -- CD-R -- €7
2018 Noctivagant, (ltd. 149)
Dark / Ritual Ambient. A new opus of the occult project Corona Barathri recorded together with Edgar Kerval (Emme Ya, Colombia), dedicated to the aspect of Principivm / Leviathan. Chalice Of Venom [Forbidden Gnosis] is the killing of the human by participle, the awakening of the Evil Principle. Limited edition of 149 copies with two art / sigil cards. [label info]
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CORONA BARATHRI / PARANOIA INDUCTA -- "Atra Mors" -- CD -- €10
2019 Speculum Diaboli Records, SDR002, (ltd. 150)
Occult Ritual Ambient from Russia meets Dark Ambient from Poland. "This release is devoved to the Great Plague, the Black Breath bringing death. Every track is full of fear, of inhuman suffering and pain. It is quintessence of horror in black soundscapes. The Sign of Pestilentia..." Featuring Hekte Zaren, Aesthetic Meat Front and Erszebeth (Stupor Mentis). Limited edition of 150 copies in 4-panel digipak.
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CORPSEINCINERATING FURMACE & LIGHT COLLAPSE -- split -- CD-R + mini-zine -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Torga Amun, Amun-095, (ltd. 20)
HNW. Pro-CDR. Design: booklet with graphic works by Vitaly Maklakov, 12 pages, A5. [label info]
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COTE DESERTE -- "Dale Cooper's Case" -- CD EP -- €9
2001 Aquarellist, aquarel 19-11, (ltd. 500)
A Moscow - St.Petersburg based project inspired by Angelo Badalamenti's score for the "Twin Peaks" TV series. The project's music is a cocktail made of jazz, ambient and modern experimental music which will appeal to the fans of such bands as Dale Cooper Quartet And The Dictaphones, The Necks, Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, No-Man, etc. 6 tracks, 33 minutes. [label info]
CREATION THROUGH DESTRUCTION -- "Belt-Zone Circulation" -- CD -- €10
2014 Terror, TR-29, (ltd. 300)
Noise. Creation Through Destruction is a more raw harsh noise amplua of Dr Alex (aka Dead Body Collection). This CD is a collaboration of Creation Through Destruction and four Japanoisers - Government Alpha, Contagious Orgasm, K2 and Hiroshi Hasegawa. The CD consists of 4 long tracks that were recorded in 2009-2013 by Dr Alex, using radio static, field recordings (wind, water, trains and various machines) and additional sounds by aforementioned Japanoisers. Sounds - more than an hour of playing time, ranging from drones to pure harsh noise attacks while exploring the cosmic theme of four gas giants - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Digipack with 8 page booklet. Limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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CRISANTEMO DEL CARRIONE -- "Fiore Di Passione" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2007 self-released
A well dignified Italian neofolk with elements of post-punk for the fans of Ianva, Rome, Ain Soph... [YAOP]
CROP CIRCLES -- "s/t" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2013 OPN Records, OPNCD0022, (ltd. 500)
Debut collaboration between Shoi Extrasystole (Collectif HAK) & Nicolas Dick (Kill The Thrill). 50 minutes mixing experimental sounds, ambient parts & spoken words. [label info]
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CRAWLEY, ALEISTER -- "All Words Are Sacred" -- CD EP -- €9 [-50%]
2022 Batrachian Recordings, anura001
Spoken Word. A collection of spoken recordings made by Aleister Crowley, captured on wax cylinders between 1910 and 1914. Reissue of some of the only known recordings from the infamous occultist, mystic, magician, poet, novelist, sexual deviant, and all-around misfit, Aleister Crowley. Recorded onto wax cylinder in the early 1910s, and later transferred to 78 RPM discs. The tracks include Crowley’s recitation of the first two Enochian Keys, original poetry, incantations, and songs. Intonations of black magic rituals as well as ruminations on topics from the sinking of The Titanic to American independence that will thrill collectors of the odd and mystical! An absolutely essential piece of occult history. Newly remastered. Presented in a gatefold ecopak with specially-created artwork. [label info]
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CROWN OF ASTERIA -- "Great Freshwater Seas" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2015 Ksenza Records, KSZ 007, (ltd. 300)
Limited edition of Megan Wood's project Crown Of Asteria. Monolithic one hour long track of forest black metal with ambient parts. [label info]
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CROWN OF ASTERIA -- "Karhun Vakat" -- CD -- €12
2016/2022 Ksenza Records, KSZ 028, (ltd. 70)
Atmospheric Black Metal one-woman band from Michigan, USA. "The bear (karhu in Finnish), King of the Forest, was the most respected animal of the ancient Finnish forests and still is today. The Birth of the Bear is a very old, probably Paleolithic myth having its roots in totemistic relationship between the powerful animal and the primitive man. As such the bear was the symbol of the whole tribe and a sacred animal. For this reason in some areas it was never hunted. Shamanism was also closely connected to the bear and sometimes the bear was seen as the spirit of a shaman..." [from the author]
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CULT OF YOUTH -- "Final Days" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Sacred Bones Records, SBR 118 CD
For their third full-length for Sacred Bones, Cult of Youth have delved deeper into their style of punk-influenced psychedelic neofolk and created a self- described "post-industrial Pet Sounds." Using acoustic and electronic instruments, found sounds and an extensive tribal rhythm section, Cult of Youth have put it all out on the table and left us with their magnum opus... The band has returned with a renewed sense of enthusiasm and an all-new lineup. Sean Ragon, once the project's lone member, is now flanked by Jasper McGandy on bass and Christian Kount on electric guitar (both of whom were members of seminal Sacred Bones band The Hunt). Cory Flannigan on drums and Paige Flash on cello complete the five-piece. The end result is Cult of Youth as they were always meant to sound... The contributions of the new members are evident on every track on Final Days, from the anthemic "Empty Faction" to the gorgeous album closer "Roses." Final Days is the culmination of everything Cult of Youth has been moving towards the past seven years - post-industrial, post-punk, and post-enlightenment... Addendum: Real human bones were used on this recording and a portion of the lyrics were written in jail. [press-release]
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CULT OF YOUTH -- "A Stick To Bind, A Seed To Grow" -- CD -- €13
2012 Der Angriff, Nr. 40, (ltd. 450)
Der Angriff and Indiestate Distribution proudly present a long awaited CD reissue of a brilliant debut Cult Of Youth album which has been released as an LP on DAIS Records in 2008. This american combo is now tending to be more root rock oriented gaining high success in more mainstream "new angry young men" audience. But this debut work is a pure old school neofolk, reminding of early days Death In June and Sol Invictus, with young raw power, aggression, extreme sincerity and great hooky melodies. This version has totally new mastering, so the sound is clearly different from the vinyl release and it has now become proper as artists think. CD also has 6 bonus tracks including the ones from the first 7" and the first CDR on Axiomata as well as a couple of previously unreleased ones. This edition is limited to 450 copies and comes in a special foldout envelope with cardboard inner sleeve and three postcard inserts with lyrics and photos. [press-release]
CULVER / SEPPUKU -- "Dedicated To Soledad Miranda" -- CD -- €10
2009 At War With False Noise, atwar043, (ltd. 500)
Very proud to get this one out! First time on CD for both these bands: Culver, possibly the most under-appreciated "experimental" musician in the UK who's been making some of the most awe-inspiring drone/noise for years. For those of you who don't know, Lee Stokoe plays bass in Geordie post-whatever geniuses Marzuraan as well as being the current foil to Matthew Bower's walls of scraping guitar noise in Skullflower, but Culver is his "main" project. On this CD he gives us a 30 min+ deluge of harrowing bassy drone. It starts off like the sound of the generator from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and similarly purveys a sense of crawling dread at what is to come. Soon things get more desperate before being crushed into oblivion by a wall of crushing amplifier noise, which slowly develops into a more sedative shifting tone that wouldn't have been out of place on a Conrad Schnitzler record in the 70s. Perfect!... Seppuku give us two tracks in very different styles....first track "Inga" sees a full band play some unbearably heavy doom. Ushered in by what sounds like a tolling bell, this gives way to some Throbbing Gristle-esque hydraulic pumping before the guitars kick in and everything is laid to waste. Brutal low frequencies and inhuman low/screaming vokilllllls....heavy duty! Second track Emanuelle is enhanced by the appearance of Deek and Stevie from Messiah Complex; sounds very post-industrial power electronics, with walls of bleak static forming the backbone of the track, interspersed with what sounds like post-apocalyptic winds of death, and some distorted lines of screeched vocal. Unpleasant... Comes in a jewel case with a 12-page glossy booklet featuring pics of my favourite euro-babes. Released in tribute to the most beautiful woman to have ever graced the world with her presence, Soledad! [press-release]
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CUSTODIAN -- "Toil And Waste" -- CD -- €10
2010 Syzmic Records, syzmic07
9 tracks, 29 minutes of harsh electronic noise and industrial undertow. Bleak, inhospitable works that flow and mutate between screeching japanese influenced noise, HNW density, and churning industrial loops. [label info]
CYANOSIS -- "The Ethereal Stairwell Suite" -- CD -- €14
1998 Mu, MU 04
Guitar Drone. Ethereal ambient soundscapes created with guitar and bass from this US project. Cardboard package with a piece of hand-painted canvas.
CYCLOFILLYDEA -- "Do you remember the melody of light?" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 K-Records, kr002, (ltd. 300)
The long awaited full-length from the St. Petersburg-based post-industrial project Cyclofillydea! The album is dedicated to war in all its horror. Various destinies, names of fallen, nameless graves, heroes, traitors, those who want to forget and those who want to remember... Dipping its brush in this polyphony, war paints its canvas... The album features contributions from the well-known artists on neofolk- and post-industrial scene: Damiano Mercuri (Rose Rovine e Amanti), Gerhard Hallstatt (Allerseelen), Count Ash (Moon Far Away) and others. Lyrics in Russian, Italian and German languages. Digipak. [label info]
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CYCLOFILLYDEA -- "Unknown War / NEVE" -- CD-R single -- €3
2012 self-released, (ltd. 25)
A single disc with the new track by a meritorious St.Petersburg based project Cyclofillydea. Industrial apocalyptic military rock with female vocals reciting Italian poem written by Salvatore Quasimodo. Recommended to the fans of Der Blutharsch, Allerseelen, etc.
CYCLOTIMIA -- "Deja Vu" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2008 Shadowplay Records, SPR 061
The Moscow project CYCLOTIMIA is not needed to be present. It's albums were released at the cult western electro-industrial labels and also in Russia. It's music were sent even in space. During the period of 9 years there are lot of reviews about this band almost all sites and magazines that are devoted to the electro-industrial music mention CYCLOTIMIA or write articles about it. But you could make your own opinion about it - just listen the CD... All songs from the album were written in 2001 year and were released as two vinyls "Same Time Same Place" and "Metamorphosis" in 2002 year. But were difficult to buy because of the very limited edition... Chronologically the album "Deja Vu" is between "Wasteland" and "E$chaton". [press-release]
CYCLOTIMIA -- "New Death Order" -- CD -- €10
2000/2006 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 013 CD, (ltd. 500)
This is a re-issue of the first MCD by Cyclotimia which has been released by the now defunct State-Art back in 2000 and now is a very hard-to-find collector item. This depressive gloomy work is closer to the early band's vinyl releases than to more electro-oriented latest albums. The claustrophobic aura of the world dying in the strangling embraces of the new world order, the total horror of everyday life, the omnipresent tentacles of consumerism - all the distinctive conspirological Cyclotimia topics are already here on this debut work, and lo-fi industrial-oriented sound makes it all totally revealed and free of any veneer. This album is a brilliant soundtrack for pre-apocalyptic times which could appeal not only to Cyclotimia fans, but to all the lovers of obscure atmospheric industrial in a vein of Schloss Tegal "Oranor III" or some 90-ies Sigillum S works. In addition to the initial MCD material, the release includes 8 previously unreleased tracks from the same period and comes in a cardboard full-colour envelope limited to 500 copies only. Total length is 74 min. [press-release]
CYCLOTIMIA -- "Trivial Pleasures" -- CD EP -- €6 [-50%]
2003 Monopoly Records, MONO 001-1003
Cyclotimia is one of the most known Russian electronic bands. Since 1999 band has released 3 CD and 2 vinyl albums in Germany, Italy and Russia. Starting as an 'industrial' project, in time Cyclotimia borrowed elements from different music genres, such as 'old-school electronics', 'experimental', 'new age'. Inspiring in 'global' and 'free market' themes, the band creates unique crossover soundscapes in the modern 'post-industrial' area, referred to as 'L'Electronique Mondial' by the musicians. 'Trivial Pleasures' is the first part of their similarly titled 'L'Electronique Mondial' trilogy which is going to include two more MCD's of certainly non-trivial music. Created using mainly old Soviet analogue synths, 'Trivial Pleasures' is a bit 'alien' to the previous works of the band, but at the same time is Cyclotimia's most radical and experimental album. [press-release]
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CYCLOTIMIA -- "Wasteland" -- CD -- €7
2002/2005 Irond, IROND CD 05-1065
"We started to record 'Wasteland' in the end of 1999. We were inspired by the album 'The City' by Vangelis. A view of the Greek composer on modern city looked unreasonably "optimistic" to us... The idea of creating a soudtrack more suitable for contemporary megalopolis was born immediately. Impenetrable veil of stone buildings, blinding neon advertising lights, continual informational streams, supermarkets, stockmarkets, all-round crowds of ever scurrying people and cars... This was the picture of our "city". The recording took about twelve months, and by the beginning of 2001 the work was completely done. Listening to 'Wasteland' after five years we tend to consider that despite some technical imperfection our goal has been reached. It's worth mentioning that there's something more in common with Vangelis' work - we deliberately used some same sound libraries of the BBC company which sound in 'The City' album too. It's a strange case when the CD can apply both to the fans of "old school" electronics, i.e. Klaus Schulze, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, and to the lovers of ominous darkness like Raison d'Etre, In Slaughter Natives, Lustmord, Bad Sector, Coil, Skinny Puppy." [from the authors] The album was originall released in 2002 by now defunct German label Stateart, and in 2005 reissued by Russian company Irond.
CYMPHONIC -- "Dimensionata" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Databloem, DB046-2012
Cymphonic (Stanley Swinkels) is back with another masterpiece of ambience. Stanley's traditional (Biosphere, Namlook) yet typical sound mingles synth pads and sequences beautifully with whispering voices, environmental field recordings and occasional fractal beats to create a range of sonic states and moods. The soft distortion from one dark area yields to the bright tone paintings of another in this wonderfully varied ambient landscape. Dimensionata is fascinating mix of ambient styles expertly woven into one totally engaging "Cymphonic" journey. Dimensionata: Love is Light, Light is Color and Color gives Dimension to Life. Cymphonic strives to sonically express a feeling and ambience that is both Harmonious and full of Tension. Peaceful and Spacious, with Lightness and Darkness, yet all in balance. With his 4th album ‘Dimensionata’ one can drift away along soothing dreamcape-drones with gentle rhythms. Next to that - like reality - there are senses arousing and more darkish cinematic pieces. This album tells a coherent story and is a total ambient experience in itself. Music is an expression of our inner life and much has been written about it. In the album ‘Dimensionata’ this is consciously and audibly accessible but there are layers that remain in the subconsciousness. It is mainly due to carefull listening (at ease) that you are capable of getting closer to these concealed realms of sonic expression. One thing is clear: Dimensionata is full of dimensions indeed. [press-release]
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CYMPHONIC -- "Strataradialis" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 Databloem, DBCD 07018
Ambient. Multi layered original sounds and "Biospheric" elements, smoothly woven into first class ambient. A fairytale caught in music. [label info]
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CYMPHONIC & VINTAGE H -- "Post Mortem Investigations" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Databloem, DB033-2010
Ambient. Three years after the highly acclaimed Strataradialis album Cymphonic (Stanley Swinkels from The Netherlands) is back with a special album, created together with his father. In this unique project two generations work together with heart and mind to convert sound into an audiomovie experience, which covers the whole spectrum of atmospheric ambient music. Their story is told through spacious drones, surrounded by flocks of cinematic textures and heavenly voices. The first soundtrack, Post Mortem Investigations, guides you through possible stages of a Near Death Experience. The second titled Notturno, invites you to a synaesthetic panorama of the night. Depending on the state of ones attention, the listener can actively search and explore the music or take a more introvert position in receiving it. What will this album induce in you? [press-release]
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D E -- "Pine Island Under the Midnight Sun" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2018 1000+1 TiLt / RU.MO.RE., RU.MO.RE.001, (ltd. 111)
Dark Ambient / Drone from Greece inspired by a large glacial calving in the West Antarctic Sea and how it was captured by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 satellite.
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D E -- "Sentimental Punk #22: Marie Menken, Athens-Berlin-Shiraz Sounds" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2019 RU.MO.RE., RU.MO.RE.003, (ltd. 25)
Dark Ambient / Drone from Greece. d E participation in “Sentimental Punk#22: Marie Menken Athens-Berlin-Shiraz Sounds”
curated by Dafne Marveez, held by the Committee for the Cancellation of the 21st Century, somewhere in Athens, 06/05/17. d E performed live aiming to interpret a collection of works by Marie Menken. The composition, given in a atonal, semi-musical form, consists of noises, soundscapes and feedbacks, generated live from moog mother 32, intellijel springray, mutable instruments clouds, korg monotron delay, borderlands granular, animoog synthesizer, tc electronic t2. [from the artist]
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D/FLECT -- "Rage" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Aliens Production, AP 55
IDM / Electro. DEFLECT is another from the faces of the underworld from Holič and the third project in a row of a Slovak producer who calls himself ISH. On his account he already has several releases under headings such as AMBIGUOUS and ISH. For some time now, he has been a strong part of the Slovak dark scene and his creativity has smoothed out momentarily under his new self, called DEFLECT. This time, his steps take on more hybrid, pulsating structures, and anomalies. Hypnotic compositions in a strong idm dress full of electronic transfusions, broken beats, noises, and mysterious voices. Direct dance techniques, which are seconded by mysterious atmospheres and melancholic blocks, will get you to the level between trance and another dimension. Noise blocks and a variety of sounds and pulsating electro. Music that is like a transfusion. It pours herself into you until you submit to her. Industrial blocks in modern dress. That's a DEFLECT! [label info]
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DA-SEIN -- "Death Is The Most Certain Possibility" -- CD -- €16
2017 Galakthorro, Galakthorro 044
Galakthorrö celebrates the presentation of Da-Sein’s first album. Da-Sein continue on the path they’ve established on their debut EP Tautology: The album is impressive with its musical variety, skilfully arranged without falling to pieces. Minimalistic Angst Pop smashers with driving rhythms alternate with abstract sound sculptures. In certain selected places gloomy melodies drag themselves up from a foundation of organised drones and noises generated by the analogue synth. Deadpan female vocals from the Crypt, embedded in clouds of echo and gigantic reverberations, condense the omnipresent Darkness and Hopelessness. Just as diffuse as the voice, Heidegger’s philosophy (used by the Artists as a stimulant) evaporates into the rather personal sounding lines of text. Only the title of the album, and of course the band’s name, remain as an unambiguous testimonial. It doesn’t matter, because Music opens the soul of both creator, and listener, to an equal extent. That happens here and that’s how it should be. CD in jewel case with 16 page booklet. [label info]
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DA-SEIN -- "Mirror Touch" -- CD -- €16
2019 Galakthorrö, Galakthorrö 047
With their latest album, Da-Sein are well on their way, have made some live appearances in front of diverse audiences, and have been gathering experience. Experience can be seen to have flowed significantly into Da-Sein’s second long-player Mirror Touch. An exceedingly organic work – the opposite of sterile and digital – which lends, with masterfully applied distortion and lo-fi effects, additional complexity and depth to the analogue foundation. Kas Vision’s lyrics also add a sensation of depth, marking highlights, and are enhanced by her darkling vocal intonation. And Darkness is also the slogan – within which type of format frequencies take shape, fractured music arises and rhythm drives: It pushes from within the Darkness, and takes us with it into the Darkness. A potem będziemy razem spada... CD in jewel case with 16 page booklet matt finish. [label info]
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DADHIKRA -- "The Arctic Home" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT123, (ltd. 120)
The long-awaited first full-length album of Dadhikra, recorded during five years. Vedic post-industrial canvas inspired by the books of Bal Gangadhar Tilak "The Arctic Home in the Vedas" and Rahul Sankrityayan "Volga Se Ganga". The album filled with dances of dawns around the North Pole, cold breath of the Arctic Ocean, glimmer of midnight Arctic sun, mysterious atmosphere of the white night, pierced by the bird voices, singing of Vedic rishi and crackles of a ritual fire, Rigveda hymns, exploding with the assertive pace of nomads roaming through taiga, finding an unexpected parallel in the march of the Indian National Army of Subhas Chandra Bose. Long way from ritual post-industrial images of the Arctic Motherland gone under ice, through the taiga noise and drone, leading to a hot as a tropic day track "Jambudvipa", inaugurating the coming of Aryans to India. The album is closed by the short track "Dadhikra", shining in a drone among the patter of the sun stallion Dadhikra - as a sonic autograph from the project. Half DVD-box, cover made of hand-painted paper. [press-release]
DADHIKRA -- "Bjorknaver" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2012 YAOP, YAOP 048, (ltd. 32)
This mini-album is filled with joyful atmosphere of sunny spring days in the woods and traditional feasts, and is performed completely on traditional instruments made of birch bark: shepherd's horns and bugles, zhaleyka, sharkunka, etc. Instrumental music close to authentical folk lore. Mini-slim-box, textured cover with a photo, all info hand-written. [label info]
DADHIKRA -- "Bolotniy Zuy" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Garðarsk Uruz, URUZ ᚱ, (ltd. 40)
Archaic Garðarsk Pagan Ambient, riddled with mystical signs and sound experiments, full of dense hum breathing, deaf swamp gurgle, bird voices, excerpts from the works of modern classics of northern Russian literature, Vladimir Lichutin and Vasily Belov. The cycle of life and death in family traditions and the energy of the swamp land. Released on CD-R, limited edition of 40 handnumbered copies. Handmade digifile made of wood and vintage paper, all information is written by hand. [label info]
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DADHIKRA -- "Kartulikuljused" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_49, (ltd. 38)
Noise / Drone / Folk / Experimetal. Kartulikuljused is “deaf bells” in Estonian. This is the name of the book by Aimée Beekman about the fate of Estonian villages, which this album of the project from the mysterious Ingermalandia is dedicated to. Noisy reflection on the fate of the Baltic-Finnish peoples living on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland - that is, Estonians, Izhora and Vody. Folk droning noise with interspersed radio noise and fragments of Estonian, Vodsky and Izhora folklore from the rare soviet vinyls. Also, as the instrument used the authentic medieval archaeological stuff, including «deaf bells». CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in half-DVD-box. [label info]
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DADHIKRA -- "Siberia" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2017 Valgriind / Glasir CDR Series, 02, (ltd. 28)
Ritual Ambient. Recorded as a continuation of a 7" with the tales of the Yukaghir people, this album is also inspired by the traditional culture of the Siberian folk. Mouth harps, shaman's drums, throat singing, wooden flutes, noise of raindeer herds - all these ingenuous but convincing instruments create a chtonic canvas in the tones of viscous dirty brutal sound. The music is so energetic and emotionless at the same time, that it can fit well for any kind of pastime, mood and way of listening. A step on a firm hillock among the champing swamps - on a steady way to the ideal. Cover handmade of vintage cardboard, every copy looks differently. [YAOP]
DAGAZ -- "Battle Time Chronicle Of Glory. Part Two" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 COD Noizes, SHUM20 / Der Schwarze Tod, tod57, (ltd. 100)
Acoustic / Neofolk. Acoustic solo project from member of black metal acts Krada, Grimnir and Nebokraj. Compilation of rehearsal, live and cover tracks. Honestly and sincerely. 4-panel digipak, limited edition of 100 copies. [label info]
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DAHLIA'S TEAR -- "Harmonious Euphonies For Supernatural Traumas Mesmerising Our Existences In Radient Corpuscle Galaxies" -- CD -- €13
2005/2019 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-91, (ltd. 500)
Dark Ambient. Dahlia’s Tear debut shows off the use of field recordings and subtle drone to create a dark but vibrant atmosphere and aural reflection of the journeys through fantasy realms and this more introverted and personal touch.
This celestial album offers a unique listening and cosmic experience that integrates sound orchestration with speculative dark ambient music to present a melancholic account of one’s inner world rendered in sound... Orginial tracks released by Ravenheart Productions (Raven 32) in 2005. Restored and Remastered at Nightade (Sweden) by Anile.D. (Dahlia’s Tear). Comes in 4 Panel Digipack CD with Michal Karcz’s stunning artwork. Inviting the listener to distant woods in pitch black with Dahlia's Tear! [label info]
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DAIMON -- "Dust" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 St.An.Da., 1803 / Silentes Minimal Editions, sme1866, (ltd. 200)
Ambient / Drone. Formed in 2016, DAIMON is the trio of Nicola Quiriconi (VIPCANCRO), Paolo Monti (THE STAR PILLOW) and Simon Balestrazzi (T.A.C., CANDOR CHASMA, HIDDEN REVERSE). Following their sombre debut released in late 2016 by Metzger Therapie, "Dust", with it's many unexpected sides, is the outcome of an intense recording session that took place at the end of last year's European tour, which peaked with DAIMON opening William Basinski's Berlin concerts. Devoted to a vibrant and majestic personal form of drone music, DAIMON are exploring new depths as well as highly dynamic soundscapes that will surround you with their overwhelming sense of fluttering memories. Like dust covering an already gone present or a table perpetually set for guests belonging already to the past. Ltd x 200 copies in a gatefold digisleeve. [label info]
DAPNOM -- "Paralipomenes A La Divine Comedie" -- CD -- €10
2011 Mors Ultima Ratio, MUR-001, (ltd. 500)
4 tracks of Dark Ritual Sophisticated Evil Music. Digipack + 4 page-booklet, incredible artwork by Metastazis (Morbid Angel, Secrets of The Moon, Ascension, Neo Inferno 262, etc.). [label info]
DARK AGES -- "The Tractatus De Hereticis Et Sortilegiis" -- CD -- €8
2011 Primitive Reaction, PR032
Dark Ambient. A most certain strange and true discovery of blackest blasphemies, nighttime rituals and terrible crimes against our mother church. New dark ambient masterpiece from a frontman of DRUDKH and HATE FOREST. With this third album Dark Ages has lifted their dark art to the new level. CD comes with 12 pages booklet. [label info]
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DARK AWAKE -- "Hekateion" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Aesthetic Death, ADCD 073
Dark Ambient / Ritual. A concept album based upon the ancient goddess of witchcraft Hecate. Presented in 4 tracks which are an accompaniment to an esoteric ritual and dark ambient expression to Hecate.
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DARK AWAKE -- "Imago Typhonis" -- CD EP -- €8 [-50%]
2016 Frozen Light, FZL 032, (ltd. 101)
New Dark Awake EP awakes the shadows… A step away from ordinary dark music of today… Dark, esoteric ritual, majestic music based on superb keyboards, neoclassical instruments and human bones trumpet brings darkness to your heart… An esoteric ritual songs about the forgotten heathen past and sumerian magick. Next Dark Awake album is going to be a masterpiece! CD, 2-folders digipack, limited to 101 hand-numbered copies. [label info]
DARK GLASS -- "Elemental" -- CD-R -- €6
2019 Buzzing Bird, (ltd. 100)
IDM / Experimental. Ivan Budaev from Moscow, Russia is an experimental musician, avant-garde artist, and video designer. Through his music he sets a goal - comprehension of noise and formation of utopian fantasies out of it, immersing listeners in multifaceted informational sound canvases...
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DAS SYNTHETISCHE MISCHGEWEBE -- "Le Vide Pour Appui" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Waystyx, WR42, (ltd. 424)
This CD contains the recordings prepared specially for a dance performance for the conservatory of Caen, France (yet it's not easy to imagine what kind of dancing it was while listening to this music). All the sounds were recorded in the class of orchestral percussion with tam tams, gongs, cymbals, cymbaloms, toms, xylophones and vibraphones, carillon, timpani, barrel drums, bells, tubular bells, etc. being played mechanically with different motors and other electrical devices, via different transmitters, low frequency pulses via loudspeakers and transducers, with spirals, strings, coils, tapes, wires, elastics, air pressure, adhesives, etc. and never with hands or drum sticks of what ever kind. [label info] Unconventional package desigh with the use of silk-screened plastic and elements made of thick leather.
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DASEIN -- "ROA: Live In Yaroslavl" -- CD-R -- €8
2011 Ufa Muzak, UFA 46, (ltd. 88)
Drone ambient noise. Ufa Muzak presents the new release made after a gig happened on April 15th, 2011 in Yaroslavl, Russia. This disc contains the full fragment of performance of the Moscow based project Dasein. This is cold, evil, but inwardly bright noise blast in space where it swooned for the purpose of examination and understanding. More than half an hour of powerful furious flow inside of which happens nothing that can be marked as usual or trivial. The projects nature of sound immediately brings the listener into an altered state of mind. The heartbeat quickens, the visual acuty increases, the level of adrenaline in blood rises, all hearing is focused on the psycho-physical affect and soon one looses his orientation in time. What is it needed for? The specific historical moment is taken as a concept of this action, and for deeper understanding of its essence we present this experience of taking the thinking from the objective reality in deep movements of the past. "Bayonets into the ground!" 1 track, 29 minutes, cardboard sleeve + 2 cards. [press-release]
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DASEIN -- "Vacuum 2.0" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2012 Valgriind, VG 51, (ltd. 87)
Dark Ambient / Noise. First version of this album was recorded by Asket in the year of MMIII. Later released by now defunct label B-Rush on a CD-R limited to 36 copies. During the year of MMXI the album was re-recorded, and now, properly speaking, you hold in your hands a principally new recording totally different from the original. [label info]
DASEIN -- "Vae Victis" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2009 Valgriind, VG 17, (ltd. 100)
Deep noise ambient, associated with history of world wars. Author's artworks are used in design. [label info]
DASEIN vs. BARDO -- "Prima Materia" -- 3"CD-R -- €5
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT56, (ltd. 72)
Moscow based noise act Dasein (a side-project of Fanum) reworks the compositions of another Moscow project Bardo (aka Sergey Gabbasov, pre-Vazhes), played on Tibetian ritual instruments, into a 20-minute mysterious drone noise ambient nocturne. Dense low rumblings of pre-matter, enigmatic sounds flowing through low-frequency layers, chilly night music for contemplation over the riddles of the universe. Handmade cardboard sleeve, cover photo by Orleane. [press-release]
DASEIN / DADHIKRA -- split -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2012 Valgriind, VG 50
A split of two brother projects from Moscow and Ingria. Dasein presented one long track of gloomy Drone Noise Ambient with the atmosphere of industrial abandonment. Dadhikra opens its half with a lively natural psychedelic Folk Drone Ambient track "Arvid" and continues with a more dark canvas "Zhaln'ik" dedicated to the cult of ancestors and entombments. This track, besides psychedelic retro electronics, folk instruments, voices of birds and field recordings, also features dark (with a touch of doom) guitar and ritual clapper, calling to dead. Full-colour cover and info insert. [YAOP]
DASEIN vs. NORMA REAKTSII -- "93" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Sickcore, SC22, (ltd. 300)
Power Electronics / Death Industrial dedicated to the tragic political events in Moscow in 1993.
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DAT RAYON -- "Motor City" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 062-2, (ltd. 300)
"Motor City" is the second result of a collaborative work between Dat Rayon and Zoharum label, after the "Junkyard" net release. This time it is a physical release - the second compact disc long-player after well-received "Station Wagon" from 2012. Thematically, the latest Dat Rayon album revolves around automobile themes, similarly to "Station Wagon." "Motor City" is dedicated to Detroit - the birthplace of worldwide car industry which is depopulating and decaying now. In 11 compositions one can hear echoes of deserted factories that were once full of life. The illustration of this theme is one of a kind mix of deformed electronica with loads of dub and ambient. It is perfectly complemented by the cover artwork by Rafal Kolsut. This 3-panel ecopak release is strictly limited to 300 copies. [press-release]
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DAT RAYON / FOQL / RNA2 / GAAP KVLT -- "Circuit Integre Volume 1 - A Compilation Of Contemporary Electronica" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Zoharum, ZOHAR 101-2, (ltd. 400)
"Circuit Integre" is a new Zoharum series, modeled after Philips' 'Prospective 21e Siecle', released at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. Our new series presents the most interesting young projects working in the the field of broadly-defined electronic music. Each part will contain recordings of three different projects. In the first part the following participated: Dat Rayon, NZLD.pl and Gaap Kvlt... Dat Rayon is a Gdansk-based project inspired by the automotive industry, in particular the fall of the industrial city of Detroit. In their music they penetrate the periphery of the post-club electronica mixing ambient, dub and minimal techno. Dat Rayon has developed its own sound code that can be heard on "Station Wagon" (Seed Records, 2012) and "Motor City" (Zoharum, 2014) and the web release "Junkyard" (Dat Rayon / Zoharum, 2013)... FOQL and RNA2 are part of the NZLD.pl (formerly under the names Kolektyw Ebola and Marburg). They have released numerous smaller formats (cassettes, EPs, and tracks on compilations). Their music is fully analogue drawing from elements of electro, techno, drone and ambient music. Their music cannot be pigeonholed, so with every listen one can find new elements in it... The last of the artists presented on the first part of the "Circuit Integre" series is Gaap Kvlt. The project has already gained considerable audience thanks to their debut album "Void" (Monotype Records, 2014) and numerous EPs. The mysterious project mixes ambient and drone with hints of orientalism forming a sonic dome. The album is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 400 copies. The cover is designed by Tomek Popakul (the author of an award-winning animated movie ‘Ziegenort’). It is mastered by Pawel Bartnik and his Centrala Studio. The whole production process is overseen by Michal Porwet. [press-release]
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DAUBY, YANNICK -- "Vescagne, Salese" -- CD -- €10
2015 Kalerne, kal06, (ltd. 250)
Dauby treads far different territory on this release--two tracks, the first recorded in a lignite mine in Vescagne (inactive), the second on an Alpine mountain, Caire Archas. "Lignite" is mysterious while also being rather luminous and transparent, bearing a number of surprisingly "musical" sounds, zither-like strums and resonant, warm booms. Clearly composed and, I imagine, processing the field recordings a good bit (I could be wrong), it works very well, calm but with a subtly disturbing undercurrent, as though Dauby is disturbing an area that would rather be left on its own. The second cut is full of air, ice and snow, very much outdoors, with crows cawing, snow crunching, wind flowing... as well as distant engines. The presumably electronically-produced drones add quite a bit of drama to the central section of the work. When they dissipate, leaving behind its echo and a wash of liquids, the effect is somehow very magical. It ends with several minutes of...I'm not sure, except it sounds like someone slogging through heavy, packed snow, deep in a crevice. Both pieces are very strong, really well designed and realized of this type. [Brian Olewnick, Just Outside]
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DAUBY, YANNICK / KOJO, HITOSHI / NORTHAM, MICHAEL -- "Korligon" -- CD -- €8
2012 Observatoire, obs * i|myth 041 cd, (ltd. 300)
The act of moving inside of this dimension requires a specific entry point - due to the fragile complication of finding this entry point often gestures are made that seem incidental, haphazard, and or like a clumsy dance. However - these gestures each acquire a particular sense when the non-linear goal is kept in mind... an accumulation of gestures that result in the correct connection to the necessary transducers. As the interface is in constant flux so this technology must transform and adjust at a moments notice. It is the ultimate organic interweaving of intention that creates the impression that the system is on the brink of evaporation - however it is the most fundamental indicator that all is in perfect working order... [Michael Northam]
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DAVIS, AG / CODY BRANT -- split -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 E-Klageto, Exklageto 19, (ltd. 300)
Experimental / Noise. 17 new experimental noise tracks by these US artists. AG Davis (Boy + Girl, Extra Sexes) is an author, performance artist /poet and composer from Jacksonville. His work often delves into the aphotic side of the human psyche, exploring the multifaceted realms of psychosis. Philadelphia musician Cody Brant (Flaspar, Toning) has previously collaborated with artists such as The New Blockaders, Pacific 231, Lieutenant Caramel, Kommissar Hjuler and many more. Ltd x 300 copies in a handmade card sleeve. [Cold Spring]
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DAY BEFORE US -- "Ode A La Nuit D'Ombre" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 OPN Records, OPNCD0035
Neoclassical / Dark Ambient. Day Before Us is an influential melodic dark ambient project currently active under a duet form and whose style borders graceful neoclassical tones, oneiric soothing textures and chilling soundscapes. A number of albums have been published on well-noted indie labels and the project occasionally gives life performances in a wide variety of contexts... In these new pieces Philippe Blache and Natalya Romashina are embarking in a musical journey of immediate expressive moods, oftenly mystical, exalted, animated by a tragic and existential breath, touched by a seraphic sense of poetry and guided by poignant emotional stories. Lead singer Natalya Romashina provides achingly beautiful singing parts with poetical lyrics which favor the aesthetic of suggestion and a tremendous sense of musical fluidity. Those evocative, virtuosic lyrical components communicate with the invocatory, litanous and harmonious qualities of Philippe Blache’s instrumental compositions. «Ode à la nuit d’ombre» is an album of staggering beauty where all pieces come together organically. [label info]
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DAY BEFORE US -- "Prelude а l'ame d'elegie" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 OPN Records, OPNCD0031, (ltd. 300)
Day Before Us is a cinematic, neoclassic dark ambient and deep sound art project formed in 2011 by Philippe Blache. Full length releases have been published by Rage in Eden, Twilight Records (…) Slowly moving melancholic piano airs, tonal synth clusters, processed acoustic textures, lyrical themes and discreet experimentations characterize the compositional process and the stylistic inclination. [label info]
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DAY BEFORE US & ANTIKATECHON -- "Complaintes Au Bord D'un Autre Monde" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Heerwegen Tod Production, HTP-CD 019
Dark Ambient / Neoclassical / Industrial. Heerwegen Tod Production has the honor to present the next release straight
from the borderland of dark ambient, neoclassical and industrial music styles. The two projects – French „Day Before Us” and Italian „Antikatechon” decided to join forces and create an album together... „Day Before Us” is the dark ambient project with neoclassical compositions full of women declamations. Wonderful keyboard compositions are just woven into the music background and they seem to be the cradle of a classic atmosphere. There is the place where we can feel the spirit of the past and it is filling today`s emptiness... „Antikatechon” is the project specializing in long ambient hypnotic sessions with industrial emotions. Such a combination of styles generates definitely very unusual sounds. They seem to be different but still connected in a very interesting way so they complement each other and form a kind of a symbiosis... This combination of both styles generates an unprecedented wall of sounds, seemingly from different dimensions, while cleverly combined in such an amazing way that both these projects they complement each other, passing from the gentle nature of Day Before Us into the more acute form of expression represented by Antikatechon, almost in perfect symbiosis. Music representing a lot of elements, which can be safely called a journey through various dimensions of ambient sounds, combined into one whole... This generates a very original atmosphere, which is impossible to pass by without emotions. The graphic design reflects the theme of the album. It consists of classic women figures in black and white pictures. They are presented in monumental poses and look alive, just like from old photographs taken „post mortem. This is the 62-minutes musical journey with an original atmosphere and a large load of emotions. [label info]
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DAY BEFORE US / NIMH -- "Under Mournful Horizons" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Rage In Eden, RIE 91, (ltd. 500)
Giuseppe Verticchio (Nimh) is a brilliant Italian underground musician specialised in organic / visceral ambient tales. He is notably known for his collaboration with Maurizio Bianchi and modern experimental electronic artists (Nefelheim, Baghiri from Italy...). He released more than 10 albums (between 2001 & 2007, including collaborative projects). His charged, orchestrated abstract universe features dynamic musical motifs (from acoustic percussions, exotic instruments to e-guitar) superposed on electronic dronescapes. His work is now called ambient-electronic-ethnic-experimental music... Day Before Us is an acoustic micro-tonal ambient project formed in 2010. The musical signature is turned to solemn soundscaping ritualism, dada-esque hypnopedies and soundtracky ambiences. The content is sometimes sustained by digital field recordings. All tracks are recorded live. The main sources of inspiration come from odd literature, ghostly presence, angelology, cinematic poetry and the magical realism. Day Before Us means the everlasting power of ancient time which saves us from the amnesia of everyday life. [label info]
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THE DAYS OF THE TRUMPET CALL -- "Purification" -- CD -- €12
1999/2010 Trutzburg Thule, TRUTZCD004
"Purification" is the re-issue of Raymond P.'s first album (1999, Black Rain). This edition comes remastered and in all new artwork. "Purification" was recorded at the same time when Josef K. and Raymond P. recorded Von Thronstahl's first two albums for Cold Spring. Dark and Neoclassical soundscapes with many voice samples. Digipak. [Cold Spring]
DDAA -- "Hazy World" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Nefryt, N 026, (ltd. 444)
New studio album of this French avantgarde legend. Recorded especially for Nefryt! Gatefold A5 cover. [label info]
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DE WAARD, FRANS -- "Vijf Profielen" -- CD -- €10
2007 Alluvial Recordings, A26
In November 2005 Frans de Waard spend a week recording and composing on location in the small Dutch town Vlissingen, near the cost. The Marine shipyard is located in the centre of that town, but activities are moved and the whole area gets new direction in years to come. As part of an exhibition '[Mijn] Domein', three musicians were asked to reflect on this transition. Frans de Waard was last and recorded the remaining activities in this building where so called 'profiles' are made used in shipbuilding. In the piece things move from hectic and busy (in the first profile) to emptyness (in the fifth profile), although it's one piece. Using mainly recordings made on site of elevators, metal cutting and room ambience, this piece is a strong work of field recordings with minor electronic processing. Frans de Waard is best known for his work with a wide variety of projects, such Kapotte Muziek, Beequeen, Goem, Freiband and many more, all in the field of experimental music and sound art since 1984. Since then he runs his own Korm Plastics, had a brief involvement in Staalplaat and since 1986 has a magazine called Vital, since 1995 known as Vital Weekly. 'Vijf Profielen' is however the first full length Cd under his own name. Housed in the usual Alluvial Recordings plastic wallet, cover was printed at Knust in Nijmegen and design is by Roger_NBH. [label info]
DEAD LAND -- "Harbingers..." -- CD-R -- €7
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT36, (ltd. 36)
Death Ambient n with obscure raw industrial sound. This is the debute album of this project and it represents the research of the phenomenon of a harbinger-man, a harbinger of storm, war, chaos... it's divided into 3 parts: birth, where life meets death and youth with decrepitude; boyhood, where a man closes himself inside settling down in solitude; and finally the third stage - madness, where reality borders with dreams and where this man is born - a Harbinger... Among the influences the author mentions Oophoi, Klaus Wise, Staruha Mha, John Grzinich. Package: handmade sleeve with a slit and info-sticker, made of textured cardboard with fabric and spattered with ink + printed insert with photo and track-list. [press-release]
DEAD MAN'S HILL -- "Dog Burial" -- CD -- €12
2007 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 092
7th full length album for Dead Man's Hill! Far more violent and darker atmosphere than ever before. This entire album handles about the loss of nature, all the people who destroy it, knowing and unknowing what they're doing. Further it handles also about nature making conspiracies with the Loa's to let mankind disappear from the earth. The music sounds like a storm wiping away everything in the neighbourhood. Extremely dark classical death industrial with choirs, the voice of the Apocalypse telling people in their dreams how it all will evolve, magical and Black Metal atmospheres... For all lovers of "In Slaughter Natives"! Art-work presenting a series of magnificent Caravaggio paintings! [press-release]
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DEAD VOICES ON AIR -- "Mawson's Will And Other Stories" -- CD -- €13
2012 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 034 CD
The album is named after a track that Spybey worked on with Robert Hampson of Loop and Main as part of the twentieth anniversary series of 7 inch singles, that has thus far featured collaborations with Simon Fisher-Turner, Edward Ka-spel and Robin Storey. Douglas Mawson was a famous polar explorer and this 12 minute collaboration with Robert became a focal point for this album. The tracks could perhaps be described as musical narratives, each named after a place or an event or a person that has attracted Spybey's attention. Some are more obvious than others, "Kursk," for example being about the Russian submarine disaster. But, ironically, in the world of Dead Voices on Air, concepts limit creativity. The studio is a place of invention, with the starting point being the creation of a sound. Ideas are never written down. When Spybey works he becomes engrosssed in the act of making music and in editing it. The studio and everything within it is utilized in the act of creating music. Spybey does not try to create music that is descriptive or literal. For him, the gift of music is in the eye and ear of the listener. The more he makes music, the longer this impossible career progresses, the less he feels like talking about music. He simply makes music. All of the time. The album also features a cameo appearance by Robin Storey and by Utah keyboard player Lori Cole, who has contributed several pieces that Spybey has reworked in the past year. [press-release]
DEADHORSEMORT -- "A Priori: Dedicated to Rene Descartes" -- CD-R -- €8
2010 Linija Shuma, SHUM0010, (ltd. 36)
Industrial dark ambient in classical vein - dense obscure atmosphere, minimal hypnotic rhythms, echoes of the images from the past in gramophone melodies sounding merry yet somehow pathological in such musical framework... "This album represents the power of true belief versus true delusion and the uncertainties that come from these powerful questions of the self. Absolute knowledge of ones self maybe possible to achieve but perhaps can never truly be realized, understood, nor embraced due to finite limits of reality, being merely a human being. Also if one could truly embrace its own truth, would one really like what ones sees? Even if not, one would still have to live, die, and face the unknowns of eternity with this inner truth, that may be displeasing... This album is dedicated to Rene Descartes and his ideas on experience, truth, and certainty. Ideas, such as empiricism versus rationalism and the ideas of priori and posteriori inner truths, while in the pursuit of ones absolute knowledge." [from the authors]
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DEADROW77 -- "Dark Waves For Little Greys" -- 2 CD -- €13 [-50%]
2016 Facthedral's Hall, FHCD14-2015, (ltd. 500)
Industrial / Electro / Darkwave. Operating out of the south of France, Facthedral’s Hall has been releasing music since 1997, all of it on CDR until now, with Deadrow77’s double-CD collection (500 copies available) the underground label’s first formally manufactured release. That’s not the only interesting thing about the project: the album’s twenty-nine instrumentals were recorded by Fabien Della Roma, a farmer who grows organic Saffron in the Oriental Pyrenees mountains, in his caravan using an Arturia MiniLab 25 synthesizer as the sole sound-generator. The majority of these spontaneous improvisations were recorded in a single take and have been sequenced in chronological order, the first CD presenting those produced in 2013 and the second in 2014. Each track is a self-contained electronic scene-painting of ambient-electro character; they’re mood paintings, too, that range between the darkest of excursions to ones of considerably lighter disposition. There are few dips in quality, and Deadrow77 guides us through everything from gothic cathedrals to underground caverns on this in-depth darkwave collection. He’s clearly got a gift for melody, and that each multi-layered production came into being as an improv makes the accomplishment all the more impressive. Titles such as “Ghost Trap,” “Carbon Circus,” and “Knockin’ D. Lynch’s Door” convey some of the tracks’ musical character all by themselves, and the arrangements are rich in sonorities, rhythms, and textures. From the jaunty (“Poob Knight”) and medieval (“Queen’s Death”) to the spacey (“Leaving Earth”) and meditative (“Birthnight Today”), the release has all the bases pretty much covered. The Arturia MiniLab 25 synthesizer obviously has much to offer with respect to the range of sounds that can be coaxed from it (one could be forgiven for thinking that a harpsichord’s featured in “Melancholia Tribe,” for example). Still, at 110 minutes there’s more Deadrow77 material here than one admittedly needs, and a single-CD overview drawn from the discs’ content would have sufficed. That being said, it’s hard not to be struck by the huge number of different song-like variations he’s generated on Dark Waves For Little Greys armed with nothing more than a single synthesizer and his own creative imagination. [Textura]
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DEADWOOD -- "8 19" -- CD -- €10
2006 Cold Spring Records, CSR53CD
Outstanding Power Electronics from Sweden. This is DEADWOOD's debut album and is a solid, pounding force of electronics, Death Ambient atmospheres and brutal vocals. Featuring a member of Satanic Black Metal act Blodulv. File alongside such luminaries as The Grey Wolves and Mz.412. DEADWOOD is a relentless assault on the senses! Approach with due caution! [press-release]
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DEADWOOD -- "Ramblack" -- CD -- €10
2008 Cold Spring Records, CSR104CD
"Ramblack" is the follow up to Deadwood's successful 2005 album "8 19" (CSR53CD). Over the past 3 years this Swedish artist has been toiling away, creating a new black ambient / death noise masterpiece and "Ramblack" is the result. Cloaked in a more raw and morbid sound then its predecessor, this album truly changes ones perspective of audial darkness. This analogue beast of an album layers the tonal prayers of demons and the distorted cries of angels, sickness and depravity. True Death Electronics. The soundtrack to your end. "Ramblack" features guest vocals from Norwegian Black Metal legend Maniac (Skitliv, ex-Mayhem), who's vocal approach on the song 'Forakt' shows the full range of his capacity. Truly one of the most sick and twisted pieces of sonic art ever recorded. Enjoy the disease! [press-release]
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DEATH JENK -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2012 Phage Tapes, PT:169, (ltd. 500)
Noise. Death Jenk was formed after the Gnawed, Custodian and Grain Belt tour in 2010 when all 5 dudes had a chance to play together in Milwaukee. This disc contains two studio tracks and two live tracks recorded in 2010 and 2011. The material is a mix of the three projects with Custodian cutting channels in and out while adding loops, Gnawed provides vocals along with some low end reverb produced from his metal crate and Grain Belt produces their usual metal abuse with tons of feedback. [label info]
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DEATHROES -- "Hate Fuck" -- CD -- €10
2007 PACrec, PACrec132 / Troniks, TRO-265, (ltd. 1000)
Deathroes is Gerritt and Sixes. Debut release from this Oakland Black Noise super group. Equal parts harsh and black, filled with spite. [label info]
DECONDITION -- "Sukellan Tuntemattomiin Syvyyksiin" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Force Majeure, Force006, (ltd. 497)
DECONDITION is Arttu LAINE, a Finnish musician living in Helsinki. "Sukellan tuntemattomiin syvyyksiin", "I dive into unknown depths" in english, is his debut CD after a first cassette released in 2006 on Freak Animal Records as FREAK-TAPE-022, "The Universal Nothingness". It contains thirteen tracks recorded before and after the "Universal Nothingness" sessions, at different times. Using electronics, sampler, effects, field-recording, junk metal, processed vocals, some tape-voices, DECONDITION creates hypnotic, repetitive pieces of noise, mixing power or rhythmic electronics with real industrial sounds. The atmosphere is obscure, weird, and very personal, most of the tracks dealing with the death and the resurrection of the ego. Housed in a six-panel digipack, limited to 497 copies. [press-release]
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DECONSTRUCTION DISCO -- "Construction 01.B.13" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2013 Attenuation Circuit, ACDD 1002
'Electronic music' means a lot of different things to different people: Dance music to many, avantgarde music with special instruments to others. The project DECONSTRUCTION DISCO is determined to prove that these aspects are not contradictory. In live improvisations, electronic beats meet instruments from the long history of electronic music, such as the theremin. The tools of dance music DJs and electronic composers alike, such as records, mixers, and synthesizers, are processed, sampled, and hacked to create new sounds... Daniel Fibrile: turntables, elektrojudas: live loops + sampling, CnZsMr: theremin, hacked hardware + bended circuits, EMERGE: treated and natural samples of recording media. [label info]
DEEP -- "Live At Lab.30" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2013 Attenuation Circuit, ACLAB 1001
Deep play ambient post-rock on two electric bass guitars. An unusual line-up for a festival dominated by digital music, but a truly experimental approach to this instrument. The music of Deep explores spaces, both acoustic and mental, something that is clearly audible on this recording. Without using a PA mixer, the duo set up their speakers and themselves amidst the audience and allow the room acoustics to interact with their music. Furthermore, the effects they use also create different "sound spaces", from harmonic flanged chords travelling through large echo chambers to distorted walls of sound closing in on the listener. [press-release]
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DEFEKTRO -- "Collapse of the Unseen Wall" -- 3"CD-R -- €11
2008 Linija Shuma, Shum 0007, (ltd. 54)
Japanese project performing it's music on metal constructions. Neatly structured compositions combining elements of atmospheric ambient and harsh ferro-noise, providing the feeling of almost physical contact with a crystalline molecular grid. Packed in a silver cardboard sleeve with a polished metal insert under the disk. Recommended to the lovers of a Canadian artist Alan Bloor (Pholde, Knurl).
DELIKATESSEN -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2005 Long Arms Records, CDLA 04067
Nick Soudnick: sound objects, samples, reeds, voice. Vyacheslav Gayvoronsky: trumpet, flute, voice.
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DELIKATESSEN -- "Delicatessen II" -- CD -- €12
2018 Long Arms Records, CDLA 18102
Free Improvisation / Industrial. The second album by the duo of Nick Sudnick (ZGA, VETROPHONIA, FIGS) and Vyacheslav Gaivoronsky. Vyacheslav plays on trumpet and Nickolay on self-made metal objects with electronic processing, and together they create a unique hybryd of post-jazz and post-industrial music. Four-panel digipak with a 12 page booklet containing an essay by Dmitry Ukhov with great amount of cultural references (both in Russian and English).
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DELPHIUM -- "A Beautiful Day To Die" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Aquese Recordings, AQRCD-001, (ltd. 100)
Minimal / Experimental. Delphium return after a long hiatus with their first new recordings in nearly 18 years. A return to their experimental and ambient roots. Released in a nunbered limited edition of 100 copies on a professionally printed CDR and sleeve. [label info]
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DELPHIUM -- "Dead on the Inside" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2003 Hibou Records, hib00
Experimental / Breakbeat / Lo-Fi. Solo project of the UK-based musician Jonathan Forde, which he started in 1993.
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DELPHIUM -- "Nobody Sees the Monster in the Light of the Day..." -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2000 Moloko+, PLUS 038
Breakbeat / Experimental / Lo-Fi. Solo project of the UK-based musician Jonathan Forde, which he started in 1993.
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DELPHIUM / THE INFANT CYCLE & RAMUNAS YARAS -- "Heart Full of Soul / Translation" -- 2 x 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2006 Diophantine Discs, n = 5,6, (ltd. 100)
"Heart Full of Soul," nearly 23 minutes, is one of DELPHIUM's darkest and noisiest recordings to date. The very direct and engaging work features tracks ranging from droning dark ambient to distorted and expressive rhythmic beats. "Translation" is a 20-minute release consisting primarily of THE INFANT CYCLE processing and supplementing avantgarde clarinet recordings by Ramunas Yaras. The resulting experimental (and somewhat rhythmic) pieces fall variously within the spectrum between ambient drone and noise. This release is presented as a pro-printed 2x3"CDr set, packaged in a special color folder sleeve, and limited to 100 copies. DELPHIUM has been active since 1993, releasing numerous vinyl and CD releases on labels such as Drone, Moloko+, Hibou, and his own Aquese label. THE INFANT CYCLE, active since 1992, has many releases on labels such as EE Tapes, Blade, Hands, and his own label, The Ceiling. Ramunas Yaras is a Lithuanian experimental composer and writer who is also known for his work in ENDICHE VIS.SAt and MAGIC CARPATHIANS PROJECT. [label info]
DELTIDSESKAPISM -- "Dunklets Hogtid" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2003 U-Cover 40, u-cover 40/02, (ltd. 500)
U-cover 40 proudly presents it's second relase coming from Deltidseskapism aka Bauri aka Martin Abrahamsson (Stokholm, Sweden), known for his releases on fine electronic labels such as Neo Ouija, Awkward Silence, Pitchcadet and on compilations for City Centre Offices, Benbecula, Surgery, Merck, Mille Plateaux and Mitek. On this album Abrahamsson presents six tracks of his irresistable blend of clicks'n'cuts inspired rhythms mixed with beautiful melodies and founded sounds resulting exactly in 40 minutes of music. -special cardboard packaging. [press-release]
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DEMONS THAT DROVE -- "A Dormant Sensory Organ" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Red Engineering Production, REPR-18, (ltd. 20)
Dark power electronics with noise elements. The oppressive atmosphere of the album plunges the listener into the depths of the subconscious. The contemplator falls into the abyss of loneliness. In an individual vacuum against a background of mystical visions. The author explores the nature of fear, the nature of man, which originates in the emptiness of an undeveloped world. [label info] А project of Krister Bergman (POSITIVE ADJUSTMENTS).
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DEMOULIN, JULIEN & IA -- "The Bay" -- CD -- €10
2012 Basses Frequencies, BF40 / Ronda, RND17
A tribute to both a great friendship and the mist-mantled San Francisco Bay Area, "The Bay" is a sprawling forty-minute drone piece recorded and produced in 2009 and 2010 over the course of several journeys between Oakland, California and Brussels, Belgium. Guitar and vocal drones, environmental recordings and flute merge to form an emotional travelogue at the grey boundaries of the dreaming and waking worlds… in celebration of reminiscence, before a darkling dawn, deep under the skies of water… [label info]
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DEPRESSIVE DISORDER -- "In Depth" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2006 Monopolrecords, 007, (ltd. 500)
Indeed, Czech Republic's most famous EBM/Electro act couldn't find any better name to describe their musically evolution since their debut "Ultima Ratio". This is an 'in depth' piece of quality Electro/Industrial music, pressed on a silver circle and hidden in a well designed digi-pack. Also the Czech label Monopolrecords marks with this new output their return after having released not lesser than six releases in 2005. DEPRESSIVE DISORDER did grow and could win a lot of more musically maturity. While the charismatic vocals provided by Patrik Lev still offers all paths between emotional and melodious up to raging and screaming, the music and so the synth play has reached a not expected complexity. Same I can say about the rhythm programming. This is not that stupid 4/4-on-the-floor beat, almost all tracks show some diversity on that term, but still featuring a tough slap-in-your-face attitude. DEPRESSIVE DISORDER play a fine and well worked out of Dark Electro with thick and ominous synth layers and a unique kind generally. They also now included some guitar riffs added into some tracks like 'Abyss', 'Underneath', 'TV-Freak' and 'Blind' - only to strengthen some arrangements and - of course - not to satisfy some Metal headbangers. 'Abyss' and 'Blind' get my vote for bringing on the most addictive melodious content, both can be named as favorites of an overall amazing release. This release is one of the huge amount which needs to get heard without doubt by the masses of the genre. You'll get also a video clip of the track 'TV-Freak' which surely doesn't fit with the tastes of the VIVA/MTV (de-)generation. Go out and purchase this masterpiece!!! [Marc Tater, Chain D.L.K.]
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DEPRESSIVE DISORDER -- "Ultima Ratio" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2005 Monopolrecords, 004, (ltd. 500)
Patrik Lev (Disorder) stood at the beginning of a project which was created in 2002. Radim Cap (Stork) joined him during the time when he was working on the first CD. At the same time Stork worked on his project called Mastermind. Depressive Disorder made two demo CD "Near to death" and "Another step to death" in 2002. In winter of 2003 Depressive Disorder started to make concerts and work on a new CD "Ultima Ratio", which comes to shops thanks to a company Monopolrecords in these days. Patrik, Tom Galle and Matin Pavlik Atreid (Beamship) simultaneously work on a audio-visual project called H.E.E.L. Radim goes on his own project Mastermind. "Ultima Ratio" was finished in summer 2004. [label info]
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DER BLUTHARSCH AND THE INFINITE CHURCH OF THE LEADING HAND -- "What Makes You Pray" -- CD -- €10
2017 WKN, WKN 53
Psychedelic Rock. “What Makes You Pray” is a kind of sonic enigma and like any other enigmas it has an intriguing aspect. The ritual elements hanging over the work only increase the degree of fascination. The opening cut brings the listener immediately into mystery. Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand awakens good-old 80s influences from new-wave music, but they also mix it with more familiar industrial and ritual elements. The guitar and vocals both are noticeable elements running through the album. The sonic universe of this album is extremely dark and somewhat disturbing, but in the end that’s precisely what we expect from this band, isn’t it? [Side-Line]
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DERVENN -- "Gwad Roueel" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 The Eastern Front, Front 031, (ltd. 500)
Dervenn in Breton means "oak", the sacred tree of the ancient Celts. Wood is the matter of our instruments and our breath is the "wind that shakes the Barley"… even if we are living in the era of digital and numeric realities. The soul is still musical and deeply tainted by the landscape of Brittany, by the musicality of it, by the symbolism of it. Arthur, Perceval, Merlin, we still share their quest for truth and beauty when riding our cars… No commercial folklore, no infatuated "world" or "ethnic" music, no archeological mythology nor so-called traditionalism. Just our true modern Breton music. Beauty and breath of the arthurian past speaking a present day, but not vulgar, musical language. "Gwad Roueel" ("royal blood") is the first act of the quest, a personal and emotional evocation, using both traditional "celtic" instruments (bag pipe, Breton oboe, transverse flute, Irish whistle and bodhran) and modern ones. Invention and respect of the past are the key words, poetry, melody and strength are the feelings one gets from listening to this musical travel through the lights and darkness of human quest for purity and beauty… [press-release]
DESIDERII MARGINIS -- "Songs Over Ruins" -- CD -- €12
1997/2017 Cyclic Law, 89th Cycle, (ltd. 500)
DESIDERII MARGINIS long out of print debut album from 1997 “Songs Over Ruins” is given a proper re-issue, carefully remastered by Johan Levin himself and with new artworks. A landmark in the genre, with it’s desolate, minimalistic and grief stricken odes to religious and spiritual burdens. A foray through abandoned ruins and a reflection on the passing of time and the impermanence of all things physical. Outstanding in quality and production skills, this mesmerizing and foreboding journey is at times tranquil and melodic and also dives into more martial like percussive elements and industrial atmospheres. Classics like these definitely need to be discovered still and also rediscovered, and it’s with great pleasure that we make it available once again. [label info]
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DESIDERII MARGINIS -- "Thaw" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 073-2
Of the Swedish wave of ambient acts from the 1990s, Desiderii Marginis is one of the few still active and definitely one of the finest of those few. Far from being a typical project in the vein of Brian Eno/Lustmord, Johan Levin, the mastermind behind Desiderii Marginis, has created and developed its own unique sonic palette merging digital and analogue: melancholic electronica with electroacoustic elements and intravenous rhythms. From the early days his music met with positive reactions resulting in albums on renowned the legendary Swedish Cold Meat Industry label, and lately also on Canadian Cyclic Law... Over the course of 20 years, Levin released 7 full-length albums, a 3-way split and a collection of rare pre-debut demos plus numerous tracks on various compilations. His latest offering entitled "Thaw" compiles the latter and adds 3 tracks from the split "Lost Signals from Unknown Horizons". On the one hand, it is simply a collection of rare tracks, but, on the other, it may serve a purpose of a "best of" album. With the chronology unaltered, it gives you the full picture of the project and its progress. It is a history lesson of the last 20 years in sonic melancholia of Desiderii Marginis. [press-release]
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DETOUR DOOM ENSEMBLE -- "Black Side" -- CD -- €13 [-50%]
2021 Dark Jazz Records, DJR 009, (ltd. 200)
Dark Jazz. This is the third album of the international group of artists, this time comprised of Adriano Vincenti (MACELLERIA MOBILE DI MEZZANOTTE, SENKETSU NO NIGHT CLUB, CRONACA NERA, etc.), Giovanni Leonardi (SENKETSU NO NIGHT CLUB), Michele Malaguti (NADSAT), Izzy Op de Beeck (FOR GREATER GOOD) and female Mexican saxophonist / vocalist Maria Ruvalcaba Uribe. Released as a 4-panel digipak with "soft touch" lamination.
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DETOUR DOOM PROJECT -- "Detour Doom" -- CD -- €10
2016 Aquarellist, aquarel 33-16, (ltd. 500)
Detour Project Doom, doom jazz act from Italy and USA. Our combo was born in 2014 from the union of members of several bands: Macellaria Mobile di Mezzanotte, Interview, Spiteful Womb and Rosengarten. The goal of the project is to create dark atmospheres, persuasive and dilated, directly inspired by visions in monochromatic dreamscapes and deserts. Detour Doom pays tribute to the atmosphere of film noir. Among our biggest influences are in fact black & white films, made of shadows and thrills. We compose a kind of long soundtrack, for suspended atmospheres. We are currently working on our debut album, trying to merge typical noir doom sounds with jazz and ambient / drone music. Our music is influenced by the works of Bohren & der Club of Gore, Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation - Space Dale Cooper Quartet, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble Hidden Orchestra, and the dark ambient school of the 90's. [from the musicians]
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DETOUR DOOM PROJECT -- "Nothing Remains Of Us" -- CD -- €10
2016 Aquarellist, aquarel 37-16, (ltd. 300)
Imagine a long, empty, foggy road… leading through the deserts on an endless highway… surrounding by nothing… only the darkness of the night… This is the sound of Detour Doom Project, a doom jazz act from Italy and Germany. The band was formerly founded in 2014, a fusion of members from several bands from Italy and USA: Macellaria Mobile di Mezzanotte, Interview, Spiteful Womb and Rosengarten. In 2016 a new singer join the band, Bjarkan Wolfsdуttir from Germany (NO†HING MORE †O SAY). Creating dark atmospheres, persuasive and dilated, directly inspired by visions in monochromatic dreamscapes and deserts is the goal of this project. Detour Doom Project pays tribute to the atmosphere of Film Noir. The biggest influences are in fact b&w movies made of shadows and thrills. If you like the sounds of Bohren & der Club of Gore, Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, Space Dale Cooper Quartett, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Hidden Orchestra and the dark ambient school of the 90's… you would also like Detour Doom Project. The compositions like long soundtracks for suspended atmospheres… hauntingly… gloomy. [press-release]
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DETRITIVORE -- "Pakt" -- CD -- €10
2010 Lyderhorn Records, LR-009, (ltd. 1000)
Alternating between light and heavy, while being simultaneously beautiful and ugly, the Norwegian duo Detritivore manages to mix these elements on their debut album, Pakt. Essentially a concept album depicting disillusionment with religion and subsequent descent into darkness, the album is a harrowing experience of not quite Drone, not quite Noise, and not quite Doom Metal, but a true amalgamation of the three. Pakt is produced by Joakim Jensen, mastered by James Plotkin, and features mesmerizing illustrations by Justin Bartlett. [label info]
DEUTSCH NEPAL -- "Alcohology" -- CD -- €12
2015 Entartete Musikk, 08
Deutsch Nepal and Lina Baby Doll is back after 5 years in the retreat of the Swedish woods with a new album - “Alcohology“. Obviously in between (or even during) the recordings there was some examination of bottles and the liquor they contained going on, the object for the album is the impact alcohol might have on people when consumed. Alcohology mainly contain slow pounding industrial music in the vein that are familiar to all Deutsch Nepal fanatics in the same way as the previous album Amygdala. Swirling mirrors of looped sounds loosely glued together with pounding or haunting beats followed with simple melodic input. The dystopian vocals present a surrealistic scenario built up inside your head while listening. The album take off in the track Alcohology Superior which might be a praise to the misery of a meaningless life only decorated with boredom, violence and a lot of alco …and then the study of the fact of this situation - Alcohology … followed by To the Earth’s bombastic description of celestial visions that might strike one under intoxication … “and falling asleep outside the liquor store one day“ together with a hungry Python. The thoughtful statements of the gain and dangers of the consumption of alcohol continues as a theme all through the album and end with a re-recording of Erosion from the album with the same name from 1999 where the impact fluids have, not only on the human body but also on Mother Earth itself. Though a frequent appearance on stage alone or together with others in different constellations releases from Deutsch Nepal are comparably rare. So don’t miss this chance for some fresh Deutsch Nepal released on Entartete Musikk. [press-release]
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DEUTSCH NEPAL -- "Amygdala" -- CD -- €12
2011 Autarkeia, acd 066
Amygdala is the latest album of the Swedish industrial music guru Der General. After listening to this album, one finds it difficult to decide whether it is a masterpiece of hypnotic music, the hallucinations of delirium tremens or perhaps the sign announcing the approaching apocalypse? Magnificent, gloomy and profound tracks create the atmosphere reminding the last days of the last member of the royal family or the celebration of the collapse of its era by a majestic empire. But that is only the general mood of the album. The tracks are very different from each other. Some of them frightful, some majestic, while the rest are calm and deep like dreams. And yet the subject matter of all lyrics is in one or another way related to death and the secret lurking behind it. Actually, Der General conveys it with remarkable subtlety. The album contains a number of crescendos, at least three hits and yet none of them reveal the secret fully. Der General music mesmerises with its slow and massive rhythms inherent most probably only to the Scandinavian electronics, and icy ambient flow inborn to the Northern men. Amygdala is the undisclosed secret. In various shapes it occurs throughout the album tracks where Der General to Heaven travels to meet Jesus and the holy family and investigate the nature of the supernatural ecstasy. Something bothers him and he leaves Heaven. In other tracks he states that we have to be reborn and continue living, later he takes part in the mystic funeral train burying and then resurging dead dogs. Upon their revival, the dogs attack the participants of the train and spread panic. Amygdala is a very colourful kaleidoscope of psychedelic visions. Der General concludes the album by letting us know that it is all clear to him and that the atmosphere is absolutely rotten. Perhaps it is a result of the empty bottle, or much more serious reasons… [press-release]
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DEUTSCH NEPAL -- "Dystopian Partycollection II" -- CD -- €12
2016 Entartete Musikk, EM09
Industrial / Experimental. The second Dystopian Partycollection contain a mixture of orfan tracks, exclusive remixes and music that earlier only could be found on vinyl as well as some intresting collaborations featuring some of the deepest undergrounds finest selection of artists. A big variation of sounds and representing a wide timespan and alien transformations of the music in orbit round the fat planet Baby Doll. The music was recorded 2009 – 2015, 12 tracks in 63 minutes refined and supported by TREPANERINGSRITUALEN, NAVICON TORTURE TECHNOLOGIES and DER BLUTHARSCH AND THE INFINITE CHURCH OF THE LEADING HAND. [label info]
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DEVILLOCK -- "Lay Into Me" -- CD-R -- €7
2006 Troniks, TRO-205
Experimental / Noise / Ambient from the US.
DIFFERENT STATE -- "Enormous Components of Motor Unit, Vol. 1" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 175-2, (ltd. 300)
After nearly seven years since the last studio album, numerous albums released by Marek Marchoff solo, several reissues and two releases of the reformed 23 THREADS project, DIFFERENT STATE is back with a new album. "Enormous Components of Motor Unit vol. 1" is composed of 8 compositions full of the specific spirit known from the earlier works by the project and, on the other hand, presenting a completely new face of DIFFERENT STATE. Thanks to his restless nature, Marek as a composer does not stop for a moment, does not try to play tried concepts over and over again, but he is drawn into regions that he has not discovered yet. Here illbient rhythms, although still present, give way to the post-krautrock and psychedelic atmospherics constantly floating throughout the entire album. The whole is enriched with widely used acoustic instruments and numerous vocals appearing here and there. Every noise seemingly out of place here, as if by chance, gives an extra flavour. The song after the song flows hypnotically forming one coherent soundtrack to the unmade movie... The album is released in a limited edition of 300 copies in a hexagonal ecopack. [label info]
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DIFFERENT STATE -- "Enormous Components of Motor Unit vol. 2" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 199-2, (ltd. 250)
Industrial / Experimental. DIFFERENT STATE is back with the new album. A continuation of the last year's 'Enormous Components of Motor Unit vol. 1'. Although both of these materials were created in a short period of time, they differ significantly from each other. In here the acoustic parts developed in the previous part give way to a raw drones resulting in quite corase and electric sound. Psychdedelic aura known from the previous part disappears here in the density of outwardly chaotic, trance inducing loops which determine the nature of the album, more predatory, full of emotions, well presented through music and text. In this short time, the artist's form of work also changed. The previous part ripened slowly, changed in the following stages from the idea to the new arrangements, while on the new album we get a record of several sessions, recorded shortly after each other, reflecting the spirit in which they were created in order to capture that time, place, circumstances and experiences. "Enormous Components of Motor Unit vol. 2" is an extremely personal album through which the author tries to redefine the current system values, using his latest experience. Like the first part, "Components of Motor Unit vol. 2" is released in a limited edition of 250 copies, in a hexagonal ecopack. [label info]
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DIFFERENT STATE -- "More than Music / It Cleans My Wounds" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 139-2, (ltd. 300)
Different State is the band that once stepped on the indigenous industrial scene. They caused a lot of stir with their first releases and gigs of the character of an art happening. Over the course of more than 20 years of their activity, their line-up has changed and their style as well. From the massive industrial metal through illbient structures and dub motives to esoteric electronica. Something that is a common denominator for all these sounds is their quality and a certain kind of uniqueness, an unspecified element that shows that the sounds came from the hands of Marek Marchoff and his companions. At the beginning of the noughties, during the CDR boom, two excellent albums were released. They were "More than Music" (Requiem Records, 2005) and "It Cleans My Wounds" (0v0 Art Records, 2006). Unfortunately, over the years, those strictly limited albums began to oxidize and, with this process, music could have been forgotten. Therefore, we decided to reissue these two materials on CDs to re-show and consolidate these albums, for new listeners and for collectors who are already left with only covers for earlier editions. The CDs are housed in gatefold vinyl replica sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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DIFFERENT STATE / SIGIL -- "Spazmatic[k] Spell" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Zoharum, ZOHAR 002-2
This album, dedicated to A.O. Spare include 60 minutes of pure magic[k]al sounds conceived by two projec[k]ts: Different State and Sigill. Each of them represents a slightly different approach, although they are both connected by mystic[k]al, alc[k]emical, ritual character. Marchoff (Different State) describes his music as alchembient. This sums his work up perfectly. It's a mix of illbient a bit in the vein of Coil or Psychic TV, a great deal of alchemical incantations and moans, there's a lot of elements so characteristic for Different State. In conciving the following material, Marchoff was aided by Laura Marchoff (angelic[k] voice, custom made generator A-23), Tom Westbum (clarinet, sax, alto sax, trumpet) and Janusz Sokolnicki (tube AMP, lead guitar). Sigill is a project consisting of brat salo and Nantur-a duo creating electronic lunar spaces and astral soundscapes using samples and ancient instruments. The material was conceived during winter solstice 2006. The disc is packaged in a deluxe 3-panel digipak. [press-release]
DIM ARCANA -- "Vox Populi" -- CD -- €10
2011 Black Drone, bdrl010
Dim Arcana was born in the a.d. MMVIII, from the intent to recall ancient atmospheres of death and pestilence, dreadful environments where the man of the medieval times lived. Influenced by the greatest names of the ambient scene (like Uruk-Hai, Raison D'etre, Equimanthorn) the duo presents a medieval dark ambient with great noise and drone influences, alternating orchestral passages of ethereal rhyming. Lavish breaths of past times serve as frames, where bells of churches and ancestral instruments bring you back in medieval Europe... This debut full length album follows the EP Yersinia also released by Black Drone. CD comes in beautifully designed 6-panel digipak and includes 12-page booklet with texts and illustrations. [press-release]
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DISFATUM -- "Death Instinct" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Essentia Mundi, EM033, (ltd. 200)
Dark Ambient. 'Death Instinct' is the debut album of the Russian project DisFatum, which delights with dark ambient and black atmospherics, spiralling towards an absolute pureness - where nothing is needed nor nothing remains. Taking inspiration from Freudian psychology, this album suppresses the equilibrium of being by combining formless ambient drones and quietly sung vocals, harsher guitar and industrial ritualistic parts. 'Death Instinct' takes us on a dark journey within the confines of the psyche, which is trying to survive a world ablaze. It conveys a mirror reflection of the outside into the inside and a natural wish to escape from the material - non material to a superior position. A state from which there is no desire to return... ever. [label info]
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DISHARMONY -- "Cloned II" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2014 Aliens Production, AP 30, (ltd. 333)
Another dose of cloned, this time under the sign of Aliens production. After successful series of unreleased works and remixed projects, Slovakian duo dISHARMONY is once again showing its remix activity. Their new achievement presents a varied palette, either with every way routing electronic genres or never released pieces which are part of this project from the beginning. Many electronic nooks, industrial turbulences, movie atmospheres and original passages are accompanying this rare matter. Contrasted, but still compacted, wraps in a electronic spirit and for sure once again something from the archive which was never published. Bratislava's electro underground never sleeps, so watch out for this release, which transfers you into a dimension where the clones are pulsing in your blood circulation. [press-release]
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DISHARMONY -- "Fragments of Time" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Aliens Production, AP 39, (ltd. 333)
After three years of silence and several releases on American label Tympanik audio, the Bratislava formation dISHARMONY is coming back with its completely fresh program and a new dark campaign is again presenting under their maternal label Aliens production. 13 new stories is awakening again under the guise of dark sheath, in which the protagonists mixes magical threads of sound surfaces, which we are accustomed to expect from this Petrzalska’s duo. Broken rhythms in a combination of beautiful atmospheres, crystal clear sounds and cinematic corners are the main characteristic of this latest message, which combines a variety of styles and mysterious landscapes. Downtempo waves are rocked in the waters of idm and ambient. Everything in the raw frequencies of the old school EBM and minimalist tones gives this release the new scheme, which is dominated by orthodox vocalizations and Industrial bandage. For the quantity of painful sounds, cheeky samples and distractive elements by listening there’s no emergency. dISHARMONY may affect you as engineers of the human souls, which will devour you with their charm and mainly with their artistry in the way that they can transfer life paths and stories into the music, that will be rotating for a long time in your bowels... [label info]
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DISHARMONY -- "Resonance" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Aliens Production, AP 53, (ltd. 150)
IDM / Industrial / Electro. Dark, poetic, dreamy deep and melancholic. Hybrid structures in fragments of chaos. Some time has passed since the last stop of these two human soul engineers. And that is the main source of motivation and sound structures that the project conquered and decomposed into its current form. The world in which we wake up every morning is changing and rotting. We are in it like figures who often travel through the unknown and rotate in the bowels of ignorance. The sound balm that the new album brings is full of reality and industrial bandages strewn with electronic dust. Beautiful atmospheres in broken tons press on your auditory canals. Listen carefully and maybe you can also find your story of truth or illusion? [label info]
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DISHARMONY -- "XFrames" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Aliens Production, AP 14, (ltd. 550)
Lord Sauron and Ryby are standing behind this Slovak dark-electro project. Cold atmospheres, samples from the movies, hypnotic rhythms, crystal electronic and distorted vocals are the main elements of this project. Unreleased material from early era + remixes made by Gaping Chasm, Anhedonia and Flint Glass. Dark-electro-ambient. [label info]
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DISORDER OF DEADEIGHT -- "Voidkollapse / Tunnelvogel" -- CD -- €10
2006 Vaticanian Roadkill Records, VRR 03/04
Spooky rumblings from these Finnish wizards of drone. This two track, hour long excursion sounds as if it has taken the Radiophonic Workshop, Nurse With Wound, Uton, The Boredoms, Sunn, and squeezed them all through the worlds biggest delay pedal. This maybe one of the best things we have heard in a long while, and is definitly not for the faint hearted, but ultimatly is one heck of a gloriously rewarding trip. [Rough Trade]
DISPERSIVE LIGHT -- "Mazurka" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2017 VOLOK Records, VR-5, (ltd. 20)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. The second full-length album of the Kiev project DISPERSIVE LIGHT - MAZURKA is a perfect example of how tenderness and coarseness, love and hatred, brutality and purity can be combined. In his work the author tries to say how fragile and at the same time uncompromising can be our life. That we are somewhere on the boundary between despair and divine inspiration, we remain the same simple and infinitely lonely people. Moths flying to the light. We can not do anything about it. We can not change anything. The dance of being continues. And again and again, from our lips sounds a question addressed to the creator. Who are we? [label info]
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DISPERSIVE LIGHT -- "Spider" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 VOLOK Records, VR-13, (ltd. 20)
Guitar drone doom / industrial / noise from Kiev, Ukraine. "This is a gloomy dream. Images float before the dreamer's eyes one after another. Becoming more terrible and more desperate. I want to escape, to wake up. But the dream is like a spider's web, holding you tight. Horror penetrates the heart. Breath is interrupted. You are falling into the abyss. And only someone's eyes are watching your suffering in the dark." [label info]
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DISPERSIVE LIGHT -- "Traces In The Dark" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2017 VOLOK Records, VR-6, (ltd. 20)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. Like a mad artist, he paints rough strokes with his brush on the disintegrating canvas of reality. So the author of "Traces In The Dark" shows us the last flickers and sighs of the vanishing world. He seems to give us the pleasure of suffering at the time of death. He tells us, look, look carefully. It happens to you, it happens right now. Do not be afraid of anything, do not regret anything. Walk straight. Follow the trail into the darkness. You have the courage and strength to look beyond the edge. [label info]
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DISPERSIVE LIGHT / SUMMONS OF SHINING RUINS -- split -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2012 A5 Production, AP010, (ltd. 500)
Split album featuring 5 lengthy tracks apiece from Dispersive Light (the drone / doom / black noise / death ambient band from Kiev artist Arthur Mogilevsky) and Summons Of Shining Ruins (Japanese experimental musician Shinobu Nemoto). For this album the two acts focused on man's dark side. Ltd x 500 copies. Ukrainian import. [Cold Spring]
DISSECTING TABLE -- "Human Breeding" -- CD -- €10
1997 Release Entertainment, RR 6954-2
The fourth full-length release from this highly-revered Japanese post-industrialist.
DIVERSAEON -- "Existence Exceeded" -- CD-R -- €7
2005 Toiko, TOK-06, (ltd. 50)
Industrial / Noise / Experimental. 20 minutes of high quality material from Finland. [Freak Animal]
DIVINUM OPUS SEDARE DOLOREM / FROZEN OCEAN -- "Sensus Veris" -- CD-R -- €8
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT78, (ltd. 78)
"Sensus Veris" - "feeling of spring" - split recording of two Russian electronic projects. Pensive lyrical ambient, quite melancholic, but not that dark, rather fresh like first spring wind, flickering like first leaves on birch branches, tender like first snowdrops, lively like bird clamour. Laconic piano and folk fragments in vein of late Current 93 make the album even more bright and interesting. Two-ply package of different kinds of paper and colour insert. [label info]
DJ SHUHER -- "Harvest Of Joy" -- 3"CD-R -- €6
2006, Shuher Audio, SHAU02
Experimental / Sound Collage. Early project of Dmitry Chistov (HUM, MAW, etc.), a 13-minute schizophrenic collage made out of looped vinyl records, rattle and noise, just total crookedness. The recording was made in October 1998 and is dedicated to all autumn's psychonauts. For best experience it's recommended to play this record on maximum volume with repeat functuion.
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DJINN -- "Fuck Vessel" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Nekrogoat Heresy Productions, NGHCD16, (ltd. 200)
Dark Ambient / Black Metal. Djinn is the manifestation of the joint efforts of M.T. (K.F.R.) and Old (Old Burial Temple) and “Fuck Vessel” the first conjuration of its dark spectral entity. A well crafted blend of Ambient Atmospheric Black Metal as only masters of their arts can achieve. A dark, dense and agonizing journey into the most cold and visceral side of Black Metal. Originally recorded in 2015, partially in the Parisian catacombs and now available as a limited CD through Nekrogoat Heresy Productions. [label info]
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DL & EK -- "XIB" -- CD-R -- €7
2001 Soulworm Editions, Worm XII, (ltd. 200)
Formerly known as Dachaulustknaben and Einsatzkommandos, these two legends of German power electronic scene in early Nineties came out with a collaborational release, entitled 'XIB'. The title stands for their deathcamp concept - XIB was the number of the women's block in one of the nazi lagers. But neither DL nor EK did approach the subject alike so many other power electronics outfits. Their attention has turned out to the victims not mutilators. Later on, they have decided to leave this imaginery as nothing original anymore. Anyway, their recordings speak for themselves alone, as only 'alte-schule' power electronics can do. Extremely raw, grinding and obscure electronic assault that crushes your bones and boils your blood, still being soundscape rather than just noise for the sake of noise. This CDR is a re-release of long sold-out one on Bastet Recordings (re-mastered version of the '92 tape). [press-release]
DMITRIY RODIONOV EXPERIENCE -- "Learn to Keep Silence from Trees" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT50, (ltd. 106)
Guitarist Dmitriy Rodionov founded a project "Lenin & I" in 1999 in small closed Ural naukograd Snezhinsk (Chelyabinsk-70), which is built around a major scientific research institute "Academician Zababakhin's All-Russian Scientific Research Center of Technical Physics Federal Nuclear Center". Dmitry's music is complicated, masterly embodied, deeply philosophic, filled with a spirit of Nature and inhuman tranquility work on the edge of Drone, Dark Ambient and Industrial made with the help of natural and artificial sounds, noise, voices and different acoustic and electric instruments. The album is expanded with 2 video clips - a kind of screen version of noise pictures interpreted to the language of visual images. Full-colour sleeve. [press-release]
DN23RD -- "Signals From Outside / Unconnect" -- 2 CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Down Elkovca Records, CD-R DER 007, (ltd. 13)
Unique and cult "project" from Russian underground, all the recordings of which are the fixations of radionoises on various frequencies. No editing. Only selection of an interesting frequency and complete human noninterference in the process of radio-receiver's work. This release is a reissue of two previously released radio fixations. Signals From Outside was released three times (in 2001 - ltd. 4 copies, in 2002 - ltd. 23 copies, and in 2004 - again ltd. 23 copies). Unconnect was released only once in 2004 ltd. 23 copies. And now, after 9 years since the last editions, both of these fixations are available again under one cover. Two CD-Rs with printed surface packed in a slim-case. Radio scheme on aged paper used as a cover, info insert inside. [press-release]
DN23RD + HYDROGENIUM -- "Scorcher" -- 3"CD-R -- €3 [-50%]
2010 CSRC, CSB-03, (ltd. 32)
[Remix by the Moscow project Hydrogenium of a track by another Moscow project DN23rd.] Multilayered radionoise sounding a bit like (electrical) transformer drone filled with communication interceptions and slowly, systematically and inexorably corroding the last remnants of your cerebrum with somewhat detached, restrained mechanical fury. Like a disabled, uncontrollable tank set on fire with its crew trapped inside still driving amain through the bodies of already dead and still alive. [press-release]
DOLGOE ZASTOLYE -- "Krasnye Vorota (The Red Gate)" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Red Engineering Production, REPR-21, (ltd. 20)
Industrial / Dark Ambient / Field Recordings. "The Red Gate" album is a collection of images that line up a complete story. The album has many sounds familiar to most people who cause different associations. There are also many abstract sounds. "The Red Gate" is an intuitive movement to nostalgia for the present. This is the reverse and unaware side of everything that we know from childhood. Most of the material was recorded in the field. All other sounds were recorded in the studio using synthesizers, guitar effects and various improvised means. [label info]
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DOM VDOVY -- "Os Hians, Dentes Candidi" -- CD-R -- €8
2016 self-re1eased, (ltd. 42)
New album of the Russian project Dom Vdovy (translated as "House Of Widow") inspired by the Middle Age stories about lycanthropy. Dark / Horror / Black Ambient with old school tape sound and great sense of composition. Two long slowly evolving tracks, first of which contains merged two compositions of the new album, and second presents a 25-min live recording made in the Experimental Sound Gallery (ESG-21) in St. Petersburg in summer 2016. The disc is packed in a foldout A5 sleeve, limited edition of 42 hand-numbered copies.
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DOM VDOVY -- "Wilczyca" -- CD -- €7
2010 Salts & Ashes Productions, starlit003, (ltd. 500)
The project Dom Vdovy ("House of Widow", coming from Leningrad region) released its first demo records back in 2002, and in 2010 put out its first CD album. The project's style can be described as classical black ambient with elements of neoclassic - foggy obscure atmosphere, adherence to funeral and afterworld aesthetics, abundance of synthesizer pads, sepulchral samples and ritual rhythms. The CD also contains a video for one track.
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DOOM OF VALYRIA -- "Warg" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Gradual Hate Records, GH 132 CD
Neofolk. WARG is the second album of Doom of Valyria, consist of seven epic tunes that sound to past ages and bloody battles. Folk music set in fantastic literature like Song of Ice and Fire and The Warlord Chronicles. [label info]
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DOR -- "The Trial" -- CD-R -- €12
2021 Agfa Archive, AGFA 05, (ltd. 50)
Power Electronics. An extremely metaphysical work from 2020, especially appreciated by the author, now available on physical media in an expanded form with all the texts and artworks that can shake your mental balance towards borderline metasleep. Walk through all the corridors of your essence, open all the doors. Shout, cry and don't say we didn't warn you. A sip of liquid black as oil will take you to the lower world, to underground Russia, embraced by flames of irrational chaos and bloody rakes. This album is about all of us. The trial is already underway... 14-panel artbook, sandpaper insert, postcard. [label info]
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DOROGA -- "I" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Ikuisuus, IKU-021 / Nekorekords, Neko-02
Debut CD by a new Finnish duo (Hinageshi Bondage + Umpio). Slow ritual gongs, metals, percussions, loops and free clarinet/sax meditations, etc. Slow and intense... A study in evolving emptiness and truly a hypnotic trip. Comes in a 7" size sleeve. [labels info]
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DOWNFALL OF NUR -- "Umbras E Forestas" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Ksenza Records, KSZ 002 / Infinite Fog Productions, (ltd. 300)
Downfall of Nur is Ritual Ambient/Black Metal project born in Argentina in early 2013 by Antonio Sanna. The project concept is based on the Nuragic Civilization and the Folklore of Sardinia, Italy, Place where Antonio Sanna was born and he lived his childhood. The name of the project come from is the root of the word of Nuraghe,the Nuraghes were temples of the ancient Nuragic civilization that saw their splendor in Sardegna between 17 A.C. to the second century D.C. [label info]
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DRAKH -- "Bethlehem" -- CD -- €13
2010 Essence Music, ESS014, (ltd. 400)
One third of the cult post-industrial Swedish legends MZ.412, one half of the amazing experimental act Beyond Sensory Experience and Nordvargr's long running loyal partner on classic endeavors - including the abyssal black ambient duo Nordvargr/Drakh. With such high caliber re'sume', we are more than honored to present the first DRAKH solo album! While mostly known for his demonic, truly Swedish guitar interventions on the MZ.412 or N/D pitch black ambiences, Bethlehem finds Jonas Aneheim walking through slow, quasi-harmonic, subtle, yet thick drone fields weaving elaborate and unexpected damaged electronic rhythms and harsh, crackling ambient textures that can become - at the same time - both delicate and haunting, warm and freezing, to finally drown in a sea of reverb, glacial riffing and distortion on his own shadowy interpretation of the city of Bethlehem. Simply perfect. Masterfully conceived and recorded on the road during his many world travels over the past years - from the US State of Indiana to Asia -, the album successfully narrates unknown angles from these places via ominous sonic vistas and pallets that truly honor the charming aura and tradition of the bleakest Swedish sounds. Presented in our custom 6-panel digisleeve packaging with stunning and desolate photography by Seldon Hunt. Not coincidentally mastered by no one else than Jouni Ollila (aka Ulvtharm, from the MZ.412 fame) at oLLiLaboratories Studios. [press-release]
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DREAMCATCHER -- "Nimbus" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2005 Ohnono, OHNO 08, (ltd. 1000)
Hailing from the bowels of Montreal's 'ghetto', Dreamcatcher blast out with the big guns. Nimbus is the debut full length; chock full of enough sinister beats and atmospheric noise-scapes to seriously mess up your face. By harnessing the power of hot wired mixers alongside countless other home made electronics, Dreamcatcher has no trouble carving out a distinct sound. Past releases on nautical almanac's in house label 'Heresee' and 'Alien8 Recordings' have been met with praise for a reason. An interstellar combination of cosmic proportions... This is Dreamcatcher. [press-release]
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DREN -- "Time & Form" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 181-2, (ltd. 300)
Industrial / Techno. "Time & Form" is the debut of the duo hailing from Tri-City. The material was recorded at the turn of April and May 2018, shortly after Natt and Akton gave birth to DREN. The music on the album is characterized by stylistic eclecticism. Over the course of eight electronic works, you can hear strong influences of industrial, ritual sounds and widely understood "bass music". From the first beats of "Time" to the last bass breath of "Terminus", DREN spreads a dark aura around the listener. Dense, heavy atmosphere hovers above the unobvious, mechanical, yet ritual rhythms. 300 copies in 3-panel ecopak. [label info]
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DROG_A_TEK -- "Live at B-Stasion" -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
1000+1 TiLt
21 minutes of free improvisation on repeating loops, like a long, never ending joint. [label info]
DRONAEMENT -- "Allein... Unter Menschen" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2004 AFE Records, afe051lcd, (ltd. 150)
Dronaement is active since 1997 and is the main musical project of Marcus Obst who lives in the South area of what once was East Germany. Marcus is also involved in the Das Rhythmische Ornament experimental drone-punk duo and runs a small label called Nauze [Muzick]... After a few amazing tape albums he joined the Drone Records serie with the "Wassermond" 7", which was based on a collaboration with Jim De Jong, followed soon by a split LP with The Infant Cycle (Jim De Jong again....). Since then he released some marvellous solo CD-R albums on Dachstuhl, Nauze [Muzick] and Mistery Sea that everyone with an even small interest in Drone / Experimental music should immediately put their hands on. An "analog drones meet muffled guitars" collaboration with french guitarist Rabbit's Sorrow (Sebastien Roux) was also released on CD by Le Cri De La Harpe. "Allein... Unter Menshen" is the fully remastered re-version of the tape originally released on Nauze [Muzick] back in 1999. The first long track entitled "Allein..." was recorded using an electric organ as the only sound source. It is a beautifully calm drone played on the G tone, which is the tone of the day, and is meant to induce a state of meditation into the listener. "...Unter Menschen" is another very long track, some kind of a floating collage constructed from hours of field recordings taken in a big railstation hall in Leipzig, Germany. The last track, "Abriss" is a short but beautiful exclusive addition to this CD-R re-release... Dronaement is clearly one of the most talented drone-based music project around and "Allein... Unter Menschen" is a nice rediscover of one of his earliest releases. [label info]
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DRONNY DARKO & APOLLONIUS -- "The Sea Of Potentials" -- CD-R -- €10
2017 Pantheon, PAN034, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient. In the darkest places, there's always a light. Hidden, untouched yet always omnipresent since it is its nature. The deepest sea levels, the vastness of space, the darkest corners of the human soul. It's always there, waiting for the call, eager to unfold and to show an unexpectedly wide horizon of possibilities. On the fundamental level, it's not even light as we know it – just feasibility of action, of motion and creation. We all have it. It's a boundless sea and we are always on its shores... Pro-printed and varnished hq CDR disc housed in the black cardboard envelope with grey ribbon and pro-printed artwork. [label info]
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DROUIN, JAMIE & HANNES LINGENS -- "Alluvium" -- CD -- €10
2017 Intonema, int021, (ltd. 200)
One more duo on Intonema! Canadian artist Jamie Drouin, who uses a small selection of electronics, and German artist Hannes Lingens on snare drum and floor tom, have recorded this new album in an unusual way: Improvising in the studio using headphones, rather than monitors, the musicians were able to focus on meticulously detailed microsounds. In particular, the sounds derived from the close mic’ing of Lingen’s percussion instruments, combined with Drouin’s using that input as a sound source for his own electronics. The "Alluvium" recording process allowed their independent gestures and textures to cross pollinate each other’s, blurring the definition between their otherwise distinct instruments. [label info]
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DUB CONSTRUCTOR -- "Ulitka Zen" -- CD -- €6
2004 Lagunamuch Community, LMC100
The first release of Lagunamuch community was a collection of the best tracks of Dub Constructor. Roots dub, experimental electronic dub, ambient-dub - you find all major dub trends there. Ulitka Zen is an outstanding work of sound engineer and live-sessions master. Anyone who heard this release knows that the Babylon is going to fall. [label info]
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DUE PROCESS -- "Combine I -- XVIII" -- CD -- €10
1995 RRRecords, RRR-CD-20
Ahh. Here's some serious art damage that careens from ambient industrial to the astringent squonks, bleeps and clamor of '60s avant-garde to the angst-ridden sonic shards and noisy electronic reflections of the post-industrial mess we find ourselves in now. Featuring Tom Dimuzio, Ron Lessard (the man behind RRRecords) and John Wiggins, Due Process knows how to crank it out. While they can create a terrific din, the music actually leans a bit in the ambient direction, with lower dynamics and muffled timbres, albeit with a raucous pandemonium of noise just beneath the surface. [Dean Suzuki, Option]
DUMONT, OLIVIER & RODOLPHE LOUBATIERE -- "Mouture" -- CD-R -- €6
2013 Observatoire, obs * RD#2, (ltd. 100)
This french guitar/percussion pairing produce few surprises, having found a comfortable slot in the post-reductionist, texturally aware corner of modern Improv. But what makes their music consistently interesting is the depth of the duo's palette. For every sound that resembles anything like percussion, even fewer sound anything like a guitar and a fair amount can't be easily attributed to either musician. Individual personalities, egos and characters diminish, and the focus is left on the sound of the music alone. Things scrape, roar, rumble and whine through a slow, finely detailed morass of constantly churning sound (the album's title translates fittingly as Grind). At different points both claustrophobically murky and airily glowing, this is engaging, absorbing music, but it's no easy listen, and patient attention is required befor it gradually seeps out its rewards. [The Wire Magazine]
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DUNCAN, JOHN & CARL MICHAEL VON HAUSSWOLFF -- "Our Telluric Conversation" -- CD -- €10
2006 23five, 23five 008
23five Incorporated proudly presents Our Telluric Conversation - the second collaborative album from John Duncan and Carl Michael von Hausswolff. This is an album which Duncan describes as having been galvanized by magnetism. In a semantic sleight of hand, Duncan and Hausswolff reveal magnetism through a duality of meanings. One on hand, they speak of the physical phenomenon of charged objects that exert an attraction or repulsion upon other objects; yet on the other, magnetism can be defined the psychological influence wielded by charismatic individuals. Our Telluric Conversation maps out the complexities that emerged through the collaborative pursuits of these venerated sound artists... [label info]
DUNKELHEIT -- "Temps Modernes" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2010 Steelkraft Manufactory, SKM10, (ltd. 100)
A new release from this Quimper (Brittany/France) based project, active since 1993. From industrial noise to concrete cut-ups and cold ambient soundscapes. Released by Steelkraft Manufactory, limited to 100 CDR in a white digipak. [label info]
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DUOZERO -- "Esperanto" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2006 SmallVoices, SVR06019
Downtempo / Experimental. "Esperanto" is the multi-lingual voice of technology, a suspension of sounds based in research: a chaos of signs overwhelmed by sonic devices... New sound manipulator Duozero takes atmospheres and sound structures, twisting them into a blasphemous aural ecstacy of concrete music, unconscious field recordings and machine connections... [label info]
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DUST TO DEARTH / LYSERGENE -- "The Death Of The Sun" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Aesthetic Death, ADCD 012
Split CD from two awesome dark minimal ambient artists: DUST TO DEARTH and LYSERGENE. DUST TO DEARTH is the dark ambient manifestation from Mandy (MURKRAT), featuring harrowing and chilling dark desolate sounds. Meanwhile LYSERGENE - the side project of ESOTERIC member Gordon Bickness - come forth with their second release with 3 dark droning evocations of melancholic ambient drone to bring forth the Death Of The Sun. [Cold Spring]
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DVAR -- "Deii" -- 2 CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Shadowplay Records, SPR140
After two years the "Bee Cult Priests" return with the new mystical message for the humanity, hidden under a laconical name of "Deii". "Deii" is a double CD release, each containing 16 tracks filled with fabulous atmospheres, shamanic incantations of astral creatures, touching fantastic sounds and beautiful soul relieving melodies. This brilliant work carries the listener's spirit up to the times of the Renaissance, an era of triumph of Light, Spirit and Sense. As one alchemical maxim puts it, 'bees come to people for people could come to bees'. "Deii" is a perfect guide to the world of bees... [press-release]
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DVAR -- "Zii" -- CD -- €10
2008 Art Music Group, AMG 324
New Image. New Style. New Album. If there's a project in the world that could be simultaneously described as "gothic", "avantgarde", "fantasy pop" and a good dozen of other terms, then it's only and exclusively DVAR. The project of anonymous musicians led by their supernatural nurser carries its message to the people for already 7 years. The members of DVAR who never before showed their faces now have come before the audience. However, only in the form of... anthropomorphic bees. Who knows, maybe they really look this way? A renowned Russian comic painter Lumbricus Terrestris has designed the whole cartoon-comic concept for the new album perfectly depicting the music of this period. And the music presented in "Zii" is as much modern and actual as "swanky getups" of the three insect characters. The compositions of this album balance on the edge of "psychopathic darkwave", "avantgarde chanson" and surprisingly the most fashion trends from the world of glamour pop music. As always, the new album surprises with unexpected stylistic moves and sonic findings. However we can say that "Zii" crossed a kind of Rubicon and penetrated the world of really accessible musical forms, although being no less expressive. Like always on the recordings by DVAR, the atmosphere of songs ranges from bright to scary and even frightening. The abundance of all kinds of xylophones, harpsichords and children's organs this time is woven into groovy deep rhythm section which gives sunny fervour and dancefloor drive to the compositions. We should also mention that the album is dedicated to such a sad event as "mass destruction of bees by Varroa mite". [press-release]
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EARTH TO GROUND -- "Symbiosis" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2010 Essentia Mundi, EM019, (ltd. 100)
The debut release of Earth To Ground band from Germany. Guitar, voices, synths, acoustic percussions & free compositions: an outstanding experimental music adventure. "Symbiosis" is industrial drone with a touch of human sensibility induced by various voices effects. A symbiotic treatise between the sound and the environment in industrialized ages... Earth To Ground plays experimental music and it is from Germany. The style cannot easily be categorized, the music has a special aura created with droning-industrialized guitars and by the presence of voices, it is something really special that have to be heard. It is a project that also plays live, and currently it is in studio preparing the first full length CD. Let yourself captivated by the journey with the debut release 'Symbiosis'. [label info]
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ECHO WEST -- "Echoes of the West" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2005 Dark Vinyl, DV #51
ECHO WEST combines the elements of industrial music and cold-pop of the 80ies. Soundtechnical comparisons can be establish via older and younger groups like Dark Day, Nocturnal Emissions, SPK, Haus Arafna, November Növelet. [label info]
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ECHO WEST -- "In Pop We Trust" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Dark Vinyl, DV #56
On their new album, this German outfit is moving into more melodic and partly even danceable minimal electro songs, away from industrial to more poppy tracks. "In Pop We Trust" thus is comparable to bands such as RORSCHACH GARDEN or BAKTERIELLE INFEKTION, that belong to the spearheads of the ever rising German minimal Electro- (or "Modern Pop / Angst Pop") scene, that takes inspiration from the 8oies. ECHO WEST presented their new album at WGT2006 and the new songs were welcomed extremely well! [label info]
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ECHOES OF YUL -- "Cold Ground" -- CD -- €10
2013 Avantgarde Music, AV212
A stylish 6 panels digipack to sweeten the hallucinating performance of this Polish band, one of the best European acts in terms of experimental post doom... A traumatic voyage by all means... [label info]
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ECHOES OF YUL -- "The Healing Sessions" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015/2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 143-2, (ltd. 300)
During the recording sessions for his most recent regular album "The Healing", Michał Śliwa aka Echoes of Yul recorded much more material than appeared on the album. Some of these unpublished recordings appeared on the "The Healing Session" cassette issued in the strict limit of 50 copies. The material was quickly distributed among the collectors and practically until now was unavailable in the physical form. Since the music is as interesting as on the regular album "The Healing", it could not be forgotten. Today, in a slightly refreshed version, with minor changes, it is rereleased, this time on a CD. The album is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. [label info]
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ECHRAN -- "In Offret" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2009 A Silent Place, ASP42
In Offret is the second Echran full length after the acclaimed self-titled debut (released by the Italian SmallVoices label in 2005). Echran is the electronic project of Davide Del Col (Molnija Aura) and Fabio Volpi, who has worked over the last few years with the Milanese audio/video collective Otolab. Starting in 2003, the project joins two different kinds of experiences: one is gloomy and ambient, the other is noise-based with a psychedelic attitude. Echran's dark electronic soundscapes are not easy to pigeonhole: there's a constant metronome-like pulse that could be compared to Pan Sonic or some Basic Channel-inspired minimal techno, but at the same time it's not really ambient or droning. French lyrics give the record an elegant touch of soft velvet atmosphere. [press-release]
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ECLIPSED -- "The Probabilistic Mind" -- CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Aliens Production, APD018, (ltd. 66)
Electro / Industrial. The chemical connection between the community of old school Slovak musicians was finally combined and the reaction of this Hlohovec-Trnava cooperation has finally got it’s final concept. The project of members of SAMHAIN and KIFOTH has gotten the form of an analogue school, and this connection will be for sure a strong beginning for the fans of analog strings of dancing beats and the wild-torn sound of sound tortures. The concept is based on a raw analogue sound that has a lot of hallucinations and hard attacks on your mind. The project's purpose is to use the hybrid beats with amount of the strong sounding tones that are pulsing in the machine park. Excellent combination of electronics and experimentation. This is a concept for an open mind and a community that is willing to break into the oasis of analogue storm. This project is designed to respond to projects such as: Noise Unit, Intermix, Download... Unique pure sound concept full of cracking blocks and hybrid tortures. This digital edition is followed with strictly limited cdr edition in a special mechanical package of 66 copies. [label info]
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EGO COLLAPSE -- "Red Wings Of Autumn" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2015 Ostroga, OTR-036, (ltd. 30)
Experimental noise / dark ambient / field recordings. Ego Collapse: Vitaly Maklakov + Philipp Konieczny. "Together with Philipp Konieczny completed work on a new album. Today, 30 copies of "Red Wing autumn" saw the light. This long composition is dedicated to my friend Sergei Okonechnikov. During the recording, we often talked with Sergey on the topic of this music. He was particularly inspired by the realization of my text in this album. Work on the material was completed shortly before the death of Sergei." Pro-CDR, 30 copies. [label info]
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EGO COLLAPSE -- "Snow & Sun" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Down Elcovka Records, CD-R DER 022, (ltd. 30)
Ambient / Noise / Drone. "Dreary tired swamps in the depths of taiga silently moan waiting for the relieving first snow. And over there only heavy snowy slouds waiting for their hour in the light of lazy autumn sun." Meditative Noise Ambient from the Russian-German project featuring Vitaliy Maklakov (Light Collapse) and Philipp Konieczny (Ego God). Almost an hour-long droning suite for the lovers of late autumn and melancholic black and white movies. CD-R with printed surface packed in half-DVD box. [label info]
EGOIST -- "Breaking Moment" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Aliens Production, AP 54, (ltd. 100)
EBM / Industrial / Electro. Another in edition of never released and nowhere officially published appetizers in the electronic community. This project that has after millenium camed also to our parts on a festival Apocalyptic Visions was founded in Poland, and its protagonist already then had the same clean handwritting influenced by the EBM projects that are by the listening of this work well known to everyone. Atmospheric EBM where the influence of Canadian school is clear will absorb you from the beginning. Melodic lines, robotic vocals and speed tempos strikes like a hammer on the head. Solar panels tune the waves of energy into you and the bass lines rotate your listening device. This material is from older date, but stll very current, full of energy and great music. A complex of beats and catchy vocals served by the old school. Kuba and his view on the technological revolution. Even at that time cyberspace was filled with information dust and conspiracy theories... Egoist is one man project exploring biomechanical electro industrialsonic spaces. Created in 2002 by Kuba Włodarski, coming from Łódź (currently residing in Kraków), a remixer, DJ and propagator of industrial grinds. Egoist sound is characterized by canonades of mechanical beats and heavy bass lines flirting constantly with a specific dance vibes imposed on the productions of Kuba. CD edition including new bonus tracks. Ltd edition 100 copies digipack. [label info]
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EJECT -- "Instead of us there was rustle heard" -- CD -- €6
2012 self-released
Post-Rock / Experimental Jazz. A project from St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Pavel Mikheev – multi-instrumentalist playing in numerous rock and experimental bands. In this incarnation Eject manifested as a trio with Pavel on guitar and effects, Dmitry Bibikov on double-bass and Konstantin Gubenko on drums and percussion. Six instrumental pieces somewhere at a meeting point of post-rock and experimental jazz. Dynamics with an unpredictable plot, emotionally charged atmosphere, sensitive and refined playing technique of all three musicians – recommended to the connoisseurs of unusual instrumental music!
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EL ULTIMO SOL -- "Entre Mundos" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Gradual Hate Records, GH 146 CD / Soliferro, SF 007, (ltd. 200)
Neofolk / Ritual. A project by Daniel P. (ÀRNICA, WIHINEI RITA) and Gemma A. EL ULTIMO SOL is an encounter between worlds. A crossroad between realities, vibrations and sounds, where the old, the past and the present come together to form a timeless space. Time is diluted creating a sacred circle. For us it is an intimate and personal link, a relationship with the wild, with the mysterious of this apparently ordinary world, and of other worlds hidden from view, and that converge at the same point, at the same moment. An oasis in the middle of a life that pushes you to run, to not have time to feel. A place where everything stops to reconnect with the essential, with the primitive and instinctive, returning to the origin. [label info]
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ELBE -- "Sudety" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Epidemie Records, EPR088, (ltd. 300)
Post Metal / Post Rock. Jeseníky are one of the most picturesqe mountains in Czech Republic. Their tortured history is reflected in melancholy atmosphere of abandonned and vanished villages such as Elba that inspired guitariste and composer Stanislav Jelínek (Dying Passion) to his new project called Elbe. Together with Martin Spacosh Peřina (Sousedi, Between the Planets) they made an impressive soundtrack to mysterious sceneries of Jeseníky region with elements of postrock, ambient, shoegaze and psychedelic... Limited edition of 300 copies in hand numbered 6 panels digipacks. [label info]
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ELDAR -- "The Secret Golden Flower" -- CD -- €12
2012 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 163
ELDAR, the Spanish Dark Ambient/Martial project that once started on Cold Meat Industry, return with yet another conceptual album presenting a wide range of beautiful sounds. The concept of this album is inspired by the mystical and psychological archetypes to explain the universal version of a generic soul that rules from the collective unconscious of individuals in all human civilizations since antiquity. These archaic prototypes were copied, emulated and used since the dawn of humanity, and fantastic dream and images have been represented in myths and symbols, trying to explain these exemplary patterns that are still alive and latent until today. They sleep present in popular folklore, in the psyche of every human being, influencing yourself and collectively in the beliefs and ideas that lead them to make beautiful and creative acts or carrying even their own destruction, evolving or backward from that inexorable shape societies through time and history. This album runs in his melodies and lyrics the long road of archetypes that continue to print his psychological injury in each individual and that shape their behavior in society, determining the fate of humanity. Composed by Marc Merinee & Merce Spica and recorded at Oxid Studio Barcelona 2011. Produced & Mastered by Marc Merinee. Art Work by Alonso Urbanos.
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ELEKTRONAVN -- "Audelà L'Inconnu (Vertical) / For Theo Angelopoulos" -- CD-R -- €7
2007 Empty Sounds Rec., ESR 007
Audelà L'Inconnu (Vertical): A classical soprano (Trine Vestergaard), a medieval hurdy-gurdy player (Søren Hammerlund) and an impro-guitarist (Stephan Sieben) were - one by one - asked to improvise in a long tunnel under some railway tracksin the southwestern part of Copenhagen. Elektronavn (Magnus Olsen Majmon) recorded it, computerized it and composed a work where each part/layer is presented horisontally (Audelà L'Inconnu Horisontal) and later on this work where the parts have been mixed to a hybrid vertical collage track... For Theo Angelopoulos: this work has earlier been released as 'forme' but has now been given a new name. An ode to the Greek director. [liner notes]
ELEKTRONAVN -- "Rationale Mystique" -- CD-R -- €7
2007 Empty Sounds Rec., ESR 002
All music composed, played & computerized by Elektronavn / Magnus Olsen Majmon 2004. One track is a remix of an old session with Niklas Antonsen (trb), Lars Tormod (bas), Stephan Sieben (gtr), M.O.M. (dr). [liner notes]
ELFFOR -- "Dra Sad (The Trilogy)" -- 3 CD -- €30
2017/2020 Ksenza Records, KSZ 031, (ltd. 111)
Dungeon Synth. A compilation of three albums under one cover: "Dra Sad" (2017), "Dra Sad II" (2018) and Dra Sad III (Beneath The Uplands Of Doom) (2019), previously released by Elffor himself. Triple CD digipak, limited to 111 copies.
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ELFFOR -- "Into The Shades Of Hate" -- 3 CD -- €30
1998/2021 Ksenza Records, KSZ 032, (ltd. 150)
Atmospheric Black Metal / Dungeon Synth. Reissue of the first three Elffor albums: "Into The Dark Forest..." (1998), "Son Of The Shades" (2002) and "From The Throne Of Hate" (2004). Triple CD digipak, limited to 150 copies.
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ELIWAGAR -- "Fra Hjertet Av Norden" -- CD -- €15 [-50%]
2012 Nordafolk Records, NF 002 / Great Turf Deluxe, GTD 006 / Pagan Pride
Neofolk. Beautiful Norwegian Neofolk from the very heart of the North. Beautiful female vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, violin, cello and shamanic tambourine. 9 songs in Norwegian. 6-panel glossy digipack, 20-page full-color booklet with all the lyrics, 4 full-color stickers with northern landscapes. [YAOP]
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EMBRYOPTIC -- "Blood Vessels" -- CD -- €11
1995 Connect The Dots Music, ctdmux 02, (ltd. 500)
Minimalistic organic art noise with rare invasions of rhythms. Artwork made of transparent plastic. Rare. [YAOP]
EMERGE -- "Hiding Place" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2016 Frozen Light, FZL 036, (ltd. 300)
“Hiding Place” is a lost EMERGE album partly collaborated with German fairy singer Eljara (Prinzip Nemesis) and Russian Experimental Ambient artist Re-DrUm. Great and almost easy-listening soundscapes full of bright mysterious atmospheres, distant choirs, meditative rhythms and calm melodies. Just inexpressibly beautiful music... In digifile, 300 copies. [label info]
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EMERGE -- "Materia" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Attenuation Circuit, ACU 1014, (ltd. 100)
Electroacoustic / Experimental. The album, which manages to pack a variety of ideas and dramatic tension into its crisp 31 minutes, was recorded live in Poznan, Poland, in January 2018. EMERGE improvised with prepared samples and amplified objects made of various materials – hence the title – , namely wood, stone, and plastic. While the use of such basic, scratchy, even harsh sound sources is nothing new in EMERGE's work, the way in which he uses them here certainly is. They are often used to generate rhythmic loops that create downright beats, moving the piece to the brink of IDM or minimal music structures, but then collapsing such expectations by falling silent and moving into another direction altogether. While on the one hand silence is often used as a structuring medium, the drones so familiar in EMERGE only come into play as sound-effects that add colour to an otherwise monochrome palette. But this sparseness makes the compositional structure easy to hear and understand and certainly makes this album a perfect introduction for interested, yet inexperienced listeners who want to get into electroacoustic improvisation. More surprising than the rhythms, perhaps, is the direct, almost in-your-face way in which distorted voice like samples are used as a counterpoint to the live-generated sounds. They are used in dramatic gestures that almost resemble pop or rock dramaturgy, yet still are used sparingly enough so as not to become clichéd. This masterfully balanced mix of stylistic elements makes "Materia" an important addition to EMERGE's large body of work, if not a milestone. [label info]
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EMERGE -- "Steps" -- CD -- €13 [-50%]
2020 Attenuation Circuit, ACU 1021, (ltd. 300)
Field Recordings / Musique Concrete / Experimental. The album "Steps" is composed exclusively from field recordings made at the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial site. It is not possible to represent the horrors of concentration camps in music, and - a lesson learned from the many failures in the history of "industrial music" - the attempt to do so will inevitably result in trivialising, at best. Therefore, this is not about a concentration camp; it is about a memorial site. "Steps" shows to what extent contextual information about the sonic subject matter of a piece influences our listening. Only if we know the history behind these sounds - and the history of the place where they were recorded - are we able to make sense of the present. For part 2, Emerge invited sound artists to give their characteristic processing to the original field recordings. The resulting audio fragments are fed into the performance, symbolising a peaceful, solidary encounter of cultures: Anja Kreysing, Autonomaton, b°tong, Claus Poulsen, Dabit Vocem Austria, Federico Dal Pozzo, Freiband, Herr Penschuck, Limited Liability Sounds, Satori, Sofia Bertomeu, SRVTR, and Toni Dimitrov. [label info]
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EMIL BEAULIEAU -- "Moonlight In Vermont" -- CD -- €10
2005/2011 Hospital Productions, HOS-RRR
Noise. The true sound of love by America's greatest living noise artist. [label info]
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EMULSION -- "Blue Sky Objective" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2006 Lens Records, LENS0010
Emulsion's full-length debut CD brings together elements of 80's electro, cutting-edge IDM, and bouncy melodies steeped in indie influences. Blue Sky Objective is electronic pop music: an accessible and appealing mixture of pretty, emotive melodies and lo-fi electro beats. Thanks to an NES-lit eighties childhood, Emulsion's Nathan Koch never lost his obsession with the eight-bit aesthetic and its resulting digital artifacts- leading to his immersion in San Francisco's gaming industry, with a Game Boy planted firmly in his palm. With the prior release of a single and an EP, Emulsion spent over a year touring and promoting across the US with strong support from niche press and college radio. For fans of: Solvent, Casino Versus Japan & Ulrich Schnauss. [press-release]
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EN NIHIL -- "The Approaching Dark" -- CD -- €10
2013 Eibon Records, NIH087
The sound of ongoing apocalypse. Mixing extemporaneous noise bursts with solid dark ambient structures and menacing death industrial, US legendary EN NIHIL return with a brand new album. And what a come-back it is. The humans have left the earth. The universe is collapsing, and this is the sound of its death........ [label info]
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ENDING -- "Attempts Of Sedition" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018 Eibon Records, END106
Darkwave. Silver Pes (NERIAGE) and Mauro Berchi (CANAAN, NERONOIA) join forces in "Attempts of Sedition", the debut release of the Ending project. Covering territories tinged in dark electronics, the duo often let haunting melodies emerge from their sequenced nightmares, creating a perfect mixture of carefully structured songs with an unsettling sensibility. Comes in a 3-folders deluxe digisleeeve with booklet. [label info]
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ENDLESS IMITATION -- "Silence Mistery" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_24, (ltd. 28)
Drone Ambient. Everyday zen and apprehension of random moments in the context of the eternity. The greatness and beauty of specific fragments of reality through the prism of inner pacification. An ode to the endless loneliness of the kitchen demiurge. Maybe yours too? CD-R with surface print, packed in a half-DVD-box. [label info]
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ENDO, KAZUMOTO & EMANUELE BONINI -- "Rumore Da Ritorno Audio Metallico" -- CD -- €10
2014 Audio Dissection, AD14, (ltd. 300)
Noise. After the exciting split 7" experience of the past year, Kazumoto Endo and Emanuele Bonini (aka Encephalophonic) joined their forces togheter which culminated into a full lenght CD album. "Rumore Da Ritorno Audio Metallico" is the result of an intense raw sounds exchange which taken place beetween Japan and Italy and a furious studio work. Frenzy Harsh Noise that drills the brain and almost induced into a trance-like state with its 52+ minutes of unrelating assault. Hyperspeed mix of metal scrap noise, ear-piercing feedbacks, ripping fuzz damage, filter noise, rapid changes and dynamic accelerations makes this CD the ultimate harsh head ear-bliss experience. [label info]
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ENDRAUM -- "In Flimmernder Nacht" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1993/2006 Shadowplay Records, SPR 029
Darkwave / Neoclassical. "In Flimmernder Nacht" was originally released by Danse Macabre in the year 1993 (KROK 122). This is a Russian reissue with alternative artwork, bonus tracks and outer slipcase.
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ENDRAUM -- "Innerlichkeit" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
1996/2006 Shadowplay Records, SPR 027
German darkwave band. Russian reissue with bonus tracks.
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ENDRAUM -- "Zeitenlicht" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1992/2006 Shadowplay Records, SPR 028
Darkwave / Neoclassical. "Zeitenlicht" was originally released by Danse Macabre in the year 1992 (KROK 69). This is a Russian reissue with alternative artwork, bonus tracks and outer slipcase.
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ENEMITE -- "Wuyuan" -- CD -- €13
2017 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-67
Dark Ambient. Long time sold out, impossible to find and highly acclaimed Dark Ambient masterpice available again. You can almost sit back and imagine yourself laid on an icy cold mortuary table, with a circle of men approaching you with ceremonial knives. The music on this release really is that effective. "Wuyuan" really is not comparable to anything else from its genre; as usual, the Chinese scene provides us once again with something as twisted and unorthodox as anyone could want to imagine. [label info]
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ENGEL DER VERNICHTUNG -- "s/t" -- 2 CD -- €5 [-50%]
2012 Oltrelanebbiailmare, CD201209
Oltrelanebbiailmare presents a double CD that collects the particular proposal of the never forgotten Engel Der Vernichtung from Rieti, Central Italy. Born in 1985 as a project by Federico Festuccia and Roberto Feliciangeli - soon joined by Daniele Arisi and Paolo Campanelli - the group took its disturbing name of "Angel of Destruction" from an Einstürzende Neubauten song. After several performances in deconsecrated churches and abandoned factories, Engel Der Vernichtung debut in 1986 with the cassette "L'Art de la mort". Their style is characterized by electronic sounds and classical melodies similar to those used by Dead Can Dance, while the lyrics are often taken from the works of famous Italian writers and poets such as Dacia Maraini, Valerio Magrelli, Giovanna Sicari and others. On the first CD of this collection we find all the tracks originally included in the Mini-LP "L'amour fou" released in 1988 and the complete album "Angels in the Dust" published in 1990. The second CD offers an extensive set of unreleased tracks recorded in a subsequent period. A touching journey around and inside feelings, between the sacred and the profane, an exploration of the subconscious where rationality is lost in favor of the most irrepressible and deep instincts. [label info]
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ENMERKAR -- "Untitled II" -- CD-R -- €4
2007 Observatory Records, Observatory 12, (ltd. 20)
Side project of Sunchariot. Perserving, drowsy and vision-inducing drone ambient. Trapeziform cardboard package. [YAOP]
ENTHEOGENIC SOUND EXPLORERS -- "Magic Garden" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Databloem, DB034-2011
Entheogenic Sound Explorers are Stefano Contini and Piero Marchesi and Magic Garden is their third album on Databloem. Over the years the band have taken several musical influences and channeled them into something that is truly their own. But if comparisons must be made it could be with The Orb or Future Sound Of London. Expect a masterful blend of analog and digital sounds, which will carry you away on a psychedelic journey through the gardens of dubby, hypnotic ambient. [press-release]
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ENTHEOGENIC SOUND EXPLORERS -- "The Other Door" -- CD-R -- €9 [-50%]
2009 Databloem, DBCD09024
Downtempo / Ambient / IDM. ESE's follow up to the acclaimed The Shroom Experience debut album on our Practising Nature sister label. The Other Door showcases the more catchy, ambient dub influenced (The Orb) side of the band. Melodic synth sounds, varied rhythmic elements, psychedelic effects and an occasional guitar combine into a lovely, timeless sound. [label info]
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ENTHEOGENIC SOUND EXPLORERS -- "Quarto" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Databloem, DB044-2012
Entheogenic Sound Explorers fourth and most consistent album so far, offering an hour worth of adventurous dubby, hypnotic ambient. With "Quarto" Stefano Contini & Piero Marchesi have made another step in pushing their composing and production skills to a higher level. The albums seems to tell a story, travelling through psychedelic landscapes with a sense of hope and being. Put on repeat and you will discover new paths with each listen. [label info]
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ENVENOMIST / FENCES -- "Ascension / Decension" -- 2 x 3"CD-R -- €10
2009 Phage Tapes, PT05, (ltd. 75)
Two US-based dark ambient / noise artists. 3"CD-Rs come in mini jewel cases with two color screen print inserts all housed in a hand made screen printed card-stock box.
ERDLICHT -- "Urlicht: Erster Kreis" -- CD-R -- €7
2011 Ufa Muzak, UFA 39, (ltd. 120)
Nordic Ambient. Icy horizon, isolated and empty, no manifestation of life, it stays infinite and reachless, but this is just an illusion, a facet which will fall like morning mist. Like a drawing on glass, it takes a hot palm pulsating with living blood, and spreads with water carrying away the memories, words, never stopping, never ceasing. Spheric sound preserved in a glacier, runic prayer in front of horizon dying in flames, the Sun enlaces still visible silouettes with sine waves. Retreat and inclination of concentrated and peaceful consciousness to the ultimate secret land, radiating light mirages before dusk, even greater mystery behind them. Leviathan continues his way among the dark cold of depth, everything is silent and watching his movements. In this album of the German project ERDLICHT all valuable ingredients of his nordic ambient production are preserved: depth, expanse, colour. From sound devices elemental spirits appear in the air, and the story of their wordless speech will submerge you in bright and lucid dream. Be careful and don't believe them... P.S. This disk includes the original EP "Mitnachttrost", dark ambient with martial elements dedicated to Miguel Serrano, plus two previous albums "Erster Licht / Wilde Jagd" (Licht Und Stahl, 2009) and "Morgenrothe / Abendroth" (Tosom, 2009)... 11 tracks, 78 minutes, cardboard cover + 3 cards. [press-release]
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ESCAPE FROM WARSAW -- "Korozje" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 221-2, (ltd. 300)
Electro / Acid / Industrial. Karol Su/Ka aka Escape From Warsaw strikes again with his hardware jams of acid electro madness and guerilla electronics fueled by delirious rumblings of a madman concerning Polish reality, politics and far beyond. Album consists of tracks that were originally recorded as Street City Nomad (EFW’s other project) between 2006 and 2010 and newer compositions. Szymon samples and refers to figures like Bukowski, Kerouac or characters known from Polish punk/counter culture. The music itself is raw and uncompromising and along 14 songs you’ll find ones that you can easily dance to and also ones that will make you stand still for a while and question reality. The lyrics question it, as songs are of the kind that are funny on one side but touch very serious matters currently corrupting our country on the other. What deserves a special attention is covert art made by Karol Su/Ka himself. Six unsettling yet amazing graphics which could serve as an idea for LSD blotter. Leave the fear behind and expect the unexpected. CD edition of 300 copies comes in 6 panel digipack. [label info]
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ESCAPE FROM WARSAW / SANTA MARIA & KAROL SU/KA -- "Materia / Czas Snu" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 184-2, (ltd. 350)
Illbient / Dub / Experimental. After many years of absence in Zoharum, Karol Su/Ka returns with his music to our catalog. The release presented here is a double album, showing two different faces of his work. ESCAPE FROM WARSAW (formerly known as ARKONA) presents a style known from his previous recordings. A lot of here dub-based rhythms, electropunk nerve, sometimes even club-oriented structures and samples taken from various sources. All that is mixed in the characteristic psychedelic EFW style. It is a bit of a nod to a listener (perhaps due to the use of instruments and the electroclash conventions of the pastiche). However, lyrically he tells us about important things to a large extent. In simple words which Karol likes to put together, he has included many topics that are food for thought: ecological threat, modern life, loneliness etc. On the one hand, these are protest songs, but, on the other hand, they give a lot of pleasure from listening to them... The second disc belongs to the duo under the name of Santa Marta / Karol Su/Ka. "Czas Snu". The compositions on it are sonic illustrations to the intriguing poems of Marta Olszewska. Karol's music moves from the electropunk realm towards ambient structures, spatial compositions, much more subtle and intimate. Originally, these two discs were to be released separately, but combined in one package seemed a perfect complement to each other, just like the Taoist ying-yang... A double album is released in an ecopack limited to 350 copies. [label info]
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ESCUADRON DE LA MUERTE -- "Omnia Vincit Mors" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 Ufa Muzak, UFA 34, (ltd. 141)
Apocalyptic noise / Power electronics. Going wind in black pits, in ropes with no way out. This is the situation of reality. All of you are sitting tied to chairs, and information goes right in your brain. Abnormal, infinitely violent and compressed. Blood, lies, hunger, money. Smell of a burned human being and nature of depravity felt in killing fields. Bile of the world, in all corners of constant inconceivable depression. The project from South America presents an hour of music full of total strain and moral hardiness. This is not just noise in it's common form, this is a completely new level where this project exists, leaving behind all rivals. Prepare for adrenaline shock and remember - there's no way out. Escuadron De La Muerte is the music of crisis, all and everything, without an end. [press-release]
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ET NIHIL -- "Nor Am I" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Lichterklang, LK035, (ltd. 250)
Neofolk. If there is one band in the current Neofolk scene, that stands out among all other bands it’s ET NIHIL for sure. Rising from the ashes from legendary LUFTWAFFE, b9 InViD, RB and Jonathan S consequently follow their artistic vision and present a highly dynamic and powerful variety of the genre. “Nor Am I” is their first official studio release after the limited and sought-after “Onus” CDR, two live-albums and numerous singles and the first one to be released on LICHTERKLANG. “Nor Am I” contains 13 tracks of pure Neofolk mayhem, spanning from the morbidty of the Neofolk genre to intense drumming Martial Industrial is known for up to harsh and distorted vocals characterized by the Industrial scene, defining a new and modernized version of Neofolk. [label info]
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ETHNIC ACID -- "Power-Works 1986-88" -- 2 CD -- €10
2009 Industrial Recollections
Compilation of mid/late 80s UK project of Anthony DiFranco (Ramleh, Skullflower, Ax, Novatron, JFK, etc). Chosen tracks from his forgotten & most obscure tape releases from the labels Known from Broken Flag, Birthbiter, JFK, Disciple Productions, but also 4 previously unreleased tracks! [label info]
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EUBANKS, BRYAN & JASON KAHN -- "Drums Saxophone Electronics" -- CD -- €9
2014 Intonema, int013, (ltd. 200)
Bryan Eubanks and Jason Kahn's debut album was released in 2011. Then Eubanks used his own customized open-circuit feedback system and analogue electronics and Kahn played his modular synthesizer. Intonema releases their second recording where Eubanks plays soprano saxophone with electronics and Kahn drums the kit this time. While you can hear Jason's drums in full scale, Bryan's saxophone takes a lot of effort to detect it in the rich texture of the duo's sound which continues its studies of microtones, dynamic shades and the work of hybridization of acoustic and electronic instruments. [label info]
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EUGENEKHA -- "Gravity = Гравитация" -- 2 CD -- €15 [-50%]
2017 Frozen Light, FZL 064, (ltd. 300)
Ambient / Berlin School. Gravity – a double concept album of the Russian project EugeneKha. Gravity is a fusion of tradition meditative space ambient, progressive post-Krautrock and dreamy synth-electronics. Also the album includes two live performances, the performance of which differs from the album versions. In album was not used software synths and instruments (VST). Only Hardware! [from the author]
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EUGENEKHA -- "Three Months" -- CD-R -- €10
2018 Pahtheon, PAN068, (ltd. 60)
Drone / Ritual Ambient. Sweetest ray of morning sun opened doors for the gentle wind, first breath of warmth and bliss. Promise of summer was whispered by leaves on the trees, slowly brewed up in soil it was ready to unfold. New cycle of beauty, new kinds of aromas, longer days and warmer nights... Crickets filled every evening with anticipation, singing their noisy sonatas to the sparkles in the sky. Rhythms of awakening, humming of thousands of tiniest creatures, a new mantra for the new cycle. Summer was almost here for another three months — they'll pass like everything else, but its sensations will stay... Hand-stamped linen cover envelope with pro-printed inside artwork. [label info]
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EUROPAPLAN -- "Armes de Vengeans / Vergeltungswaffe" -- CD -- €10
2002 Achtung Baby!, ABCD003
Europaplan is a new joint project by well-known French group Nocturne and German total sound ideologists Axon Neuron/Vagwa, who have been working long time in the vein of power-electro experiences and archive documentation of WWII. The central theme of their new research is a history of creation of the one of the most legendary German military rockets - 'a weapon of revenge' A4/V2 (Von Braun/Dornberger konzeption). Both musicians represented here a sound expressive and quite exciting monumental document: uncompromising bubbling "military" industrial and abrasive power-electro sounds, obscure war noise outfit, deep rumbling from hell, wrapped in a gristly sleeve, its sound like a true chronic documentary soundtrack with big amount of sampled voices in German from the past and wartime narration. [label info]
EVITAXAL / LE COSE BIANCHE -- "Circulated" -- CD -- €10
2015 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 2015, (ltd. 300)
A split album offering the old versus the new Italian Power-Electronics Industrial sound. EVITAXAL is a project by Roberto Marinelli who is prpbably better known for his LAXATIVE SOULS / LXSS project. LAXATIVE SOLULS / LXSS was one of the oldest Industrial Power-Electronics projects appeared in Italy at the beginning of the 1980es and Roberto together with Maurizio Bianchi and Mauthausen Orchestra was one of the old fathers of Italian Industrial. His album "Disinfektionsraum" dated 1984 was released on the cult label RECLOOSE ORGANISATION which was run by Bourbonese Qualk. While LE COSE BIANCHE is the new and rising Italian Power-Electronics... For this split EVITAXAL and LCB join forces and demonstrates once more (if needed) that Italian Power-Electronics is still alive and fighting. Try this old/new Italian harsh blend. [label info]
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EXALOT -- "Analogue Flowers" -- CD -- €10
2005 Faria Records, FAR-003, (ltd. 500)
Bright and clear music performed on analogue synths, simple and even primitive to some point, but always mellow and naive. It reminds either old space TV-programs or child's games on Dandy computers. The CD is packed in cardboard cover with a set of cards with computer graphix.
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EXPLOPLASMATIC COAGULATION -- "C++ (Selected Works 2005-2010)" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 InterioRepertoR, IR04
Exploplasmatic Coagulation is one of the projects of Moscow based musician Oleg Hurvatov, also known for Interior Disposition and Lanceolaria Im Licht Der Laterne. Like the author says himself, "if the matter of two other projects, anyhow, is the internal side of the human ego, Exploplasmatic Coagulation enters in sphere of mechanical interactions. The sound becomes the tool - a microscope or a scalpel opening a micron wrong side of the world." Cold abstract ambient and non-aggressive noise fields with spatial atmosphere.
EXPOSE YOUR EYES & HOWARD STELZER -- "One Should Never Cease Considering Human Love, Which Remains as Grisly and Golden as Ever" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Oxidation, CDROT071
Experimental / Musique Concrete. Paul Harrison has been on a prolific creation streak recently and has been working under various monikers, the most famous is probably EXPOSE YOUR EYES. Looking through his discography you can see Paul is no stranger to collaborations. For this release a formidable collaborator was chosen, Howard Stelzer, who is also no slouch when it comes to this style of recording. Howard has been absolutely stepping up his game with releases that also feature source material from others. "One Should Never Cease Considering Human Love, Which Remains as Grisly and Golden as Ever" is a powerful tour de force that features iconic recognizable sounds from each artist and melds perfectly into an excellent 30+ minute single piece. [label info]
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EXSANGUINATE / LA INFAME TURBA DE NOCTURNAS AVES -- "Allegory Of Death" -- CD -- €10
2003 Misanthrope Studio, MS003, (ltd. 500)
Each band presents it's own sonic Allegories of Death... meditations on that inevitability we all fear and at the same time are fascinated by. To set the tone Exsanguinate starts with a commanding and urgent track, flush with militaristic undercurrents in it's opening moments. From there the material evolves into something more abstract and steeped in dread with tendrils stretching into elements of clinical drone and throbbing frequencies to a more introspective ambient chaos. [l-i-t-d-n-a] rounds out the disc with their unique blend of deep tones, harsh frequencies, gentle pulses against an almost ambient feedback. Squalls, static, interjecting beats, squirming distortions and vocalizations accentuate an anxious,looming reality. [l-i-t-d-n-a] closes among fluid environmental recordings juxtaposed with clanks and pulse beats, to provide the score for a yet to be discovered altered state, one in which reason is elusive. [press-release]
EXTERIOR MIRROR -- "Hupp" -- CD -- €10
1996 Katyn Records, KAT-01
Deep ambient electronics from the Chicago artist Claude Willey.
EXTNDDNTWRK -- "Just Tracks" -- 2 CD -- €12 [-50%]
2014 Fourth Dimension Records, FD2CD92D
Long before the man with the fixed 'fuck you' stare, can of beer, e-cigarette and laptop found a home as one half of Sleaford Mods, Andrew Fearn was making music at home comprising samples, loops, frazzled electronic textures, deep bass rumbles, mutated beats, punk snarl, post-dancefloor meltdown mayhem and all manner of other abstract and disparate sounds. Rammed home by the same DIY sensibility that drives Sleaford Mods, Andrew's (mostly) solo works are where he cuts his teeth on new ideas, fresh sounds and music that sways heavily between that of a chemical-soaked film soundtrack and an obvious passion for all things that filter in from those less obvious edges most people prefer to keep at bay. Just Tracks collects the latest album of the same name alongside a bonus disc which delves into his back catalogue (otherwise to be found residing on Bandcamp and various other spots over the 'net). It, perhaps as suggested, merely hints at the little sonic dust-storms Andrew kicks up at every available free moment he gets (presumably over rugged and much abused equipment stained by coffee and with overflowing ashtray nearby…). Many of the pieces may at first appear like simple sketches, but there's a huge emotional scope to them that's perfectly ripe for throwing like a grenade into the often bland waters passing for today's better realms of electronic music. And, yes, let's just see who picks up on that classic Steve Albini ditty of yore very nicely covered here… [press-release]
EXXASENS -- "Back to Earth" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2015 Ksenza Records, KSZ 008 / Rock House / Aloud Music, ALOUD037CD / Infinite Fog Productions, (ltd. 300)
EXXASENS comes back to Earth after a eight-year space travel and 4 DiY albums, including the acclaimed ELEVEN MILES (Aloud Music LTD 2011) and SATELLITES (Aloud Music LTD 2013) and one compilation (2007-2014, Ricco Label, Japan). In this period, EXXASENS has evolved from a one-man solo project (Jordi Ruiz) to a fully-fledged band... Jordi Ruiz (guitars/programming), Sergio Ledesma (synths/keys), Cesc Cespedes (bass) and Oriol Planells (drums) have recorded the last EXXASENS’ album at Siete Barbas Studios (Barcelona). Containing 8 inspiring songs, BACK TO EARTH offers the band’s renewed vision of instrumental music which introduces choirs, stratospheric guitar solos, electronic groove and even a sung song. [label info]
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EZHI I PETRUCCHO -- "Istorii" -- CD -- €6
2006 Lagunamuch Community, LMC600
Russian spoken word / ambient project, devised in late 90-s by Andrey Andrianov. Some time later the musician Andrey Dergachev joined him and they have recorded several philosophic stories about two fictional characters Ezhi and Petrucco, and then released their first album. Since that the project has become more and more famous and popular, attracting the attention of radio stations, animators and just all the interested listeners. [label info]
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F.M.S. 41 -- "... past ..." -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2009 Valgriind, VG 19
Industrial war marches, joined past and future. One of the Ogneslav's projects (N. Novgorod, Russia). Flaming flood of all-destructional energy. Very original recording at nowaday's scene. [label info]
FAHL -- "The Halls Of The Dead" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Lichterklang, LK023, (ltd. 267)
FAHL was founded by Dimo Dimov, Marcel P. and Cornelius Waldner in autumn 2008. All members have been active in several Dark Folk, Neoclassic and Black Metal–projects for some time, among them :werra:, Von Thronstahl, Allerseelen, Sagittarius, Miel Noir or Svarrogh (just to name a few.) Four years after their debut „Paths To Emptiness“, FAHL’s second album „The Halls OF The Dead“ is not just a compendium of songs lyrically influenced by the „Mahabarata“, Stefan George, Ludwig Fahrenkrog, Carlo Michelstaedter and Hermann Graf Keyserling, but musicalwise the consequent continuation of what has been started four years ago. „The Halls Of The Dead“ is a dark opus of 13 occult ambient tracks that’ll haunt the listeners by it’s lyrical and musical depth and sincerity. „The Halls Of The Dead“ for sure is not an album for the fainthearted listener. The artwork for the album was done by well-known foto-artist Laetitia Mantis, being a long time friend with the band and it’s members, putting even more emphasis on the occult character of FAHL. [label info]
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FAHL -- "The Paths To Emptiness" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 The Eastern Front, Front 027, (ltd. 1000)
Fahl is much more complicated and interesting than many many albums in "dark ambient" style (if we keep calling a variety of musical creations this way). It tells a story. Vivid, exciting, emotions driven story about "gateways to the occult and hidden forces of the inner self" - thus musician themeselves described the idea. I would just add that this music is about what rests deep inside of human mind and soul and about what we hardly think and talk in daily fusiness. [label info]
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FAILING LIGHTS -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2010 Intransitive Recordings, INT036
An evocative work of bleak electronic atmosphere and suffocating dread, Failing Lights is the intensely personal vision of Michigan (via Lexington, KY) artist Mike Connelly. While he has toured the world as 1/3 of legendary industrial/noise units Hair Police and Wolf Eyes, Connelly spends his days crafting a much different sound on his own. Under the Failing Lights flag, he has self-published a nearly uncountable number of cassettes and CDRs of rough drones, detuned improvised grit, blown-out burl, and unstable acoustics in tiny editions that quickly vanish into collector-land. Intransitive is proud to present the defining – and first widely available – Failing Lights statement, an album of sinewy horror with a fine-tuned beauty within its darkness. A single piece in five sections, Failing Lights begins with disquietingly barren negative space. As the album creeps forward, it steadily dispenses sheets of diffuse throat-scratch and skittering strings, culminating in a blast of molten organ. Not noise, ambient, improv, black metal, or anything else: this is pure Failing Lights. [press-release]
FAKE CATS PROJECT -- "Russian Canon" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2016 Frozen Light, FZL 037, (ltd. 300)
Russian Canon is the fourth album - the first on CD - of the Moscow based Fake Cats Project. The title certainly doesn't mean our seventeen pieces form the Russian Canon, rather we are in search of it. We try to avoid Russian clichés, but sometimes play with them. There are no folk songs accompanied by bayan (the Russian Accordion) though you will hear Kiriill Makushin playing bayan. We don’t play typical Russian rock, though Alexey Borisov is a luminary of Russian rock himself, of the bands Nochnoi Prospect and Tsentr. This is not an album of the Russian intelligentsia, singing their sad, simple songs around the kitchen table, though some fragments were recorded by Igor Levshin in Alexey's kitchen. Our Russian Canon is not confined to national culture: we use the Turkish saz and Latin percussion. Our electric guitars certainly do not originate from Russia, and Konstantin Sukhan’s trumpet is more akin to free jazz rather than any Russian tradition. Any overlaps with industrial music or krautrock are sometimes coincidental and sometimes deliberate. Since there is a Russian tradition of fierce speculation on philosophy or revolution at the kitchen table, we use for our sound not cast iron rails, but a buffet filled with utensils, bottles, glasses and a trash bin. We've also added the creaks of rusty swings, screams, laughter and the songs of ordinary people in the Moscow streets. We include both the sane and insane, because no Russian Canon can go without a touch of insanity. [press-release]
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FALGAR -- "De Sangre Y Sol" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Non Posse Mori Records, npm-005, (ltd. 500)
Neofolk from Puerto Rico. "For the few, who by a clandestine instinct that boils in their blood, evokes the symbols of the eagle and the swastika; and despite all the wounds that this world has left on them, they continue to take the paths of the sun." [from the artist]
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FALKENSTEIN -- "Kraftort" -- CD -- €14 [-50%]
2009 Heimatfolk, HF 08
German pagan neofolk, a project of Tobias Franke. Glossy digipak + booklet.
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FALKENSTEIN -- "Urdarbrunnen" -- CD -- €14 [-50%]
2008 Heimatfolk, HF 04 / Kraftplatz Records, KRPL 02
Falkenstein is a young oaktree in the fairywoods of new Pagan Folk Music. Born out of the mystic nature and ancient cult-places of southern Germany, Falkenstein guides you gently to your heathen ancestors and their natural religion. Falkenstein's music is classical NeoFolk in best tradition, with beautiful lyrics about hallowed trees and woods, ancient tales from veiled times and long forgotten natural rites. Falkenstein is definitely a unique and outstanding NeoFolk artist of the new generation, who knows how to play his instruments and who's lyrics directly creep under the skin of each Pagan and Folk Music lover... Falkensteins self produced debut-album "Heiliger Wald" gained a lot of applause in Folk music press and was highly recommended by many reviewers. Their brandnew album "Urdarbrunnen" is now released by the STEINKLANG / AHNSTERN NeoFolk daughterlabel HEIMATFOLK. "Urdarbrunnen" is again a perfecly played, strong and dreamingly beautiful album with a rich, varied instrumentation, even more dense and powerful than the debut album. The musical range lasts from acoustic ballads over Martial Folk songs to dark fairietales about naturaly mysticism, paganism and natural rites in the Alpine regions... If Falkenstein would have been 40 years earlier, today they would stand in line with bands like early Steeleye Span, Magna Carta and Pentangle... All songs recorded by Tobias Franke - mastered by Axel Frank (WERKRAUM) - artwork, layout and most fotos by Max Percht (STURMPERCHT). [press-release]
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FAMILY UNDERGROUND -- "Un Tratto Di Malinconia" -- CD -- €10
2010 Turgid Animal, (ltd. 500)
Industrial / Experimental. "If recent offerings from this long running CPH outfit (this being their ninth studio album) has showed a leaning towards a more industrialized sound. This could be said to be the band's first proper Industrial record. The drone pieces of the past are still present but in a more controlled and subtle way, adding even further to the psychedelic experience, and tying together 5 harsh industrial tracks. At times this will remind you of Whitehouse, Godflesh and more than anything else TG, complete with screamed desperate vocals and harsh oscillating synths. The disc flows extremely well and this together with the unorthodox artwork invokes an almost soundtrack like atmosphere. I urge everybody into oldschool industrial not to let the bands background trick you into not giving this album the attention it deserves". - Klaus Hansen
FARYUS -- "Lucid Dreams" -- CD -- €10
2008 Faria Records, FAR-15, (ltd. 500)
This album is devoted to a phenomenon of the "Lucid dreams". A "lucid dream" - is a dream, in which the person is aware that he or she is dreaming while the dream is in progress. During lucid dreams you have control over the dream characters and environment, as well as the ability to perform otherwise physically impossible feats. The feelings which you feel during lucid dreams are very similar to those available during a waking state. Often they surpass the 'usual' with a saturation and intensity. This phenomenon has been researched by such well-known researchers as Stephen LaBerge, Robert Monroe, Carlos Castaneda, etc.. The 9th book of Carlos Castaneda - "The Art of Dreaming" explains more fully the events occuring within this album. The album is conceived as travel from the moment of falling asleep up to the depths of the infinite universe of the Dreaming: "Vivid Dream" - this is a dream, where colours and events are extremely bright. After awakening we never forget these dreams, it remains in the memory as a very exciting experience. It is the first phase of lucid dreaming and the beginning of our travel. We can then find "Clarity", passing through the first gate of dreaming to enjoy the "Lucid Dream". Opening infinite opportunities of the universe of dreaming we begin our "Free Flying" obtaining the sanctum sanctorum of the dreaming universe - to the "World of Inorganic Beings". [press-release]
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FARYUS -- "Night Forest Reality" -- CD -- €10
2008 Faria Records, FAR-20, (ltd. 500)
"Night Forest Reality" describes a world which does not exist in daylight, arising when the last dying beam of sunshine fades from dark shaggy branches of old trees, when air becomes damp and hearing sharpens. A constant feeling of someone's presence borders the periphery. From the impenetrable darkness in the heart of the wood, a cool wind forces leaves to tremble, hardly distinguishable in the twilight. It only imparts its vibration and a touch of cold air to the face, a suggestion of swaying branches, sparkling streams and the rustle of revived grass. Dew drops barely sparkle in the gloom, reflecting the stars blinking in bottomless moonless depth. The night wood, frightening and attracting, living an invisible life, populated by unfamiliar ancient beings. Almost nothing visible in the impenetrable darkness, but exposing its mysteries via sounds of the unseen, of that which should not be seen." [D.I. Abigor]
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FARYUS & VADIM BONDARENKO -- "8 Atmospheres" -- CD -- €10
2008 Faria Records, FAR-25, (ltd. 500)
This album is the successful combination between two different worlds: bewitched electronics from Faryus and meditative parts of piano and clarinet from Vadim Bondarenko. In addition, this CD contains poetic video clip created by Alexander Sveshnikov. Welcome to the inner ambient dimension!... [label info]
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FARYUS & VADIM BONDARENKO -- "Quiet Songs From Misty Places" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Silentes, 201127
Ambient / Neoclassical. QSFMP is the 2nd album made in collaboration of 2 different musicians: "electronic wizard" Faryus and classical music player and composer, but sometimes "misty traveller" Vadim Bondarenko. These QUIET SONGS were composed in 2 steps: first liquid electronic atmospheres were created by Faryus, then the piano and the clarinet melodies were improvised and recorded by Vadim Bondarenko. Actually this album is an invitation to find some misty places in your dreams... Frail and delicate ambient atmospheres, clusters of rarefied piano notes lying on discreet drones, soft and evanescent clarinet riffs, suggesting and catching natural sounds... Light and ethereal pastel-coloured musical plots... Eight tracks, one hour of suspended and quiet sonic passages, flowing like discreet background, or to listen/see in a passionate mood, dreaming in silence, lying in gloom... Wonderful ambient stuff from these two Russian artists in the same vein of some of Harold Budd's works... Well known for their previous works on Russian FARIA Records, Faryus in the past has also crafted an album in collaboration with Robert Rich. [label info]
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FASCI DI COMBATTIMENTO -- "Among The Ruins - Ten Years Of Marching (Anthology 2009-2019)" -- CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Volok Records, VR-32, (ltd. 20)
Martial Industrial / Dark Ambient. All of the tracks in this anthology are based on occult, philosophical, archetypal, allegorical and satirical themes, for satire is one of the main driving forces in the universe, and an artist should not take him or herself seriously all the time. The world is an enormous jungle and we are all monkeys playing the same repetitive game of life, over and over again. Therefore, poetry, satire, music, painting and the arts in general, are the magic wands of any genuine bard and travelling wizard in the vast fields of the esoteric and the occult. These aspects are underlining once more, that our culture cannot be narrowed down. They even reflect outside musical manifestations, the profound and hidden yearning for art of a generation positioning itself against the psychopathic control grid, whose main task is to drag us down into the ruins of our modern times. [Borislav Vakinov]
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FASCI DI COMBATTIMENTO -- "A New World" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2017 VOLOK Records, VR-9, (ltd. 20)
Martial Industrial from Bulgaria.
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FAVARON, GIANLUCA + STEFANO GENTILE -- "Entretien" -- CD + A4 booklet -- €5 [-50%]
2015 13, sps1509, (ltd. 230)
The project originates from "in black" images taken by Stefano Gentile. Takes that flow in the most hidden sides of the soul. Gianluca Favaron gives sounds to these images with notes that don't leave room for imagination. Field-recordings and electronics to tell the same visions, the same soul moods. This release includes a 16 pages A4 booklet featuring the photographic work by Stefano Gentile and a CD with the sounds created by Gianluca. [label info]
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FEAR KONSTRUKTOR -- "Preparation Of Humanity" -- CD-R -- €6
2009 Sickcore, SC 016, (ltd. 100)
Masterful Power Electronics from already quite known Russian project. Magnificent sophosticated package.
FEAR KONSTRUKTOR -- "Ushabti" -- CD-R -- €4
2011 DOKURO, DK034
Dark Ambient / Experimental / Noise from Moscow, Russia with a release on the Italian label Dokuro. Full-colour cover in a PVC-sleeve.
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FEAR KONSTRUKTOR / BARRIKAD -- "The Path To The Black Lodge" -- CD -- €10
2012 Peripheral Records, PR007, (ltd. 150)
Peripheral Records is proud to announce it's seventh release - Fear Konstruktor / Barrikad 'The Path to the Black Lodge', influenced by the Black and White Lodge from Twin Peaks. 'The Black Lodge is a fictional setting featured in the television series Twin Peaks. It is an extradimensional place which seems to include, primarily, the "Red Room" first seen by Agent Cooper in a dream early in the series. As events in the series unfold, it becomes apparent that the characters from the Red Room, the room itself and the Black Lodge, along with the White Lodge, are connected.' Four tracks of dark-ambient drone's and blasts of Soviet era analogue synth experimentations. At once a mysterious journey into the Lodge itself and a hallucinatory auditory trip into the darkside of the psyche! Highly recommended. [press-release]
FEAR KONSTRUKTOR & MOURMANSK 150 -- "Arson Acrimony" -- CD-R -- €4
2008 Spirals Of Involution, SOI 052
Power Electronics. A split / collaboration of Russian and French projects.
FECALOVE -- "Great Northern War" -- CD -- €10
2015 Narcolepsia, narco066 / Untergeschoss, UNTER35
Italian Power Electronics / Noise unit.
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FEINE TRINKERS BEI PINKELS DAHEIM -- "A Bug's Life" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 114-2, (ltd. 500)
Jürgen Eberhard aka Feine Trinkers Bei Pinkels Daheim celebrates 25 years of his artistic activity with the first full-length album on Zoharum entitled "A Bug's Life". Keen observers of our activity certainly know his name, for instance from a common vinyl 7-incher entitled "Both Sides of The Looking Glass" shared with Bisclaveret duo or from the composition "Enigmatic Visions", which appeared on a commemorative compilation "07|100|15"... "A Bug's Life" is the tenth full-length album in the discography of Feine Trinkers Bei Pinkels Daheim. It was being created, like the previous ones, for several years and is another conscious artistic statement. Seven compositions included here are of a collage nature and combine echoes of post-industrial ambient, drone music, musique concrete, field recordings and even plunderphonics. On his first studio album since "Die Legende vom Heiligen Trinker" from 2011, Jürgen Eberhard consciously continues his sonic quest on a depleted terrain and he manages to avoid traps of empty experiments. "A Bug's Life" is at the same time an atmospheric, and even accessible, album, and sonically elaborate and demanding of the listener. [press-release]
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FEMEHEIM -- "Dominium Terrae" -- CD -- €10
2014 Death Continues Records, DCRCD006, (ltd. 200)
Second album from Berlin's Femeheim. "Total early BDN / CMI / Slaughter Prod. death industrial worship going on here, with cold, noxious tones and ultra bleak frequencies that waft from a pit of misery and hopelessness. At times minimal and singular, other times more pulsating, antagonistic and heavy... brings back good memories and fills a niche that hasn't existed for sometime..." [Steinklang]
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FEMEHEIM -- "Egofanal" -- CD -- €10
2017 Death Continues Records, DCRCD010
The third album from Berlin's death industrial/power electronics act Femeheim. It's total early Brighter Death Now / Cold Meat Industry / Slaughter Productions death industrial worship going on here, with cold, noxious tones and ultra bleak frequencies that waft from a pit of misery and hopelessness. At times minimal and singular, other times more pulsating, antagonistic and heavy. 'Egofanal' brings back good memories and fills a niche that hasn't existed for some time. [label info]
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FEMME UNDER PLASTIC -- "Masked Solution" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 Chi Omega Institute, souvenir 003
Harsh noise wall collaboration between Richard Ramirez and Ella Einsmire.
FENCES -- "One" -- 3"CD-R -- €4
2007 Small Doses, DOSEFIVE, (ltd. 61)
Fences consists of a single 10+ minute improvised track of droning sculpted feedback. Packaged in a cut, folded cover and vinyl sleeve. [label info]
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FERN -- "Vascular Poems / Abstract Safari" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Volok Records, VR-50, (ltd. 20)
Dark Ambient / Experimental / Drone. FERN is a Swedish drone and experimental noise project mainly focusing on organismic and electronic soundscapes beyond the traditional linear timeline of contemporary music. The source of inspiration (among other things) are the Swedish vast forests, urban scenery and abandoned buildings. During the year, FERN has collaborated with other fellow noise makers such as IDEAL FATHER (SWE) and YU (UK)... This compilation is a dark ambient journey through drone and noise via field recordings. Part of the material is previously released (digital and cassette) on Imperfect Noise. The instrument of choice for this release was the SOMA Labs Lyra-8 combined with various field recordings and other analog hardware. All tracks written and produced by Fern, performed without the use of a DAW. [label info]
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FFORDD, SEREN -- "Fractured" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Databloem, DB061-2015
Ambient / Field Recording / Minimal. The first act of any musician is to break the silence, rending the quiet by pouring sound into the waiting space as gently as an unfolding rose or as savagely as a lightning strike. Seren Ffordd, who has been recording since 2004, was intrigued by this sense of breaking, of the Fracture where the edge of the sound wave cuts the silence. This album came out of a wish to hear sound Severed and Shattered. What would a sound sound like if it’s frequencies were Peeled apart, it’s edges Blurred, Curdled, Hacked - merging into and out of each other? In ‘Fractured’, many of the original sounds are unrecognisable. On the album every sound is acoustic in origin, creating unusual textures, dissonances, shades – allowing the evolving themes of each track to develop in a fascinating, storytelling way. [label info]
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FIRE IN THE HEAD -- "Carrion Wind" -- CD -- €10
2009 Turgid Animal, TA389
Since resuming recording this past Autumn, F/I/T/H's work has taken a new direction. "Carrion Wind" is an ambitious work which consolidates the sounds explored with F/I/T/H and Sky Burial into a single project, focusing them into a complex and meticulously composed 63 minute industrial opus, a dark and ominous dirge, both beautiful and brutal, incorporating aspects of metal percussion, dark ambient, drone, doom and industrial electronics. Noticeably absent are Page's vocals as F/I/T/H takes a more "restrained" approach favoring slow layering of synths, field recordings, guitar loops and electronics to build a tension which occasionally peaks at an explosive level comparable to the shorter tracks of F/I/T/H's previous releases. [press-release]
FIRST LAW -- "Terrorforming" -- CD -- €12
2009 Loki Foundation, LOKI 49
The 6th full-length album of FIR§T LAW is setting real moments of artificial and creative substance. Intermittent bass and percussive elements as well as thrilling sound structures arrange a wide aural spectrum from ambient to drones through analogue modulations to complex compositions with outstanding vocals on top. Conceptually don't get it wrong, this album is not about religious airheads getting their way. This is not about the threat terrorist attacks impose on any of us nor has it the intention to proliferate violence as a viable way to change the status quo. At the least, as long your opinion stands against the opinion of the majority, you are pretty much out of luck. No, this album is about leverage; it is about deception and opportunity, by accident or by design; it is about resignation and self-delusion; but most of all, this album is about fear. [press-release]
FIVE THOUSAND SPIRITS -- "Synapse - Shaihulud" -- CD -- €10
2007 Faria Records, FAR-11, (ltd. 750)
Five Thousand Spirits - it is collaboration between Alio Die and Runes Order. What we will have if we will mix the best works of "Bad Sector" and "Klaus Schulze", to add in them deep ambient moods from "Alio Die" and hypnotic-trance analogue electronic from "Runes Order"? We shall have the delightful pearl which has collected in all best from different styles of intellectual electronics! The meeting of synthesist Raffaele Serra and Alio Die (supported this time by Zeit) create here an excellent quality of sound, in Synapse S. you will find the amazing moods and a lot of aesthetic pleasure. This is 5000 Spirits's treasure box, recommended to all music lovers. As always, each track is accompanied wonderful artwork of Sara Luciani, which develop the concept of album in art area. [press-release]
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FLASH BEACH -- "Recycled Thoughts" -- CD-R -- €15 [-50%]
2014 Attenuation Circuit, ACF 1001, (ltd. 50)
Surprisingly pop flavoured, combining electro and goth-rock ingredients and the occasional digital textural element, this is a crisp little album that paves the way to some of the more daring, dark material on Attenuation Circuit. The whole album contains instrumental material, sometimes miniature ambient sketches, sometimes song-structured. A nice little tribute to some of the more melodic stuff that can be done with synthesizers, in addition to what others of our artists do… [label info] Wooden plate instead of album cover!
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FLATLINE SKYLINE -- "All Sound / No Vision" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Mechanoise Labs, mn 034, (ltd. 500)
The second album from Jacen Kemp and Robert Andrew Scott stands as a stylistic counter-statement to 2005's "Horizon Grid." Fierce, emotionally driven and abrasively textured, "All Sound / No Vision" confirms Flatline Skyline's masterful sense of tension and release and melodic sensibility while further evolving their sound beyond any previous expectation... Where "Horizon Grid" forged atmospheres of lethargic bliss and nocturnal stillness, these eleven new tracks are united by their restlessness and unstable nature. From the energetic vocals and metallic shard-like pulse of "Fox Fight" to the improvised noisy electronic shudders of "One Secret," there is a new-found sense of visceral life that breathes, screams and seeps into every moment of this album. Jacen Kemp's voice plays a prominent role in this aspect; its multi-faceted intonations are perfectly suited to the shifting electronic foundation. [press-release]
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FLATLINE SKYLINE -- "Horizon Grid" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2005 Mechanoise Labs, [mn026], (ltd. 400)
Absolutely non-typical release for this French underground noise-oriented label. The thing is that in fact represented music should be described as "electro-pop". But! This is very unusual electro-pop because it somehow harmoniously combines best features of IDM, abstract electronic noise and psychedelic trip-hop. And while listening to this CD you just don't know what to expect next minute: will it be synth passages in vein of Depeche Mode, or digital clicks typical for contemporary computer-based music, or heartfelt melancholic vocal. In general this is beautiful non-extremal electronic music almost approached mainstream level which can't be called disadvantage in this case.
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THE FLEA CIRCUS -- "A Touch Of Grey" -- CD -- €12
2022 Usagi, U06, (ltd. 300)
Industrial / Noise. The power trio Mirande/English/Skinner has dug out a strangely lit tunnel between the dustier nooks and crannies of the rich and varied 1980’s industrial scene and the just as elusively defined experimental field of today where they themselves reside. While it certainly reeks S*Core, Illusion Of Safety and whathaveyou, their very own fingerprints are all over the place, freshening things up. An out-of-time album we are very pleased to offer! [label info]
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FLETCHER, TODD -- "Star" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
1996 Arya, Y02, (ltd. 1000)
Electronic drones unvaryingly generate a pleasant environment of passive sound, exploring minimalism tempered with Fletcher's innate creativity. Extremely tranquil percussion does little to disturb the sonic veil, even enhancing the serenity with its languid, muffled beats. The textures of delicate tonalities are almost ephemeral, expertly filling the void with an delectable resonance that neither rises not plummets, maintaining an unobstructed course through the air, not unlike sunlight bathing the spectacle of an ocean undisturbed by winds or waves. Electronic pulses are elongated to impossible duration, wavering in the embellishment of secondary sweeps that cross the audience's perceptions like washes of tinted light. While intended to convey celestial concepts, this music possesses an earthy quality that touches the listener's soul with soothing reassurance. [Matt Howarth, Sonic Curiosity]
FLEXKIKS -- "Freeland" -- CD -- €6
2006 Peace Technologies, PT 004
Flexkiks is Alex Matrosov (Alexandroid), Liam-Arthur Berent (Abstract Avenue) and Vladimir Muhlberg (PlusMinus) joint project, recorded in Munich, Germany. "Freeland" contains broken rhythms of techno-break, dark-hop, idm character. Musicians took some elements of industrial culture as a basis for their work and constructed their own vision of music. [label info]
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FLUTWACHT -- "Breath" -- CD -- €7
2008 Mask Of The Slave, MS-015 / The Tourette Tapes, TT#11, (ltd. 500)
New full length album from the wellknown german Power Electronics/Noise projekt. Flutwacht returned to Mask of the Slave Records with this great stuff, after several releases with other labels in the industrial/experimental scene. The best Flutwacht release to date, highly recommended for PE/Noise/Experimental maniacs. [label info]
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FLUTWACHT -- "Creta" -- CD -- €10
2006 The Tourette Tapes, TT#1, (ltd. 222)
The album alternates pure and ellegant electronic ambient tracks sometime featuring even a femal voice to harsh power electronics as we know from the best German acts! 70 minutes of best industrial sounds! [Old Europa Cafe]
FLUTWACHT -- "Heroinloops" -- CD -- €10
2008 Steinklang Industries, SK 45, (ltd. 350)
"Heroinloops" is a brilliant, pure Industrial album by German's top-Noiser FLUTWACHT. Their new album brings a great mix of rhythmic oldschool Industrial a la early Esplendor Geometrico, or like the famous early 90ies Steinklang Rhythm-Noisers, with a strong touch of "modern" Power-Electronics. The powerful noise-tracks alternate with hypnotic Ambient-Noise tunes, which give the album a comatose and traumatic character. "Heroinloops" is a varied and well structured Noise-album, for all fans of the early Industrial years. [press-release]
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FLUTWACHT -- "Mindflood" -- CD-R -- €7
2005 Organic Pipeline, OP010, (ltd. 50)
German industrial noise / power electronics.
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FLUXUS -- "Mental Illness" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 OPN, OPNCD0023 / Unknown Pleasures Records, UPR 002
FLUXUS - "mental illness" collaboration work between Pedro Penas Robles aka HIV+ and MAURI featuring Arturo Lanz from legendary industrial pioneers ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO and guest vocals by Vera from BLACK EGG. As the gloomy asylum depicted on the front cover, “Mental Illness” is haunted by eleven experimental tracks mixing minimal beats, cold music, white noise, abstract vocals by Pedro, Arturo Lanz and Vera. CD is housed in a three panels digisleeve with high quality artwork with selective brilliant varnish laquer. [label info]
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FM EINHEIT -- "Exhibition Of A Dream" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2018/2021 Cold Spring, CSR292CD
Abstract / Experimental / Spoken Word. Twelve dreams of musicians, artists, and filmmakers, interpreted by FM Einheit (ex-EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN), with voices by: Lee Ranaldo (SONIC YOUTH), Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (PSYCHIC TV / THROBBING GRISTLE), Susan Stenger (BAND OF SUSANS), Émilie Pitoiset, Erika Stucky, and the Gulbenkian Choir; with guest musicians: Volker Kamp, Saskia von Klitzing, Robert Poss, and Susan Stenger... Exhibition Of A Dream (L'exposition D'un Rêve) is formed of twelve dreams interpreted as songs. Exploded in time, these are played as temporary and evolving patterns of shapes and forms in an otherwise empty gallery following the drawings of mandalas. Exhibition Of A Dream highlights the complex beauty of how to generate a dream in the mind of the spectator. A shared experience to be lived within our own personal inner space, these remastered dreams are an invitation to listen to a sensitive architecture of words and music... Created 2017, recorded both in public and in private in the amphitheatres and the garden of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, and in Einheit's own studio Steinschlag. The dreamers were: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Lee Ranaldo, Émilie Pitoiset, Susan Stenger, Susie Green, David Link, Pierre Paulin, Alexandre Estrela, Tim Etchells, Gabriel Abrantes, FM Einheit, and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge... Originally released as a 3LP set, and only ever available at the 2018 exhibition at the Foundation. Presented in a 6-panel matt-laminate double digipak. [label info]
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FOLKSTORM -- "Sweden" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2004/2009 Cold Spring, CSR29CD
Death Industrial / Power Electronics. Discovered in the Cold Spring archives, an album shelved for over two years (recorded 2000). Pulled out, dusted down and remixed by Lord Nordvargr himself! This is the final full body of work by the legendary harsh Industrial Noise project. Prepare yourself for an intense trip through these 11 brutal and punishing tracks! 2nd, unlimited edition with modified artwork for 2009. [label info]
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FORD PROCO -- "Vertigo De Lodo Y Miel" -- CD -- €13
2000/2015 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-59, (ltd. 400)
The reissue for a pair of collaborations between Coil and Mexican duo Ford Proco, an act considered highly influential in Mexico’s industrial electronic music Scene, and whose debut album was on OPCION SONICA, the same label that originally launched HOCICO. The collaboration came about after Coil and Throbbing Gristle’s Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson met the act’s Robert Proco and Wito Lavolt while watching The Orb perform in Los Angeles in the late 90s. They exchanged contact details, and a few months later, Christopherson called up the pair to ask if they wanted to be in a music video he was directing – Ice-T and Body Count’s ‘Born Dead’. Following that unlikely team-up, the Mexican duo worked on a pair of tracks with Christopherson and Coil vocalist John Balance, which ended up on Ford Proco’s Vertigo De Lodo Y Miel album, released in 2000. Infinite fog reissues “Vertigo De Lodo Y Miel” in a Digipak with new artwork, a collaboration that sounds lot like you’d expect a collaboration formed at an Orb gig to sound… [label info]
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FORRRESTDRONES -- "Najas Flexilis Exequiae" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 082-2, (ltd. 300)
A few months ago tracks with old pictures of various plants started popping up around the net. Tracks full of organic, ethereal drones. Then this tape with covers made of pages from some old book was released and it landed in our hands. A set of 5 tracks entitled "Tallest Trees Gallery". We listened to it very carefully and loved it, but still didn't know who was responsible for those enchanting sounds. We went through the J-card and found only the email address starting from two words "Cough Serenades". Who is that Cough Serenades dude? It's Robert Skrzynski, otherwise known as Micromelancolie (do you still remember his Zoharum CD entitled "It Doesn't Belong Here"?). For his second offering as ForrrestDrones (but the first one on CD format) Robert has created one long piece entitled "Najas Flexilis Exequiae". A perfect contemplative track which takes you on a trip to the woods in the middle of the night. It is the world straight from forgotten fairy tales from sallow books. The owl from the cover is your guide on this dreamy journey. Is the forest real or are we only dreaming? Are those clicks, crackles and pops the sounds of the fire burning or the vinyl being played? Is the melody you hear soothing or sinister? Many questions keep popping up while listening to "Najas Flexilis Exequiae". Are you ready to take the challenge and answer them for yourself?... The CD is housed in an ecopak sleeve and is strictly limited to 300 copies. The cover paintings and design was made by Wiktor Jackowski. "Najas Flexilis Exequiae" was mastered by Mateusz Wysocki (aka Fischerle). The whole production process was overseen by Michal Porwet. [press-release]
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FORTHCOMING FIRE -- "Siberian Summer" -- CD -- €11
2005 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 007 CD, (ltd. 500)
This MCD from the pre-Von Thronstahl project contains 5 tracks. The first track, "William Lovell", has been released on the long sold out Hyperium compilation in 1992. Based on the early novel from Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853), a famous german romantic writer, it explores the embarrasment of the ambigous mind and delicately expresses the exhausted and unstable soul suffering. As one of the most romantic and fascinating composition of FF, we think it deserves to be released again as a brilliant in a crown of another perfect songs. "Siberian Summer", the title track, is charming ballad with russian lyrics sang by Rada Taratununa, comes in a version, different to the one included in the recent FF album "In Flammen". "Watching Rome Burn" is also released in a new version, less guitar-oriented and more electronic. "Velvet Little Lady", a nice dark-wave song of yearning and sadness, and "Licht eines erloschenen Sterns", an electronic cold meditative piece with post-apocalyptic mood, are previously unreleased. The overall result is a dark-folk/dark-wave record full of integrity and beauty. The edition comes in a special glossy package limited to 500 copies. Total playing time is 29 minutes. [label info]
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FRACTAL -- "Hologram" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2022 Aliens Production, AP 57
IDM / Electro. The productivity and musicality of this Polish pioneer, who calls himself Fractal was under our label creatively active for the past year, and it can't be any different in the new year. However, one change is clear and deserved. This time, Tomasz will sign with his handwriting also on the physical recording. Again, limited edition that cannot be said about musical work, which avoids any limits and still observes in its minimalist creation. Beautiful surfaces in hybrid suit. Noises and melodic lines. Cinematic corners and melancholic cells in idm positions. Dense bass lines, piano sounds, space dust. Clean and dreamy. Deep and beautiful at the same time. Electronic backdrop built on idm procedures, glitch beats and melodic clips. A concept which is partly composed of previous releases and conceptually supplemented with new pieces. The album contains a lot of unreleased material and cinematic moods. Soundtrack to the movie or to the dreamy soul? It's enough to look here and the projection can begin. The story is really colorful… [label info]
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FRACTAL HEADS -- "Light On The Stepped Plates" -- CD -- €11
2006 Laton, Laton 043
This duo from Novokuznetsk composed from Sergei Malkin (Radius) and Dmitry Kravchuk first appeared in the program of "Cultural hero of XXth century" festival in 1999, and debuted on the Exotica label compilation, remains quite unknown outside Kemerovo region for a long time. In 2003, their album "Dreampainting" was released on very limited edition CDR by St.-Peterburg based label Fight Muzik. Finally, this full-length CD is released officially, but the material itself was recorded back in 1999. Actually, this type of music is a bit dated, but in terms of cultural isolation it's really exciting. They combined in very smart way some minimal electronic sequences, mysterious radiovoices and polyrhythmic patterns, all created by soviet analogue synthesizers. The aesthetic feeling is very close to Kraftwerk circa early 80s, that means emotional insensibility and rarefied atmosphere. The static approach in arrangements and simple melodies slowly transformed to amorphous sounds disappearing in the past makes me think about technocratic aspects of ambient music. [Dmitry Vasilyev, Independent Electronic Music]
FRAGMENT. -- "Home" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2011 OPN, OPNCD0016, (ltd. 500)
Drone Metal. Fragment is Thierry Arnal, a Frenchman with a penchant for slow, long, simple arrangements inspired by Low and Jesu. Home is a lush couple of songs that take in elements of drone and shoegaze with a keen but subtle emphasis on melody, or rather a sense of melodics. Like Jesu's Silver EP, Home juxtaposes slowly building layers of extremely down-tuned guitars with atmospheric electronic instruments and loops to create huge, swirling soundscapes that need to heard loud... [Tom McKibbin, The Sleeping Shaman]
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FRAGMENT. -- "Temporary Enlightenment" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 OPN, OPNCD0020, (ltd. 500)
Drone Rock / Metal. Fragment is the brainchild of Thierry Arnal, a musician/composer based in Lyon, France, one-man-project born in 2006 who has just digitally released his brand new album Temporary Enlightenment, a quite remarkable record which I'm sure will please all fans of Jesu, Nadja and Godflesh. [label info]
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FRAKMUNDT -- "Heiwehland" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Percht, Percht 19
After more than one year FRÄKMÜNDT are back with their new masterpiece „Heiwehland“ ( “Land of Nostalgia“). Sixteen unique, expressive and headstrong songs grant the listener a passionate glimpse of the alpine areas of Inner-Switzerland. On “Heiwehland”, accordeon, guitars, hurdy-gurdy, bass, flutes, and the percussion contributed by Merlin (ELUVEITIE) blend together to form the unique and unconventional Swiss Ur-Folk. A primordial male voice and spoken passages contrast with the powerful voice of Anneli. Furthermore Chrigel Glanzmann (ELUVEITIE) and the renowned opera singer Christiane Boesiger contribute their guest vocals on two of the songs. New guitarist Guschti enriches the album with his string virtuosity. The varied songs in Swiss Alemannic dialect take you to a more than one hour long journey into the heart of the alps. They speak of historic events, tragic tales, frightening creatures, strange events, mysterious beings and the melancholic longing for a beautiful homeland that is disappearing in its original form but also about its outlasting beauty. As on the previous album “Urbärglieder”, traditional songs are reinterpreted and of course the comical and humorous elements have their place... This extensive digipak contains a twenty-page booklet full of breathtaking alpine photography and includes all the lyrics in Swiss Alemannic dialect as well as their description in English. [press-release]
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FRANCK, YANNICK & PIETRO RIPARBELLI -- "Whinny Muir" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2011 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 1148
Dark Ambient / Drone / Radionoise / Experimental. A singular long, deep moving, slow and expansive drone-track, built on always changing sonic masses, low frequencies, strong electric-electronic sounds, field recordings, feedback, buzzes, hisses, rough distortion, fading organ chords, cellos and orchestral parts. Alternation of progressive crescendos, ambiental pauses, sudden, dramatic and catchy dynamic shocks. An evolving and extraordinary trip through an obscure sonic journey, convincingly assembled by Italian Pietro Riparbelli (K11, PT-R) and Belgian Yannick Franck. (Y.E.R.M.O., Idiosyncrasia). [label info]
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FRANKLIN, MARTIN & NORTHAM, MICHAEL -- "An Opening Of The Earth: Recovered" -- CD -- €10
2008 Faria Records, FAR-23, (ltd. 500)
"….excavating the sonic crust with heavy synthesised drones, trebly buzzes and popping bursts of sound……eerie as hell."
Darren Bergstein, I/E (from review of original release)... "An Opening Of The Earth: Recovered" revisits a spontaneous collaboration between the two musicians, captured in the early 90's. Recorded in an obsolete format, no longer playable with today's technology. The old playback device, recovered from dusty storage for one last use, and the recording of this event brought back into the present - recovered once again.At once a sonic artifact of the recent past and a touchstone for contemporary developments in lo-fi electronic sound... Franklin and Northam's original meeting saw them both on the cusp of developments in their own careers. Franklin's seminal Ambient trio, TUU shortly after embarked on an enduring series of CD releases and performances across Europe. Michael Northam's nomadic life as a travelling sound artist continued from this point onward, leaving a trail of recorded evidence from projects in 25 countries... Mythic imagery of man descending into the mysteries of the Inner Earth is conjured in this intense recorded performance.Using lo-fi sampling, eerie drones, percussive metal instruments and effects, the players trace an intuitive path through a midnight electronic improvisation. Snippets of sound from other projects of that time slip in and out of the mix, roughly recorded Theatre rehearsals, and audio of UK street life appear from dictaphone tapes. Like an unearthed archeological find, the recordings of this ritualistic performance tie the pieces to their location, as well as the events of their time... After unearthing the original tapes, Martin Franklin has created all new mixes for this Faria Records release, including previous unheard sections, re-interpreted and enhanced for the 21st Century listener. [press-release]
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FRIEDEMANN -- "Indian Summer" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
1987 Narada Equinox, CD-3002
Great mild New Age / Ambient inspired by indian summer. Digipak. [YAOP]
FRONTIER GUARDS -- "Predestination" -- CD -- €10
2008 Aliens Production, AP 18, (ltd. 550)
Cybernetic revolution in our community is getting new face and at ALIENS PRODUCTION we would like to present very promising project, that will make a debut in our label with very strong album. Dazing, dark ambiental surfaces in which are concentraiting various space dust and catastrophic references and heritage. Music, that will very fast drawn you and won't let you back. Bright palette of sounds, noises and unexpected turns will follow you during this whole space trip. To songs very often seconds hybrid beats and industrial marches. Mix of idm, ambient and synthetic electornics. On cd will be great remixes by projects like: Oxyd, Subheim and Anhedonia. In our family for now the most darkest album, that will tickle to imaginarilly tuned listeners and also this material will present by its visual concept excellent photographer Tom Galle and his futuristic compositions, that goes with this creative grown project. [press-release]
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FRONTIER GUARDS -- "Reload" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2020 Aliens Production, AP 49, (ltd. 150)
EBM / Industrial / Electro. After the melancholic act "You", Atreid aka Martin Pavlik is announcing another album. This time Atreides' production transforms and takes a denser form thanks to the guests who participated on this album. Many famous names from the dark scene transcribes Atreides' footsteps into its form, thanks to which this release is colorful and musically and by the genre and at the same time it sets a strong lath and variously blends waters of EBM genre. The combination of Atreides' cyber production and well-known producers boils a nice cauldron of all sorts of styles and passions, which will be nicely complemented by three new tracks and again famous collaborations between the member of DEPRESSIVE DISORDER and charamismatic singer Jitka Charvátová, who is a member of the cult band OCEAN. Sound transformations were taken care of by projects such as: AMNISTIA, ISH, KIFOTH, MC1R, TERMINAL STATE, TOKEE, Vaclav Neckar (NO NAME DESIRE), LIOB, Jan Vozary (OCEAN), JIHAD... [label info]
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FROZEN OCEAN -- "Depths of Subconscious EP" -- CD-R -- €6
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT29, (ltd. 56)
Arctic cold electronic Drone Dark Ambient. Northern icy sound of Kammarheit- and Northaunt-school. 24-min. mini-album in simple b/w package with photos made by Grin (Indra). [label info]
FROZEN OCEAN -- "Likegyldig Raseri" -- CD -- €8
2011 Deleting Soul Records, DSR007 / Suffering Jesus Productions, SJP024
FROZEN OCEAN -- "Steamworks: Hibernation" -- CD-R -- €4
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT38, (ltd. 62)
The age of steam technology left almost the same mark in mankind culture history as stone or bronze ages. Locomotives, steamboats, manufactures based on steam power - all this formed the basis for civilization in XIX and early XX centuries. Now this age is gone but it still inspires technical artists working in different genres. The Moscow based project Frozen Ocean also paid it's homage in the form of beautiful old school industrial dark ambient album dedicated to steam technology. Now even the official mass media seriously consider the possible demise of modern industry based on electrical energy (2012 cataclysm) and who knows, maybe today's state of steam machines is just a hibernation before future awakening?... Sleeve + insert. [press-release]
FROZEN OCEAN -- "Trollvinter" -- CD -- €10
2013 self-released, (ltd. 500)
A conceptual album based on Tove Jansson's book "Moominland Midwinter". A skillfully composed mix of dark ambient, neoclassic and rhythmic electronics. Packed in a digipak with a booklet, all in a slipcase.
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FROZEN OCEAN -- "Vestigial Existence" -- CD -- €8
2011 Deleting Soul Records, DSR003, (ltd. 500)
Atmospheric / depressive black metal.
FROZEN OCEAN / HEATHER GRAVE -- "Beyond Anemonautics" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Spectral Halls Productions, hall03, (ltd. 300)
Doom Metal / Blackgaze. A split between two Vaarwel's project - from melodic doom metal in 90's vibe to post rock shoegaze post black metal instrumental jaunt. [from the author]
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FROZEN RABBIT -- "26,000" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2005 Dehausset, DE001
Frozen Rabbit's debut CD represents sonic futurism at its most epic. 26,000 pits gradually unfolding analogue synth drones against monumental walls of reverb while flickering, ghostlike voices emerge from the ether. This is nocturnal psychedelia; simultaneously languid and intense... Frozen Rabbit is a new project from renowned Vancouver musician and engineer Phil Western, in collaboration with Tim Hill. Western is best known as a member of Skinny Puppy and offshoot project Download - and the new project with Mark Spybey (Dead Voices On Air, Zoviet*France, Reformed Faction) called Beehatch. Western was also a full-time member of Off'n'Gone, Floatpoint and Plateau, and has worked with an excessively long number of artists... Previous collaborations between Western and Hill have been rooted in dancefloor-ready techno. Here they drop the beats and focus on the darkly meditative, expansive potential of pure, resonant sound. This admirably adventurous new approach takes the style of the ambient disk from Western's solo CD World's End to a whole other level of ornate abstraction. [press-release]
THE FUTURE / KURUM -- split -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2018 Shift Lines, line 001, (ltd. 30)
Ambient / Experimental split between two mysterious projects.
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GABBASOV, SERGEY -- "India" -- CD -- €10
2010 Faria Records, FAR-028, (ltd. 500)
Here is the sonic picture of India, naturally modelling the melodic continuum to fit it's title - starting from the size of an ear auricle and getting to the knowledge of reality. This work could be filed under "relax" and "sounds of nature", but to melomaniac's pleasure, it also contains the deep sense inside, guided by duduk, percussion and electronics. They appeal to get imbued by the voice of peaceful eternity, successfully imitated by Sergey Gabbasov, who obviously used to dissolve himself in the noble ethers of Indian musical heritage. "India" is a nice example of a meticulous work, assembled by bits like a mosaic, presenting the fertility and diversity of this country, loved by chilled hyperboreans. [press-release]
GALATI -- "Silence [As A Din]" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018 Databloem, DBCD080
Ambient / Soundscape. Galati is the work of Italian artist Roberto Galati, who creates dissonant soundscapes with an incredibly rich sound of layers of constantly shifting drones, (bass) guitar treatments, epic voices, ringing percussion, synthesized textures and unfathomable noises. An excellent album for those who like ambiance with a bit of an edge and sombre melody. 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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GALAXY THE INCUBATOR -- "Invisible Strike (Semitransparent)" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2020 Den Noiser Memorial Archive / Valgriind Glasir CDR Series, 13
Radionoise. To commemorate Den Neuser's 35th birthday on October 12, 2020, Den Noiser Memorial Archive, Glasir CDR Series and YAOP have co-released the previously unissued 2009 Galaxy The Incubator's album "Invisible Strike (Semitransparent)", which has been discovered more than 10 years later in the Valgriind archives. A dense and massive Droning Radionoise, dedicated to the history of the world's first long-range ballistic missile "V-2", its development and experience in combat use. Given the importance of space topic in Den's work, the concept of an album dedicated to the rocket that laid the foundation for all astronautics is not at all coincidental for GTI. Rare photos of "V-2" were provided from the collection of the famous researcher and thinker Katarij. [label info]
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GALAXY THE INCUBATOR -- "UFO are Messengers of Satan" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2007 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT24, (ltd. 116)
Space Ambient / Noise inspired by a yellow book about "UFO mysteries" (where from the album title is taken, and each of 28 tracks is dedicated to one of the "extraterrestrial civilizations" described in a book). Vacuum drone pressure turns into abrasive tracks with blurred voices from without and then makes room for almost industrial futuristic pulsations and uneasy hiss of apparatus. Really new approach to the seemingly trite space subject. 116 copies in a double-cover. [press-release]
GALDRAREYNIR -- "Gal anda vidR" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2012 self-released, (ltd. 96)
Ritual Ambient. Young Russian project "inspired by old nordic mythology, traditional poetry and esoteric practices of ancient north... " Dark ritual ambient, 6 tracks and about 50 minutes filled with the sounds of shaman's drum, pipes, mouth harp, mysterious incantations, incomprehensible and indefinite noises. Technically the quality of recording isn't that high, but the atmosphere doesn't become weaker, on the contrary, with this kind of monolithic sound material this only adds some true liveness and rawness, this even resembles some kind of chtonic interpretation of the music from Finnish label Aural Hypnox. The last track with its crazy exorcist samples only adds a couple od drops of insanity to the overall gloomy picture.
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GALDRAREYNIR -- "Gal Anda VidR / Modra Wyrta" -- CD -- €10
2012/2020 Valgriind, VG63 / Garðarsk Uruz, URUZ ᚲ
Ritual / Dark Ambient. Garðarsk Uruz continues to explore the Nordic heritage of the Volkhov area, this time in cooperation with the brother label Valgriind, addressing to the works of the unique Ritual Ambient project GaldrareyniR from the ancient city of Holmgard (Veliky Novgorod), which hardly has any analogues on the world music scene. Dense and raw like swamped forests on the banks of the Volkhov river, a ritual canvas saturated with the live sounds of traditional instruments, inspired by the runic practices and the tradition of Edda. Having joined forces, the two labels have released the full discography of GaldrareyniR on two factory CDs, as his works were previously released only on self-made CD-Rs. The first CD includes the full-length album "Gal Anda VidR" from 2012 and a previously unreleased 15-minute track "Modra Wyrta". Jewel case. [label info]
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GALDRAREYNIR -- "SolarLjod" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2014 self-released, (ltd. 48)
Ritual Ambient. Second album of this Russian chtonic ritual project. From the very first minutes the listener gets sucked into a tight cavern of ventral saound, in a foggy veil of which one can feel rhythms, splutter of mouth harp, flute and guitar howls and mutter of endless incantations. Sometimes the texture of sound becomes more clear and spirits manifest themselves from emptiness, but mostly the matter flows like dense jelly and all images come out of focus. Recommended to the lovers of dark ritual psychedelia.
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GALDRAREYNIR -- "SolarLjod" -- CD -- €10
2014/2020 Valgriind, VG64 / Garðarsk Uruz, URUZ ᚷ
Ritual / Dark Ambient. The second disc from the reissue of the full archive of works of the Volkhov-area project GaldrareyniR contains its second full-length album "SolarLjod", originally released in 2014 as a small edition DIY CD-R. Nordic ritual action full of hypnotic vibrations of a mouth harp and a tambourine, dark forestal drones and an abundance of raw guitar clangs accompanying runic spells. Jewel case. [label info]
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GANZER -- "Nahtriheccunde Gahinneverahtunin Zehgessurklach Zunnus" -- 3"CD-R -- €5
2006 TSPHN Researches, (ltd. 31)
Typical for Ganzer harsh-noise attack in brutal Japanese style.
GANZER -- "Omega Point" -- CD-R -- €7
2012 Ufa Muzak, UFA 48, (ltd. 77)
Apocalyptic black harsh shoegaze. Along the metal walls of a small room slide the long shadows like interwined snakes. But there is nothing here and never have been, in this hazardous organic environment existence is impossible. Temperature heats up and steam swirls in white clouds. Gnash comes from the cracks in the floor and ceiling, someone tries to penetrate from the outside and strikes with great force with large-tonnage constructions. Sometimes noise becomes unbearable and the room shakes from waves of sonic pressure. Weightless like vapour this album of Ganzer streams from long huge rusty pipes randomly thrown on the ground. This hot smoke clogs the throat and tears the lungs. There is movement inside the pipes, soon it should come out. Half an hour of heavy waiting, listening deeply the harsh splashes of noise. The device indicator shows the way. There is nothing and has never been, in this metal box, in this prison, only an embossed inscription on the wall: your name and two dates, of your birth and your death. 6 tracks, 33 minutes, 6-panel cardboard sleeve with a rope and sticker. [press-release]
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GARET, RICHARD -- "Silver" -- CD -- €8
2012 Observatoire, obs * 033, (ltd. 300)
Richard Garet's new work ‘Silver’ unfolds throughout four tracks over the hour period with an intriguing ripple of textures and electronic sounds carefully crafted, weighed, and measured. The explicit essence of Richard's records is confirmed by a skillfully interwoven palette of sounds such as field recordings, and material that emerges from studio processes, as well as, Garet's affinity for timber, pitch, and consequential tones. The foundation remains within the investigation of brittle material, malleability, and in drawing attention to focused listening, fluctuating connections, and sonic relationships. One may say that 'Silver' finds balance between spontaneous bursts from coil signals and accurate processing, between materiality and phenomena, arriving to a carefully composed and harmonious state... [label info]
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GARISH_CYBORG -- "2004-2006 selected tracks vol.1-3" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2014 Kill Ego, KLLG002, (ltd. 50)
IDM / Leftfield / Experimental Electronics from the Moscow-based underground polystylistical project.
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GARISH_CYBORG -- "Echo Sessions" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2014 Kill Ego, KLLG004, (ltd. 50)
Dub Techno from the Moscow-based underground polystylistical project.
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GARISH_CYBORG -- "Gradieren" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2013 Kill Ego, KLLG001, (ltd. 50)
Guitar Ambient from the Moscow-based underground polystylistical project.
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GARISH_CYBORG -- "Mermecolion" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2014 Kill Ego, KLLG005, (ltd. 50)
Dub / Reggae from the Moscow-based underground polystylistical project.
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GARISH_CYBORG -- "Second Sun" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2014 Kill Ego, KLLG003, (ltd. 50)
Experimental Electronics / IDM / Ambient from the Moscow-based underground polystylistical project.
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GARISH_CYBORG -- "Unification" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2014 Kill Ego, KLLG007, (ltd. 50)
Dubstep / Acid Electronics from the Moscow-based underground polystylistical project.
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GAS CHAMBER -- "The Filth at the Bottom of the Barrel..." -- CD-R -- €7
2008 Mask Of The Slave, MS-023, (ltd. 60)
Great new Power Electronics, Noise band from UK. CD-R in normal slim-jewel case limited to 60 copies. [label info]
GASPARIN, GI & ANDREINI, JACOPO -- "Il Giro del Mondo in 80 Pezzi" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Lunhare, zzz - 8, (ltd. 100)
That is, "Around the World in 80 Tracks". Gasparin and Andreini are active in the Italian impro/alternative circuit since the early 90's. Here they join forces and travel around every musical genre and style you can mention. This is the world music you'll never find in a world music shop. [label info]
GASPAROTTI, GABRIELE / CIULLINI, DANIELE / STANCATI, MARIO LINO -- "Portraits" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Unexplained Sounds Group, USG069, (ltd. 200)
Experimental / Ambient / Electroacoustic. Portraits is a new series from Unexplained Sounds Group focusing on electronic and electro-acoustic music composers. Each release creates a 'portrait' of three musicians by showcasing representative pieces of their recent musical journeys, serving as a guide for further listening and a means of exploring their work. This first volume is dedicated to three Italian musicians: Gabriele Gasparotti, Daniele Ciullini, and Mario Lino Stancati. Gasparotti and Stancati are among the most talented emerging musicians on the Italian experimental scene, while Ciullini is a veteran of the post-industrial underground who, after a very long silence, returned to music in 2012. [label info]
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GEKATA -- "Ancaris" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 MIC Label, MIC 003
Industrial / Electro. The new album of GEKATA opens a new page in the ritual experiment of Natalia Korotaeva, started in the distant 2002. This time the melancholy of somnambulic noise constructions is accompanimented by beat, binding all this dense monochrome gothic ligature into a uniform mechanism of submission... Eight tracks - eight steps of immersion into the worlds full of fear and despair, and at the same time with desire to know all things on Earth - worthy of all respect. Anyway, it's better to listen by yourself, plunge into the atmosphere and feel everything. [label info] A project closely related to the Russian industrial / electro / EBM bands HOLOCODER and TORCH PROJECT.
GELSOMINA + NO XIVIC -- "Furnace" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 Some Place Else, SPECD07044
Furnace is an unlikely yet strangely natural union of no Xivic, renowned sculptor of dark electro-acoustic soundscapes, and Gelsomina, Finland's most prolific harsh noise artist. The title track, also the main piece on the album, is a live collaboration recorded in late 2006, a grand opus of psychedelic noise with a peculiar 'kraut' flavour! In addition to this, both artists created exclusive tracks on their own to complete the album. In total, Furnace is a 44-minute blast of fire, brimstone and hazardous electric currents, and thus a fine completion of Some Place Else's tenth year of activity. [press-release]
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GENETIC LOAD -- "Tollenkisten" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 ML, ML 0408, (ltd. 93)
Genetic Load is a collaboration project by Bardoseneticcube and Reductio Ad Absurdum. The album was recorded in 1996 and originally self-released on a cassette in 1997, then re-released on a CD-R by Black Dead Rabbit Productions as a limited edition of 100 copies. Powerful industrial experimental noise recording.
GENETIC TRANSMISSION -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1997/2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 130-2, (ltd. 200)
Musique Concrete / Sound Collage. As the first one in GT Archive Series, we release the debut material entitled simply "Genetic Transmission" released earlier on an OBUH tape in 1997. Now enriched and mastered by Tomasz Twardawa. It has been 20 years since its first release, but the recordings of sonic search still sound fresh and intriguing. We will find here compositions kept in the characteristic style of GT: harsh, metallic sounds, a mechanical structure, brut collages created using only analog sources and recorded in exactly the same manner - without the use of computers. In these dense structures, the artist concluded his entire manifesto, a declaration of his own research which has been developed consistently through his next sessions. "Genetic Transmission 1" is the starting point of your adventure with this project. This reissue is strictly limited to 200 copies. [label info]
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GENETIC TRANSMISSION -- "Ascetic" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 Beast Of Prey, BOP 4.0, (ltd. 444)
New album of Polish industrial scene leader, Tomasz Twardawa, long-time artist, creator of legendary project Genetic Transmission, coauthor of such projects as ?adne Kwiatki, Godzilla and Hated Bruit Kollectiv. "Ascetic" is an acoustc, experimental album in bruit convention represented by GENETIC TRANSMISION. Over 60 minutes journey trough ascetic world of industrial collages. It's like cubism, synthetic in music, acoustic colours, natural objects and artistic deformation become a discussion between reality and art. What in reality and sorrounding is common for us GENETIC TRANSOMISIONS deforms, shatters and turns in it's bruit style. In recording of "Ascetic" were used mainly field recordings, experimantal-industrial sounds and combined allogether. The album is released in an unconventional package, in form of round paper circles of 150mm diameter. Three round paper inserts plus two round inserts of brown paper. In all circles are four holes and all is combined with a small rope. The CD is attached on a rubber insert between the papers. All hand made and numbered, to 444 copies limit. [press-release]
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GENETIC TRANSMISSION -- "Chrzaszcz Brzmi W Trzcinie" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006/2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 131-2, (ltd. 200)
Musique Concrete / Sound Collage. The second in GT Series Archive is the album entitled "Chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie" (A beetle buzzes in the reed - a Polish tounge twister), originally published on a CDR on Tochnit Aleph in 2006. In a short time it was sold out and practically until today the material has not been available in any other form. "Chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie" is a recording of the session based on the most primal sound sources which are only arranged in a suitable structures so that they form a concise material; however, they remained unchanged and no post-production was applied to them. The album consists of 6 compositions, about 60 minutes of industrial sound space characteristic of the work of Genetic Transmission. This reissue is strictly limited to 200 copies. [label info]
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GENETIC TRANSMISSION -- "Kapuke / Music For Vienna Aktionists" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2003/2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 170-2, (ltd. 200)
Experimental. Consistently continuing the GT Archive publishing series, here is its sixth installment... On the album you will find recordings from two releases: "Kapuke" and "Music for Vienna Aktionists". The first part, originally released under the names Twardawa / Jankowski on MCDR, is a recording of sessions based on a large part of the prepared piano sounds and vocals. In fact, three people took part in the recording; Barbara's female voice appears as a guest. The second part of the album consists of seven tracks released originally on CDR, which was the first attempt at creating the soundtrack to the silent films of individual performative actions of the Vienna Actionists (including Otto Muehl and Günter Brus). At the same time, it was possible to present the material live together with moving pictures. Today one can enjoy the document to that event again... This reissue is strictly limited to 200 copies. [label info]
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GENETIC TRANSMISSION -- "Spójrzcie Пожалуйста, Jakie Piękne Macie Gęby" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2002/2018 Zoharum, ZOHAR 170-2, (ltd. 200)
Experimental / Musique Concrète. We are consistently continuing our reissue series, aimed at reminding the most important materials from the large discography of Genetic Transmission. As the fifth in a row, we present the album "Spójrzcie Пожалуйста, Jakie Piękne Macie Gęby" originally released on CDR by D.S.B.M.W. in 2002. The sound of this album is composed of oscillate in the fields Tomasz Twardawa's project has already been known for (brutism, plunderphonics, field recordings, industrial). Unlike previous sessions, we find here many more experiments referring to cut-up techniques (in the tradition of NURSE WITH WOUND), sound preparation using (for the first time in the history of GENETIC TRANSMISSION) a computer, or building a kind of narrative that forms a sonic story without unambiguous content. The album was reissued in an ecopak and is limited to 200 copies only. [label info]
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GENETIC TRANSMISSION -- "Strychnina (Music For Acoustic Installations)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2005/2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 207-2, (ltd. 200)
Musique Concrète / Industrial. It has become a sort of tradition that every year during first days of autumn we release at least one part out of GT Archive Series. Keeping this tradition alive we present you seventh instalment of this series that is “Strychnina”. “Strychnina” being one of the most important albums in vast Genetic Transmission discography, originally was released in 2005 as CD-R via his own imprint Die Schöne Blumen Musik Werk. It consists of 2 compositions about 20 min each. Limited edition of 200 copies in 4 panel ecopack. [label info]
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GENETIC TRANSMISSION / MOAN -- "Collaboration 1" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2003/2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 149-2, (ltd. 200)
Zoharum continues the GT Archive Series where we reissue and save from oblivion the most interesting recordings from the sumptuous discography of GENETIC TRANSMISSION, most of which appeared exclusively on CDRs in strictly limited quantities. As the third one in this series is the recording which, as the title indicates, is the effect of a collaboration with another project from the Silesian region - MOAN. All the sounds were interestingly developed by both artists. Each of them exchanged sound snippets to arrange them in their own way. Then the entirety was subjected to the final mix and mastering to appear on a CDR back in 2003. The album was reissued in an ecopak and is limited to 200 copies only. [label info]
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GEROSTENKORP -- "Terre Brulee" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 OPN Records, OPNCD0010, (ltd. 500)
"French Experimental artist Gerostenkorp produces a tribalistic stomp that treads similar ground in different areas to Pain Teens and Swans. Gerostenkorp provide a futuristic soundtrack that works on subtle atmospheric ambience throughout. Ghostly ambient qualities dominate this album, yet it also changes its approach frequently. "Terre Brulee" seems industrial only in its electronic futurism, yet seems reach out further in its sound and ambitions. There is a sense of seductive French Neu Wave where the song overtakes the ambient passages" (Judas Kiss). Features guest appearances by Von Magnet and Terroritmo, bringing a theatrical dimension to the addictive tribal-oriented rhythmic Industrial soundscapes. Presented in a sumptuous 6-panel digipak. [Cold Spring]
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GEROSTENKORP & NEON RAIN -- "Io Non Ho Paura" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 OPN Records, OPNCD009, (ltd. 500)
The brand new split gathering Gerostenkorp & Neon Rain. Velluto Grigio & Profondo Giallo are 2 tracks dedicated to Dario Argento's works and Giallo movies. More than 50 minutes of Industrial Ambient "Giallo" music. Limited edition of 500 copies housed in a slim dvd package with full "Giallo" colour artwork. [label info]
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GERRARD, LISA & MARCELLO DE FRANCISCI -- "Departum" -- CD -- €14
2010/2018 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-84
Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner singer/composer Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance) and film composer Marcello De Francisci have joined forces to bring you their first collaborative album work titled "Departum". This album is a collection of pieces, which are filled with lyrical soundscapes, orchestrated with vocal chants, cimbalom, guitars, percussion, modern instruments and orchestra. An effort that took two years in the making moreover a journey inspired by ancient world cultures (Mesopotamia, Europe & Asia)... After the groundbreaking album "The Trail Of Genghis Khan" written in collaboration with an Australian artist Cye Wood, Lisa Gerrard returns to Infinite Fog with the long-awaited complete extended edition of the album "Departum". Highest quality sound, ambient drifts, soft tribal rhythms, touching melodies of Cymbylom and 144-Strings Yang Chin played by Lisa Gerrard and transcendental vocals. All this gives even more in sum and makes "Departum" pure pleasure listening... The album recorded with Marcello De Francisci, a well-known American composer /visual artist with an Italian-Argentinean background, based in Los Angeles, California. Marcello De Francisci is a big name in soundtracks industry, in 2006 he won the best soundtrack of the year G.A.N.G. award for his work on SCEA's "God of War" game. His music has been used in major theatrical movie trailers such as "Avatar", "Prince Of Persia", "Monsters VS Aliens", "Seven Pounds", "Hellboy" to name a few. Moreover, we can remember his mesmerizing music in the sequel to "Baraka" art-house documentary, "Samsara". In 2009, Marcello and Lisa started to work together and recorded several soundtracks for major and art-house movies. Besides that, their creativity also found a realization in a common album "Departum" which became one of the most top-rated albums in Lisa Gerrard discography. Attentive listener may remember Marcello as co-creator Lisa Gerrard's album "Twilight Kingdom"... CD released in a digipak with massive 20 pages booklet. [label info]
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GERRARD, LISA & CYE WOOD -- "The Trail Of Genghis Khan" -- CD -- €13
2010/2017 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-75
With the greatest pleasure Infinite Fog Prod. presents "The Trail Of Genghis Khan" by Lisa Gerrard & Cye Wood! Whatever you know about Mongolia, hardly you could tell more than an Australian traveler Tim Kop, who left 3 years of his life in the marvelous Mongolian steppes, certainly taking with him far more impressions than many can take in his entire life. The film about this nomadic journey was released by the ABC Television Group, and has received many awards, including National Geographic (Australian Geographic)... The album ‘The Trail of Genghis Khan’ made by Cye Wood in collaboration with Lisa Gerrard sourced from material that Lisa and Cye produced for the documentary series ‘The Trail of Genghis Khan’. This album is an emotive interpretation of Tim Cope’s epic journey on horseback from Mongolia to Hungary. Drawing on inspiration from this rugged & majestic landscape and the culture & inhabitants of this unique part of the world, they have allowed their intuition to be the guiding force in the creation of these works... Lisa Gerrard, widely known for her magical voice, by the work in Dead Can Dance and the grandiose soundtracks, together with the Australian violinist multi-instrumentalist Cye Wood, currently based in Berlin, portrayed the emotions and impressions of the epic journey in musical form... Cye and Lisa, both extraordinary musicians who have devoted their entire lives to music since the early years, and it's no surprise that they could find the perfect mutual understanding and create such a wonderful album worthy of being named one of the best in the discography of both authors. Cye already had experience working with Lisa Gerrard as a violinist on her solo album "The Black Opal" 2009. And a year later the first full-length joint work "The Trail of Genghis Khan" was ready. Charming melodies, excellent arrangements, perfectly balanced atmosphere and a bewitching plot of songs, all this in a compartment with the inimitable vocals of Lisa Gerard is "The Trail of Genghis Khan". [label info]
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GEYCHENKO, SERGEY -- "Text" -- CD -- €7
2011 Frozen Light, FZL 001, (ltd. 200)
Second album of the Moscow based composer, poet, writer, etc. Sergey Geychenko. A conceptual musical tapestry based on Sergey's literature works (also featuring poems by Pushkin and Khlebnikov). Musically this is somewhere between industrial, noise-ambient, folk and classical music, based on a solid rock'n'roll platform. Sergey has recorded and performed almost all parties by himself (from piano and guitars to washing bowls, gates and solo on a rake comb)... Many surprises are waiting for the attentive listener! [label info]
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GIFFONI, CARLOS -- "Severance" -- CD -- €10
2010 Hospital Productions, HOS-253
After developing his calling card on Adult Life and The Eternal releases, Carlos Giffoni defines his signature with compositional electronic music. Melding the analog drone colliding tonality of the past expressions and inducing minimalist sequencer details, a pure electronic landscape is cultivated that nurtures the formation a man makes in stepping from the mysteries of youth into adulthood. [label info]
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GINTAS K -- "Dimensions" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2016 Frozen Light, FZL 042, (ltd. 300)
“Dimensions” by Lithuanian composer Gintas K was prepared as a live-in-studio recording to be presented at ISEA2015 (The 21st International Symposium on Electronic Art) during the main exhibition program “Immersive Sound Room”; Vancouver, Canada, August 14-18, 2015. “Dimensions” was created and performed using Plogue Bidule software and various VST plugins. The plugins were assigned and controlled by midi keyboard and midi controllers. All the elements were played live and engaged with improvisation, granules, noise and the computer as instrument. Relationships are formed between composed, live playing, improvisation, and generative software. Similarly, connections are made between vintage electroacoustic, digital noise and a soft touch. [label info]
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GINTAS K / DAVID ELLIS / SIMON TYSZKO, MASAYUKI IMANISHI, DASEIN -- "Radical Demos #3: Electronics, Montage, Noise" -- 2 CD-R -- €7
2013 Observatoire, obs * RD#3, (ltd. 100)
Disc I contains 2 tracks made by collaboration of GINTAS K, DAVID ELLIS & SIMON TYSZKO and 5 tracks by MASAYUKI IMANISHI. Disc II contains 3 tracks by DASEIN... David Ellis describes himself as a 'Culturalist' or 'Rogue Enthusiast'. He is an occasional actor, writer, journalist, film curator, broadcaster & advocate of marginalised artists. The vocal elements of Gintas K's compostion or 'Unsong' were recorded ad-hoc at the Beaconsfield Arch Space, London by David Ellis & Simon Tyszko during Tyszko's exhibition 'Unfunfair' - an assemblage of Sonic sculptures including defunct machines, a rewired analog record-player & Neon. At the invite of Tyszko to "step-up to the mic" Ellis a regular collaborator, began singing in "the quasi crooning, sentimental style of his Fathers generation, though in the more slightly off-the-cuff, off-key manner of our Uncles after two or three beers". Tyszko then joined him in a duet. Plus "....at some point as I was singing I started to feel queasy, unsettled, whilst at the same time liberated from my taste for syncopation, dissonance & rupture etc. When we were fondling the mic, belting-out these bit's of half-remembered songs from a Post-War period there was nothing ironic in our delivery. None. It came from the heart. From our hearts & the technology. From the microphone, from somewhere else"... 5 tracks by MASAYUKI IMANISHI recorded using radio and paper plus field recording... The material by DASEIN was recorded under the influence of a trip to Vietnam. Presented tracks are an attempt to rethink the Vietnamese traditional music in line with sound art. In addition to the modern sound processing also used authentic musical instruments. [label info]
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GITANE DEMONE QUARTET -- "Past The Sun" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Dark Vinyl, DV72
There are a lot of known variables to the members of the GITANE DEMONE QUARTET. The precision punk chording of RIKK AGNEW (Adolescents / Christian Death / Social Distortion). The dexterous textured and sophisticated keyboard work of Paul Roessler (The Screamers / 45 Grave / Nina Hagen Band). The nimble and persuasive percussion electronics of DEB VENOM (Aunty Trust). And the fore, the voice like no other, the darkly compelling and poetic wailing of GITANE DEMONE (Christian Death / The Crystelles). Together they generate a unique sound seeming with vitality and rich in imagination thar far outstrips the sum of ist parts. Flirting with the most aggressive and surreal elements of each of their past projects, the GITANE DEMONE QUARTET stirs a violent cauldron that splashes out far beyond parameters of any genre expected of them. They haunt. They rock. They love. [label info]
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GLASBERG -- "Utrennik" -- CD-R -- €6
2008 ElectroIndustria, 11EINDr, (ltd. 100)
In a certain sense Glasberg (St. Petersburg, Russia) reminds of clanking question mark, which can appear in the head after a sleepless night on a balcony of a tower-block in St. Petersburg outskirts. Important are not the specific formulae, but the gesture and message themselves. Technologically the meditation is performed by a method of intuitive warping, by distorting the sound in real time intil it turns into a rarefied vibrational flow flavoured with a desperate voice. [press-release] The debut album of Uncle Fika, a permanent member of Deutsch Nepal concerts in St. Petersburg ;) Old-school death-industrial, analogue weirdness and insane vocals.
GLAUKOM SYNOD -- "Ogre" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2007 self-released
Collage electro aggro-industrial from France. Wild and energetic, but often non-structural music, compiled from noises, rhythms and heavy guitar samples.
GLAUKOM SYNOD -- "Uczulony" -- CD-R -- €2 [-50%]
self-released
Schizoid electro-industrial from France with sampled metal parts.
GLAUKOM SYNOD / STIGMA DIABOLICUM -- split -- CD-R -- €7
2007 self-released, (ltd. 100)
Mutual remixes of two French projects sound like a full-length album of the darkest Death Industrial, sometimes crawling down to the blackened ambient, sometimes - to wild PE. Sleeve. [YAOP]
GNAW THEIR TONGUES -- "Eschatological Scatology" -- CD -- €13
2012/2015 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-54, (ltd. 450)
Black Industrial / Noise. First time on CD, the most mentioned album of this cult, darkest project from the Netherlands. The experimental, ambient, and frighteningly noisy musical project Gnaw Their Tongues moves into more of a straight up extra harsh, noisy black metal vibe with this new release, and it's lead to a much more intense experience. [label info]
[bandcamp]
GNAW THEIR TONGUES -- "Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus" -- CD -- €10
2011 Crucial Blast, CBR93
Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus. Roughly translated, with blood and whip, we worship the dark. This is the latest collection of atrocities from Gnaw Their Tongues, an eight song investigation into the rites and rituals that emerge from the copper-scented frenzy of the serial killer, the obsessive acts of death worship enacted by those that live on the edge of abyss, the limits of experience sought by black cults. The sound is, as always, immensely heavy, with fractured drums and tunderous tympani skins reverberating within a maelstrom of seething black doom, screeching classical strings, horns, piano, and some of the most vomitous vocals imagineable. However, Per Flagellum Sanguemque is marked by the most frenetic percussive attack that we have heard from Gnaw Their Tongues, with volleys of chaotic drumming, fractured blasts, and maniacally complex patterns that sometimes seem to border on free-jazz drumming... [label info]
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GNAWED -- "Pestilence Beholden" -- CD -- €10
2016 Malignant Records, TumorCD97
Since its inception in 2009, Grant Richardson’s Gnawed has propelled itself into the top tier of heavy electronics and death industrial with a stream of high quality releases over a variety of formats. For his 3rd full length disc, Pestilence Beholden, the template set forth by prior works remains intact, but is dragged down into an even darker space, this time enriched by added layers of foreboding atmospherics and foggy ambience. Make no mistake, this is Gnawed through and through, but Pestilence Beholden is even more sculpted and refined than before, finding an intersection between tensile dread and controlled aggression, as ominous synth beds and throbbing drones are augmented with the cataclysmic reverberations, resonating scrapyard acoustics, and mechanized dirge you’ve come to expect. Recorded in industrial complexes in and around Minneapolis, the sound here is deep and immense, once again solidifying Gnawed in a category all their own. [label info]
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GNAWED -- "Terminal Epoch" -- CD -- €10
2012 Phage Tapes, PT:195, (ltd. 500)
Full length CD by the Minneapolis based power electronics project. Dude is out of control good. This disc contains a few different vocal styles, synth work, metal junks and a healthy dose of feedback. [label info]
[bandcamp]
GOAT THRON -- "Ultra Humiliate!" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2009/2012 A5 Production, AP013
Pagan Black Industrial / Dark Ambient duo from Lower Silesia, Poland. Reissue of the band's second album "Skrajne Upodlenie!" (originally a limited CDR from 2009 on Heerwegen Tod Production). Mechanical, sadistic and threatening blasts by Funeral, with obsessed and psychopathic vocals by Chaos (aka Walking Death). Ill and diabolic sounds with controversial content. Ritual screams, orgies, sadistic practices and torture, mixed with extreme sounds, created specifically for this project. "Who loves evil in every aspect, who loves to give pain and suffering". Nearly an hour of destructive music. Ukrainian import. [Cold Spring]
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GOATROPE -- "Walls" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2012 Smell The Stench, (ltd. 40)
Exactly an hour of muffled static black & white Harsh Noise Wall. Sleeve. [YAOP]
GOLEM GROSS / THE BASTARD NOISE -- "Universe Of Dishonor" -- CD -- €10
2009 Housepig, HPIG-19
In 2002, GOLEM GROSS was an unknown "Skull Ally" in Brooklyn who displayed a strong sense of composition, gentle restraint & an arsenal of malfunctioning audio. "Universe of Dishonor" transports the listener to an intergalactic incubus wherein Abrupt Millipede Feeding and Stegosaurus Wars are apt titles. Abysmal canyons, absolutely blunt lyrical style & episodes of severly destructive battle make "Universe of Dishonor" a dynamic, possessed & grievous opus paying tribute to the colossal failures of man. Rather than 'just another CD' in the discography, "Universe of Dishonor" shines as a high point in a long career of dedication to premium audio display. [label info]
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GONZALES, MARTINEZ -- "Dakstins" -- CD -- €6
2008 Lagunamuch Community, LMC555
Martinez Gonzalez is a multi-instrumental prodigy from Riga, Latvia. Dakstins (roof tiles) is his first solo work. Before this release Gonzalez took part and experimental music and jazz projects. Dakstins consists of pearl playing the strings of a human heart. The music is the basis, the mosaic of pictures from your dreams and fantasies. [label info]
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GORDUW -- "Vtoraya Chastt Istorii Feitnathorotha. Zemla. Tayga. Hvoyniy Thron Taygi" -- 2 CD-R -- €14 [-50%]
1996/2015 Torga Amun, Amun-085, (ltd. 20)
Black Ambient / Folvork Dark Ambient. This reissue of one of the albums of the legends of the Siberian underground. Digitizing the material was made from the original master tapes. Siberian brother Beherit unfolds before the listener picture virgin forests of the Siberian taiga. Sound austere, but confident. Sometimes there are reminiscences with Mortiis. This album - the story of arrival Folvorks on Earth. Folvorks - a special form of creatures. Folvorks also live among the people, but differ from them. Here tells the story of another alternate reality. It would seem that the material was irretrievably lost, but this album is like a magic stone that chthonic realm pushes into the sunlight, came to us from the past. This reissue used elements of the original design. 2 x pro-CDR, only 20 copies. Glossy envelope with two foto-inserts. The physical release contains unnamed bonus track. [label info]
[bandcamp]
GORDUW -- "XVII CIF. SS Army" -- CD-R -- €5
CVLMINIS, (ltd. 20)
78 min. Folvork Sympho Industrial / Dark Electronic With Elements Ambient, Noise, Beat… [Folvork] Reissue by CVLMINIS.
GORDUW -- "XVIII CIF. SS Medicine" -- CD-R -- €5
2012 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT91, (ltd. 69)
Apocalyptic Dark Electro from the famous Siberian project. Powerful industrial sound. Two-sided b/w cover and four inserts. [label info]
GORDUW -- "XIX CIF. 30/15" -- CD-R -- €5
2011/2013 Kadaath Records, Kadaath 58, (ltd. 30)
79 min. It starts with rough ragged noise based on a batch of overwound effects of looped samples, which grows like an avalanche raving and then comes down to the valleys of more spacious structures, after all degrading to monotonous noise jelly hanging like an impenetrable fog. Persistent schizophrenic collages of mind-corroding voices, a short break and then again millstones start their work, grinding the common sense. Reissue by Kadaath Records.
GORDUW -- "XXIV CIF. Underground Dark Chill Out" -- CD-R -- €5
CVLMINIS, (ltd. 20)
GORODEZKII, YURA -- "2016" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
self-released
Harsh Noise from the Moscow musician Yura Gorodezkii. Eight short tracks with a total duration of about 12 minutes. Hand-painted CD-R coves in a PVC-case with an attached photo and a collage insert.
GOROVOY, PROHOR -- "Don Juan" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016/2017 Heart Shaped Box Prod., HSB-104, (ltd. 30)
Experimental / Ambient / Noise.
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GOROVOY, PROKHOR & ARSENY LITVIN -- "Zima" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2017 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_14, (ltd. 26)
Noise / Experimental. Mail collaboration of two Russian musicians from Sratov and Novosibirsk. 50-minute noise suite inspired by the poetry of Aleksei Kruchenykh. This canvas is full of details, it will lead you through the winter of futuristic dimensions: from barely heard to loud and widescale. We recommend listening in headphones on full volume. And hibernate. CD-R with printed surface, packed in a half-DVD-box. [label info]
[bandcamp]
GOVERNMENT ALPHA vs .NYCTALOPS. -- "Into The Stupor" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Sickcore, SC24, (ltd. 250)
Psychedelic Harsh Noise split from Tokyo, Japan and Andreevka, Russia. Glossy digipak with collages made by Yasutoshi Yoshida.
[soundcloud] [soundcloud]
GOVERNMENT ALPHA / HIKARI NO OKA (THE HILL OF LIGHTS) -- "Schwingend / Obelisk" -- CD -- €10
2005 Licht-ung / Punk Kein Rock, (ltd. 300)
Split-CD featuring 6 pieces of high-pitched table-core harsh-noise by Government Alpha produced 2004-2005. German Licht-ung with one long minimal electronic piece plus 5 short blasts of harsh direct mic & effect noise. [Tochnit Aleph]
GOVERNMENT ALPHA / MSBR / NOTCHNOI PROSPECT -- "Japanoise Action in Russia" -- CD -- €10
1998/2019 Insofar Vapor Bulk, IVBCD13, (ltd. 100)
It was the first and the only performance of MSBR and Government Alpha in Moscow and also the first presentation of Japanese noise artists in Russia in general. The event, curated by Moscow based publisher and promoter Dennis Danchenko, took place at Moscow underground venue "Krai" (End/Edge). The supporting band was Moscow post-industrial formation Notchnoi Prospekt (Alexei Borisov, Richardas Norvilla, Roman Lebedev). The 3rd track of the album is a recorded jam between all participating musicians and some members of the audience, young underground musicians Roman Sidorov (Staruha Mha), Eugene Voronovsky (Cisfinitum) and Ivan Tikhomirov (Moscow Holocaust Soundtrack). The CD also contains a bonus section of 3 tracks of recycled material: Notchnoi Prospect reworking recordings of MSBR and Government Alpha, and T.A. Lab reworking MSBR. The artwork includes a replica of the original club's ticket.
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GRAND NORD -- "Cinq" -- CD-R -- €7
2007 Turgid Animal, TA105
GRASSOW, MATHIAS -- "Jericho" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018/2021 GS Productions, GSP 320 / Nebosvod, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Drone. Brandnew winter impression from the depths of old testimony. [from the author] Released as a 4-panel digipak, limited to 100 copies.
[bandcamp]
GRASSOW, MATHIAS -- "Vivamus Sit Potens" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018/2021 GS Productions, GSP 321 / Nebosvod, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Drone. «Vivamus Sit Potens» is a reminder of what man is and what he fails to be... a descent in ten stages... the way, the truth and the lie... [from the author] Released as a 4-panel digipak, limited to 100 copies.
[bandcamp]
GRASSOW, MATHIAS -- "The World Wars I & II - A Symphony Of Steel" -- 4 CD -- €25 [-50%]
2019 GS Productions / Небосвод, (ltd. 200)
Ambient. The topic of this new album has long been close to my heart. Both world wars significantly changed the world and still influence our daily lives today... No matter from which side one looks at these two wars, terrible atrocities would be committed everywhere. With this work I want to use the music as a non-verbal means of communication. I would like to transform bewilderment and dismay into inner peace and silence in the heart and wish that this has been achieved. Right now we are in such dire need of looking closely at what is happening politically with humans and the environment worldwide. This work, which I call my most important work, stands for forgiveness and love. It is dedicated to all the dead and suffering. It affects us all - everyone and everywhere. [from the author] 8-panel 4-CD digipak, comes with a poster.
[bandcamp]
GRASSOW, MATHIAS / BAGHIRI, AMIR / GLEISBERG, RUDIGER -- "Arcanum" -- CD -- €10
2007 Faria Records, FAR-12, (ltd. 500)
This is rerelease of legendary masterpiece from 3 famous german composers. "Arcanum" - it is collaboration of three different musical styles which creates a unique arcanum of excellent music. Mathias Grassow fills compositions his special deep mood drone ambient. Amir Baghiri adds his hypnotic percussions and Rudiger Gleisberg plays wonderful cosmic electronics. It will enjoyable to all music lovers! Previously released by Amplexus label as ltd of 500 copies at 1998 and totally sold out few years ago. Now rereleased with two bonus tracks, and luxury pack with artworks of Markus Vogt with several cards inside. [press-release]
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GRASSOW, MATHIAS & CLOSING THE ETERNITY -- "s/t" -- CD -- €15
2016/2019 Aquarellist, aquarel 48-19, (ltd. 150)
Ambient / Drone. Reissue of the untitled album released on cassette in 2016 by ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ as a limited edition of 77 copies. For this CD edition the new mix was made in January 2018. "Inspired by the astonishing nature of Ural region and folk stories from "The Malachite Box" cycle by Pavel Bazhov (goo.gl/dqDhSG), this collaboration between German drone maestro Mathias Grassow and prominent Russian project Closing The Eternity reveals thoroughly crafted aural world, where deep chthonic drones interact with huge ambiences and multiple percussion sounds. Constantly breathing, organic, always changing and yet truly monolithic sound, which tells stories about hidden secrets of the earth..." [from the original press-release]
GRASSOW, MATHIAS & JIRI MAZANEK -- "Inner Path" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Nextera, ERA 2051-2
Inner Path – the idea of combining pure handplayed acoustic instruments with modern electronics, samples and nature-sounds. With a spiritual sight behind, Inner path is open for free direction and interpretation nevertheless with a strong focus inside ourselves by considering the existence here on earth as ONE of many journeys back into the inner light. This work is a remembrance... Mathias Grassow: electronic creations, nature-sounds, singing-bowls, voice. Jiri Mazanek: 86-string zither, 8-string kantele, 5-string kantele, guitar, overtone singing. [label info]
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GRASSOW, MATHIAS & WEISS, THOMAS -- "Outland" -- CD -- €10
2007 Faria Records, FAR-13, (ltd. 500)
A reflection from outer spaces in between the universe of our mind. A miniature of the endless space from far behind mankinds tangibility. To understand the real essence of the heart of the matter, often it is necessary to take a look from the distance. Just this distance shows structures and connections, which are otherwise impossible to see and grasp - because everyone himself is part of a certain situation. Therefore "Outland" stands for a journey into an "outer land", to become an advanced view for realization. Luxury pack with artworks of Markus Vogt. [press-release]
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GREGORY -- "Restart Now" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2004 Monopolrecords, 001, (ltd. 500)
Instrumental - electronic - rhythmic - industrial in one of a kind performance, sequences supported with massive rhythmic force. This music is a fascinating example of perfect electronic style combined with modern rhythms, a lot of samples and experimental-sounding parts that brilliantly add flavour to its atmosphere and mood. [label info]
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GRIM MACHINE -- "Heterodoxa / Une Totale Midnight Chamber Music" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2017/2019 Concrete Noise, C.N.05, (ltd. 20)
Noise / Musique Concrète from Athens, Greece. Grim Machine is Alex M’s project, and the material runs from harsh to mysterious in quick order. One side of Heterodoxa is a studio assemblage, the other side is live and both go all over the place (although the live side’s more monolithic). Metal-edged noise generation gives way to babbling sound poetry, which evolves into musique concrète collaging and so on. Very neat. [The Wire] Reissue of a tape, previously released by the Greek labels E.C.T. / E.D.A. Records in 2017.
[bandcamp]
GRIM TALKERS -- "Built Sand Invasion" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Gravity Swarm Recordings, UT-42 / Live.pro
Chapter IIII in the Grimm story - a meeting of Tokyo's BLAHMUZIK (aka BrothersGRIM) and GUILTY CONNECTOR. A crazy album that was waged in mid-winter, assembled in Zukazuka, in a Grimm hut quietly nested in the mountainous region. Sweeping, violent harsh noise; a dangerous noise storm, which may awaken unexpected anxiety. 7 tracks, 59 minutes of broken Japanese-made free music / noise Wave sounds. [Cold Spring]
GRIM TALKERS -- "Grimly City" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Gravity Swarm Recordings, UT-40 / Live.pro
Tokyo's sampler ninja BLAHMUZIK a.k.a. BrothersGRIM meets GxCx's grimly harshest noise! Brain rotten overbearing stuck-up scum maggots puke up in the awful black rain in a grimy city, dissolute town. Japanese real nightmare sounds from the sickest island. [label info]
GRKZGL -- "Esque" -- 3"CD -- €5 [-50%]
2006 .Angle.Rec., .A.R.03.01., (ltd. 500)
First release of the .Angle.Records. label in the 3'' mini-cd format! This format lends itself well to the implementation of a maximum of ideas within a minimum of space. Clocking it at under 20 minutes on the cd player, this release proposes a journey that is indeed short but full of variations. Here is an excellent introduction for this promising artist from Montreal. Grkzgl (pronouced 'grak-siggle'), once known under various other names, comes from many horizons at the same time. Influenced by the post-industrial universe as well as the minimal or noisy avant-garde, Grkzgl strings 6 pieces together, which represent so many micro-adventures, interrelated and presented in an uninterrupted fashion, the whole forming an entity driven by multiple jolts. His ingredients? Spacious ambiences, cracklings originating from everywhere and nowhere, short-circuits, underlying hummings, psychoactive noise …one already feels, upon the first moments, the presence of each of the many sound components which will compose this mini-album. Except that in the very beginning, each one goes its own way …and very soon, the unison happens, all particles and corpuscles meet with each other and, in concert, all those elements lay the foundations, terribly structured and chaotic at the same time, of a universe that is whacked-out but full of a constant lucidity and direction. The various preferred sound sources of the artist are, of course, triturated and recycled in a peculiar way, resulting in organic abstractions that are carefully thought out, evocative, evolutionary and saturated. [press-release]
THE GROWING CRYSTALS LAB -- "Science Discoveries" -- 3"CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Old Europa Cafe, OECDR 016, (ltd. 150)
"The Growing Crystals Lab" was/is the line-up for the latest DBPIT live sets, including : Flavio DBPIT - winds, trumpet, noise; Annaconsuelo - vocals, percussions; Mario F.O.B. of Circus Joy - guitar; Steve Stroll of Ain Soph & Circus Joy - drums. The tracks on this album are 4 live-in-studio free improvisations choosen as the best tracks from a longer session recorded at Gatto Alieno Studios! The title of this album shows that this is a real pioneeristic experiment as the 4 members of the band had never played together before this session ... The final result is a series of very elegant & jazzy post-industrial, scientific & alien discoveries! Profesionally printed 3" mini CDR numbered on CD label and limited to 150 copies, special large cardboard box including insert + test-tubes with very dangerous "alien" substances for your own "alien" experiments.... "attenti al gatto alieno!" [press-release]
GROYXO / KRAFTVAERK 8000 -- split -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2004 Perineum Productions, 005, (ltd. 111)
Experimental digital art noise from Japanese and Danish projects. The material is very loud but quite sophisticated and fascinating. Like always with Perineum label - very nice artwork made with love (handmade sleeve with an insert, all printed on art paper, handpainted disc). [YAOP]
GRUNDIK + SLAVA -- "Frogs" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2005 Topheth Prophet, TP004
A really cool take on the experimental ambient genre, creating beautiful soundscapes using dark synth sweeps, found sounds, guitars and a bunch of other things. There are a few tracks where they go into completely different territory - especially the second track, which sounds like some aliens kidnapped a funk band - but mostly they stick to the really experimental ambient stuff. "Frogs" also features the talents of Chaos As Shelter, Igor Krutugolov and Victoria Hanna, the latter of which contributes vocals on half of the tracks, giving them a really weird feel, adding a somewhat playful side to the darker tracks [...] There are some more traditional middle eastern elements here and there, but mostly this disc keeps to its really nice experimental dark ambient textures with the previously mentioned Hanna's vocals popping in to add even more texture. There are always new sounds coming into the mix, it never gets boring. [industrial.org]
GRUNTSPLATTER -- "The Aberrant Laboratory" -- CD -- €10
2006 Dark Vinyl, DV 52
"The Aberrant Laboratory" finds Gruntsplatter exploring more ambient and disorienting planes in an effort to contextualize the ramifications of renegade science and deviant medicine. Framed against a somewhat literary backdrop, it is one of the more concrete conceptual works from the project and creates a different kind of listen than past releases. The familiar components of the sound that has sustained Gruntsplatter for the last 10 plus years are intact, and are perhaps at their most effective in allowing the listeners thoughts to wander with this outing. Brooding ambience, and cutting frequencies combine with odd melody and an enveloping, fluid mix that lead you through the dirty laboratories and hovels of taboo science where genius and atrocity meet on level ground. [label info]
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GUIGNOL DANGEREUX / IVERSEN -- split -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2006 Stop/Eject, EJECT19, (ltd. 50)
Tender and grandiose split at the same time, fascinating with meditative measured chimes and floods of huge solar ocean of Drone Ambient. Textured paper sleeve, painted disc. [YAOP]
GUILTY C. -- "Bottom Down" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Gravity Swarm Recordings, UT-37, (ltd. 500)
Japanese noise inspired by: "Crowded towns and city networks... tinnitus in a ghost town... forgotten memories, vomiting and sinking into a stagnant river bed.. guitar feedback in the chilly rain... a putrid mess in the corner of a dirty town. Outbursts of chirping crickets in the night fog, harsh noise and drone... hellish rumbles from the earth and endless darkness.... black solitude harsh drone works". [label info]
GUILTY C. -- "Downpour Shammer" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Gravity Swarm Recordings, UT-41, (ltd. 300)
Essential new album from Japan's GxCx (Filth The Sleep)! Harsh, powerful walls of noise, armoured with feedback and drones. "The relentless downpour in liar-deception, vanity, which has spread to the world... a high-quality, legitimate action and attitude that our people have started, such a rock demon, I will start cleaning the garbage! It's accusation rather than hate". A must listen for any noise fan! 6 tracks, 55 minutes. Comes in a fantastic A3 poster sleeve. [label info]
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GUILTY C. -- "Lands #2/#4" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Gravity Swarm Recordings, UT-48, (ltd. 300)
Field Recordings / Experimental Ambient.
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GUILTY C. / .NYCTALOPS. -- "Audible Plague Menace" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Sickcore, SC-26, (ltd. 300)
Harsh noise split between Japanese and Russian projects.
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GUILTY CONNECTOR -- "Mother's Bloated Corpse" -- CD -- €10
2003 Utsu Tapes, UT-25 / Deadline Recordings, DLR 272 / Membrum Debile Propaganda, MDP 5001-01
This album collects together the best tracks from various compilations and small run releases, as well as unreleased material from this multi-dimensional Japanese artist. Harsh noise, metal junk, collage and experimental sound recordings. A must for fans of GxCx and a perfect start for new fans too! J-card sleeve. [Cold Spring]
GULAGGH -- "Vorkuta" -- CD -- €10
2009 New Era Productions, NEP10, (ltd. 300)
In 2007 when Stalaggh completed their trilogy ('Projekt Nihil', 'Projekt Terrror' and 'Projekt Misanthropia') Stalaggh changed their name to Gulaggh. A Stalag is Nazi POW concentration camp, a Gulag is a Soviet work camp. The extra G and H stand for Global Holocaust. With Gulaggh they will also create a trilogy. The titles of the trilogy are as follows: 'Vorkuta', 'Norilsk' and 'Kolyma'. These are the names of worst Soviet Gulag concentration camps that were located north of the Arctic Circle. The first Gulaggh cd was finished in july 2008 and this time they used only classical instruments like violins, trumpets etc. For vocals they used several mental patients and over 30 children from a youth mental asylum. [press-release]
GUNTER, BERNHARD -- "Impossible Grey" -- 3"CD -- €8 [-50%]
1997 Metamkine, MKCD 023
18 minutes of the electroacoustic noir, minutes of quite hiss on the edge of complete silence, exploding with bass thunder and industrial clangor, pierced by abstract rustles and drones. Release from the famous series "Cinema for Ears" from Metamkine. [YAOP]
GYAKUSATSU & CARLOS VILLENA -- "Harmonices Mundi" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Marbre Negre, MN016 / Mantricum Records, mantricum 026, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Industrial / Noise. Marbre Negre and Mantricum Records present the new stuff by Gyakusatsu and Carlos Villena "Harmonices Mundi". The release is divided in 5 parts (part I by Gyakusatsu / part II by Carlos Villena / parts III, IV & V split between the bands). Excellent combination between the styles of both bands, noisy textures in an ambiental atmosphere. Harmonices Mundi is based upon the Johannes Kepler's theory of the universal movements according to geometrical models and musical scales, retaking the old topic of the celestial spheres and its universal music. [label info]
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H.E.R.R. -- "XII Caesars" -- CD -- €10
2009 Cold Spring, CSR117CD
Neoclassical. H.E.R.R.'s 4th album was originally inspired by the book "De Vita Caesarum" by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus from 121 AD, during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. It is one of the greatest sources of much of what we know about the first twelve Caesars after the fall of the Republic. The first tragi-comic Neoclassical operetta about The Twelve Caesars. Let the light of heart rule in this more "song-based" album. Comes with an elegant 16-page booklet. [label info]
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H.W.R. / HATEKOD -- "Totenmarsch / Anti-NWO" -- CD-R -- €7
2011 Ufa Muzak, UFA 43, (ltd. 131)
Martial industrial ambient / Postmortem power electronics. Conspiratorial underground. Red light illuminates the hands. Faces covered with masks. The noise of heavy leather shoes. Cloths with images of old symbols on the walls. New secret fire is modelling in front of their concentrated eyes. Echo is heard through narrowed consciousness - an old German song. Split of two clandestine projects from France, a pile of black & white photographs scattered on a table: archive and modernity. H.W.R. - wakeful ghosts of the past, in absolute silence, on the places of old battles, they come out and become visible. Old discoloured uniform with hardly seen badges, pale hair and faces, whisper. Hatekod - fragments of modernity where the idea spreads turning into growing red branch on a map. From a screen hissing with snow shows up the footage of streets drenched in blood and houses with forbidden symbols drawn. Dark, malevolent and hoax filled audio document, a deadly strain transmitted in encoded form... 10 tracks, 45 minutes, A5 cardboard cover, insert. [press-release]
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HAG-HAG-HAGAL -- "s/t" -- CD -- €4 [-50%]
2008 Valgriind, VG 12
Experimental ambient from little known Russian project. Sometimes noisy, sometimes melodic, but in general sounding like a constant "conscious flow" without interference of rational thought, which resembles Bardoseneticcube. A very good sound quality & nice varied atmosphere. 2nd edition in digipak.
HAIKU FUNERAL -- "Decadent Luminosity" -- 2 CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018 Aesthetic Death, ADCD 053
Industrial Metal / Dark Ambient. Brooding, mysterious, decadent Indian-influenced doom-industrial death-jazz ambient visions of shining celestial chandeliers thickly caked with smoke and grime, transcendence achieved through focused sexual depravity, and civilizations built upon slow-creeping inevitable decay. Although aspects of the music remind me of Skinny Puppy or Frontline Assembly performed on stages shrouded with moldering velvet curtains, Haiku Funeral has a uniquely powerful, mind-blowing vision all their own. [Dave Aftandilian, bandcamp]
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HAIKU FUNERAL -- "Hallucinations" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Aesthetic Death, ADCD 034, (ltd. 1000)
Industrial Metal / Dark Ambient. Dark visitations from syncopated, hypnotic, lysergic and erotic rites - musick and magick are intertwined and explored. Released as a digipak with 12-page booklet including poetry, apocalyptic art & photos. [label info]
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HAIR POLICE -- "The Empty Quarter" -- CD -- €10
2007 Harbinger Sound, HARBINGER 056
Mad strangeness from this trio of psychedelic noise-icians out of Lexington, Kentucky… with spiritual and creative cross-pollination from the likes of Wolf Eyes, Prurient, and Burning Star Core. Mike Connelly (guitar, vocals, tape manipulation, noise), Robert Beatty (electronics), and Trevor Tremaine (drums, vocals, tape manipulation) create an ominous, searing, screeching, seething, maniacal, grimy, guttural, tortured sonic assault fraught with swelling oscillator tones, soaring rumble-sweeps… ill-gotten ecstatic wails, restrained respirations… a devolving radioactive bombardment of rip-squeak-squelch-disintegration beams… scanning a contracted and overwhelmed soulscape. The world does not end with a whimper, but a bang. And, this is certainly a soundtrack for the aftermath. [Roland Blunt, KFJC]
HAISHA / MIZUKO -- "Happily Never After" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2001 Crucial Blast, BLAST 10
A meeting of two demented forces from the filthiest gutters of Los Angeles. HAISHA opens with a seriously grotesque noisecore/grind/trash hybrid, powered by jackhammer drum machines and miles of bad fucking attitude. Think early EARACHE grindcore, japanese trashpunk a la CONFUSE, and hardcore gabba smashed up in a crystal meth milkshake. Things only get worse when MIZUKO follow up with event-driven found sound, grisly power electronics, and queasy death industrial that is misanthropic to its very core. Black transmissions from a rotting planet, unleashed on an unsuspecting ghost world. Presented in a sleek glossy gatefold package. [press-release]
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HALL, FRANK -- "I Remember You (Original Soundtrack)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Cold Spring, CSR287CD
Dark Ambient / Industrial / Neoclassical. We are extremely proud to release the official soundtrack to the cult Icelandic horror film 'I REMEMBER YOU' (Is: "Ég man þig"). Heavy dark ambient / industrial / orchestral soundscapes composed by Frank Hall, with a beautiful, solemn, folkloristic finale featuring Icelandic choirs. The soundtrack was created at the old industrial area of Grandi in Reykjavík, at a studio due to be 'gentrified' and forcefully emptied of the artists. "I was alone in this large building in this deserted area, working late hours, making music for a horror movie. It was during winter... wind blowing, darkness. There were some tense moments... As soon as I read the script I heard low brass in my head and that kind of stuck. We used a lot of brass instruments, filtered and processed throughout. I also ended up using a lot of bowed guitar, sometimes doubling the brass, sometimes more like a sound effect..." Hall also used analogue synths on the special climactic track "Montage". 'I Remember You' is based on the internationally acclaimed novel by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, the "Queen of Icelandic Crime". A must for fans of Graeme Revell, Steven Price, Lustmord, MZ.412. Digipak. [label info]
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HAMNSKIFTE -- "Fodzlepijnan" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Myrkr, 1-2012, (ltd. 1000)
Black Metal / Folk / Drone Doom / Ambient. First record from a mysterious Swedish duo, whose sound is inspired by, according to the band themselves, Burzum, Earth, Skepticism, Nortt and Trollmann Av Ildtoppberg. But imagine those influences channeled into something more medieval sounding, and WAY more post rocky, a sort of droning medieval slowcore laid beneath softly buzzing metallic rumble and shimmer, and you'll get an idea of Hamnskifte's sound. This is drone and ultimately slow meditative Black Metal with hypnotic medieval folk melodies recorded with guitars, drums, bass, organ, bodhran drum, bells and some self-invented percussion instruments. Originally released to the world in the spring of 2010 by, now-defunct, American label Starlight Temple Society, as a limited edition of 125 copies. [label info]
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HARVEST RAIN -- "Blood Hymns" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 OPN, OPN CD 05
Neofolk. These Midnight Sessions began within the Winter Solstice and the recordings continued during the 12 Nights of Yule in 2002. 'Blood Hymns' is a personal soundtrack to the search for Thule/Hyperborea. The Spirit's journey back to the lost homeland. A "musical diary" of the blood answering the Pull of Magnetic North's Most Northerly Midnight. Where one finds the 13th Hour. These Midnight Sessions began after 'A Frost Comes with the Wind' and should be considered the follow-up to that album. The largest line-up for a Harvest Rain album yet. Special preparations and work with the Chilean artist Juan Almarza Anwandter of Der Arbeiter without whom this album would not be. 'Blood Hymns' is for all those on the Path of A-MOR. Expect simply the best with this new collection of heathen folk music anthems... [press-release]
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HARVEST RAIN -- "Nightwave" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 OPN Records, OPNCD0029, (ltd. 300)
Brand new album from French Neofolk / Electro act Harvest Rain. "The Path, like untamed fruit, is rotten, withered, decayed and deceased. Like a bloated body left out in the open sun. The fruit ferments... There is nothing in this world more beautiful than the moment when a human soul has been shredded, crucified endlessly, tormented, driven insane, beat and spat upon, torn into a trillion pieces, and all of this alone with no one to share or to know of it and to then be made anew, to receive the Consolamentum and brought back together, whole, complete, absolute, Resurrected. Could there possibly be anything more beautiful? Yes. I am one of the few who survived that Path. By the Absolute Loyalty of Divine Love. "She" in the flesh. "Her" footsteps are real, now and forever. For that is Her breath with mine in the Muse-ic of this album. The Serpent swallowed it's Tail. The Final Test. The Final Turn of the Wheel. There will be no more. For, behold! It is Done!". 6-panel digisleeve. [Cold Spring]
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HASEGAWA, HIROSHI & OPENING PERFORMANCE ORCHESTRA -- "Fraction Elements" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 E-Klageto, Exklageto 06, (ltd. 500)
Noise / Experimental / Sound Art. 'NO MELODY - NO RHYTHM - NO HARMONY - THIS IS FRACTION MUSIC' - the amazing 'digital deconstructivists' O.P.O from Prague collaborate with the 'cosmic' Japanese analogue noiser (aka ASTRO + former member of C.C.C.C. ), the three long tracks (one each by HASEGAWA and O.P.O + the main collab piece "Terrestrial Lightness") show their "pure drone/sound/noise" approach, the BORDERS ARE FLUENT = overwhelming CD with massively morphing and transforming drone noises!! [Drone Records]
HASEGAWA, HIROSHI / POSITIVE ADJUSTMENTS -- "Cryptic Void" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 4iB Records, 4iB CD/1013/004, (ltd. 250)
This split release features two long time experimental noise artists: Hiroshi Hasegawa and Positive Adjustments (Krister Bergman), both whom hail from different regions of the world: Japan and Sweden and being specially curated for this album. Cryptic Void displays the unique qualities of each artist’s personal creative expressions in the field of sound manipulation. Independently, they both deliver their own trademark styles of audio mayhem that have been personally developed and reinvented over the years through active participation in the experimental noise scene. [label info]
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HATED BRUIT KOLLEKTIV -- "Aktion One" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2009 New Nihilism, NN II, (ltd. 250)
HBK is an ephemeric project held among musicians behind Genetic Transmission, Moan and Nojsens. Three minds, three individualities, tree artists sharing one inspired vision. These are people we know for years so it became somehow natural to invite their bastard child to our NN therapy group finally, starting the "Harsh Kontakt" series of relases from now on. The sound sculpture presented hereby has been captured at Bez Kontroli Fest 2007 as probably HBK's best gig to date. Expect the unexpected, as they have gone the whole hog, without no mercy to the audience or themselves. OK, it's all there: refreshing traditional industrial, warming harsh noise, stoned bruitist plunderphonics, and last but not least-good taste and the fucking clue, VSOP. The packaging consist of a huge, A2-sized heavy stock poster folded to form A5 sleeve housed in a solid plastic wrapper. [press-release]
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THE HATERS -- "Untitled Title Shot" -- CD -- €10
2002 Noisopoly, NOP-04
Since its premiere in early 1999, GX's Untitled Title Belt has become a main sound source both on stage and in the studio. Just by looking at this belt, one would not necessarily be able to tell that this implement is a combination microphone, distortion-pedal, and noise generator. It was fashioned after the traditional championship wrestling belt. This CD contains realtime recordings of GX's Untitled Title Belt feeding back on itself. No multi-tracking or post-production was applied.
HATI -- "Metanous" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Zoharum, ZOHAR 105-2, (ltd. 400)
"Metanous" is HATI's third album on Zoharum, but the first one including new material. Two years after releasing "Wild Temple" CD (MonotypeRec., 2013) the band is back with a new album which is a summary of the period 2011-2012 when the musicians performed as a trio of Rafal Iwanski, Rafal Kolacki and Robert Darowski. It's the next time in their history when the duo changed their line-up to expand the sonic formula and create music of a slightly different nature. In the case of "Metanous" the weight of percussion is balanced by the sound of the didgeridoo which exists here not so much as an addition, but a fully-fledged instrument. As usual, you can hear many other instruments making up the sonic world of HATI from the very beginning of the band. Here you can find gongs, drums, bells, found objects, horns and other wind instruments. The sound generated in this new interaction is rich, song structures are usually complex, often based on a dialogue of characteristic gong-based rhythms with didgeridoo and several other instruments played by Robert Darowski. Here are also acoustic drone explorations, equally important in the music of the group. Once again HATI reveals a new, hidden face. By re-building their line-up or inviting new members or collaborators (so far they include Z'EV, Dariusz Brzostek, Slawomir Ciesielski), Rafal Iwanski and Rafal Kolacki still explore new sonic areas. "Metanous" is the transformation (of the mind); the word 'meta' (Latin) means as much as the boundary, the end, the turning point. In the case of HATI, it is in fact the end of that period for Torun musicians. The group will never return in such a configuration again. This album is a recording of an interesting period of the group included in seven compositions recorded for the purpose of this release... The cover is designed by Tomek Mirt. The album is mastered by Lukasz Miernik. The CD is housed in a digipak and the album is strictly limited to 400 copies. [press-release]
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HAVOC1986 -- "Anti-Life Wind / Lair Of Macabre" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2009 Valgriind, VG 24
The first Power Electronix release from Valgriind. 9-tracks storming pressure of discharged nihilism from perspective Kharkiv project. Pulse of the absolute technogenic hate under the dust of organic substance. Envelope from duralumin sheets, bounded with screw. [label info]
HAVOHEJ -- "Kembatinan Premaster" -- CD -- €10
2009 Hells Headbangers, HELLS 033
Black Metal / Ambient / Avantgarde. The second full-length album is now complete! Deemed to be the grand master of unholy darkness and black perversion, "Kembatinan Premaster" destroys all past work & is the definite Havohej ritual to be observed by ALL devotees of the genre. Easily the ultimate contender on the bestial black throne of metal to deliver such complete utter fucking darkness so very few can capture. "Kembatinan Premaster" is a single meditation consisting of 8 parts in 37 minutes of total fucking blackness with acclaimed black vocal vomits and signature style profanatic percussion. This is the continuation of the now classic Ledney atrocities committed in 1993 and yet again breaking major ground 16 years later. [press-release]
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HAZARDA BRUO SONSISTEMO / ROMUTUS / TYHJIO / SMALL UNNECESSARY OBJECTS -- "Kolari" -- CD -- €7
2018 Ei Armua
4-way split CD of contemporary noise from Finland. HAZARDA BRUO SONSISTEMO = harsh junk. ROMUTUS = noise grindcore. TYHJIØ = harsh electronix. SMALL UNNECESSARY OBJECTS = industrial misery. [label info]
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HE WOULD DROWN -- "Music To Wreck To" -- CD -- €10
2004 Noise Control Corp., NCC/9, (ltd. 500)
HEADDREAMER -- "From The Inside" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Aliens Production, AP 56, (ltd. 100)
IDM / Industrial / Electro. Sonic visionary Headdreamer member of Aliens production and his latest colossus of atmosphere and emotion. The partial concept that was recorded on previous ep's and compilations is complemented by new cells and great collaborations. Melodic idm electronics immersed in emotions and beautiful landscapes. The name itself suggests where this atmospheric odyssey was born and how waves of melancholy come to the surface of this world. Even though you have a soul of dust and a mind overwhelmed with iron, this concept will definitely shake you up and it will turn on your music sensors. The sound was taken care again by great Anatoly (Tokee) Grinberg and the visual concept was set by the unique Ingo from the graphic workshop Spiel Sinn. This combination of music and design will remain immortal! [label info]
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HEADDREAMER -- "Human Frequencies" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2014 Aliens Production, AP 29, (ltd. 333)
After many digital releases comes project Headdreamer with his new production and his modern sound will not leave any fan of ambient music unheeded. Melodic lines in down tempo rhythms and magical atmospheres are rolling the emotional canals of the listener. Many mysterious atmospheres, spherical elements and unmistakable atmospheres from dISHARMONY member. This listening discloses many uncharted corners and many interesting collaborations from projects like Huron, Esoteric sob, Ish, Stasis Device, Rentip, Lucidstatic, Basementgrrr... [press-release]
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HEAL -- "Starting Back" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2007 Sound On Probation, SOP 007, (ltd. 500)
Laurent Perrier don't know rest, he's always working to something new. It is amazing that he's running a label where every project of its roster is headed by Laurent himself. This time after seven years from the previous album "Extension" we have a new CD by Heal. STARTING BACK is the most melodic work to date made by Laurent and if the first Heal album was approaching to dub and ambient just like the Scorn of the first period did, the new album changes everything by introducing elements of jazz, 70s progressive rock (check "Chute d'oreiller" and its approach a la Goblin) and hip hop. Blending everything just to compose an ideal soundtrack for a futuristic noir movie, Heal did something new where the dub element is still present and you can hear it by listening to the bass lines but the new influences enrich the sound creating a new and fresh mixture. The fifteen instrumental tracks sound mysterious and if you check "Mainmise" you'll be seduced by its oriental melodies. Good one! [Maurizio Pustianaz, Chain D.L.K.]
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HEDOROMERUHEN -- "Airs" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2017 Attenuation Circuit, ACRS 1014, (ltd. 100)
Folk Noise / Absurd. Yasutoshi Yoshida (electronics noise artist aka GOVERNMENT ALPHA) and Daisuke Ichiba (Bijinga drawing artist) meet in Berlin 2012 for exhibition. They clicked together that making "Folk Music Noise" sound. Then they started to perform as HEDOROMERUHEN. They released the 1st album "1" with experimental acid folk noise sound in 2013. The 2nd album "2" with experimental psychedelic noise sound was released in 2014. Then the 3rd album "3" with new wave and electronics noise style was released in 2015. HEDOROMERUHEN were invited to LUFF 2016 in Lausanne, Switzerland, then they had small tour in Europa. They recorded a lot of sound materials on this tour, not only live sounds. Yoshida and Ichiba destroyed these sound materials, then they re-constructed new tracks as a "Fake Live Documentary". This is "Airs". [from the artists]
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HEGRE, JOHN -- "Colors Don't Clash" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2006 Dekorder, Dekorder 017, (ltd. 500)
Returning to his original instrument the electric guitar, Hegre has produced an extremely diverse album mutating from hypnotic computer-loop drones to some glorious free analogue noise, from abstract banjo-like sketches to thick washes of sludgy doom metal and roaring noise rock, from divine electroacoustic sounds to otherworldly country-esque and classical guitar picking, all within one track, and often all at once, with small and simple melodies lurking within huge drifts of sound. And not one element sounds out of place here, it’s rather like the collages of seemingly inappropriate bits and pieces create a totally unique surreal and creepy atmosphere. Dozens of small details suddenly appear from nowhere, transforming even the most brutal noise attacks into complex textural arrangements, making this the most essential guitar album of the year. [label info]
HEILBRON, JON -- "Pieces for Chord Organs" -- CD -- €9
2019 Intonema, int029, (ltd. 200)
This is the second Intonema release dedicated to organ works. The first, by Arturas Bumsteinas, was a post-composition of church organ improvisations. The Australian musician Jon Heilbron, who uses Bontempi portable chord organs in real time, works in a completely different way. In August 2018, he spent three weeks at the St. Petersburg Artist Residency, writing and honing his compositions. Both pieces on the album Pieces for Chord Organs fascinate and lead away from the everyday hustle and bustle: the layered sound of organs diffused throughout the room create beatings and harmonies hardly possible in other conditions. [label info]
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HEINZ HOPF -- "Gothenburg" -- CD -- €10<
2013 Triangle Records, TR-52 / Outcry / Random Monster, RanMon:1
After having delighted in a few excellent tapes and a LP it is time to enjoy this first CD of the duet from Gothenburg, Sweden. Dan Johansson and Matthias Andersson are some of the best at what they do. The noise is solid, dense like lead, free of intricate experiments and gloomy pathos. It is made of simplicity and power. Pure pleasure. [press-release]
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HEKSEMOTE -- "Abominio Celato" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Red Engineering Production, REPR-10, (ltd. 20)
Occult Noise / Ambient Noise Wall / Dark Ambient project from Italy.
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HEKSEMOTE -- "Denne Kirkegården Tilhører Oss" -- 2 CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Red Engineering Production, REPR-09, (ltd. 20)
Occult Noise / Ambient Noise Wall / Dark Ambient project from Italy.
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HELDENTOD -- "The Ghost Machine" -- CD -- €10
2012 Cold Spring, CSR131CD
Death Industrial / Power Electronics. Heldentod began in 2005 as an outlet for research into the little-known corners of 20th-Century history. While previous recordings whiplashed between the traditional and the experimental, Heldentod's latest album leaves behind its neofolk and martial-industrial roots to focus solely on electronics, but maintains the fundamental sense of composition found in earlier incarnations. Although now primarily influenced by death industrial and power electronics, Heldentod looks to create the most suitable expression of its key themes, including ghosts, ancestor worship, human sacrifice, neolithic fertility rights, Iron Age religion, medieval literature, unseen dimensions, inhuman intelligences, and all manner of Forteana. [press-release]
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HERZ JUHNING -- "Miasma" -- CD -- €15
2009 Galakthorrö 024
After Herz Jühning has whetted the appetite of so many listeners with his Faces EP, Galakthorrö now is proud to be able to present Herz Jühning's first Longplayer. On Miasma he combines the kinetic energy of Power-Electronics with favourite ingredients from the witches'cauldron of Angst Pop. You will hear brutal bass-drones, nasty electrified currents, pumping analog rhythms and eerie frequency modulations. The sound elements have been ruthlessly selected to emphasise the reductive characteristics, and brought together around the incisive vocals to form an homogenous and complete work of art. Whether ailing popsongs, aggressive noise-attacks, or ominous sound experiments, all is artfully united in the 13 songs found on Miasma. Once more it is Jühning's no-frills arranging technique, that shows itself to be so highly effective on Miasma, just as it made Faces so successful. There is much to discover and Miasma will take the hearts of its listeners by storm! How could it not? CD in matt finish digipac, 16-page booklet incl. lyrics. [press-release]
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HEXAPOD -- "White Corridore" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Red Engineering Production, REPR-04, (ltd. 20)
Industrial / Field Recordings / Musique Concrète. A project by the Ukrainian musician Pavel Burgela (DISPERSIVE LIGHT, KESAR, STIFF AND COLD). "HEXAPOD" in translation means "Six-legged". According to the author himself, this is a kind of fusion of living and non-living matter. A symbiosis of metal and flesh. Which is vividly represented in our modern urban landscape. "We go out into the street and before us reveals a horrible, ugly picture of sounds. Screeching, howling sirens and roaring engines, steps of thousands of pedestrians hurrying on their own business. In this artificial chaos, the voice of the one for whom this mechanical "paradise" was created is buried. The voice of a man!" The album consists of six compositions each of which carries in itself not the repeated atmosphere of a modern city. [label info]
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HILDEREND & KAMERA SENSORNOY DEPRIVATSII -- "Mantras For Sensory Deprivation" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Torga Amun, Amun-090, (ltd. 15)
Changing the world, a new world built on new foundations. New foundations and a new man, new kinds of creatures. The future is not drawn by God. The philosophical perspective on the subject of gene technology. [label info]
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HINAGESHI BONDAGE -- "Pariisi Vuonna 1959" -- CD-R -- €7
2001 Nihil Market, nM 1.3, (ltd. 150)
Depther is the solo work of a Finnish guy from the band I.corax (not that that ring any bells here). There are three lengthy piece of very dark soundscapes, two are studio pieces and one is a live pieces. Heavy, dense, dark atmospheric music of sounds being pushed around through the wild bunch of sound processors. Vibrant stuff, as opposed to some of the more static counterparts to be found in this alley. The live piece is a bit more static then the studio pieces though. [Vital Weekly]
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HINO, MAYUKO -- "Lunisolar" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Cold Spring, CSR245CD
Noise. ‘Lunisolar’ is the second solo album from the ‘Queen Of Japanese Noise’, Mayuko Hino. ‘Faintainhead’ unleashes swathes of densely layered noise, undulating in intensity and ferocity. Although claustrophobic throughout, there are moments of gentle metallic percussion, punctuating the raging vibrations beneath. ‘Astral Travelling’ offers no such relief, featuring unrelenting, piercing electronics throughout until the final few minutes of psychedelic comedown. In addition to self-made instruments, Hino plays noise with her six-theremin oscillators (in bright pink) – the one and only in the world, specially made by Ryo Araishi (a.k.a. ichion)... Prolific as a live performer, Hino is most well-known for forming C.C.C.C. (Cosmic Coincidence Control Center) in 1990, together with Hiroshi Hasegawa, Fumio Kosakai and Ryuichi Nagakubo. In its early phase, the band grabbed attention by combining noise music with Hino’s sadomasochism performance using bondage ropes and dripping candle wax. She has since been a member of Mne-Mic, DFH-M3, and Transparentz. Digipak. [label info]
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HIP, VALERA -- "Mountain Of Fugitives" -- 2 CD -- €14
2019 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-90, (ltd. 400)
Ambient. In June 2013, our friends brought us an album by the man named Valery. More than 30 years ago (after 15 years of wandering), he settled in the distant Altai village - Zamulta and did not leave these places anymore. You cannot get there either by plane or by train, and you can only drive by car in summer and autumn. Valery is engaged in homemaking musical instruments like pipes, harps, flutes; he breeds bees and leads the household, which forms the basis of his life. With his minimal resources, he recorded an album that fell into our hands. The recordings united under the name " Mountain of fugitives" turned out to be hypnotic ambient compositions built on drawing lo-fi drones, pipes, harps, nature breathing, field recordings, sounds of the surrounding life and the author's voice, occasionally filling the space with references to ancient Chinese and Japanese poetry like Mèng Hàorán and Matsuo Bashō, as well as quotes from the Norwegian writer Hans Burley, or his own verses... Valerych discovered "ambient" for himself as the most suitable form for self-expression without regard to any standards. The serenity of nature, the simple tranquility of a secluded lifestyle, the purity of a self-contained existence and the tension of daily physical labor, all here in these sounds, in the originality, naturalness, and softness of the sounds, which literally disarm and necessitate to play the record over and over again... It took 5 years to prepare all the material for publication. In the meantime, the album has grown to a dilogy with a total duration of more than 150 minutes. Now its 2CD and eight long nameless tracks instead of four... Enjoy by pure rural ambient music. [label info]
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HIRSCH, VLADIMIR -- "Katagenesis" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 226-2 / Old Captain, OCCD53, (ltd. 300)
Modern Classical / Industrial. Vladimír Hirsch is a composer and a veteran of Czech industrial scene. Member (and/or founder) of projects like AGHIATRIAS, SKROL and CZECH INTEGRATED ENSEMBLE to name a few. “Katagenesis” showcases Hirsch’s consistency in style of creation. Melodic, powerful, sublime and absolutely terrifying. Album is presented in the form of triptych „Axonal Transit”, „Metaspheres” and „Hymn”. Across 11 tracks we are taking true tour de fear as we’re experiencing a sonic representation of horror. Orchestral instruments mixed with electronics are holding us in suspense from the very beginning to the very end giving us only a few short breaks to catch a breath. This is as far as you can imagine from easy listening, but it’s definitely worth the effort as when the album stops you feel the cathartic effect instantly. Amazing take on modern classical and experimental music. [label info]
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HIVE MIND -- "Sand Beasts" -- CD -- €7
2004 Chondritic Sound, CH-055 / PACrec, PACrec106 / Troniks, TRO-133, (ltd. 1000)
Dark Ambient / Noise. Imagine John Carpenter and Throbbing Gristle joining forces to score music for nightmares - Hive Mind's death-dirge horrorscapes are not too far off. Sand Beasts builds slowly from dark low-end analogue drones into rumbling speaker-threatening frequencies, piling on peaks of visceral, almost tactile, electronic churn and circuit carnage. [Andrew Carden, MOJO Magazine]
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HLADNA -- "March 2003" -- CD-R -- €5
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT85, (ltd. 60)
Ultra powerful initiative Power Electronics with deep earthy bass pulsations and shamanic energy. Ritual rhythms take all your bowels out and leave the body whirling around the bonfire like a frantic phantom with glassy eyes. Slim box, embossed cover. [label info]
HLADNA -- "Melting Water" -- CD -- €10
2007 Aquarellist, aquarel 04-07, (ltd. 300)
Reissue of a very limited CD-R "Talaya Voda" (Russian translation of the title). Old recordings of St. Petersburg-based project from 1998-99. Very raw ritual ambient/noise saturated with ultramundane drones and metal rattle. Mostly meditative but sometimes brutal. Primordial music. Specially for this reissue the album was remastered by Igor Potsukailo (Bardoseneticcube). Cardboard foldout sleeve.
HLADNA & ORD -- "Tunottauan" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2018 Status Prod., SP 07 CD, (ltd. 200)
Ritual Ambient. When the connection between the Earth and the Cosmos is established, the balance is restored, the merging of reality and subtle worlds occurs, the image of Tunnotauan appears, the symbol of duality, polarity, harmony of the universe... Status Prod. presents a collaborative album of Russian ethno - industrial projects Hladna and Ord, recorded during a private session on July 28, 2017 and now, due to the label, this record became available on CD. The ritual ethno-industrial noises and singing of Tibetan bowls, the tinkling of the bells and the clatter of the shaman's tambourine, merge into a single sound canvas, enveloping the whole, leaving in the depths of the subconscious and causing unknown hitherto images... Two-headed God Tunottauan came to Koloyar, the leader of project Hladna, during the deep immersion into the subtle worlds, his image was reconstituted from memory and used in the design of the album. The album released in a gate-fold format, made of design cardboard, with an attachment from naturally aged material, circulated of 200 hand-numbered copies. [label info]
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HLADNA / XEROX 667 -- "22-23.02.2003" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT95, (ltd. 34)
Archive sessions of two projects from the same artist. Psychedelic Power Electronics in vein of "Gromoglasnoe DA!" sometimes intersected with more rhythmic tracks, remotely resembling Genocide Organ, and squeaking / creaking dehumanized Electronic Noise Ambient. Strong futuristic industrial atmosphere. Slim-box. Cover made of vintage paper with reproductions of the paintings by Nik. Nik. Kalmykov. The release comes with a dose of "Luminal" (phenobarbital) for a good sleep after listening. [press-release]
HOARFROST -- "Anima Mundi" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Reverse Alignment, RA-27, (ltd. 300)
Anima Mundi - the world soul. Sometimes interpreted as the mythical Gaia or the mother of earth and all it's life and forms. The superorganism of the planet. With their fourth album, Hoarfrost explores the philosophical view of mother earth as the caring ancient goddess and the possibility that she's actually a Medea that will deceive and betray humanity, making us faithless and deprived of our will to survive. And in the end, facing total collapse. On "Anima Mundi", Hoarfrost collaborates with Katarzyna Bromirska (cello), Valdi Rzeszut (guitar), Dawid Chrapla and Tomasz Twardawa (noise structures) bringing us dark ambient industrialism... [label info] "I would highly recommend this to listeners who love to hear musicians step outside the normality of so much modern music. There is little here that could be directly compared to anything else out there. Hoarfrost have presented their most unique work to date." [Michael Barnett, Terra Relicta]
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HOARFROST -- "Puppets of the Divine Coroner" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Zoharum, ZOHAR 025-2
Who is the man nowadays? A cogwheel in a machine, which he built by himself? A prisoner of a corporation - a modern labor camp? A hostage of a development, which has to proceed faster, faster and faster? A slave of money? A victim of his own ambitions? A castaway in a city of human zombies? A resident of a big cemetery, where he entombed his free will? A puppet? But in whose hands? "Puppets of the divine coroner" is a reverie about the man, who wanted to control the world but he fell into the trap and became a prisoner of the reality, created by himself. Is there a chance for an escape from the point he reach? [press-release]
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HOARFROST & INNER VISION LABORATORY -- "Decline" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Zoharum, ZOHAR 010-2
Both Hoarfrost and Inner Vision Laboratory are young projects, but it would be an understatement to call them 'newcomers.' Each of them has already released debut albums alongside numerous split releases, collaborations, web extended plays and compilation tracks. Thanks to them they gathered a substantial following among experimental music listeners. It was just a question of time when the men behind the projects would collaborate on a release. The result is 'Decline' – a tale of descending into the pits of madness in 8 parts. Inspired by two poems, 'Madman' and 'Modern Icarus,' takes you on a journey into the realms of dark thoughts. With such a clear concept, it's no wonder that the music is cinematic, thus slowly building images in the listener's head. Face the stillness, but remember: something is lingering in the corner. [label info]
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HOFFMANN, NICK -- "Barbarous Tongues" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Gravity Swarm Recordings, UT-43, (ltd. 300)
Nick Hoffman is the proprietor of Oregon-based Pilgrim Talk Records and a prolific experimental musician in his own right, and though the label seems to have been on hiatus since last year, his personal output at least remains steady. That growing body of work ranges from fields recordings and elaborate improvised collaborations (like his enthralling LP with Takahiro Kawaguchi and Aaron Zarzutzki for Senufo Editions), to the varied CD before me, Barbarous Tongues, out on Japan’s Gravity Swarm Recordings. Like the atmospheric totems spread across its folded-poster packaging — tinted obelisks, a Celtic mask, and a wall covered in hanging dolls — this is a crafted object, resonant drones and tone patterns that without that sense of “craft” might each seem to build themselves from sheer weight of inevitability. Manipulated choral samples and the noisy perambulations of a distorted squiggle here and there add dimension to the listening experience, but the album’s biggest payoff is in simply tracing its movement from beginning to end. [Decoder]
HOGAN, ANNI -- "Kickabye" -- 2 CD -- €9 [-50%]
2009 Cold Spring, CSR99CD
Murder Ballads / Funeral Pop / Experimental. From her early days as a legendary Batcave DJ, through her work with Marc Almond, Anni Hogan is one of the true geniuses of the alternative scene. A composer, songwriter, arranger, producer, promoter and DJ, she helped to shape the sound of the 80s. Cold Spring is proud to present her debut release expanded and brought to the public for the first time on CD. "Kickabye" features some of the leading lights of the alternative scene: NICK CAVE, MARC ALMOND, FOETUS, BUDGIE (Siouxsie And The Banshees) and GINI BALL amongst others as well as production by Jim "Foetus" Thirwell, plus 10 extra tracks from the same period. The second CD also features tracks from the same period, featuring YELLO and production by BARRY ADAMSON. Digitally remastered with 4 new and exclusive song versions. [press-release]
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HOGAN, ANNI -- "Mountain" -- CD/DVD -- €10
2011 Cold Spring, CSR132CD
'Mountain' is an artistic collaboration between musicians Anni Hogan, Robert Strachan and Itchy Ear, film maker Bob Wass and mountaineer Cathy O'Dowd. Hogan and Itchy Ear originally worked on a series of piano pieces inspired by Rene Daumal's 'Mount Analogue' and the superior wisdom of mountains, using O'Dowds Himalayan conquests for particular authentic inspiration. Robert and Anni used these pieces and the Himalayan peaks as a template for painting a soundwave soundscape around the piano compositions. Cathy has supplied all the photographs for the album sleeve, beautifully edited by Abby Helasdottir, and Cathy has performed a fascinating and revealing monologue over the piece 'Deathzone'. The 'Mountain' film has been created by Bob Wass from Cathy's original film footage of her Everest expeditions. The film and soundtrack are an experimental 'journey' to explore sonically and visually the nature of 'journey and mountains'. DualDisc. [press-release]
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HOLLYWOOD BOXER -- "Day Of The Fight" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2021 Serdtsevina, (ltd. 18)
Powerful abrasive Harsh Noise from the project of Yuri Samoilove from Moscow. Envelope made of black cardboard with leather embossing + insert.
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HOLOCODER -- "Arctica" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2020 MIC Label, MIC 012, (ltd. 100)
EBM / Future Pop. Holocoder is delighted to present its new album: “Arktika.” The LP features the rhythmical and vivid sound at the intersection of EBM, synthpop, and futurepop. The lyrics recount the conquest of Arctics by brave polar explorers, the real heroes who sacrificed themselves for the future of their motherland. Our long-time fans will be surprised with the new versions of “Enemy Nation”, one of Holocoder’s top hits, and “Necrolife”, a song from the eponymous single edition that now has its lyrics in Russian. [label info]
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HOLOCODER -- "Novaya Rasa (The New Race)" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2017 MIC Label, MIC 001
Industrial / Electro / EBM. HOLOCODER returns with their new album "The New Race" which won't let anyone be indifferent about the precise beat, rough bass, straightforward lyrics and moderately aggressive vocals in the best traditions of the genre... "The New Race" musically develops the ideas of the previous album "The Sun Of Hyperborea". Russian lyrics about the severe North, dying Europe, opposition to foreign values, and readiness to new fights for the native land... "I wanted to sing the coming of the new man with this album, - says the musician Sergey Korotaev, - a man of honesty and impartiality, if you like, even unfeeling, but a man whose thoughts and convictions are aimed at returning to the roots of the very essence of people, to Nature, to the North..." The musical basis of the album is still EBM with a slight touch of dark electro and techno. The highlight of the album is the song "The Sky is on Fire" performed in an unusual style for the band. This is more of a a tribute to Front Line Assembly, Negative Format and other bands. [label info]
HOLOCODER -- "War Infection" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Gravitator Records, GRR 126
Industrial / Electro / EBM. With this album the oldest Russian industrial project HOLOCODER shows the new facets of its creativity. Pain, desperation and the eternal fight with alien demons acquire new sense and energy in every track. Many fans of the genre will be pleased by the saturated electro/EBM sound perfectly combining classical "old school" elements and modern "cyber" tricks. All this, along with the harsh aggressive vocals, created truly bright and individual impression. Lyrics are traditionally sung in English. Almost all tracks are speedy and dynamic. Speaking about the inevitable musical parallels, such names as SUICIDE COMMANDO, FUNKER VOGT and ELECTRO SYNTHETIC REBELLION come to mind... [label info]
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HOMO -- "AGOODDOGISABADWOLF" -- CD-R -- €9 [-50%]
2019 Gravacoes Tunguska, GT11, (ltd. 100)
Experimental / Lo-Fi. From the mind of Filipe Silva, known for his extactic performance as part of HHY & The Macumbas as well as from Besta Bode, F.R.I.C.S. and other Soopa Collective projects, comes HOMO, his solo projection through electricity, spiraling voices, loops and lo-fi spectrality. A language built from broken sounds, words and sentences. [label info]
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THE HONKIES -- "How Do We Prevent The Advance Of The Desert?" -- CD -- €10
2017 Music A La Coque, COQ-011
Avantgarde / Free Jazz / Punk. The name of trumpet player Andy Diagram pops up every now and then in Vital Weekly, mostly as a member of Spaceheads, a duo he has with drummer Richard Harrison, but also for instance as a collaborator with Phillipe Petit. His musical career started in the late 70s with bands as Dislocation Dance and The Diagram Brothers, he also played with Pere Ubu, David Thomas and James. I never knew of a band he was in called The Honkies, where he plays trumpet and sings, along with Caroline Kraabel on saxophone and vocals, RE Harrison on drums, washing machine, trombone and vocals and Kathy Hulme on saxophone, cello and vocals. The little press note says that 'How Do We Prevent The Advance Of The Desert' was their second record, but Discogs lists it as their debut, and it was released in 1989 in a handmade cover, so the re-issue has just one of the vinyl sleeves reprinted. Music 'A La Coque is an Italian imprint who search the vaults for crazy obscure free music, and as such as The Honkies are a great find. This is a wild ride indeed, very much in the spirit of post-punk and without a single guitar in sight. It bursts with heavy rhythms, wild drumming on that kit, but at the same time heavy on the use of wind instruments. These blear around in the best free jazz manner, but it's perhaps the use of all these vocals, which add that post-punk flavour to it. This has all to do with the freedom of music and very little with the correct use of playing music; it is about the creation, stupid. Very much in spirit of what punk could have been, had it not been spoiled by drugs, drinks and fight. This is some forty-one minute of energy unleashed upon the listener, furious, even if it goes down in tempo a bit. The Honkies leave very little room for contemplation, allowing no Zen like hearing here. This was never before on CD, and now that void has finally been filled. Served as an introduction, like for me, or for those whose vinyl copies have been worn out. [Vital Weekly]
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HOROLOGIUM -- "Du Grand Desir" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Ur Muzik, UR007
Ur Muzik is proud to present the latest release for this well-known act from Poland. Recorded in 2011 and 2012 “Du Grand Desir” comes as no surprise to those who have experienced the intensity of Horologium’s “Tellurian Anthems” album. This new full-length CD delivers eight tracks ranging from ritual ambient to martial anthems and ethnic dances. This solemn and yet strangely uplifting release, where the Orient meets the Occident, is perhaps one of the most varied works to date for Horologium. With additional help from the Chilean artist Der Arbeiter on two tracks, and beautiful artwork by Stefan Alt, this release is a must-have for all fans of the genre. Comes as a 6-pannel digipack. [press-release]
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HOROLOGIUM -- "Labyrinthos" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Rage In Eden, RAGE 106, (ltd. 400)
“The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themselves and others, in experiments. Their joy is self-conquest...” „Labyrinthos” may be regarded as the musical summary of Horologium’s work thus far, starting with the debut album „The Fire Sermon” and ending with their „Du Grand Desir”, enclosed within nine new tracks. This full-length takes you on a journey filled with military and ritual drumming, ambient film score muzak, sublime recitation and fiery sound collages. An invitation to the labyrith, marking the tenth anniversary of Horologium, presented by Rage In Eden. [label info]
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HOROLOGIUM & K. MEIZTER -- "Eight Studies in Transition" -- CD -- €10
2007 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 095
On Eight Studies in Transition the Polish industrial nostalgic Horologium and the Swedish BSE sound scientist K. Meizter examine human’s impossible fight against time. From birth to death, from playfulness to bitterness, from serenity to mental awe, this tale is transposed into music ranging from calm dark ambient to orchestral delirium, making it a fascinating exploration that will appeal to most industrial and dark ambient tastes. Presented in a special re-cicled like cardboard 6-panel digi-file + inserts. [press release]
HOSHINO, TAKANOBU -- "A Sampling + 5" -- CD-R -- €6
2012 Observatoire, obs * (e65) 034, (ltd. 65)
Three similar ways to the one minimalistic entire. This solo work of Takanobu Hoshino lasts about 50 minutes. Three tracks draw attention to transient configurations without special focus to field recordings details, sampling or distant background. And behind all this is the constant landscape or idyll harmony of author's composition. Mastering by D Shapovalov. [label info]
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HOSIANNA -- "Untier" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2021 VOLOK Records, VR-57, (ltd. 20)
Dark Ambient / Experimental. Untier is the story of the alienation of people from one another. The story of human relationships that fall prey to habit, routine and a series of stupid and sometimes horrible actions that essentially render them meaningless. The German word "Untier" means something like "anti-animal," "monster," or a person who has fallen into disgrace... Many different recording techniques were used to create the album: there are field recordings, junk metal percussion, a lot of analogue synthesizers, rearanged and stretched found sounds, bass guitar, a Roland TR8 for some of the percussion and a bit of modular synthesis. [label info]
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HOUR OF THE WOLF -- "I Doubt The World To Be" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 Zvukovina, zcdr-0051, (ltd. 30)
HNW / harsh noise project by Andreas Brandal.
HOUR OF THE WOLF / I DREAMT OF HER BEAUTIFUL TENTACLES / DEAD BODY COLLECTION / INDCH LIBERTINE -- split -- 2 CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Sickcore, SC-21, (ltd. 100)
Harsh Noise Wall split from 4 projects origination from Norway, Denmark, Serbia & Italy.
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THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN LIGHT -- "Myliobatiformes" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 VOLOK Records, VR-21, (ltd. 20)
Darkwave / Neoclassical from Kiev, Ukraine. Beautiful and dreamy melodic music – quite a rarity for our weird catalogue.
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HUBBUB -- "UB/ABU" -- CD -- €12
2001 For 4 Ears, CD 1241
Frederic Blondy (Piano), Bertrand Denzler (Tenor Saxophone), Jean-Luc Guionnet (Alto and Soprano Saxophone), Jean-Sebastien Mariage (Electric Guitar), Edward Perraud (Drums). "Hubbub works on the sound matter and creates an expanded space inhabited by stripes, interlaced designs, resonances, tanglings, points and strokes, at the border of acoustic and electric worlds. Founded in 1999, Hubbub is a gathering of improvisers with various backgrounds who play since a few years with some of the most important musicians of the actual scene."
HULL, SCOTT -- "Audiofilm II" -- 3"CD -- €5 [-50%]
2010 Crucial Blast, CBR 79, (ltd. 1000)
The second installment in our series of limited-run 3" CDs from Scott Hull. Best known for his amazing thrash/grind riffage in the bands Pig Destroyer and Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Scott has been gradually revealing another side of his musical persona over the past few years, an obsession with cinematic soundscaping and dark evocative film scores, mutant electronic textures and pitch-black isolationism that employs brilliant production trickery to immerse the listener in a vibrant, active aural environment. The first disc that we released, Audiofilm I, was a terrifying, lightless driftscape, filled with creepy vocal loops, massive low end ambience, and an all-around horrific vibe that had us comparing it to works from Lustmord, Lull, and the Ambient disc from Painkiller's Execution Ground. But on this follow-up, Scott creates a much more frantic and energetic soundscape, this one alive with minimal bass-shuddering pulses and keening tone manipulations, layered swarms of insectile electronic chitter, swells of shadowy ambience, brain-melting plasma blasts, and vast tectonic drones. A brief (at 12 minutes) but amazing dose of abstract dark ambient/noise that will appeal to fans of Bastard Noise, Astro, and freaked-out 70's sci-fi synth soundtracks. As with the first disc, this 3" CD is packaged in a full color miniature folder with awesome artwork/photography from Seldon Hunt, and pressed in a one-time run of 1,000 copies. [press-release]
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HUM -- "Blade Charm" -- CD-R -- €10
2006 Sphogha, (ltd. 52)
The album is compiled from recordings made in summer 2001 with the use of synths, radio, tapes and tapeloops. It reminds more early projects of Dmitry Chistov (Nigredo, Sphogha), then late soft drony Hum in way of "Sleepland Emission". Here the sound is more rough and shaggy, with dominating wheezing noises, though of course he couldn't do without long resonances and hypnotic atmosphere. Beautiful and tidy handmade cover.
HUM -- "Corona Florea" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2012 self-released, (ltd. 60)
Drone. Three tracks recorded in 2005-2009. Vague drones streaming like a gauze in a ghostly forest, slow game of resonances and echoes, tranquility and contemplation.
HUM -- "Corvine Station II Extra Tracks" -- 3"CD-R -- €6
2008 self-released
This mini-album contains 3 tracks which continue the theme of the Hum / Misery / Exit In Grey split-release dedicated to crows. Transformed corvine voices interwoven with Hum trademark minimal and tranquil drone ambient.
HUM -- "Lambent" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2008 self-released, (ltd. 35)
Drone. 3 new tracks from this Russian lo-fi drone ambient project. For those who love tranquility and harmony.
HUM -- "Landmarks In Mistscape - Extended Version" -- CD-R -- €10
2010 Datura Landscapes, Datura 14
Drone. Extended reissue of Hum material previously available as a very limited edition split-cassette with Misery. Minimalistic drones with wavy rolls od reworked field recordings, glimmer of resonant loops, slow whirling of sonic shadows...
HUM -- "Le Pilote De L'Onde Vive" -- 3"CD-R -- €6
2009 self-released, (ltd. 40)
Drone. This release is an addition to the 10" record "The Spectral Ship" (Substantia Innominata, 2008) and contains one 9-min. composition. Strictly limited to 40 copies.
HUM -- "Lost In White Flame" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2006 Datura Landscapes, DATURA 8
Drone. One track recorded in 2001. Dedicated to all fallen asleep in embraces of winter. Melancholic detached drone ambient.
HUM -- "Radonej" -- 3"CD-R -- €6
2003 Datura Landscapes, DATURA2
What is lo-fi as definition of sound of post-industrial projects? Usually this means that frequency spectrum is much wider than possible perceiving range, and this leads to "flat" inexpressive sound. But not with Hum. Formally the project stays within the borders of lo-fi with rather "old" kind of sound, but it's so blameless and atmospheric that such masters like Maeror Tri or Zoviet France come to mind. The disc opens with wheezing composition which dissolves in aerial emptiness of the second track which in it's turn changes with shimmering crackling soundscapes of the final piece. Classic drone.
HUM -- "Roots of Cruelty" -- 3"CD-R -- €6
2002 self-released
Industrial / Drone. This minion represents more industrial than drone side of the project. Metal objects, rumbling far away, dim noises and lingering sound waves - these are the colours used by Hum to draw the four soundscapes in this album, with beautiful sense of taste which is typical for this project. Nice cardboard artwork.
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HUM -- "Sleepland Emission" -- 3"CD-R -- €6
2003 Sphogha, Ultra Low Fidelity 10
Beautiful drone! Soft and at the same time moderately raw analogue sound carries away into spiral depths of unknown levels of consciousness.
HUM -- "Thunder Arrow" -- CD-R -- €9
2016 Sphogha
Industrial / Drone. New 20-min. EP from the Russian project Hum with old material recorded in 1999-2001. Polyvox synthesizer, radio, damaged tapes - this EP sounds quite harsh and raw, but even in these rough electic loops one can feel this totally hypnotizing effect so typical for Hum.
HUM -- "To April Waters" -- 3"CD-R -- €6
2017 self-released, (ltd. 30)
Ambient / Drone. Two airy tracks dedicated to water in April. Minimal harmonic drones in the best traditions of the genre, one of the lightest works by this Russian project. 30 copies in hand-made mini-sleeves.
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HUM -- "Untitled" -- 3"CD-R -- €6
2021 self-released
Ambient / Drone / Minimal. Three minimalistic untitled tracks recorded by the Russian project in 2017-2019 as a result of recycling of the same sound sketches. One of the tracks was previously released by the French label taalem in 2017 on their web-compilation "Homework - Year 2".
HUM / SMALL TOWN ZOMBIE -- "Stupefactons" -- CD-R -- €9
2005 Datura Landscapes, DATURA 5
Drone / Minimal. "Collaboration" between two projects of Dmitry Chistov is dedicated to stupefactions. The music is quite corresponding - steady, almost static sonic fields, bringing into stunned trance state.
HUNYADI P.H. -- "Recycled Sounds & Forbidden Songs" -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2008 Mask Of The Slave, MS-021, (ltd. 125)
Old school noise/PE from Transylvania. The title speaks for itself! Analog harsh noise with lots of PE elements mixed with Hungarian military songs from the 2WW. [label info]
HUSH ARBORS -- "Cleaning The Bone" -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2005 267 Lattajjaa, LTJ-33
Psychedelic drone ambient, sounding like Troum performing slowest songs of The Doors. [YAOP]
HYBRYDS -- "Cortex Stimulation / Virtual Impact" -- 2 CD -- €15 [-50%]
1996/2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 238-2
Industrial. The next installment in the series of Hybryds classics reissues, consistently continued by Zoharum for years. This time we get two fullalbums, which, despite a few years between them, complement each other perfectly, showing a slightly more electronic face of the work of Belgian musicians... The first CD "Cortex Stimulation" was recorded with the participation of befriended musicians from Dive and Deutsch Nepal. The second disc "Virtual Impact" is a 100% live album, recorded during the band's performances at MS Stubnitz, Wave-Gotik-Treffen and Nursery Injection, which also featured guests from Deutsch Nepal, Dive or P.A.L... Originally, both albums were published by Daft Records, owned by Dirk Ivens. Today, refreshed, completely remastered and with new artwork by Sandy Nys, give the opportunity to rediscover for those who already know the earlier publications. For those who have not had yet the opportunity to know them in the past, it will allow to uncover an interesting and creative period in the activities of Hybryds. [label info]
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HYBRYDS -- "Dreambient" -- CD + DVD -- €15
2008 Aquarellist, aquarel 07-08, (ltd. 1000)
HYBRYDS is a Belgian ritual-esoteric project, which in the early 90-s released it's most significant album "Music for Rituals" on the cult label Artware run by Donna Klemm (R.I.P.). They have reached the peak of creativity in 90-s with their classical discs "The Ritual Should Be Kept Alive" parts 1 & 2, "Soundtrack For The Aquarium", recorded for the Antwerp water park, "Dreamscapes From A Dark Side", "Tectonic Overload". In 2000 the female member of HYBRYDS, Yasnaia, leaves the band, and Magthea is busy with his project NA-DHA for some time. The new album of HYBRYDS, "Dreambient" is based on exploration of the female characters from the Pagan past: archetypes of the seducer, the demon, the girl, the whore, the slave, the mistress, the priest, the mother... The music of the project has become more accessible for uninitiated listeners: traditional ambient-ritual basis is enriched with rhythmic electronics, melodic synthesizer tunes and even guitar parts. Vocals are now done by Madeline Arndt from the German darkwave/gothic band Schattenkinder. Audio-CD is supplemented by a DVD containing a visualization of the subconscious flow of religious and erotic archetypes. The release is packed in a double-digipak with a booklet. [press-release]
HYBRYDS -- "Ritual Anthology" -- CD -- €12
2009 Aquarellist, aquarel 10-09, (ltd. 600)
With this CD Aquarellist is proud to present the anthology of early ritual works of this fabulous Belgian project. This music immerses the listener into the space of RITUAL - the magical action aimed to reach the goals beyond the borders of the ordinary world. An action evoking deeper layers of consciousness, deeper memories not active in our everyday life. An action that helps to reveal our potential as powerful and miraculous creatures... Hybryds present their visions of rituals in the form of rhythmical compositions built on repetitive percussive loops crowned with layers of numerous archaic instruments, aided by vocal spells and atmospheric soundscapes with minor electronic additions... This material was recorded in 1986-1993 by Magthea & Yasnaia with the help of their friends: Ah Cama Sotz, Djen Ajakan Shean, Vidna Obmana, Clive Richards, Irae Deprofundo and Bobby Colombo. Three tracks from this CD were previously released on "The Rhythm Of The Ritual" CD (Charnel Music, 1994), one track was released as "The Ritual Should Be Kept Alive - Part 1" CD EP (3RIOART, 1991), and three other tracks are released here for the first time. [press-release]
HYBRYDS -- "The Ritual Of The Rave" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
1995/2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 151-2, (ltd. 500)
For the past several years Zoharum has been reissung the subsequent albums of the Belgian independent scene legend, Hybryds; so far five has been released. "The Ritual of the Rave" is the sixth installment in this series and is an expanded version of the 1995 album. It has not lost its freshness in those years. It is electronica with strong ambient and ethnic music influences locked in six long, slowly developing compositions. Here there are rhythmic elements directly taken from techno (which announced further changes in the Belgian project's repertoire.) "Icarus" or "Sjamanistic Dream" are still classics in the Hybryds catalogue... This is also one of the expanded editions of their classic albums. The second disc shows what Hybryds was like at concerts during the period when the recordings were made (live tracks compose the first five tracks recorded in 1995). In addition, we have three studio compositions here here. The first one belongs to the collaborative Hydra project, whose only official recording appeared on the compilation "The Uncertain Future" on Antler. The other two are the early recordings from 1988 by Magthea with Mark Burghgreave of Klinik. One of them, "Octahedron", appeared on the absolutely first single of the project... The album has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes by none else but Sandy Nys, who also provided the cover based on the previous editions. The CDs are housed in a digipak sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 500 copies. [label info]
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HYDRA DIVISION V -- "Ostracized" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Artificial Sun, ArtSunCD #009, (ltd. 500)
TBM / Aggrotech. "Ostracized" - the debut album of Greek Aggrotech Hydra Division V team preparing for six years, tough and uncompromising rhythms and rough dance music just fit for the dark club parties. In addition to the main part of the disc are present bonuses in the form of two remixes of Larva and Acylum. [label info]
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HYPNOZ -- "Chronica Plennyh" -- CD -- €10
2006 Insofar Vapor Bulk, IVBCD12
"Chronica Plennyh" is the first album of Hypnoz, or better not, it's rather mystical-sonic notes of Dmitry Zubov, very personal and disgracefully sincere, shocking with their non-standard approach to recording. For instance, on a track "Elektrichestvo" he plays backand forth the recording of laughing of his friend Roman S. (project Staruha Mha) who took LSD-25 for the first time, plus overlay of glass breaking by metal crow-bar at his home, altogether mixed with sounds of boiler-room. Or recording session with a man who was imprisoned for a murder ("Serdcebienie"). The 9th track "Radio "Artem" is dedicated to the fond memories of Artyom Grechko (silly and funny man, founder of a style "dispanser rock"), brutally killed at a spring in a sleeping-quarter somewhere in Moscow. After listening to 14 tracks one unwittingly finds himself in a dark space realm of unknown sides of Russian soul. As author says himself, he's been travelling there often. [press-release]
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HYVARINEN, LAURI -- "Cut Contexts" -- CD -- €10
2021 Intonema, int032
Minimal / Free Improvisation / Field Recordings. Finnish guitarist Lauri Hyvärinen is known to our listeners for his participation in Horst Quartet's Edged Timbre released by Intonema in 2017. His work on the solo album Cut Contexts was carried out in 2020-2021, when musicians suddenly had a lot of time for studio work. This prompted Hyvärinen to listen and select the recordings of previous years and, on their basis, create 5 pieces, each one clocking in at 7 minutes. The result is an unpredictable and varied album, in which deliberate instrumental impulses coexist with coincidentally occurring environmental sounds, at the same time obeying the will of the composer and directing his thought. On one hand, this is a collage technique, due to which there are unexpected twists in the music. On the other hand, this is extremely focused guitar playing in a minimalistic manner. On the third hand, these are field recordings, attuning to attentive listening. [label info]
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I AM ESPER -- "Stalagmites" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2012 Smell The Stench, (ltd. 20)
Improvisational psychedelic drone ambient jam, recorded by this American project in a secret basement with the use of electric guitar and electronics, inspired by stalagmites. Full-colour sleeve. [YAOP]
I/DEX -- "Layers" -- CD -- €7
2009 Lagunamuch Community, LMC1001
I/DEX (Vitaly Harmash) is a musician and an audio-designer from an industrial city of Novopolotsk, Belarus. From the mid 90s Vitaly was experimenting making his own music, using analogue synthesizers, radio, guitars, field recordings, various devices and computers. The life in a city with a huge industrial estate has influenced the art of Vitaly. I/DEX music hypnoses and fascinates listeners by its warm structures. His music is a subtle intellectual electronics filled with sunny melodies and micro-glitches, which dissolve in pure ambient landscapes of nature - in forests, fields and lakes. In 2003 the debut album of I/DEX - Seqsextend was released on an experimental label Nexsound and received numerous positive reviews from web-zines all over the world. Since then I/DEX has worked with such people as Pole (~scape rec.), H.H.T.P., Kriipis Tulo, Guy Van Belle and took part in several European festivals of electronic music. Hand by hand with his concerts, Vitaly continued recording his art experiments and recorded a very deep and a serious album Layers. Layers is an outstanding collection of inner feelings, transmitted by an audio-artist with its music. Each element here is a multi-layered synthesis of intellectual art - micro-electronic, idm and deep ambient. Each of 9 tracks is an insight into a world of surrealism and fantasy with their mysterious flora and fauna. When listening to this album-exposition, you will see your own images and landscapes. This is how your own world will be mirrored in this music. [press-release]
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I.M.M.U.R.E. -- "Nowhere To Remain" -- CD-R -- €6
self-released
An album of the now defunct project from St. Petersburg, which was a part of Forbidden Sounds Group. Perhaps someone remembers i.m.m.u.r.e. by the album "The New Circle" released by Zhelezobeton in 2009. "Nowhere To Remain" is a two-track EP also published by the web-label DNA Production, but this disc also contains three bonus tracks, making total time up to 54 minutes. Mild melancholic and melodic experimental / dark ambient. The CDR is packed in a piece of PVC, sewn with threads and hand-painted.
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IAETUN -- "Eitrkvikja" -- CD -- €10
2019/2021 Altare Productions, ALTCD051
Dark Ambient / Medieval / Dungeon Synth. IÆTUN is the side-project of the Swedish musician WAGNER ÖDEGÅRD. This is the CD-reissue of a cassette previously put out by Wagner's own imprint Brugmanziah in 2019.
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IASOS -- "Inter-Dimensional Music" -- CD -- €13
1975/2020 Fact Of Being, FoB-003
Ambient / New Age. Iasos is a Music Creator, specializing in celestial, heavenly, inter-dimensional music. He is also one of the original founders of "New Age" music. He was named "the Duke Ellington of New Age" and the "Creator of New Age" by the New York Times. His albums often appear in lists like “the list of 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time” by Pitchfork, “The 20 best new age albums“ by Facmag, to name just a few... Since 1968 Iasos has remained focused and dedicated to his original intention - composing and recording his music, giving seminars, and doing multi-media concerts around the world. His music has been used by NASA, LAZARIS, ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, LASERIUM, and HEWLETT PACKARD, as well as by numerous hospitals, health clinics, therapists, mental health clinics, and surgeons throughout the world... Despite this, we found that some of Iasos’s masterpieces are criminally rare and hard to get on physical formats. In 2019 during discussions with Iasos, we have chosen 3 albums for the first part of the reissues of Iasos's music on the Fact of Being on vinyl and audio CD... May this music be an OASIS for your Soul... In 1975 Iasos, published his first work "Inter-Dimensional Music" which during the years became an absolute classic of a new age and ambient music. This is probably a first "new age" album ever released. In addition, a year after in 1976 Steven Halpern, with his well-known masterpiece "Spectrum-Suite" cemented the existence of style... Being unique, the music lays at the crossroads of ambient, new age, psychedelic, prog, and space music. Recommended for fans of Peter Davison, Popol Vuh, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Steven Halpern, and Michael Stearns' early works. Now, after 45 years since first publishing the album available again on limited CD and VINYL in original artwork. [label info]
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IASOS -- "Realms Of Light" -- CD -- €13
2001/2020 Fact Of Being, FoB-005
Ambient / New Age. After a decade of a break, in 2001 Iasos returned with a new, first in a new millennium, album - "Realms of Light". Here you will hear 8 masterpieces of heavenly music that takes you to other-worldly realms just filled with Love and Light. This album continues where "Elixir" 1983 left off! Journey into heavenly celestial realms with a master of inter-dimensional music. Ecstatic planes of existence filled with love, light, color, fragrance, and sacredness. Unearthly sparkling beauty... There are a few guest musicians who beautify the album: Joie Favier from Cybervixen, legendary violinist Steven Kindler who was one of the forerunners in playing multi-string electric violin, and another new-age music legend Sophia Roberts... To summarize, this album is intensely full of heavenly feelings that will make your heart glow. First time available on CD! [label info]
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ICH WOLLTE, ICH KONNTE -- "Iterum - In Memoriam" -- CD -- €12
2006/2017 Ufa Muzak, UFA73, (ltd. 180)
Neoclassic / New Wave / Minimal Electronics. In the gloomy summer of 2017 we're pleased to present you one of our favourite projects we've been fascinated for many years with their unique dazzling coldness. With this reissue we mark the 10 year anniversary of this album originally released on vinyl by the cult label TREUE UM TREUE. It's time to remember AGAIN the mysteriously disappeared Johanna Liebhart, an obscure German minimal-diva. It's from her pieces of sonic detachment (so much reminiscent in sound of the prison-time BURZUM) the large part of the album "In Memoriam" is comprised... We brew wormwood, we burn frankincence, it's time for the ritual of remembrance, this experience won't leave you untouched. [label info] A project by the members of WERMUT and ANENCEPHALIC CRETINISTS.
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ID MOLOTOV -- "Mordance" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2007 Tesla, nT01, (ltd. 500)
Indiestate Distribution is proud to present the first release on its new label Tesla which will specialize in various genres of modern electronic music, especially in hard and extreme rhythm-oriented stuff from power noise and teknoize to TBM and industrial hardcore. The first release on the new label is the debut album of Id Molotov, the artist from Saint-Petersburg which is very well-known in Russia due to his numerous live gigs on the best extreme dancefloor events. Being a qualified butcher for a number of years, he learned to combine the professional brutality with soulful softness inside and to view the world with a bit of distance and a touch of humour. These personal traits continue in his music, where the harsh and cruel rhythms are united with the cold but soft keyboard pads, ironic samples and bizarre effects. "Mordance" is a hardcore slaughter with an intelligence inside, containing a bunch of smash driving tracks well deserving hard dancefloor DJ's attention. Recommended to the fans of Hands Production's most direct and extreme stuff. The CD is limited to 500 copies only, it comes in a full-colour fold-out digisleeve with an insert. Total time 74 min. [press-release]
IDIOTKNOW -- "Vyshel 12345" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2017 self-released
Harsh Noise. One 24-minute harsh-noise blast from the Moscow musician Yura Gorodezkii. Hand-painted CD-R coves in a thick PVC-sleeve with an attached photo and a collage insert.
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IDLEPHON -- "Intensive Collectivity Known As City" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Tympanik Audio, TA083
IDM / Industrial / Ambient. The city is alive with whispers and its movement is blurred and feverish. A soothing and evocative urban sound, comprising images of the purposefulness and anonymity of life and machines in this vast oppidan. The sound of beings rushing past in the street, blurred faces, urgent whispers, warnings? Abandoned buildings stand stoic, guarding their stories with a cautionary glare. An old swing in a forgotten playground sways in the wind, shadows lengthening as this urban sprawl settles with the fading daylight... The sound of ritual gongs in the city’s temple echo through the dusk, winding down ancient tunnels, punctuated by radio waves and the ebb of wary modernity. Ambiance and rhythm seep through this interurban soundscape, haunting and beautiful, calibrating the subconscious and aligning the soul. Complex and intricate beats blend with textural tones, signed by distant voices and enticing melodies to create this serendipitous world where responsibilities are disregarded and time is seemingly infinite. A glimpse at what lies beneath the ordinary. [label info]
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IF, BWANA -- "The Ice Moons" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Nefryt, N 027, (ltd. 400)
A collection of 5 amazing "instrumental / structured drone" tracks, oscillating between contemporary music, experimental and electronics, immersed in a minimalist atmosphere. Performed on baritone sax, bowed hammer dulcimer, violin, alto clarinet & cello by different musicians (Al Margolis, with Steve Norton, Dan Joseph, Viv Corringham, Nathan Bontrager), and the human voice on one track... creates a special 'breathing' and organic atmosphere of almost cosmic music and disturbing drones. Ltd x 400 copies in an A5 gatefold cover. [Cold Spring]
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IGNIS FATUUS -- "In Our Mad Bliss" -- CD -- €10
2005 Eibon Records, Ign059
Fairy music. Back in 1998, IGNIS FATUUS released one of the most impressive debut albums ever - "The futility goddess" (on UK label Cold Spring). Their astonishing mixture of neo-classical, ambient, wave (with amazing vocal contributions from SWANS-singer Jarboe) gathered a load of positive feedbacks from everywhere... Now, almost 8 years later, IGNIS FATUUS strike back with "In our mad bliss". Dark, warm, rich, gloomy music that transcends boundaries and defies definitions. Fairy-tinted musical scenarios, impressive female vocals, a sensual and seductive journey through a gently illuminated nocturnal world... Let Christus777 & Melysa Baucom take you by hand, and let yourself be cherished by the wonderful melodies of this magical universe....... Let the fairies fly in........ [press-release]
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IINEY + UL.V. -- "Vyaz'" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2019 Status Prod., SP 11 CD, (ltd. 150)
Dark Ambient. Status Prod. presents a collaboration album of Russian noise projects IRINEY and ULTRAPOLYARNOE VTORZHENIYE (UL.V.). Recorded over a period of five years, working separately and together, using field recordings, digital techniques and studio hardware, the album is finally complete. "Creaks and whispers, deaf, viscous drones, breath of a swamp immerse the listener in an ancient ritual, attach to it through understanding of a fairy tale, through an ancient chant, through contemplation of sacraments of the untouched nature. Vyaz' is released in an edition of 150 hand-numbered copies, presented in an outsized silkscreen-printed gatefold card cover with a silkscreen-printed card attachment, made of designer cardboard, featuring the art of Nizhny Novgorod artist Elena Lisitsa. [label info]
IL LAZZARETTO -- "Ergot - Il Monastero" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2021 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_60-1, (ltd. 10)
Noise / Industrial. Paper Moon Republic presents works from an Italian anonymous project. Damp and dirty Old School Industrial/Noise bitten by smallpox and rot, with a touch of primitive Drone Doom and gothic organ parts. Two long tracks, each almost a quarter of an hour, oozing with rusty miasma of the Middle Ages. One dedicated to ergot poisoning. Another is inspired by the history of the ancient monastery, covered with many legends. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in Half-DVD-box (colored design). [label info]
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IL LAZZARETTO -- "Giftig Død" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Dödens Kultur, DK№04, (ltd. 16)
Venomous Black Ambient, filled with the echoing gloomy breath of vintage synthesizers and the painful buzzing guitar clangor, as abrasive as in Black Metal albums, but absolutely devoid of signs of melody. Toxic sound of death, sick belch from the deepest underground of the 90s. Limited to 16 handnumbered copies in handmade A5 rough technological paper cover with a fullcolour photo of the darkest building in St. Petersburg (the Research Institute of Toxicology) glued at the front. All information is handwritten with silver ink. Supplied with a b/w A3 poster. [label info]
ILLUSION OF SAFETY -- "In Session" -- CD -- €9
2008 Waystyx, WR40, (ltd. 500)
Illusion Of Safety is one of the oldest post-industrial acts in the Americal musical underground, and in my opinion, of the most interesting projects ever. During 25 years of existence IOS have recorded a lot of various albums and their music has been changing a lot. Having passed through all the circles of industrial hell, Dan Burke has lost almost all his companions and remained alone. He hasn't released too many albums recently, and "In Session" released in 2008 has become a real surprise for me. I mean of course the fact of the release, because the highest quality of musical material and huge amount of pleasure while listening to it is guaranteed by any of IOS albums. "In Session" was recorded in 2007, the mastering was made by Thomas Dimuzio at Gench Music Studio. This is a very thorough and delicate work, an abstract performance in which synthetic and natural sounds mix in the most unusual combinations, when you really hold your breath to wait what's gonna be further. In 6 tracks of the album there are a lot of quiet microscopic sounds which whirl in front of the eyes like thoughts without rational content. They change into the smooth waves of melodic ambient, then to insane sampled collages which don't make you feeling relaxed keeping the constant tension. This shortening of the distance between contemplativeness and neural spasms has always been the trademark of IOS - it's interesting to watch how the musical structure transforms under the emotional passion hiding after each second of the track time, but not always going out. Separate compliments should be given to the artwork designer - you can observe the cover for a really long time being astounded by it's beauty. [Dmitry Vasilyev, Monochrome Vision]
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ILLUSION OF SAFETY -- "Mort Aux Vaches" -- CD -- €12
1999 Mort Aux Vaches, (ltd. 1000)
Experimental / Drone. Recorded on 21/05/1997 for VPRO's 'De Avonden' radio-program. CD comes in a silk-screened sandpaper cover with a metal fastener.
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ILLUSION OF SAFETY -- "New Rules, Same Game, Less Instruction" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Drone Records, SYM:02, (ltd. 250)
Experimental / Musique Concrete. Second release in the 'SYM' CD series from Drone Records. Old and new heroes from the past and future of experimental transcension atmospheric noises and drones. Sounds from realms of Symbolization & Symmetrization!... These are new recordings from Chicago's (post) industrial legend Illusion Of Safety (Daniel Burke), creating something beyond any typical genre. Burke is currently working with conventional instruments, electronic synthesis, computer composition, samples, and highly amplified handled objects. He uses improvised and composed structures containing material that confounds memory and stimulates perception. The resulting music encompasses broken sound, disturbed ambience and unfiltered beauty that collectively evokes an awareness of the ineffable. The work activates modes of perception to facilitate direct access to the psyche, emotions, and the infinite in order to address the necessity of balance and the nature of dichotomy... Mastered by Thomas Dimuzio. Ltd x 250 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve. [label info]
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IMPERIVM LVCIFERI -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €15
2017 Deivlforst Records, DF 028, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Drone / Experimental. Music & visual art concept by IMPERIVM LVCIFERI, based on ritualistic ambient sessions recorded in Germany and Italy on a single KORG MS-20 mini analog synthesizer, channeling visions of the fall and reign of Lord Lvcifer through the same electronic medium. To be listened to in solitude and at high volume. 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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IN A NUTSHELL -- "Arrhythmia" -- CD -- €10
2007 Lagunamuch Community, LMC334
The second album of In A Nutshell is called Arrhythmia. It is a further exploration of dark corners and mazes of inner conscience. This time everything sounds even more experimental and darker than last time in Ultraviolet Test. A hidden entrance into another world, where live invisible ghosts and shadows of alienation of the modern civilised society. This album expands intrinsic intellectual space, bridges through the thin line of the horizon, leading to the land where dreams disappear. [press-release]
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IN A NUTSHELL -- "Ultraviolet Test" -- CD -- €6
2005 Lagunamuch Community, LMC400 / KillKenny Rec., kk-001
In a Nutshell plays a melodious post-punk turning to eccentric grunge or unobtrusive ambient. All the members of the band are from Russia. The music of In a Nutshell is full of reflection, slump and November rain. In spite of the sensibility and the co-ordination of the musical stuff they're always looking for new sound and technics. The music has become more rhythmic, but it's still romantic and delicate all the same. Probably in their work musicians affirm the famous Hamlets phrase "O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space". [label info]
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IN SCHERBEN -- "Dort An Jenem Baume...." -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Lichterklang, LK003, (ltd. 500)
After "Erlkönige" (2008) and "Ostrakon" (2009), IN SCHERBEN release their third album, "Dort an jenem Baume", which is their first release on "Lichterklang". While the two preceding albums were marked by the struggle for a distinctive identity, "Dort an jenem Baume" is not just the result of their acquired musical maturity, but, above all, an affectionate commitment to the concept of "Heimat", which can be experienced in Maren's and Lars's lyrics, but also in their musical interpretations of poems by Eichendorff, Nikolaus Lenau and Gottfried Benn and was inspired by their move from Leipzig to the Swiss Alpine republic. What elsewhere is often nothing but a common neofolk stereotype, a romantically idealised understanding of the homeland and its cultural and social origins, is transformed into a groundbreaking declaration of love, dedicated to one's own roots. Be it the Ruhr Valley, which is lyrically glorified in "Horizonte" or "Sachsenland", IN SCHERBEN's musical versatility and sparkling instrumentations are far from being restricted to cliches of the genre, but open up new horizons of classically inspired neofolk. Thus, they continue the tradition of strongly influential artists of the genre, such as Forseti or Dies Natalis, focused on the essential and united in their consciousness of the virtues of an honestly and deeply experienced affinity with nature and cultural achievement. [label info]
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IN SEARCH OF DEATH -- "III" -- CD -- €10
2015 Death Continues Records, DCRCD007, (ltd. 200)
Death Continues is a recent discover for me, but one of those that as soon I received the most recent batch of production got immediately filed under the “labels-to-follow” tag. As the name suggests, this Belgian label focuses on atmospheres strongly inspired by the grim reaper; nothing new somebody could say, but as soon you any of their releases will play, you are going to be reassured that the pale muse can still inspire the right minds to deliver the goods. When I received the preview of the third instalment of mysterious project In Search of Death – simply entitled III – I was more than eager to immediately give a spin to it since I really enjoyed the earlier work and I was definitely impressed. The mortiferous cover is simple but direct and perfectly introduces you to what you are going to experience while listening to the CD. We are dwelling in a form of high-class industrial structure under of veil of obscure atmosphere, but I would not file it under proper death industrial as somebody could expect. In Search of Death moves more toward 90’s Scandinavian industrial sounds, with well-shaped atmospheres based on repetitive patterns, well-thought constructed structures and a clear production that allows any detail to emerge. This release works at both guts and mind level and the constant changes in EQ avoids the “dull” effect that many projects attempting to follow this path tend to have. Despite being a collection of old archive material, this release sounds pretty fresh to me and make me want for more in the near future… [Wertham]
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IN SLAUGHTER NATIVES -- "Psicofonias - Las Voces Desconocidas" -- CD -- €13
2016 Gradual Hate Records, GH 131 CD
In the year 2008 the documentary called “Psicofonías: Las Voces Desconocidas” was shot by the film director Jose Moral. This was about the voices of dead people where echoes of spirits leave us some footprint after death. Humankind has believed during a long time that it is possible to communicate with dead people. Over the years, seances, mediums and psychics have been possible instruments to make contact with the afterlife. So, EVP is an espiritual footprint and a communication link to the soundtrack in this documentary. This one relies on some of the most important projects of the Dark Ambient Industrial music: In Slaughter Natives, which is a pioneer in the symphonic industrial field and part of the legendary label Cold Meat Industry. This music project is formed by Jouni Havukainen who carries out an outstanding and deep work full of aspects where in some parts we can listen the voices of dead people. Artwork by Nickolay Busov (Ufa Muzak). [label info]
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INABILE CAOS -- "1.0" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Essentia Mundi, EM040, (ltd. 200)
Dark Ambient / Dark Jazz / Experimental. The debut album of Inabile Caos that exposes a bit of guitar drone-doom, dark ambient, experimental, dark jazz, avantgarde music for great listening pleasure. Davide Denvito is pursuing a certain musical path and with this release he proves he is able to transcend the confines of many music styles. He is very lucky as he's got his studio fully working thus giving him a certain liberty in creating. The potential of the music is great and we are very happy to have the debut album of him under our label. Mastered by James Plotkin himself (OLD, Khanate etc.) this release hits a sound niche perfection that you should immediately listen and own. A reference work in its own. [label info]
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INANNA -- "Day Ov Torment" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1993/2007 Cold Spring, CSR71CD
Reissue of the massive Death Industrial album from this ARCHON SATANI side-project, originally issued by Staalplaat in 1993. INANNA were at the forefront of a new force in Doom Ambiance way back in the early '90s. This stunningly remastered and repackaged album brings alive one of the classic scene albums - a milestone in ultra grim and crushing death sonics, that paved the way for many Drone and Ritual Industrial bands around today. Mixed by J Havukainen (IN SLAUGHTER NATIVES). [press release]
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INCINERATOR INTERNATIONAL -- "Head On" -- CD -- €10
2004 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 067
Incinerator International is a collaborative project between: US noisemaster John Balistreri (Slogun) and Swedish multi-musician Henrik Nordvargr Bjorkk (MZ. 412, Folkstorm, HH9, etc). Highly distorted, disturbed and menacing, this soundtrack for every girls nightmare is finally unleashed to rip your speakers apart! Soundwise you will recognize the frantic vocals that Slogun is known for, but this time the musical backdrop is more of a dirty Folkstorm-ish nature. This is the future of power electronics! Kneel before your masters! YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO ASPECT! [press-release]
INDIAN TREE PIE -- "Flight of the Syncretist" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Unidentified Recordings, UIFR0020
Experimental Ambient from Michael Schaffer (BIRDMACHINE, MONOFLOW, THE BEAUTIFUL DISEASE, CORIUM, also chef of Opa Loka Records).
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INDIGO LARVAE -- "Abandoned to Despair" -- CD -- €9
2007 Steinklang Industries, SK 42, (ltd. 500)
This is a new project of STAHLWERK 9 with a even darker and far more aggressive and sinister atmosphere. Created in the ultimate depth of hell these 9 symphonies of misanthrophy, despair and self-mutilation hold the key to carnage and suicide. Listen to it, and start to squirm…you are never alone! A new shadow has appeared in the black forests of Death Industrial to blot all your hopes out. But beware: this is not the end! It is just a beginning. - a new revelation for BRIGHTER DEATH NOW addicts! [label info]
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INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRY -- "Twenty Years In One Hour" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Other Voices Records, VOX4CD, (ltd. 500)
Individual Industry has started it's musical activities in 1987 as solo project of Alex Twin. In 1990 Maurizio Bonito and Lilian Vaz joined the band and six months later they released their first official demo tape called 'Apology'. They did more than 30 concerts between 1991-1997 and got lots of European radio plays. Band's music ranges from melancholic ethereal wave pop in best 4.A.D. traditions to trip-hop and synth-pop tunes mixed up with elements of Brazilian traditional music, making Individual Industry's sound something special. Catching melodies, lush arrangements, sensual female voice and dreamy atmospheres brought the band lots of fans and positive reviews around the globe. Over the past two decades the band took a part in dozen compilations, recorded two critically acclaimed albums, one MCD and extra limited (100 units or so) 2xCDR collection of rarities out in 2003 on Alex's own Wave Records. Other Voices bring you an essential collection of musical pearls, rarities, re-mixes and new stuff, all the best the band has recorded during its more than twenty years career. Now join their sentimental journey through the dreamfields! [press-release]
INDRA -- "Seven Mortal Sins" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT13, (ltd. 92)
Conceptual Death Industrial / Power Electronics album inspired by the concept of seven deadly sins. Sound was created from processed recordings of real manufacturing equipment, to be compared with best projects of Italian PE school, like Atrax Morgue and N. The disc is packed in a 5" flexi disc package and comes with 4 double-sided inserts with pictures for each track. [label info]
INDRA -- "Taste the Poison" -- CD-R -- €5
2007 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT11, (ltd. 99)
Toxic Power Electronics. Totalitarism, overload of venomous frequencies, clanks of carriages, barking of guard dogs, orators' calls, hiss of sprayers in gas chambers, yperite fog over trenches and momentary collapse in the end. We should note the sound separately - ideal combinations of power and lo-fi, worth of best works in genre. Handmade package of mirror-like plastic with roughly burnt logo. Limited to 99 copies. [press-release]
INDRA -- "Through the Cold Wells" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT12, (ltd. 100)
Second full-length album of Indra was being prepared for several years. First track was recorded in 2001, looks like this is the earliest recording by Indra, second was created in 2003 on the ruins of a building bombed during WWII, third was recorded in 2002. Noise ambient, mainly linear, but in the 2nd track more cyclic... many sounds for this album were recorded in wells. The disc contains a video-clip made by >o< for Indra on the ruins of a mysterious street in Lagoda. Cold and dampness. Big full-cover sleeve with inserts. [press-release]
INDRA & TCHERNOBLYAD -- "Collaboration" -- 3"CD-R -- €5
2007 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT09, (ltd. 35)
Psychedelic Drone Noise Ambient. Traditional St. Petersburg's sound, waves of spreading space sounds alternate with explosions of sub-bass rumble. Live digital collaboration without processings and overdubs. 35 copies in slim-boxes with hand-made plastic cover and a sticker. [label info]
INDRA / YAO 91404 D -- "Khibinogorsk" -- 2 x 3"CD-R + CS -- €16 [-50%]
2011 YAOP, YAOP 046, (ltd. 31)
The long-avaited second part of the series dedicated to during expeditions and walks. The city of Khibinogorsk (now Kirovsk) was built on Kola peninsula, among Khibiny mountains in the late 1920s - early 1930s by "special migrants" (agrarians who were exiled from Central Russia during Stalin's collectivisation). The nucleus of the city was Apatite-nepheline concentrating factory ANOF-1 - the first enterprise of such a kind which was intended to let USSR get rid of necessity to import chemical fertilizers. In 1931 Khibinogorsk recieved a status of city and the factory started its work. In December 1939 a giant building of railway station was opened. It had splendid interior with parquetry, marble walls and bronze chandeliers and received trains from Moscow and Leningrad. But gradually the importance of the city went down, it gave its role away to the neighbour city of Apatity which was esatblished in 1959 12 kilometers far from Khibinogorsk. In the 60-s direct trains between Kirovsk and the capitals were abolished, in the late 80s the railway station was abandoned, in early 90s same happened with the factory. Nowadays the city is significant only with ski resorts and monumental ruins... A collaboration release between two industrial projects includes a disc with live recording of performance / live without audience at ANOF-1; a cassette with a studio album asembled exclusively from recordings made there with analogue tape recorder; a disc which includes almost 200 historical pictures of Khibinogorsk and a scanned book about the city from 1933 and a photo insert. [press-release]
INDUSTRIALNIY PEYZAZH (INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE) -- "Pustota. Part I" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2012 Shum Shturm Proizvodstvo, SSP-002, (ltd. 72)
Unique project from Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia - poetic austere avantgarde industrial with screams, poems, metal junk and dense analogue howling. Archived recordings from 2004-2005. Aesthetics of abandoned factories, working outskirts, dead inhabitants of city ruins, burnt out by alcohol and hopelessness. Gloomy brick 5-storey blocks as gravestones on the background of smoked sky, post-industrial hell and this music, seething with reek and anger, won't leave indifferent fans of such projects as Ierophania, Monologue and even Grazhdanskaya Oborona. CDR, 9 tracks, 40 minutes, foldout sleeve. [Ufa Muzak]
THE INFANT CYCLE -- "Left Ear Revolt (Mysterious Disco 2009-2012)" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 The Ceiling, CEIL035
Drone / Glitch / Experimental. Collecting recent EP, rare and unreleased tracks into one package, we have here a selection of the more recent manifestations of the subconscious-electro-acoustic-rock-drone-clatter that has been spilling out of the dilapidated ceiling headquarters. As The Infant Cycle rapidly approaches its twentieth anniversary with a regularly expanding discography of obscure and sometimes confusing releases, this travelogue may be the best introduction for the uninitiated, and a good way for older listeners to catch up on the project's new directions. [press-release]
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THE INFANT CYCLE -- "Remote" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2001 EE Tapes, ET 74, 2nd edition, (ltd. 60)
Industrial / Experimental / Drone. Comprised of three long tracks, this is the more "difficult" side of the project. Constant changes in texture, sudden contrasts, rhythms that flex and contract, and structures that reveal themselves as something very different than what they seemed on the surface - not background music.
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THE INFANT CYCLE -- "The Sand Rays" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Diophantine Discs, n = 20, (ltd. 500)
We're happy to introduce the new full-length record from The Infant Cycle. The Sand Rays is to be played from the outside to the center, from whichever edge you choose. The Sand Rays is pinball rhythm reverberations from sliced vinyl record playout grooves, gravelly surface vibrations. The Sand Rays is exploiting broken cords, near-empty batteries, half-broken equipment. We loved it and think you will too. Just be prepared to be a bit more confused when it is all over, but don't worry: you'll be too busy wiping that silly grin off your face because you had such a fun time... The Infant Cycle, active since 1992, is the brainchild of Jim DeJong. He has released material on such labels as Drone, EE Tapes, Hands, Moloko+, Afe, Zhelezobeton, Blade, Abgurd, and his own The Ceiling. Additionally he is a former member of Mind Skelp-cher and (as The Infant Cycle) has collaborated with numerous artists including Aidan Baker, Orphx, and Dronaement. [press-release]
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THE INFANT CYCLE / ANTMANUV -- "Periodical III" -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2006 The Ceiling, CEIL031, (ltd. 80)
THE INFANT CYCLE presents more "Unrelated Work Tapes" - part of series of that is both deeply interconnected (to other parts and future and past Infant Cycle tracks), yet can be heard on their own. Like much of the Ceiling catalogue, what is seemingly chaos later reveals itself as something else, and features much of the Infant Cycle's uneasy balance between abrasive textures, and quiet meditation - a balance often on the verge of tipping over. Over the past few years, ANTMANUV has created a diverse body of work in many different mediums. On this release, he has contribued a piece of wholly organic sound, a dense and growing entity of everyday sounds propelled into a hypnotic sphere of the familiar moved into unfamiliar territory. [label info]
THE INFANT CYCLE / DAVISON, JARED -- "Periodical I" -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2005, The Ceiling, CEIL029
A new series of mini-CDR budget priced split-releases between The Infant Cycle and other artists operating inthe underground world of Southern Ontario. In the first installment, The Infant Cycle provides a crackly amalgam of previously released and unused material, prepared in a stew of ambiguous vibes. Davison (the founder of the infamous Mind Skelpcher), takes the crackle even further into the heart of your favourite record's worn grooves. Challenging listening for those who need it... [label info]
THE INFANT CYCLE / UPHOLD -- "Our Past Present (Now Then)" -- 2 x 3"CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2007 Afe Records, afe086mcd, (ltd. 100)
Experimental. Jim DeJong (The Infant Cycle) and Muffy St. Bernard (UPhold) are pleased to be partnered with each other for "Our Past Present (Now Then)". Their friendship dates back to the early '90s Canadian experimental tape scene, and they have worked together on occasion. The Infant Cycle was begun in 1992 by Jim DeJong, as a 21st birthday present to himself. Since then he has steadily created a large number of releases working with both "musical" and "non-musical" objects to create soundscapes that don't easily fit ready-made descriptions. UPhold was formed by Muffy St. Bernard in 1993, growing out of early-morning radio experiments on CKMS, the University of Waterloo's campus station. Those experiments were honed in the group Mindsculpture (a.k.a. Mind-skelp-cher) and have matured over time. His music has been released through his own label, Dangermuff Enterproses, and through Jim DeJong's The Ceiling. "Unrelated Work Tapes 7/7/04" by The Infant Cycle is a new chapter in his series of aural collages based on his own past, present, future and non-existant releases, where he explores the wide possibilities offered by manipulation / juxtaposition of different portions of audio materials taken out of their original context. The four UPhold tracks include assorted synthesizers, field recordings, found sounds and voices, metal percussions and other low-budget electronic paraphernalia used to create very complex and cinematic experimental music... [label info]
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INFESTATION -- "Second Souffle" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2013 Steinklang Industries, SK74, (ltd. 300)
Five years in the making, the new INFESTATION album "Second Souffle" is now finally available on Steinklang records. After the debut album "Bastion Intouchable (2008)", the French-Canadian martial industrial attack is back! On this new release, violence is now at it's peak. Complex orchestral phrasing is mixed with devastating war drums and destructive vocals. "Second Souffle" is a unique martial industrial album, a paroxysm of affirmative cultural resistance. It's a firm statement against globalisation and the hypocrisy of multiculturalism. The album also explore the themes of sentimental nihilism and the duality of life and death. This is a must have for all fans of Von Thronstahl, Derniere Volonte, Triarii, In Slaughter Natives, Arditi or early Der Blutharsch. [press-release]
INFRA RED ARMY -- "EnTrails" -- CD -- €11
2007 Laton, Laton 037
Under this playful moniker there is the ukrainian project appeared for the first time on the "Polyvox Populi" CD released in 2003 by Nexsound label. Another track was included in the "Culmination" compilation released by Laton, so here is it, the debut album released in 2006, also by this austrian label. The material presented here is very close to ambient music, but based not on sustained drones rather on various sounds and samples interweaved into multi-layered almost static soundscapes. One thing to be recognized here for sure is guitar (Dmitry Soroka is the classically-trained guitarist). The music has some distinctive features like melancholic mood, downtempo timeframe and very subtle emotional organization, revealing the sort of dramatic plots behind the steady sound images. Eleven tracks with strange and intriguing titles like "NocTurn" and "OptiMystique" will help you to make one step forward to understand the enigmatic ukrainian soul. [Dmitry Vasilyev, Independent Electronic Music]
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INGODEME -- "Endless" -- 3"CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Facthedral's Hall, FHCD21-2019, (ltd. 20)
Experimental / Ambient. First track of this EP was composed by Le K. (CHALUNG-GRA, SIZZLE, etc.) exclusively from cassette loops, precisely 24 loops of Korg Monologue (raw with no effects), recorded on 4 tracks portastudio on the endless tape. "In six times I recorded 4 mono loops/tracks that I captured with my computer. I let the 4 tracks play endless for about 9 minutes, turning equalizer buttons and playing volume faders during the process. On my computer, I superimposed all the recordings, and I made a quick mix by adding some internal effect plugins. I didn't try to resynchronize the loops between them, I just added all the audio files on the multitrack software, letting the chaos reorganize the rhythmic pulsations..." The second track was also composed from cassette loops, precisely 20 loops of Boss DR-5, and facebook videos (Gilets Jaunes, Wolf Cries), recorded on 4 tracks cassette recorder on another endless tape. In five times, Le K. recorded 4 mono loops/tracks captured on his computer. He used the same Ineko delay during the recording of all tracks and let the 4 tracks play endless for about 9 minutes, playing with buttons and faders. "On the multitrack software, I resynchronized the audio files between them by the same delay effect present on each recording, and I made a mix with internal plugin effects." [liner notes]
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INHALANT -- "Bloodshed" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2005 Pitchphase, PP-307
Harsh industrial noise from Texas. Recorded by Chad Wicked using synth, voice, feedback, effects & guitar directly to 4-track.
INITIAL CHAOS -- "Ego Splitting" -- CD -- €6
2010 Nihil Art Records, NAR 003, (ltd. 500)
Sombre synth / darkwave with screaming "black" vocals and sophisticated existentialist lyrics on russian. [label info]
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INNER DEPTH -- "Horn Herald The Severity Of The Day" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Steinklang Industries, SK 66, (ltd. 300)
Oldschool Death Industrial in best way of Brighter Death Now, Maschinenzimmer 412 and early Lustmord! [label info]
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INNER VISION LABORATORY -- "Continuum" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 180-2, (ltd. 300)
Ambient / Dark Ambient. Karol Skrzypiec returns with a new album to the Zoharum fold. This artist, consistently following the path chosen by himself, discovers new areas with every new recording. In his compositions, synthetic structures increasingly give way to acoustic instruments. Not only does it give a different quality to his music, but also affects a completely different reception of it. Nowadays it is more spatial, has richer arrangement and boldly goes beyond the former structures that have been associated with the INNER VISION LABORATORY project. It would be difficult to describe this album as dark ambient. Although it is impossible to deny a composer the skill of building the right atmosphere, he is far from pathos or dark aura. You can find a note of melancholy, thoughtfulness, a space for reflection, but with light seen from a distance. Who knows - maybe it is an attempt to reconcile with the inevitable, with the thought that all that touches us serves the purpose of going further? To sum up, "Continuum" is an album of many sounds, colours, moving not only by the richness of sounds, but also encouraging reflection and bringing solace... The album is released in an ecopak limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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INNER VISION LABORATORY & NEPENTHE -- "Ambit" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 066-2, (ltd. 400)
Two years after well-received "Perpetua" album, INNER VISION LABORATORY returns to Zoharum with their new album entitled "Ambit". Not a solo venture, but a collaborative effort with young, but promising NEPENTHE project. The album was 3 years in the making when they were searching for a common language and fiddling with sonic matter using the Internet in this respect, they have created a monolith - a very cohesive, yet symbiotic world. It might be easily labelled as "ambient", yet they break the patterns of that style. "Ambit" is composed of 7 compositions, clocking in at 50 minutes. It is composed of beautiful, yet unsettling melodies, for those who are fascinated with sounds coming from Cyclic Law and Loki Foundation labels, but also for new-comers to the genre. For those open-minded for something new and touching, a kind of music painted with the whole palette of colours and sounds. [press-release]
INSPHERA -- "Shape" -- CD-R -- €7
2003 Terra Inferna, TinF 001
Classic old school dark ambient - omnious atmosphere, industrial noises and distant percussion, smooth electronics and echoes of working factories. Musical walk through the abandoned industrial territories.
INSTANT MOVIE COMBINATIONS -- "Dreams Frozen / Boiled" -- 2 CD-R -- €9
2006 Misfake Studio, mf03, (ltd. 57)
A hobby-horse of IMC has always been static music for which you have to have special perception tuning - don't expect that you'll be carried away by melodies or unusual collages or some other evident tricks, here you should let your attention creep inside the depth of sound, feel it's texture by ear. And then minimalistic static fields unfold in flowing layers of constantly transforming waves. First disk is really cold, more "digital" and heartless in feeling; second one is more warm and shaggy, wheezy and distorted. Very good and interesting work.
INSTINCT PRIMAL / PURBA -- "Sky Burial" -- CD-R -- €19
2018 BeTon, 201814, (ltd. 42)
Experimental / Ritual. A collaboration album recorded by Jan Kruml aka Instinct Primal from Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, and Svyatoslav Ponomarev aka Purba from Moscow, Russia and dedicated to the Tibetan practice of sky burial... Limited edition of 42 copies: 21 copies are in black edition and 21 copies are in red edition. Each copy is composed by a juta sack (15x20 cm.), with attached a picture about sky burial and vultures of death printed on canvas (7x10 cm). Inside the sack there is a cardboard (black or red, it depends from edition) with an attached sticker, with the cdr inside. There is also a pack with four pictures that develope the theme of sky burial with the Tibetan knot of infinite and the vultures of death. The four pictures are tied with a satin ribbon, black or red, it depends by edition) and with a metallic skull of a vulture. [label info]
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INSTITUTION D.O.L. -- "With Her I Had Some Tropical Feelings" -- CD -- €10
2005 Steinklang Industries, SKD 09, (ltd. 500)
The new masterpiece from Austria's obscure-electronic act no.ONE! This musical mixture between rhythmic noise sequences, psychedelic melodies and ambient/hypnotic patterns treats the untold story of Madame I. and M. (the man behind INSTITUTION D.O.L.). Listen and be part of a psychoacoustic trip through romantic storytales, disturbed by violence, brutal sex and the sound of a chainsaw! The perfect soundtrack for your private S/M-party; reminds a little to Cosey Fanni Tutti's masterpiece "Time to tell". [label info]
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INSUB META ORCHESTRA -- "Archive #1" -- CD -- €9
2011 Insubordinations, insubcd04
Free Improvisation orchestra.
INTERIOR DISPOSITION -- "Blood & Scars" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 InterioRepertoR, IR11
Tracks included in this album were recorded in various moments between 2007 and 2011, united by mastering made in 2012. Science fiction driven space ambient will all genre attributes: electromagnetic signals, textured background noises, paddy synth lines and simple but effective melodies.
INTERIOR DISPOSITION -- "Cranium Vult: Unreleased & Rarities 2003-2013" -- CD-R -- €5
2013 InterioRepertoR, IR12, (ltd. 150)
A collection of previously unreleased tracks of this Russian project from the last decade. Space ambient with trademark "rustling" sound and minor consonances, quite resembling Bad Sector of "Polonoid" period, but with more minimalistic and abstract atmosphere, sometimes with rough rhythmical constructions.
INTERIOR DISPOSITION -- "From Autumn..." -- CD-R -- €5
2011 InterioRepertoR, IR08, (ltd. 100)
New album of this Moscow based project envelops the listener with sorrowful drones and uncomplicated melodies, immersing into autumnal melancholy. [label info]
INTERIOR DISPOSITION (ID) -- "Starvision Fields" -- CD-R -- €7
2007 InterioRepertoR, ir01, (ltd. 150)
The new release from the Moscow-based project ID. "This album can be understood as attempt to clear a sound up to transparent weightlessness, uniting structural features "Galaxys" and "Astrohelix". The decision of this problem was promoted also by presence of the new equipment. All album can be broken into conditional four parts. 1. The introduction (composition Deep Green): a moonlight night, the person goes on the central strip of hayway; 2. studying of space (all short tracks: RATAN, COS-B, EXOSAT, IUE, VLA): the person looks not on carried by automobiles, and lifts the person to the sky; 3. sight of space (Ectasia Of The Red, B26 Orion, M31 Andromeda, Metanic Ice, Andromeda Will Back!): the abyss peers, but as a matter of fact it is a part of internal geography of the person + the ending" [artist info]
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INVISIBLE FRONT -- "Interferences And Time" -- CD -- €7
2007 Indie-ziert, IZ.03, (ltd. 477)
Industrial / Noise. "The shortwave pulsates and lives..." Your history, your noises, mysterious signals and the brainwashing function as a propaganda medium were the inspiration for the first album of the Berlin noise project INVISIBLE FRONT "Interferences and Time" with the subtitle "Battle on all sequences". The visual design of the CD, the name and the logo already indicate the subject of the Third Reich. The same is also reflected in titles such as "Neue Propaganda für Neue Hirne" ("New Propaganda for New Brains") and "Harmonie für den Schützengraben" ("Harmony for the Trench"). The main style is pure noise, peppered with a pair of rhythmic industrial interludes and calmer ambient sounds. INVISIBLE FRONT uses plenty of historical speech samples for this, so that the whole album sounds like a kind of radio play. In addition, “Lili Marleen” by LALE ANDERSEN can be heard from time to time, to which the track "Schicksalslied Aller Fronten" ("Fateful Song of All Fronts") is dedicated. None of this sounds particularly innovative and is only intended for very special tastes, but due to the many samples, which sometimes only become apparent after listening to it several times, the album remains quite interesting. As with every story, after all, you want to know how it goes on... The CD comes in a slim DVD box with a photo and sticker and is limited to 477 hand-numbered copies. [Terrorverlag]
INVISIBLE HAND -- "Babalon" -- CD-R -- €6
2008 YAOP, YAOP 033, (ltd. 23)
Neoritual music. First worthy Russian answer to the works of such bands as Ain Soph, Psychic TV, AIT! and Mushroom's Patience. Simple esoteric music, mesmerizing voice and allusions to the legacy of Crowley and Miguel Serrano. The single contains one song in studio and demo versions. Handmade cardboard cover A5, insert with information and three texts. [press-release]
ION AND SOPHUS -- "Love of One" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Frozen Light, FZL 050, (ltd. 300)
Soundtrack of deep serenity dissolved in the relentless whispers of the waves. The play of light, illuminating the rocky shore, awaiting the twilight chill. A little warmth and relaxation with a little bit of melancholy. Sound mood, which came from the past, and waiting in the wings for 8 years. All of this accommodates in new Ion & Sophus CD - "Love Of One". 2 sizzling and flickering waves of sonic paintings, imbued with light and a little bit sad & slow melodic passages, recessed in deep reverberations. This music is dedicated on Hope. Hope that everyone has their own, hopes that have come true or not justified, the hope that sometimes moves us on our life path of. "Love Of One" has absorbed something close to meditation, something close and unknown at the same time. Something that we propose to discover each of you! [label info] Side-project of Exit In Grey.
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ION AND SOPHUS -- "Transit Station" -- CD-R -- €5
2011 InterioRepertoR, Ir05, (ltd. 100)
New album by one of the projects of Sergey [S] (Exit In Grey, Sister Loolomie, Candyman & Evil Flowers, etc.) deals with the theme of railroad stations, so close to the heart of any Russian man. First long track (nearly 29 minuites) - samples of traffic controllers and recordings of rail station stmospheres interlaced in mild yet persistent substance, balancing between melody and drone, merging altogether into an unhurried ambiental soundscape. Second track features same kind of melody combined with wave-like celestial noise creating more active and cosmic feeling.
ION AND SOPHUS -- "Twilight Oblivion (Sumerechnye Zabveniya)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Frozen Light, FZL 066, (ltd. 300)
Frozen Light presents new album by sub-Moscow project Ion and Sophus – «Сумеречные Забвения» (engl. = "Twilight Oblivion"). This material offers you to leave the usual course of your life for a few moments and make a little stop, listen for a while, leave your thoughts and disperse. To let go of what was never been and not to think of what will be. Try to get into the meditative structure of the sounds. And dissolve in twilight oblivion, having lost memory thread. [label info]
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IRON HALO DEVICE -- "The Collapsing Void" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1996 Malignant Records, TUMOR 07
"The Collapsing Void" has two distinct segments. Tracks 01-04 were recorded live at the Hurricane in Kansas City on July 31, 1996. The performance was composed entirely of samples taken from other bands. You can easily identify the obvious cuts borrowed from Nine Inch Nails, Dead Can Dance, Skinny Puppy, Coil, Curve, Lords Of Acid, SPK, etc., etc. The detailed letters from music industry lawyers contained within the liner notes show that Iron Halo Device is definitely not a band that fears litigation. Tracks 05-08 were compiled from home studio demos written and recorded in August and September 1995, utilizing the same guerilla recording techniques. Most of the sample material, however, is based on slowed or accelerated percussion and drones, rather than than readily identifiable cuts. Yet the trained ear can hear a bit of Lustmord on 'The Abduction of Winter' so the samples are not that well masked. A slithery, all encompassing sonic octopus of diverse samples manipulated into cohesive, illusive, mind altering songs. A jumble of percussive elements, a hazy rippling horizon of sounds and sonic textures flow from inception to realization with smooth, deceptive grace. You'll applaud Philip T. Easter (STONE GLASS STEEL) for his daring sample based construction techniques and his dedication to the artists who contributed unknowingly. [Sickness Still Abounds].
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IRR. APP. (EXT.) -- "Kreiselwelle" -- CD -- €10
2009 Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS 016
irr. app. (ext.) is the sound-engineering project of Californian M.S. Waldron, whose liminal slippages and detourned croons have been spotted recently on stage in Nurse With Wound. Yet for all of the antics that are required for the NWW spectacle, Mr. Waldron still dedicates himself in the parallel pursuits of irr. app. (ext.) with a discography that reads more like a wunderkammer of uncanny investigations into futility declared as its reverse... Kreiselwelle is the third and final installment to a body of works that irr. app. (ext.) has composed under the influence of Wilhelm Reich, the unorthodox 20th Century psychologist who proposed amongst many hypotheses, an interconnectivity between energy, organisms, and the entire cosmos. The title to this album translates as 'spiral wave,' a structuralist form which Reich had observed throughout nature within numerous systems, whether that be the grand arcs of galaxies down to the radial symmetries of micro-organisms. For Kreiselwelle, Mr. Waldron returns to the same collection of field recordings which began this trilogy that includes Ozeanische Gefühle and Cosmic Superimposition; however, he restricted himself to those sounds with spiralling origins: resonating springs, the sounds of the ocean cyclically churning over pebbles on the beach, the wafting of air around various objects, or simply a lamp-shade spinning in place. The resulting recording develops as an organic sublimation of one sound transforming from one state into another and then another. Motorized sounds of mechanical toys set askew settle into a tremolo phase pattern of electrical vibrations. These in turn morph into a cauldron of slow locomotive rumbling, which beget one of many glassine drones that float throughout Kreiselwelle. Many of the sounds seem to have origins in objects that are broken, obsolete, or just plain wrong; but through Waldron's deft alchemy, these sounds are allowed to flourish in this richly dark and oddly serene amalgamation. [press-release]
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IRR. APP. (EXT.) -- "Ozeanische Gefugle" -- CD -- €10
2001/2004 Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS 002
irr. app. (ext) is the work of California-based sound artist Matt Waldron, whose collected body of work is far too important to continue to be forgotten. During the past decade, only two full albums -- Dust Pincher Appliances (2003 on Crouton) and An Uncertain Animal, Ruptured; Tissue Expanding in Conversation (1997 on Fire, Inc.) -- have seen the light of day despite the fact that perhaps a dozen albums have been completed. The public silence for irr. app. (ext) was never by Waldron's design, as numerous recording deals collapsed, one after the other. The story becomes all the more of conundrum as these misadventures of neglect and ignorance occurred despite Waldron's high-profile collaborations with Nurse With Wound and Stilluppsteypa. If a humble organization like the Helen Scarsdale Agency can have its say, then we speak to remove whatever curses that have haunted irr. app. (ext.) in the past and provide the world with the opportunity to revel in the spectacle and the beauty that is Matt Waldron's art. Had things gone differently, Ozeanische Gefuhle would have been one of the lost irr. app. (ext.) recordings. That would have been a shame for Ozeanische Gefuhle stands as an impeccable composition of post-surrealist dronescaping rivaling such masterpieces as The Hafler Trio's Kill The King, Jonathan Coleclough & Andrew Chalk's Sumac, and Nurse With Wound's Soliloquy For Lilith. The title has origins with Freud and earlier thinkers; yet Waldron came across Ozeanische Gefuhle (which translates from the German as "oceanic feelings") in his studies of Wilhelm Reich who referenced the term to describe the natural state of every healthy organism as connected to and engaged with the world around it, with its energies flowing from the center outwards. For Waldron, Reich's ideas became the starting point for a metonymic exercise seeking to discover that which is near a signifier and spiral beyond each successive discovery along a complicated aesthetic thread by way of intuition and accident. The album tumbles through a series of sympathetic dronings, field recordings, and performative gestures, continuously traversing the emotional polarities of psychological tension and externalized jouissance. The album begins with a heavily processed flutter of sustained woodwinds accompanied by thunderous rumbles in the distance before dispersing amidst Bernhard Hermann-esque slashings of discordant strings. Later on, the grotesque pathos of a Wurlitzer organ dissolves into a blackened emptiness that envelopes the complex resonant frequencies from Waldron's slow, deliberate performance upon bowls and bells. Despite the incredible depth of his source materials, Waldron displays an uncanny intellect that reflects all of his wandering passages through the lens of a melancholic ambience. Simply put, Ozeanische Gefuhle is a wonder to behold. [press-release]
IRRUMATORIUM -- "Also Sprach My Ass" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2009 Steelkraft Manufactory, SKM05, (ltd. 100)
ALSO SPRACH MY ASS is the first full-length CD of Irrumatorium, based on artist's thinkings which have especially guided his life: the readymades of Marcel Duchamp, the book Fight Club, the Occam's razor principle, etc... Can you imagine the result of these maximal references condensed in this minimal music? [label info]
ISH -- "Resonance Level" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Aliens Production, AP 27
IDM / EBM / Ambient. Another next pearl in the waters of IDM and ambient. This time the protagonist and member of the Ambiguous project chooses a natural way in which are pulsing organic materials and shamanic spaces in original IDM compositions. Project who can attract with his dominated sound and many magical spaces which often exceed the borders of our world. In the songs are often overlapping multiple colors of sound and developing many moods itself. The combination of machined electronics and down temped loops moves the project to pulsing positions and opens to the listener the feeling of a pulsing live form. A strong atmospheric message. Many analogue spaces, hybrid loops and melodic lines. [press-release]
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IUGULA-THOR / SUCTION MELENA -- "All Dreams Are Only Self Facials" -- CD -- €10
2016 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 232, (ltd. 300)
Power Electronics. Collaborative release by a dangerous Italian friends trio. IUGULA-THOR: the Italian Industrial / Power-Electronic monster born from the minds of Andrea Chiaravalli and Paolo Bandera (SIGILLUM S / SSHE RETINA STIMULANTS) in the early 90es. SUCTION MELENA: The other harsh face of Giovanni Mori (LE COSE BIANCHE), the new man in the Italian Harsh Power-Electronics. This is sharp and uncompromising Hard Power-Electronics in pure Italian-Style. Scraping vocals, Analogic Power-Noise, Extreme-Sex... All the basic ingredients are served. [label info]
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IZANAMI'S LABOUR PAIN -- "Destination: Toujinbout" -- CD -- €10
2011 Phage Tapes, PT:141 / Small Doses, DOSE108, (ltd. 250)
Incredible and varied harsh noise from Germany’s Sascha Mandler (Namazu Dantai, Mazakon Tactics). Elements of power electronics, drone, and cut-up noise combine to form one of the most impressive noise assemblages I’ev heard in years. Packaged in 4-color screen-printed arigato packs. [label info]
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J ORPHIC / EPOCH / TSIDMZ -- "Unsere Weltanschauung" -- CD -- €10
2015 UFA Muzak, UFA68 / Sulphur Flowers, SF5, (ltd. 300)
Combative martial industrial / Neoclassic. Ladies and Gentlemen, UFA Muzak presents you the fresh almanac album from the new names of the European industrial underground. This recording features a dozen of chapters comprising musically and artistically all the important events in history, politics and economy from the traditional point of view of these artists who give special meaning to their work. You will have the complete image of aesthetical and cultural movement, inalterably keeping the idea of resistance against the modern decay, which, we have to say, increases its power and scale with every year. Back in 1938 Julius Evola wrote in German press, that a European started with eliminating the hierarchy inside of him and used his freedom for spiritual destruction, and only then called these phenomena of decline and decay with such innocent words as "progress" and "democracy". The music of these projects loudly claims one should not forget about the spiritual factors of the real European Unity which is now subsituted by such an absolutely degenerating market phenomenon as European Union. The album is split in three parts and each of them brings its own colour to the whole picture. J ORPHIC: Epic symphonic aquarelles of the various chapters of history in periods of especially solemn, triumphant and critical moments. As if you're in the Vienna Opera caught by fire, but the concert doesn't stop until the last line is crossed. EPOCH: Plunges you in a constrained world of hypnotic techno rhythms combining melodic anxiety with looped orders / incantations. No concession to the New World Order! The head is swirling of stupefying adrenalin raising its amount in blood. TSIDMZ: Here oriental tunes melt incredibly with waltzes of the previous century and clash of the cavalry timpani. Restless whisper spells the possibility of the Fourth World War amidst the unstopping mechanichal rattle. Despite of using the whole pleiad of sonic colours, "Unsere Weltanschauung" sounds as a united whole, and it offers some surprises even for the very experienced genre addicts. Carthago delenda est! 12 tracks, 63 minutes, 8-page booklet. [press-release]
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JACQUES, ANNE-F & TIM OLIVE -- "Tooth Car" -- CD -- €9
2016 Intonema, int020, (ltd. 200)
For our 20th release we are announcing the Canadian duo of Anne-F Jacques and Tim Olive! Their first album was released in 2014 on the 845 Audio label, prior to a Japan tour. In November 2015 they undertook a North American tour, recordings from which are presented on this new dis?, Tooth Car. Kobe resident Olive uses magnetic pickups to amplify resonances and vibrations. Jacques employs intriguing self-made rotating surfaces, prepared and amplified. Both musicians use minimal external sound processing, mainly equalization, therefore their work is very direct, tactile and raw. The live recordings of Tooth Car highlight the duo's time-honed rapport and surprisingly natural and organic music. The illustrations used for the album are created by renowned artist Julie Doucet. [label info]
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JAGATH -- "Devalaya" -- CD -- €10
2020 Cold Spring, CSR290CD
Ritual / Industrial. Jagath is a ritual/industrial ambient act from Perm, Russia. "We create our music at abandoned industrial locations - the bottom of a moist underground sewer shaft and inside huge hollow oil tanks - without using digital synthesis. We use simple, mostly hand-crafted instruments, found objects and our voices. We do this to share our vision of decaying post-industrial age, to unleash the spirit of deep beyond-world and unveil life in the abyss. It is cold out here, in Russia, everything stays frozen for decades. Life is almost stopped, and this cannot be changed. So we have to do something so as not to freeze to death... A firefly may inspire a man. Man takes a flint, flint carves sparks, sparks set fire to wood, a flame lights up. Flaring up more and more, a fire turns into a firestorm. Firestorm lives its own life". [from the artists] "Devalaya" ("Temple") was recorded in vast oil tanks from 2015 to 2018. 6-panel glossy digipak with photography by Gregory Skvortsov and Dmitriy Frolov. For fans of: SHIBALBA, PHURPA, ARKTAU EOS. [label info]
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JAHRTAL -- "Lichtbuch" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2007 Ahnstern, Ahnstern30
After the CD-single "Zwei Lieder" now follows the first album by the Austrian Psychedelic-Folk artist Jahrtal. The man behind Jahrtal is Ewald Spiss, a artist from Tyrol, who might be known by some of you from the early days of Industrial music (early 80ies). Lichtbuch is a true treasure of Psychedelic Folk Music, a unique collection of traditional folksongs from the Alps, musical versions of poems by Joseph von Eichendorff, traditionals from England and Scotland in german translation and even a traditional Tibetan prayer. Lichtbuch is a absolute authentic Folk album with great heart and pure soul. The songs and balads on Lichtbuch have mainly a sad-optimistic mood, they shall delight the listener, as well as touch him thoughtfully. Jahrtal is non-academic, honest music, which delivers the message of affection and momentaryness, of cause and effect. A wide and balanced instrumentation gives the album a unique touch. Besides a guitar, which the artist reconstructed himself to a Sitar (Gzitar), Jahrtal uses acoustic guitars, electric guitars, lute, banjo, dulcimer, gzitar, harpzither, psalter, flute, duduk, schalm, violin, organ and bird's voices. The main influences of Jahrtal are in the end-60ies and early 70ies with bands like Witthuser & Westrupp, Spirogyra and C.O.B., but a comparison to the most beautiful balads of Current 93 is inevitable as well. 12 tracks / 75 Min. [press-release]
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JANKO, KRUL' ALBANSKAJ -- "Ekezhhm, Gyuvel Pyuganlahkh Aektspyud?" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2001 Some Place Else, HAM 018 CD
File under sample terrorism! Location recordings, recontextualized classical music, experiments with noise and so-called 'cinematic isolationism' by the late Henry Zalkin (also Bulimia, etc.). 4 tracks, 70 minutes. [label info]
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JARBOE & HELEN MONEY -- "s/t" -- CD EP -- €18
2015 Aurora Borealis, ABX063
Legend of underground music Jarboe joins forces with visionary cellist Helen Money (aka Alison Chesley) to create what is probably the most beautiful release in the label's history. While still a "heavy" record in many ways, Chesley's cello looming massive and distorted over much of the proceedings, there are moments of transcendent beauty with Jarboe's ethereal vocal and piano work soaring above the drones, reaching for the beyond... Working together and separately on the compositions, the album comes together as a seamless whole under the mastering of Kris Force, with moments of sparse beauty mirrored by howling squawls of intensity. This is a very human record, organic, the voice of Jarboe and the many textured strings of Chesley's cello combining with an earthy depth but reaching for the stars. [label info]
JARL -- "Breaking Point Syndrome" -- CD -- €10
2007 Autarkeia, acd 021
Breaking Point-Syndrome is the ninth album of Erik Jarl, Swedish industrial genius. Just like his previous albums, this one radiates the remarkably icy, mercilessly depressing and languorous as well as claustrophobic mood. To reach the effect, Erik simply generates unique industrial sound. His each accord smacks of unexplainable anxiety, the feeling of degenerate future, drug-induced reality, poisoning and exceptionally technocratic character. Jarl music can be qualified as psychedelic industrial/drone, while the album Breaking Point Syndrome is an excellent example of the Scandinavian mastership in creating esp. persuasive and visionary sonic landscape. [press-release]
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JARL -- "Case 1959 - Dyatlov" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2015 Reverse Alignment, RA-12, (ltd. 500)
Dark Ambient / Drone / Industrial. Erik Jarl is active as Jarl since autumn 1999 and member of postindustrial act IRM. He has released CDs on several different record labels through the years and describe his music as turbulent, withdrawn electronics. A mixture of ambient, industrial and drone. This new double CD consists of three long tracks, the longest Jarl has done so far. Artwork and photography is done by the outstanding artist Karolina Urbaniak... This recording is based upon Dyatlov Pass Incident which took place in northern Ural Mountains in Russia during winter 1959. It resulted in the deaths of nine ski-hikers and until today, although some sources claim they have the solution, the cause of the events remains an unsolved mystery. [label info]
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JARL -- "Fragile Confrontation" -- CD -- €10
2005 Annihilvs, APEX001
ANNIHILVS proudly presents FRAGILE CONFRONTATION, our second full length CD release by Swedish Darkambient sound sculptor JARL. Since the release of the debut full length SEALED VOID in 2003, this brilliant artist (who has already shown his mettle as a member of IRM) has released albums for such noted labels as MALIGNANT RECORDS and SEGERHUVA. Now, JARL has returned to ANNIHILVS as the label begins its rebirth. FRAGILE CONFRONTATION finds JARL looking back into the sparse, cold isolationist landscapes of SEALED VOID, while instilling an undercurrent of impending violence, like a blade slowly moving toward flesh in tense, scraping frame-by-frame action. Metallic drones and static waves slide against each other as the confrontation between steel and skin comes to a mind-numbing collision. [press-release]
JARL -- "Hyperacusis" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 222-2, (ltd. 250)
Experimental / Drone / Industrial. Erik Jarl hails from Sweden and is actively recording and releasing for over two decades now either solo or as a part of power electronics/industrial acts like IRM and KAITEN. On his fourth release for Zoharum titled “Hyperacusis”, Jarl gravitates towards drone void as he explores and sonically interprets this rare hearing disorder... Album consists of 2 long (around 20 minutes each), trance inducing tracks that put you into sedative state. Drones, high frequency pulsations and oscillations work here as a intronautic vessel in which you descend into the depths of subconscious and as much as we are aware that this is a bold statement, the closest comparison that comes to mind is Coil’s Time Machines. Yes, we said it... At first this appears to be a demanding piece of work but it’s utterly rewarding and eventually makes you wanna listen to it on and on and on… (to turn your mind off… to turn your mind off...). CD edition of 250 copies comes in a 6 panel digipack. [label info]
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JARL -- "Misophonia Colours" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Drone Records, SYM:01, (ltd. 250)
Drone / Experimental. The start of the new 'SYM' CD series from Drone Records. Old and new heroes from the past and future of experimental transcension atmospheric noises and drones... Swedish musician Eric Jarl has been active since 1999, principally as Jarl. He was also a founding member of post-industrial act IRM, and a former member of SKIN AREA. Erik Jarl composes his music through a total analogue approach with the use of synthesisers, analogue sequencers, waveform generators, and oscillators, as well as several echo/reverb and delay units. Here he has created an ultra hypnotic 60 min. one-tracker that slowly plays a game with your head... Mastered by Peter Andersson (Raison D'Etre). Ltd x 250 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve with artwork by Tilman Benninghaus. [label info]
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JARL -- "Phonophobia" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 240-2, (ltd. 300)
Experimental / Drone. "Phonophobia" is a kind of continuation of the subject matter of the previous release. While "Hyperacusis" was an attempt to explore this phenomenon and has shown it through the sound and final composition of songs directly influencing the peculiar nature of the album, "Phonophobia" refers directly to the issue of psychology and clinical psychiatry, where, thanks to methodically developed sound structures, arranged and marked appropriately on the scale of impact i ntensity with numbers 1-3, it recreates the world of sounds, closed in the mind of a person suffering from this ailment. Here, the space is suddenly filled with high-intensity sound waves, stimulating the listener to active reception and strongly influencing his psyche (at the same time). The feeling of rising does not disappear here even for a moment and accompanies the last sound on the album. After it, there is absolute silence, becoming a counterpoint to the music that resounds in the head for some time... Once again, Erik Jarl takes an interesting topic into his workshop and realizes it in a peculiar and extraordinary way, providing his listeners with coherent, intriguing material and giving the opportunity to discover it multiple times with each subsequent listening session. [label info]
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JARL -- "Spectrum Confusion" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Reverse Alignment, RA52, (ltd. 200)
Experimental / Drone. Spectrum Confusion is Jarl’s fifth album on Reverse Alignment, following on from 2019’s massive triple CD release Symptoms Variation / Sensory Deprivation. And once again Karolina Urbaniak has masterfully created the cover artwork, as she’s done for the four earlier Jarl releases, also released by RA... Spectrum Confusion consists of three long-form pieces showcasing his trademark psychedelic, hypnotic approach, but this time the presence of bubbling and pulsating sounds makes the music sound closer to the electronic experiments of Northern European avant-garde composers in conjunction with more melodic passages harmonically coexisting alongside the abstract elements. Jarl’s music has entered its more mature stage here, and Spectrum Confusion consolidates his reputation as one of the most interesting and original European electronic music composers. [label info]
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JAZKAMER -- "Balls The Size Of Texas, Liver The Size Of Brazil" -- CD -- €10
2007 Purple Soil, pulse zero: four
If "diverse" is the very word for JAZKAMER duet (John Hegre + Lasse Marhaug), it also seems to be the best "Balls the Size of Texas, Liver the Size of Brazil's" description. None of the band's previous full-length albums were same or similar to each other, so are(n't) the "Balls". If "Panic" is band's ultimate blues record, "Balls" are band's "London Calling", with each song different not only within the album, ranging from harsh noise outburst to calm to dreamy guitar ambiences. But the blues is still in and on with simple artwork, consisting strictly of landscape pictures to underline the album's misty, dreamy, nostalgic atmospheres. Full length CD, paper fold-out cover. [label info]
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JAZKAMER -- "Cover By Hair Stylistics" -- CD -- €10
2010 Pica Disk, PICA021
"Cover by Hair Stylstics" is the july edition of Jazkamer's ongoing 2010 monthly Compact Disc series. This month's album finds Hegre and Marhaug joined by Iver Sandøy playing noisecore. Noisecore is a crossover between grindcore and noise music. One could call it improvised grindcore, as its emphasis is on short bursts of blastbeat drumming backed by screaming vocals and heavily distorted guitar. Often the music is improvised on the spot. Early pioneers of noisecore were bands like Gerogerigegege, 7 Minutes of Nausea and Fear of God, and although the genre never flourished like grindcore, it nevertheless has lead a healthy underground life with bands like Sissy Spacek and October Revolution... Jazkamer ventured into noisecore territory on 2008's "Art Breaker" album (Smalltown Superjazzz), which featured 59 songs in mere 17 minutes. Many reviewers complained that 17 were even too much. Despite this reaction "Cover by Hair Stylstics" ups the ante with 129 songs in 20 minutes. Because of the Compact Disc-format's limited index ability the songs are presented as one continious track. Jazkamer also prefers the album to be experienced as a whole, rather than prominence given to individual songs... For Jazkamer's monthly 2010 series they have invited one different visual artist to contribute every month. The artwork of "Cover by Hair Stylistics" is by the Japanese actor, author and composer Masaya Nakahara. Nakahara is know for his musical work with projects like Hair Stylistics, Suicidal 10CC and Violent Onsen Geisha. On the front cover Nakarhara can be seen drawing the artwork used on the inside of the cover... "Cover by Hair Stylstics" was recorded during an excruciating two hours in Duper Studios in Bergen. Editing and mixing the material took even longer to complete and involved several coffee-breaks. Pica Disk hopes that Jazkamer fans across the world will enjoy "Cover by Hair Stylstics" for a long time. [press-release]
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JAZKAMER -- "Self-Portrait" -- CD -- €10
2010 Pica Disk, PICA017
Two men in a (large?) room, with a bunch of metal and two (or more?) bows at their disposal. Electronics? Not likely, but perhaps also not excluded entirely. I assume Hegre and Marhaug sit on the floor with their bows and play carefully the metal sheets, rods, pipes and what have you. Sometimes things end up being 'loud' (although to everything one has to turn the volume up quite a bit), but that's just the ringing of overtones. In my book this is noise too, but then of an entirely different nature. Not in the sense of just being 'loud', but in its approach to the non musical material at hand. In a way I'm reminded of 'Glass' by Sissy Spacek (see Vital Weekly 678), especially the second piece on there. The non-music approach marks this off as a noise release, but you should add 'intelligent' to it. [FdW, Vial Weekly]
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JAZKAMER & SMEGMA -- "Endless Coast" -- CD -- €10
2007 No Fun Productions, NFP16
A collaboration between American underground psychedelic/noise pioneers (and still kicking hard now for over 30 years) Smegma and Norweigan noise/metal masters Jazkamer. From two totally different worlds and approaches to sound a totally original abstract language is born creating an imaginary coast that extends from the brutality of the Scandinavian frozen seas to the dark and mysterious rock filled beaches of the American northwest - a landscape full of strange creatures and beings, an eternal and endless coast. Recorded and mixed at Smegma’s legendary home base Portland studio. [press-release]
JAZZKAMMER -- "Mort Aux Vaches" -- CD -- €10
2005 Mort Aux Vaches
Last year Marhaug's duo with John Hegre as the ongoing Jazzkammer was in The Netherlands to play the Earational festival and took up the occassion to record a session at the VPRO radio studio and now being released in what should be known by now as the John Peel sessions for underground music: Staalplaat's Mort Aux Vaches series. This is not the first entry for noise in the series, following Merzbow and the Sensorband. Jazzkammer has one piece to play of sonic overload, building from scratch. A highpitched tone, scraping the surface with a contactmicrophone and from there building things up by adding layers of nasty frequencies. As the piece evolves the high end techniques of laptopnoise start to mingle with low-end electronics. This work, a straightforward, unedited recording is a bit on the regular side of noise. But even at that, Jazzkammer on an ordinary day is way more interesting than many other noise heads on a good day. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
JENNIFER GENTLE -- "A New Astronomy" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2005/2006 A Silent Place, ASP13
Psychedelic Rock. Official re-issue of the ultra rare 2005 Sub Pop release (Ltd x 100 copies), now in a digipak. This album is dedicated to Giovanni Paneroni, amateur astronomer and misunderstood genius. "A new astronomy" is probably the most eccentric and out-there JG release to date. Recorded mostly in Marco Fasolo's bedroom on a 4-track cassette machine, the album was conceived as the imaginary soundtrack for some of their most bizarre, vivid dreams - obviously interspersed by the occasional nightmare. It's made by grainy, hallucinated musical scores trying to depict the beautiful, the scary, the annoying and the simply absurd inhabiting dreams. It runs the gamut from ghostly ambient drones to brain-damaged acoustic sketches, covering everything in between - furious guitar freak-outs and a homage to British 60's producer Joe Meek included. [label info]
JESUS JACKSON UND DIE GRENZLANDREITER -- "Zumauern" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2014 Attenuation Circuit, ACR 1032 / Gebrauchtemusik, gm033
From Detroit to Augsburg, the transatlantic free trade agreements for weapons industry, from the "international" to country-hiphop (!), from rage to wordplay and back: Jesus Jackson und Die Grenzlandreiter sing beautiful songs about the bad in the world. Passion takes perfection is the motto, and in unbridled playfulness pave the three house musicians - recording live in the living room - their way right through the genres, from motown to country waltz, from rap to couplet, from folk to punk. The CD version includes popular demand for the first time in the band's history, a lyric sheet. [label info]
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JESUS OF NAZARETH -- "The Shame Of Being A Child" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 [...]dotsmark, ooo-11
2nd CD of US Extreme crazy erectlo noise grind unit. Jesus Of Nazareth are unit by Jake Cregger (Shit On Command, Triac). He seems to be conscious of a machine noise grind. However, actually he take in various elements, and he becomes a very individual sound. Grind, Gabba, Drill'n base, Industrial, Gothic, Noise, Collage... Most brutal and cruel! Heresy of grind! [label info]
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JOTUNSPOR -- "Gleipnirs Smeder" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006/2017 Cold Spring, CSR244CD
Black Metal / Black Ambient. King Ov Hell (Gorgoroth, Sahg, God Seed) and Kvitrafn (aka Einar Selvik of Wardruna, Skuggsjá, Gorgoroth) teamed up and formed Jotunspor (“tracks/traces of giants”). Musically, “Gleipnirs Smeder” binds grim and primitive black metal together with elements of noisy dark-ambient, while the concept of Jotunspor is strongly founded in the old Norse cults and beliefs. “Glepnirs Smeder”, or The Forgers of Gleipnir, explores some of the incidents surrounding the creation of the world and Ragnarok – the ultimate doom / transformation. The chain Gleipnir, its forgers from the depths of Svartalvheim and Fenris – the chained jotun-wolf are some of the most important themes on the album, on which the lyrics are sung in Norwegian and Old Norse tongue. Produced and engineered in Norway by Kvitrafn, the album was originally released in 2006 by our sub-division Satanas Rex. Digipak. [label info]
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THE JOY OF NATURE -- "The Empty Circle Part II: Rastos De Sangue E Fragmentos Da Tradicao" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2009 Ahnstern, Ahnstern 38
The second part of the trilogy "The Empty Circle" by The Joy of Nature reflects and gathers fragments of the Perennial Tradition. Naturally, it is also about the Spiritual inheritance of the Portuguese ancestors. Musically, it's the most song-orientated The Joy of Nature release until now, with its roots in the folk tradition of rural Portuguese regions, especially the Azores. The album is not just a Folk-album, it also has several amazing psychedelic moments. Features collaborations with R. Coutinho, B. Ardo (Sangre Cavallum), Rui Almeida (Massa Asltima), Triarca, Mara Neves and M.J. Over an hour of music. [Cold Spring]
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THE JOY OF NATURE -- "The Empty Circle Part III - Anitya" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Rage In Eden, RAGE 74
Anitya is that which has no existence in the beginning and no existence in the end. Its nature is impermanence. The record was created in two different and very special periods of time and it musically unites both western and eastern sounds. The tracks contained are the musical expression of different kinds of dreams. It consists of folk, experimental, psychedelic and industrial elements, and even classical music but sounding, at various places, like ritual music. The structures of the tracks owe as much to classical as to psychedelic music. [press-release]
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JUDAH -- "s/t" -- CD -- €3 [-50%]
2007 SmallVoices, SVR0720
Second full album by those clones of NY's legend Suicide! This album is even more close to the very typical Suicide sound than the first one.. they sound extremely close to the originals! An incredible collision between cold and analogue minimal electronics with toxic and vicious vocals, rock'n'roll and savage punk. A real cult project / cult release. [label info]
JUICE MACHINE -- "Deep As A Depthless Pond" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Besperech', (ltd. 100)
Experimental / Field Recordings. We recorded "Deep as a depthless pond" over 3 weekends in May and June of 2021 especially for Besperech. After repeated listens to the Kromeshna cd "Martyata" we decided to try our hand at a nature based meandering long form recording with hopes of release on the same label. We talked about letting the sounds of nature take more of the lead role and letting the electronics set more of a stable backdrop, which is a bit of a departure for us. Cassette tapes and samples were chosen for these recordings that reflected this above ideal and electronics were kept hypnotic, minimal and sparse. We believe you can enjoy these 3 long form pieces as background sound for your everyday living space or as an engaging thought-provoking meditation on human interaction in the vast world of nature. [from the authors] JUICE MACHINE is the improvisational live electronics wife and husband duo of Heather Chessman + Roger Smith. Working in and around the confined genres of noise, tape music, found sound + drone while focusing on minimal tonal + maximal textural audio with rhythmic pulses and sharp jabs of uneasy waves and slurred motivational speeches JUICE MACHINE makes it music in the Pacific Northwest. [label info]
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JUPITTER-LARSEN, GX / A WEEK OF KINDNESS / RICHARD RAMIREZ -- "Acognitive Culture" -- CD -- €10
2015 4iB Records, 4iB CD/0915/018, (ltd. 200)
Acognitive Culture consists of 5-Parts featuring the collaborative inputs (and outputs) of 3 prolific American harsh noise experimentalists GX Jupitter-Larsen (of The Haters), A Week of Kindness (also known as Sean E. Matzus of Black Leather Jesus, among many others) and Richard Ramirez (namely of Werewolf Jerusalem and Black Leather Jesus). These 5 different sounding tracks start off with the gentle buildup of low-range vacuum-like hums that form the basic textural sound ambience. The overall electro-acoustic landscape gradually gets engulfed by the incessant build up of raw rhythmic drones with occasional minimalistic feedback noise and snippets of film dialogue. The unsettling intertwining of sonic dischord and all the nuances that they encompass reflect the true essence of each individual artist involved, which make this joining of creative minds a unique experience deeply rooted in sonic aestheticism. [label info]
K2 -- "Musik Fur Enthauptung" -- CD-R -- €7
2013 Impulsy Stetoskopu, 034, (ltd. 100)
Noise. New material recorded in spring 2013. Ultra-compressed cut-up harsh noise.
K2 -- "Tamayura" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Gravity Swarm Recordings, UT-38
The new K2 forges ahead, another blast of cut-up hyper-distortion, synths, video games and noise fuckery. Smashing! [Cipher Productions]
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K2 / POSITIVE ADJUSTMENTS -- "Sprouts And Memories" -- CD-R -- €7
2012 Murderabilia Records, MR010, (ltd. 100)
Noise / Power Electronics. Split release with Kimihide Kusafuka of K2 fame delivering his signature relentless harsh noise while newcomer Krister Bergman focuses on his noise / power electronics combination. [Mechanoise Labs]
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KA-SPEL, EDWARD -- "Lyvv China Doll" -- CD -- €12
1990/1993 Staalplaat, S.T.CD 060
Psychedelic / Experimental. A collection of the studio material from the original "Lyvv China Doll" cassette plus other "experiments" and outtakes. The original intention was a simple live document, but as I compiled the original "Lyvv" cassette that object became obscured. Ultimately only half of the material was live, and it featured much previously unheard work. For the compact disc, only "The Horn Section" is live, while a number of sketches and small pieces have been inserted. Recordings cover the period 1982-1992, so do be patient with the occasional dubious sound quality. [from the author]
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KABAL -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
1998 Afe Records, afe009cd
New Electronica, very "warpish" debut of Dr. Kabal. All the tracks on this release were written and produced by Kabal between October 1995 and May 1997, except tracks 2, 3, 9, 10 and 11 written by Kabal and Leeza, track 6 written by Leeza and track 13 remixed and produced by Lips Vago. [label info]
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KABAL -- "Alone" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2002 Afe Records, afe040cd
After delighting his audience with the self-titled debut album in 1998 Dr. Kabal has finally come up with his second full-lenght release which is proudly presented as an Afe Records / Moonfear co-production. For all those who passionately remember the good old days of what was called "Intelligent Techno" (whatever that meant...) this will be a very enjoyable experience. Entirely recorded at Pergolab with the affectionate support of Leeza and the whole Afe Community, it literally sweats out the soul of the silicone chips that generated it. [label info]
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KADAVER -- "Automatic Autopsy" -- CD -- €10
2009 Topheth Prophet, TP018, (ltd. 500)
Second album of Israeli project on Topheth Prophet label. "Automatic Autopsy" is a bit strange material which is not aggressive unlike many of his other works, it's built on blending various styles and this gives specific oppressive sound, and Michael Zolotov did a good job on this. The album consists of multi-layered sound structures of feedbacks, field recordings, sampled loops, etc. which create overall terrifying and depressive atmosphere. [Sickcore]
KADEF -- "Statt Disco Lullend Um Sich Selbst Kreisen" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2005 Tosom, TOSOM XX-003, (ltd. 99)
4 abstract and desolate minimal-noise pieces in Kadef's analogue lo-fi style. Music for people without Saturday-night-disco-fever. People which circle around itself and this of course alone. [label info]
KAHN, JASON & TAKEFUMI NAOSHIMA -- "In A Room" -- CD -- €9
2009 Winds Measure Recordings, wm14, (ltd. 300)
In this recording Takefumi Naoshima and myself were trying to listen to the room as something like an equal partner in the development of the music. In other playing situations this is often not the case, as the musicians are rather listening to each other (or themselves) first and foremost, with the performance space as an afterthought. And for this reason we chose the title "In a Room". Due to the fact that we played very softly and sparsely the sounds of the room and even those from outside take on equal importance with the sounds we are making with our instruments. In a sense, listening to the CD could be approached in a similar way, with the volume of the playback somehow melding with the volume of the listening environment, so that the recording doesn't dominate the listening environment--just as our playing didn't dominate the recording environment, but worked with it. [Jason Kahn] CD and insert, packaged in a paper envelope, attached to three-panel letterpress card stock sleeve.
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KAKAOKAMKAMI -- "@" -- CD-R -- €7
self-released
The first record by this Helsinki-based outfit. Features five home-made instrumental tracks of simple glockenspiel and violin melodies flavored with buzzing guitars and programmed percussion. [from the author]
THE KALI ENSEMBLE -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2011 Phage Tapes, PT:113 / Turgid Animal, TA578, (ltd. 500)
The Kali Ensemble is a duo of Mike Page (Sky Burial, F/I/T/H, Irukandji) and Pentii Dassum (Umpio). This disc contains 2 33:33 minute tracks of industrial metal clanging, ambient atmospheres and creepy synth work. The style/personality of each member really comes through in each track of this collaboration and provide an interesting combination of their viewpoints. Check out the samples so you can hear what it sounds like and i dont have to sound any more like a dumb ass trying to come up with a crazy description of the compositions. [press-release]
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KALLEE & THE LUNAR TRIO -- "Nushtur" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 119-2, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient. ‘Nushtur’ is a set of three compositions, of slightly somnambulistic character, delivered in the style of Noir Ambient. The triptych “Nox, Nox-Lunaris, Nox-Lux” induces trance based on low-pitched, repetitive melodic phrases emerging from sonic magma, the monolithic structure of the album. The music arranged here in such a way, as if it was to create a soundtrack accompanying the journey into yourself, meditation or suspension between dreams and reality. The album is released in a 2-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. [label info]
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KALTE TRAURIGKEIT -- "Equilibrium" -- CD -- €13
2009 Shinto Records
Kalte Traurigkeit ('Cold Sadness') is a Canadian project from Eric Labrie and Mireille Tessier. Neoclassical / darkwave / dark ambient, layered with operatic female and brooding male vocals. Originally started by Eric alone, "Equilibrium" took 2 years to complete, during which time he welcomed in mezzo-soprano singer Mireille Tessier. Mireille brought new ideas to the music from her influences, chant experience and her talent, which transformed the project's approach to music to a more tangible one. Her wide range enabled the creation of more complex choirs and vocal arrangements. For fans of Autumn Tears. [Cold Spring]
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KAREN KARNAK -- "Death In Ankara" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2016 Vibrio Cholerae Records, VHR353, (ltd. 66)
Underground music from Belarus. Rhythmical electronic ambient with an experimental approach and Middle East aesthetics. Industrial easy listening for restless hearts.
KARMICIEL WSZY -- "Torre Bert" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2016 Frozen Light, FZL 034, (ltd. 300)
“Torre Bert” is a name of amateur tracking station in Northern Italy, where lots of space telemetry signals were picked up by brothers Achille and Giovanni Battista Judica-Cordiglia between 1957 and 1965. That recordings included voices of first ever cosmonauts and astronauts catched by self-made equipment. Were these voices true or fake? Disputes are on-going for more than 50 years, but these recordings share with us that unique atmosphere of first space surveys’ tragedy and mystery. Karmiciel Wszy turns this atmospher microbasses and droning noises. First KW factory-pressed CD carefully mastered by James Plotkin. Digifile, 300 copies. [press-release]
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KARNA -- "The Haunted (Age of Destruction)" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2007 Eternal Pride Productions, EPP011 / Posession Productions, PS36
Cold post industrial pulsations, freezing ambient passages and explosive military rhythms... musical shapes mimicry and hide in a secret Spheres, which power is able to destroy illusory of "reality" and move the listener over the boundaries of limits, as it is the goal of the True Satanic Art. [label info]
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KARNI MATA -- "Rathood [Expanded]" -- CD-R -- €6
2011 rice4rats, r4r001b
Illbient / IDM / Downtempo / Dubstep / Experimental.
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KATAPYGON -- "Meousa" -- CD-R -- €13
2018 Pantheon, PAN105, (ltd. 50)
Ancient greetings, friends! This time we have something quite different at our label — truly epic, weird and apocalyptic full-length album by the postmodernist choir called KATAPYGON (which can be translated as "middle finger gesture"). Ironic, yet thoroughly conducted deconstruction act made upon Ancient Greek mythos. Ritual euphoric chants of Then processed through Apollonian technology of Now, subtle voices of the past in the decoration of tiny objects made gigantic. Infused by hypnotizing spoken word lines by Denis Rylov (NOISES OF RUSSIA), ΜΗΟΥΣΑ sounds like an bizarre story told by unseen figures standing behind time & space... Made in an edition of 50 copies on high quality CDR's, the album is represented by 12-page booklet with arts, lyrics, texts and translations which makes it look like some scientific brochure more than something music-related. Yet, the music here exists in a strong context of linguistic, cultural and philosophical studies — sometimes being more than serious and sometimes layering sardonic smiles and Dionysian sneers. Definitely not something you can put on background, but we still hope you'll enjoy the experience! [label info]
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KAYAKA -- "Silvestre" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 Ostroga, OTR-025, (ltd. 50)
Abstract experimental acoustic folk intersected by situational and field recordings.
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KAYAKA / VITALY MAKLAKOV -- "Estol Voice / Untitled Mix" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2012 Ostroga, OTR-022, (ltd. 50)
Kayaka - pseudo-songs played with deliberately childish and at the same time near-industrial approach. Vitaly Maklakov - one long collage made from many different sound sources: from sampling old records and tape manipulations to deep ambient and psychedelic noise.
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KAZTALIEN -- "Atonal Tales of Drunk Woods" -- CD-R -- €8
2014 Nadeln Prod., NaP.VII, (ltd. 93)
There is some borderline, dividing space. Space with broken laws of logic, perception, eventfulness - space between the worlds of Reality and Unreality. And this state of being between the worlds is very interesting to feel. Reflections of fire on tree trunks, something comes close to silence... Weird forest psych-ambient, coming in and out of the woods. Listen to this disc at night with crackles of cooling embers turning into ashes, looking at stars... 93 numbered copies, handmade artwork. [label info]
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KEIN Z. NECRO -- "Sturm - Licht" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2021 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 027
Modern Classical. The second solo album of the Yekaterinburg-based musician Kein Z. Necro (SOL MORTUUS, CHURCH OF HOWLING DOG, CHAOTIC BOUND SYSTEMS, etc.) performed entirely on a grand piano. This is basically the continuation of the musical and visual aesthetic lines started on the disc "Tränen - Tau". Utterly abstract compositions with highly charged energy. We see menacing cumulus clouds on the cover, and there's reason for that – this music is just as monumental and amorphous at the same time, discharges of millions of volts are riping in its depths, sometimes it falls on the listener with a wall of chromatic rain, or it may shine as a ghostly black rainbow somewhere on the horizon of perception. Kein is not shy about pushing the extremes of the grand piano's sonic spectrum, hovering tightly on the lower register and tracing out stabbing sharp edges with high notes, but never slipping into frankly noisy cacophony. This kind of music can hardly be heard in a conservatory, and if you get the scores and practice at home, be sure to wait for the crazed neighbors to visit.
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KEIN Z. NECRO -- "Tranen - Tau" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2021 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 026
Modern Classical. Those who are familiar with Russian underground scene might know the name of Yekaterinburg-based musician Kein by his projects SOL MORTUUS, CHURCH OF HOWLING DOG and CHAOTIC BOUND SYSTEMS, and also from his participation in such bands as ZINC ROOM, PROGNOSTIC ZERO, and some others... But this time he has recorded an album under his own name (well, almost), and this album differs in sound very much from what he had been doing before, because it's completely performed on a grand piano without any electronic manipulations. Yes, it's different in sound, but still quite similar in its mood. Here once can hear some melodic elements that Kein uses in his other projects: detached psychedelia of CHURCH OF HOWLING DOG, complete abstraction and fluency of CHAOTIC BOUND SYSTEMS. These aren't tunes that you can hum to yourself, rather, it's constantly morphing stream of sound, from which a rather dark and disturbing atmosphere seeps out – such music could be quite appropriate as a soundtrack to old silent black & white horror films...
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KELI -- "Zero" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 OPN Records, OPNCD0013
Yukiko Fukushima is a japanese artist, who experienced her talent in many ways such as photography, or music. Her main musical inspiration comes from classical music, especialy Bach's piano works she's studying endlessly. Yukiko's first musical creations consisted in piano improvisations. Since 2008 she has been working on a more personnal projet called Zero. Her unarmed inspiration is an unique ambiant and colorful musical piece build around her classical influence and her oriental soul. Zero is an endless work, like its numerical symbol, a musical laboratory, an infinite experience. [press-release]
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KENOTAPH -- "Promise" -- CD -- €10
1998 Functional Organisation, Functional 012
Side project of Skalp presents the material of an old tape with bonus material. Distorted rhythmic noise with harsh pounding machinelike sounds and slow whispering voice.
KERANEN -- "Moon Over Torrelorca" -- CD -- €10
2011 Ljud & Bild Produktion, LBP002, (ltd. 300)
Cold and glacial drone recorded at the prestigious EMS in Stockholm. Moon Over Torrelorca, the second album from Keränen, serves as a great follow up to his amazing debut album Bats In Attic that Lasse Marhaug's Pica Disk released last year. In contrast to the high energy multi-layered noise bomb the debut offered, Moon Over Torrelorca instead showcases another side of this highly skilled sound artist with a carefully composed drone piece. Comes packaged in digipack. Pressing of 300. [label info]
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KESAR -- "Blind" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Red Engineering Production, REPR-15, (ltd. 20)
Ritual Industrial from Ukraine. Reminds of somehow even more brutal and primitive version of early Trepaneringsritualen...
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KESAR -- "Epitome" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Red Engineering Production, REPR-13, (ltd. 20)
Ritual Industrial from Ukraine. Reminds of somehow even more brutal and primitive version of early Trepaneringsritualen...
[bandcamp]
KHACHMANUKIAN, MAX -- "De Rerum Natura | Saxophone Quartet" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Monopoly Records, MONO XXV
MONOPOLY RECORDS label is glad to present the album «De Rerum Natura | Saxophone Quartet» by Max Khachmanukian. Album’s author is known for being a member of CYCLOTIMIA electronic duo as well as a creative force behind the SPHERE REX and ARCHON ORCHESTRA projects. The musical content of the new album is largely a development of the spectrum of ideas originally conceived within the framework of ARCHON ORCHESTRA project with the only difference that this time mentioned ideas were implemented not in the usual «sampler-synth» format, but rather in an «academic» one and with the participation of the first-rate musicians. The author therefore found it appropriate this time not to «hide» behind a certain name of a project, which is – in his view – more in line with the canons of the so-called official culture... New album could be roughly divided into three parts: The first one is a long-lasting major piece inspired by philosophical poem «On the Nature of Things» by Lucretius. Here the idea of the ever-transforming matter is embodied into a «fractal» method of subtle sequential changes, thus creating a meditative «cosmic atmosphere», alluding both to the future as well as to the ancient past... The second segment is a four-piece cycle for the saxophone quartet. The quartet's debut was held in February 2016 at the Hall of Directorate for Educational Programs in the Sphere of Culture and Art during the lecture-concert «Minimalism. New Simplicity, New Complexity». Despite the definitive proximity of this music to the genre of American minimalism («Opening», «Convergence»), there is also a subtle flare of «orientalism» («Eluding») and some «interventions» into the jazz territory as well as early modernism («Ambivalence»). The third part consists also of four pieces for solo flutes and accompaniment. This time the music – remaining entirely within the same genre – tends to the so-called holy minimalism, containing clear medieval («Descending», «Noel») and oriental motives («Calligraphy», «Humility»)... This album was recorded with the collaboration of The Gallery of Actual Music Ensemble musicians. Glazunov Saxophone Quartet (leaded by Andrei Kravchenko) was founded more than a decade ago, and is known for its regular concert activities; the quartet is a participant and winner of numerous musical competitions and festivals. Polish flutist Edyta Fil, a graduate of Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw as well as Strasbourg Conservatory, a winner of many international competitions. Svetlana Boichenko, a graduate of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, all-Russian Bella Voce competition diploma winner, performs the soprano in the main composition... By the agreement with the Beauton Art Gallery, album cover art is based on the work of Danish artist Kirsten Rotbøll Lassen. [press-release]
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KHAOS THEORY -- "From the Darkness of Khaos" -- CD -- €9
2008 Military Industrial Komplex Records
Khaos Theory is a military industrial metal band from NYC sounding sometimes like hardcore version of Laibach. "The concept for "From the Darkness of Khaos" is to reveal the hidden governments of the world and expose them into the light and minds of the 95% ignorant in today's world. Each song deals with a specific topic on the Iraq war, 9/11, Multinational corporations, Religion as an ignorant tool of enslavement, and the hidden elect or Illuminati secret societies which are slowly changing the world we live in to a uni-polar Orwellian state where only one government has the means to control and subjugate your life. Songs like "Kein Entkommen" give a vision of Corprate tyranny over the common man as they slowly destroy natural resource to gain profit to become an establisment that is too powerfull to stop. Thus none escape the grasp of total control they have. "Black September" is a song about the planes destroying the world trade center and changing the outlook of the western thought towards third world states. "The West Will Conquer" is a song that has a militant and patriotic anthem like any good propaganda piece to inspire a people to become active and involved in their countries agenda. The current album contains these tracks and many others like "Khaos Theory" and "From the Darkness of Chaos". Some songs are more dark and futuristic industrial, where as other songs are more classical and neo-militant". [from the press-release]
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KHOST -- "Buried Steel" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Cold Spring, CSR278CD
Industrial Doom Metal. The brand new album by Birmingham industrial doom metal duo Andy Swan (FINAL, IROHA) & Damian Bennett (TECHNO ANIMAL, CARTHAGE), feat Stephen Mallinder (CABARET VOLTAIRE, WRANGLER), Eugene Robinson (OXBOW) and more… ‘Buried Steel’ is the fourth album from KHOST, following the 2017 release ‘Governance’... Themes and sonics of ‘Buried Steel’ range from granite and impassive to dreamlike and somnambulistic, in keeping with the promise – and threat – of the title, dwelling on slow, infallible ruination: a gravitational downthrust upon misshapen monuments and structures which are mangled, overgrown and increasingly forgotten. A monochrome landscape where nature reclaims and redefines us as time passes... Recording of the album was marred with events such as an electrical fire which damaged some equipment. As a result, a number of tracks on the album had to be pieced together from damaged analogue elements such as reel to reel (Khost reel to reel RIP). From this point, the dynamic of some of the songs was altered, shifting their eventual outcome, particularly the tone of ambient work on Buried Steel... Further guests on ‘Buried Steel’ include Syan, Manuel Liebeskind, Daniel Buess (16-17, MIR) and Stephen Ah Burroughs (TUNNELS OF AH, ex-HEAD OF DAVID)... CD in 6-panel digipak with artwork contributions from Talitha Bell, Syan and Craig Earp. [label info]
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KHOST -- "Corrosive Shroud" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Cold Spring, CSR211CD
Khost is Andy Swan (Iroha, Final, Atrocity Exhibition), and Damian Bennett (Carthage, Deathless). Corrosive Shroud is the second album from Birmingham band Khost, following the 2014 debut Copper Lock Hell. The album has a singular theme: inside the hand-me-down concrete relics in which we necessarily live and from which we draw perceptions. The music is the sound of lightless blocks, oxygen-starved sheds and apparitions, using stark and unrefined found sounds stacked against Khost's massively detuned guitars. The album includes Eugene Robinson of Oxbow and Syan who add their stories to the narrative, along with personnel Jo Quail, Daniel Buess, Gustave Savy and featuring a contribution from Tel Aviv-based Hostage. [press-release]
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KINETIX -- "White Rooms" -- 2 CD -- €7 [-50%]
2004 Small Voices, SVR04014
Kinetix is the new moniker of Gianluca Becuzzi (LIMBO). Kinetix' second official release on Small Voices, "White Rooms" is a work which conjugates radical electronica and expressive power in a unique formula made of stylised and very personal minimalist sound-design. The relationships between physical space and acoustic space constitute the main theme of this double-CD, packaged in an elegant digipak. "White Rooms" is a limpid digital gallery through which the listener is invited to discover bright and resounding spaces, white flats inhabited by concrete sounds, ultra-frequencies, noises, voices and silences. An aesthetic experience placing itself beyond the genres in territories of pure contemporary avant-garde." [press-release]
KINOTEATR PROVOLOCHNIKH PIROZHKOV -- "Chetyre Improvizatsii" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_28, (ltd. 7)
Noise. Side-project of the owner of Paper Moon Republic, developed for instant web publications of various spontaneous creative acts. Didn't have any physical releases until now. This ultra-limited edition compilation contains four improvised pieces recorded during last year. CD-R with printed surface packed in a half-DVD case. [label info]
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KINOTEATR PROVOLOCHNYKH PIROZHKOV -- "Ultimate Collection 2008-2020" -- 10 CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_45, (ltd. 10)
Noise / Experimental / Dada. I presents in one edition a full twelve-year anthology of the Kinoteatr Provolochnykh Pirozhko project. In 2008, a provincial Siberian visual and noise act began with this project. Unlike my other projects, all this time it had practically no physical incarnations - only web releases. Now I have fixed it and made this artifact containing noise work in a variety of forms. Here and field recordings, and radio noise, and dadaistic audio collages and dark ambient and minimalistic drones and much more. From early naive work to more thoughtful. All so that you can fill the silence of your environment for more than ten hours. The design of the release is made under the same motto under which all this activity began twelve years ago: Vive La Primitivism! Ten white CD-Rs with blue spots (the number of spots corresponds to the disc number), packaged in a large multi-disc DVD box. The design of each copy is individual. [from the artist]
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KIRCHOHMFELD -- "Motion" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Dark Vinyl, DV65
MOTION is the new, but final album by KIRCHOHMFELD. After 3 fulltime albums ("Sic Transit", "Diode" and "Querschnitt") the chapter will get closed with "Motion". Cold & melodic Minimal Electronic songs in best tradition of / reference to German avantgarde / electronic bands of the 80i`es (such as Kraftwerk, La Düsseldorf, Der Plan...) with melancholic vocals, added by modern soundcollages and surprising melodies. [label info]
KK NULL -- "Astrodynamix" -- CD -- €10
2002 Long Arms Records, CDLA 02037
Experimental / Noise. Recorded live at DOM Cultural Center, Moscow, Russia on April 30, 2002.
KK NULL / JOHN WIESE -- "Mondo Paradoxa" -- CD -- €19 [-50%]
2009 Auf Abwegen, aatp26, (ltd. 500)
Constructed over the period of two years via mail collaboration this is a great and forceful collaboration between two artists that each have made a name for themselves with their unique approach to making sound. KKNULL is a master of feedback studies, working with looped scenarios to create dense and vital sound units. KKNULL has a long history as an experimental musician and is also the leading force behind proto-metal-group Zeni Geva and the dark-industrial project Absolut Null Punkt... John Wiese has recently collaborated with such acts as Wolf Eyes and Sunn O))) and is also a graphic designer in high demand. Usually he creates fragile but very erruptive lo-fi noise rumblings with an almost poetic touch. He has a musical past in the group Bastard Noise... Needless to say, both artists combine the best of both worlds in this crunching release! Comes in beautiful full cover digipak, designed by Government Alpha, typesetting by John Wiese. [press-release]
KLEISTWAHR -- "This World Is Not My Home" -- CD -- €10
2014 Fourth Dimension Records, FDCD91, (ltd. 300)
The latest album from Gary Mundy (Ramleh), who has been using this moniker since the early ‘80s to further furrow the worlds of intense electronics, harrowing psychedelia and violent or claustrophobic atmospherics he is already known for. Less prolific than Ramleh, Kleistwahr began with several cassette releases on Gary’s own much revered Broken Flag imprint and has subsequently been afforded more releases by labels such as Noise War, Noiseville and Harbinger Sound. This World Is Not My Home collects seven pieces recorded between 2013 and 2014 of mostly instrumental sprawling guitar & electronic works. Released in an edition of 300 in a Broken Flag-type sleeve. [press-release]
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KLINIKAL SKUM -- "Chosen Powerless" -- CD -- €10
2009 Expectorant Recordings, EXP005
Death Industrial. Active for many years now under a variety of monikers including NEUNTÖTER DER PLAGE, XOMBIE, REDROT, POST-MORTEM JUNKIE and FABRICO INCUBO, Ryan Oppermann has established himself as a dependable purveyor of pathological sounds of all sorts. "Chosen Powerless" is his first CD album and it marks the milestone with 5 venomous doses of analogue synthesizer textures that would have been at home on Slaughter Productions (which did release some early Redrot and NDP albums after all). The disease is spreading. [Mechanoise Labs]
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KLOOB -- "Unpredictable Signs" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Winter-Light, WIN 024, (ltd. 200)
Dark Ambient. Once you begin to settle into this album, you realise that the electronic terrains of "Unpredictable Signs" are more subtly created and vast than on its predecessor, "Remarkable Events" (2018). Beautifully effected synth sweeps and lo-fi bass drones and rumbles paint an infinite pattern of oncoming musical landscapes, stretching as far across the horizon as the musical eye can see to. Conceived and recorded against the backdrop and with the shift of current world events in mind, Dani Kloob tells us a little of the thoughts behind his new album: "Unpredictable Signs. The current global uncertainty all around us. A sign of the times. What is to be expected in the near future? It is the mystery that will always be here. Sometimes there are hidden clues that can help to presage events. However, nowadays it is almost impossible to second guess the scenario that will follow". Such considerations have shaped all these deep and intimate, sculpted soundscapes through the use of vocals, background noises and ethereal drones. [label info]
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KNIFELADDER -- "Music/Concrete" -- CD -- €13
2009 Cold Meat Industry, cmi192
Knifeladder have been in existence in one form or another since 1998. Their sound is the culmination of years of experimentation and independent development. The resultant sound is a heavily percussive industrial organic hybrid, a new meshing of electronic loops, live bass and percussion and ethnic instrumentation to form a kind of Organic Industrial Music. Two years after the release of 'The Spectacle' (now sold out) Cold Meat Industry are pleased to present the latest work by Knifeladder; 'Music/Concrete'. - a unique mix of hi tec and lo fi sounds, authorititive drums courtesy of the one and only John Murphy, and distorted obscure instruments, Knifeladder have again produced a work of great visceral power. With shuddering machine loops overlaid with frenetic metal percussion, power ambient soundscapes melting into epic defiant anthems, Music/Concrete uses traditional hand played electronics and instrumentation to realise a throroughly contemporary vision of rebirth and decay... Compared to such acts as Test Dept, Coil and Mother Destruction, Knifeladder have outgrown their reference points to create their own niche in the genre obsessed Industrial scene. The personnel include Jonh Murphy, percussionist and electronic pioneer with such acts as SPK, early Current 93 and credible pop act The Associates. Andrew Trail was founder of Autogeddon and performed in the controversial Ministry of Love, who broke up after being banned from performing in every live venue in Sydney. Hunter Barr was a founder member of the infamous Infant Skull Surgery and is a renowned recording engineer for his unconventional yet obsessively perfectionist approach. Knifeladder themselves have performed with such acts as Allerseen, Sieben, Naevus, Coil, Bad Sector and Neither/neither world. With over 100 live actions, they have mastered the live environment like few others... Play loud, play often, and find the joy that only laughing in the face of death can bring... [press-release]
KNOX OM PAX -- "Laudanum" -- CD -- €10
2007 Destructive Industries, DI001, (ltd. 1000)
Heartful, yet very morose Neoclassical/Ambient. Suicide soundtrack for the fallen. [label info]
KNURL –- "Mesosoma" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 Impulsy Stetoskopu, 016, (ltd. 120)
Noise / Experimental. All pieces produced and recorded live Jan/Feb 2009 using scrap metal + violin. Limited edition of 120 copies in a metal box with multiple colour inserts.
KOIKAZE -- "Pyramid Blast Order or The Gospel to the Lovers of the 21st Century" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 [...]dotsmark, ooo-15
Koikaze is a collaboration of Marco Maruyama (Variations Of Sex), Kiyoshi Mizutani (ex-Merzbow) and Katsumasa Motoki. Their first album is dedicated to the escape from noise establishment towards song-oriented music. Of course there's not much of traditional songs here, still lots of noise, surreal sonic collages and transcendental vocal performances. New extreme form of pop-music! [Monochrome Vision]
KOLACKI, RAFAL -- "Ā’zan. Hearing Ethiopia" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 154-2, (ltd. 300)
Field Recordings. Rafał Kołacki's new album entitled 'Ā'zan. Hearing Ethiopia' is another set of field recordings of this artist in which he aims at an in-depth analysis of the audiosphere of a big city. This time of Addis Abeba, the capital of Ethiopia, the place with an extremely wide range of sounds. A multicultural city, both ethnically and religiously, where there are many different languages and different forms of religious activity. The voice of Muezzin praying in the distance, the Christian songs sung in the church or played through loudspeakers throughout the day. It all remind us of the openness and tolerance of the Ethiopians, their ability to function in mutual symbiosis, beyond religion and politics. [label info]
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KOLACKI, RAFAL -- "Hijra. Noise From The Jungle" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 120-2, (ltd. 300)
The new album by Rafał Kołacki entitled “Hijra. Noise from the Jungle” contains field recordings made during a trip to the temporary refugee camp called The Jungle in Calais, France. There lives about 4 000 immigrants where on a relatively small area various nations coexist creating an eclectic, unique sound culture. The album is a recording of music events, it is a kind of a subjective archive of an ethnomusical trip. Above all, it is full of emotions and feelings of people for whom creating art, music is very often the only form of recovering from homesickness. The album is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. [label info]
[bandcamp]
KOLLAPS -- "Mechanical Christ" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Cold Spring, CSR269CD
Industrial. Australian post-industrialists KOLLAPS are a three piece creating a unique brand of primitive noise “intended for degenerates and outsiders”. The bands’ distinctive primordial tones are created using appropriated waste materials like scrap metal, raw plastics and steel plates combined with blistering percussion, bass and vocals. This is no empty “industrial” gesture, for the band this process of creation facilitates the literal use of postmodern society against itself... Mechanical Christ, the bands’ sophomore release, is a conceptual continuation of its predecessor Sibling Lovers. This release sees Kollaps further their exploration of the inherent societal sickness of our times, one that manifests itself in the debasement of individual morality. Themes of exploitation, vengeance, drug addiction, paranoia and slave labour are part of a dissonant, inverted morality play. Testament to the bands’ evolving conceptual depth are the overarching themes of love, life and death that offer a sense of shared experience in the discomfort of the universal human experience. Known for their violent and nihilistic stage performances, this recording encapsulates with harsher clarity the visceral confrontation that is Kollaps’ live act... Mechanical Christ was recorded and mixed over a two-month period at Aviary Studios by Mike Deslandes, and mastered by James Plotkin/Plotkinworks. A journey into the desperation and lack of resolve that is both the crux of modern social ills and at the very heart of the human condition... CD in gatefold digisleeve. [label info]
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KOMA PROJECT -- "Flatline" -- CD-R -- €7
2012 Essentia Mundi, EM023, (ltd. 100)
Experimental droning doom metal. KOMA Project is a side-project of Yury (aka Spinefish) from Orel, Russia. Flatline is the first album release of this interesting project that gathers a number of local and Swedish musicians to bring you a meditative, humming, oppressive and at the same time mesmerizing atmosphere. [label info]
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KOMMANDO -- "Crimefactory" -- CD -- €10
2009 UMB, UMB008, (ltd. 313)
Industrial / Power Electronics. KOMMANDO was the pre-THOROFON project of Dan Courtman, which has released only two cassette tapes and one CD during its existence. 'Crimefactory' features 14 previous unreleased, re-structured and remixed tracks recorded between 1993-1997 varying from harsh power electronics to more rhythmic and catchy tracks. This is a very powerful album with a lot to offer. Throbbing distortions on their way to collapse with a forceful drive and aggressive vocal treatment. An absolute must have for those who like it harsh, heavy and churning. KOMMANDO is an intensive experience that will leave its scars for the remaining day. [Ant-Zen]
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KOMMANDO -- "Necroinvasiv" -- CD -- €10
2007 L. White Records, LW-050, (ltd. 300)
They digged very deep in the UMB-archive, and finally brought some really rotten, dirty, sticky "audio-corpses", dated from mid of the 90`s,to the surface. The material had been digitally cleaned and partly restructured for being presented for the very first time on cd. Well arranged power-electronics with distorted screams and aggressiv vocals, leads to the roots of this pre-THOROFON project. [press-release]
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KONSTRUKTIVISTS -- "Anarchic Arcadia" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 E-Klageto, Exklageto 12, (ltd. 300)
Konstruktivist, the legendary industrial/experimental group from the UK, returns with a new album entitled 'Anarchic Arcadia'. It is their first regular album since 2007's 'Back to Black' followed by a few self-released CDRs and downloads. The album features 8 new tracks recorded during the past two years. Glenn M. Wallis and Mark Crumby prepared one hour of experimental songs, twisted dance music, dark electronica. The influences span 4 decades. 'Anarchic Arcadia' is an album that will appeal to both fans of classic projects such as Coil, Chris and Cosey or SPK and followers of modern dark electronics in the vein of Demdike Stare or The Haxan Cloak. The great cover was designed by Natascha Schampus. The album is strictly limited to 300 copies. [press-release]
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KOPP, HERMANN -- "Under a Demon's Mask" -- CD -- €15
2008 Galakthorrö 021
Everybody who has seen the Buttgereit films Nekromantik 1+2 and Todesking, has heard of Hermann Kopp. The music he wrote and performed for them is ever-present, pervading the atmosphere and has contributed considerably to the advancement of these films into classics. He still retains to this day his exceptional musical ability, and proves it yet again. Galakthorrö is proud to be able to present 13 new songs from the nekrodramatist: more than 40 minutes of new material, which today - just as it did then - has as its core his dissonantly tempered and individualistic violin playing. Combined with electronics, a host of weird instruments and metal percussion he creates an unequalled gruesome opus, carried by an effectively conceived minimalism, and the most beautiful and haunting Angst melodies imaginable. So morbid and wonderful in fact, that we have to ask ourselves how we could manage to survive for so long without any new material from Hermann Kopp - and which demons were riding him that he had to keep us waiting so long. CD in matt finish digipac, 20-page booklet incl. all texts and lyrics. [press-release]
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KOPP, HERMANN -- "Zyanidanger" -- CD -- €15
2013 Galakthorrö, Galakthorrö 032
On his new album Hermann Kopp devotes himself to the subject of Alchemy, having been triggered by the book “Die Geschichte Der Chemie” (The History of Chemistry) which was published in 1843 in Braunschweig written by an author by the name of Hermann Kopp. One is always astounded by these strange accidents of Fate. Notwithstanding, on the Zyanidanger album, nothing is left to Fate, conceptually or musically. The theme is excitingly put into action, the script is expertly interpreted (“mise-en-Scene”) and every weird note perfectly placed. The recording is full of gruesome melodies and it should be mentioned that Hermann Kopp lays a high value on production technique, bringing back to us, rejuvenated, the raw scent of the 80s. This in combination with his morbid-minimalistic compositions is an unbeatable mixture. The music on Zyanidanger is so utterly poisonous and deathly tragic, that it turns all the right mind-screws, letting us float in a kind of melancholy high. Which goes to prove that as a Sound Wizard and Tonal Alchemist, Hermann Kopp has certainly done his homework! An die Chemie! CD in matt finish digipac, 16-page booklet. [press-release]
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KORA ET LE MECHANIX -- "Excursin Forte (16:9 Progressive Remixes)" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2007 Nextera, ERA 2047-2
Following the critically acclaimed debut album "Excursin", Kora et le Mechanix the Czech experimentalists decided to invite some of the most interesting Czech and Slovak artists from the alternative scene to participate on their remix album! The result is a unique compilation of exclusive remixes from 16 different artists covering various musical genres including dub, chill out, click'n'cuts, drill'n'bass, electronica and electroacoustic music, but mostly exploring the experimental sides of ambient music. Carefully selected and mastered, this conceptual remix album is highly recommended to everyone, who likes progressive and experimental music with a fresh feeling full of new sounds and ideas. [press-release]
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KOUDE -- "Schizophilia" -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT106, (ltd. 66)
Long awaited new material from this Russian project, two albums of which have already been released by our label. Schizophrenic industrial avantgarde based on ambient foundation, with lots of samples and gothic influence. Sleeve. [label info]
KOUDE -- "Since..." -- CD-R -- €7
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT20, (ltd. 46)
Second album of this Russia project oriented towards classical "live" drone ambient. The sound has become more monochrome, viscous and sticky, more meditative and dramatic, sometimes even a bit theatrical. And still Koude has the most concentration of existentialism in the drone scene... 46 copies in full-colour glossy sleeves. [press-release]
KOUDE -- "Towards the False Light" -- CD-R -- €7
2007 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT19, (ltd. 33)
Harsh psychedelic Drone Ambient played primarily on electroguitars with a minimal dose of synthesizer and metal percussion. Atmospheric, anxious, existential technogenic-shaman's sound, very much close to Ural's project Ad Lux Tenebrae and meditative tracks of old Communism. Due to author's request the edition is limited to 33 copies, so you better be quick... [press-release]
KRATONG -- "The Bees of Psychic Province" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2004 Wrotycz Records, WRT 001
KRATONG is a solo project of Jhonny, the guitarist of Romowe Rikoito (Prussia). All the nine tracks from "The Bees of Psychic Province" show us various musical inspiration of the artist. On this album you'll find song inspired by the middle ages, neo-folk music, ambient passages and even a rhytmic electro. Although the music is very complex every little sound created by the artist is neccesary here. Fomat: CD, A5 folding cover. [press-release]
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KREJCI, MARTIN / SEBASTIAN GIUSSANI / KEIKO UENISHI -- "Counting Sheep Won't Cause You To Encounter A Dream Of A Stray Dog (Or Will It?)" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2014 Attenuation Circuit, ACLE 1006, (ltd. 50)
Don’t be fooled by the Zen-Dadaist title: what these three laptop artists from Munich, Augsburg, and Vienna/New York serve up is neither nihilist noise nor tongue-in-cheek collage, but a dense, yet transparent trip from monochrome lowercase static through lusciously harmonic territory into near-cosmic seas of drone... Both sound and visual artists, Krejci and Giussani, both based in the South of Germany, have been collaborating on many occasions over the last decade or so. This has included full-on digital noise mayhem as well as conceptual performance art pieces, but this 30-minute trio with Keiko Uenishi, a sound artist from New York currently based in Vienna, is something else again. Recorded live in June 2011, the set has a thoroughly composed feel, both in the sense of “structured” and “calm and reassured”, yet full of excitement. Extraordinarily beautiful digital music – experimental laptop drones with soul. [press-release]
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KREUTZFELDT, DANNY -- "Numberground" -- CD-R -- €10
2007 Practising Nature, PN07025
Haunting industrial soundscapes by Danny Kreutzfeldt. An ambient nightmare in 6 movements. [label info]
KREUZER -- "In Hoc Signo Vinces" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2008 The Eastern Front, Front 018, (ltd. 300)
New album of the very young Israeli project Kreuzer. Martial dark ambient sounds mixed with industrial elements. Feel spirit of the Crusades and medieval Jerusalem in Kreuzer new album - "In Hoc Signo Vinces"! [label info]
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KREUZER -- "Lilium" -- 3"CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2009 T'an! Kaven!! Ash!!!, Ash!!! 027, (ltd. 100)
The newest work of Israeli power electronics ambient project Kreuzer - mini-album "Lilium" is out now. It is the second mini-album released on T'an! Kaven!! Ash!!! following "Noises Of Independence" released in 2008 on T'an! Kaven!! Ash!!! and "In Hoc Signo Vinces" full-length album released in 2008 on The Eastern Front label. [label info]
KREUZWEG OST -- "Gott Mit Uns" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Cold Spring, CSR141CD
2nd monumental album from Kreuzweg Ost for Cold Spring, headed by Michael Gregor (SUMMONING / AMESTIGON). "We see a light through the dim and cloudy shadows of our existence. In the electric field between total faith and desperation, hope and doubt, eternal bliss and delusion, we walk an unsure path to an unknown end. When the clouds open, the light navigates. The loud music of the sky: pounding drums surrounded by trumpets and swirling voices echoing from a distance unknown". Kreuzweg Ost rises again with God on their side. "Gott Mit Uns" combines a variety of different musical styles: from Martial Industrial to Classical sounds, from deep Ambient to cinematic Pop music. These musical prayers are made for those seeking salvation. [press-release]
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KRIEGSFALL-U -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2015 UFA Muzak, UFA67 / Mozgalom Records, MM 011/2, (ltd. 200)
Martial industrial. We give you a ticket of the Hungarian cult, to go to the place where the heart of all disasters is born, where the multi-ton door reminds of heaviness of a zinc coffin. Frosty wind of lowlands will find with it's tongue the salty traces of secret guards, as everything contains a part of everything. Emblems of sorrow are not erased from those walls and black feathers covered the nearness of His eyes. Raw, rough, underground martial industrial of the old school here rumbles like an obliquely moving armored truck, we see only the tracks of its crawler chains, creeping away in a symmetrical crown. Acrid sounds of smoke cover the speakers alignments with its tails; blood, sweat and tears expectorated by the choked narrow radio channel. Unintelligible commands are quotations, and code names are the ciphers of keys to the citadel towns. Exclusive reprint of the very limited second self-release of these Hungarian traditionalists. This is not the material to fill the charts of the independent media. No sentimentality and sweet melodies, only overdrived feedback background and combat-ineffective rhythm. Despair and hastily hidden fear, just dried uniform, rust stuck in a crossroad of damnations and incantations. Bloodcurdling slow roar, a kind of music a blind monk can play on a cemetary of eternally disabled tanks. The adequate art for the twilight of days. Inspiration from knowing the lies of all augurs. "Giver of all things faire, but fairest this of all thy gifts, nor enviest. I now see Bone of my Bone, Flesh of my Flesh". 8 tracks, 35 minutes, 6 panel digipak. [press-release]
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KRIEGSFALL-U / KRASCHAU -- "Unitas" -- CD -- €10
2013 Ufa Muzak, UFA64 / MozgaloM, MM015, (ltd. 500)
Martial industrial. Ufa Muzak proudly presents the full-length original split release by the first class bands from the Eastern Europe. A monolythic fusion of two forms of the traditionalist force. In their stone crypts, ancient kings roll their long beards over one hand and raise petrified swords by another. Once ultra-limited release now presented in a new quality format in a glossy digipak. Time runs with different speed, and their minute equals a century, but the breath of bones doesn't break the connection with an ancient clan. Splendid restless tracks by Kriegsfall-U like cups are filled with premonitions of the forthcoming danger, they thunder with marching drums and implode with shouts of orders. Sound of horn and weapon clatter, marble face, slow ritual and young blood soaking the cuirass. The part of Kraschau pays respectful homage, sharing in half light and darkness, melody and noise, their ascetic approach to music is moderate and austere. In a cave amidst stalactites and bones the golden crown is wrapped in a decayed coat, eternal damnation is the price of entering here. Taste the liquor cooked by a sonic union of the Hungarian magicians, touch the peculiar consciousness, the value not posessed by time but by what is called an artifact in "troublesome" times. 7 tracks, 36 minutes, 6-panel digipak. [press-release]
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KRIEGSTROMMELN -- "2013-2014 Sammlung" -- 2 CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_38, (ltd. 30)
Martial Industrial / Dark Ambient / Neoclassical. Even the Paper Moon Republic is familiar with the tread of war. The echo of war drums resonates in the hidden attics of our cultural heritage and interpretations. Along with it we're presented with a terrifying and somewhat attractive collage from the inevitable cannonade of fear, violence, cheerful children’s voices and pure unadulterated love. The steel gates of the upcoming Valhalla's propaganda sparkle as a fiery star through the hazy fog of everyday life. Let in the collection of things from the Empire of War Factories. You have to love it. Two surface-printed CD-Rs packed in a Double DVD Box. [label info]
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KROL' / VIR' -- "s/t" -- CD -- €12
2020 COD Noizes, SHUM29, (ltd. 97)
Drone Rock / Ambient Pop. Music of closed rooms. Music of correctly hidden childhood fears. We present a new joint work of projects from two Russian capitals, in which the recognizable artcore of the Moscow project Vir and the hazy ambient pop of St. Petersburg group Krol intertwined. This is a slumber album: restless, anxious, filled with almost Lovecraftian images. A hopeless and desperate dream, dragging you to the very bottom and unexpectedly interrupted by the pacifying wind of a night city through an opened window. But the time will come to close your eyes again. Enjoy. Compact discs in vinyl-style gatefold laminated cardboard sleeve with innersleeves printed on black designer cardboard. Strictly limited edition of 97 handnumbered copies. [label info]
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KROMESHNA -- "Atyazh" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT114, (ltd. 74)
Ascetic Archaic Drone Ambient inspired by severe nature of the Urals. For the lovers of The Hafler Trio, Hum, Staruha Mha. Slim DVD-box, handmade cover, insert. [label info]
KROMESHNA -- "Chthonic Heritage" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2021 Status Prod., SP 18 CD, (ltd. 150)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. "To listen to the river from under the water, to roll over the dead roots on the palm of the hand and to smear peat on the face... To remember what is not there yet, dangling in the cradle of an echo of a boulder slipped off the mountain..." Status Prod. presents the new album of the famous Russian industrial project KROMESHNA "Chthonic Heritage". The album is a series of appeals to the very essence of the chthonic heart of the age-old Ural forests, appealing to the forgotten cults of our ancestors. All the material was played on cassette loops using a small set of pedals and a dynamic effects processor. The album is released on CD in an edition of 150 hand-numbered copies and is a gate-fold with an attachment card. [label info]
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KROMESHNA -- "Eternal Waves" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2018 Ostroga, OTR-105, (ltd. 37)
Abstract Drone music with field recordings and radiowaves buried deep inside the textures of sound. Two long 20+ minutes tracks.
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KROMESHNA -- "Martyata" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018/2021 Besperech', (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Drone. Album dedicated to the spring flood. When fish go to the fields through channels from the lakes to spawn. You used to sit on a bump with a spear and wait for the slightest splash. The gaze drowns in the arms of the sky and water fused together by the sun. Last year's raspy grass has turned into a brown brew under the surface of the water. The rolls quietly murmur and the wind cut by the grass of marsh bumps. Small spiders, waiting for a new gust of wind, break away from the bog and fly wherever they look. Myriads of transparent threads, saddled by microscopic riders, give birth to bizarre dances that can only be seen here and now. It feels like you've been deaf and numb after spending the whole day in the field. The cheeks are already burning from the sun and wind. Squeaking your wading boots and picking up the catch, you quietly leave... Reissue of a 2018 cassette with bonus track. The first edition was on Ostroga and included 10 cassetes with an original design from watercolor miniatures. Branches and grass from the Trans-Ural fields were put into the body of the cassette. [label info]
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KROMESHNA -- "Mnogotochie" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016 Monotype Series, (ltd. 20)
Ultra-minimal ambient / noise from Vitaly Maklakov aka Kromeshna. Packed in a hand-painted monotype (oil on water) sleeve with an insert. Each copy is unique.
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KROMESHNA -- "Noosphere" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_2, (ltd. 22)
Noise / Abstract / Field Recordings. World doesn't stand still. Biosphere mutates in noosphere: crunchy, rustling and horrible in its massive imperceptible processes. Exciting at the same time. Dive in this abyss of informational rubbish and mental noise with this album of the Ural-based project. CD-R with printed surface, packed in half-DVD box. [label info]
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KROMESHNA -- "Paratkul'" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT129, (ltd. 25)
Drone / Industrial. Vitaly Maklakov and his project KROMESHNA continue sonic explorations of the Southern Urals' landscapes. This time his attention is focused on the village Paratkul' and its neighborhood. Two tracks of misty resonant Drone Industrial with warm moist lo-fi sound. The cover is handmade of plastic and fragrant wood paper with textured splashes, a photo made by Vitaly in Paratkul', all information is hand-written. [label info]
KROMESHNA -- "Summer" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016 YAOP, YAOP 075, (ltd. 50)
Recorded more than 10 years ago and finally extracted from the archives and published, this conceptual mini-album by Kromeshna takes a look on a summer day from dawn till dusk through the chrystal psychedelic prism of rhythmic Ambient / Chillout. Unhurried saturated romantic music for gourmets used to taste sounds, feelings, days, seasons... Jewel case, coloured cover, back insert made of vintage chintz with a pattern of summer flowers. [label info]
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KROMESHNA -- "Tropic Of Cancer" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016 Ostroga, OTR-057, (ltd. 34)
Ethereal drone ambient. Deep Space diptych. Dedication to the constellation of Cancer. Pro-CDR, 34 copies. [label info] Previously released on a split-tape with Lunar Abyss (BioSonar^Lo-End, 2013).
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KROMESHNA + BARDOSENETICCUBE -- "Lilac Honey" -- CD-R -- €6
2011 Ostroga, OTR-019
One collaborative 21 min. track from St. Petersburg based Bardoseneticcube and Kromeshna from Ural. "Like psychedelic balm pouring in florid patterns in eternal search for otherworldly clouds" [UFA Muzak]. A5 paper sleeve with a herbarium.
KROMESHNA + CHEFKIRK -- "Surfaces" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Besperech', (ltd. 100)
Experimental / Darl Ambient / Musique Concrete. Sound body not limited to a specific topic. The travel vector can be directed in any direction and fly away, mired in a myriad of smoothly floating and arbitrarily changing abstractions. In the creation of the album were used: field recordings, experiments with tape and synths. Mastering by Carl Kruger. Each copy is unique and is a book of the artist made in the original technique. In the creation of artifacts, the pages of the old Soviet magazine "Decorative Art" of the late 80s and early 90s were used. The pages were used in improvisation with xerox. Each booklet contains 16 pages covered with acrylic lacquer. [label info]
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KROMESHNA + NONPANDORAS -- "Volosatye Zvyozdy (Hairy Stars)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Besperech', (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Drone. Collaboration of two artists from the Urals and Siberia. nonpandoras used a guitar, Kromeshna used the sounds of a children's accordion distorted by experiments with tape. This album is dedicated to the infinity of space, Van Gogh and warm deep dreams... [label info]
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KROTEVICH, DMITRIY -- "Olgoi-Khorkhoi" -- CD -- €9
2013 Intonema, int006, (ltd. 200)
Dmitriy Krotevich is already presented in the Intonema catalog: he participated in the recording of Wozzeck "Act III: Comics" release. At this time we are releasing his solo album which was recodred using turntables and no-input mixer. Last year Dmitriy released several albums on internet labels that represent him as an electronic musician and composer, while the Intonema release presents him as an improviser expoloring the territory of electroacoustics. In the cover we used the artwork of Mongolian artist Solongo Monkhooroi. The album itself is dedicated to the Mongolian death worm called Olgoi-Khorkhoi - the worm is mentioned in various literature, but no one had ever seen it... The Mongolian death worm, also known as Olgoi-khorkhoi is rumored to live in the Gobi Desert, one of the most inhospitable regions of the planet. It is generally considered a cryptid: an animal whose sightings and reports are disputed or unconfirmed. This freakish creature is said to spray acid, send out electric shocks and explode when threatened. [press-release]
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KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK -- "22.SZ" -- CD -- €10
2004 Mechanoise Labs, [mn024], (ltd. 350)
After several split/collaboration CDR-releases and compilation appearances, French label Mechanoise Labs released the first full-length album of this project coming from St.Petersburg and specializing in music built mainly from radionoise manipulations. Pulsating rhythms, melodic elements, samples and dense noise attacks lie on a substrate of plangent drone layers extracted from electrified depths of radio receivers. A5 package with amusing pictures.
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KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK -- "Tales from the Mirrored Spaces" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 186-2, (ltd. 200)
Experimental / Drone / Noise. "Tales from the Mirrored Spaces" is the third full-length album by the Russian project Kryptogen Rundfunk, released by Zoharum after “22.SZ” (2004, Mechanoise Labs), “Liquid Circuits” (2016, ZHELEZOBETON) and a number of various split-releases, collaborations and compilations. The project was founded in 2002 in St. Petersburg by Artyom (M.M.), who has been active in the Russian underground scene since the early 00-s: recording music, playing numerous live gigs in Russia and Europe and releasing quite a lot of experimental and post-industrial music from Russian and international artists on his own labels ZHELEZOBETON and Muzyka Voln... Developing his sound from previous works, on this album Kryptogen Rundfunk uses more acoustic instruments (mouth harp, bowed guitar, metal plate, singing bowl, voice), yet stays true to his favourite array of synthesizers, effect units and of course his trademark shortwave radio noises and transmission interceptions. With all this set-up he creates a dynamic sonic universe varying from ritualistic ambiental textures to heavy electronics, abstract multi-layered drones and sharp gritty noises... Standard single CD edition (ltd. 200 copies) in a 4-panel ecopak featuring beautiful artwork by the St. Petersburg-based graphic artist Kirill Rozhkov. [label info]
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KRYVAKRYZ -- "Malitvy Vainy" -- CD -- €10
2009 Crivia Records, Ritual 02, (ltd. 500)
Neofolk. The debut album of a Belarus neofolk band Kryvakryz - 12 brisk and energetic songs in Byelorussian language (one in Russian), sung to the accompaniment of grand piano, violin, trumpet and drums, and telling about the great historical past of the Lithuanian princedom.
KSANDR -- "Ilinoise" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2008 Forbidden Sounds Group
An album of the now defunct project from St. Petersburg, which was a part of Forbidden Sounds Group. Stylistically - from IDM to completely abstract sonic experiments, noise and technogeneous ambient. Handmade foldout cardboard sleeve.
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KSHATRIY -- "Do It With Magic!" -- CD-R BOX -- €45
2021 self-released, (ltd. 10)
Ambient / Experimental. The new album by the Russian project KSHATRIY diverges from pitch-black space dark ambient to more bright pulsing electronics with refined sound. The album is recorded on a special hi-end CD-R (24 karat gold discs by Mitsui MAM-A, designed for creating audio masters, estimated lifespan – over 300 years!) and released in an extremely limited edition of 10 copies in wooden boxes with golden print and hand-made herbarium.
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KSHATRIY -- "Mystical Variations" -- 2 CD-R BOX -- €50
2022 self-released, (ltd. 11)
Ambient / Experimental / Field Recordings. This release includes two albums, each with field recordings in high-end rather than documental style, never heard before: the recordings were made with the best equipment on the market, no wind noise reducers were used — I waited patiently for the breezeless weather and waited, just like a professional photographer, “for the one and only ray of sunshine that will make all the difference”... 1) Mystical Variations for The Birds from Night Forest. The field recordings for this album were made during the white nights period not far from St. Petersburg: this time of the year is not about the dark nights, it’s about the nature being really busy — birds, first off. All the recordings were made at about 4am in such locations where a human being cannot violate their natural activity, so that you could immerse in the world of nature as it is… while it’s re-creating new cycles with all its grandness and deliberation. This is the time when the birds are highly diligent: tirelessly they perform their best songs to settle all their issues… When you face such zeal, you may find yourself thinking, “Here are the real fighters!” even though they’re so tiny... Granular synthesis was used for composition of the music for this album — this technology helps create a sound with such precision that it fits neatly, as if within the sounds of nature, not disturbing them in the slightest... This is not background music — this is a reflection of the experience of the things that’re going on... 2) Mystical Variations for The Spirits from Night Forest. The field recordings for this album were made during the darkest season, when the day is so short that you spend the most of it in the dark. The nature is asleep… Only frozen trees in the dark of the night, fast asleep, keep swaying and uttering piercing moans… What are they dreaming about? Is anybody here at all? Or only spirits of the past are swaying the trees… The musical part of the album is hard to describe… The way it has been done is pure intuition — I used every little detail able to reflect and translate into sound this atmosphere of loneliness, frozen life, and the majestic cycle on hold... Two high-end Gold CD-Rs recorded using professional ceramic recorder — the life time of these archival CDs is more than 300 years. These CD-Rs are absolutely stable while playing on any players & have more natural sound with some brilliant taste on high frequencies — Really delicious! Packaged in the metallic cardboards in a black wooden box with gold print. Only 11 copies! [from the artist]
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KSHATRIY -- "Samantabhadra" -- CD -- €13
2016 self-released
Samantabhadra name means "Noble in Everything He Does", "Always Lovely". His body symbolizes the immensity of space as the nature of mind. Samantabhadra in union with his wife Samantabhadri (Yab-Yum union) symbolizes the original purity of the emptiness as the nature of mind. Their union is the unity of all in the non-duality, it is also a symbol of the indissoluble unity of bliss and emptiness... This music absolutely free of any duality concepts. [from the author] CD reissue of the album previously available on CD-R.
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KSHATRIY -- "Samantabhadra" -- CD-R -- €35
2021 self-released, (ltd. 3)
Drone / Ambient. Samantabhadra name means "Noble in Everything He Does", "Always Lovely". His body symbolizes the immensity of space as the nature of mind. Samantabhadra in union with his wife Samantabhadri (Yab-Yum union) symbolizes the original purity of the emptiness as the nature of mind. Their union is the unity of all in the non-duality, it is also a symbol of the indissoluble unity of bliss and emptiness... This music is absolutely free of any duality concepts... Professionally recorded CD-R Mitsui MAM-A Digital Audio Gold 24K in cardboard with metallic photo print. This CD-Rs are absolutely stable while playing on any players & have more natural sound with some brilliant taste on high frequencies — Really delicious! ...and life time of this CD-Rs more then 300 years! This edition includes a White Rose made of jewelry resin — It glows blue in the dark! Handmade by Sergei Kshatriy. [from the author]
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KSHATRIY -- "Special Offer" -- BOX
2016 self-released
Contemporary music industry has profound changes, today's ambient music distribution trends look more and more like "from hand to hand, from heart to heart". Understanding this I want to make my music closer to you, my dears! A new offer exclusively for my subscribers: special set which contains any numbers of CDs you want. Each box will be signed with your name, you can choose any music from my bandcamp page and make your own set. Also it's possible to make exclusive compilation from any tracks you want. All music will be professionally recorded to HQ CD-Rs using high-end recorder and carefully packed in digitrays with cardboard cover for all set. [from the author] The price of this edition is formed individually - 10 EUR for each CDR.
KSHATRIY -- "Sunyata Research" -- CD-R -- €14
2014/2017 self-released, (ltd. 25)
Drone / Dark Ambient. This is a mastered recording of my live gig on dRЁmA-4. In the night from 11 to 12 October, 2014 I played for the sleepers, trying to completely disengage from the everyday realities in order to plunge into a state of active sleep and joint experience with no any ideas and concepts, to plunge into the world of pure perception of infinite shining ocean-space-mind, love, energy and beauty... The album is recorded on a special hi-end CD-R (24 karat gold discs by Mitsui MAM-A, designed for creating audio masters, estimated lifespan – over 300 years!) and released in an extremely limited edition of 22 copies packed in metallic cardboard with laser print. [from the author]
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KSHATRIY -- "Sunyata Research" -- CD-R -- €40
2014/2021 self-released, (ltd. 1)
Drone / Dark Ambient. Special author's edition coming with a "diamond" made of jewelry resin with gold flecks — handmade by Sergei Kshatriy. The album is recorded on special hi-end CD-Rs (24 karat gold discs by Mitsui MAM-A, designed for creating audio masters, estimated lifespan – over 300 years!). Only one copy.
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KSHATRIY -- "Sustained Variations for Prepared Piano & Excellent Reverberators" -- 3"CD-R BOX -- €19
2020 self-released, (ltd. 25)
Drone / Ambient. This recording is a completely atypical use of the grand piano for classical musicians. Music was born without touching the keys. This sound recorded inside the instrument with complete destruction of the attack of each touch. In this way, a large number of samples were created that harmoniously blend together and smoothly flow from one to another creating a single canvas of abstract sound creating the embodiment of majesty and perfection inherent in such natural processes as sunrise and sunset, the change of seasons , inhaling and exhaling, birth and death... Wooden box with gold print contains mini-CD & floral composition of dried plants: mosses, tree leaves, flowers, spruce cones etc. Each one is unique! [from the author]
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KSHATRIY -- "Sustained Variations for Prepared Piano & Excellent Reverberators (Part 2)" -- 3"CD-R BOX -- €19
2020 self-released, (ltd. 25)
Drone / Ambient. This recording is a completely atypical use of the grand piano for classical musicians. Music was born without touching the keys. This sound recorded inside the instrument with complete destruction of the attack of each touch. In this way, a large number of samples were created that harmoniously blend together and smoothly flow from one to another creating a single canvas of abstract sound creating the embodiment of majesty and perfection inherent in such natural processes as sunrise and sunset, the change of seasons , inhaling and exhaling, birth and death... The next variation of «Sustained Variations for Prepared Piano and Excellent Reverberators» comes with a deepest interpretation of the balanced use of the harmonic and dominant tones of piano... Wooden box with gold print contains mini-CD & floral composition of dried plants: mosses, tree leaves, flowers, spruce cones etc. Each one is unique! [from the author]
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KSHATRIY -- "Sustained Variations for Prepared Piano & Excellent Reverberators (Part 3)" -- 3"CD-R BOX -- €19
2021 self-released
Drone / Ambient. This music is a result of completely atypical use of the grand piano for classical musicians: Main part of this multilayer record was born without touching the keys — This sound recorded inside the instrument with complete destruction of the attack of each touch. In this way, a large number of samples were created that harmoniously blend together and smoothly flow from one to another creating a single canvas of abstract sound creating the embodiment of majesty and perfection inherent in such natural processes as sunrise and sunset, the change of seasons, inhaling and exhaling, birth and death... Blue wooden box with gold print contains mini CD & floral composition of dried plants. Each one is unique! [from the author]
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KSHATRIYAS AGAINST TIME -- "Dämmerstunde" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2020 Glasir CDR Series, 08, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient. A collection of the best tracks from the French traditionalist Dark Ambient project. Obscure mystical atmosphere, austerity and minimalism. Black & white sleeve. [label info]
KSHATRIYAS AGAINST TIME -- "La Visitation De Pan (En Trois Actes)" -- CD-R -- €6
2021 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_65, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Drone. "In the rootless earth, under the flooded stone, in the reproved cave, on the sacred Peninsula, by this offering composed, the faun be thanked..." CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in Half-DVD-box. [label info]
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KSHATRIYAS AGAINST TIME -- "Litvs" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2021 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_57, (ltd. 50)
Dungeon Synth / Ambient. Paper Moon Republic presents the album of the French project KSHATRIYAS AGAINST TIME, celebrating the Gallic divine pantheon. Eleven odes and hymns to powerful beings of those times when Rome was still trying to conquer this proud people. Pathos mystical energy, transmitted through a minimalist and neat sound. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in jewel box. [label info]
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KSHATRIYAS AGAINST TIME -- "Seelenloch" -- CD-R -- €6
2021 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_63, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient. I decided to release another album from the French project. Minimalist, full of archaic winds soundscape inspired by the works of the Norwegian project Ildjarn. An ode to the souls of the ancients, buried in the old Western European barrows of the Neolithic era. "The soulhole" on the overgrown gravestones, as an invitation to contemplate the great cyclical endless nostalgic journey from one body to another. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in Half-DVD-box. [label info]
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KUBOTA, KAZUMA / MEI ZHIYONG -- "Session June.12.2016" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 [...]dotsmark, ooo-32, (ltd. 300)
Noise. Kazuma Kubota is the noise artist who is gathering support from various strata, and Mei Zhiyong is the most important figure of modern Chinese noise music. This piece of work is the live recording of a 2016 studio session that came about from a chance encounter of the Japanese and Chinese modern noise artists. It is a collaboration of a high purity that fuses together the synchronicity, which can be felt from the two artists' solo work, as a tight and hard noise. I think this is an important piece that presents the current Japanese and Chinese noise. [label info]
KUCZ, KONRAD -- "Nagrania Bardzo Archiwalne 1988-2004" -- 2 CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2004 Requiem Records, 20 | 2004
The anthology of works by Konrad Kucz created for theater, cinema and as standalone works. Ambient varying from technogenic works close to Asmus Tietchens and Aube to spacious landscapes in vein of Berlin school. Double slim-DVD box with full colour cover and beautifully designed booklet. [YAOP]
KYLIE MINOISE -- "God Love Kylie" -- CD-R -- €5
2005 Monopolka, Monopolka's Dental School #115
Noise from the UK. Silk-screened A5 sleeve.
L'EFFET C'EST MOI -- "Il Sole A Mezzanotte" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Rage In Eden, RAI90, (ltd. 500)
It was the project's debut released as a CD. In the distant past that is 2007, War Office Propaganda released a record L'Effet C'est Moi -"Tomber En Heros". After 5-year-time L'Effet C'est Moi releases another record, not in War Office Propaganda but in Rage in Eden. The time I did not listen to the music, composed by Emanuelle, let me see the big change that had taken place in the music. The new record is definitely more mature. The music stuns from the very first beats that intrinsically impel my associations to works of Blood Axis. It is not a copy but it deals with similar aesthetics. The music is full of space and pugnacity. Recommended! [press-release]
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LA BREICHE -- "Le Mal Des Ardents" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Cold Spring, CSR224CD
Dark Folk / Ritual / Dark Ambient. LA BREICHE ("the witch") features two well-known musicians: Arexis and Lafforgue of Stille Volk - a band best known since 1994 as one of the pioneers of Pagan Folk in Europe - and of Pagan Black French band Sus Scrofa. "Le Mal Des Ardents" ("Holy Fire") is a concept album about fears, terrors, about the balance between folklore and reason, myth and common sense, light and darkness, past and present, modernity and archaism. The album marries minimalism, purity, a fine approach and ancient instruments: traditional music (hurdy gurdy, shawm, polyphonies, percussion, gongs); the gloom of oppressive dark ambient; the slow pace of ritual music, wavering between modernity and archaism. Voices rise towards beauty, lifting it away from some occult mud. Holy Fire takes us back to a forgotten world - a primal, ancient, wild and free world, pervaded by secret dances of sorcerers', unfathomable forests, remote and lifeless places. 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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LA DOLCE VISA -- "Passport To Paradise" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Attenuation Circuit, ACLE 1015, (ltd. 30)
La Dolce Visa hail from Italy, and though their band name can be read as a bitter comment on the desparate refugees washed ashore everyday on the country’s shore, the duo (on some tracks trio) do not offer political hardcore punk, as might be expected, but a rather unusual blend of free-form rock and quasi-shamanistic chanting... While the use of electric guitar and percussion ensures the whole shebang to remain tied to the rock idiom, the obsessed voices, walkie-talkie noises, erhu (a Chinese string instrument) and shamanic bells open the pieces up to a somewhat alien presence. Conflicting emotions seem to simmer within these open-ended pieces, a desire for meditative calm being lacerated by a tension that cannot be spelled out in words. The reason for this uneasiness, however, is for every listener to find out for themselves. [press-release]
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LA NOMENKLATUR -- "Un Recueil De La Nomenklatur" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1996 Les Nouvelles Propagandes, NP.015
A retrospective collection of rare material recorded and released in 1988-1992, including tracks from the split-album with Brume "End Of Symptom Dump / Meosta" (1989, La Legende De Voix), and cassette compilations "Avanti!" (1990, T.M.F.H.), "Autoplasie II" (1992, Nuit et Brouillard), "Music From The White House Volume 4: France" (Exart Cassettes), "Tri-Bu 2" (1991, Dedali Opera) and "Cobwebs" (1992, Epitapes). Not only this is an interesting historical document for the perfectionist collectors, but also a good opportunity to get an impression of the evolution of this unique and unappreciated musical project. [Monochrome Vision]
LAGOWSKI -- "Redesine +" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009/2013 Zoharum, ZOHAR 056-2, (ltd. 300)
Following last year's reissue of Legion's "False Dawn" in anniversary 2CD edition, Andrew Lagowski returns to Zoharum with an album of new music. It is his first physical album in 7 years under his own surname following "Temporary Distractions" released in 2006. In the meantime, he's been busy with live gigs, his arctic ambient project S.E.T.I. and reissuing his older material as Legion and Nagamatzu. "Redesine+" is his return to the dormant post-techno side of his music. It's very hard to pigeonhole Andrew's music. From sterile cold wave through underground techno to icy dark ambience, and that's just the tip of an iceberg. As Lagowski, he penetrates the world of rhythms and digital electronics as opposed to ambient albums by S.E.T.I. and defunct Legion. On his new solo albums he gathers 13 songs (79 minutes of music!!!) where he teases us with a myriad of sounds, samples and beats. Retaining the traditional elements of 1990s IDM and techno, he filters his music through an ambient sensibility, thus creating a completely new sonic spectrum. A very strong release in Lagowski's discography and one of the best releases in Zoharum catalogue. Mastering: Lukasz Miernik. This release is presented in 6-panel ecopak and is strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide. [press-release]
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LAHARIS -- "Unpolitical Alchemy" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Vrihaspati Recordings, VR003, (ltd. 500)
Laharis is the new project of Johan König who was the original founder of A Challenge of Honour. After recording the "Wilhelm Gustloff" sessions, Johan left ACOH and gave the Project to Peter, who is ACOH nowadays. In 2005 Johan started working on his own music again under a name that he used already several years ago: Laharis. On the new album "Unpolitical Alchemy" he works again (for the first time in 5 years) together with Peter. The sound is between the early ACOH recordings with modern electronic influences. A beautiful album with many psychedelic moments. The best soundtrack for long car-rides in dark nights. ATTENTION: this CD contains a hidden video-clip! [press-release]
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LAIBACH -- "1 VIII 1944. Warszawa" -- CD EP -- €23
2014 Narodowe Centrum Kultury
Polish National Centre for Culture released Laibach EP with three new tracks, titled: 1 VIII 1944. Warszawa. Laibach was invited by the NCC to create the special project CD, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. The Warsaw Uprising (Polish: powstanie warszawskie) was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. [label info]
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LAMBWOOL -- "A Sky Through The Wall" -- 2 CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 OPN Records, OPNCD0019
This double CD set contains the new album of this French dark ambient project on the first CD and a collection of rarities on the second CD.
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LAMBWOOL -- "Vanish" -- CD EP -- €7 [-50%]
2014 OPN Records, OPNCD0026, (ltd. 300)
LAMBWOOL is a French project producing dark ambient music with five albums released on French record labels Divine Comedy Rec and OPN including the highly acclaimed double album "A Sky through the wall” released in 2012. His music draws inspiration from his personal life as well as the world surrounding him and is an invitation to an introspective journey. Mixing rich and desolate soundscapes with beautifully composed melodies, LAMBWOOL paints a dreary atmosphere with distinctive colour and tone. Available now as a 4 tracks EP limited edition to 300 copies housed in a 7” cover. [label info]
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LAMBWOOL & NICOLAS DICK -- "Post" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 OPN Records, OPNCD0025, (ltd. 300)
Lambwool is a one man project conducted by Cyril Laurent, with Dead Can Dance, Tangerine Dream, Labradford, and “Heaven Deconstruction” by The Young Gods as main influences. In 2005, his first album “Fading Landscapes” (featuring a photo book by Peter BENGTSEN) is released on Divine Comedy Records. In 2008 the second album has been released on DC Records, called “...And the angel is gone”. Lambwool released three recordings in collaboration with OPN: “Shi” in 2008 (in collaboration with Babylone Chaos & Le Diktat), “Mono” in 2009 and the double CD “A sky through the wall” in 2012... Nicolas Dick is a former member of Kill the Thrill; since 1989 he officiates on guitar, vocals and programming. The group recorded four albums and toured all over Europe. Alongside his work in Kill the Thrill, Nicolas began an improvisation and writing on sound texture work since 1995. After many collaborations (with Jim'O Rourke or Thierry from Fragment.) and an album released in 2009 (A beautiful day), Nicolas Dick participates in Rosemary K's Diaries. Nicolas worked together with Thierry A. on Fragment.’s album “Home” (OPN 2011) and released an album with Shoi Extrasystole called CROP CIRCLES. Now they join their forces to release on OPN - a brandnew recording called Post. [press-release]
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LAMIA VOX -- "... Introductio" -- CD -- €11
2010 Der Angriff, Angriff Nr. 38, (ltd. 500)
The brilliant first album of a young impressive artist coming from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. LamiaVox is one-girl project exploring lovecraftian dark chtonic realms with a very professional attitude to the composition and sound of her audio witchcraft. The melodic dark ambient with a subtle touch of ritual percussion is very sinister and cold but at the same time very emotional. "Introductio" is far from being monotonous, obviously having some evil living inside. Desiderii Marginis, Vestigial, Northaunt and of course Lustmord of "Heresy" era comes to mind when you hear these hymns to the new aeons of Great Elders returning. The release limited to 500 copies comes in a full colour 4-panel digipak. [press-release]
LANGEMARCK -- "Injustitia Est Commodatum" -- CD -- €9
2009 Der Angriff, Angriff Nr. 31, (ltd. 500)
The debut release from the project of Stefan S. known for his collaboration with Von Thronstahl ("Return To Palestine"). A perfect mix of martial industrial and neofolk elements with a bit of electronic industrial tunes. For the ones who like Derniere Volonte, Forseti, early Death In June and Sixth Comm. The release comes in a deluxe full-colour embossed digisleeve with partial UV-laquering. 13 tracks, 51 minutes, limited to 500 copies. [press-release]
LANZ, DAVID & SPEER, PAUL -- "Desert Vision" -- CD -- €16 [-50%]
1987 Narada Equinox, CD-3003
Hot desert jazz New Age Ambient. Jewel case. [YAOP]
LANZ, DAVID & SPEER, PAUL -- "Natural States" -- CD -- €16 [-50%]
1985 Narada Equinox, CD-3001
Jazz ambient journeys through forests and mountains. [YAOP]
LAPORTE, JEAN-FRANCOIS -- "Soundmatters" -- CD -- €10
2007 23five, 23five 009
The compositions of French-Canadian sound artist Jean-Franзois Laporte have rarely emerged beyond of the context of international electro-acoustic competitions and festivals. His only widely distributed piece has been Mantra, which Metamkine published in 1997 through their Cinйma pour l’oreille series. This exceptional work of acoustic minimalism drew considerable notoriety thanks in part to a public misidentification that Laporte sourced the composition on the resonant frequencies of a Zamboni, the ice-resurfacing vehicle used exclusively in ice rinks. With its luminous sounds gracefully shifting between the gentle mechanized purr and excited metal vibration, we can easily forgive those who wanted to assign authorship to an eccentric machine. Yet, Laporte reports that the source to Mantra is an air compressor, albeit one that resides in an ice rink. With the original publication of Mantra long out of print, 23five Incorporated is delighted to present Soundmatters, an anthology of Jean-Franзois Laporte compositions including the aforementioned 25-minute masterpiece Mantra... The four accompanying compositions on Soundmatters all share the unique sensibility found on Mantra which balances formal precision and intuitive expressionism, resulting in a series of visceral compositions that build upon the traditions of minimalism, graphical composition, and phonography. Here on Soundmatters, Laporte reveals his colossal talents for experiential composition through deftly processed recordings of tumultuous windstorms that would make Chris Watson proud, spiralling drones that he’s polished to a Haflerian sheen, the majestic bellowing of sustained horns in the empty cargo hull of a decommissioned ship, and of course the metallic growl of his immaculate Mantra. Given the numerous parallels to Xenakis' smoldering electroacoustics and Tony Conrad's delirious harmonics, Laporte’s work demands the attention as an under recognized genius in the realm of avant-garde composition. [press-release]
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LARMSCHUTZ -- "Macaca" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Heart-Shaped Box Prod., HSB-116, (ltd. 40)
Free-improvised brass and string noise from Utrecht, the Netherlands. Paper sleeve with hand-made collage / applique.
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LARRNAKH -- "Like The Silken Shrouds Of Loneliness" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Epidemie Records, EPR074, (ltd. 500)
Industrial / Neofolk. "Like the Silken Shrouds of Loneliness" is the folower of one year old debut album "Now Will You Believe?" (Steinklang Records). You can find there eight apocalyptic neo-folk compositions with industrial and dark ambient elements, sung in English and Hungarian. [label info] Larrnakh is a project of a Hungarian musician Soros Gergo, ex-member of Cawatana.
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LARRNAKH -- "Necrofolk - Like The Silken Shrouds Of Death" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Rage In Eden, RAGE 116
45 minutes of Neofolk, industrial and Noise elements. LARRNAKH is the solo project of Sörös Gergö (former member of CAWATANA) on vocals, percussions, acoustic guitar, and keyboards, with various guest musicians on stage and in the studio. [Old Europa Cafe]
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LARSGARDEN / ROWENTA -- s/t -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Tuguska Label, TGSK002
A collaboration between Tuguska Label owner and the musician behind such projects as Odo (Drone Doom), A Perfect Friend (Post Rock), Pacta (Ambient) and the German musician Frank Rowenta who makes experimental music since early 80-s. Very pleasant, airy and summer album. Field recordings (voices, wind, rustles of nature) are carefully mixed with guitar tunes, synthesized abstract melodies and hypnotic drones. Perhaps this is subjective perception, but the compositions draw pictures close to Tarkovsky's movie "Mirror". [Abgurd]
LASH, DOMINIC & SETH COOKE -- "Egregore" -- CD -- €10
2017 Intonema, int024, (ltd. 200)
Improv / Electroacoustic / Minimal. Intonema presents Egregore, the third album by this English duo, in which Dominic Lash replaces the contrabass with rarely played electronics, and Seth Cooke continues to work with cymbals and microphones. Moving from process-based improvisation to process-based composition, they develop long-drawn textures, spreading and assembling in a natural way into a common sound system. Egregore? Solve it yourself! [label info]
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LASIK SURGERY -- "Cyclo" -- CD + DVD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 1039
Experimental Ambient. Tense electronic plots, calm ambiental stasis, inserts of sharp and harsh metallic sonorities, distorsions, filaments of subliminal melodies, masses of dark and penetrating low frequency drones. The journey of Lasik Surgery starts with a whirlwind of atmospheres and perpetually prismatic sonorities that have a big impact on the listener. This project was born from the minds of Pierpaolo Zoppo (MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA), the memorable noise-power electronic author who firmly came back to the fore in the recent years, and Gianluca Favaron, a skilled master controller and sound assembler with a long experience, already active under other aliases (AB'SCHE, UNDER THE SNOW, METAL MUSIC MACHINE). The first exciting chapter of Lasik Surgery - a name that will surprise us again in the future for sure - comes with a free DVD that includes two videclips created by Enrico Bressan. [press-release]
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LASKOVOE ECHO -- "Dux" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT148, (ltd. 23)
Crushing Harsh Noise, no less psychedelic than previous works by the project, recorded in drone stylistics. The album is dedicated to the personality and fate of the duce of the Italian fascism - Benito Mussolini. Listen only under the influence of drugs. A killer! Handmade cover of thick craft cardboard. [label info]
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LASKOVOE ECHO -- "Raw" -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT149, (ltd. 19)
Experimental Ambient. The new, very laconic, but unusual release from laskovoe echo is a kind of somnambulistic ritual, permeated with raw psychedelia and the spirit of summer nights. Warm analog retro sound, electric organs, motoric rhythm, drones and dreams - a real masterpiece of Psychedelic Ambient. Design: half-century-old vintage textile paper, a herbarium with a leaf of an apple tree from the gardens of an Ingermanland village Kirjasalo abandoned almost 80 years ago. Completely handmade design, all information is written by hand. Box with engraved numbers and branded label sticker, photo insert. [label info]
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THE LAST HOUR -- "s/t" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2008 Intuition Records, INT28006
Debut album from ex-Gothica member Roberto Del Vecchio. The music is cold dark wave, played in an atmospheric and romantic way (this is Italian!) with touch of harsh industrial elements and modern electronica, combined with neo-classical and soundtrack-like tunes. In some parts it reminds me a lot of classic Hyperium releases (Stoa, Anchoarge, Manic P) as well as such Projekt bands as Lycia and Soul Whirling Somewhere or recent CMI signers like :Golgatha:, Atrium Carceri, or even 4AD icons like This Mortal Coil, Dead Can Dance and Clan of Xymox. Roberto creates music which paints an atmospheric pictures in the listeners head. The whole album is true masterpice of art sombre. [press-release]
LAST INFLUENCE OF BRAIN -- "Insomnicons" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Aliens Productiont, AP 48, (ltd. 200)
EBM / Industrial. It has been more than 10 years since this Slovak ebm cult put down his sonic tentacles with the album Two Faces under our label. Long years of silence and dedication to the production of their side projects, this trio now returns with a pretty big load. L.i.o.b. is back and again abbots in the waters of the dark and machine ebm. Strong sound and a combination of industrial structures and analog noises in which you feel the Canadian school will kick you right from the start. Precise sound and analog passages strike like a hammer on the head, all under the baton of the great Ken Hiwatt Marshall (Skinny Puppy, F.L.A.) who took care of the sound and even had time to do one remix so the work is perfect and sophisticated with the best what the EBM scene can offer today. Catchy rhythms, powerful sound experiences and melodic lines. Full of industrial noises and catastrophic atmospheres. New LIOB is back! Full of the power of new ideas and screaming vocals. Pulsing and ravenous electronics made in Slovakia. New material presented by this Hlohovec trio will certainly be sympathetic to fans who like the sound of bands such as: F.L.A., Skinny puppy, Numb ... Slovak-Canadian collaboration strikes with its charm and brings a massive and ravenous concept to the electronic community. Limited digipack edition to 200 copies. [label info]
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LAST INFLUENCE OF BRAIN -- "Two Faces" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Aliens Production, AP 20
In 1996, Solo and Blazena started the electro-industrial project "Samhain" and a few months later, they were joined by Bop, a close collaborator of K.I.F.O.T.H and a founding member of the electro act "Mindscape". In 1998, the trio launched a new project "Loct In" venturing into complex atmospheric sound, but both projects were left unnoticed. The early missteps have prompted the band members to go back to their roots and explore the old school electro sound. Last Influence of Brain (LIOB) came to life in 1999. The demo debut "Revolution Countries Evolution" and the follow-up EP "Escape" have earned them a steadily growing fanbase, and stirred the attention of the now defunct label Black Flames Records, which offered them a contract for a European release in 2003." Four years after their highly-regarded debut "Illusions and Reality", Last Influence of Brain are on the verge of storming their way back into the alternative electronic scene. "Inner Wars" features over 75 minutes of authentic dark elektro pleasure that would appeal to young electrofreaks and veteran rivetheads alike. Gems such as "Return", "Absent Meaning", "Inner Wars" and Why are You Waiting?" are destined to become dark elektro classics. The album concludes with an ecstatic remix of "Why Are You Waiting?" by the Brain Leisure. [press-release]
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LASWELL, BILL feat. COIL & TETSU INOUE -- "City of Light" -- CD -- €14
1997/2018 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-69
Bill Laswell, true music legend, “man with the golden ears“ 2013, he has been involved in hundreds of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. Bassist, composer and music producer - enough to say that he was the producer for such legendary albums like Motörhead “Orgasmatron”, Iggy Pop’s “Instinct”, Public Image Ltd “Album” or Swans “The Burning World” to name just a few... In 1997 Bill Laswell released his sixth solo album “City of Light” recorded in Banaras, India, and mixed in Greenpoint, NY. For this album he invites John Balance and Peter Christopherson from COIL, they did a 13-minutes epic composition “Kála”; and Japanese ambient genius Tetsu Inoue, who decorated the album with his characteristic sound. Together they created an amazing conceptual record full of deep drones, tabla-rhythms, and ambient collages... “City of Light” is about Banaras, a city older than history, tradition, and legends. It is Shiva's land, founded at the dawn of creation. It is India's oldest and most fabled city. The Hindus call it Kashi, the luminous... The City of Light... First time the album was released by the Belgian label Sub Rosa back in 1997, it was sold out many years ago. This is a digipak reissue with the new artwork and with booklet released by Infinite Fog Productions making this great album available again. [label info]
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LAUBEUF, VINCENT -- "The Poetics of Vacuum" -- CD -- €8
2012 Observatoire, obs * 043 / OtO, OtO 003, (ltd. 300)
New cd album by Vincent Laubeuf, co-release with OtO (Japan). Born in 1974 in France, Vincent Laubeuf studied acousmatic and instrumental composition with Denis Dufour in conservatory of Lyon (France). His encounters with Pascal Dusapin, Brian Ferneyhough or Gerard Pesson completed his compositional training. Now he is invited to such studios as Imeb (Institut international de musique electroacoustique de Bourges), Ina-GRM (Groupe de recherches musicales de l'Institut national de l'audiovisuel, Paris), Grame (Groupe de recherche appliquee en musique, Lyon), The Muse en Circuit and he writes for such ensembles as Syntax, In Extremis and the Contemporary Orchestra Ensemble (EOC). His works has been performed in France at the Palais de Tokyo, the Grand Palais, at the festivals Synthese (Bourges) and Extension (Paris), in the Multiphonies cycle (Paris) and outside of France in Geneva, New York and Tokyo. He is a composer of instrumental and acousmatic works, a sound installation designer and an improviser. Since 2006 Vincent Laubeuf is the artistic director of Motus and of the Futura Festival. In 2008, he won the 8th international competition Luc Ferrari, with is work “Peregrination de Tokyo”. [label info]
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LAVAS MAGMAS -- "Acts Of Worship" -- CD-R + DVD-R -- €7
2012 Existence Establishment, EE16, (ltd. 50)
Experimental / Industrial. Lavas Magmas is the project of Luis Gonzalez hailing from Portland, Oregon. After touring with REGOSPHERE and specializing in sound and video projects it was decided to focus a DVDR/CDR release on Existence Establishment. Lavas Magmas creates industrial ambience with a precision that is rarely heard from artists today. Pulsating oscillations collide with unearthly scrap metal improvisations and ghostly drones to form a thick tapestry of otherwordly brilliance... Accompanying the CDR is a DVDR mind-altering video/audio experience that utilizes convergence of saturated, vivid source material and manipulations which portray a plethora of visuals complete with field recordings, news footage, and rare videos all set to the intense sounds that Gonzalez is quickly becoming known for. Handmade and painted digipack with full-color artwork. [label info]
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LAW -- "The Black Lodge" -- CD -- €10
2001 Nuit Et Brouillard, NB CD 04, (ltd. 500)
Industrial / Dark Ambient. Third and final CD by this great American sound artist. Oppressing, frightening and chilling atmospheres, nightmarish samples, distorded guitars and more vocals and orchestral parts than usual melting into subtle soundscapes full of latent violence... Housed in a special fold-out package featuring full colour images captured and designed by the artist. Limited ed 500. [label info]
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LAW -- "Our Life through your Death" -- CD -- €10
2000 Triumvirate
Industrial / Dark Ambient. The gun on the cover of this album, LAW’s Mitchell Altum tells us in the liner notes, “is the pistol my younger brother used to commit suicide.” The music itself is scarcely more cheerful or forgiving, but it’s certainly a compelling expression of Altum’s misanthropy. With occasionally recognizable guitar buzzes and snippets of spoken word, it’s pretty clear that the work of Boyd Rice’s project NON is one of LAW’s big inspirations. Atmospheric and minimal but never quite sedate, tracks like “Scars of Isolation” and “100 Degrees” employ various metallic sounds, ranging from crashing cymbals to percussive springs, and a large dose of studio effects to generate a sort of dull pessimism. Despite the intensely personal event that apparently inspired it, this album is less emotive and cathartic than numb and hopeless. Even the sad moans of “Unseen Existence” are produced electronically. Such a bleak response to personal tragedy, however, makes for a fine approach to industrial ambient, and there are some beautiful tracks here. “Forged Motion” is soft and eerily creaking, full of deep feedback and muffled pulsing rhythms, while “Your Body Is Immobilized” and “It Is Beyond Us Now” have more of a martial feel– again, reminiscent of NON’s early work – with its extended brassy drones. The one soft spot in all this unforgiving industrial ambience is “Betrayal of the Flesh,” which begins with soft, almost folksy psychedelic guitar strums. The song itself is a betrayal, however, and turns unexpectedly into an extended noise composition full of high-pitched squeals and distorted percussion. Pitiless music for a pitiless world, LAW is soul music for the sociopath within. Listen with caution. [Matthew Johnson, Grave Concerns]
LAW -- "Vindication and Contempt" -- CD -- €10
2000 Triumvirate
Dark Ambient / Industrial. LAW is the dark electronics project of Mitchell Altum from the US. It has been around since 1993, but this album from 1997 was released in 2000, as the first album on the Triumvirate label. Vindication and Contempt contains a varied and well-made mixture of dark ambiences and experimentation. The sound ranges from synth-based waves to more abstract sources of melody, spoken word, percussion, samples, and a host of other sounds. "No One Will Find Them", for example, is embellished by faded acoustic guitar. At other times, elements of noise seep through into the mix, creating a more oppressive atmosphere. All of these elements sound excellent, and the tracks all manage to keep my attention. The listener is tossed between soothing parts, dark, noisy bits, and pieces with driving percussion, such as the final track "Titan". I might have liked to hear a bit more emotion in the tracks, which are at times 'clinical', but as it is, Vindication and Contempt is a fine piece of underground dark electronics. [O.S., Evening of Light]
LAW -- "Wading Knee-Deep in Your Blood" -- CD -- €10
2002 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 039
Oroginally issued in 1997 as blood-red vinyl LP in a very limited edition on OEC and long time sold-out! This album was re-released into digital format completely re-mastered by Thomas Dimuzio at Grench Studios. Original album plus some bonus material for a total length of 67 minutes of obsessing harsh & heavy power-industrial sounds for a new LAW! "The composite picture of man that merges from the art of our time is the gigantic figure of an aborted embryo whose limbs suggests a vaguely anthropoid shape... screams in abysmal terror at the universe at large"... For lovers of grups such as Propergol, Genocide Organ, Slogun... An album which needs to be discovered! [press-release]
THE [LAW-RAH] COLLECTIVE -- "...As It Is..." -- 2 x 3"CD -- €10
2007 Spectre, S29, (ltd. 323)
Dark Ambient / Drone. As happy as some people are to give you the uttermost truth on life's questions, The [Law-Rah] Collective happily tears it right down again. On their sixth release '... As It Is ...' The [Law-Rah] Collective gives its dark poetic view on stuff like, you know, the world, leaving the listener with food for thought and space to fill in the blanks... On two 3" cd's you are guided through soundscapes built from deep ambience, harsh analogs and haunting narration. Just like on the highly acclaimed '1953', released three years ago on Spectre, this album is another true collective effort, combining the sounds from Bauke van der Wal with the words from Hiekelien van den Herik... '... As It Is ...' is about poles and opposites: 'Heaven' versus 'Hell', sound versus vision, life versus afterlife and 'me' versus 'that other me'. Vast themes carefully downsized to fit your skull and keep ringing in your head long after the last track ended... The beautifully designed 7" artwork in which the cd's are packed contains three photo's in 7"x7" format by the Dutch photographer Mareli Huizenga. Just the right size to frame and hang on your wall and give you a headstart on your journey through the darker parts of your mind. [label info]
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THE [LAW-RAH] COLLECTIVE -- "Isolation" -- CD -- €10
2003 darkambient.net
"The ritual as a method of coping with fear" is the basic thought behind 'Isolation', which is the first output by The [Law-Rah] Collective since the release of 'Incarnation' in 2001. The emotionally triggered droning soundscapes, which are the Collective's trademark, have the power of confronting the listener with his or her deepest inner fears... The 44 minute track, built from drones, ambient noise and extreme frequency modulations, was created for and performed at the New Forms festival in The Hague, Netherlands on June 7th 2002. The performance was (and still is) a collaboration between The [Law-Rah] Collective (music) and Juxtapose (choreography and dance)... To underline the collaborative effort, a 12 minute video is included on the CD which holds outtakes of the actual performance. The video was shot with four cameras and produced by Videopunx in Amsterdam... 'Isolation' was mastered by The [Law-Rah] Collective at Studio Am Rhein between December 2002 and March 2003. In order to reassure the performance's nature and concept, this CD has not been stripped from extreme frequencies and its live-dynamics; therefore care should be taken when listening to it at high volume... Are you ready to confront yourself? [label info]
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LAY, JOSH -- "True Mask" -- CD -- €10
2009 Small Doses, DOSE66, (ltd. 200)
It's hard to believe that this is the first Josh Lay release to find its way to the compact disc format. Fittingly, Josh considers this to be his best work to date, and I can't say I disagree. This is a four track, nearly 40 minute meditation on the masks people wear to make their way in the world. Elements of black metal, harsh noise, power electronics and dark ambient combine to create a dark, twisted environment built from electronics, guitar, and some of the most gutteral vocals I've heard him spew. The accompanying art was hand-made by the artist. Edition of 200 copies packaged in jewel cases with 4-panel inserts and double sided jewel cases. [press-release]
LAZYFISH + ALEXANDROID -- "OS" -- CD -- €6
2005 Peace Technologies, PT 003
"Lazyfish presents his next multifarious great collaboration album OS this time with Alexandroid from Riga. The album contains 11 tracks on cd. Slow melodic tunes and dark heavy beats altogether. Lazyfish has already released an album Vortex in Russia, some deep-tech tunes on Trapez records, an interactive track on the Native Instruments compilation (WMF Records) and his above mentioned collaboration cd with Mewark. Andrew Antonets aka Alexandroid is from Riga. He released 3 albums with his production partner Alex Matrosov on russian electronic labels and album False Starts on Lo recordings, England. OS is the digital translation of experiences and emotions, a shadow of the past and a view into the future. Most of the tracks on OS are made by Alexandroid, four by Lazyfish. Lazyfish and Alexandroid present their rich collection of the (still) wide-range of purely digital-electronic music in many different styles and colours with fantastic additional vocals by Kristi Aivare, Alex Matrosov and Andrew Antonets himself." [press-release] Light airy electro-ambient with unobtrusive admixture of IDM. Sandy sound textures with rustling electronic sounds, fragments of female and less male vocals, deeply processed guitar and the whole mass of various micro-sounds and cracklings, psychedelic atmosphere. Re-edition of the album previously released on German label K2O.
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LAZYFISH / MEWARK -- "s/t" -- CD -- €6
2006 Peace Technologies, PT 005
Alexander Potekhin aka Lazyfish, one of the most talented up-and-coming artists from Moscow electronic music scene, will release his second album in collaboration with Alexander Petrunin aka Mewark. Lazyfish has already released an idm/techno album Vortex in Russia and some more deep-tech tracks on Trapez records in Europe. Alexander Petrunin aka Mewark works as a sound designer & jingle maker on MTV-Russia. Both met about 2 years ago programming for Native Instruments Reaktor and started working on the album. Lazyfish/Mewark contains 14 songs highlighting in the different aspects of these 2 sound designers: starting with some dsp-ambient-dub, floating into some bitter-sweet Autechre influenced melody-monsters, some tricky technical freak-outs, coming down to dsp-ambient again and ending in some dark and modern deep electronic. [label info]
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LCEDP -- "De L'Utilité Des Convoyeurs" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2005 .Angle.Rec., .A.R.05.03., (ltd. 500)
Coming from the speedcore/hardcore area of electronic music, Montreal's LCEDP now delves into the world of rhythm'n'noise. His first CD creation, De L'Utilité Des Convoyeurs, takes up where urban exploration leaves off, and strives to return all that decaying matterA to life. A vibrant life, a powerful cry of joy, sadness, anger and bliss altogether. The machines are operational again, and they have a lot to say. LCEDP listened to their message and translated it into his elegant yet stormy and abrasive musical style. The result, you hold in your hands. Noisy and punchy and ultra rhythmic, with a few more introspective and abstract momentsA 21 impressions transcoded by LCEDP + 1 additional impression revised by ORPHX. Grey sleeve with tone-on-tone embossed patterns and insert. [label info]
LE COSE BIANCHE -- "Pornography Should Not Be An Illusion" -- CD -- €10
2014 Naked Lunch Records, NLR007CD, (ltd. 500)
New album on Naked Lunch Records for the deviated power electronics project Le Cose Bianche from Arezzo. Featuring: Macelleria Mobile di Mezzanotte, Wertham, Eraldo Bernocchi and Paolo Bandera. [label info]
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LE TESTAMENT DE LA LUMIERE -- "Der Tod ist ein Treuer..." -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2003 Dark Vinyl, DV 42
A dark ambient masterpiece! LE TESTAMENT DE LA LUMIERE can be described as one of the most surprising new acts in this genre. 10 wonderful dark ambient tracks with sometimes rhythmical industrial structures, well balanced between old school (Throbbing Gristle, SPK...) and contemporary influences (Raison D'Etre, Megaptera...). [label info]
LE TESTAMENT DE LA LUMIERE -- "Echoes Out Of Time" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Steinklang Industries, SK 47, (ltd. 350)
"Echoes out of time" is the band's second album and came out more than 6 years after their debut-album "Der Tod ist ein treuer Kamerad". Le Testament De La Lumiere is classical Dark Ambient with a strong Neoclassic touch and many Martial-Industrial elements. The album creates a dense and sometimes even oppressive atmosphere. A monumental soundtrack born out of darkest ages. 15 songs / 70 min. [label info]
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LE TON MITE -- "Version d'un Ouvrage Traduit" -- CD -- €10
2014 Music A La Coque, COQ-07
Avantgarde / Folk / Pop. LE TON MITÉ is the project of McCloud Zicmuse. Originally from Olympia, Washington (USA), lives in Brussels (BE). His elegantly orchestrated pop compositions and jingles, take you into his colorful and wild universe inhabited by bearded clouds, trees, and spirits. His music is personal and refined, rich and essential, of a strangy beauty. Frequent collaborator with groups like Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Microphones & Tenniscoats, ZICMUSE has been invited as a guest bassoonist by Mt. Eerie, Chris Cohen, Félicia Atkinson, Club des Chats, Congotronics vs Rockers (Deerhoof, Konono No.1, et al.). This is the CD version of the limited edition LP version of the work called "Version d'un ouvrage traduit", featuring six bonus tracks not found on the LP. File under: orchestrated folk, mini songs, odd, all the soft tones you wish you had. [label info]
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LEBENSESSENZ -- "Die Rauber / Introspective Fragments part 2" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2009/2014 Valgriind, VG 53, (ltd. 500)
Neoclassical. Masterly passages of an old piano, melodies from the depths of memory, original analogue neoclassic from the famous Brazil author. A new view on the forgotten concepts of German and Austrian composers of the second half of XVIII century, through the prism of the end 90's Varg Vikernes's art. Reissue of VG 30 in more effective CD format with a bonus part consisting of various tracks recorded by Newton Schner for various bands as intros. [label info]
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LEE, THANIEL ION -- "Five Ghosts" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2021 Oxidation, CDROT095
Ambient / Experimental. Complex and beautiful cinematic ambient music from the US-based producer, active since mid-2000s.
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LEEZA -- "Living in a Pixel" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2006 Afe Records, afe079cd
Six years passed since Afe released Plasmic, Luca Di Mattei's adventorous lo-fi electronica debut disc assembled with an almost total lack of equipment. During all this time Luca has been busy working on his many musical projects (Leeza, Hendy Van Morris, Bill Catez and Jabba) and had a few releases on Afe and on his own label called Moonfear. Luca also collaborated with Kabal on many of the tracks that appeared on his self-titled debut album, and also gave him some help on the following "Alone"... Leeza's music is generated using a laptop computer and no other electronic devices. It has its main roots in what was once called Intelligent Techno, and is clearly inspired by the good records published during the '90s by labels such as Warp, Rephlex, Skam, etc. With "Living in a Pixel", he has crafted an album of classic melodic electronic compositions which are very rarely tuneless. [label info]
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LEMNA -- "Omut" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018 Status Prod., SP 08 CD, (ltd. 200)
Dark Ambient / Black Industrial. At the moment when the water closes overhead, when the abyss pulls to the bottom, the gates of the Spirit open. When, seemingly quiet, the watery surface instantly turns into a whirlpool, a whirlpool of fear and despair, the darkest depths of consciousness appear. There is no worse water than the water that sleeps... Status Prod. presents the new album "Omut" of the Voronezh dark ambient / black industrial project LEMNA, which is the 2nd part of a trilogy dedicated to the swamps of the Black Earth region. The album was released in 200 hand-numbered copies. Each copy is wrapped in a piece of material with silk-screened printing. [label info]
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LEMNA -- "Stray Lights" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Status Prod., SP 05CD, (ltd. 200)
Black Ambient / Industrial. Since the immemorial times , belated travelers, between dark trees and snags, see the lights far off . It seems, the flame of fires or light of the human dwelling will give heat and food to the tired traveler, but the closer the fires became, the heavier gets the way , the bog tightens more and more deeply. And now, on the surface of the swamp not even a trace left, just quietly swaying duckweed, and devilish sparks, as if the flames of a myriad of candles, twinkle in total darkness... STATUS Prod. presents a debut album "Stray Lights" of the Voronezh dark ambient/black industrial project LEMNA. Drawling guitar riffs, the disturbing, howling, humming sounds of a deaf thicket and the swamp forest, which were skillfully mixed in a uniform sound line by the leader of the project - Kha Vesh, transfer the pressing atmosphere of hopelessness, inevitability, helplessness in a minute when water close up over the head... For achievement of authenticity of sounding, guitar record and mixing of the album were made directly in the wood. The album is released by 200, hand-numbered, copies, each copy contains the package of a dried duckweed, which, having placed in water which, in a combination with audio, everyone can reach an effect of "full immersion". [press-release]
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LES MORT SKIN -- "Front Capacity" -- CD-R -- €9
2007 UFA Muzak, UFA15, (ltd. 151)
LES MORT SKIN is a side project of a Bulgarian power electronics act CAVUM ORIS. Not going far away from it's horrible music, it moves towards martial-oriented fortifications. With it's specific brutal view and understanding it represents "wild hunt of Odin" on contemporary fields, like a slaughter where everything burns. In the course of the whole album to the accompaniment of metal crushes, clangs and cracks stands the dense atmosphere of pitiless collision of interests, where the fact of being right established only by complete destruction of one of the sides. This is an industrial symphony, with which the whole XX century is filled, the great opera of suffering, death, explosions, torture, fire, pouring blood, burnt flesh, pain, gas and suffocation. Breaking, burning, bursting metall, tons of which fall from the skies, flying in heads, crushing bones, annihilating blood, metal as a reason? Paradox. Martial/death industrial. 7 tracks, 36 minutes, CD-r, black sleeve with silver serigraphy, insert. [press-release]
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LETHAL DOSE 50 -- "21st Century Awakening" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Nuit Et Brouillard, NB CD 05
LETHAL DOSE 50 is the poison dose injected into the veins of persons sentenced to the death penalty in some states of the United States.… but LD50 is also a Belgian trio which has been existing for years in the fields of electronic musics. After a self-released first tape and a first CD-R, we are proud to offer you the first fullength CD by this talented unit. Using some digital instruments - synths, samplers- as well as some analogue ones -synths, rhythm'n box, effects-… LD50 develops an atmospheric music which is at the same time dark but warm, cosmic and experimental, melodic and deep, meditative but aware, often underlaid by some sampled voices and sound-collages, sometimes intermingled with/ intersected with some hypnotic rhythms. Being fully mastered and definitely original compared to some nowadays releases from the dark-ambient genre, "21st century awakening" will both appeal to the nostalgics of the 70ies and 80ies sonorities -old-school space-electronics from the 70ies and 80ies such as TANGERINE DREAM, NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS-.as well as to the lovers of some nowadays dark ambient acts such as SCHLOSS TEGAL, INADE, HERBST 9 or FIRST LAW… LD 50 is certainly the sole musical project able to set a bridge between these two tendencies, these two sounds, these two periods… Fans of sterilized lap-top generated or of cheap new-age ethno-ambient can go their way. "21st century awakening" will appeal as much to the soul as to the body, to the mind as to the heart. At first listening, this record may seem a little bit strange to you, like being out of phases, but the following listenings will draw you into an endless spiral similar to the one painted on the sleeve. Allow yourself enough of freedom for that... CD re-mastered by Christian RENOU, housed in an original A5 size silk-screened fold-out cover. Paintings by Leyla ERSEN. 64 minutes/10 tracks. [press-release]
LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Da_Da_Lo" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT113, (ltd. 37)
Powerful bass noise with feedbacks, harsh paroxysms, industrial clatter and radionoise. Slim DVD-box. Each copy has a cover made of a vintage amateur photography. [label info]
LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Flowering Grass" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2014 Ostroga, OTR-030, (ltd. 10)
Ambient / drone / noise. Subject-associative summer picture. Synth insects and other forest secrets. Pro-CDR, A5 full colour envelope. 3 photo inserts with graphic works Vitaly Maklakov. A special edition of 10 copies. [label info]
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LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Hiding In Plain Sight" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2021 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT131, (ltd. 12)
The etalon Harsh Noise Wall, full of indescribable power and primordial drive. One of the best albums in this style, recorded by the Ural project about 10 years ago and released only now. The refined beauty of subtle abstract moments, hiding in plain sight - in the stream of dense noise that rolls over all frequencies. Collectible micro-edition in a hand-made design: corrugated cardboard panels fastened with technical clamps with four black-and-white photograms. [label info]
LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Indigenous Vision" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2020 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT128, (ltd. 26)
Frantic Harsh Noise Wall, attacking with an invincible roll at all frequencies, from the Ural-based project, celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Power. Handmade cardboard DVD-box. [label info]
LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Lanita" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2015 Torga Amun, Amun-083, (ltd. 10)
HNW. Madness, absurdity and degeneration of modern civilization. Pro-CDR, only 10 copies. [label info]
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LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Ley Lines" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_41, (ltd. 15)
Harsh Noise Wall. The magic journey of the subconsciousness along the mystic ley lines, drawn on the children's treasure map. Dissolution of the world monuments of occult chroniclers in astral seething cauldrons. Cobblestone roads turn into wires, and a gondola becomes an airplane. Fly with us! Surface-printed CD-R, packed in a standard jewel box. [label info]
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LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Nikimna" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Torga Amun, Amun-093, (ltd. 20)
HNW as it is, for die-hard fans. A5 glossy envelope, photo insert.
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LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Something That Can Not Let Go" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT108, (ltd. 50)
Urbanistic rhythmic ambient with hypnotic cycles in vein of Obozdur "Pessima", but with more industrial touch. Slim-case with engraved copy number decorated with vintage bookbinding materials from the Soviet past. For those who can't let go. [label info]
LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Stone Eater" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_39, (ltd. 16)
Harsh Noise Wall. For some unknown reason, you are now in the stomach of a stone-eater. Suppose you are still alive. Relax, wait for the exit to come and listen to the surrounding sounds. Surface-printed CD-R, packed in a standard jewel box. [label info]
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LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Walls" -- 2 CD-R -- €11 [-50%]
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT94, (ltd. 24)
HNW, mainly hypnotizing rumble sometimes intersected by more varied Harsh Noise materian in vein of Masonna. Vinyl box, cover made of wallpaper, insert with info. [label info]
LIGHT COLLAPSE & CLIVE HENRY -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 Torga Amun, amun-036, (ltd. 32)
Harsh noise wall.
LIGHT COLLAPSE & M.NOMIZED -- "Combinat" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT15, (ltd. 84)
Trance-redionoise, chaotic and hypnotizing, sometimes resembling classical material of Sadogipnoz "Heavy Gravitation", sometimes "de-cycled" Lo.By..., sometimes - solo works of Light Collapse. Very dense album with lots of ingredients. This reissue is supplemented with a bonus-track "Severoprorva" from Light Collapse. Limited to 84 copies in handmade cardboard retro-industrial covers with usage of punched tape from Soviet computers. [press-release]
LIGHT COLLAPSE & PASTUHAMOVCI -- split -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
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LIGHT COLLAPSE & RADIOKVADRATURA -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
Heart Shaped Box productions, HSB-011, (ltd. 45)
Collaboration work between two Russian projects from Ural region. Sick and aticky anti-dance marathon. Brutal dances with broken legs, crutches, burnt bottles with foil and piles of crap. No artwork, just a piece of paper, PVC sleeve and something sprayed on a disk. We dance the third day. Not enough bottles. [Abgurd description]
LIGHT COLLAPSE & REDSK -- "Holy Sect" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2012 Torga Amun, Amun-032, (ltd. 25)
American pedal harsh noise and hypnotic russian HNW. Hand-made carton pack with color photos. [label info]
LIGHT COLLAPSE + VRANIK -- "About Now" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT130, (ltd. 17)
Glitch Art Noise with field recordings and harsh industrial flavor. The artwork is made in cosmo-psychedelic aesthetics. Front cover is an authentic colour photo. The back and insert are made in an unusual technique of engraving on tinted colored paper, everything was done manually by children and adults. An additional insert is a vintage calendar. [label info]
LIGNE CLAIRE -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2007 Steelkraft Manufactory, SKM 001, (ltd. 100)
Ligne Claire is a project brought up by Bertrand Barrere, featuring David Delwiche (HYTC), Stephane Flauder (Fin de Siecle), Serge Usson (Neon Rain, Storm Of Capricorn), Christophe Gales (Westwind) and Delphine Riou. During a one year recording session, all these individuals contributed by internet, each adding his own elements to the previous work of others, in turns. The result is a perfect blend of old-school industrial, rumbling drone/ambient and raw power-electronics. [press-release]
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LIHOLESIE -- "Primeval Rotation" -- CD -- €7
2004 Stygian Crypt Productions, SCP011
First album of the Siberian dark folk / ambient project released on a CD after the self-released demo tape "Eternal Call". "Primeval Rotation" showcases the wheel of times, the year as a symbol of the eternal return, the mystery of ascent and decline, death and birth. The album contains almost all tracks from the demo plus new material. [dark-world.ru]
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LIHOLESIE -- "Visions" -- CD -- €10
2007 Stygian Crypt Productions, SCP032, (ltd. 1000)
Third studio album of the Siberian dark folk / ambient project. "Vague, lurking, hazy like daybreak dreams, but crystal clear as a gulp of cold spring water - the visions. Thick dark ambient, mainly pacified, contemplative, melancholic. Like a pause in a row of intense trips. After a vision comes the re-thinking... " [dark-world.ru]
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LILES, ANDREW -- "In My Father's House Are Many Mansions" -- CD -- €12
2006 Fourth Dimension Records, FDCD68
A fantastic new album by the highly prolific Brighton soundsmith, featuring work remixed/re-organised by Nurse With Wound, Colin Potter, Aaron Moore (Volcano The Bear), John Coleclaugh, Ruse, Band Of Pain, Bass Communion, Auto Manipulator, Irr. APP (Ext), Darren Tate, The Hafler Trio, Unsong, Vidna Obmana and Freiband. [label info]
LILES, ANDREW -- "My Long Accumulating Discontent" -- CD -- €13 [-50%]
2004 Nextera, ERA 2035-2
‘My Long Accumulating Discontent’ is the fourth and certainly the strangest recording from Andrew Liles. This CD is in places more ‘melodic’ than Liles’ previous output and its 17 tracks cover a wide musical territory. Some songs are short and harmonious, other pieces are longer, subtle and contemplative with drifting delicate drones. In places the CD is truly bizarre and defies all conventions. The album doesn’t fit easily into any definable bracket and we feel this oddity belongs in a class all of its own. Traditional English vernacular culture connoisseur Andrew King joins Andrew Liles for one track and Aaron Moore and Nick Mott of Volcano the Bear contribute to several other songs. ‘My Long Accumulating Discontent’ is a distinct and peculiar excursion from the norm. [press-release]
LINGUA FUNGI -- "Flowery Dreams" -- CD -- €10
2006 War Office Propaganda, WOP 23
Dark Ambient. Magical journey through the strange dreams in beautiful flowery scenery, drifting and melting. No sharp line between sorrow and joy, dark and bright moments. Lingua Fungi takes us along on the trip to the land of subconscious. Real instruments - flutes, guitars, bass, mandolin and different kind of ethnic percussions mixed with ambient soundscapes. Glossy varnished digipack designed by Michal Karcz. [label info]
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LINGUA LUSTRA -- "Triquetra" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Databloem, DB036-2011
Ambient. A brand new collection of sound poems from Dutch atmospheric artist Lingua Lustra. Composing and releasing for the past decade, Lingua Lustra now definitely created a true masterpiece of ambience. A subtle magic ride, full of contrast, dark and light colours pass the mind's eye and intermingle along the way. Let this intricate musical aroma unfold itself, the sonic scent of a new delicious flower on the Databloem tree. [label info]
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LIPS VAGO -- "First Experience" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
1998 Afe Records, lip001cd
New Electronica. All the tracks on this release were written and produced between January and March 1995 and are Lips Vago's very first recordings. [label info]
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LIPS VAGO -- "Flaco EP" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
1999 Afe Records, afe002cd
A bizarre excursion through cheap sounds and strange effects. All the tracks on this release were recorded between September and December 1995. Original version of track 5 was created and gently supplied by Kabal. All the tracks originally appeared on the "Words & Numbers" tape. [label info]
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LIPS VAGO -- "Second Experience" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
1998 Afe Records, lip002cd
New Electronica. Early Lips Vago material. All the tracks on this release were written and produced between March and June 1995. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Alternative Homeostasis" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2018 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_18, (ltd. 16)
Noise / Drone / Experimental. The black box of a faulty universe busy with its own repair. Psychedelic meditation as a non-traditional method of inner self-regulation. We drone and rustle for the sake of calmness and stability. Come join! CD-R with printed surface packed in a Half-DVD case. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Boer Of Golden Worm" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_48, (ltd. 12)
Drone / Minimal. The monotonous drone emitted by the Boer of Golden Worm. Its penetration into your core is soft and unhurried, but inevitable. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in half-DVD-box. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENIY -- "Case History" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Torga Amun, Amun-092, (ltd. 20)
Old school / harsh noise industrial. Pro-CD-R, 20 copies. [label info]
[bandcamp]
LITVIN, ARSENY -- "A Сollection Of Abstract Feelings" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Ostroga, OTR-099, (ltd. 43)
Experimental ambient / sound collages from the musician from Novosibirsk, Russia.
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LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Development Of A Deposit Of Black Mushrooms" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2021 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT153, (ltd. 20)
Cold and dark primordial Ritual Industrial from the famous Siberian artist. Cavey resonant sound, raw primitive atmosphere, low-fi electronic noises and viscous mushroom shamanism. Hand-made packaging: hard cardboard sleeve covered with black fabric and hand-painted in silver paint. Some copies use hand-engraved metal foil reinforcement. Each copy is numbered by hand. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Litarsgen-Reverberoidnaya Kislota" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_12, (ltd. 18)
Noise / Drone / Experimental. Small portion of audio drugs from the label boss. Sepia schizophrenia inside a boarded up wooden house. Unbearable reverberation of the universe in just one dose. One pill will make you primitive, another one will turn you in an old shabby tile. And from there it's not far to a theoretically infinite zen effect. CD-R with printed surface, packed in a half-DVD-box. [label info]
[vk.com]
LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Nochleg V Bronzovom Lesu (Overnight In A Bronze Forest)" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_44, (ltd. 14)
Drone / Noise / Experimental. Among muddy patterns of old Soviet wallpaper is hidden door to the famous Bronze Forest. The White Lion is already waiting for you to go with you to meet magical adventures. But do not forget about the rest. When the time comes, get up for the night and immerse yourself in the magical buzz of ancient tree trunks, admire the fire-flowers and enjoy the noise of night birds. And falls asleep... This release is a literary, sound and artistic collaboration between me and writer-artist-designer Dar'ya Yudina. The sound is inspired by her specific literary images from the book “My Friend from the Bronze Forest”. And she also painted the art by which the album is designed. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in jewel box 14 numbered copies. [label info]
[bandcamp]
LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Pangaea Ultima" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2021 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_68, (ltd. 10)
Noise / Drone / Experimental. A monumental soundtrack dedicated to the hypothetical supercontinent Pangaea Ultima - into which all the lands of the world will merge somewhere in 300 million years. An ode to unhurried massive tectonic processes, before which all our human life is insignificant and ridiculous. The pitiful remnants of the noosphere froze into a stone statue - a time capsule in the depths of geological eras. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in jewel box. 10 numbered copies. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Rhine Without Gold" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_7, (ltd. 18)
Noise / Dark Ambient. It happened! The vile nibelung dwarf Alberich has cursed love to gain the force and power and stolen the main treasure of the Rhine river - the Rhine Gold. The once powerful waters became muddy and frozen. The singing of mermaids no longer spreads around from the gray and faded shores. Somewhere at the bottom seething are the cyclic harbingers of death. So Rhine will stay, until the hero comes and returns the gold to the river. CD-R with printed surface, packed in Half-DVD box. [label info]
[vk.com]
LITVIN, ARSENY -- "River Wear Turned To Red" -- CD-R -- €5
2021 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_61, (ltd. 11)
Noise. Sir John Lambton and the Vile Giant Worm met in the waters of the River Wear and dyed it red. And the space of sound was filled with vibrations of steel, blood and poison. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in Half-DVD-box. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Siberia - Alpha Centauri (Posthumous trip)" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_50, (ltd. 50)
Drone / Noise / Experimental. He left our time to enter eternity. In his last flight through the material universe, only the sounds of Their wordless prayers will penetrate the walls of the Ritual Capsule. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in jewel box. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Sudden Diptych" -- CD-R -- €5
2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_37, (ltd. 7)
Noise / Drone / Experimental. Noise tracks sometimes can translate their requirements and wishes into the author’s brain. One track was born in 2018, it was published on a friendly split. But it still felt lonely and incomplete. And through the waves of ether, it demanded a brother. And this unexpected and sudden diptych of two noise canvases was born. And embodied in this ultra-small edition. Surface-printed CD-R, packed in a standard jewel box. [label info]
[vk.com]
LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Three Thousand Years After Death Of Postmodern" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT144, (ltd. 30)
Drone / Noise / Ambient. A new primitive culture was born three thousand years after the death of post-modern. The vibrations of a forgotten old era penetrate through the earth into the dreams of children's tribes. CD-R paicked in slim DVD box with scraps of glossy magazines inside. The cover is made by hand of vintage stone-textured paper and decorated with hand-drawn postapocalyptic petroglyphs. All the information is handwritten. [from the artist]
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LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Tungus Radio" -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT75, (ltd. 75)
Dense Noise Ambient from taiga. Singing birds, radionoise, field recordings and ritual drones all made up in one 22-minute lo-fi suite. Cardboart cover with attached photo. [label info]
LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Vremenno (Temporarily)" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_43, (ltd. 12)
Noise / Experimental. Anxious-meditative sound canvas lasting more than an hour. You can listen to the whole, you can listen to fragmentary in any sequence and direction. Ode to temporary buildings and activities on this earth. But there is nothing more permanent than temporary. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in jewel box. 12 numbered copies. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY & PROKHOR GOROVOY -- "What die the beasts see? (Chto uvideli zveri?)" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_25, (ltd. 15)
Noise / Drone / Experimental. A thematic split by the authors from Novosibirsk and Saratov, Russia. A contamination of a child game with toy beasts by abstractionism, occultism and a concrete thriller. CD-R with printed surface, packed in a Half-DVD-box. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY & IGOR KUPTSOV -- "On the Ruins of Industrialisation" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT134, (ltd. 34)
Unexpected continuation of our series of collaborations made during journeys and trips came from Siberia, where Arseny Litvin and Igor Kuptsov (Vyazkiy Sharab) recorded a post-industrial ritual performance on the ruins of an abandoned Soviet missile unit located deep in taiga. Old School Industrial Avantgarde with the use of metal percussion, flute, mouth harp, radionoise, metallophone, singing, etc., recorded on analogue dictaphone. Very pleasant and meditative work resembling early Einstürzende Neubauten, ZGA, industrial performances of Psychic TV in mid-80-ies. Hand-numbered sleeve + 4 full-colour photo inserts reproducing avantgarde film photos made during the performance. [press-release]
LITVIN, ARSENY / LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Split 2014/2019" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2014/2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_33, (ltd. 19)
Noise. We decided to reanimate the split which was released on an audiocassette five years ago by Torga Amun Records. Two tracks of old school curtsey to Russian cassette noise from the 90ies from Arseny. And one long meditation inside a rusty metal hypercube from the Light Collapse project (specially for this reissue Arseny also made a remix of this track)... CD-R with printed surface packed in a standard jewel box. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY & LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Unauthorized Garden Gnome Night Activity" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_40, (ltd. 16)
Noise. While you sleep, under the cover of night, in the backyard, the garden gnome erects an altar from papier mache. He dances around it, then breaks and burns down. And do not try to find any traces behind it, except for unconscious soundwaves. Surface-printed CD-R, packed in a standard jewel box. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY / VITALY MAKLAKOV -- "Inside The Structure / Labyrinth" -- 2 CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_27, (ltd. 13)
Ambient / Drone. A double-CD split of the musicians from the Urals and Siberia: humming, rustling and enveloping by a sapphire ivy. Study of the inner flows of an abstact structure on the first disc, and a journey inside a labyrinth with soft walls on the second one. Two CD-Rs with printed surfaces, packed in a Double-Slim-DVD box. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY & VITALY MAKLAKOV -- "Okna" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Ostroga, OTR-103, (ltd. 30)
Experimental ambient / noise from two Russian musicians coming from the Urals and Siberia.
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LITVIN, ARSENIY & VITALIY MAKLAKOV -- "Son v Poludenniy Znoy" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016 Ostroga, OTR-063, (ltd. 19)
The sound sources for this collaboration work were: sound loops, field recordings, live home session recordings. Limited edition, pro-CDR, 19 numbered copies. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY & TSYGANSKAYA GRUST' -- "Beskonechnoe Leto (Endless Summer)" -- CD-R -- €8
2021 Ostroga, (ltd. 20)
Psych Folk / Experimental. In the eyes of the killed fox, I saw an endless summer. A siesta of orange-gray shades will penetrate into your heart with a rustling path with weary paws. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY & TSYGANSKAYA GRUST' -- "Zangezi" -- 3"CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2017 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_10, (ltd. 11)
Noise / Experimental. Home-made semi-improvised noise set on the verses of Velimir Khlebnikov. Recorded from the third take on March 4, 2016 at Arseny's home. Mini-CD-R with printed surface, packed in a half-DVD-box. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY & TSYGANSKAYA GRUST' / VITALY MAKLAKOV -- "Spontaneous Bouts of Art" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_30, (ltd. 12)
Noise / Experimental. Three creative acts, spontaneous and sudden like hiccup or belching. Action for the sake of action. Sounds for the sake of sounds. Art for the sake of art. Documented for the future archaeologists and culture researchers. CD-R with printed surface packed in a standard jewel-case. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY / VYAZKIY SHARAB / KONSTANTIN KOZLOV -- "Winter Noise Sessions" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2013/2018 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_23, (ltd. 20)
Noise. Paper Moon Republic presents the reissue of noises published more than five and a half years ago as an audio-cassette by the label Salmon People Records. Two live home sessions recorded on two winter days with the use of radio-receivers, metal objects, toys, ethnic instruments and guitar pedals. CD-R with printed surface packed in a Half-DVD case. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY & XTEMATIC -- "Different Calibers Of Experiences" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2018 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_16, (ltd. 18)
Noise. Siberian-Croatian split. Emotions and multifarious results of processing the black boxes of non-existent people. Everything serious and everything funny. Provincial noise romance and intellectual meditation. CD-R with printed surface packed in a Half-DVD case. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY with... VITALY MAKLAKOV / TSYGANSKAYA GRUST' / TAISIYA LITVIN / EVGENY SAVENKO -- "Tribute to Thomas Stearns Eliot" -- CD-R -- €6
2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_36, (ltd. 50)
Ambient / Experimental / Drone / Noise. Paper Moon Republic present the tribute album to the American-British poet, Nobel Prize winner in literature in 1948 – Thomas Stearns Eliot. Arseny Litvin created this album with the sample support of his noise friends who appeared on different releases of our label, and also with the participation of his daughter. Five audio visualizations of the Modernist poetry are waiting for you. CD-R with printed surface packed in a Half-DVD box. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY with... BOBAN RISTEVSKI / PROKHOR GOROVOY / XTEMATIC / PULSATING VEINS -- "Various Lo-Fi DADA Stuff of Friendly Chaos" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_32, (ltd. 19)
Noise. A collaboration album of the Paper Moon Republic boss with noise artists from various countries. One collaboration track with each musician coming from Northern Macedonia, Russia, Croatia and Belarus. A joyful DADA manifesto originating from cartoon madness. Chocolate rains, slime, chimeras and plenty of other awkward objects – all masked by rumpled magnetic tape and gray mold. Friendship is chaos! CD-R with printed surface packed in a standard jewel box. [label info]
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LIYR -- "Sub Terra Inferis" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Rage In Eden, RAGE 81
Liyr is coming back with new material after their debut album "Fragments of Dust". With "Sub Terra Inferis" Liyr has studied the depths of the human soul with their own vision - strong, dark, orchestral arrangement and bombastic rythms. But this time, Alexandra joined Sven to give Liyr a melancholic touch. The album's cover has been designed by Lukasz Pawlak, REQUIEMSTUDIO.PL. [press-release]
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LLOVESPELL -- "Places" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Wrotycz Records, wrt029
Downtempo / Ambient. Material previously released via Sea State in 2016 on tapes. Both minialbums (titled „One” and „Two”) were strictly limited to 50 copies only. This time gathered on cd with 3 unreleased tracks from the 3rd minialbum that has never seen the light of day... Llovespell is well known for it’s warm ambient albums released via Sonderübertragung! label. On „Places” Leipzig based project presents a bit different tunes from more vivid, rhytmic, even danceable songs to play in darker clubs to more harsh and noisy sounds (on part „Two”). A must for all Llovespell lovers and other connoisseurs of electronic music... Comes in 4 panel digipack. [label info]
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LLOVESPELL -- "Symmetric Poetry" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2004 Sonderübertragung!, Sü05, (ltd. 500)
Electronics. llovespell is the project of Stephan S. and Mandie K., founded after the split of Radio Eichenlaub in the year 2002. They create outstanding productions of sometimes bizarre electronica, with song-like structures from the postmodern era containing elements of krautrock and early 80s new wave and industrial electronica; a cold narrative female (and or sometimes male) voice surrounded by whirling electronic movements and weird sounds dominated by straight but sometimes colliding or collapsing rhythms, flanked by floating melodies that lounge around in every day’s melancholia, placed in a timeless otherworldly almost fairytale-like dreamy aural context. [label info]
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LO.BY... -- "G.G." -- CD-R -- €7
2006 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT07, (ltd. 39)
Methodical loop noise inducing to manic activity. Industrialized noise greetings to comrades Marinetti and Russolo. Played completely on tape loops. Handmade sleeve from imported :) gray film. [label info]
LO.BY... -- "Prodolzhoj Dejstvevet'" -- CD-R -- €7
2006 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT06, (ltd. 51)
Cyclic harsh-radionoise. Completely sick collage of the most sharp ether cuts. Who said that schizophrenia isn't contagious? Lo.By... will inoculate you with the virus and you'll continue to act... 51 copy in special PVC cases with cut out logo, milled by Danil from YAO 91404 D. [label info]
LONSAI MAIKOV & NEW ORTHODOX LINE -- "Sobornost" -- CD-R -- €6
2016 ElektroIndustria
Dark Ambient / Industrial / Experimental. A collaboration album between the French project LONSAI MAÏKOV and the side-project of NOISES OF RUSSIA – NEW ORTHODOX LINE. Five tracks of solemn dark ambient with vocal recitations, sound collages made of field recordings and ritualistic industrial music. Composed, recorded, engineered, produced and mixed between 2012 and 2016 A.D + by Lonsai Maïkov and New Orthodox Line crew. Mastered in May 2016 by Dissonant Elephant. Author's edition by 1g0g (Noises of Russia): printed CDR surface, slim jewel-case.
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LOO, ANDRES -- "Skeletons On Rock" -- CD -- €11
2009 Laton, Laton 048
Originally a drummer, Andres Loo is a musician, who does shows with his exclusive wave-edit based music, prototypically rhythm-focused, spiced up with heart ache vocals for cherries on the cake. Coming from Tallinn, Estonia, Loo has recently been warming up bands like Black Dice and writing film music for Estonian feature films. His upcoming collaborations include a musical, to be written alongside Kevin Blechdom. "Skeletons on Rock" (Laton 048) is the debut release by Andres Loo. Loo's sonic edge seems to be hijacked from the experimental, but don't let it deceive you... It is music. Poppy, occassionally extremist sounding powertunes, and a tease for music lovers of many kinds. [press-release]
LORD WIND -- "Atlantean Monument" -- CD -- €10
2006/2010 No Colours Records, NC 116 / WolfTyr Productions, WTP 002
Pagan & medieval neoclassics from Polish musician Darken of NSBM-band Graveland.
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LOVE-FINE -- "Temperature's Rising" -- CD EP -- €11
2010 Latona, Latona 02
This quartet comes from Kazan', Russia. A girl behind a groovebox and a yound man behind a "Korg" stand still like robots from Kraftwerk, while vocalist and guitarist are slamming like The Hives (Timour, the singer, even sings husky). In response to the label "electro-punk" being constantly tagged to the band, they make shoegazing noise and weird psychedelic melodies, swear love to kraut-rock and help organising the gigs of Austrian and Polish electronic avantguardists. This CDEP consists of 3 new band's tracks + 2 remixes on the title track from Astrolabe and A Headphones. [Fulldozer]
LOW END ENSEMBLE -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2009 .Angle.Rec., .A.R.05.07., (ltd. 125)
.ANGLE.REC. is proud to present the first production of Montreal's own LOW END ENSEMBLE. Coming out from the ashes of multiple rock, progressive, blues and metal bands, Christian Lecompte joins forces with Simon Thibaudeau's oscillated and noiseful world. Witness the birth of Low End Ensemble. We promise no knobs to be left unturned, no feedback left unheard and rumble that would make an earthquake feel ashamed. Simon plays synths, effects, noise & bass Christian plays bass, feedback & moog. Simon also goes under the KVIK moniker, with releases on labels such as BRISE-CUL RECORDS or NAME RECORDS. The particularity of LOW END ENSEMBLE lies in the exchange of favours between the two sound creators of the project: due to his musician training as well as his experience and mastery in more conventional and ''written'', styles, Christian embeds, in a certain structure, the dishevelled explorations of Simon Thibaudeau, while the latter, with his off-beat and noisy approach, incites Christian to let himself loose and somewhat break the mold of the rigidity and seriousness sometimes associated with more ''composed'' music. From there, one could rightly qualify this first album as ''composed improv'' or ''improvised compo''...Treasures unfold over the 4 long tracks that compose this first official production …In the end, a disc that is more atmospheric than full-on noise. To be filed under organic psych/drone. [press-release]
LOW VISION REMIX GRIM TALKERS -- "The Incendiary" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 WD Sounds
The hardcore noise of Low Vision reminds us that it is culture that breaks down walls. The harsh noise of Grim Talkers covers the town like a fog. Rather than a remix per se, Grim Talkers describe this collaboration as full of electricity, and unexpected occurances, the axis of each other present at the same time without distortion. All 6 tracks have been created without losing any of the individual flavour of each act. 25 minutes of Grimm-talk from the shadow of the city. Slimline jewelcase. [Cold Spring]
LOWLIFE -- "Piece of Shit Whore II" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2008 100% Unsocial Rec., (ltd. 69)
Belgian Harsh Noise unit.
LUASA RAELON -- "80000v" -- CD-R -- €7
2003 Snip-Snip Records, SNIP-SNIP 13
LUASA RAELON -- "Automatic Satan" -- CD-R -- €7
2002 Snip-Snip Records, SNIP-SNIP 02
LULLABIER -- "Fitoterapia" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2012 Oltrelanebbiailmare, CD201215, (ltd. 300)
Clocking at 33 minutes and 33 seconds, "Fitoterapia" (Phytotherapy) is a concept album that deals with avoidant personality disorder through the metaphoric story of a man who abandons society to live in solitude in the woods, discovering too late that human nature itself leads to socialization. It's a cohesive work, written and recorded within a few months, and influenced by extended ambient music listening sessions: Lullabier has merged martial slowcore, melancholy folk, field recordings and drones in a brief disc, a further proof - if we needed any - that you don't need to shout to be right. [label info]
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LULLABIER -- "Mono / Stereo" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Oltrelanebbiailmare, 202022 / VeniVersus, W06, (ltd. 200)
Acoustic / Ethereal. "Mono / Stereo" is a concept album in which the polar concepts of isolation and sharing constantly follow one another. Featuring a more acoustic focus compared to Lullabier's previous releases, it takes slowcore and ethereal dream-pop, and tunes them to a more intimate kind of songwriting. Folk-infused arrangements and minimalist structures flow throughout the album, guiding the listener across nostalgic, contemplative and even spectral feelings. Featuring Edgardo Moia Cellerino of LE MASQUE, who lends his voice to the track 'Soliloquio', this work represents the 'state of the art' of the LULLABIER project. Ltd x 200 copies in a 6-panel matt digisleeve and printed vellum oversleeve, with artwork by Stefano Gentile. [Cold Spring]
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LULLABIER -- "Veritа Rivestite D'Ombra" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2011 Oltrelanebbiailmare, CD201107
Delicate and fragile dreamy atmospheres, melodic and hypnotic ambiental light touches, sonic landscapes... now semi-acoustic, then nearly shoegaze... lyrics with introspective views, whispered by a simple and gentle voice, mainly based on evocative and shining, delicate and expanded, electric guitar riffs, on discreet rhythmic bases, sometimes followed by more simple ethereal folk guitar chords, in a singer-songwriter mood. An intense album, simply elegant, and at the same time competent and extremely touching... [label info]
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LUNAR ABYSS -- "Live in Kiev" -- CD-R -- €8
2015 Biosonar^Lo-End, 046, (ltd. 23)
One hour long live recording made in Kiev on October 26th, 2010 in "Prime at Podol" club. The recording was made in one track from the mixing desk. A fine live recording from that year. Artwork - cardboard sleeve with a set of old calendars and other fetishes, unique for each copy. Limited edition of 23 numbered copies. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS -- "Mitridat" -- CD-R -- €8
2016 Biosonar^Lo-End, 056/2016 cdr, (ltd. 16)
A bunch of fresh tracks produced in early autumn in Crimea between the walks among the ruins of the ancient towns of Tavrida. The basics of these tracks were recorded at different times in various places, at the drone gatherings of Petrograd team and in nature. Artwork - DIY cardboard sleeve with environmentally-themed Soviet pocket calendars. [label info]
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LUNAR ABYSS -- "Nagadvipa" -- CD-R -- €8
2017 BioSonar^Lo-End, 069, (ltd. 23)
Solo reissue of Lunar Abyss side of the cassette split with Kromeshna (BioSonar^Lo-End-036) + bonus tracks. A tale of hypnotic drone ambient. Waves of northern lights and vibrations of Earth, electronic manifestations of static sound. Artwork - cardboard sleeve with an applique work made of old postcards. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS -- "Timeline 2010" -- CD-R -- €8
2010 Biosonar^Labirint 016, (ltd. 52)
The author's mix containg tracks from early period of Lunar Abyss Quartet till nowadays releases of Lunar Abyss Deus Organum, also featuring unreleased fragments and live backing tracks. Fluent journey in time and space of Lunar Abyss sonic creation. Mixed in three tracks matching the timeline. Each copy is handmade and handnumbered. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS -- "Ynyqay" -- CD-R -- €8
2017 BioSonar^Lo-End, 068, (ltd. 23)
Solo reissue of Lunar Abyss side of the cassette split with Dvory (BioSonar^Lo-End-037) + bonus tracks. Multilayered psychedelic ambient, recording of a live performance. Perfect soundtrack for forest trips and long river walks. Artwork - cardboard sleeve with an applique work made of old postcards. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS + LESNAYA POGAN' -- "Dremo-Ta" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2010 Biosonar^Labirint 014, (ltd. 108)
Wooden noises, crunch and grunts of the analogue synth power, howlings of gnomes in the night, rustles of furtive efts, bubbling of mineral and electromagnetic magic, music of wood spirits. Tape loops, Soviet era vocoders, reverbs and synths, field recordings and accidental sounds found on old tapes. A winter collaboration recording. Handmade cardboard sleeve with monotyping. [press-release]
LUNAR ABYSS + OGNI VIDENIY -- "Mohalociya Eroja" -- CD-R -- €8
2015 Biosonar^Labyrint 028, (ltd. 33)
Continuation of the series of collaboration live recordings. This disk presents a fragment of a pu-erh session in Zanza-room on the night of December 13th, 2014 with minimal editing, in one track. The sonic flow is formed mainly of analogue modulations with hybrid processing and flavoured with strings, winds and voice. On a winter night with a teapot of pu-erh we remembered everything about mosses and lichens, night swamp fogs and former trips, and made the wishes for the future, twisting potentiometers to the beat of thoughts. String drones and bell chimes turn into atomized analogue crackles and rustles, sometimes pink noise and timbral waves blend in multi-layered cocoon of moss. Recommended to listen on wideband audio systems as well as in earphones, and if there's a chance to use both at the same time - surely use both simultaneously. The disc is packed in a cardboard sleeve with a hand-made stamp, each copy is numbered. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS + OGNI VIDENIY -- "S" -- CD-R -- €8
2015 Biosonar^Labyrint 027, (ltd. 52)
This disc presents the result of collaborative drone sessions, practically, a live session on one of the private parties at Zanza Room, in close Sostice eve, on the night December 21-22, 2014, with minimal editing and in one track to keep the mind flow: one long piece about winter sun, winds and flows of rotation, waves and pendulums, seasons and changes. Winter air blends with the aroma of tea ceremonies and spicy smoke. The soundflow is made with the use of analogue modules with hybrid processing and acoustic elements, such as flutes and voice, cassette field recordings and radio interference. Recommended to listen on wideband audio systems as well as in earphones, and if there's a chance to use both at the same time - surely use both simultaneously. The disc is packed in a cardboard sleeve with a hand-made stamp, each copy is numbered. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS / VANUM -- "Ulm-Gra / Pelena Sna" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2014 Biosonar^Labyrint, 026, (ltd. 222)
This split-release of two Russian projects was delayed almost for two years, which makes it even more interesting. Lunar Abyss presents two tracks of solo immersions of Evgeniy S. in the droning waves, saturated by tube cascades, and the third track is recently found unreleased fragment of a concert from 25.10.1999 in the Experimental Sound Gallety - 21, the remarkable performance for the project which provided material for creating two albums: "Cosmologamma" and "Zeleznaya Voda"... Later come four pieces by Vanum from the city of Tolyatti, which continue the shamanic mood and isolationist discourse. The compositions are based on the sound of Soviet analogue synths with minimal processing which makes them airy, bright and hypnotic at the same time. This is not relax music, it mesmerizes and brings to a pleasant stupor, full of psychedelic vigor, a veil of a dream calling up visions... The CD is packed in a cardboard sleeve with a hand-made stamping, each copy is numbered. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Arktika" -- CD -- €11
2002/2022 BioSonar^Lo-End, 125/2022, (ltd. 80)
Anniversary author's reissue of one of the first releases of the project (Ultra, 2002 - with the title Lunar Abyss Quartet). The tracks are unchanged and the sound corresponds to the twenty years old release, but the name of the project in the reissue is written in a modern reading. Here is a review from the archivist of all post-Soviet ambient music Tim Six: "Beginning as a classic arctic ambient - with the dull rumble of ice floes and the howling of the wind, already on the second track the album reveals hidden depths, dark caves, resounding with voices and echoing with booming reverberation. The slow tread of the rhythm counts down the millennia, spent long ago by all forgotten creatures in hibernation, and the verses and chants that periodically emerge through the thickness of the icy blue look more like spells. At some point, it begins to seem that now a blinding light will blaze out of the ice and an army of ice giants and stone trolls is going to march – in order to wipe the proliferating organics from the surface of the planet, fighting the Red Army, the Royal Navy, the Reich special forces and Japanese combat robots. Under the formidable earthly rumble, crushing fragile iron and mixing the frail human flesh with ice chips and sand. Spreading permafrost all around and leaving behind a gray hodgepodge of snow, mud, and flesh... Perhaps in the end it will turn out to be just a nightmare, but the chill behind your back will remain - an uncomfortable reminder of the short duration of any life, a wordless allusion to kilometers of frozen nature, waiting in the wings..." The design is made in the tradition of Lo-End from dissimilar materials with coloring and the uniqueness of each copy. Limited edition of 80 copies. [label info]
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LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Atimudra" -- CD -- €11
2012 Biosonar^Labyrint, 025/2012, (ltd. 296)
Fifth full-weight CD album of the project. Like all previous releases, it is a collection of tracks created in a long timespan. Plenty of various sound flows in parallels and angle-wise, interwined in ingenious multi-layered patterns, flows from different worlds, spaces and times. They include early sets of samples, improvisations from the live gigs, different home and field recordings, meta-synthesis, ethnic artifacts, vintage synths, radio capture and jam-sessions with friends. This way the new L.A.D.O. album continues to implement its main concept of interspatial and intertemporal contact. Unlike "Snovidenie" or "Tuntury", here every composition is a separate piece, a unique story, listening them in a row is like reading short novels, but despite the diversity of forms they all are interfused with same kind of mood, vibrating on one cosmic wave. One of the pieces is recorded together with Kshatriy, another one formed from the materials of Hattifnatter, but the overall amount of sound contributors is just impossible to describe. The final mastering was done by Uak-Kib (Kshatriy). Aesthetically the album keeps following L.A.D.O. "style" - distinctive and already well-known psychedelic drone ambient; practically it is like a remedy for one's mind. The album's mood has a lot in common with the recent 10" record "Atanimonni Aitnatsbus". "Ati-mudra" has an approximate translation from the Sanskrit: "ati" means inherent, perfect, true, "mudra" is state, setting, seal. Cover art features a drawing made by the author during one of Karelian trips in 2002. Handmade cardboard sleeve with cut corners and attached photo. Limited edition - 296 hand-numbered copies. [preaa-release]
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Atimudra" -- CD + CD-R BOX -- €36
2012 Biosonar^Labyrint, 025/2012, (ltd. 13), collector's edition
Collector's edition of the album for the fetish lovers: 13 copies in an art box 20 x 20 cm with various handmade inserts and an album with photos and drawings by the author + bonus CD-R with recent live recording. Each copy has a unique style of decoration and unique set of inserts, so each box is completely exclusive. One of the goals of the fetish edition is to collect money for the pressing of the new album by L.A.D.O. + Kshatriy, which is already being recorded.
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Geologorazvedka" -- CD-R -- €8
2010 Biosonar^Labyrint 012, (ltd. 108)
A concept album made out exclusively of analogue synthesizers with the help of Neznamo and Lesnaya Pogan. Layered structure, multi-level flow of drones, clatters, signals, rustles and crackles merge in thick ambiental environment with dense earthy sound of geological visions. Packed in cardboard sleeve with coloured photos. [press-release]
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Holynomimetik" -- CD-R -- €8
2019 BioSonar^Labyrint, 035a/2019, (ltd. 25)
A fusion of several wonderful live recordings, varied in form and contents, but providing a feeling of transforming space. The sound combination is both bright and carrying far away. Multilayered magical realism in a single track revealing the inexhaustible resources of activity and peacefullness. This recording was included in the anniversary boxset LA20, but since it was strictly limited, this release allows you to hear this material. Packed in a double sleeve with handmade image, hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "O.D.A.L." -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2015 BioSonar^Labirint, 32/2015, (ltd. 222)
The ending of 2015 is marked by the release of a landmark album by L.A.D.O., the whole year was full of live gigs and studio recordings, but none of these consonances was included in the album, waiting for the next year to be published. More over: the album is a mystical machine manipulating with the aspects of time and concepts of sound in time. If you're familiar with the project for a long time, you'll surely remember the typical timbres and vibrations, but you'll also feel their other, secret aspects. If you're just getting to know L.A.D.O., the album will be a splendid illustration of the creative direction. A simple yet effective method of transforming the sonic flow is reflected in the album's title "O.D.A.L." and in the title of the tracks. Shamanic drone ambient with the abundance of layers of all kinds of origin, multi-dimensional worlds of consonances and acoustic phenomena. Perfectly fits for psychedelic tea parties and drowsy journeys in the depths of the cell memory riding the mitochondria. The edition is limited to 222 numbered copies. Handmade sleeve adds warmth to the relationship between the artist and the listener. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "O.D.A.L." -- CD + 2 CD-R + С-90 BOX -- €36
2015 BioSonar^Labirint, 32/2015, (ltd. 22)
For the dedicated fans we have the interactive version of this edition: two more CD-Rs with the tracks created in the same way as on the album, but not included in the main track-list because of duration limit. And also a cassette with two 45-min mixes made from the album and bonus tracks, for the walks with a walkman. If possible, you can listen to all three CDs and the cassette simultaneously on several audio systems located in one or more spaces in any combination (also in combination with any other Lunar Abyss albums), which will create new dimensions in the psychedelic perception. Fetish kit: the album of visual collages in the form of cards and a pendant-amulet with a runic combination for luck. Special reinforced design – a box with handmade paintings and elements of natural and technical culture, unique for each copy. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Onika" -- CD -- €11
2019 BioSonar^Labyrint, 037/2019, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Drone / Experimental. This is a dedication album, a return to the realm of dreams, when pictures and assosiations replace each other and fade out, dissolving like water into water. Or these are the reflections of children days, already so unreal, distant forgotten words that have lost their former sense, and even form, leaving only sensations. Acoustic events allude to slumber and evoke transparent scenes, scents and echoes from the depths of memories. Moss blankets and golden leaves, berry patterns framing mushrooms, stone ridges melting in swamp fog, fibers of attention and scales of memory – fragments of the vast ocean of images. The multilayered fabric of the narrative changes slowly, the character of sound changes imperceptibly. So the rustles of a forest flow into the howl of the wind, stings and horns, voices and manifold of electric currents – every one on its own branch... The CD is limited to just 100 copies, packed in a sleeve made of green cardboard with a hand-painted color varnish stamp, signed with a brush and numbered. First twenty copies contain bonus CDs with some previous albums (leftovers of editions). [label info]
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LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Onika" -- CD + CS BOX -- €36
2019 BioSonar^Labyrint, 037/2019, (ltd. 13)
Special art edition (13 copies) is a 40 x 50 cm canvas wall art with a side-pocket containing a handmade hardcover book. The painting and images in the book depict totemic mushrooms and heroes of author's dreams. Manual stamping, decorative graphics and photo collages are used in the design. The set also contains a 90-minute cassette with the mixtape version of the album, including variations of first two tracks. [label info]
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LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "A Sherpa's Sleep Is More Milk Music" -- CD -- €12
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 189-2, (ltd. 250)
Drone / Ambient / Experimental. L.A.D.O. is a project that has literally appeared from a sleep. His founder first saw and heard this name in a dream, and being quite surprised upon awakening, decided to embody it. Subsequently, many fragments of sound, associations and images came from sleep and drowsy moments. So is this album. Each composition is a piece, a fabric woven from the sounds of various origins: resonant dawns and dusks, roars of distant thunderstorms, rustling of small creatures, sough of wind and leaves, ringing of strings and trumpet calls. All this is interlaced by multi-layered electric threads of analogue and synthetic instruments and call signs of unknown radio stations. All this swarm of sounds doesn't fall into chaos but builds up in a forest temple surrounding sleeping children, and the air vibrates with emptiness. [label info]
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LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Sloi Teni" -- CD -- €11
2021 BioSonar^Lo-End, 123/2021, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Drone / Experimental. This edition is only partly a reissue, several gradations of the rethought material, which every time appears in new perspective, unfolding the layers that were hidden before, and at the same time endowing them with new meanings. Post-industrial texture of noise backgrounds hypnotizes; layers of impro-flows and loops mix together, as do atmospheric landscapes and microtonal events, fairy tale characters appear through the glass fiber and piles of forgotten algorithms come to life. Limited edition, each copy is uniquely wrapped with layers of various materials sewn in a booklet. [label info]
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LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Sloi Teni" -- CD + CS BOX -- €40
2021 BioSonar^Lo-End, 123/2021, (ltd. 8)
Ambient / Drone / Experimental. Art edition with collector's artwork: an album created from 10"-sized square layers, collages, inserts. Each copy is a small story, an individual frame from an unshoot movie. Bonus C90 tape contains a lo-fi mix of the tracks taken from the CD and its variations. Post-industrial texture of noise backgrounds hypnotizes; layers of impro-flows and loops mix together, as do atmospheric landscapes and microtonal events, fairy tale characters appear through the glass fiber and piles of forgotten algorithms come to life. [label info]
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LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Tryakusta" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2011 Vetvei, V17, (ltd. 485)
New album from Saint-Petersburg L.A.D.O. progect is result of 3 live records mixing: July 1, 2010 in art-apartment "Vmeste" - a meditative sound performance "Ring Time" - feat Kshatriy; July 4, 2010 a morning concert in "Zelenogorsky Festival of ambient music vol.1"; July 14, 2010 a meditative sound performance "Diamond Sandman - 12 th floor" in the art-apartment "Vmeste". An incredibly deep multilayered Drone Ambient with plenty of colorful patterns. A dense self-observing stream, that takes away all the dependences and rushing through an endless self-similar spheres. Mastered by Kshatriy. Full-colored six-panel envelope Vresnit & Vetvei Art. [press-release]
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LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Tsagan" -- CD-R -- €8
2010 Biosonar^Labyrint 011, (ltd. 108)
Tsagan (Tibetian) - white, clear, bright. Lullaby and bathing songs decorated by drones and pipes, bells, breath of dawn, drops of lead, voice and guitar loops, mouth harps, theremin and forestal rustles. Everything sounds a bit alike "Brusnika" 7" but with more varied sound. Also took part in this recording: Tanya Svaha, 6sun, GoRa, Neznamo, and others... Packed in cardboard sleeve with coloured photos. [press-release]
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Tuntury" -- CD -- €10
2009 Aquarellist, aquarel 08-08, (ltd. 500)
The new album of one of the oldest Russian dark-ambient projects Lunar Abyss Deus Organum is a collection of six sonic pictures of the world of thundra-yoga. Each composition is like a complex multidimentional mosaic build of layered sounds of completely different nature: field recordings, samples, synthesizers, singing, tape noises, etc. These layers not just sound along, but slowly and relentlessly create a slowly twisting deep sonic spiral, stretching listener's attention out to several directions at once. Hallucinatory ambient of double dosage.
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM + ANAMEZON -- "Nidra" -- CD-R -- €8
2009 Biosonar^Labyrint, 010/2009, (ltd. 108)
Anamezon is a new project by Evgeny Savenko characterized by more electronic synthetic sound, and this "collaboration" is sort of balance between natural ambient of L.A.D.O. and electronic embient, sometimes even rhythmic. Field recordings, sounds of forest and alien voices are mixed with monotonous dronings, gentle pulsations and cosmic vibrations of analogue and digital synthesizers. Trademark multi-layered sound, psychedelic atmosphere and even-tempered energetics guaranteed. One track features Pepelaz A.B.
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM + HATTIFNATTER -- "Boloto" -- CD-R -- €8
2010 Biosonar^Labirint 017, (ltd. 52)
The continuation of subnatural theme is presented in the new swamp album by LADO & Hattifnatter. A journey to the world of hobgoblins and water spirits. Vibrant engulfing soundscapes are mixed with laid-back light melodic noisy pieces, narrating about helobious existence and non-existence. Trip ambient, easy noise, ritual electroacoustics. Each copy is handmade and handnumbered. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM + HATTIFNATTER -- "Lesnaya" -- CD-R -- €8
2009/2016 Biosonar^Labyrint 009/2016, (ltd. 17)
"Lesnaya" means "woody" in Russian, so this is a new woody album from LADO & Hattifnatter. Having walks in a forest in company with ether creatures, talks of trees, movements of roots, singing of streamlets melt together in deep psychedelic (dark)-ambient with haunting atmosphere. Each copy is handmade. Second edition - 17 copies.
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM feat. KSHATRIY -- "Listopad Vot On" -- CD-R -- €47 [-50%]
2007 Biosonar^Labirint 02, (ltd. 64)
Here it is, the fall of leaves, here is it's flickering dance, whirling in the time cell between the branch and the earth. We gathered the recordings of the autumn, for the immersion and for the movement, for the games with the astral doubles and etherial creatures. Rhythmic rolls, cyclic funels, helix passages, magnetic pickups. Admiring the transition season. The Earth breathes... Two ritual ambient tracks are recorded and mixed in 2003, the following two are dark-psychedelic remixes on the material from "Zeleznaya Voda" CD and "Brusnika" 7". Packed in cross-folding handmade sleeve with lots of inserts unique for each copy. [press-release]
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM vs NEZNAMO -- "Dendralepsya" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2010 Biosonar^Labirint 013, (ltd. 108)
Dendralepsya - ability to suddenly turn into a tree. Assume you're sitting home, having a dinner with relatives and all of a sudden you're all covered with branches, most often coniferous - this is it! This disk presents dendraleptic soundscapes, i.e. the sound you hear while being a tree. Dense shroud of tender drones, like a mist. Images and visions create light gaps between the trees. Delicate tuning of your heart chakra - melodic layers in ultimately remote background. Music for strain listening and recognizing. The sound is based on voices and live instruments, ocarina and pipes, but all drown in fog, in mist, in solute. Handmade cardboard sleeve. [press-release]
LUNAR ABYSS DORMIT ODD -- "Tertius" -- CD-R -- €8
2015 BioSonar^Labirint, 31/2015, (ltd. 23)
The continuation of the oneiric sound design series from the LUNAR ABYSS project. The third experience, notable for the minimalism of foregrounds and the rich texture of extra-far backgrounds of hearing. Plain monotonous drone and hiss of magnetic tape blends with field recordings of sea and forest birds. The absence of musical claim and structural materials of recordings make it akin to the works of the PUSTOTA project. The sonic program is designed for the deep relaxation and drowsy journeys to the border worlds. Artwork - cardboard sleeve with an applique work of postcards and colour cardboard. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS QUARTET -- "8" -- CD-R -- €8
2007 BioSonar^Labirint 004, (ltd. 52)
Re-edition of the very first album recorded in 1996-98 and released by 8th Moon Art in 1998. Atmospheric dark drone ambient with old school approach and vague analogue sound and cold atmosphere. Music of northern woods and tundra. Outstanding sound-processing techniques dilute the seriousness of content with a dashing smile, and lecture about discovering the Transbaikalian copper deposits in 1949 may be cognitive in self-educational sense, dear comrades.
LUNAR ABYSS QUARTET -- "Cosmologamma" -- CD-R -- €6
Biosonar Revers
Meditative monotonous ambient extracted from handmade metal and brass instruments. Author's reissue of the CD published by Quag, with simplified artwork.
LUNAR SEAS -- "The Day the Sky Fell Down on Earth" -- CD -- €10
2019 self-released, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Experimental / Psychedelic. "Lunar Seas are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon dubbed as seas by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas. Less reflective than the highlands they appear dark to the naked eye..." The project of a Moscow based artist Pavel Mikhailov, known to the fans of Russian independent & industrial scene by the work with HYPNOZ, ZUBOFF SEX SHOP and NEIZVESTNOST, representing his experiments with acoustic and electronic sound sources in field of landscape, cinematic, adorably dark and slow-motion sides of music. The album is inspired and dedicated to the ancient Magic of the Northern lands and the heritage of an imaginary lost civilization lived above the 60th parallel. [from the author] The disc is packed in 4-panel digipak and limited to 100 copies. Mastered by Sion Orgon.
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LUNDE, ERIC -- "Mimefistofele" -- CD -- €10
2011 TraitMediaWorks, tmw030
Experimental / Noise. Are you familiar with opera? Then Boito's Mefistofele ought rank right up there, despite the sickening stench of an omnipresent g*d, but the devil has the game in this one and its worth listening to "son lo spirito che nega sempre tutto". Anyway. Eric Lunde has taken the first act of this beloved opera and given it the reduplication treatment. Layered and processed, it barely sounds like the original, which was the intent. Harsh, nearly criminal assault on this beloved masterpiece of evil, sin and redemption, except that now the devil comes out on top... [label info]
LUNDE, ERIC -- "A World Of Hurt In The Kingdom Of God" -- CD -- €10
2011 Heart & Crossbone, HCB 035
Clock says done. Time has come for the new admonishment from Eric Lunde: An inductive sound revolutionist, a founding member of the Milwaukee avant-industrial noise squad Boy Dirt Car, and an acrimonious underground writer & musician with over 40 solo releases dating back to the mid 80's. "A World Of Hurt In The Kingdom Of God" derives its name from a series of 2-ply plastic engravings Lunde did in 2004, The original title being "A World of Hurt in the Kingdom of Gosh". It is primarily a product of the concerns Lunde still have (and expressed in his book "Prison Sex", from which the majority of the text on this album is taken from) with the latent cruelty of humans in regards to their alleged relationship with a fabricated supernatural being and how is it that religious people have to prove nothing, but the atheist ones have to prove everything. So what's there to be found in Lundes' dragnet this time regarding these issues? A dish of sober mischief noise served cold, bubonic industrial and irate sound poetry created in the detrimental corners of the mind where the proof reproduces the intimate bonds of brutality that men create between themselves. Clock says done. [press-release]
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LURK -- "Furking" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2007 Blade Records, wmda078, (ltd. 100)
Mathias Josefson (Moljebka Pvlse) says: "This record is a re-release of a tape that was released almost ten years ago. The material is improvised in the studio with little or no-overdubs. The first and the last track on the re-release are new recordings from 2006 done by rb and mj".
LUSTMORD -- "Things That Were" -- 2 CD -- €18
2013/2016 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-66, (ltd. 900)
Dark Ambient. "Things That Were", a luxurious limited 2CD Digibook edition of the earliest Lustmord recordings. Album is carefully mastered by Peter Andersson(raison d'etre). Artwork by Cold Graves. [label info]
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LVPERCALIA -- "Florilegium" -- CD -- €12
Equilibrium Music, EQM 005
In the finest Italian neo-classical medieval/gothic italian tradition, Lupercalia's second album blends together eastern and european influences in an alchemical creation produced by top-notch musicianship and a strong soprano voice.
LYSN -- "Ecstatic Landing" -- CD -- €12
2012 Aquarellist, aquarel 20-12
LYSN is a new group devised and directed by trombonist and composer Hilary Jeffery from The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble and The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation. Designed to push the limits of live, improvised drone music examining its intersections with dub and psychedelia, creating a form of "minimal psychedelic music" from floorboard-creakingly quiet to physically affecting volumes, an experiment in propulsive meditation, or meditative propulsion. LYSN features a wide range of free improvisors united by their interest in drone, calculated repetition, long-form patience, and jouneys into inner/outer space… [press-release]
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LYUDI NA HOLME -- "Nocturnus" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 COD noizes, SHUM14
Neofolk. A long night has reigned over the Polar Circle, the sky has been painted with magical inks and the ripe berries of stars swelled. And we present a new album of the Murmansk collective "Lyudi Na Holme", dedicated to the Northern Night. Ancient human fear of darkness; flashes of unthinkable revelations, born in the darkness, or faces of the gods, looking at us from behind a black veil - let everyone find something of their own on this sacred night. [label info]
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M. BRYO & D.M.T. -- "Things I Was Due To Forget (1979 - 2005)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018/2019 Nuit Et Brouillard, NB.CD.07
Minimal / Synthwave. M.BRYO & D.M.T. was one of the musical projects of the Antwerpen based multimedia artist Mark Burghgraeve. In the late seventies Mark followed Art school and from young age tempered with electronics. He formed M. BRYO & D.M.T., his first synthetic band that time with some fellow students. M. BRYO & D.M.T. played from 1982 till 1984 in clubs, cultural centers, chapels and at art exhibitions sometimes complete with the D.M.T. line-up, sometimes solo. Among other things, Mark constructed the original KLINIK with Marc Verhaegen and collaborated with the artist Jan Fabre... "Things I Was Due To Forget" is a record of songs that appeared on K7 and vinyls or came from M. BRYO's personal archives of unreleased tapes. As a whole this is an inspired release conceived as the full-length album that never saw the light of day that time. It can be seen as a kind of "anthology" of what the artist composed under M. BRYO moniker... All tracks were remastered by the artist especially for this release. This timeless jewel is now available as double LP, and also as a CD packed in an elegant digisleeve with retro-design and a 12-page booklet. [label info]
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M.E.S.S. -- "Weekend Ritual Massacre" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Pitkit, PIT666
With so much evil-doing around them, politically and/or musically, it's no wonder that Israel's M.E.S.S (stands for Mr. Error Sound System) are fueled with so much spite and angst-ridden ferocity that it's only natural for them to be squashing membranes with their uptempo and speedy-punk-grind-noise-hardcore, overpowered by a squeaking and growling female vocalist that is bringing the Riot Grrrl movement back from the dead with the most innovative and fresh attitude you can imagine. Or can't, actually. Mixed and mastered by thee mighty Dan Swano to make it top-notch and even more hostile. Recommended if you like Melt-Banana, Bikini Kill, Huggy Bear, Karyn Crisis and Daisy Chainsaw. [press-release]
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MAA / OUT OF FOCUS -- "split" -- CD-R -- €7
2006 Triangle Records, [TR04], (ltd. 120)
Split of two Karelian projects. Maa - noise performed on microphone and frequency generator. Out of Focus - mostly heavy formed noise. An attempt to bring household devices, makeshift trash and computer together. [label info]
MACELLERIA MOBILE DI MEZZANOTTE -- "Profilo Ottimale Delle Ferite" -- CD -- €10
2002 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 048
Translated : "MIDNIGHT MOBILE BUTCHER'S SHOP - Excelent Profile of the Wounds", debut album for this Italian power-industriual monster which is taking inspiration from the many italian extreme industrialoids like: the old MB, Murder Corporation, Atrax Morgue... but with a more cool & cold touch and adding some incredible jazz-noisy-bossasnuff-bloodeasy sounds which makes this new project simply unique! A real big surprise to be discovered! Crime Jazz Industrial!!! [label info]
MACELLERIA MOBILE DI MEZZANOTTE & ANENERBE MUSIC CLUB -- "Crime In Your Flesh And Other Sad Story" -- CD -- €9
2012 Ufa Muzak, UFA56, (ltd. 500)
Crime dark jazz / Somnambulic post punk. Ufa Muzak invites you to spend one day in a night club. This is not a regular drunk day for relaxing your nerves and bringing mind in productive readiness for the next week, no, here you will find not the usual omnipresent lines in menu of a classic respectable house, here something should happen, something maybe not unimportant, but significant. Draw attention to the people hidden in clouds of blue tobacco smoke, if you recognize them, then you understand there is a reason for you to be here, and even a business card with golden embossed letters looks like an object of decoration. Music flows like spring water in a silver cup, like this new harmony one can trace the radiuses of movements of thin rouged lips, or maybe a mirror on a wall hides a new deception. Italian speech, illegible words, at that table, fine drunk speech of the members of the musical decadent opera of MMM, they don't care of broken glasses or slipped up shirts, opening paintings on a skin - yes, they make sense for those who understand. But here are other people, their names are like strokes of dark blood, unknown, pictures of burning passports, files not found, special department for the issues of especial importance, Anenerbe Music Club. Nice people in suits with burning cigarettes and guns, jazz syncopes, lights fade out slowly, it all starts soon... 6 tracks, 30 minutes, standard jewel-case, 6-page booklet. [press-release]
MACHINE DE GUERRE -- "Vanites" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 OPN Records, OPNCD0015
A dark disc from the catacombs of Paris and the debut album from Machine De Guerre (War Machine). Reminds of Haus Arafna, Le Syndicat Electronique or Millimetric. For followers of Industrial, Minimal Electro and Coldwave. Presented in a very nice 6-panel black and white digipak. [Cold Spring]
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MACHINEFABRIEK -- "Amalgaam" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 197-2, (ltd. 350)
Experimental / Drone. Amalgaam is a raw and unpolished album. Which doesn’t mean that it’s blunt or trite. The grainy, textural sounds on this record have a fleeting, cinematic quality to them, combining spaciousness with a sense of intimacy – at times interrupted by noisier outbursts. The album is based on a series of improvisations on a very hands-on hardware setup, with an old tone generator, effects pedals, dictaphones, contact mics, etc. This material was then mixed and edited into the pieces on this album, while retaining the liveliness of the source material. The only deviation is ‘Metallic (Edit)’, which is an older track that originally appeared on a Japanese compilation tape, but - especially in this newly edited form - seemed to fit between the Amalgaam pieces perfectly. CD released in limited edition of 350 pcs folded in 6-panel ekopack. [label info]
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MACHINEFABRIEK -- "Assemblage (Gathered Eccentrics 2010-2016)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 134-2, (ltd. 300)
”Assemblage” is the fifth Rutger Zuydervelt's album released on Zoharum (including his collaborative album with Dag Rosenqvist). The album, like the already sold-out album "Dubbeltjes", is subtitled "Gathered Eccentrics" and collects rare Machinefabriek recordings from compilations, collaborative releases and the 3-inch EP "Nerf". Among the recordings you can also find unreleased soundtracks for films and installations. Why should you get this compilation? First of all, the artist shows the development in the period of 2010-2016. It is also a good collection introducing into the world of Rutger Zuydervelt's music. A kind of "best of", but without the most famous songs. The album contains 15 tracks and, what Rutger emphasized on the occasion of "Dubbeltjes", short pieces with their limitations give way to experiment while creating a concise forms. The album is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. [label info]
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MACHINEFABRIEK -- "Mort Aux Vaches" -- CD -- €12
2008 Mort Aux Vaches, MAV059, (ltd. 500)
Glitch / Drone / Experimental. Produced and recorded for VPRO 'Dwars', Amsterdam 2006. Packaged in 3-panel brown card sleeve with rubber stamped text and pin in the center to hold the CD.
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MACHINEFABRIEK -- "The Measures Taken" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Zoharum, ZOHAR 091-2, (ltd. 300)
Experimental / Drone / Soundtrack. After last year's two releases (a compilation of rare tracks ”Dubbeltjes” and the reissue of a collaborative album with Dag Rosenqvist entitled ”Vintermusik”) a renowned sound artist Rutger Zuydervelt returns with a completely new album called ”The Measures Taken”. It is the score for a dance performance by choreographer Alexander Whitley and visual artists Marshmallow Laser Feast. ”The Measures Taken” was originally commissioned by the Royal Opera House (it premiered there in May 2014). The spectacular performance involves a lot of hi-tech interactivity between dancers and projected visuals. The theme of man vs/with machine is magnified by the music, which combines warm melodic pads with glitchy white noise and (more than on any other Machinefabriek release) propulsive rhythms. Now you can enjoy the music from the performance on a physical album which is also striking without the use of the visual side... The album is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. [press-release]
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MACHINEFABRIEK -- "Veldwerk" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Cold Spring, CSR156CD
Drone / Experimental. Sublime drone music and field recordings by Rutger Zuydervelt. 'Slovensko I & II' are best seen as a travel diary, recorded in Slovakia. RZ made 'sound snapshots' with a small digital recorder. A major influence both while recording and assembling the tracks was Chinese sound artist Yan Jun. 'Rusland' is a sound collage comprising field recordings and sections of live performances made in Russia. An incredible adventure and culture shock with long train journeys, bizarre venues and amazing people. 'The Breaking Water' can be heard as a sonic portrait of Rotterdam's famous Erasmus bridge. It includes recordings taken from both on and beneath the bridge, along with further sounds from the river that it crosses, the Nieuwe Maas. 'Floor & Radio' is a contrast to the outdoor pieces recorded for the the installation 'Licthung' in Radolfzell, Germany. Contrasted against the outdoor silence was the squeaking floor in the guest house and the distorted signal and static from the radio. Sometimes there's music in everything. Makino Takashi asked RZ to perform a score for his film 'In Your Star'. After a screening in Tokyo, a studio version was recorded. The result is 'Apollo', a sonic journey to space and beyond. Digipak. [press release]
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MACHINEFABRIEK -- "Vloed" -- CD -- €10
2008/2010 Cold Spring, CSR138CD
'Vloed' is a collection of (slightly edited) live performances, recorded between 2006 and 2008 in Amsterdam and Den Haag. "All performances find Machinefabriek in fine form, offering up thick billows of warm guitar shimmer, fluttery staticky ambience, and at one point some uncharacteristically heavy super distorted metallic guitar, but here, it's not so much metal as simply a mighty drone, thick and throbbing and super intense. There are long stretches of near silence and super minimal high end drone, glimmering slow building crescendos, squalls of distorted choral buzz, warm whirring metallic reverberations, shimmery and dense black dronemusik, all the stuff we love about Machinefabriek" (Aquarius). Beautifully remastered with a 20-minute bonus track, 'Vloed' captures the immersive live experience of a Machinefabriek concert. Presented in a stunning matt digipak with modified artwork. [press-release]
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MACHINEFABRIEK -- "Wendingen (Selected Remixes 2005-2015)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 117-2, (ltd. 300)
Experimental / Drone. This is the third Machinefabriek album (and Rutger Zuydervelt's fourth) released in cooperation with Zoharum. After last year's well-received previous album, "The Measures Taken", containing music to the contemporary dance performance, Rutger prepared "Wendingen" for us. The album which is a compilation and at the same time it is not; which contains recordings of other artists and at the same time is completely fresh look at them through the Zuydervelt's glasses; finally it is an album that contains remixes and at the same time sounds like a completely new Machinefabriek album... In fact, from the beginning of its activity under the name Machinefabriek, Rutger Zuydervelt also acts as a prolific remixer for the likes of Nils Frahm, Balmorhea, Dirk Serries and Amon Tobin. The collection entitled "Wendingen" collects a substantial part of those reworks and contains reinterpretations of tracks by Mensenkinderen, Wouter Van Veldhoven, Fieldhead, Aaron Martin, Coppice, de la mancha, The Moi Non Plus, Djivan Gasparyan, Amon Tobin, Gareth Hardwick, Fiium Shaarrk, Vladimir and Red Stars Over Tokyo. Because they are reconstructions done by, not for, Machinefabriek, "Wendigen" sounds like a completely new album, not a compilation. It is also the proof of the craftsmanship of one of the most interesting figures on the European electronic or experimental music scene... The album is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. The cover is based on the original by Rutger Zuydervelt. It was mastered by Lukasz Miernik. [press-release]
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MACHINEFABRIEK with ANNE BAKKER -- "Short Scenes" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Zoharum, ZOHAR 174-2, (ltd. 300)
Ambient / Experimental / Modern Classical. Machinefabriek, or Rutger Zuydervelt, is one of the most prolific artists in the field of contemporary experimental music. However, unlike many musicians with extensive discographies, the quantity goes hand in hand not only with the quality but also diversity. "Short Scenes" (the sixth album by Rutger on Zoharum) is a mixture of electronic textures and neoclassical violin parts enclosed in twenty miniatures... Rutger Zuydervelt on the album: ”Short Scenes” came to life when working on a soundtrack with violinist Anne Bakker. Taking a series of her improvisations as a starting point, I started to edit and construct them into new songs - no pre-conceived plan, just being lead by these violin recordings. Still working in the ”soundtrack modus operandi”, the resulting tracks are short and concise. None of them ended up being used in a score, but from the very beginning I felt these little vignettes would form a darn fine album. And here it is...” The album is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. [label info]
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MACHINIST NOISE ASSAULT -- "Self Help" -- CD -- €10
2010 Silken Tofu, stx.04, (ltd. 300)
Industrial / Power Electronics. 'Self Help' is the first official album by Machinist Noise Assault, culminating after years of dabbling with different styles of drone, noise, and industrial since its inception in 1998. Lyrically, 'Self Help' is a scornful examination of various forms of self abuse/neglect, and severe internal struggle based around the concept of one being one's own worst enemy. Sonically, expect to hear densely layered power electronics, standing out from the usual 'Set it and forget it'-style of its peers with less focus being applied to outright abrasiveness, and more being put on texture, development, and atmospheric elements. Mastering by THOMAS GARRISON. 7" sized black cardboard package with silver print, packaged in transparent bag. [press-release]
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MACRONYMPHA -- "Close To The Edge" -- CD-R -- €25
2003 Self-Abuse Records
Harsh Noise.
MACRONYMPHA -- "Ultimate Vibrator" -- 2 CD -- €17
1994/2022 Usagi, U05, (ltd. 300)
Noise. Usagi is proud present this much sought after gem from the vast Macronympha discography. Released in 1994, Ultimate Vibrator is one of the earlier testaments of Rodger Stella's meticulous editing and mixing genius, and above all his ability to crack open sonic chasms and fill them with the strangest of colors. An older sibling of classic Macronympha mind melters such as Grind and Baroque, but also a more aggressive sonic relative to Stella's work under the One Dark Eye moniker. Filling up the closing half of the second disc are a number of previously unreleased tracks and sketches from the Ultimate Vibrator sessions. 2CD digipak, edition of 300, remastered at Elementstudion by Linus Andersson. [label info]
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MAEROR TRI -- "Emotional Engramm" -- CD -- €10
1997/2012 Zoharum, ZOHAR 034-2
The reissue of a long-forgotten classic MAEROR TRI album with stunning new artwork and newly remastered sound. Back in 1997, it turned out to be the last album by this experimental trio of German droners composed of Stefan 'Baraka[h]' Knappe, Martin 'GLIT[s]CH' Gitschel and Helge Siehl. The former two later formed TROUM (Zoharum releases: "Autopoiesis / Nahtscato" and "Seeing-Ear Gods" (A Continuous Journey in Six Parts) and the latter 1000SCHOEN. During their nine-year existence, they recorded a handful of albums and cassettes with their unique mixture of minimalism, industrial, ambient and drone, exploring the brains of potential listeners. "Emotional Engramm" is MAEROR TRI 's most refined effort to date. After years of experimenting, the group came to a characteristic sound composed of layers of electrically/electronically-treated acoustic instruments. Their organic sound achieved the most accessible form on "Emotional Engramm";. Clocking in at just under 80 minutes, the seven tracks presented here show Maeror Tri at its best. The reissue is presented in a lavish 6-panel digipak designed by Marcin Lojek (Ibsen Design, New Nihilism label, Mantichora and Schmerz bands) with a foreword by Martyn Bates (EYELESS IN GAZA). The album has been faithfully remastered by Lukasz Miernik (Dead Cat Mastering). [press-release]
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MAEROR TRI -- "Myein" -- CD -- €16
1995/2016 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-56, (ltd. 300)
IFP present new chapter in our collectors DIGIBOOK ressues of Maeror Tri heritage. This time vey important album "Myein", often called "main MT album". "Myein", a monumental work recorded between 1992 and 1993, was released on americal label ND in 1995. This work presented three long tracks that well exemplify some of the aspects of their art: the gothic droning of "Phlogiston", the ambient-electronica of "Desiderium", and the cosmic doodling of the 47 minutes long title track... "This is probably Maeror Tri finest moment, and one of the best ambient albums ever recorded. It's like a symphony, divided into movements. All three tracks are brilliant masterpieces, never boring or predictable: "Phlogiston" features an impressive introduction, with a long, continuous crescendo, ending with a majestic climax in the form of an static blast, soon followed by a distorted ocean of noise. "Desiderium" is a beautiful slab of sentimental ambient music, probably the most melodic and beautiful interlude the band has ever done. The 47-minute (!) title track is quite a journey by itself, with a near-perfect balance of haunting drones, meditative percussion, and beautiful melodies going so deep. This album is the most seminal production made by the german trio. Brilliantly executed and properly balanced, this work is their entrance ticket to the hall of fame. The hall of fame of the greatest ambient masters. You get lost in your mind and in your thoughts while listening to this. The tracks overwash you, just gently and softly as possible. It really takes your mind somewhere else. Maeror Tri may have ceased to exist, and Troum may be trying to continue the legacy, but this release shines and will probably remain their best. Ever." - Max16032. Limited edition 300 copies. Mastering - Peter Andesson (raison d'etre). Artwork - Cold Graves. [press-release]
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MAEROR TRI -- "The Singles" -- CD -- €11
2005/2020 EE Tapes, EE42, (ltd. 500)
Drone / Industrial. Second edition of the CD compilation of Maeror Tri singles and EPs originally released in 1993-1996 (except for the very first single "Saltatrix", released by Drone Records in 1993). These tracks were originally featured on the following EPs: "Physis" 7" (Fools Paradise Records), "Mystagogus" 7" (Noise Museum), "Exorbitant" 7" (Ant-Zen) and "Pleroma/Altrove" (Ant-Zen). Packed in a 6-panel digipak.
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MAGRINI, MASSIMO -- "Vrachnas" -- CD -- €12
2019 Backwards, BWCD04, (ltd. 400)
The first solo work by the Italian musician Massimo Magrini aka BAD SECTOR released under his own name. "Vrachnas" is inspired by hypnagogic hallucinations and presents one long track full of drones, noises, distant voices, surrealistic soundscapes, fragmented sounds..., for a real journey into the obscure side of mind. Hypnagogic hallucinations: vivid perceptual experiences that typically occur at sleep onset. Hypnopompic hallucinations are similar experiences but occurring at awakening. Sleep paralysis: a state when, during awakening or falling asleep, a person is aware but unable to move or speak. It may include hypnagogic hallucinations, such as shadowy figures entering the room while the subject is paralyzed. During the paralysis the sleeper may hear imagined sounds like humming, buzzing noises, voices and whispers... Released in an elegant matt varnished three panels ecopack with an amazing artwork of our lovely illustrator Mastereaster.
Edition of 400 copies. [label info]
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MAISON CLOSE -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
Force Majeure, Force 005
Inspired by "Johnny Got His Gun," this self-titled release contains many samples from the movie that can be heard all throughout the album. It was recorded in 1998-99 and contains electronics, metal tapes, and vocals. The works are akin to Anenzephalia, and Maison Close's minimalism is reminiscent of Dagda Mor's "Border of Light," though it seems to incorporate a more emotional approach. Packaged in a digipak. [label info]
MAJDANEK WALTZ -- "Black Sun" -- CD -- €10
2006 Strely Peruna prod., SP016
"One of the strongest albums of this dark/neo-folk band is now officially released. Dark marching composition with romantic touch and bright reflection of Tradition in lyrics. The band explores the signs and unconsciousness leading to search and protest. Special handmade cover. 35 minutes." [press-release] The CD also contains exclusive video "Spores of fear, seed of darkness". Standard edition.
MAJDANEK WALTZ -- "Cold" -- CD EP -- €6
2006/2021 kultFRONT, KF-IV, (ltd. 45)
Neofolk / Dark Ambient. 15 years anniversary ultra-limited reissue of the mini-album "Holod (Cold)" in 4-panel digipaks. The original press-release from 2006: "Cold" is the 4th release of kultFRONT label and the 2nd officially published work of Ryazan-based group MAJDANEK WALTZ. "Silver age dark folk" - that's how this release can be characterized. Live flute and accordion, guitar and bass, accompanied by smooth industrial noises, cast the feeling of transparent melancholy. This is neither light nor dark feeling. More likely it's closer to cosmic coldness, whirling onto the earth surface. Besides MAJDANEK WALTZ this album was prepared with the help of other musicians: ANTHESTERIA (St. Petersburg) and WOLFSBLOOD (Moscow). ANTHESTERIA presented a remix on the track "Everything is going to be in winter way"; WOLFSBLOOD sang on the track "Cold" to the accompaniment of MW. In addition to this album you'll find previously officially unreleased track "Raven" and two thematic photo galleries uncovering the visual constituent of inner life of Majdanek Waltz' musicians.
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MAJDANEK WALTZ -- "Die Blinden Schutzen" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Sulphur Flowers, SF 7
Catharsis as art - the new full-length work of the leading Russian dark-folk project perfectly transmits the feeling of the devouring purification: death folk still has the right to exist, although most part of the time we are immersed in the deep swamps of dark ambient, embraced by the mysterious neoclassical chimes. 6-panel digipak in slipcase. [label info]
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MAJDANEK WALTZ -- "Nachtlied" -- CD -- €10
2014 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-43, (ltd. 270)
A new full-length album of one of the most notable projects in the Russian post-industrial scene. "Nachtleid" is the second part of a planned trilogy, first one was album "Tenebrae" 2011, joint release with Sal Solaris. Recorded "Nachtleid" attended by 13 musicians - piano, guitar, violin, viola, cello, clarinet, flute, trumpet, oboe. And well known band Reutoff play as guests on album. Those who have been following the work of Majdanek Waltz, usually notice evolution of their ark, complexity of the structure of the compositions, strength and mature of reflection, the depth of sound, all this quality increases from album to album and not an exaggeration to say that with "Nachtleid" group revealed deeper their potential. "Nachtleid" in a good way very cinematic album that draws more than hour-long picture, which we hope will please fans of the band, as well as us. Paul Bliumkin characteristic vocal accompaniment neoclassicism , neofolk, dark ambient, martial... to give a description of the project by means of music tags has long been a pointless, but corporate identity MW still remains easily recognizable. [press-release]
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MAJDANEK WALTZ -- "Pepel" -- CD -- €10
2009 Nadeln Prod., NaP.I
"Pepel" is the first part of MAJDANEK WALTZ trilogy. This album contains all tracks which were previously recorded exclusively for the compilations, different versions of some compositions also released on the compilations and new unreleased tracks. MAJDANEK WALTZ stays within their own tradition - melancholic and twilight, anxious and "transparent" neo-folk with brilliant fragments of embracing darkness and martial atmosphere. All texts are on Russian language. [press-release]
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MAJDANEK WALTZ / SAL SOLARIS -- "Himmel Des Reichs / Der Himmel Über Berlin" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 kultFRONT, KF-X, (ltd. 500)
Split "Himmel Des Reichs / Der Himmel Über Berlin" is a re-issue of the most energetic recording of MW with remastered sound, with special support of their associated from SS. In fact the release continues the theme of MW's single "Cranes" - the theme of inanity of the confrontation between the two forces of brother-soldiers. And yet two poles can be distinctly seen here, divided both stylistically and ideologically. If four tracks of MW are the hymns of one of the confronting sides, performed at the meeting point of anxious military-industrial and dark-folk, four tracks of SS are the ambient-industrial memory of those who was at the other side of the front. The CD is accomplished by a thematical videoclip of SS "Der Himmel Über Berlin" created from archive video-materials. The author is a clip-maker Oleg Potiy (VJ Dornier Wal). The artwork contains rare photographs from 1939 when the fighters of both poles were still confederates. [press-release]
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MAKEMAKE -- "Something Between" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 144-2, (ltd. 300)
"Something Between" is the second album of Makemake, a new project collaborating with Zoharum. The project plays sounds in the region near free impovisation, electroacoustic music and psychedelia. The album was recorded in October 2016 in the CK Agora theatre hall in Wroclaw. Thanks to recording in such a specific, large room, a very interesting sound was obtained. Additionally, the recording of the instruments was done on 9 microphones in different parts of the room. The mix and mastering was taken care of by Michał Kupicz, who gave the album a specific spatial sound. The material is different from the one that can be heard on the debut album "From the Earth to the Moon" (MC, Złe Litery, 2016), which was entirely a recording of the free improvisation session. The second album is dominated by "open compositions" in which there are tangent / joint points, and the rest is built around improvisation. "Something Between" uses prepared electric guitars plus electronics. The album is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. [label info]
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY -- "Aesthetic Culture Metabolism -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016/2019 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT127, (ltd. 17)
Noise / Ambient. Reissue of an audiocassette, released by Heart Shaped Box Prod. as a non-run edition of one copy. Experimental Art Noise Ambient, full of field recordings, radionoises, voices, improvisations on ethnic instruments. A kaleidoscope of sonic artifacts, interflowing and overlaying, making up the multi-faced essence of the modern culture. Limited to 17 handnumbered copies. Half-DVD box, the cover is made by hand from vintage paper with many years exposure. A pack of fullcolour inserts reproducing the collages that created the original cassette edition. [label info]
MAKLAKOV, VITALY -- "Denuding To Nights" -- CD-R -- €8
2003 Ostroga, OTR-001, (ltd. 22)
"Denuding To Nights" is digital drone with "analogue approach" - 'digital' here doesn't mean stale sound or digital compositional rules. Bass background is overlayed by more bright cosmic atmospheric melodics. The focus is fixed on cosmos, aside from earthly things, from nothing-meaning death to infinity. [Abgurd]
MAKLAKOV, VITALY -- "Leaving no trace..." -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_34, (ltd. 31)
Noise / Abstract / Experimental. Do you like to meditate staring at the shabby walls of an old room which hasn't been renovated since Khruschev? Will you find an untold lurking plot between the lines of an antique yellowed school notebook of your grandpa? Who will you meet when you set off on a leaving-no-memories trip to Jupiters and Saturns of broken tiles? Will they be abstract trunk boxes? Taiga hunters and trackers? Shocked majors? Or just splashes of crystal brains evaporating from sandpaper? Listen to this album and find your own answers... CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in jewel box and wrapped in artistically decorated sheet of tracing paper. [label info]
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY -- "Library Dream" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_3, (ltd. 30)
Drone Ambient / Noise. Shelves and old books covered with dust like with a blanket. Neither people nor timber worms won't disturb its dream stretched out to subjective millenia. Are you ready to plunge into the depth of their dreamy choir? Would you risk to send your astral body to their dreams risking not to go back? We just offer the gates there in a form of the album by this Ural-based artist and noise composer. CD-R with printed surface, packed in half-DVD box. [label info]
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY -- "Open transfer transcedental program / Hidden transfer transcedent program" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_6, (ltd. 20)
Noise / Experimental. All living things on Earth - is a collective unconscious network. Each fragment of this organism - it is a biological screw and the receiver signals of others, and the user in one person. Are you ready to plunge into the stream of mysterious Nucleic-software processes? Catch signals and pieces of other creature's thoughts and emotions? Or just go for a swim in a nervous, constantly bustling and boiling aether? Dare to dive using scuba gear instead of this album from the wonderful Urals noise-artist. CD-R with printed surface packed in orange DVD-case. [label info]
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY -- "Rural Landscape With Water And Wind" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Polevoy Dnevnik, P(F)D 005, (ltd. 17)
Half an hour of raw windy drone and water splash. Refreshing! Full-colour sleeve. [label info]
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY -- "Village Sketches" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Ostroga, OTR-042, (ltd. 15)
Pure field recordings. Pro-CDR, only 15 copies. [label info]
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY -- "Zheleznie Skazki Pt. 2" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Frozen Light, FZL 056, (ltd. 50)
Frozen Light presents the second part of the “Iron fairy tales” («Zheleznie Skazki») by Vitaly Maklakov: three new tales told by the screech of metal, the rustle of field recordings and digital and analogue originated noise. Dive inside iron, go out of the usual world. [label info]
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY -- "Zheleznye Skazki #3" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_13, (ltd. 33)
Noise / Industrial / Experimental. We present you the third installment of the "Iron Tales" (two previous parts were released by Ostroga and Frozen Light). We suggest you become extraterrestrial archaeologists and immerse yourselves in studying the remains of the extinct civilization of the planet Shelezyaka. History, ancient tales, religious texts - all drowned in dust and rust of the dead world. Echoes of old stories are now woven in a bizarre anachronistic pattern. Still try to unravel it. CD-R with printed surface, packed in a half-DVD-box. [label info]
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY / BIG BANDES -- split -- 3"CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2015 Ostroga, OTR-038, (ltd. 17)
Raw field recordings from Russia and France. Special unique design. Mini-CDR, only 17 copies. [label info]
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY + ALEKSANDR CHESKIDOV -- "Struny I Pruzhiny" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Ostroga, OTR-074, (ltd. 30)
Electroacoustic Noise / Lo-Fi. 30 copies in PVC sleeve.
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY & LEFTERNA -- "Solar Mycelium" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016 Ostroga, OTR-069, (ltd. 30)
Russian-Macedonian mail art collaboration. Hot dazzling summer landscapes. Rust and salt on the sand. Drone ambient mystery implicated with concrete sounds and field recordings. [label info]
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY / LITVIN, ARSENY -- split -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2016 Heart Shaped Box Prod., HSB-099, (ltd. 11)
Minimalistic noise plit of two Ural-based projects. Special handmade foldout paper package.
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY & ARSENY LITVIN -- "Eclecticism and Simultaneity" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2017 Ostroga, OTR-081, (ltd. 44)
Mail-art collaboration between two artists from Siberia and the Urals. [label info]
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MAKLAKOV, VITALY & ARSENIY LITVIN -- "Zazarkalnoye Molochko" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016 Down Elcovka Records, CD-R DER 023, (ltd. 20)
"- How would you like to live in Looking-glass House, Kitty? I wonder if they'd give you milk in there?" (Lewis Caroll "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There"). The Urals - Siberial mail collaboration. A joint album of the Kamensk-Uralskiy-based artist and noise activist Vitaliy Maklakov and Arseniy Litvin, head of Down Elcovka Records. The album is dedicated to the literary comments of the translators of the Caroll's book "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" to Russian language (published in 1989). [label info]
MALACHI / THE BASTARD NOISE -- "The Immortals" -- CD -- €10
2009 Housepig, HPIG-021 / Hear More!, HMI06 / 200mg, 200MG010
This split marks a dedicated continuation of excellence in delivery and concept from milwaukee's malachi as well as a change in direction for the bastard noise. Malachi surrounds with two uncompromising orchestral compositions that are both stunning in thier appeal. The bastard noise line up is joined by a debut of l. Rauf and it delivers two altogether delicate compositions that seem an attempt at describing nature on a universal scale with the vast distances between objects only traversed by light itself; a glittering of long-since moribund stars from eons before it was seen by man.both units strive for the epic in their own manner. [label info]
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MALFETE -- "The Old Ghost Tower" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Feu Follet Productions, FFP0002, (ltd. 50)
Dungeon Synth / Dark Ambient. A Halloween night, wandering in the cemetery of Père Lachaise. I'm lost in my darkest thoughts, the most dismal... Contemplating the ghost tower that dominates the scene... This album is dedicated to Ace Thomas "Quorthon" Börje Forsberg from Bathory. This album was recorded at Père Lachaise during March and August 2019. [from the artist]
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MAMMOTH ULTHANA -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Zoharum, ZOHAR 048-2 / Huta Artzine, HUTA_SND001, (ltd. 500)
Mammoth Ulthana is a sound-concept project based on a combination of traditional acoustic instruments, such as an oriental gong set, bells, animal horns, pipes, ethnic drums or singing bowls, with various sounds generated by computer software. This blend creates a sort of unique and intense musical space build on a strong basis and filled with many unforeseen sound events. The main objective of this project is mutual interpenetration of two acoustic and electronic sound worlds. Mammoth Ulthana is based on the ancient world ways. Hundreds of centuries ago, in the previous era when life was a battle for survival, the Mammoth Ulthana tribe wandered to the north. It was a community made up of druids, shamans and paladins of the Nature in which everyone gained knowledge and the power to maintain inner balance by entering the spiritual world of sound. Ulthana Mammoths were mediators in their culture, they communicated with the spirits, both living and dead alike and including the spirits of the deceased, on behalf of the community to alleviate unrest, unsettled issues, and to deliver gifts. Album packaged in 3-panel digipack. [label info]
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MAMMOTH ULTHANA -- "Particular Factors" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 118-2, (ltd. 400)
One of the most well-reviewed Zoharum releases is the debut album of Mammoth Ulthana from 2013. The duo of Jacek Doroszenko and Rafal Kołacki had us wait very long, three years, for their follow-up album. Entitled “Particular Factors” it continues the path traversed on the duo’s debut album. The duo continues to create music based on the juxtaposition of organic and computer-generated sounds. This time the bigger focus has been placed on the diversity of sound, vibrating rhythms and performative approach to the recording process. There is also a new sonic level based on the use of unconventional instruments. The compositions included on the album compose a story about an ancient community that uses the phenomenon of sound as a medium to express a deep connection with nature. The album is released in a 3-panel digipak in a strictly limited edition of 400 copies. [label info]
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MANASUNA -- "Breath Beyond" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Rage In Eden, RAGE 92
MANASUNA - the meeting of the different worlds of sound: modern electronic music, ethnic and classical music. Unusual sensitivity of the musicians and openness to search new musical horizons allowed them to create a band with a wide spectrum of sounds and musical interpretation. Musical instruments used by Manasuna (Monsoon), including: indian sitar, taus, persian santur, saz, australian didgeridoo, classical cello, violin, drums and flutes from around the world, and modern electronic, give our compositions a unique sounds, fabulous climate from undiscovered world and create an mesmerizing rainbow of sounds. [label info]
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MANET -- "Devour" -- CD -- €12
2017 Dark Jazz Records, DJR 001
A perfect doom jazz/post rock hybrid. Definitely the best Manet album produced yet. Smooth, flowing textures mixed with haunting saxophone and subtle guitar create vivid imagery that resembles the artwork perfectly. [Robert C. Kozletsky] Digipak.
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MANIFESTO -- "Exit" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Reverse Alignment, RA-22, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Experimental. Being a part of the alternative scene since more than 15 years past, Magnus Zetterberg's Manifesto has created a trademark of bleak and dark electronica, industrial textures and blackened ambient that satisfies a diverse taste of listening with it's manifold expression. Catching up with this act in 2008, in connection with the release of the album Core, the label found it only natural to get in touch again. Since then, Manifesto has released material on such labels as Silken Tofu and Bone Structure (to mention a few) and played live across northern Europe. Exit is the finalization of four years of transformative work where turbulence, creation and re-creation sets the thematics. The entering track unfolds existence as elusive and impermanent and onwards the harsh sides of reality push us towards entropy. [label info]
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MANIFESTO -- "Hive" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Reverse Alignment, RA-43, (ltd. 200)
Industrial / Dark Ambient. Magnus Zetterberg is returning with a new haunting opus of darkest industrial ambient accompanied by Axel Torvenius wonderful art. "Hive" is a ghastly exhibition into the foul world of humanity. A soundtrack to devastation. [label info]
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MANINKARI -- "Continuum Sonore Part 7>14" -- CD -- €10
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 085-2, (ltd. 300)
Maninkari, a duo hailing from France, should be a well-known one for ambient lovers. They have already released six albums on renowned labels such as Conspiracy, Neuropa or Basses Frequencies. Their influences range from classical music through jazz and free improv ending with ambient and drone. Therefore, it is not easy to classify them as a modern post-industrial electronica combo. The duo works quite intensively. They have just prepared the second volume of their 2012 "Continuum Sonore" album. What enchanted us about Maninkari while listening to part 7-14 "Continuum Sonore" compostion of is their easiness in creating beautiful, but haunting melodies drowned in cinema-like atmosphere. It is not surprising as the duo have created music for films of Thomas Pantalacci. Their other advantage is varied instrumental textures. Apart from regular synthesizers and not so common persussion, they use atypical instruments, such as bodhran, viola, cimbalom, santoor. It brings them closer to the neoclassical genre. The CD is housed in an ecopak sleeve and is strictly limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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MANTRA, MICHAEL -- "Amanita Lake" -- 2 CD + DVD -- €15 [-50%]
2010 Silentes, cd200924
Ambient. Two hours and a half of music collected on a double CD set that also contain a DVD video. Two long tracks of sublime and evocative pseudo-abstract and multicoloured ambient textures, built with “discreet” and repetitive background microstructures layered with continuous and infinite variations worked out from “clusters” of sounds and “sketches” of melodic sequences made of light sonorities, “delicate” and “quiet” as well, but also hypnotic and warm… Fragile harmonies and mild dissonances in a timeless sonic continuum that enwraps and “rocks” the listener, among infinite spirals and floating waves in an everlasting movement… Another new, mind-boggling masterpiece, absolutely unmissable for all the lovers of Michael Mantra’s music. [press-release]
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MANTRA, MICHAEL -- "D#m/Gm" -- CD -- €8
2008 Purple Soil, pulse zero: five
The so far unreleased 1998 album. Classical example of static music. Two lengthy ambient tracks, heavy on subtle drones and concrete sounds, descending slowly forwards. [label info] "D#m/Gm is an album of extended ambient listening of sonic icebergs slowly shifting over time. This album is based in ultra minimal atmospheric dronecore, an exploration into the dark unknown of somber sonic states of the mysterious unknown and leveraging changes in states of feeling and states of consciousness. For maximum sonic effect, listening to this CD with stereo headphones is recommended. Do not listen to this album while operating heavy machinery or operating an automobile, motorcycle, marine craft, aircraft of extra terrestial craft. This album is dedicated to world peace for all sentient beings." [sleeve notes]
MANTRA, MICHAEL -- "Mobius Logic" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Silentes, 200821
Evocative and crepuscular atmospheres, tenuous sounds from the inks color pastel, minimalistic melodies acclimatized on background of "discreet" but wrapping field recordings... Evoked and surrealistic soft sonorous landscapes with warm synthetic sounds, mixed to crystalline natural noises, concrete sounds, breaths... A fascinating classic "and" quiet "album of" ambient music, to work of one of the greatest and "historical" masters of the sort... [label info]
MARCH OF HEROES -- "La Chute" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
After 2 outstanding releases on Rage in Eden, Steinklang is proud to present the third full lenght album from the French masters of Martial Neoclassics MARCH OF HEROES, who present us a superb opus fulfilled with finest Martial Industrial Music and a strong Neoclassical influence and well orchestrated soundtrack-like music. For this album, Romain L. has joined forces with Jim Breedveld (Staalkracht) and Mitchell Keepin to deliver one of the most powerfull and immersive albums of the genre. Going hand-in-hand with the musical elements of the second MARCH OF HEROES album, “La Chute” also uses some of the best elements developed in the first album. The new album is definitely one step above both parent albums, made to always remind the listener about the senseless violence and cruelty of war. [press-release]
MARCHETTI, LIONEL & CAPPAROS, OLIVIER + HIGASHI, YOKO -- "A Blue Book" -- CD -- €11
2011 Waystyx, WR68, (ltd. 294)
The compositions recorded by the musicians in various years show wide range of contemporary experimental music. Here one can find the eternal Marchetti's interest in "musique concrete", electroacoustics of French school, academic vanguard of Capparos... His piano parts, like slowly dispersing circles on water, interact perfectly with rustling radionoises, crystal vibrant ambient and voice of a small girl, creating fragile and elusive music filled with always changing images, pieces of phrases and charm of Christmas chorals. The music which can be called "intimate", as it's so close and pleasant. The title track "A Blue Book" is a symphony which can be created by almost anyone by twisting knobs of a radio receiver and travelling through fragments of transmissions catching pieces of phrases, melodies with long pauses on "empty" waves, listening to only hypnotic mysterious crackles and trying to understand who or what is sending these signals. For Capparos this becomes an analogue of human memory which randomly extracts from its bank fragments of recollections, echoes of sounds, flashes of vivid experiences and lingering tension. The three-part piece "Tenebrae" for string quartet, composed by Olivier in 2008, shows the other side of his creativity - this is academic music for conservatory halls, resembling (not only because of similarity of sound, but mostly because of the feeling of almost religious ecstasy able to capture the listener entirely) the works of such aknowledged masters as Arvo Part... Marchetti and Higashi join forces to work over only one piece "A Short Story" based on recording of human voice made in 1860. Abstract sounds which Lionel derives from the synthesizer neighbour with Yoko's voice, mild as if stroking your hair drone, noise and crackle of interference and that fragment of a 150-year old recording where woman sings a lullaby... Delicate, multi-faceted and very personal work. [maeror3.livejournal.com]
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MARCHETTI, LIONEL / JÉRÔME NOETINGER -- "Mort Aux Vaches" -- CD -- €12
2000 Mort Aux Vaches, (ltd. 1000)
Musique Concrete / Experimental. Recorded on March 29, 2000 at the Dutch radio VPRO. Like all Mort Aux Vaches releases, packed in a fold-out cardboard sleeve with a metal pin.
MARCHETTI, LIONEL & YAN JUN -- "Shanghai Atelier" -- CD -- €8
2014 Observatoire, obs * experiment | 051, (ltd. 200)
"I think it was in 2009 when i received email from Lionel... Wow, it's long enough to scheme a coup. Maybe two... Since then we discussed a lot about release his work on Sub Jam label and invite him to China... I wrote this long story into the book The Only Authentic Work which has been published with Lionel's CD 23 Formes en Elastique as one work in 2013. Then he came to China for a release tour. The day he arrived in Beijing was one of the heavy pollution days. On taxi to my home from airport was like lost in a cyberpunk film. He told me later: Mamma mia! I thought it was apocalyptic! But surely we survived from it and got a lot of bonus. Hot pot, Forbiden City, ink paitings, alcohol, black tea, music and friends, frozen worm and more hot pots. Then the trip to Shanghai and Hangzhou. And more alcohol and friends. And sounds, which are entirely, constantly embracing us and jumping into our recorders... We traveled with Soviet Pop, an electronic music duo based in Beijing. 6 events in 3 cities including Beijing. In two weeks i discovered these cities as a traveller as well. Beijing was dusty, huge and droning. Hangzhou looked rich and tasty. Shanghai was fresh. We call it the capital of magic. I can recall so many pieces of moments of sounds, lights, colours, smells and faces... Yes that's tour as it always been... Lionel has wrote a lot of poems after this trip. I wrote few. Also we made photos and field recordings. Yes. That made a balance to what we eat (lamb and noodles) and breath (air with smog) from the world. Or maybe not. I'm not really sure what we did to the world. We just spent some time together with helps from people and electricity. The foods were fantastic anyway... Before the last day Lionel stayed in China we recorded this album at an artist friend (Lili Chin)'s residency studio in Shanghai. Both we had speaker cones as instruments so we recorded our sounds from them. Plus recordings from our mixers. That was November 11th, 2013, in one of the most expensive hotels of the world." [Yan Jun]
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MARCHOFF, MAREK X. -- "Funeral Musik For You And Me" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Zoharum, ZOHAR 108-2, (ltd. 300)
'Funeral Musik for You and Me' is the follow-up of the ideas that guided the creation of the previous Marchoff album entitled 'Funeral Musik fьr Jenny Marchoff'. However, in this case, it is devoid of a personal element, which was the laudation or registration of tormenting feelings after the loss of a loved one, and is more of a reflection on the meaning of life and death. The common denominator for both discs is certainly the nature of work and the type of measures, which helped Marek X. Marchoff during the recording sessions. While recording he also used analogue audio sources, including synthesizers of this type. This time he also invited his friend Tom Kalinovsky to collaborate on this album. Music, though far from the stem of Different State and 23 Threads styles, is equally interesting, intriguing and even inspiring. As in the case of 'Funeral Musik fur Jenny Marchoff', the material has not been mastered in order to preserve the original shape and character of the 'Funeral Musik for You and Me' album as it was at the time of recordings. [press-release]
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MARE DESIDERII meets YAO 91404 D -- "Chernosnezhye" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT132, (ltd. 86)
A kind of continuation of the >o<mutt project. This time Mare Desiderii (from the creator of Omutt, Dime[drone], Galaxy The Incubator, Syvary, Karjalan Tazavalla, etc.) is creatively rethinking the classical album by YAO 91404 D "Flakes of Black Ash" (2003). As a result we have a completely independent full-fledged work in vein of Old-School Industrial / Drone Ambient, somewhere between Vivenza, Vetrophonia and Maeror Tri with solid heavy gloomy drone and looped industrial clatter. The album is covered with patina of the industrial era of the beginning of the 20th century, imbued with the mysterious mood, very sustained, stylish and interesting. Recommended! [label info]
MARIANI WINE -- "Methamphetamine" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 COD Noir, NOIR2
Noir Rock / Catacomb Blues / Alternative Chanson. In the last rays of autumn sun the city reveals its mysteries. Shadows dwell in uncertain electric light and find shelter in the corners of night cinemas. Air gusts bring forth weird songs, songs about ridiculous love and bizarre death. COd label and distribution present "Methamphetamine" - theater of macabric chanson - the new release of COD noir. Urban romance - slow, dark and desperate. For those who appreciate tactual sensation of music we offer the CD with a six-page fold-out booklet made of very thick paper with gloss and matte lamination. [label info]
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MARKAB PROJECT -- "Music For Chaomantic Meditation" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2018 Facthedral's Hall, FHCD20-2018, (ltd. 50)
Ritual Ambient. For this 6th release of Markab Project, the three rituals of “Music for Chaomantic Meditation” , are composed by Napharion Zviadadze (member of the avant-garde & experimental Black-Metal band ARYOS) and mastered by J.S. at Asymetrix Studio. The complete layout of the record is signed Dist De Kaerth, who has also photographied Maat Ab Chao as model for the cover. Packaged in transparent polycase. [label info]
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MARUTANI, KOJO -- "Pataphysics" -- CD -- €10
2000 Alluvial Recordings, ALL002, (ltd. 500)
Our first release for 2000, this is from Japanese composer Koji Marutani, who also runs the Digital Narcis label. Here, he presents a group of recordings of wide variation. He continues his series of "Scenes" recordings which incorporate field and locational recordings with electronic elements. The first piece is inspired by the radical piano work of Eric Satie. Other pieces includes cool, flowing ambiance and cut up's of American, Japanese and European TV and radio broadcasts. There is also his attempt at adding a warm, human element to the often tired Electro- Blip sound. It's packaged in a perfect balance of austere lights and earthy tones in an edition of 500. [press-release]
MARUTTI, ANDREA & CARLO GIORDANI -- "Impressioni Organizzate Di Ansie Liquide" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2020 St.An.Da., 2024, (ltd. 200)
Musique Concrete / Experimental / Dark Ambient. In 2011 Andrea Marutti (AMON, MARIBOR, NEVER KNOWN, HALL OF MIRRORS, etc.) and Carlo Giordani were invited by Massimo Indellicati of Ambiente H to provide a soundtrack to accompany a series of experimental movies whose main theme was "water". That led to the creation of a series of long pieces that were collected under the title "Impressioni Organizzate di Ansie Liquide" ("Organized Impressions of Liquid Anxieties"). In 2019 the five parts of this fruitful collaboration were completed. On this release, the vast array of analogue / digital synthesizers and electronic devices handled by Marutti is perfectly matched to Giordani's field recordings and tapes, giving life to a totally immersive environment, handing out moments of considerable tension, but also sudden flashes of light and calm mesmerizing passages. The tracks feature incredible recordings taken by Giordani during a 5-day expedition in the restricted areas of the dams of Venerocolo and Pantano dell'Avio Lakes in the Brescia district of Italy, which are effectively used in combination with sampled and electronic sounds to create an 'augmented Musique Concrète' that touches Dark Ambient territories. Ltd x 200 copies in a 6-panel digipak with photography by Stefano Gentile. [label info]
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MARY X -- "An Industrial Tribute To Eraserhead" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2013 Gradual Hate Records, H.T.M.02 CD
Reminiscent of the eighties era of cassettes, the Mail Art, the industry's most insane music, noise and field recordings abrupt more rugged. His first work was published in RIR. And their aesthetic obsessions are confusion, anger, marginal world, and all the contradictions of this society bastard. His greatest influences are Whitehouse, Karkowski, Crass, Merzbow, Geometric Splendor and the personal universe of David Lynch... [label info]
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MASTERMIND -- "Power" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2005 Monopolrecords, 003, (ltd. 500)
Solo project of Radim Cap from Depressive Disorder. EBM / future-electro / industrial.
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MATHS BALANCE VOLUMES -- "Black Husk" -- CD-R -- €7
Weirdo Records, (ltd. 50)
Most low-key Maths recording in a while, and one of the best...mostly short pieces, with childlike melodies being forced into repetitious and grime-covered songs, trance-inducing synth/percussion grooves, black holes of tape murk, lullabies, and a few large ensemble explosions of rock n' noise... [Microsound-announce] Minnesota gypsy violin gyrations, samples stretched & broken until they morph into odd casio songs, unruly tape pieces let go over acoustic guitar thump & back porch stomp. [label info]
MATERIA AURORA -- "Post Night Sequences" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 OPN Records, OPNCD0011 / BKO Media, BKOMCD01, (ltd. 500)
First release in CD format from this french project mixing cold ambient music with drones & acoustic sounds. The music is cold as ice as well as deeply organic. The cd is housed in DVD digipack file with full icy colour artwork. [label info]
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MATTER -- "Pinkly Lips" -- CD-R -- €6
2007 Observatoire, Observatoire 14, (ltd. 50)
Matter is a project of Russian musician Denis Shapovalov (Adriva, Sunchariot), in which he explores the possibilities of computer technologies. However he does it in the same way as in his main projects. The result is rather strange meeting of digital sound and raw primordial approach: monotonous noises, crackles, loops and complete obscurantism. An engaging release.
MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA -- "Digression" -- CD -- €10
2010 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 1040
Industrial / Power Electronics. After the recent reprint of “historical” material collected on the “SONIC DEPRIVATION” CD (SILENTES SME0930), and the collaboration with NIMH on “FROM UNHEALTHY PLACES” (SILENTES SME9032), Mauthausen Orchestra/Pierpaolo Zoppo comes back with brand new tracks and a new album where the “fury” and aggressiveness of his usual “harsh” sonorities of a Noise/Power-Electronics nature are merged with more “quiet”, wide and always dark ambient parts, sometimes surprising us with unexpected and undisclosed pulsating rhythmic-electronic inserts. A great album for a project that has recently born again with an unsuspected and inspired artistic vital energy. [press-release]
MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA -- "Sonic Deprivation" -- CD -- €10
2009 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 0930
A fantastic selection of archive materials from the “golden age” of Mathausen Orchestra, the Italian power-electronic project born in the early 80s from the mind of Pierpaolo Zoppo, recently back in full to his artistic activity (see also the other CD Silentes SME0932, Nimh/Mauthausen Orchestra: From Unhealthy Places). Coming as a wonderful digipack CD, these six tracks collected from his very first cassette releases (Murderfuck, Mafarka, Anal Perversion, Host Sodomy, From Homicide to Slaughter) are released in a completely restored and remastered edition that finally does justice in full to the incredible and futuristic visions of one of the most significant Italian experimental artists of the last thirty years. Unthinkable and apocalyptic sonic masses pushed to the extreme, an endless flux of strong emotions, a violent and devastating impact… Absolutely not to be missed. [label info]
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MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA -- "Where Are We Going?" -- CD -- €10
2008 BloodLust!, B!091
Industrial. The first full-length release in over ten years! Pierpaolo Zoppo returns with seven new songs, recorded for BloodLust! in 2006, as a follow-up to his "Smooth Hate" 7-inch (B!065), which immediately sold out of its limited edition of 100 copies --- and the "Forbidden Ground" private series 7-inch (B!056); Perfectly cold, austere, and dark analog synth material --- for fans of Zoppo's outstanding, evolving contemporary work --- yet carrying enough weight behind it to please all but the most close-minded and jaded fans of his early, violent, primitive, and raw Mauthausen Orchestra recordings (recently revisited for the lavish Broken Flag box set released by Vinyl-on-demand in 2007); This CD is packaged in a handsome black and white and color four-panel Digipak, designed by ex-BLOODYMINDED member, Megan Emish. [press-release]
MAVIS, MAC -- "Report from the Lake" -- CD -- €10
2009 Faria Records, FAR-27, (ltd. 500)
Synthesized audio report from far away lake and it's surroundings of natural beauty and original almost untouched wilderness. Drifting in a boat with only a small synthesizer and portable recorder to create ideas for later production. Capturing moments of peace impossible to tell in words. Life by this lake, where only handful of people live. Meetings with the friendly natives living near by. From waking up to early morning sunrise to late night boat journeys,losing all sense of time and date. World as we know it has no meaning in here. This is no 2 week holiday watching TV. This is wildlife, survival for the inexperienced. When the evening falls and winds calm down you can hear whispers of the wilderness. When thunder storm arrives you have wooden cottage for shelter. No need to worry about electricity blackout because here you never had any. Old radio at the cabin porch playing ambient music, battery operated synthesizer, guitar and food. Silence is everywhere. This album is based on real life experience. Melodic and warm ambient music, created totally with hardware synthesizers and sequencer. With some actual on location field recordings as reference. [press-release]
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MAW -- "s/t" -- 3"CD-R -- €6
2002/2012 Datura Landscapes, Datura 12
Industrial / Drone. Side-project of Hum. One long track recorded in 1999 and previously released on a self-titled cassette by Ultra Low Fidelity label in 2002. The composition starts with a slowly looped flanger coil gradually powering up and then suddenly falling in rusty abyss... metallic clanging comes in, interrupted by unexpected outbursts of insanely hypertrophic voice and subtle resonating waves embracing everything in a droney fog... Beautiful soundscape in vein of isolationist ambient / industrial / drone... "Initially dedicated to a one from Blake's "Proverbs of Hell" in demo version this project had a subtitle - "Everything possible to be believ'd is an image of truth", later reduced. All material recorded and mixed on 4-track in three days in early September 1999 with using tapes, tape loops, Lel'22, radio and Korg ToneWorks. There are two versions of this work. This release contains the original version of September 1999 without any correction. Cassette release of 2002 features a revised version, with some additional treatments and an extra section excluded from original mix of 1999. Final section in both versions co-produced with Roman Sidorov (STARUHA MHA, DER GOLEM), who in turn used same material as basis for the last track on "Diszipline of Blown-up Bridges" album. Both versions are illustrated by photos of Pavel Aleynikov made in 1998/99 and perfectly conveying the idea and spirit of the project." [from the author]
MAW -- "Melancholy Drop" -- CD-R -- €9
2006 Datura Landscapes, DATURA9
Industrial / Drone. New album of Maw (side-project of Hum) is made of recordings from 2001. Four long tracks in best author's traditions - slow, fluent, laid-back, resonant, well, here one can list all the epithets that fit to outstanding lo-fi drone ambient. Again beautiful stylish cardboard cover.
MAW -- "Pallid Light Nocturne" -- 2 x 3"CD-R -- €9
2002 Datura Landscapes, DATURA6
Industrial / Drone. First CD of this "nocturne" is relatively split on three parts: desolated ambient turns to rarefied industrial-field drawing which then dissolves in melancholic and sad depths. Second CD contains two strange industrial-ambient pieces filled with emptiness and howling of electronic winds. Very calm work with late autumn mood. Comes in plastic box.
MAZAKON TACTICS -- "The Entrancing Cage" -- CD -- €10
2014 Terror, TR-25
Sacha Mandler has been constantly drifting in-between styles from harsh noise wall to synth pop and back, but his longest living death industrial project remains strong in its ideas and sounds. After several releases on tapes and CDrs here comes the first full-length CD. Painful, dark and personal release that has been delayed to be released far too much, ranging from dark ambient to death industrial, to power electronics. Nightmarish soundscapes, recorded 2008-2010. [label info]
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MCKARAS -- "Right To Stay Bestial!" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Autarkeia, acd 032
The tracks of the album Right to Stay Bestial! have been recorded at least thirteen years ago. It travelled through the hands of lovers of dark electronics, among the Lithuanian underground people, in the form of a re-recorded CRD. Everyone admired depressing atmosphere, spite and sterile aggression of this disc. Today, the album author McKaras (McWAR) newly interpreted the old tracks, complemented them with a number of various samples and produced a new master. The results is an esp. fine, newly sounding album, the style of which can hardly be defined. Some may think it is hard techno, yet dancing is hardly possible to this rhythmic music. Gloomy atmosphere, aggressive rhythms, psychedelic loops will push the audience into heavy criminal and politically incorrect mood. The album is ideally suited for listening in the car driven towards criminal purposes. However, bear in mind the punishment, will you? Mckaras is to techno as Darkthrone is to black metal perhaps. [press-release]
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MECHANICS OF TRANS -- "Outsiders" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2017 Provoloka, prvlk 0006-0001 / Kemerovo – 0001, (ltd. 480)
Provoloka continues to explore the little-known depths of the Russian industrial underground scene of 90-ies. Mechanics Of Trans was a project from the city of Kemerovo, formed by the musicians under the names of Chigibox, REAL and DMA. The material was recorded in 1998-1999 using computers, voices, noises and bass-guitar. Psychoactive ambient / noise.
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MEDIADATA -- "Adore" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Aliens Production, AP 44, (ltd. 100)
IDM / Ambient / Neoclassical. Denis aka MediaData is guaranteed a protagonist who under our shield, changes and moves the concept and our music feeling in a slightly different direction. Even though this project is not so different and the handwriting leans and breaks down into the electronic community, this release is still different and opens more colorful path in our musical feeling. The Russian project, which beginnings starts somewhere in 2008, is built on IDM foundations. Clear crystalline sound in a minimalistic form, where dominates elements of classical music and melancholy atmospheres. Fine glitch blocks penetrate into the wombs of ambient structures and beautiful surfaces. The sound of the piano and melodies, in the down-tempo rhythms, speaks to the stories that often balance at borders with unknown. With this concept, do not expect any predation or loading from the factory, but a huge amount of emotions and atmospheres that will shatter you like a storm of meteorites and strayed stars. You only need to wish something. Definitely for fans who likes the sound of bands like: TINEIDAE, R.ROO, ACCESS TO ARASAKA. [label info]
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MEDIADATA -- "Adore Resurrect" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Aliens Production, AP 46, (ltd. 100)
IDM / Ambient / Neoclassical. The Russian pioneer of melancholy tones is coming back in short time with its next work. As the name itself suggests, this album will follow its predecessor conceptually. In a sound way, Denis has again focused on a more modest down tempo, in which beautiful melodies and hybrid structures waggle. The penetrating rhythms seconds to melodic lines and atmospheres. Plenty of noises and synthetics strings is filled with the sound of harmonious instruments and even greatly blended traditional balalaikas. Dense, bass lines and emotional corners, will give the listener again great play of atmosphere and emotions. Electronics that will delight with its clearness. It moves but doesn’t bite. Creatively will be packed into your subconscious. Fragments and melodies can long resonate in the listener's mind. Strikingly rhythms, nicely unfolds every single story and reveal another world of Adore. In the past in his birth, now in his resurrection. On album has again contributed great Anatoly TOKEE Grinberg with it sound and with its visual arts and beautiful photographs has contributed talented Bernard André. So the next tasty thing is in the world… [label info]
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MEDITATIONS -- "Eternal Absence" -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Small Doses, dosethirtythree, (ltd. 115)
This is the third release from this trio - Franklin Teagle, Matt Yacoub, and Ryan McGill (Bones of Seabirds). Schizophrenic noise -PE-like one moment dark ambience in others - of the highest order - drenched in feedback with a heart of stone. [label info]
MEI JUNG BING -- "s/t" -- CD -- €13
2020 Other Voices Records, VOX 53 CD, (ltd. 200)
Synthwave / EBM / Industrial. Méi Jùn Bìng 霉菌病 (Mycosis in English) is a synth-punk project made by Ben Le Millionaire (French based in Wuhan, China) combining elements of dark wave and synthwave with the energy of punk music. Méi Jùn Bìng is influenced by music genres such as Punk, Synthpunk, Neue Deutsche Welle, Post-punk and Old-School Industrial. The CD is released in a deluxe matte laminated 4-panel digipak. [label info]
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MEIRINO, FRANCISCO -- "Undetected (Untreated Recordings From On-Site Testimonies Archives)" -- CD -- €8
2012 OtO, OtO 001, (ltd. 200)
Active since 1994 (as Phroq until 2009) in sound and live performance, Francisco Meirino explores the tension between programmable material and the potential for its failure. He works mainly with the computer, magnetic fields detectors, tape recorders, contact microphones and various electroacoustic devices. More than 150 live performances in various venues and festivals in Europe, Japan and North America. Over the years, Francisco Meirino had the honor to collaborate on studio and live with great artists such as Dave Phillips / Scott Arford / Michael Gendreau / Michael Esposito / Jason Kahn / ILIOS / Zbigniew Karkowski / Astro / Randy H.Y. Yau / Lasse Marhaug / etc... He lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. [label info]
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MEIZTER, K. -- "Tetraphobia" -- CD -- €10
2009 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 117
After channelising all his musical energy into Beyond Sensory Experience for the past two years, K. Meizter finally returns with a new solo exertion. Spawned during the sinister last months of a northern year, Tetraphobia scans through the kafkaesque layers of human anxiety, and continues K. Meizter’s distinctive manipulation of sound, melody and pulse. Following Travelling Light, Dark Matters and the Horologium collaboration Eight Studies in Transition, K. Meizter’s new release develops even more unsettling atmospheres of reflection and alteration. With 10 tracks and over an hour of foreboding avant-garde, Tetraphobia is K. Meizter’s most convincing work this far. Dark and solemn. [press-release]
MELEK-THA -- "Triumph Of Death" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2021 Abhorrent Creation Tapes, ACT003 / Maltkross Productions, CACTMALT01, (ltd. 500)
Ritual Dark Ambient / Martial Industrial. The brand new album from French legend Melek-Tha (aka "Lord Evil" / Ludo Lejeune). A double album featuring 2 hours of occult / black industrial / symphonic music. "...a black mass dedicated to Satan. Deep, possessed, freezing, incomparable!". Features guests: Lamia Culta, Deacon D., Karis, and Nicolas Horváth. Ltd x 500 copies. [Cold Spring]
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MELODIE DES VERGESSENS -- "Lackluster" -- CD-R -- €7
2015 Eternal Return Records, ERR-04
Lackluster - is a sequel of the Melodie Des Vergessens narrative, 4th album, the key theme of which is creation of abstract installation of feelings, emotions and worldview through a prism of nothingness surrealism in the mind of the listener. Material was recorded and mixed in February-March 2014 by combining the field conditions and home studio. [label info]
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MELODIE DES VERGESSENS -- "Prostrations Of Oblivion" -- CD-R -- €7
2014 Eternal Return Records, ERR-01
The debut release of a Russian project from Volgograd. The material was recorded in autumn of 2013. All music is based on post-processing of live sound of the accordion. This album is a further conceptual continuation of a project past material. Comes in slim dvd case. [label info]
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MELOPHOBIA -- "Ephemera" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016/2021 self-released / E.C.T.D., 0001 (ltd. 33)
Experimental / Drone / Glitch from Greece. 99 short tracks ranging from 4 seconds to almost 2 minutes long, altogether making up 1 hour of quite experimental yet contemplative music. The CDR is packed in a handmade green-blue envelope with an insert, sealed with a 60 mm nail.
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THE MEMOMACHINE -- "Morning After Humanity" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2020 VOLOK Records, VR-44, (ltd. 20)
Dark Ambient / Industrial from the Kiev-based musician Vladimir Kozlov. The beginning of work on the album Morning After Humanity was laid in the fall of 2017. It was then that the first sketches of most of the compositions appeared, which later went through a series of transformations. The result was a gloomy post apocalyptic material filled with hopelessness, fear and decay... Influence / inspiration: Staruha Mha, Matushka, Volok, The Death of Money, Legionz Ov Hell, Navicon Torture Technologies, Gazelle of Death, Coschey Local DIY, Quake III Arena. [label info]
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MENCHE, DANIEL -- "Crawling Towards The Sun" -- CD -- €40 [-50%]
2000 Soleilmoon Recordings, SOL 108 CD, (ltd. 100)
Drone / Noise. Long solar drone track from the acknowledged master of experimental music. CD single case. Limited edition, 100 hand-numbered copies. [YAOP]
MENSIMONIS -- "Clone Fever" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Opa Loka Records, ol16012
Guitar Ambient / Drone. Mensimonis is the coming together of two counterfigures in counterculture; Radboud Mens and Lukas Simonis. Although the two gentlemen liked and knew each other for some time now, this teaming up was not the most obvious thing to do. Radboud coming from electronic/industrial/noise music, being a sort of whiz-kid in the studio and in general a control freak who doesn't like things to slip out of his hands, and Lukas, with a background in noise and improv and ecclecticism in general (all projects he does seem to come from a totally different source...). Lukas and Radboud met up musically a few years back when they were doing recording & improv workshops for Secondary Schools (VMBO mostly) and in the end found themselves together on the stage where they played noisy improv music for teenagers that would rather watch a stupid game on their iphones... (well, the teachers that accompanied them were not much better). So this must have been the starting point that lead to the project (or is it a band) Mensimonis... Mensimonis try to do a 'musical' thing with the idea of droning away at it. It seems a very simple and basic concept but it always leads to quite different results. Radboud takes care of the lower parts of the sound, using oscillators and effects, Lukas is allowed to stay on top with an accumulation of looped guitarattacks that slowly evolve into drones as the overtones take over. That's only the description of HOW to make these sounds. We'll leave it at that, just have a short listen and it will all become clear... [label info]
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MERCURI, DAMIANO -- "European Music And Ballads From Renaissance And Baroque Era" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2009 The Eastern Front, Folk 001, (ltd. 500)
Damiano Mercuri (Rose Rovine E Amanti) plays Renaissance and Baroque epoch ballads and courtesy music. Damiano Mercuri is known as neo-folk artist while being a professional classical musician Damiano virtuously played and recorded popular in Renaissance and early Baroque era ballads and classical pieces. Pressed CD in quantity of 500 copies. Comes in 3 folded glossy packing with Renaissance painting themed artwork. [press-release]
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MERZBOW -- "Life Performance" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1985/2016 Cold Spring, CSR218CD
Over an hour of best analogue material from the King of Japanese noise. Reissue of an extremely rare cassette, dating back to 1985, originally released by Merzbow's own label ZSF Produkt, and in France by Le Syndicat. All tracks made for "Nil-Vagina Mail-Action February 85". Recorded at Merz-bau Studio, and not 'live' as the title would suggest. All material taken from the original master tapes and remastered for 2016. [label info]
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MERZBOW -- "Marmo" -- CD -- €10
2010 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 131
After two vinyl releases finally a digital album by the master of Japan-Noise on OEC. This album is entitled "Marmo" (Marble for Italian) and is devoted to the Italian and particularly the Venetian marble. Masami was visiting and playing in this magic Italian city several times and was impressed by all the marbles used in the Venetian buildings and paintings... The 3 tracks composing this album are entitled "Merzbotanica-parallela", "Botanica parallela" is a book written by the Italian author Leo Lionni who is also the inventor of such botanic science, a parallel iper-real botanic where imagination is more reliable than reality.... A real psychadelic tribute by the Japanese master of noise to Venice and Italy.... Enter this new "Merzcolored-Merzbotanic-Merzpsychomuzak" full of scratching rythms and psychoactive noises and let your brain explode. Special folding cover with Venetian marbled paper effect and golden letterings. [press-release]
MERZBOW -- "Scene / Early Computer Works" -- 2 CD -- €50
2005 Waystyx, WR12, (ltd. 100)
Another recording made by prolific noise monster Masami Akita, which was released in two editions. The first one is single album "Scene", which is quite mundane and nothing new to someone who isn't into Merzbow work too much. I'd say that the only distinctive feature is the cover with heavily cliched Fujiyama look. This one is limited to 500 copies. The second variant has more goals to mention, it's housed in very impressively designed plastic box together with poster and bonus-CD entitled "Early Computer Works". It's quite controversial and special hearing, in comparison with previous albums, it makes a great difference. At this point, I can remember some "loud" releases by Domizil like RM74 "Instabil" and some recent RLW works. This album sounds not so expressive and chaotic as usually, it makes me think about a huge metallic carcass closed in small space. It crawls and shakes, trying to find the way out, raising the pressure and exertion, but without much success. Well, thank to this bonus-CD the boxset is worth to have, but quite hard to find because the edition size is only 100 copies. [Dmitry Vasilyev, "Independent Electronic Music"]
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MERZBOW / SUTCLIFFE JUGEND / SATORI -- "s/t" -- CD EP -- €7
2008 Cold Spring, CSR102CD, (ltd. 1000)
Released on the occasion of Merzbow, Sutcliffe Jügend and Satori at ULU, London, 19th April 2008. Japanese Noise, Power Electronics and Fortean Electronics from these 3 giants of the Noise / Industrial scene, with one exclusive studio track from each act. This CD is presented in a full colour card slip and is shrinkwrapped. [label info]
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META-PHYSICAL PEKINING -- "From X Day To 3 Days" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2004 Misanthrope Studio, MS011, (ltd. 100)
Uncompromising Japanese bondage Power Electronics with collapsing rythms. [Old Europa Cafe]
METACONQUEROR -- "Of Steel, Bone, And Fire" -- CD-R -- €6
2009 Syzmic Records, syzmic02, (ltd. 150)
J. Stillings is back again with more amazing solo material. This time crossing the lines of eeerie death industrial and obscure black metal.. This release will definitley be sure to gives your ears a workout. This is the second full length Metaconqueror release following up 2004's "Banishment of the Unforsaken" on the now deceased Somnambulant Records. [label info]
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METAORGANISM -- "I:Baphomet" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2008 Some Place Else, SPECDR08048
Dark Ambient / Drone. Metaorganism was conceived — or discovered — in Kuuskulma studio while conducting various experiments with sinewaves, oscillators and feedback. Metaorganism is based on — or communicates through — a network of digital and analog devices transmitting information to each other, back and forth. In the system, a minor change in a supposedly insignificant parameter may unexpectedly change the overall course of the sound. Everything affects everything — as above, so below... At some point of its development, the system will reach a state of balance where it seems to become self-reliant — independent, evolving — and in a sense a communicating entity which becomes conscious of itself. The Manifestation occurs, through sound. A series of recording sessions were held, with the attempt to experiment with the system to serve certain 'hermetic' purposes, to influence the nature of Manifestation, ie. what exactly is invoked in/through the sound. I:Baphomet is the first in what is being planned as a series of Metaorganism audio documents. [press-release]
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MEWARK -- "Little One" -- CD -- €6
2006 Lagunamuch Community, LMC500
Alexander Petrunin aka Mewark works as a sound designer & jingle writer for MTV-Russia. Together with Lazyfish he released a split-album Lazyfish/Mewark. Little One is an album which shows Alexanders talents to combine live recorded instruments with the unnatural but interesting world of Reaktor sounds. The results range from sweet and melodic songs to deep and dark soundscapes. All 12 tracks on Mewark's amazing debut album tell individual chapters of one story. Its a fairy tale about the Little One and it's just 12 chapters long. They include the beginning and the end. [label info]
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MICROSPORA -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT73, (ltd. 83)
Operator Produkzion opens a series of releases by Microspora - most likely the least known project of the "Leningrad noise school". It's creator - Valery Rakcheev - belongs to a group of such artists as A. Lebedev-Frontov and K. Stoukaline, he's been active (in the fields of music, fine arts, philophonia, audiophilia, etc.) in the underground since late 70-s, but somehow hasn't released anything from his music until today, just making some copies of his albums for friends. This album is filled with old school power droning electronics, pulsating minimal noises and technogenic claustromanic rumble. Last track is a sort of experimental downtempo industrial with samples from German history of the second third of XX century. Handmade montage cover with the graphics of V. Rakcheev. [press-release]
MICROSPORA -- "Ausrottung" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT87, (ltd. 87)
Minimalistic metaphysical Death Ambient with a touch of cosmism, cold atmosphere of North and industrial smack. High quality material on European scene level. For the fans of Soldnergeist "Spur 2", Baradelan, I Burn, Nightmarish. Slim-DVD-box, handmade cover with a necrophiliac photo from the World War II unique for each copy. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "BOM" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT90, (ltd. 67)
Psychedelic ambient, somethimes rthythmical, sometimes turning into a retrograde droning of an electro organ, sometimes spiced up with concrete noises. Reminds the experiments of the electronic music pioneers in 60-70ies. Handmade cover, all info handwritten. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "Chekasin Mochit Mochiko" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT143, (ltd. 16)
Lounge / Acid Jazz / Samplodelics. New release from Valery Rakcheev, which sound is completely atypical for Operator Produkzion. However, for fans of psychedelic music and particularly the St. Petersburg scene this album will sound neither strange nor shocking. This is Lounge / Acid Jazz / Samplodelics with broken rhythms, an unexpected intrusion of Middle Eastern ethnic percussions (tribute to Muslimgauze), scratches, jazz, or pulsations of a Jamaican readdim. Closer to the end the album takes on a more monotonous, industrial tone. Everything was produced on a luxurious hi-fi sound (Valery has been engaged in serious equipment for many years), and sounds no less convincing than the best works of THE NEW COMPOSERS, MESSER Chups or PEPELAZ A.B. Microscopic collector's edition. Completely hand-made covers made with the use of various design techniques: stamping, stickers, etching on on tinted colored paper, cutting with special figured guillotine. Slim case. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "Darkk" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2017 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT103, (ltd. 66)
Expansive psychedelic Space Dark Drone Ambient from the classic of the St. Petersburg noise school. Monumental drone of the infinite cosmic darkness. Slim-case, cover made of vintage textile paper, hand-numbered. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "Jambudvipa" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2022 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT141, (ltd. 42)
Psychedelic Drone Ambient and Ethno Breakbeat with a ritual flavor, infused with the spicy spirit of India. Tons of ethnic sampling and powerful electronic rhythms. The album will appeal to fans of Muslimgauze and Sergey Gabbasov, but you shouldn't expect dub riddims from it - this work is distinguished by a strict Indo-European approach without Jamaican influences. DVD-box, handmade cover of vintage paper with a vintage Indian handicraft postcard on the front, unique to each copy. A part of the edition has a textile Indian elephant inside the box. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "The Moooooon" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT80, (ltd. 68)
Operator continues to publish the archives of one of the classics of the St. Petersburg industrial school - Valeriy Rakcheev and his project Microspora. "The Moooooon" is a moon suite in 16 tracks of mysterious experimental psychedelic ambient with a touch of retro-futurism. The sleeve features photos of the Moon made by the young talent Tatiana Presnova. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "Necrofuturism" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT89, (ltd. 53)
Second release from the classic of the Leningrad noise school for Operator Produkzion. Sampledelics, swinging Moog organs, buzz of valve electrobees mixed with blurry factory noise, abrasive rustle and shocking redneck beats. Sleeve. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "NSDAP" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2017 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT88, (ltd. 88)
Trance-inducing catacomb Death Industrial Ambient filled with samples from the history of the NSDAP. More meditative and ritualistic version of the music brought to the world by Söldnergeist and Drape Excrement. This is one of those Microspora works most completely reflecting the essence of the "underground culture" of the old school noise scene of St. Petersburg. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "Operation Silkworm" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT146, (ltd. 28)
Schizoid, trance-inducing rhythmical constructions in the spirit of MUSLIMGAUZE and Ant-Zen releases, plus cold clinical drone. Like distorted and split reality in the perception of a mentally ill person. Handmade artwork: A5 cover made of coarse technical paper and exclusive reproductions of real letters and drawings of schizophreniacs, the originals of which are stored in the author's collection. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "Pluton" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT139, (ltd. 59)
Fascinating bright trippy sci-fi Psychedelic Space Ambient dedicated to the most famous small planet of the Solar system. Pulsating spiral of mesmerizing sounds in a space journey by the great representative of the St. Petersburg noise school. This album may be considered as a continuation of "The Moooooon", but here things are getting even more interesting. Sleeve. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "Pouvoir De La Beauté" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT142, (ltd. 24)
Ambient / Experimental / Drone. Dark psychedelic rhythms of the experimental Ambient from the classic of the St. Petersburg noise school: from geometrically calibrated sterile quasi-IDM spaces to hollow pulsations and drones under the dark arches of gloomy cold dungeons. The impeccable power of a forever frozen beauty. DVD-box, full-color handmade cover and art-insert made of vintage paper and art supplies from the middle of the last century, plus a mini-poster of A5 format. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "Riff" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2021 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT155, (ltd. 23)
The new release of the cult St. Petersburg project is a wide kaleidoscope of psychedelic electronics based on experimental combinations and unexpected components. As a result, the Ethno Breakbeat heritage of Muslimgauze and Rapoon acquires the tickling flavor of Acid House, the extensive drone canvas is overgrown with motoric rhythm, and the trippy Ethno Ambient and Psytrance tracks line up around the hard guitar riffs, which gave the name to the album. Hot psychochemical tropical visions, a jungle of rhythms and drones. Hand-made, hand-painted envelope with pasted vintage Soviet guitar picks and a reproduction of a photograph by Valery Rakcheev. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "Vexxzikki" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2020 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT105, (ltd. 59)
Subtle and minimalistic Drone Ambient with strong hypnotic atmosphere, in the style of some works by Francisco Lopez. The A5 sized cover А5 reproduces tribal graphic works by the talented psychedelic artist Nikita Shavlovskiy from the archives of Valery Rakcheev. [label info]
MICROSPORA -- "Wool" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT79, (ltd. 101)
First track is soft psychedelic sci-fi space ambient based on warm retro electronic sound, resemblind some sci-fi movies from 60-s. Second track contains strange music as if old Suicide from 1975 with their garage electronic sound tried to perform Autechre compositions. Sleeve. [press-release]
MIDAL E GARDA -- "Comprehending The Clearness (Postizhenie Yasnosti)" -- CD -- €9
2013 Shadowplay Records, SPR 146
New CD by the side-project of the oldest Russian experimental band SIX DEAD BULGARIANS. To everyone who loves to bend his mind in unexpected places, authors have to tell that "the title born by our mind has nothing to do with reality". This project has never been a complete one-man project, it featured many musicians of different schools, styles and directions, but the main ideologist has always had the final word, as he mixed and sculpted the material in his own image. New CD presents a mixture of analogue rhythmic pulsations, droning handmade analogue synths and live ethnic instruments. [press-release]
MIDIAN DITE -- "Ashes And Glory" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 MIC Label, MIC 013, (ltd. 100)
Industrial Metal / Electro / Synthwave. We are very happy to announce that we have joined forces with Russia's MIC LABEL record label, and our new album ASHES AND GLORY will be released under it. The album contains 9 tracks, with a sound that is a crossover of the genres industrial, agrotech, synthwave, metal and experimental electronic music. Two tracks of this album are in collaboration with the group Poizon Party IV of Greece, and GON of USA (peacefully rest my brother Ray Grieco). This album is a tribute to the artists that have influenced us since we started. Such as Michael Angelo Buonarroti, Jan Saudek, John Santerineross, Matt Lombard, Seth Siro, Billelis, and in addition to musicians and bands such as Behemoth, Ministry, White Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Skinny Puppy, Coal chamber, Snout among others. [label info]
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MIEL NOIR -- "Der Honigflugel" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2009 The Eastern Front, Front 021, (ltd. 500)
Apocalyptic Chanson Doctrine, created by Miel Noir. Another, absolutely different project of Dimo Dimov (Svarrogh, Sturmpercht, Allerseelen, Sagittarius). Brilliant piano symphony with industrial elements and samples from Russian movies inspired by classical Russian novel "Crime and Punishment" written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Goncharov's novels. [press-release]
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MIEL NOIR -- "From The Ashes" -- CD -- €13
2015 Indiestate Distribution, IST 090 CD, (ltd. 300)
This is 6th release from MIEL NOIR, a sole project of Marcel P. and Dimo Dimov, the musicians usually known as contributors in different projects from German and Austrian neofolk/post-industrial scene such as Allerseelen, Sturmpercht, Svarrogh and many others (Gerhard Hallstatt of Allerseelen have even contributed two tracks here). This is very varied and multifaceted release, it combines a lot of genres, from darkwave, martial and a kind of EBM to dark jazz, neoclassic and industrial. But, it is not eclectic mix of this and that like one could expect but a very coherent and holistic piece instead. It is melodic, exciting and far from being pretentious. The release comes in a jewel box including 8 page full colour booklet with honey-dedicated artwork. [label info]
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MIEL NOIR & B-MACHINA -- "Weiss" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2008 The Eastern Front, Front 015, (ltd. 300)
Miel Noir which was created in 2007 is a side project of Dimo D. founder of Svarrogh and playing in Allerseelen and Sturmpercht. Miel Noir' sound, concept and atmosphere differ from Dimo's main project Svarrogh, it's another way and another music. Miel Noir performed live for the first time on MLB Festival in Madrid on 31 May, 2008 and those who will be lucky to attend this great event heard the Miel Noir premiere performance. 6 melancholic industrial tracks adorned with deep unique Dimo's vocal are titled "Miel I, II, III, IV, V, VI" and run about 25 minutes... B-Machina is former well-known industrial act Bonemchine from Austria, presented 16 tracks on "Weiss". Only 3 tracks "The Color Of My Innocence", "Fahne Empor!" and "Wald aus Stein & Rost" are full tracks while the other 13 ones is a silence completing perfectly the concept of the album... "Weiss" comes in quantity of 300 hand numbered copies in CD-R format in glossy high quality 3-folded hard paper packing. Artwork designed by A.W. was created in quiet misty colors and enhanced with original photos made by Dimo D. [press-release]
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MIEVILLE, EMMANUEL -- "Buddha - Anima - Asia" -- CD -- €8
2012 Observatoire, obs * e|tradition 037, (ltd. 300)
Introducing the new solo work of Emmanuel Mieville. The album Buddha - Anima - Asia plunges us into the impact of Asian Buddhist Traditions. Four field recordings made in Malaysia, Taiwan and Nepal. The first track is Buddhist chanting by nuns recorded in Copan, Nepal. The second track is sounds from Hindu Ceremony recorded in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. The third and fourth tracks are composed with sounds from Taiwan, track 3 is from Taoist ceremony dedicated to the japanese godess Matsu. Track 4 is funeral song for a young man deceased. Four long songs perfectly combine this mastery of style and electro field recordings with varying degrees of processing. Very bright and surprising effect of full presence in the development of sacred actions, sometimes electro-wave helping to complete detachment from the thought process and analysis of the soundtrack ... Absolutely excellent 'immersing' work! [label info]
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MIEVILLE, EMMANUEL / DANTE TANZI / HIROKI SAKAGUCHI -- "Sound as Language" -- CD-R -- €7
2014 Observatoire, obs * RD#6, (ltd. 100)
Emmanuel Mieville: edited field recordings from Normandy and Brittany made on the river Andelle and in St. Nazaire in a submarine base used by German army. Dante Tanzi: minimalistic slowly developing electronics with a delicate sound. Hiroki Sakaguchi: three improvised electroacoustic compositions from quiet rustling to dramatic cello performance.
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MIKOSTERION -- "Slipout" -- 3"CD-R -- €8
2002 self-released
Drone / Minimal. One more side-project of Hum. Bright and transparent droney track dedicated to the Autumn Mystery, mushrooms and ideal trip.
MILLER, SCOTT / LEE CAMFIELD / MERZBOW -- "No Closure" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2013 Cold Spring, CSR185CD
"No Closure" is the collaborative output of ex-Sutekh Hexen members Scott Miller and Lee Camfield, with Japanese noise mastermind, Masami Akita, aka Merzbow. Mixing elements of psychedelia, black metal, doom and industrial music, the three musicians created a spellbinding work of experimental art... Conceptually crafted in a dark basement recording studio in the Mission District of San Francisco and later fleshed out in Tokyo, Japan, Miller, Camfield and Akita have completely pushed the boundaries of sound far beyond their individual comfort zones. With the implementation of standard instruments being force fed through loop pedals and precise layering, multi-instrumentalists Miller and Camfield set out to build an album rooted deep in the exploitation of intentional rhythms and deliberate patterning... Through their use of guitar, bass, drums, organs, synths and vocals, purposely devoid of their usual feedback drenched and oscillator projections, they left the inevitable incorporation of varied sound manipulation and textures strictly to Akita, thus giving birth to these two tracks. A 44 minute long masterpiece of epic mind warping experimental composition. [press-release]
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MINAMATA -- "CyKlator - The Second Outbreak" -- CD + DVD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Les Nouvelles Propagandes, NP.022, (ltd. 500)
Subtitled "An ultra video performance", "CyKlator (the second outbreak)" includes audio & video material especially composed, recorded and mixed for the "Tonwellen Konferenz 2", the Burscheid' festival (Germany) 2009. Containing fragments of tracks previously released on various productions - the two first tapes "Mit Lautem Geschrei" and "Methylmercure" and the "Cyclator" CD - mixed together with new sound-material, "The second outbreak" CD is the soundtrack of this performance. 7 tracks / 48'08 mns of massive waves of abrasive electronics & heavy processed metal sounds with vocals and sampled-voices, all mixed in studio.On the other hand, the DVD includes the complete live-performance plus fragments of interviews and other things filmed at the Burscheid' festival. "CyKlator (the second outbreak)" is nothing less than a document of this event. Comes in a DVD slimcase with full-colour cover. Limited edition to 500 copies. [Nuit Et Brouillard]
MINAMATA -- "Fukushima" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Force Majeure, Force 011, (ltd. 500)
Industrial / Soundscape. This album by the industrial French project was inspired by the disaster at Fukushima nuclear plant initiated primarily by the tsunami following the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011. The Fukushima disaster was the most significant nuclear incident since the Chernobyl event on April 26, 1986... Huge waves of dense sound rise and fall, creating a symphonic feeling for this industrial soundtrack filled with shredded voices, pounding beats and screeching loops. Four lengthy tracks clocking in 48 minutes. Limited edition of 500 copies in 6-panel digifile.
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MINAMATA -- "Niigata" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1986/2007 Zone De Confusion, Z.D.C.02, (ltd. 1000)
Re-issue of the third tape of this legendary French group, originally recorded in 1985 and released on the cult French label LES NOUVELLES PROPAGANDES as N.P.002 in 1986. Two tracks coming from compilations recorded at the same period, "Wo sind Sie?" and "Nacht und Nächte", plus one unreleased 17 minute-track recorded in 2002 were added to these 40 mns. Pure old-school industrial & hardcore electronics with lots of metal sounds & percussions and echoed screamings. This is truely the sound of agony… Housed in nicely designed digipack. [press-release]
MINAMATA -- "Tomoko Uemura" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1991 Les Nouvelles Propagandes, NP.013
First Minamata's CD-album released in 1991, containing 3 tracks from 1985.
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MIND & FLESH -- "Martyr Generation" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Force Majeure, Force 007, (ltd. 500)
"Martyr Generation" is the first CD by the Oslo / Norway based musician Anders B. under the MIND & FLESH moniker. While initial recordings of his first industrial band, KATABOL PROCESS were done in summer 1996, Anders started up to compose alone under the name BABYFLESH around October 1998. Starting from that point, two full-length releases were recorded and produced: "Curiosity killed the Angel", CD-R on Slaughter Prod. in November 2002 and "New wave of Cynicism", CD on Vendlus Records in February 2005. Sometime in 2010, Anders B. decided to change the name into MIND & FLESH as he lost any connection with what could refer to "BABYFLESH" as a name for a musical project. The nine tracks of "Martyr Generation" were recorded between 2005 and 2008. Among them two feature collaborations with other musicians. The music of MIND & FLESH is a mix of dark & heavy analogue electronics and pounding rhythms with processed vocals. His sound can be filled under the Death Industrial genre, without any doubt. Hypnotic and powerful at the same time... "Martyr Generation" comes in a nicely designed three-panel digipack in a limited edition of 500 copies [press-release]
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MINDVOID -- "Thundernoisespell" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2014 Frozen Light, FZL 015, (ltd. 500)
Frozen Light presents the new album by the Ukrainian Dark Ambient / Industrial / Noise project MINDVOID - "Thundernoisespell". Uneasy and intricate noise-ambient mixed with Soviet "space" electronics, echoes of "pop" music, environmental sounds and noises. Harsh and ironic soundtrack to our insane and aimless lives in post-industrial society which has forgotten the Silence... This release also contains material from the mini album "Chi L'ha Vista Morire", originally published by a Bosnian label Human Cross Records as a small edition of 30 copies. Music of spaces created by human hands. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MINDVOID / LIGHT COLLAPSE -- split -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Torga Amun, Amun-118, (ltd. 30)
Split from the Ukrainian and Russian projects. Lo-fi industrial sound collages from Mindvoid vs. one long HNW track by Light Collapse.
[bandcamp]
MINISTRY OF TRUTH -- "Blind EP" -- CD-R -- €4
2010 No Head Records
Russian darkwave / gothic. A promo-release for the second full-length of Ministry Of Truth which should be released in autumn 2010. All lyrics in Russian language. Featuring an exclusive remix of "Broad is the man" by dj dirty. [label info]
MINISTRY OF TRUTH -- "Ministry Of Truth EP" -- CD-R -- €4
2007 No Head Records
Russian darkwave / gothic. A debut release of Ministry Of Truth which captured the band as a duo of it's core members. This is actually the first demo before a full-length album which was released only after three years. This EP is interesting with a track "Timely Death" only performed at the very first live gigs and never re-recorded later, and also the original versions of "Father" and "Emotions", which have become the band's visiting card. [label info]
MINISTRY OF TRUTH -- "Night Of The Soul EP" -- CD-R -- €4
2008 No Head Records
Russian darkwave / gothic. Second release of Ministry Of Truth and actually the second demo before a full-length album. First public appearance of the third member, Minister Of Harmony. Interesting with two tracks: the original version of a mega-hit "Broad is the man", and a remix of "Father" by one of the godfathers of German dark scene ENDRAUM. [label info]
MINISTRY OF TRUTH -- "Something, Somewhere EP" -- CD-R -- €4
2009 No Head Records
Russian darkwave / gothic. First completely original release of Ministry Of Truth. First public appearance of Minister Of Culture. An interesting item, as all this material is not going be used anywhere else. [label info]
MINITEL -- "Abimes" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Facthedral's Hall, FHCD16-2016, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient. The music by Minitel, a project by Iconoclast (I'm sure that is a pseudonym), was already recorded in 2006, but for unclear reasons was shelved until now. That, plus the fact there are only 300 copies, is all we know. The cover also doesn't reveal much more than that... This one is actually something I enjoyed from beginning to end, even when the opening piece 'Vitriol' is drenched with reverb. The other four (and much longer) pieces are all in the realm of moody drone music. Much of atmospherics floating around. It's hard to say what it is used here, but my best guess would be synthesizers or guitars, lots of effects, and maybe something in terms of field recordings, but I have no idea what that should be really here. This is the kind of dark ambient music that one usually find on such labels as Malignant Records; it is not the most refined kind of ambient, but projects like Minitel explore the all the low end frequencies to their maximum use, and cutting out all those sounds that shed even the smallest bit of light in this music. This is not a release with music you never heard before, but I thought it was very well made, with great care for deep, hidden sonic details. [Vital Weekly]
[bandcamp]
MINOY -- "In Search Of Tarkovsky" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1986/2020 Cold Spring, CSR273CD
Drone / Noise / Experimental. Minóy (1951-2010), a major figure in DIY noise music, produced some of the most remarkably engrossing, beautiful and imaginative work-of-art albums released on cassette in the 1980's... Created in 1986, "In Search Of Tarkovsky" is dedicated to the late Russian Director Andrei Tarkovsky ("Solaris", "Stalker", "Andrei Rublev" etc). A unique world of musical expression, with dense audio abstractions where the origin of any particular sound isn't quite discernible. A form of labyrinthian, droning collage electronics, otherworldly and dreamlike, at times nightmarish, at times sad, but always bold and deeply affecting... Composed after the director's death, it contains many trademarks of Minóy's style: manipulation of shortwave radio, use of spring reverb to get those strangely echoing, claustrophobic environments, and then the howling vocals, piling-up and distorting. Minóy plainly mourns the director's death but in such a unique way there is nothing to compare it to. Two long-form, elaborate pieces (just under 1 hour), essential to Minóy's aesthetic of "cinema of the ear"... This is the first Minóy material ever to be reissued. Unavailable since the original cassette release, these tracks have been remastered from the original archive files and are presented for the first time on CD in a matt-laminate digipak. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MIRRORMAN & INDIA CZAJKOWSKA -- "Secretia" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Zoharum, ZOHAR 052-2, (ltd. 350)
"SECRETIA" is the latest project of MIRRORMAN, a Polish independent musician and photographer, and INDIA CZAJKOWSKA, a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist known for her solo album "Cosmospir" on Hic Sunt Leones (Alio Die's label) among the others. They first crossed their paths in 2009 during sessions for "Holy Rain" - the last album of trip-hop project BLACK GLASS where India guested on two tracks. "SECRETIA" is the title of the last song on "Holy Rain", the fifth and the last album of the previous MIRRORMAN project. The concept of "SECRETIA" has appeared before, and is the continuation, but also a new beginning for both artists. Dark, often sultry and psychedelic sounds, so characteristic for MIRRORMAN productions, are lit up with INDIA's voice that is ideal for contemplative and hypnotic atmosphere of the album. Stylistically, "SECRETIA" is a intriguing mix of trip-hop rhythms, ambient textures and ethereal vocals. Nine trance-inducing songs compose a sonic mysterium filled with minimalist, yet refined arrangements... The CD is housed in a 6-panel digipak designed by Agnieszka Motyka, a photographer who has been collaborating with MIRRORMAN for many years. [press-release]
[bandcamp]
MITCHELL, BRUCE -- "Hidden Pathways" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
1987 Narada Mystique, ND-62003
Great rare New Age / Ambient with jazz elements and esoteric motives from the respectable American label. [YAOP]
MITTERNACHT -- "The Desolation Of Blendenstein" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2002 Furias Records, F0400
Melancholic neoclassic music and martial ambient with a touch of viking metal from the Argentinian project. Jewel case. [YAOP]
MLEHST -- "Deep Throat and Felching" -- CD -- €10
1995/2021 Input Error, IE-09
Experimental / Drone / Noise. CD reissue of an early Mlehst tape released on Smell & Quim's Stinky Horse Fuck label back in 1995. The first track 'Everything I Touch Turns To Shit' was released on 'The History Of Mlehst - Chapter 5' but this reissue brings together the full album in its original form. Ranging from musique concrete, drones, tape manipulation and noise to fry your melon. Remastered by Grant Richardson and featuring new artwork by Al Brentnall. [label info]
MLEHST -- "Her Single Desire Was Sadistic Pleasure" -- CD -- €10
1996/2021 Input Error, IE-08
Experimental / Noise. CD reissue of this long out of print cassette, originally released on the legendary Mother Savage Noise Productions in 1996. Two long form tracks of Mlehst material remixed by Joe Roemer of Macronympha. Remastered by Grant Richardson and featuring new artwork by All Brentnall. [label info]
MNL9 -- "Godless Flesh" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2014 No Music Rex., noise 020, (ltd. 33)
New album of Russian underground project MNL9 run by Boris Kurtanov (also IAMNOTHING, Monologue, Morbus Mundi, etc.). Schizophrenic collage of street and field recordings, TV programs and harsh digital noise. Uterine hum with scratchy noises and rare electronic signals. Flute, factory rattle and mad distorted voices. Quiet insanity along with a remote sound generator, radiowaves and fractal echoes. The album contains two bonus tracks. First - a cut-up from very lo-fi home-made grindcore tracks, second - dense oppressing machine-like noise.
MO*TE -- "Taste Die Mad" -- CD -- €12
1998/2019 Audio Dissection, AD21 / Industrial Recollections, (ltd. 200)
Noise. Cult Japanese noise project. Originally released as a C46 by Spite (U.S.A.) in 1998, in an edition of 50 hand-numbered copies. Mastered at Audio Dissection Mastering, Italy in January ’19. Comes in a Digipak. Edition of 200.
[youtube]
MOAN -- "Isolate | Desolate | Mutate" -- 2 CD -- €15 [-50%]
2000/2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 200-2, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. This release is a great opportunity to celebrate a few important matters. Well, this double-disc album has the number 200. This round number in the Zoharum catalog must have come to a special publication, which is without a doubt a 2 CD album ‘Isolate | Desolate | Mutate’ by MOAN appearing exactly twenty years after the first CD-R version of "Isolate" and "Desolate", which form first CD of this release... Second CD - "Mutate" consists of remixes by Amon, Job Karma, Genetic Transmission, C.H. District, Dead Factory, Another One, Blare For A, Synta[xe]rror, Moan and Maciek Szymczuk which were created between 2003 and 2006, and which, despite earlier plans, have never been published before... In this way we get a complete album that closes certain important period of MOAN's work, which also became the starting point for further activities of Rafał Sądej in the musical field. The album is released in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies, in a 3 panel ecopack with a graphic design by Maciek Mutwil (Dead Factory). [label info]
[bandcamp]
MOAN / GENETIC TRANSMISSION -- "Dedicated to Luigi Russolo" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2004/2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 150-2, (ltd. 200)
The fourth installment of the GT Archive Series is the split release by MOAN and GENETIC TRANSMISSION. Tomasz Twardawa and Rafał Sądej wanted to dedicate their music to Luigi Russolo, a composer who greatly influenced the creation of what we now call the urban music... The album consists of two long compositions, one by each project, respectively MOAN (Men at Work) and GENETIC TRANSMISSION (Przebudzenie Miasta). Although artists perform in their own completely different way, their music on this album sounds very consistent. It is worth mentioning that the first composition was a sound installation during the exhibition "People at Work" which took place at the Museum of the City of Jawor in 2004. Originally, the material was released on CDR in 2004. Today, Rafał Sądej remastered his new CD version in 2017... The album was reissued in an ecopak and is limited to 200 copies only. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MOB MANHANDLES BEATLES -- "Negativizm" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
1995/2019 Provoloka, prvlk 0012-0001 / Sovetsk – 0001, (ltd. 480)
Industrial / Noise. Mob Manhandles Beatles was an early industrial / noise project of two brothers – Andrey and Alexander Alexeev who were among the first in Russia to record and distribute noise music through their label Spirals Of Involution, which they launched in the first half of the 90s. This material was first released on cassette in 1995.
[vk.com]
MOCKINGWYRD -- "Cracks in the Void" -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2007 Some Place Else, SPECDR07041, (ltd. 150)
Mockingwyrd. Not much is known about him/her/them (?) thus far, except vague credits on a number of Finnish experimental releases (often by other Some Place Else artists, such as Ovro and Niko Skorpio). It is rumoured that Mockingwyrd is also a bass player in several doom & thrash metal, jazz and experimental groups. [...] Sceptics maintain Mockingwyrd is just another pen-name of a Some Place Else-related artist. Some others claim he's an extra-terrestrial entity from Aldebaran and worship him as god of the new aeon. Some Place Else representatives dismiss both of these claims as nonsense, but what do you know? Who do you believe? Nevertheless, Cracks in the Void is an EP, to our knowledge the debut, by Mockingwyrd. It contains two tracks recorded "in the void", employing a bass guitar with a carefully selected pile of effects. These two tracks create a narrow yet spacious interzone, a one-off meeting point of low-frequency drones and sparse yet delicate melodies. Press play, slip in and enjoy your brief escape from daily routines. [label info]
[last.fm]
MOLESTER -- "Our Kids, Our Business" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 Chi Omega Institute, souvenir 005
Harsh Noise / Power Electronics from the japanese noisician Hitoshi Imura, who was also running the label Chi Omega Institute back in 2008.
MOLJEBKA PVLSE -- "Borrowed Scenery: Appearance" -- CD EP -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 244-2, (ltd. 200)
Ambient / Drone. During the pandemic, many of the restrictions introduced, in particular, on movement, artists, like most of us, made their journeys mainly in their own rooms or made pilgrimages deep into each other. Mathias from MOLJEBKA PVLSE at that time uses his own studio as a vehicle he traverses through virtual field recordings, composing his own abstract environments and discovering distant lands. The map of these borrowed places is written in 3 long compositions, complementing each other like the topography of neighboring places or overlapping grids showing different properties occurring at the same latitude. It is possible to read them separately, just as it is possible to listen to only one of the three compositions and it gives some idea, allowing you to capture a selected fragment, this listening to the whole gives a deeper insight. The material from the session was divided according to a similar pattern and properly divided into two complementary releases: the album "Borrowed Scenery", which will be released next spring on vinyl, and CDEP "Borrowed Scenery: Appearance", introducing the atmosphere of the longplay, respectively. The CD containing over twenty minutes of composition folded in a 6-inch gatefold with two postcards attached is the next installment of a series of short musical forms, initiated in our catalog by the publication of the material "Klechdy" by Rigor Mortiss. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MOLJEBKA PVLSE -- "Discourse on Lightness" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Reverse Alignment, RA-32, (ltd. 300)
Drone / Dark Ambient. After 2015's "A Transformation" Moljebka Pvlse is back with a new work on Reverse Alignment. As the title "Discourse on Lightness" suggest, the new album explore the semantics of "light". As "light" can have obvious different meaning, the three tracks that comprise Mathias Josefson's new album also has a different approach soundwise. As entering track "A History of Levitation" takes a swarming grip on drone with carefully laid out details the second one, "Between Lightness & Luminance", is more experimental, unpredictable to it's character but still keeps to the format. Ending track "A Field Guide to the Sunrise" is somewhat a mixture between the two previous, as if two unmatched views or discourses becomes one common. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MOLLUSK -- "Aeon Synapses Connect" -- CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Reverse Alignment, RA-20, (ltd. 100)
Experimental Electronics. Mollusk is a project from sound artist Per Åhlund, known from previous releases on Reverse Alignment (with Skare and Kahl) and Johan Boberg, musician and composer that has been working with varied forms of approaches towards music. Schooled by Stockhausen and Coltrane, Johan has been part of the electronic music scene since the '90s and has, just like Per, become a very much active part of EMS and Fylkingen in Stockholm. During 2016, Reverse Alignment release a series of three Mollusk albums where "Aeon Synapses Connect" is the first, followed by "Astral Mechanics" (June) and "The Cloud Expedition" (September). With Mollusk the duo create "modular soundscapes resonating within the organic machinery feedback". [label info]
[bandcamp]
MOLLUSK -- "Astral Mechanics" -- CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Reverse Alignment, RA-24, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Drone. After releasing "Aeon Synapses Connect", Mollusk (Per Åhlund and Johan Boberg) now enter it's second episode in their three-part series. This time the listener will discover a more contemplating side of the project, appealing more to a wider audience with a touch of ambient soundscape. Where "Aeon Synapses Connect" were an outburst of experimentalism, "Astral Mechanics" has a more soothing character and a drifting feel. Following "Astral Mechanics", Reverse Alignment releases the last part of the Mollusk trilogy, "The Cloud Expedition", in October... "Modular soundscapes resonating within the organic machinery feedback". [label info]
[bandcamp]
MOLLUSK -- "The Cloud Expedition" -- CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Reverse Alignment, RA-28, (ltd. 100)
After two albums from Johan Boberg and Per Åhlund on Reverse Alignment this year we now release Mollusk finale: "The Cloud Expedition". Beginning with the superexperimental meltdown "Aeon Synapses Connect" Johan and Per took the step into the domains of hyperyoga and touched upon the feets of deities in "Astral Mechanics". "The Cloud Expedition" takes off where "Astral Mechanics" ended. New experimental sounds in the genre of classical ambient unravels together with Mollusk skills in glitch and click. This sometimes reminds of the "Opto files" conducted by Alva Noto and Opiate, sometimes calling for an undefinied position among genres. With Mollusk sonic treaments you're always up for a nice suprise. "Modular soundscapes resonating within the organic machinery feedback". Professionally made CDr w/ 4-panel digipack in a limited edition of 100 copies. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MOLOCH -- "Nachwirkung Suicid" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2007 Heart Shaped Box Prod., HSB-017, (ltd. 27)
Experimental industrial from Ukraine. [label info]
MOLOCH CONSPIRACY -- "Baclou" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2019 Eighth Tower Records, ETR020
Dark Ambient / Drone. During my trip to French Guiana in the Summer of 2018, I was overwhelmed by the luxuriance of nature and the fragility of human settlement. Land of colonization and migration, Guyana is rich of beliefs, often mixed as in the "quimbois" and voodoo. These landscapes, green and sometimes burnt, as during the dry season, contain myths and a surprising folklore as for the invoked entity "baclou", the "viscous gnome" which can cause what is close to collective hysteria. I was inspired by these stories but also from the richness of nature that I have recorded, whether it is the deep jungle or the Islands of Salvation shores, the swamps or the savannah. This land of Guiana can be inhospitable and the climate often causes a feeling of heaviness. The jungle reveals itself in torpor and consumes our consciousness like the waves crashing on this island where I have been locked up for months. I could not say what I saw. The atrocity of these visions and the heat has transformed me forever. I only remember a few sensations, some images. [Julien Lacroix]
[bandcamp]
MOLTING -- "Disheveled Planet" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2012 Muchausen Sound, MS35, (ltd. 25)
Retrogressive underground experimental Lo-Fi Noise. Slim-box. [YAOP]
MONDRIAN OAK -- "Through Early Seed" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2009 ConSouling Sounds, SOUL0008, (ltd. 300)
Mondrian Oak conceived in autumn 2007, and slowely paved the path to launch their debut album Through Early Seed. These Italians shared the stage with a lot of great bands (Zippo, Gerda, Last Minute To Jaffna, Viscera/// e.a.), which most certainly helped them to shape their own voice within the genre: they have crafted a sound which is evocative and psychedelic merely with the classic rock instruments, devoid of excess. With their loud, doomy and gloomy outbursts that alternate with intimistic accoustic parts, their music is situated on the crossroads between postrock and postcore. The maturity and originality they put in the arrangements of the composition makes this a debut album that truly stands out, and predicts a promising future! [press-release]
MONEYI$GOD -- "M.A.R.K.Z" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Heart & Crossbone, HCB 027
Japans' best kept secret are back with a new album! Fronted by Kan of the legendary 80's punk-thrash act The Asbestos, MONEYI$GOD has been flooding the Japanese underground scene with sheer originality for over a decade by practicing their perpetual belligerence and inimitable crossover between virulent sludge-doom, grim noise rock and endless post punk latitudes... M.A.R.K.Z kicks off with the tribal pummeling of "Cancer" and continues with the supposedly friendly "Murasaki", but it's only a devious act of diversion before "Black Rainbow" smoothly barge in with a caustic ska rhythm section, super-thick bassline, and above all, Kans' matchless gargling vocals that rumble throughout the entire album like a decisive instigator. "Waltz" lashes right after as a scorching crescendo with its' perforating and frantic gradual guitar parts and functions as a great build up for the epic "Hate Song" - a panegyric-like wayward track of unblemished loathing for humanity. The doom-dubbed remix for "Black Rainbow" by Balata (David OPP & Finkelstein of Lietterschpich fame) is the final aggressor that perfectly ends this veritable album of gashed hymns and surged audacities... Recommended if you like Killing Joke, Zeni Geva, LEWD, Pailhead, Arab on Radar, Christpunchers, Six Finger Satellite, The EX, Nomeansno etc. [press-release]
[myspace]
MONOBEAT ORIGINAL -- "Arbeitstitel" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 aMARXE, 0920, (ltd. 500)
Experimental / Krautrock. Monobeat Original is the new project by Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, drummer and founding member of the legendary Krautrock band FAUST. An odyssey of dark-tribal-ritualistic-krautrock with a cinematic bent. From the atavic to the post industrial and the renewal of a distant and hypnotic Krautrock. Music from a future too far away. [label info]
MONOCUBE -- "Vibramina Maeroris" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT49, (ltd. 100)
Solemn drone ambient unleashing into drone noise. Depressive feedbacks, hollow rumbles and exhausting hi frequencies, cold and twilight. Sleeve. [label info]
MONOLITH -- "Spectres" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2011 Iceage Productions, ICE007
Drone Ambient, opalescing with hypnotic sinewaves and cold industrial sound. Slim-box. [YAOP]
MONOPIUM / K. -- "Nightclubbing / Die Wolfe Kommen Zuruck" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 128-2, (ltd. 300)
Split releases, containing recordings of two or three projects, has been appearing in Zoharum catalogue from the very begining. The second album released on Zoharum was exactly the split between Different State and Sigill. In the course of our nine-year activity, so far we released such splits between Bisclaveret and Feine Trinkers Bei Pinkels Daheim, Re-DrUm and b°tong, 1000schøen and Ab Intra, and the compilation "Circuit Intégré Volume 1" containing recordings by Dat Rayon, FOQL / RNA2 and Gaap Kvlt. The next release is therefore a continuation of this informal series... Projects Monopium and K. has been working for quite a while now and they have already collected quite a few releases of their own. Monopium teeters on the verge of dada cabaret and improvised music, and K. presents hissy structure with a variety of samples, voices and scraps of melodies bubbling underneath. There are as many similarities between the two projects as there are differences. But together they have created a very cohesive album with a clear inspiration, namely the achievements of the German krautrock. Each of the projects presented 23 minutes of their own music. On the one hand, you hear elements of the early sonic experiments of the 70s or even the rhythmic structures otherwise known as motorik, and, on the other hand, each of the Polish projects is still true to their vision... This split release is housed in a 2-panel gatefold sleeve and is strictly limited to 300 copies. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MONSTA -- "3" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Opa Loka Records, OL1902
Guitar Ambient / Drone. Monsta is a solo project by Boaz Bentur, Bass player and producer from north of Israel combining elements from psychedelic music, electronic and experimental. Always diverse and always changing, this project moves between distorted electronic beats to ambience and meditative music. After realising his debut EP "Nepture" in 2018, which was more electronic and experimental, Monsta is releasing a second album – "3". This album is a part from a series of live psychedelic/meditative sessions performed in special locations and atmospheres when people are lying down on the floor with eyes closed. Boaz Bentur is as well a member of the band Tiny Fingers, Octans and more projects in the alternative music scene in Israel. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MONTI, ALESSANDRO -- "Spiritdzoe :: Unfolk Solo" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Diplodisc, dpl 008
Folk / Experimental. After 8 years of Unfolk Collective, spiritDzoe is Alessandro Monti's 1st solo album, 'an 8-part ritual in the form of a suite'; minimal post-folk from mandolin feedback to electroacoustic pieces & percussion sections. On spiritDzoe Alessandro Monti played all instruments incl. electronics, electric mandolin feedback, 12 string acoustic & 6 string electric guitars, bass, piano, mandolin, virtual oboe/bassoon, digital reverb, overdubbed percussion tracks: triangle, maracas, shekere, 3 different bells, cymbals, Nepalese gong, Chinese health balls, Tibetan chimes, African drums.
A random playback of the suite is also suggested on the cover... [label info]
[CDBaby]
MONTI, ALESSANDRO -- "Unfolk + Live Book" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2006/2012 Diplodisc, dpl 005/6
Folk / Experimental. Remastered expanded edition of Alessandro Monti's 2006 debut release "Unfolk" on which he combined unorthodox music for mandolin with ethnic percussion, violin and a variety of guitars/electronic processes. Remastered by Jon Astley (Led Zeppelin, The Who, etc.) at Close To The Edge, 2012. The bonus cd is exclusive to this special edition and features unique "free form" arrangements of songs from "The Venetian Book Of The Dead" album recorded live in Venice & Leicester with Kevin Hewick. [label info]
[CDBaby]
MONTI, ALESSANDRO & UNFOLK COLLECTIVE -- "Intuitive Maps" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 M.P. Records, MPRCD072
Folk / World Music / Experimental. 2017's Intuitive Maps celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Alessandro Monti's intriguing Unfolk project. Recorded in Leicester and Venice, the album points towards a new direction for the band mixing Electronica, Psychedelia, World Music and Jazz. A limited edition jewel case version with a transparent booklet jacket, the album contains the first ever cover by Unfolk (a version of John Cale and Terry Riley's Church Of Anthrax). [Burning Shed]
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MONTI, ALESSANDRO & UNFOLK & KEVIN HEWICK -- "The Venetian Book Of The Dead" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Diplodisc, dpl 002 / stella*nera
New Wave / Rock / Experimental. The Venetian Book Of The Dead is a remarkable Anglo-Italian collaboration based on a true story. An unusual 'concept album' about vinyl as musical entertainment, as opposed to vinyl as human tragedy, the music and lyrics are inspired by industrial disasters in the Venice area during the 1970s and 1980s, when many workers and citizens alike died of cancer as a result of corporate decisions. This second Unfolk release is a departure from its more folk-oriented debut, mixing Electronica and lyrical acoustic arrangements with beguiling and unusual song-structures (sometimes based on free improvisation). Featuring 10 modern 'protest songs' and 6 haunting instrumentals, the album has been mastered by Jon Astley (Led Zeppelin, The Who, etc.) and comes in a beautiful limited edition gatefold cover with a 32 page booklet (including lyrics in English and Italian). [Burning Shed] Kevin Hewick is a singer-songwriter based in Leicester, UK. In the early 80's his work was released by Factory Records and he was the first singer to replace Ian Curtis in Joy Division before they became New Order.
[youtube]
THE MOON AND THE NIGHTSPIRIT -- "Rego Rejtem" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2007 Shadowplay Records, SPR 052
Second album by the Hungarian Ethereal/Pagan Folk duo, complete with an extensive booklet featuring artwork created exclusively for this release by the band's singer Agnes Toth... The Moon and the Nightspirit was formed in 2003 by Agnes and Mihaly. It is a mystical journey into the amaranthine realm of dreams and beauty, long-forgotten by modern man. A journey inspired by pagan fables, ancient Hungarian folk music and nature itself... "Rego rejtem" is a line from ancient Hungarian minstrel songs, which means "I conjure with magic", or, in words even closer to Shamanism, "I am ecstatic in a trance", a vision that suits perfectly the mood on the duo's songs. This time they have traveled further into times bygone, rekindling the flames of the Taltos (Hungarian shaman) and reawakening the spirits of the Elders. The music has acquired a more varied and colorful tone through the use of varied ethnic instrumentation (such as kaval, tapan, jew's harp or zither), and has also become significantly more energetic and vibrant, without sacrificing the unique ambiance that the band had found on their debut album... "Rego Rejtem" also finds the duo leaving behind the English language, and using only Hungarian lyrics this time. They come in the form of poems - chants dedicated to Mother Earth, the spiritual world and the ancient wisdom, and have also served, together with the music, as inspiration for several superb paintings that Agnes has produced to illustrate the album. These three elements (music, lyrics and illustrations) form a strong unity, and only with the existence of these three does "Rego Rejtem" become a whole... Russian issue comes with artwork which is a bit different from original Equilibrium release. [press-release]
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MORGEN WURDE -- "Innig" -- CD -- €12
2021 Frozen Light, FZL 078, (ltd. 150)
Dark Ambient / Neoclassical. Dramatic, devastating, romantic mental upheaval – Frozen Light presents “Innig”, the sixth album by Morgen Wurde. Composer Wolfgang Röttger (from Kiel at the Baltic Sea in Germany) creates amazing, grotesque music that zooms deep into souls, magnifying emotions as if perceived through a burning lens. An engulfing ethereal stream of transcendent feelings, making the listener drift through the human condition in slow motion. Cinematic sound masses that aim for intensity and vigorousness, for majestic and threatening ambiguity... In addition to diverse sample sources that were the subject of transformation, two prolific instrumentalists were involved: Alexander Mottok, a proficient musician, conductor of several orchestras, as well as violinist and composer, and Vicente Bueso alias Science Teheran, a great experimenting pianist and composer... A delirious melodious mix of ambient, neoclassical, industrial and ritual music.... Physical edition – 150 copies in 6-folders A5 digipack. [label info]
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MORKETSVIND -- "Mysterier / Clouded Sky" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2020 Valgriind, VG67
Neoclassical / Dungeon Synth. Two albums on one CD. Beautiful neoclassical piano music in the spirit of LEBENSESSENZ and cold resonant Dungeon Synth, imbued with the spirit of the European Middle Ages. [YAOP]
MORTART -- "Annihilation" -- CD-R -- €4
2006 Imbecil Records 017
Dark Ambient / Death Industrial from the south of Russia. As it was noticed by critics "in all Mortart's albums slow death approaches to the listener, but in each album it looks a little different". Here it's incarnated as three long and very slow tracks, filled with senseless scraps of human speech and deep low frequencies. Compositions breathe with despair and blackness in listerer's face.
MORTART presents NEGLEKT -- "Abuse" -- CD-R -- €7
Imbecil Records 009, ltd. 77
Neglekt = Mortart. Classical death industrial from the south of Russia. Dark soundscapes and factory atmosphere, vague blows, low frequencies. The album is recorded in old school manner, without any computers, only tapes, field recordings, metal percussion, etc.
MORTUOR -- "I'm Waiting For You..." -- CD -- €10
2009 Syzmic Records, syzmic05, (ltd. 250)
The highly anticipated debut cd from MORTUOR is now available.. This project doesnt feature a large back catalog of releases, but yet has gained a massive amount of respect and interest in from those in the community. MORTUOR was inspired by the works of ATRAX MORGUE. Listening to this full length, you will no doubtily hear it.. And feel it.. This album is cold, dark, and minimal.. Combine all of these into one, your have MORTUOR. [label info]
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MOSCOW HOLOCAUST SOUNDTRACK -- "s/t" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
1998/2018 Provoloka, prvlk 0009-0001 / Moscow – 0001, (ltd. 480)
Industrial / Drone / Noise. In 1998, the Moscow Holocaust Soundtrack cassette was released on the Moscow label Insofar Vapor Bulk. Side one contained the experiments of Ivan Kirichenko (LYUDI NA LDU) with feedback and noises, side two - a recording of joint sessions of Ivan and Evgeny Voronovsky (CISFINITUM). "There was no equipment, except for a microphone, a speaker and a cassette recorder, everything revolved around this simple combination. I was very fascinated by the idea of feedback. Just a microphone, a speaker and a guitar pedal..." [Ivan Kirichenko]
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MOSLANG, NORBERT / ILIA BELORUKOV / KURT LIEDWART -- "Sale_Interiora" -- CD -- €10
2016 Mikroton Recordings, mikroton cd 47
Norbert Möslang had been playing in Voice Crack duo with Andy Guhl in 1972-2002, they’ve been working with “cracked everyday-electronics”, modifying and recontextualising the use of home electronics. After the split he continued working solo and in different musical combinations using “cracked everyday-electronics”, among them a duo with eRikm with whom he played in duo from time to time since 2002. He released numerous solo albums as well as collaborations with Günter Müller, Jason Kahn, Ralf Wehowsky, Tomas Korber, Aube, Christian Weber, Katsura Yamauchi. He is part of Signal Quintet and mkm. "sale_interiora" is his third album on Mikroton after "Stodgy" with eRikm and "Five Lines" with Casey Anderson, Jason Kahn, Günter Müller and Mark Trayle... Ilia Belorukov hails from St. Petersburg and works mainly with prepared saxophone in the field of improvised, noise and electroacoustic music. He’s a member of different projects like Wozzeck, Mars-96 and others. He practices an experimental approach of sound extraction on alto saxophone and uses laptop, electric guitar, drums and other instruments. He also runs our partner Intonema label and organizes with us Teni Zvuka festival in St. Petersburg and Moscow... In 2009 he joined his forces with Kurt Liedwart, a Moscow-based musician and curator of Mikroton Recordings and organizer of Teni Zvuka festival. When the duo started Liedwart was using only sinewaves and field recordings adding more sounds and noises with time. Liedwart works mainly with computer, electronics, synthesizer and objects, sometimes deleting the line separating concerts from performances or installations, at the same time he’s active in the fields of electroacoustic improvisation and sound art... In 2014 they invited Norbert Möslang to take part at Teni Zvuka Festival, played two concerts in trio and made 4 hours of recording overall which formed thirty four minutes of "sale_interiora". The three musicians generate pulsing waves of rushing sound, piercing whisltes, bombastic microsound glossolalia, conjuring wide panoramas of sound colours and light streams. The unstable cover drawing was created by Kurt Liedwart. [press-release]
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THE MOSSES PROJECT feat. RADIK TULUSH and BARDOSENETICCUBE -- "Ishtii Daglar" -- CD -- €10
2021 The Lollipoppe Shoppe, LSCD 023
Ethnic / Ambient / Tribal. A collaboration work of the Russian-based THE MOSSES PROJECT with the famous Tuvan singer and multi-instrumentalist Radik Tulush (HUUN-HUUR-TU) and electronic composer Igor Potsukailo (BARDOSENETICCUBE). A beautiful mix of chilled electronic ambient, Tuvan overtone throat singing and ethnic instruments: khomus, igil, shoor, kaluka, didgeridoo, dungchen and singing bowls. Five compositions narrating about the voice of time, the nearby mountains and the great bodhisattvas. Foldout matte-finished digifile.
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MOTHER SAVAGE -- "Kryptopyrrole" -- CD -- €10
1993/2013 Industrial Recollections
Noise. Joseph Roemer and Rodger Stella from MACRONYMPHA. Very physical and hand-on approach on industrial-noise with many similar sonic qualities as MACRONYMPHA. This tape originally published under this name in 1996 by Mother Savage Noise Productions. Industrial Recollection version includes artwork from it's earlier version simply known as Mother Savege "2" tape. [label info]
MOTORPIG -- "Tesla Coil" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 VOLOK Records, VR-49, (ltd. 20)
Industrial / Dark Ambient / Noise. A wonderful fusion of dark industrial ambient and concrete music. The author managed to create an oppressive musical horizon and a crumbling hallucination of the surf line from sounds that you can touch with your hands. This is music for lifeless landscapes on a planet with pulsating gravity, on which it is impossible to move and on which free flight is not possible. Pulsating statics. [label info]
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MOTT, NICK -- "Here Begins The Great Destroyer" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Lumberton Trading Company, LUMB024D, (ltd. 300)
Nick Mott, previously known mostly for his work in and as a founding member of the eclectic group, Volcano The Bear, has since his departure been forging a path very much his own as, largely, a solo artist... Similar to his drawings or art experiments with photocopied collages, his music beams in from some kind of distorted or fractured reality more focussed on those murkier twilight places the likes of H.P. Lovecraft cast their imaginations into. As the ten pieces on Here Begins the Great Destroyer pay witness to, a world of unfolding electronic textures, uneasy tones, rhythmic bursts and general sense of things not being quite as they seem serve as Nick's main preoccupations. However, this is no daft 'dark ambient' muck. Rather, like certain other artists on LTCo, it uncomfortably resides in a space where the likes of Renaldo & the Loaf, Tuxedo Moon, Nurse With Wound and Andrew Liles each all crawled from. A space, essentially, few others would dare, or wish, to venture to in the first instance. Of course, there is a crooked humour evident, too, as no artist can truly traverse such places without it. Well, at least not if they want to keep their sanity more or less functioning… [label info]
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MOWETON / ASTMA & EDGARS RUBENIS -- "Guitaroid vs Megadrumster / Tickling Valmiera" -- 2 x 3"CD-R -- €5
2013 Intonema, int007, (ltd. 100)
The seventh Intonema release is a split of two projects. The purpose of Moweton (its creator is Saint Petersburg guitarist Pavel Medvedev) - achievement of ultra-intense typical for grindcore by experimental means within the limits of the genre: cyber blast beats mutates into a glitch, riffs into noise improvisation, extreme overdrives into a kind of firing lasers in an old console game. Astma is a Moscow duo of one of the Russian noise pioneers Alexey Borisov and drummer Olga Nosova (Motherfathers, Syncopated Silence). Track for the split was recorded at one of their perfomances on tour with Latvian guitarist Edgars Rubenis, the genre range of whose works spreads from noise and drone to blues-rock. Together with him Astma finds oneself on the territory of psychedelic noise-rock. Images for Moweton's side were done by artist Yomi-Ferus; the painting by Erik Shutov was used for Astma's cover. [press-release]
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MS30 -- "T.I.A." -- CD -- €10
2012 Silken Tofu, stx.21
MS30 is born from the encounter between the Korg MS20 of TZII and the Korg MS10 of Aymeric De Tapol, resulting in massive frequencies, sharp cuts and hypnotizing pulsations. Both artists share a fascination for West-Africa, which brought them to work around on this thematic, with their own vision and cultural codes... AYMERIC DE TAPOL is an experimental and electro-acoustic composer, based in Brussels. He works for contemporary dance pieces, radiophonic creations and as a freelance sound engineer for cinema and documentary films. Since 1998, he focuses his work on climatic sound takes. The final result is a composition where minimalist soundscapes interact with each other and lead to organic maps, close to microsound or noise. His works could be described as 'travelling music': the music score for a non-existing movie... Since 1996 TZII has been spreading his magickal corrosive frequencies all over the world by touring from Europe to Australia, passing by the USA, Canada, Japan and Africa, where he played hundreds of shows, spreading cinematic ambient and raw electronic anger. He's a co-founder and active member of the V-ATAK collective & dvd label, one half of SOLAR SKELETONS and a member of DUFLAN DUFLAN and several other bands. He also works for dance companies, living performances, movie soundtracks and any other mediums with sound inside. [press-release].
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MURDEROUS VISION -- "Abscission" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019/2020 Live Bait Recording Foundation, LBRF055 / Chthonic Streams, MYRK 075, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. Abscission is "the shedding of various parts of an organism, such as a plant dropping a leaf, fruit, flower, or seed. In zoology, abscission is the intentional shedding of a body part, such as the shedding of a claw, husk, or the autotomy of a tail to evade a predator." Danger is lurking, and the only way to survive it may be to lose a piece of yourself... The 2019 limited edition cassette Abscission has been remastered and expanded to 7 songs totaling 50 minutes of some of the best work of the project's 26-year existence. Includes contributions from Theologian, Telladictorian, and Derek Rush (Dream Into Dust). [label info]
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MURDEROUS VISION -- "Elemental Flame" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Status Prod., SP 15 CD, (ltd. 150)
Dark Ambient / Ritual Ambient. Fire is a guide between the Earth and the Sky - its flames roar, devour, incinerate and purify. The sounds of the flame awaken fear and hope in the soul, inspire and drive away. Raising its tongues up like hands, the fire prays for human sins and points out the only right way... Voronezh-based label Status Prod. presents a new CD-album of the American old school death industrial/dark ambient project MURDEROUS VISION, led by its permanent leader, Stephen Petrus, "Elemental Flame". This monumental work lauds fire as what destroys the obsolete and creates a new life in its place. The album was released in an edition of 150 hand-numbered copies and packed in a fire-shaped folder made of craft cardboard, with the author's art applied to it by silkscreen printing. [label info]
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MURDEROUS VISION -- "Ghosts Of The Soul Long Lost Volume Three" -- 3 CD -- €15 [-50%]
2014 Live Bait Recording Foundation, LBRF046, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Death Industrial. This third volume in the Murderous Vision archival series is a special addition. Offering three CDs of out of print material to celebrate 20 years since the inception of the project. Disc one features the 3rd full length album, "Suffocate… The Final Breath", originally released in 2000, and out of print for over 10 years. This album was the first to be recorded as a solo effort by Stephen, and considered by him to be the real first album. It was with on this release that the classic MV sound was born. Created as the last century came to a close. Recorded 100% on the trusty old Tascam 244 4-track tape machine, in the original location of Storms of the Underworld in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Disc two is the complete album "Salvation on Sand Mountain". Originally recorded and released in 2010, as a C-80 by Danvers State. This is the first time ever on CD. Features many guest vocals by The Vomit Arsonist, Cunting Daughters, Nyodene D, Fascist Insect, Darin Sullivan, Reichardt van Greiken and others. Disc three contains two releases that originally were released by LBRF in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Starting off with the harshest MV release yet, "Echospore". Recorded manically over the course of three days in September 2010. Exploring the shamanistic properties of psychedelic mushrooms, recorded 100% under their influence. Yes, it sounds like it too. Rounding out the set, is tracks from the split with Skin Graft, "Corpse Abuse". These frantic power electronics tracks are some of my favorite i've ever recorded. Featuring an absolutely mind numbing and schizophrenic vocal performance by Kat Stewart on one track. This volume is packed in a six panel full color eco-wallet, with cover painting by Necro Doll and graphic design by Andre Coelho. Just under four hours of music, for one super low price. Limited to just 300 copies. Celebrate with us! [label info]
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MURDEROUS VISION -- "Surface Bone" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Live Bait Recording Foundation, LBRF053, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. This material was created in collaboration with Jeff Curtis (Iron Oxide, Vengeance Space Quartet) for 3 specific performances in February 2019, in Cleveland Ohio, Oakland California and Los Angeles California. The studio versions of this material are presented on both the CD and Digital versions, while the Los Angeles performance is presented in it's entirety exclusively on the CD. Edition of 100 copies; packaged in a cardboard sleeve with signed and hand-numbered insert. [label info]
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MURDEROUS VISION -- "Voided Landscapes" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Live Bait Recording Foundation, LBRF052, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Death Industrial. Upon returning from a successful gig in Helsinki, Finland several inspired late night recording sessions began to take shape and morph into something a bit more cohesive. Voided Landscapes is a bleak journey into the paths of dark industrial and minimal death ambient. Using an arsenal of electronics, field recordings, strings and less conventional items, Voided Landscapes is a shifting beast that covers a lot of ground, but stays on a course that will not disappoint long time followers of the project. Features guest appearances by Robert O'Lexa (Vengeance Space Quartet), Pauline Lombardo and Rebecca Potter (Both of Cunting Daughters). Packaged in a 6 panel digisleeve with photography by Andy Henry that is printed on heavy uncoated retro paper stock. [label info]
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MURDEROUS VISION / KURU -- "Blood-Brain Barrier" -- CD-R -- €7
2003 Somnambulant Corpse, sc009
Blood-Brain Barrier is the latest release from America's Somnambulant Corpse label who specialise in high quality short run CD-Rs of post-industrial and dark ambient musics. Blood-Brain Barrier brings together two of the harsher names from their stable... The opener from Murderous Vision offers rhythmic industrial but it's soon blown away by the abrasive 'A Body Left At The Corrigated Dock' as it lambastes the listener with high pitched screeches and electronic tremors. Voices are obscured throughout the Murderous Vision tracks and pushed to the back of the mix allowing the dark oppressive atmosphere to prevail. In many ways they're applying old school power electronic techniques to dark ambient soundscapes, although the frenzied approach of '4th Day Stench' and 'Baby - It Ain't No Sin' offer little respite. Those of a particular persuasion may get off on these noise excursions while many will find them simply redundant... Kuru's dark soundscapes are far more palatable. Their twisted vision is eschewed through electronic textures that are less dense, and as a result carries greater impact. And on this abrasive split CD it really is a case of less is more. [Compulsion Online]
MURMER -- "Framework 1-4" -- 2 CD -- €13
2012 Herbal International, 1202-2
The Framework compositions are a series of experiments with untreated field recordings, exploring notions of musicality within the structures of found sound. The compositions were created with differing sets of self-imposed rules: Framework 1 (whose sources were all recorded in Paris, France in March/April 2003) was recorded, edited and composed entirely on a single MiniDisc with no overdubbing or alterations to the sounds or their relative levels; Framework 4 (originally released on the Soundwalk Editions blog) is an experiment in sonic perception via the contrasts of resonance in different indoor and outdoor spaces; and Frameworks 2 & 3 are both long-form works of multi-layered sonic environments originally commissioned as radio works (for the Radia Network and Silenceradio, respectively). Framework 3 also explores the use of voice as a musical tool within a larger public soundscape, and includes sounds produced by a group of workshop participants in an attempt to actively resonate and interact with a specific space, both of which call into question a recordist's position as passive spectator. As an artist working with field recording who considers himself a musician, these works were in some way a reaction against this idea of documentary or objective presentation of found sound. If every microphone is a frame, can the works born via their vibrations be disconnected from a recordist's perspective, decision, action, or emotion? These works could be said to represent a momentary perception of a place and time, or perhaps a conglomeration of overlapping memories and impressions of past moments, activities, and spaces. [press-release]
MURMER -- "We Share A Shadow" -- CD -- €10
2007/2009 Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS 011, (ltd. 475)
Murmer is the pseudonym for Patrick McGinley, a man with several passports which have taken him to many a foreign land in search of found sounds of the unsettled, the forgotten, the mysterious, and the beautiful. His field recordings of activated environments (e.g. resonant industrial spaces, windswept telephone lines, bowed branches, gasping ventilator systems, etc.) originate from all of the locations where he has traveled; yet, the documentation of these sounds is the not the terminus of McGinley's work. He is far more interested in extracting a particular emotional, transcendent, or metaphysical kernel from those sounds, and then recontextualizing that germinated sound into sympathetic compositions of magnificent dronemusik... We Share A Shadow continues where Murmer left off with the exceptional Husk album (in collaboration with Jonathan Coleclough), in spiraling his manipulated field recordings as a slow revelation of the environmental sonorities that undeservedly go unnoticed each and every day. Singing frequencies of a bowed piece of metal undulate against a grey tapestry of rain and rasping insects. Golden overtones from shimmering drones quell what agitated textures reside in McGinley's active field recordings, rendering the aggregate sound a nocturnal opiate with considerable potency... Package features hand water-coloured artwork and letterpress printing. [label info]
MURMER -- "What Are The Roots That Clutch" -- CD -- €10
2012 Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS 022, (ltd. 400)
It was a cavernous tone that broadcast from a ventilator duct that inspired Patrick McGinley to begin collecting field recordings and working them into his slow-arc compositions. At the time when he heard that particular tone in that particular city at that particular time, he had no gear to recording device on hand. Over the next fifteen years (and counting) McGinley has eased into a peripatetic lifestyle, wandering the European countryside and forests (but never straying too far from the thrum and spark of civilization) in search of the same epiphany with his head rattled to the sound of a cavernous air duct... Around 1996, McGinley adopted the moniker Murmer for his compositional work; and though his work often steps into the quieter realm of sound construction, much of his field recordings and resultant compositions privilege interference and disturbances that occur within any given sound ecology. Those sounds could be the elusive tone from that ventilator, the polyrhythmic chorus of chirping frogs, the abstracted roar from an Arctic wind tearing across the Black Sea, or the metallic skree from a bowed antenna perched atop a Soviet-era observatory. What Are The Roots That Clutch marks McGinley's first full album in nearly 5 years, but it marks an elegant continuation of his previous album We Share A Shadow. The five chapters of this album can't easily be associated with any specific location; instead McGinley overlaps and crosshatches his field recordings and abstractions into acousmatic passages with ghostly, half-melodic qualities. Even the two unprocessed recordings of the album are impossibly complex in their accretions of sound. McGinley's composed pieces embrace lithe, mysterious drones whose mossy, damp atmosphere perfectly situate with tactile crunches, tactile events, and signal noise generation. Eels and leaches would not be out of place in such an environment; but the subaquatic murk snaps into a hallowed manifestation of ritualized minimalism at the album's finale -- one that LaMonte Young and Angus Maclise might have conjured in 1968 with clattering percussive elements and a hypnotic blur of harmonic drone... What Are The Roots That Clutch is limited to 400 copies and comes housed with letterpress artwork. [press-release]
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MURMUR DRIFT -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €9
2016 self-released
Drone. Another project of the Russian musician Dmitry Chistov who stands behind HUM, MAW, MIKOSTERION and a number of other projects. Archival recordings made in 1998-1999. Gentle electronic drones and infinite loops drawing hypnotic ornaments. A beautiful example of haunting minimalistic music.
MURMURISTS -- "I Am You, Dragging Halo" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 121-2, (ltd. 300)
This album, 'I Am You, Dragging Halo', is the second in a nominal trilogy of works; very much the sequel to the earlier 'I Cannot Tell You Where I Am Until I Love You' (released by Alrealon in 2013) and a direct precusor to the already in-process 'i,m [sic], W/e'. Recorded in five countries and almost three years in the making, it features the voice talents of Bryan Lewis Saunders, Pixyblink, Annie Dee, Sharon Gal, David Cunliffe and Anton Mobin, as well as contributions from a range of fine musicians, including Mark Browne, Paulo Chagas and Paul Mimlitsch. The album is housed in a 3-panel ecopak sleeve and is strictly limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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MUROHAMMA -- "Daughter of Shadows" -- CD-R -- €7
2013 Down Elcovka Records, CD-R DER 006, (ltd. 8)
Beautiful lullaby dark ambient with a very tender melodic component. Ideal soundtrack to prepare for lucid dreaming or just for usual evening relaxation. The album was released on a cassette ltd. 100 (by Ukrainian label Depressive Illusions Records), and in digital format (by the net-label GV Sound). Now it's also available as a fetish CD-R version for the limited amount of conosseurs. CDR with b/w print, packed in hand-written sleeve made of kraft paper. Sleeve is attached to a wooden piece and wrapped in an envelope made of black cloth. [label info]
MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Abyssinia Selasie" -- CD -- €11
2015 Staalplaat / Muslimgauze Archive, 26
Dub / Experimental. Although Bryn Jones’ work as Muslimgauze certainly numbers dub within its influence, rarely is that influence treated as directly or centrally as it is on many of the tracks found on Abyssinia Selasie. A rarity among the material Jones left behind... The opening title track alone, with its steady bassline and dopplering, insistent beeps, is as close to an unadulterated dub track as Jones ever came, even as the separate coda “Benzedrine Wallah” starts cranking up the outbursts of percussion. Not every song on this trim, focused collection goes in that same direction, but even elements like “Arab”’s wobbling percussion and female vocals share a similar sensibility. Even the stark “Mind of a Suicide Bomber” is more coolly menacing than overtly hostile. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Farouk Enjineer" -- CD -- €13 [-50%]
1997/2021 Other Voices Records, VOX 66 CD / Kontakt Audio, AKT05CD, (ltd. 500)
Experimental / Dub. This is extremely intense Arabic dub noise music, designed to blow minds and loudspeakers. 2021 Remastered reissue with new artwork in gatefold mini-LP sleeve. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Iranair Inflight Magazine" -- CD -- €11
2014 Staalplaat, MUSLIMLIM 021, (ltd. 700)
Experimental / Tribal / Dub. Each title is a page in the Iranair inflight magazine. "Behind a false plaster and mud partition covered with posters declaring Muslims are being massacred by the forces of imperialism, Ghulam, a tall bearded youth whispers instructions into a radio set using code words from the Koran..." Title of track 3 comes from a passage of a Sunday Times article (4th October 1998) about Bin Laden's men infiltration in indian state of Jammu and Kashmir: "In the bazaars of Srinagar's old town, chuddar-clad women now speak of the jihad and the bearded foreigners in their midst..."
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Jackal The Invizible" -- CD -- €23
2021 Staalplaat, Muslimgauze Archive 56, (ltd. 200)
Tribal / Dub / Experimental. A compilation of rare alternative versions of previously released tracks, collected from various DAT tapes that Bryn Jones had sent to labels and other interested parties. Packed in silk-screened cardboard sleeve.
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Jerusalaam" -- CD -- €11
2016 Staalplaat / Muslimgauze Archive, 32, (ltd. 700)
Experimental / Tribal. Jerusalaam plus the two extra tracks make up unused material from the Return of Black September sessions. The contrast, even for someone with as wide a range as Muslimgauze had, is stunning. The original Jerusalaam fits in with much of Bryn Jones’ classic work, with a heavy emphasis on hand percussion, bass-heavy distortion, sharply clipped loops, and the seething his of static. The two otherwise unnamed Return of Black September tracks, however, follow that album in taking a much more cleanly digital feel, with many of the elements Jones usually uses present but in more stripped down or even mechanized forms. The relatively clean pulse of these two longer compositions serve as a refreshing contrast next to the hand- and tape-made feel of tracks like “All the Stolen Land of Palestine” and “Hessian Bag of Camel Parts”, an invigorating reminder of the breadth and vitality of Jones’ work even now. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Libya Tour Guide" -- CD -- €11
2015 Staalplaat / Muslimgauze Archive, 31, (ltd. 700)
Experimental / Tribal. Libya Tour Guide ranges over different sounds and modes as it goes, from the almost collage of short pieces featured near the beginning to the subdued, sinister pulsing of “Great Satan Shadow” to the extended, sometimes digitally shredded journey of “Aqua Tingktyur”. Even more than normal, here Jones’ tracks comment on each other, with the already hectic squiggles of “Benzedrine, Effendi” immediately answered with the fiercer distortions of the same sound on “No, Benzedrine, Effendi” and “East of Tarabulus” naturally takes the listener further than “Tarabulues” just did. The result, whether it’s the richly echoing hand percussion of “Kurnel” or the choking static of “Rebiana Sand Sea”, is as intoxicating as always. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Minaret Speaker" -- CD -- €11
2015 Staalplaat, Muslimgauze Archive 29, (ltd. 500)
Tribal / Dub / Experimental. The material on Minaret Speaker can be broken into two groups; the first, the ten tracks that make up the bulk of this release, make clear immediately why Jones picked that title for the album, with the ten-minute “Minaret Speaker Track 1” serving as a duo for his trademark digitally distorted percussion loops and what certainly sounds like a recording of a call to prayer, or adhan. The voices on the tracks here are ones that may well have come out of an actual minaret speaker at some point. On one these tracks, as the musical backing gets harsher and more distorted, the voices reach towards deliverance; the results, even on wordless interludes like the string-based “Bamboo Bound” is something that can seem more approachable than some of Jones’ work as Muslimgauze... The four Rest tracks that make up the end of this release form a brief bonus EP of even lower-fidelity-than-normal works in progress from Jones, with “Rest Track 1” immediately sounding like Jones putting his own work through some new contortions. At times this material gets and fuzzed- and dubbed-out as anything in the Muslimgauze discography, a perfect accompaniment to the mix of soaring and pulverizing music found on the rest of the album. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Port Said" -- CD -- €15
1999/2017 Aquarellist, aquarel 38-17 b, (ltd. 120)
Reissue of the original material previously published on a 12" by Audio.nl. Limited edition - 120 copies in a digipak made of designer black cardboard with two-colour silk-screen printing.
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Port Said / Report Said" -- 2 CD -- €18
1999/2017 Aquarellist, aquarel 38-17, (ltd. 500)
First CD contains the reissue of the original material previously published on a 12" by Audio.nl. Second CD - remixes from Anders Peterson, Bass Communion, Dead Voices On Air, Esplendor Geometrico, In Death It Ends, Pacific 231, QST, Rapoon, Scanner, Simon Crab, Velehentor, Troum. Packed in foldout digisleeve.
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Satyajit Eye" -- CD -- €11
1993/2013 Staalplaat, Muslimgauze Archive 11, (ltd. 500)
Tribal / Dub / Experimental. From the ultra-creative period that brought us ‘Hamas Arc’ and ‘Vote Hezbollah’ Jones had a wealth of unreleased material - so much so, in fact, that Staalplaat decided to give fans a 'free' release in exchange for sacrificing a part of the cover of ‘Hamas Arc’: if you cut out the insert from the CD cover and sent it in with a blank DAT, you’d eventually have your DAT sent back to you, but now as a free six song DAT-only release. The severed part of the 'Hamas Arc' cover would become the j-card cover for this new release - named 'Satyajit Eye'... ‘Hamas Arc’ turned out to be one of the most successful releases from Muslimgauze, and endless amounts of these DATs have been copied. The DAT consisted of three original pieces, and three remixes from ‘Vote Hezbollah’; but there were also three pieces that were on the original master which, for reasons we may never know, were not used on the final release. Unsurprisingly enough, ‘Satyajit Eye’ was eventually bootlegged - but not until this year. This expanded version, however, completes the whole picture of this album - showing us the first signs of Jones looking towards Indian music for inspiration; but also with breezy, desert-like rhythms and sounds (such as the intense ‘Zion Poison’ - which reminds us of O Yuki Conjugate), or the way-out music of the title track. ‘Satyajit Eye’ is a mysterious album, full of hidden layers; and evokes a lonely yet warm feeling of sun-covered sand dunes. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Silknoose" -- CD -- €13
1995/2015 Aquarellist, aquarel 28-14, (ltd. 400)
Reissue of a long-time sold out album from 1995 previously released by Daft Refords. Digipak with a new design, 400 copies.
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Sulaymaniyah" -- CD -- €11
2009 Staalplaat / Muslimgauze Archive, 7, (ltd. 700)
Tribal / Breakbeat / Experimental. Sulaymaniyah is part of Staalplaat’s ongoing Muslimgauze archive series, masters originally submitted in 1997, then “replaced” by what became Vampire of Tehran released early in 1998. It was not uncommon for the prolific Bryn Jones to replace masters with what he believed to be a more fit release. Short of two tracks, “Fez Tishan” and “Hamas Pulse of Revenge”, this is Vampire of Tehran with nine additional, unreleased tracks. Because Sulaymaniyah was “replaced”, it was stored in Staalplaat’s vault’s until a decade after Jones’ passing and it will take several more years before they have completely caught up with additional “replaced” and unreleased masters. Sulaymaniyah is stylistically varied and has ethno-electro, ethno breakbeat along with several dub cuts. Ethno-electro/breaks are analogous to urban dance/hip hop with catchy, distortion ridden breaks and heavily edited ethnic music, cut-up and reassembled into Frankenstein hybrids—sometimes further complicated with dub elements. Wanton mixtures of styles are one of many defining qualities of Muslimgauze music. Like “replaced” masters, versions of tracks such as “Arabs Improved Zpain” and “Arabs Return Zpain” demonstrate Jones’ near obsessive search for the right sound. For those who appreciate the latter, rhythmic ethno-breaks and dub phase of Muslimgauze circa Tandoori Dog, or completists, Sulaymaniyah is a “must have”. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Sycophant Of Purdah" -- CD -- €11
2009 Staalplaat / Muslimgauze Archive, 9, (ltd. 700)
Tribal / Industrial / Experimental. Part of Staalplaat’s ongoing Muslimgauze archive series, Sycophant of Purdah was submitted in 1994 then “replaced” by another master Bryn Jones felt more fit for release. Sycophant then languished in the vaults until present, nearly a decade after Jones’ passing. It is no secret that Jones was a prolific artist and that numerous labels combined could not keep up with his output and will take several more years more for them to do so. Sycophant opens with a radio broadcast on the on-going Palestinian crisis set to breakbeats and marmalade-thick bass lines; the forward to another sonic treatise on struggles of the Muslim world. Tracks that follow are more consistent with Industrial stylings of the Muslimgauze oeuvre including Zealot, Blue Mosque, Silknoose and Izlamaphobia. Industrial, in the context of Muslimgauze, is often characterized by tightly woven percussion loops with scant variance while melodies hover. Additionally, tracks like “Radif Avaz and Dastgah” and “Mossad Evil” are another facet of Industrial, Industrial in the classic sense of the word meaning, ‘mechanical’, ‘machine like’, with little in the way of melodic overtones. The commonality is rigorous, dogmatic structure that are nonetheless hypnotic and engaging. Because the above albums vary, despite being of the same sub-genre, Sycophant could be considered a ‘missing link’ that ties them together—with ethno-breaks added for variance. None of the track listings, handwritten by Jones, are repeated on any other release hence Sycophant of Purdah is a ‘must have’ for fans and collectors. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Tandoori Dog" -- CD -- €11
1998/2013 Staalplaat, Muslimgauze Archive 13, (ltd. 500)
Tribal / Dub / Experimental. In 1998 Staalplaat and Muslimgauze were on a conquering spirit. Bryn Jones (1961-1999), the man behind Muslimgauze delivered new works, almost on a weekly basis and was more than happy to see them released straight away. Unlike others, Staalplaat was never shy to release larger works, lumping various works together, such as the 9CD “Box Of Silk & Dogs”. Allowing free reign in editing, the 4LP box set ‘Tandoori Dog”, contained the LP of the same name, which saw only eight out of the ten original pieces. Now released as a sole CD, the complete, ten track “Tandoori Dog” is released on a limited CD, spanning in total sixty minutes of music. Muslimgauze didn’t fail in this highly productive period. Peaking as never before, his music here carries all that makes Muslimgauze the unique artist he is. Taking his influences from what can be loosely called the Middle East, but extending that to as far as Pakistan, Jones samples freely percussion, instruments and voices and adds these to his own sequences and instruments, such as the tabla. The melting pot that is the studio blends this together, in hypnotic pieces of music. Captivating, minimal, groovy, but rather than being slick and commercial, this is the roughly shaped electronic world of Bryn Jones. All of this motivated and inspired by events in the Middle East, as reflected through the titles Jones picked for his work. A strong pre-occupation with the fate of the occupied people in the Palestinian lands and an unashamed love for such controversial groups as Hezbollah. With the re-issue of “Tandoori Dog” another keystone work by Jones is finally being available again. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Trial Mixes 1997-1998" -- 2 CD -- €16
2014/2016 Aquarellist, aquarel 35-16, (ltd. 300)
Originally intended as a cassette only release for Dizzy Positivity Recordings 1999. All tracks recorded and mixed by Bryn Jones 1997 - 1998. 2CD, limited edition 300 copies in digipak. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Trial Mixes 1997-1998" -- 2 CD -- €23
2014/2016 Aquarellist, aquarel 35-16 b, (ltd. 200)
Originally intended as a cassette only release for Dizzy Positivity Recordings 1999. All tracks recorded and mixed by Bryn Jones 1997 - 1998. 2CD, limited edition 200 copies in a digipak with silk-screen printing on black cardboard with the desing different from the standard edition. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Un-used Re-mix's 1994-1995" -- CD -- €11
2014 Staalplaat / Muslimgauze Archive, 28, (ltd. 500)
Experimental / Dub. "We do not work on a release, a piece is done at a time. A CD is drawn from various tracks which can span a few days, weeks or a month, or a day, each release is different." [Bryn Jones, Grinding Into Emptiness interview, 1998] Here we have an excellent example of the perils and rewards of that approach; eight mixes, just over an hour, of some of the dubbiest, most spacious material Jones ever put to tape. The tracks collected on Un-used Re-Mix’s 1994-1995, the newest release in Staalplaat’s Muslimgauze Archive series, are too good to leave collecting dust, but Jones never got around to organizing or even titling them (except, perhaps, inside of his own head). The truly diligent might be able to track down the source for some of these tracks after hours poring over the rest of Muslimgauze’s vast discography, but no such trainspotting is needed to appreciate the smeared, haunting vocal and hand percussion of the third track, or the ominously rattling, echoing sixth track, or the heavy organ overlay that brings the last track as close to shoegaze as Muslimgauze ever came. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Untitled" -- CD -- €13
2000/2019 Aquarellist, aquarel 46-19, (ltd. 300)
Muslimgauze "Untitled" (2000) - this "nameless" creation was published by Klanggalerie publishing house, and in a strange way sends the listener back to 1993, to the albums "Betrayal" and "Veiled Sisters", being their obvious and natural continuation. Slow and soft, like a lump of hashish, either a dub or a lounge with an intoxicating sultry sound it immerses the listener in a light trance... it gives you a feeling as if you are lying down for an afternoon nap somewhere on the outskirts of the Palestinian bazaar, and you have no strength to move to shake off this obsessive stupor. Someone is a chatting nearby, something is tapping, somewhere in the vicinity there is an incomprehensible life and households... but to get up - there is no strength. Not even to open your eyes... because bliss, heat and trance. Incredibly atmospheric and hypnotic hypostasis MUSLIMGAUZE. Definitely recommended. [121] Standard edition in 4-panel digipak, limited to 300 copies.
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Uzi" -- CD -- €13 [-50%]
1989/2021 Other Voices Records, VOX 63 CD / Kontakt Audio, AKT01, (ltd. 300)
Tribal / Industrial. Muslimgauze's gem from the late 80s. Cinematic, minimal, noisy, hypnotic, and gloomy. Probably not so overtly Middle Eastern as his later works, though definitely bearing an influence. Backed by electric drones percussion forms a living, breathing atmosphere of impending menace. For a strange reason, this album was missed in VOD's Chasing The Shadow Of Bryn Jones 10xLP Box-set. Now you have a chance to complete your Muslimgauze discography! [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Vote Hezbollah" -- 2 CD -- €15
1993/2018 Aquarellist, aquarel 43-18, (ltd. 350)
Reissue of the long out-of-print album with an additional bonus disc, which contains an alternative version of "Vote Hezbollah" album found on a DAT-tape in Bryn Jones' archives. This version includes different mixes of most album tracks and an extra track "Negev Gulag" which was supposed to be included in this album, but appeared later on "Fatah Guerrilla" (1996). 6-panel digipak with offset printing, limited to 350 copies.
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Vote Hezbollah" -- 2 CD -- €23
1993/2018 Aquarellist, aquarel 43-18 b, (ltd. 150)
Reissue of the long out-of-print album with an additional bonus disc, which contains an alternative version of "Vote Hezbollah" album found on a DAT-tape in Bryn Jones' archives. This version includes different mixes of most album tracks and an extra track "Negev Gulag" which was supposed to be included in this album, but appeared later on "Fatah Guerrilla" (1996). 6-panel digipak with silk-screen printing, limited to 150 copies.
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MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Zilver / Feel The Hiss" -- CD -- €11
2015 Staalplaat / Muslimgauze Archive, 30, (ltd. 500)
Experimental / Dub. Use the same kinds of devotional voices found on much of "Minaret Speaker", but here other voices are present too. Conversational or angry, male or female, English or French or Arabic, almost inaudible or forcing their way to the front of the music, these "Zilver Tracks" (the name based on a note Jones wrote on the tape) engage more directly with the world Jones was so fascinated with and tried to represent over and over again in his work as Muslimgauze. [label info]
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MUSLIMGAUZE vs CELTARABIA -- "s/t" -- CD -- €13
2021 Aquarellist, aquarel 58-21, (ltd. 300)
Tribal / Experimental. "In the winter of 1996 (Saturday 17th February 1996) World Music band Celtarabia played a sell-out gig at Slaithwaite Civic Hall in West Yorkshire with support from Psychedelic DJ Simon Scott of Tandoori Space Records in Leeds and were joined on stage by Bryn Jones who joined them in their set playing a Darbuka with his painted red hands signifying his support for the Palestinian people. Reggae Producer John Bolloten (The Rootsman) was also there and a great time was had by all on stage and afterwards... At the end of the gig Quentin Budworth gave Bryn Jones and John Bolloten a copy of the band’s first CD ‘The Lost Music of Celtarabia’ with some very interesting results a series of collaborations leading to the recording of The Rootsman Meets Celtarabia ‘Union of Souls’ album with John and the arrival of a mysterious DAT tape in a plain brown envelope sent directly to John Bolloten at the Third Eye Studio of Celtarabia tracks remixed by Bryn Jones directly from the album – extremely gritty and fierce the recordings are direct from Bryn’s Studio and strangely beautiful. Reflecting the bitter reality of life in Palestine far removed from the dreamy orientalism of the original Celtarabia Tracks. The tracks are all remixes of “The Lost Music of Celtarabia” tracks." [Quentin Budworth]
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MUTAGENE -- "Sleeping Possession" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2002 Databloem, DBCD 003
Dub / Ambient. An intriguing blend of dub, ambient, techno, and the orient. One could think of Plaid, Namlook, Warp or Orb. No need for any resemblance, Mutagene is original enough and a real pearl between the pile of recent releases. [label info]
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MUTANT APE -- "What's Left?" -- CD -- €10
2008 Turgid Animal, TA353
The first CD release by the Turgid Animal label's hombre del queso muy grande blurs the lines between rough harsh noise, power electronics and almost industrial soundscapes. More than fifty minutes of blown-out hatred from one of northern England's most evil. Reissues tracks from the Shift split CDR (“Alfa Male Discharge”), the What's Left? business card set (“Dumping Ground”), the No Bodies CDR (“Amorf Sounds”) and the Grunt split tape. [Mindheaven]
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MUTANT APE / WERTHAM -- split -- CD -- €10
2013 Turgid Animal, TA506
Power Electrnoics / Noise split between the UK and Italian projects. Jewel-case with 12 page booklet.
MUZORY -- "Different People" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2019 MIC Label, MIC 007
Post-Punk. MIC LABEL proudly presents the physical embodiment of the cult album of the none less cult band from Kirov, Russia – MUZORY "Different People". The release of the album was approved by all musicians of the band and is dedicated to the memory of Ilya Rychkov – the band's guitarist. This CD will appeal to all fans of the band and those who love good old post-punk and such bands as The Cure, Bauhaus, Nick Cave, etc. [label info]
MX NIHIL -- "Sick Beasts" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2008 Tosom, XS-007, (ltd. 150)
Power Electronixxx from Germany. The man behind MX NIHIL is very active for a long time now. He stands, with projects like BLANK BANNER, IRON YOUTH, BLACK LIGHT ORCHESTRA, THE 120 DAYS (and others) with tons of different releases (most very limited), for the tradition of Industrial Noise: d.i.y., provocative, aggressive, harsh and loud. MX Nihil is the newest project. [label info]
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MYELIN (BIRGIT ULHER & HEDDY BOUBAKER) -- "Axon" -- CD -- €9
2011 Intonema, int003, (ltd. 250)
Intonema extends its mucisians geography and presents the new CD "Axon" by the Myelin duo of German trumpeter Birgit Ulher and French saxophonist Heddy Boubaker. It is their second work together created during a studio session in Hamburg, July '10. While using the instruments as a source of signal and using improvising means (radio, sordinos, mini-speaker, other numerous objects) for preparations and sumplementing the sound of a saxophone and trumpet, the musicians almost play whisper without loosing expression and passion. [label info]
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MYKORIZA -- "Dumay Kak Les" -- CD-R -- €6
2021 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_66, (ltd. 40)
Drone / Noise. Audio fixation of field experiments from the Leningrad psychonauts. Rooted droning meditation for the sake of raising the level of arboreal self-awareness. We recommend that you consume this product by looping it in an endless circle, smelling it with moss and lichen in the process. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in Half-DVD-box. [label info]
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MYKORIZA -- "Koagula" -- 2 CD-R -- €8
2018 Biosonar^Lo-End, 076/2018-cdr, (ltd. 31)
This album consisting of two streams/mixes refers to the multi-layered sound blankets of the project LUNAR ABYSS, from which actually Mykoriza derived. This means half-dreams and visions on the boundaries of sensations are also here. The nature of tens of parallel streams varies from strange loops and analog synthesis to tape mushes and hardware glitches with trills of invisible creatures. Soft ambient noises, lava flows, slow and saturated. Artwork - textured paper sleeve marked by hand... [label info]
MYKORIZA -- "Laagskikt" -- CD-R -- €7
2017 Biosonar^Lo-End, 064/2017 cdr, (ltd. 11)
Mykoriza is an additional embranchment of the magistral sound-combining processes of Evgeniy Savenko, an embranchment and an intermixture. Artistic and technical methods of such projects as Pustota / Lunar Abyss / Radiostalking / Boevye Cikady are mixed to the average state, these are the interlayers between these projects, something implicit yet recognizable. Project's title and concept postulate some sensual interdependence of sonic phenomena distinguished in noise, and this noise doesn't oppress, it is the moss and the fog, the background and the scenario at the same time. Mycorhiza in nature is a symbiotic organ of a mushroom and a plant. The project symbolically transfers the idea of symbiosis in such pairs as culture and art, nature and human, human and city, city and industry as interdependent structures. Ultra-limited edition and DIY-artwork in cardboard sleeve with urban collages. [label info]
MYKORIZA / PUSTOTA -- "Urbanhyfer" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2017 Biosonar^Lo-End, 063/2017 cdr, (ltd. 11)
Mykoriza is an embranchment and an intermixture of the projects Pustota / Lunar Abyss / Radiostalking / Boevye Cikady - drones and rustles covered with ashes of tape interference and noises, radio signals break through frosty smoky lenses, rotting boards and flabby canvas. Mycorhiza in nature is a symbiotic organ of a mushroom and a plant, mycorhiza as an artistic idea is a symbolic name for the symbiosis of culture and art, nature and human, etc. Last number - a track by Pustota project with a multilayered fixation made from various city windows in different seasons and times of day. Ultra-limited edition and DIY artwork in cardboard sleeve with cuts of architectural magazines. [label info]
THE MYSTERY SCHOOL -- "Flambeaux Noirs" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2008 Ars Benevola Mater, ABM36, (ltd. 500)
The Mystery School returns with a new album which follows the path of their debut while exploring new realms of cosmic soundscapes. The music melds folk, ambient, ethnic, and neo-classical with modern sensibilities and a few nods to progressive rock. Songs are intermingled with moody and atmospheric instrumentals making for an intriguing listening experience. [label info]
MZ. 412 -- "Burning The Temple Of God" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1996/2010 Cold Spring, CSR140CD
This is the ultimate statement in Swedish Black Industrial, summoning forth the act's controversial black metal side and recalling the Norwegian church burnings of the early 90s. Nightmare inducing ritual old school industrial, alongside raw black metal, this album has been hailed as one of the greatest albums in the genre by noise and black metal fans alike! It could actually be considered the first real crossover album between the genres. Remastered and extended version of the 1996 album with bonus tracks and alternate takes culled from the original masters. Housed in a matt laminate digipak with spot varnishing. [press-release]
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MZ. 412 -- "Hekatomb" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Cold Spring, CSR172CD
Hekatomb is the manifestation of MZ. 412's monumental performance @ Cold Spring's 21st Anniversary at The Garage, London, March 2011. The fortuitous congregation on that curse'd evening bore witness to the band's first EVER complete live line-up: Nordvargr, Drakh, and Ulvtharm. Powerful, pounding Industrial, desolate drones, dense electronics, grim nefarious rituals, reigned over by the malevolent intonations of Nordvargr. This satanic, blackened ritual from the creators of Black Industrial will evolve from memory, to history, and into legend. "Hekatomb" features different versions and interpretations of MZ. 412 material spanning 23 years. Presented in a 6-panel digipak featuring images from the ceremony. [label info]
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N. –- "Boring Noise 2002" -- 4 CD-R -- €24 [-50%]
2009 Rokot, RKT-05, (ltd. 56)
Four live recordings from 2002, from the classics of the Italian power electronics. Powerful and dense sound typical for this project. DVD-box. A rariry. [YAOP]
N. -- "Communication Overload" -- CD-R -- €7
2008/2012 Torga Amun Records, Amun-046, (ltd. 60)
Old School Power Electronics from Italy.
N. / OBOZDUR -- split -- CD-R -- €7
2014 Torga Amun, Amun-075, (ltd. 50)
Experimental noise industrial split from Italy & Russia. Two live records. Pro-CDR, 50 handnumbered copies. A5 black / white glossy envelope + photo insert. [label info]
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N.B.S. (NEKAYA BULKAUSHAYA SREDA) -- "From Space Chaos To Cosmic Noise" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2012 Provoloka, PRVLK-0003, (ltd. 500)
Analog Synth / Sci-Fi / Power Electronics. The project appeared during the expansion of the so called "Izhevsk wave". First recordings were made in 1992 (mini-album "Centuria"), and resembled the works of classical electronic composers, but with a touch of retro-futurism. The last album was a one-session recording made in 1997 on a Polyvox synthesizer, lost soon after the recording. However 10 years later the author has wound this work, converted it to digital format and gave it to the label. Now we proudly present this weird agressive synth-based power electronics charged with a spirit of Soviet sci-fi. [label info]
N.K.R.T. -- "Lectio Tenebrarvm" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Mantra Spenta, SACRAMENT IV, (ltd. 300)
Ritual Ambient / Dark Ambient. Founded upon eastern and western mystic traditions, NKRT translate symbols into sounds and perform music as a ritual action. Chants and proclamations, bone and wooden instruments, bewitching rhythms and haunting bells. Procession from the darkness and into the darkness. The album was recorded in Sancta Crucis capella. A5 digipack. [label info]
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N.STRAHL.N. / PYTHAGORA -- "Shift Coordinate Points" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Sickcore, SC-014, (ltd. 150)
Experimental Ambient Noise. A collaboration recording between German project N.Strahl.N. and Swedish Pythagora, based upon reworking of the each other's material. Sound sources used: field recordings, synthesizers, spoken word collages of William S. Burroughs and shortwave recordings. The result is experimental industrial-ambient with "laboratorial" sharp and delicate sound.
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N-616 -- "[Ex-Planet Earth]" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2005 Desolate Catacombs of SMERSH, SMERSH01, (ltd. 500)
First CD-album by Russian electro-project from the city of Stavropol. Side A of the CD contains same-titled full-length album, side B - mini-album "Winter World III" with bonus track. Rhythmical brisk electro body music with lots of keyboards and samples as well as small pseudo-black-metal hail! [label info]
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NA-DHA -- "Voices Without A Sound" -- CD -- €10
RWCDAX Records, RWCD 10
This is a first solo full-length CD of MAGTHEA, the member of now legendary ritual industrial project HYBRYDS. Recorded live during night sessions, this album submerges a listener into the space of dream-like images and forms, makes him feel like somnambulist in the full-moon night in some haunted land. Using the treated voice samples intertwined with ambient and meditative structures, NA-DHA builds an unreal hall of sound mirrors reflecting different elements of this illusory world. [label info]
NAD SPIRO -- "Tinta Invisible" -- CD -- €10
2007 Geometrik, GRDIGI03
Nad Spiro (Rosa Arruti), fetish player on the experimental music scene, is back with her third solo offering. In "Tinta Invisible" (Invisible Ink) she goes one step further stretching the sonic reach of her guitar and exploring unfrequented audiozones, using what she calls 'sound camouflage', not shy of employing her voice either. With her we discover new magnetizing horizons of electronica, drawn by deeply narcotic cadences. Possibly the least obscure of her three outings to date, in it Spiro plays further with shadows and identities to create her 'Sound-Fiction'; though her musical riddles lean more toward movies by David Lynch or stories by Philip K. Dick. Perhaps what these seductive, indecipherable messages we hear really are is internal communications. As we have come to expect from Nad Spiro, Invisible Ink beggars label or description. It was co-produced by Victor Sol, and includes a special collaboration from Kim Cascone. [label info]
NADJA -- "Desire In Uneasiness" -- CD -- €14 [-50%]
2008 Crucial Blast, CBR 65
Following a wave of recent reissues and re-recorded versions of older CD-R titles, Desire In Uneasiness is an album of all new material from the acclaimed Canadian dreamsludge weavers Nadja. Five colossal jams of eternally-fuzzy, ethereal dirge that are powered by the interlocking bass guitars of Leah Buckareff and Aidan Baker, who set loose a wave of monstrous grinding bass riffs amidst a fog of beautiful, swirling electronic effects. Desire also marks the first Nadja album to feature a live drummer in place of the drum machine programming that has driven the band's previous recordings, and the difference in the band's sound is apparent from the first crushing beats of album opener 'Disambiguation'. The organic drumming here takes Nadja's music into new realms of spacious jazzy exploration, dubby rhythms and cavernous psychedelia, while also delivering some of the band's most grooving, crushing hypno-bliss yet. Desire also stands out from the rest of the Nadja catalog for it's bizarre artwork that Aidan commisioned from his friend The Reverend Aitor. Aitor's bright, bold lines and textured magic marker artwork gives the gatefold jacket we've presented this disc in the look of a twisted children's book on acid, with weird images of chickens, trees growing through chairs, and more. The package is a sturdy 4-panel gatefold jacket printed by Stoughton, and it looks killer. [press-release]
NADJA / ATAVIST / SATORI -- "Infernal Procession... And Then Everything Dies" -- CD -- €10
2008 Cold Spring Records, CSR111CD, (ltd. 1000)
Split release from Canadian Shoegaze / Droners Nadja (Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff), Manchester Doomers Atavist and UK Fortean Electronics / Dark Ambient act Satori. Released to coincide with their UK joint tour. Ltd x 1000 copies in a 6-panel outsized sleeve. [label info]
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NADJA & TROUM -- "Dominium Visurgis" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Transgredient Records, TR-07
This is something you could call a "dreamlike liaison". When the Canadian "avant metal / drone doom"-duo NADJA (who name TROUM as one of their early influences) and the German post-industrial / experimental drone pioneers TROUM (years ago active as MAEROR TRI who are still discovered by many drone-fans these days) combine their exceptional styles, they form something even vaster as usually known from them. These three long collaboration tracks were recorded as a result of a spontaneous improvisation in April 2008 "live in the studio" near the Weser-river in Bremen, Germany, and suck you in with their powerful & emotional drone melancholy that works in many micro-& macrocosmic ways, using electric & acoustic guitars, bass, accordeon, drum-machine & voice. [press-release]
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NAHMYRA -- "Prayers For The Asuras" -- CD-R -- €7
2019 Noctivagant, (ltd. 99)
Ritual Dark Ambient / Doom Metal.
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NAM-KHAR -- "Secret Essence / Sangwa Dupa" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Winter-Light, WIN 016, (ltd. 300)
Nam-Khar is a Ritual/Drone collective that utilises various ethnic instruments and synthesised material within its works. What Nam-Khar offers up here are nine very different pieces of ritualistic music, each with the common thread of bringing you to a place of both focus and isolation. The subtle use of traditional instrumentation creates small vacuous pockets for the listener to move into, which are then juxta-positioned with slightly harsher, more industrial sounds. These are then all neatly sewn together with ice cold drones, warm bass sounds and synth sweeps... With its short stabs and metallic sounds, the music can sometimes feel cold, unsettling and edgy. Tracks such as Shidak (re-shaped) could easily soundtrack the nightmare segment from a film, where the drones pull you stumbling through dark corridors, treading uncertain footsteps with a feeling of anxiety, never knowing what shapes are hiding out in the shadows, or what lies just around the corner. But the other side to the music from Nam-Khar lies in the warm, rich textured sounds and the drones that slowly build in density. Each aspect complimenting each other to bring a rich varied sound to the whole album and drawing all the tracks together... "Secret Essence/“Sangwa Dupa is a sonic journey to the archaic energies/powers in Tibetan culture, which in the end, are not to be seen as being separated from one’s own mind. [label info]
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NARBENERDE -- "BPD" -- CD -- €10
2002 Art Konkret, ART 32, (ltd. 500)
After several releases like a CD-R on VEP and a 7inch in the USA the first CD release of NARBENERDE on Art Konkret is ready for the interested audience. The three tracks are a great mixture of all kinds of post-industrial music, with lots of different sides. It starts with bits of power electronices and changes to ambient sounds mixed with cut-ups. Mysterious cold sounds representing a kind of Death Industrial together with distorted vocals and echoing noises. The work is an excellent sound exploration produced on a high standard. The more death industrial oriented material casts a spell over the listener. It.s difficult to put this surprising structured recording in any drawer of the wide industrial culture genre. This conceptual album has a total runnung time of 61 min. [label info]
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NATT -- "A Better Place" -- CD EP -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 195-2, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Drone. For those following the publishing activities of Zoharum Records for a while now, NATT became known as a co-creator of the project DREN, which led to creation and release of the album "Time & Form" in 2019. The album was well-received by the audience seeking more off-beat and unique sounds and got good reviews in the press. Recently issued EP ‘A Better Place’ contains merely four compositions: a coherent whole, an unusual story closed in just around 20 minutes. We’re still dealing here with electronic music, pulsating, still leaning towards darkness, but this time making more space for melodic tunes and nuances – that’s how each piece is built and arranged. ‘A Better Place’ is a promise of something bigger, which served piece by piece, will allow the audience to get to know NATT’s creative work and its characteristics better... CD EP released in a fixed amount of 100, hand-numbered CDs, packed in a metal box with few collectibles. [label info]
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NAVIA -- "Holodno" -- CD-R -- €6
2002/2009 BioSonar Revers
Reissue of the recording made in 1997 and first released in 2002 on 8th Moon Art label limited to 30 copies. Lo-fi dark ambient. Chtonic collaboration of people who now play as Hladna and Lunar Abyss Deus Organum, in which one can find their current musical predilections. Simple artwork. [label info]
NAVIA -- "Interzone Report / Among Two Edges" -- 2 CD -- €14
1998/2019 COD Noizes, SHUM22, (ltd. 97)
Lo-Fi / Industrial / Dark Ambient. The 90-ies was very hard times for Russian land. The country in a ruin without any war. The same ruin possessed the disoriented minds of Russian people. And from this illed ruined minds very special musical projects have been grown. One of these projects was Navia (Ънавь in Russian) started as a collaboration of friends later became a solo project of Evgeniy Savenko (nowadays known for its projects Lunar Abyss, Ritualnaya Bioingeneria, Boevye Cikady, Pustota and others)... In different times many famous personalities took their part in the Navia forges - from Hladna, Blazebirth Hall, Dreved, Blackdeath and other obscure and cult Russian acts. The music they played was like the time they existed: dark, desperate, lost and disoriented. All compositions, semi-improvised, was recorded live on magnetic tape without any electronic effects and post-production in the absolutely darkness in the catacombes of a half ruined in the 90-ies Konstantin Palace near old imperial capital of Russia Saint-Petersburg... Reverence towards the British Esoteric Underground of 80-ies with a Black Metal esthetics multiplied by the chthonic Russian spirit, raw and sometimes ritual black industrial, black metal without black metal... We proudly present the first release of the cycle issued by the agreement with Evgeniy Savenko - "Interzone Report / Among Two Edges". Very first time on a professional physical format. First time ever published digitally. The pure historical document as it is. [label info]
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NAVIA -- "Krovosmesheniye (Incest)" -- 2 CD -- €14
1999/2020 COD Noizes, SHUM28, (ltd. 97)
Ugly times give rise to beautiful forms. We continue to exhume the underground of the experimental scene of the Northern Russian capital of the nineties and again turn our eyes to one of its most interesting layers. Evgeny Savenko (Lunar Abyss, Ritual Bioengineering [Ритуальная Биоинженерия]), Nikolai Kalmykov (Hladna) and Vasily Rusetskiy (Njard, Blazebirth Hall), acting as part of the Navia [Ънавь] collaboration, recorded an album that was extremely characteristic for that time. Twenty-three compositions from thirteen nonexistent projects, in which there was a place for both the basement raw black metal, and noise rock, ritual industrial, and the spirit of the British esoteric underground. But intentional eclecticism does not violate the integrity of the perception of the sound canvas, all is moved by a single Idea, a single Aspiration. Only Hail Darkness! Only Never Stop The Madness! Enjoy. Double CD in a mini-vinyl sleeve with printed inner envelopes (97 handnumbered copies). [label info]
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NAZGULY BOEVOY PROMZONY -- "Zavert'" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2018 MIC Label, MIC 006
Industrial Rock. The Moscow industrial project NAZGULY BOEVOY PROMZONY ("Nazguls of the Military Industrial Base") pensively soars over the vast homeland spaces with its first album. The project was created in March 2018 and strives to combine the gloomy charm of Russian industrial "fjords" with the viscous and majestic Tolkien tale. Everyone is looking for his own snow-capped peak, his own "vortex", everyone keeps under his heart the steel of Morgul blades craving for the great deeds. Measured military drums, upwardly directed synthesizers, unhurried, enticing mouth harp and rumble of electric guitars. The ghosts of Russian Death are calling you on a journey. [label info]
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NECRO STELLAR -- "The Expanding Universe 1988-2008" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Shadowplay Records, SPR 107
Darkwave / Electro. The next album of the pioneers of Russian industrial music, of the living legend of progressive underground - "The Expanding Universe 1988-2008". As follows from the name - the album includes Russian-speaking songs composed during the period with 1988 for 2008. Plural style presence, courageous experiments, great number of instruments, saturated arrangement and their legendary sound, - from the first chords give us clear picture of, who stands up for this bright work. The concept we can notice here - is the transcendental anarchism and Russian metaphysical terror of direct action. In the conceptual plan we notice here transcendental anarchism and Russian metaphysical terror of direct action. We only need to ascertain with what masterly steepness NECRO STELLAR punishes the fucked up world of glamour and business, cremates biological madness of expanding logic of a survival and pleasures agonizing the Babylon consciousness of inhabitants. [press-release]
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NECRO STELLAR -- "The Primary Aspiration 1991-2011" -- 2 CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Shadowplay Records, SPR 133
Darkwave / Electro. This is the anniversary album of NECRO STELLAR, consisting mainly of restored and rewritten material of 90's. Having looked back with smile, I see all our ups, jumps and downs, dark days of emptiness, stale bread and phantom pain of the gone and dead epoch. I pay my last hasty and unabashed tribute to the bitter and dissolute time. To the time that was won and missed, buried without honors, pity and commemoration. The time that is finally ended. And therefore, our album - is naturally on the Limit of Transition. By the fact of its existence it, in the sense, modestly finishes the mean epoch of decomposition of 90's- 2000's. And the New Songs look far in a light distance. The Songs of the New Time - for incarnate Streams of the Flame, for punishing old and building the new world, for all those who "has come to release the Sun"... Love and peace - in everyone's heart. [Yuri Zvezdniy]
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NECRO STELLAR -- "Pulsing Zero" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Shadowplay Records, SPR 024
Darkwave / Electro. Veterans of Russian dark wave, quite often shocking with their extravagance, occultists NECRO STELLAR for a long time do not require any more representation to domestic public. However, and not only for domestic: the previous album of this collective - " Saturating Cemetery " - has subdued hearts not only of Russian listeners, but also has been warmly met by the European and American audience. In the 30 of the best releases of 2005 in opinion of the biographer of Goth Mick Mercer "Saturating Cemetery " appeared in the first (!) 10, and such influential foreign editions as ZILLO, ORKUS and GOTHIC BEAUTY gave this creation the extremely positive estimations. Tracks of NECRO STELLAR appear in play-lists of the western broadcasts devoted to schwarze scene, and disks of this band now can be found practically in any parts of the globe, starting from Japan and stopping by Brazil and Argentina. The matter is the unique sound of this collective. The leader of the project Yuri Zvezdniy is known as the brilliant master and the expert in work with an analog sound. Together with his colleagues of band he puts horror into listeners, generating chilling up to depth of the soul, or forcing blood to begin to boil a mix from EBM, dark electro and ambient... The basic musical direction based on sound of the old analog synthesizers, tape processing, physical modeling, guitar drive, magnificent programming, generously seasoned with naturalistic noise and sounds, a different sort of anxious rustles, vinyl effects, industrial Low Fi loops, iron sheets, ominous jingling of scythe and tribal-percussion of human bones, put listener in a mysterious atmosphere of a dark wood of the human consciousness... The variety of vocal components gives the sounding of an album the unique, bright, expressive, sharp-sensual painting. Here are cutting-through ears vocoder chorals replaced by quiet open pathetic singing of the soloist, and gentle, sometimes ethereal motives - wild growling of Anastasia Podnebesnaya... Considering an unanimous opinion of the western critics, it is possible to say, that unique style of performance and the own style of this band which are out of habitual frameworks of the modern electro music, allows to tell about creativity of NECRO STELLAR as of the most interesting phenomenon which has arisen on the ground of their country's schwarze stage. The style of this collective some conditionally name "VooDoo Electro", actually represents difficultly giving in to the description symbiosis of kraut, old school electro and modern electro, some moments seems like trance and experimental... The band have co-operated with many known Russian electronicians. Some of them, in particular Moscow violinist Evgeny Voronovsky from CISFINITUM, took part in record of "Pulsing Zero"... Besides the unique material represented by the band, essential interest for the listeners is the results of teamwork of NECRO STELLAR with pioneers of British electronics ATTRITION, Australians ANGEL THEORY and gifted American divine UNWOMAN. You will find all this on the new album of NECRO STELLAR - Pulsing Zero". [press-release]
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NECRO STELLAR -- "Red Beast" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Shadowplay Records, SPR 088
Darkwave / Electro. The "Red Beast" album contains songs created in different periods of time. This work presents the study of the nature of the Red Beast in realms of non-commercial electro music. With this disc Necro Stellar finish their experiments with non-Russian lyrics and contemporary compositional forms typical for electronic music. The disc features band's trademark rich arrangements counting from 150 to 200 tracks in each song. The combination of multiple tricks, effects and styles creates a familiar flavour from the very first seconds of the recognizable sound... In addition to the composer Yuri Zvezdniy and singer Anastasiya Podnebesnaya the recordings feature the violinist Evgeniy Voronovskiy from the project CISFINITUM. Bonus tracks contain remixes by HUMAN DECAY (Ger), MIND: STATE (Sw), MOKTAN (Ger), DJ SECT (Rus) and a rare remix of the Australian band ANGEL THEORY made by Necro Stellar in 2006. Stylistical references: Electro, Dark Wave, Industrial, Tribal, Ambient, Noise, Ballads, Ritual, Retro Pop, Progressive. [press-release]
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NECRO STELLAR -- "White Tranquility. Russian Album" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2007 Shadowplay Records, SPR 045
NECRO STELLAR devotes this album to the all dead within the Second World War. The feat of our ancestors, the memory of them and the new revival of their immortal spirit in ourselves - are inseparably connected. Respect for ancestors strengthens the invisible connection of generations, opening ways in the world. Our ancestors, their acts, their victories and defeats are personification of us. In this sense The White Tranquility represents an obelisk of memory and direct way in essence of our patrimonial ring, in the core of our sort filled with clemency and the inexpressible contents of spirit of the left ancestors... Current degenerative tendencies of the western ideology try to cancel unprecedented universal heroism and a feat of brotherly Slavic people within the Second World War, trying to impose alien to our people pseudo-cultural and pseudo-cultural wealth. The one who, having despised tombs of the ancestors, sates the body and soul with a substitute of a masscult, - loses connection of generations, tramples on the spirit and becomes an essence without kith or kin... Our ancestors say: "leaving each moment - I remain forever. Remaining forever - I have stiffened in motionless movement". We shall remember that we are the great nation living on the great land... We are to create the future. [press-release]
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NECRONAUTO PULSAR -- "Nebular Karzer / Hibernation" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Glasir CDR Series, 07
Industrial Noise project by Alexey Glukhov (Ensemble Of Christ The Savior And Mother Earth). A compilation of two works previously published by Zymotic Productions. Powerful dark nervous sound with an abundance of metal rumble. Black and white cover plus A4 insert, reproducing two abstract photographs taken by Alexei. [YAOP]
NECRONAUTO PULSAR -- "Weightlessness" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2021 Glasir CDR Series, 15, (ltd. 30)
Dark, cold, chaotic and noisy Black Industrial project of Alexey Glukhov (Ensemble Of Christ The Savior And Mother Earth). Blackened industrial noise, metallic rumble and a hint of Dark Ambient. Double half-DVD box, 2 discs: one with the album, another is a transparent disc with hand-written info. [YAOP]
NECROPHONIE -- "sm0002" -- CD -- €10
2006 Sottomondo Edizioni, SM0002
Industrial / Noise. Necrophonie was the last name used by the ceased-to-exist noise duo formed by M. Nothing (aka M. Corbelli / ATRAX MORGUE) & Devis G. (TEATRO SATANICO). Ceased to exist since M. Nothing passed away in 2007. This is what actually remains: noise and white memories fading away... [Old Europa Cafe]
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NECROPHORUS -- "Imprints" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 Wrotycz Records, WRT 006
Beautiful, sensitive and electrified. 'Imprints' by Necrophorus goes beyond the previous album 'elinros' (2005) and further investigates the aural landscape of imagination and mysticism. 'Imprints' vibrates a fresh air mixed of three dimensional electrified organic field recordings and minimal immersive sequenced organ sounds thus creating the psychedelic atmosphere of virtually being inside the music, inside the magic circle of the aural landscape. 'Imprints' is the fifth CD album from Necrophorus/Peter Andersson (Sweden) who is most known for the project raison d'etre with several masterpiece releases on the Swedish legendary Cold Meat Industry label. Inspired by the impressions of his visit to the amazing landscapes of Iceland summer 2006, Peter Andersson has created a new astonishing aural output. 'Imprints' consists of three variations of the same impression: two of them are pure studio composisitons while the third variation is improvised as 'live in studio' recording. [press-release]
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NECROTIK FISSURE -- "Distant Quasar" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2017 Torga Amun, Amun-108, (ltd. 30)
HNW from Hungary. Pro-CDR, 30 copes.
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NECROTIK FISSURE -- "Looking Through A Barren Landscape" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2017 Torga Amun, Amun-107, (ltd. 30)
HNW from Hungary. Pro-CDR, 30 copes.
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NEGLIGEE -- "Wet Conversation" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 Happy Family
An unprecedented case of blending folk tunes, free improvisations and crafty sophistications about near-religious themes. Completeng the picture are slightly limping rhythmics and inimitable acidity. [label info] A young Russian project playing nice melodic synth-ambient with a good touvh of absurdity.
NEGLIGEE feat. PROSPHORA -- "Impotence" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 Happy Family
Relaxed passages and thoughtful intonations are present here just to meet the noise saturnalia of the side-project PROSPHORA. Two sides of one medal, a scythe struck a stone, and a split in the author himself. Quite unbalanced. [label info]
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NEHIL, SETH & MATT MARBLE -- "Ecllipses" -- CD -- €9
2008 and/OAR, and/30
a/O is very pleased to present this highly anticipated first collaboration release between two American "sound composters", Seth Nehil and Matt Marble. A dynamic whirlwind tour through states of ellipsis and eclipses, abrupt ruptures, reuniting and igniting. Where nothing is static for too long. Through an invigorating admixture of instruments, field recordings and various found matter, a compelling and mysterious world comes alive to spark the imagination. [label info]
NEKRASOV -- "Extinction" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Crucial Blast, CBR 86
...Riding atop the recent wave of black metal/noise hybrids who combine the bleak frosty riffs and blackened ferocity of underground BM with blown-out and corrosive strains of industrial noise (see also WOLD, Emit, Grief No Absolution, Enbilulugugal, Vargr), the Australian one-man band Nekrasov has so far made a substantial mark in the realm of extremist necro-racket with a series of limited edition, brutally abrasive albums (Cognition Of Splendid Oblivion, The Form Of Thought From Beast, etc) that have mostly been self-released, save for some recent offerings on labels like Siege Of Power and Chrome Leaf. Early on, Nekrasov's sound was steeped in caustic noise, a blazing industrialized black metal assault that was doused in heavy levels of irradiated distortion and Merzbowian skree. But more recently, it's mutated into less metallic regions, alternating the hyperblast black metal with forays into crushing, demonic wall-noise and blasted ambience. Now, Nekrasov is back with a new full length (the first for Crucial Blast), and it's the most advanced slab of their blacknoize terror that we've heard so far. An octagonal prism of isolationist drone, flesh-rending mechanical black metal, abstract otherworldly beauty, claustrophobic industrial dread, and the most violent, suffocating strains of harsh noise, Extinction is pure cyclonic contempt for humanity.... [label info]
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NEKYIA -- "Purgatory As The Serpent Domain" -- CD -- €10
2005 Beast Of Prey, bop 2.3
New album of Polish project playing music somewhere between military industrial, darkwave and gothic dark ambient with male and female vocals. The album is decorated with captivating pictures from the course of retro-anatomy.
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NEON RAIN -- "More Of The Dead" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2012 Steelkraft Manufactory, SKM017, (ltd. 100)
This is a bonus CD for a trilogy called "Of The Dead", in a lo-fi noise folk style. [label info]
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NEON RAIN -- "We are Meat / The Vultures" -- 2 CD -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Steelwork Machine, SMR007
Between drone and power electronics, Neon Rain is carrying all the sufferings of working-class meat slaves on the first part of this release. From defiance to resistance, through synth-pop to post-industrial martial anthems, the second part is dedicated to all the people around the world who lead our societies to more chaos and destruction. A no man's land, the ultimate step to peace. [press-release]
NEONYMUS -- "O" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 self-released
Medieval Folk / Spiritual Music / Visigoth. Neonymus is a unique musical project of Silverio Cavia (Silberius Ura), which creates a very personal mixture of voices, sounds and instruments, using early music and vocal harmonies. You can close your eyes, if you will. You will not need to read the texts. It’s enough that you hear the music. At the end of the day, are stories of the remote, populated by legendary characters who never heard, but they do not are unknown. This work was recorded in May 2013 at the Benedictine Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, the neanderthal Cave of San Pelayo, Ura valley, Arlanza valley and la Casa del Rio in Salamanca (Spain). [label info]
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NERELL, LOREN -- "The Venerable Dark Cloud" -- 3"CD -- €5 [-50%]
2000 Amplexus, XUS 12, (ltd. 1000)
Very rich ethno-ambient created using bonang, ciblon, gender, gongs, slenthem, synths, samples, treated sonic textures - all atmospheres used in this recording were recorded in Bali, Java and Los Angeles between 1993-1997. A perfect addition to the Amplexus ambient series of 3" CDs, in full colour card wallet in PVC slipcase. [label info]
NERONOIA -- "Mi Piaceva Una Vita" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2015 Eibon Records, NER094
Darkwave / Experimental. A desperate, tragic, sick love story. Diary of a madman singing his songs of love and despair. Comes in a 3-folders digisleeve + 2 x 24-pages booklets with lyrics and full story. [label info]
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NERONOIA -- "Sapore Di Luce E Di Pietra" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2013 Eibon Records, NER091
Darkwave / Experimental. Twisted, sick and utterly bleak ambient/songwriting/noise excursion through the worlds of forbidden memories, forsaken desires and unavoidable human misery. Songs for all the ghosts shifting through empty rooms. Comes in a luxury UV-varnished Digisleeve + inner sleeve + booklet. [label info]
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NET -- "En Route As It Is In Action" -- CD -- €9
1996 The Lime Green Yellow Recording Company, LGY 004 CD
Experimental / Dub. This is dark and human, brutal music of contrasts, soundtracking the inward / outward journey. An optimistic isolationist album, performed on a variety of electric and electronic machines, some specially built for the task, some corralled for a humming role, even some actual musical instruments... [label info]
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NET -- "False Colour Pictures" -- CD -- €9
2000 The Lime Green Yellow Recording Company, LGY 012 CD
Experimental / Dub. More ambient depths and wavetips in this new album, further twisting mutations of music, more specially found or made sound objects, and an exercise in extreme editing will end in a darkly yearning and beautiful soundtrack to your thoughts and hopes. [label info]
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NEUTRAL -- "The Days of Self-Abandonment" -- CD -- €12
2015 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-50, (ltd. 800)
Neofolk. "Neutral" is known as pioneers of Russian neofolk and one of our all-time favorite bands. Neutral started in 1994 by singer and songwriter Ash, having dramatically changed their musical direction from industrial to acoustic neofolk sound in 1998. SInce then almost every song of the band is a graceful combination of guitar and violin melodies, touching lyrical imagery and deep vocals. Now Neutral is back! We are really glad to announce Neutral's new, long awaited album. For seven years, after releasing the widely acclaimed album "Serpents In The Dawn" in 2008, Ash has been concentrating on his vision on what is to become "The Days of Self-Abandonment". All the lyrics on the album is performed in Russian and we are sure this will add a new dimension to the long musical path of the band. The sound of the native language offers an exclusively intense experience which cannot be described or translated, only perceived. For years we have been waiting for a new Neutral album and now ready to welcome one of the most important neofolk release of this year. Neutral are back with a new masterpiece of melancholic and nostalgic music comprising all the necessary elements for the perfect acoustic journey - warm guitars, emotional strings and deep vocals. [label info]
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NEUTRAL -- "Luisenkirche, Konigsberg" -- CD -- €10
2006/2013 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-23
A very anticipated release from one of the best Dark Folk bands! Neutral was founded in 1993 by a singer and composer known as ASH, later Evgeny Voronovsky (Cisfinitum) joined the band. Literally every song of this project features delicate guitar and violin tunes, touching lyrical images and deep vocals. Neutral have never released too many albums, actually their recordings are big rarity... Aside for some demos and mini-albums, during the 20 years of existence only 2 studio albums were recorded: "...Of Shadow And Its Dream" (2004) and "Serpents In The Dawn" (2008), and also 2 live albums: "Walpurgis Night At Luisen Kirche Koenigsberg Live" (2000) and "Luisenkirche, Konigsberg" (2006). And if "Walpurgis Night" was released twice, in 2000 and 2008, "Luisenkirche, Konigsberg" was kind of lost in the history. It was published in 2006 by a cult and now deceased German Dark Folk label Eis Und Licht, but only on CDr/DVDr limited to 35 copies, which were actually sold out immediately. There was also a CDr version without bonus video, but those 100 copiesalso quickly found their places in cozy collections. After that the original masters were lost and we spent almost 2 years trying to find them and luckily we made it! Now this recording is reissued on factory pressed CD and DVD packed in heavy digibook, and light remastering work was done by Peter Andersson (raison d'etre)... [press-release]
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NEVER PRESENCE FOREVER -- "Disturbed Visceral Nociception" -- CD -- €10
2002 Crionic Mind, CM009, (ltd. 500)
NEVER PRESENCE FOREVER unravel slowly with a profoundly well conceived album of Bleak Minimalism and Dark Ambience. To this foundation they add somniferous hints of melody, abrasion and rhythmic punctuation. Rich textural drifts and detailed craftsmanship give this release a enveloping penetration and depth. NPF has a few limited releases but "Disturbed Visceral Nociception" is the marks the first widely available release. [press-release]
THE NEW BLOCKADERS -- "Live At Sonic City" -- CD + DVD -- €16 [-50%]
2019 Cold Spring, CSR261CD
Live At Sonic City includes an audio / visual document of TNB's last ever live performance which took place at the Thurston Moore-curated Sonic City festival in Kortrijk, Belgium in 2017... Fans of Noise music will need no introduction to the work of TNB. Ron Lessard, of legendary US Noise label RRRecords, once stated, "I'd give the nod to TNB as being the first truly devoted Noise artists". TNB served as a major influence on legendary Noise pioneers such as Merzbow and their influence on the current crop of popular crossover Noise artists such as Wolf Eyes is immeasurable... TNB's performance at Sonic City can best be described as a noise symphony: metal-bashing and grinding, hammering, eviscerating microphone feedback, torrents of glorious mangle and harsh electronics all skilfully blended with a collage of manifold sounds and dynamics. Far from being a typical Noise show, TNB's performance (if it can be described as such) contained elements of absurdist theatre and performance art, although I’m sure TNB would be loathe to be described as such. A magnificent display of The Art Of Noise, TNB as defiant as ever in their total rejection of everything... "For optimal enjoyment we recommend that this DVD be viewed with no sound"... CD and DVD in 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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THE NEW BLOCKADERS / THURSTON MOORE / JIM O'ROURKE -- "The Voloptulist" -- CD EP -- €10
2006 Hospital Productions, HOS-144
An unbelievable line-up on this one, UK noise icons The New Blockaders team up with erstwhile Sonic Youth bandmates, Thurston Moore and Jim O'Rourke with more than a little help from the reliably jaw-dropping Chris Corsano. The disc is divided into two pieces, the first being the collaboration with Thurston, which turns out to be a particularly obscure drone piece, constituted from hissing feedback tones, tape crackle and some sort of chaotic, mechanical sound sources. The piece evolves infinitesimally over the course of its fourteen minutes, rendering an uncompromising, though highly textured vision of analogue sound sculpting. The other, shorter piece '840 Seconds Over' continues in its predecessor's campaign of high frequency feedback manipulations this time with the addition of some caterwhauling noise oscillator free jazz and typically virtuosic improv drumming from Corsano. It's a real force to be reckoned with, and the crispness of Corsano's kit works perfectly against the hiss and fizz from the tape-heavy, droning elements. It's all over rather too soon (the whole thing clocks in at just over twenty-one minutes), but you can hardly expect anyone to keep up these levels of intensity for prolonged periods, can you? Superb, top-flight noise. [press-release]
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NEW BONDAGE FAERIES -- "New Bondage Experiments II" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2003 Soulworm Editions, Worm XXXV, (ltd. 250)
NBF is the sonic equivalent of a dildo rammed up your virgin little asshole. Bow down to the awesome force that is New Bondage Faeries. [label info]
NEW RISEN THRONE -- "s/t" -- 4 CD -- €42
2016 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-63, (ltd. 400)
NEW RISEN THRONE 4 disc Digibook is a complete collection of all rare albums of the project: "Flowing Ashes" (2003), "Along Endless Path Of Emptiness" (2004), "Chants For The Cold And Dying Sun" (2005) plus early demo material, splits and bonus tracks from compilations. Everything (!), except 3 albums which were released via CMI and Cyclyc Law. 4.5 hours of high-quality Dark Ambient. Mastering - Gabriele Panci. Design - Gabriele Panci and layout - Cold Graves. [label info]
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NEZNAMO -- "Korjenje" -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT54, (ltd. 111)
Known for his wonderful works in the field of traditional drone ambient, this time Neznamo takes a shot at completely different but spiritually close approach. Ritual music full of humming life, bird voices, fabulous atmosphere of bright summer nights, ringing of a ceremonial bell. The work is dedicated to a small people living in South-West Germany - Luzyczanie (or Serbjo), and the artwork contains thematic photos and text in Luzycz language. Mysterious voices from Spreewald. 2-sided printed sleeve. [press-release]
NGC 292 -- "Alien Sky" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2008 InterioRepertoR, ir02
NGC 292 is a Ukrainian project (coming from Odessa), performing pompous melodic synthesized ambient on space themes. Resembling artists: Interior Disposition, Algol, 'kirchenkampf'.
NIEDOWIERZANIE -- "Paradies" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Zoharum, ZOHAR 098-2, (ltd. 300)
"Paradies" is the latest Niedowierzanie album. This is the first CD release in rich discography of the project, after three vinyl releases and two cassettes. It is a unique project with a Polish name run by a Frenchman who lives in Berlin. The sounds presented on Niedowierzanie albums are equally cosmopolitan. The influences of modern classical, electronic music and folk can be heard here. This album is a dramatic soundtrack, ranging from slow and lazy patterns to abstract noise crescendos and drowning melancholic loops, using mostly cello, accordion and mandoline along electronic treatments. It was composed and recorded in Berlin, as a memory of the south, the Mediterranean coast, the lost wanderings under the burning summer sun. This is probably the most cinematic and melodramatic Niedowierzanie album to date... The CD is housed in gatefold sleeve in the vein of Japanese-style vinyl replica and is strictly limited to 300 copies. The album is mastered by Demian (O Paradis). [press-release]
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NIELLERADE FALLIBILISTHORSTAR -- "Hackelsekista" -- CD -- €10
2004 Total Holocaust Records, THR-25
Hypnotising, ambient, recorded in the wilderness, in decaying suburban envoirments, this is not the standard Black Metal release, in fact it's not Black Metal, it's a Dark Ambient project, with among others, Ravenlord of Woods of Infinity behind the group, consisting of 4 other members. If you want a soundscape that provides you with hate, with a sense of being there, that provokes your feelings, a CD without comprimise, over 70min of the darkest of ambient/ritualistic sound to be discovered. Comes crowned in maybe the best looking booklet I ever seen. All in all, don't miss out. This will be a trip you will not forget. [press-release]
NIEMANDSVATER -- "Zeitenlos" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Lichterklang, LK009, (ltd. 300)
"Zeitenlos" represents a reflection about the aesthetic of time, transience and the consequential fate of mankind. Withal it is revealing the love for the idea of a forgotten felt and idealistic human greatness. The topics of the album twine mythically around an ideal temporality and temporal ideals and portray a quest for cultural and human beauty. With minimalistic classical music and some inspirations from the world of sounds of the Greek-Roman antiquity "Zeitenlos" forms an elegiacal and dreamy atmosphere. The vocals of Christoph Lotte, as the centre of the compositions, are accompanied on the piano and the sounds of lyre, trumpet, percussion instruments and subtle ambient effects. Mastered by Axel Frank (Werkraum). [Cold Spring]
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NIGDENIYA -- "Steppes" -- CD-R + zine -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Ostroga, OTR-066, (ltd. 20)
Nigdeniya is a project by Vitaly Maklakov (Light Collapse, Kromeshna, etc.) and M.Nomized. This new album is dedicated to steppes and abandoned places and offers 4 long tracks - spatial dark / drone ambient compositions with industrial elements. CD-R comes with 20-page A5 booklet printed on orange paper.
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NIGHTECH -- "Deviation" -- CD -- €6
2007 Lagunamuch Community, LMC900, (ltd. 1000)
Nickname Nightech conceals a talented painter of ambient structures, aka Ed Sherbakoff, living in a remote industrial city of Serov in Urals. Beginning from 2001 he has recorded about 10 original works on different labels in Russia and in Europe. His new album Deviation, written in space dark-ambient direction is another sound experiment dedicated to research of transition between outer sound spaces by means of music and a thought. This is a message from extraterrestrial worlds that has occasionally found the receiver in thounds of light years. [press-release]
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NIGHTMARE LODGE -- "Blind Miniatures" -- CD -- €10
1999 Red Stream Inc, RSR-0128
Soul-stiring, dark string orchestral architectures building into an orgasmic frenzy of floating beats, maddening juxtaposed rhythms, and many unidentifiable sound creatures. It is a moody trip through a red terrain of distorted filled thoughts and sensations, haunting passages of subdued and quiet minimal soundscapes. [label info]
NIGREDO -- s/t -- CD-R -- €9
2001 Sphogha, Ultra Low Fidelity/ULF02
Drone. A project of Dmitry Chistov (HUM, MAW, SPHOGHA, MURMUR DRIFT, etc.) released on his own label. Sound sources for this recording were "Polyvox" Soviet analogue synthesizer and reel-to-reel recorders. Mysterious hums and hisses, distant electronic flows and - like always with HUM - catchy atmosphere.
NIGULESUGCI -- "D.E.F. / Siegfried Tod" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT53, (ltd. 108)
Second full-length of this mysterious project, this time featuring YAO 91404 D. Cold genocide old school death industrial blended with mournful atmospheric melodies, necro-avantguard and old archive recordings. A serious soundwork and high recording quality. 2-sided printed sleeve. [press-release]
NIGULESUGCI -- "Dalit / Now Free" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT37, (ltd. 40)
Esoteric ritual noise. Radionoise, industrial clanks, noisy drones, Indian melodies, meditative singing. Buddhism. Dedicated to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. Packed in silver plastic with engraved number, red paper. [label info]
NIHIL IMPVLSE -- "Stasis" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018/2020 Eighth Tower Records, ETR 029, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. A deposition of cold electronics and harsh frequencies to testify to the perpetual stagnation of reality. Nothing ever changes except the means through which this successful illusion is maintained. "Stasis" is an exploration, in seven chapters, of the diagrams of the power mechanisms caging us in an invisible prison: civilization. From the anointing ritual of ecstatic pain engrafting the mental germ, to its own epiphany, and to the final revelation: the word "stasis" in ancient Greek meant not only stillness but also rebellion, and the realization of this leads the individual to struggle towards conquest and freedom. Put your hand on the pyre, life turns in an ordeal of awareness. [label info]
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NIHIL VERUM -- "Hibacu Jimocu" -- CD EP -- €7 [-50%]
2017 1000+1 TiLt
Synthwave / Acid / Techno. I don’t think I heard of Nihil Verum before and the website says: “ps stamps back used dreadbox erebus and mfb doninion to make the Bass; jason bakey, ableton live to make the Rhythms. the noises and samples, they shared”. I vaguely have an idea what that means. Four pieces here, lasting twenty-seven minutes, which seems a bit short to me. Maybe, so I was thinking when I was playing this, PS Stamps Back changed his own music and made it less techno, because he now has Nihil Verum to do work with rhythms. The four pieces are all about a nice kick drum, a crashing of hi-hats and a bouncing bass line, and the outcome is some excellent retro acid techno music. Not super fast, but also not very slick. There is exactly that rough edge around the music that I like. Be it a wacky sound from a synth, a field recording of insects or voice sampled from television. It is not for me to say if this is the kind of music that should do well on the dance floor, but I surely can imagine an alternative scene in which people dance to this roughness. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
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NIHILTRONIX -- "Curiosites" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 OPN Records, OPNCD0030, (ltd. 300)
After one EP published in 2009, the industrial “synthetic” electronic project NihilTronix formed by Arnaud B (alias I-C-K) is back with a new effort. With a handful of relevant releases published on the renown Hau Ruck! and La Nouvelle Alliance, the classic project I-C-K prefigures the typical noisy-musical infection of NihilTronix. Curiosités encompasses the most brutal-mysteriously hallucinogenic electro facet of the French label OPN Records devoted to a wide range of uncompromising underground musical genres: power electronic, white noise, to dark ambient and industrial minimalism mainly from France and also from various countries... This first full length delivers a visceral and tripped out apocalyptic soundtrack where death industrial patterns meet minimal synth pop and typical schemes of industrial music culture. This work is reminiscence of early SPK or Whitehouse, Throbbing Gristle, Maurizio Bianchi, Missing Foundation’s electronic assaults and fuzzed out vibes with an inclination for trance-infusing machine drums which emphasize the blackened-cerebral of the ensemble. Cinematic touches also come in the mix with the addition of found sounds, voices and samples. Neurotic and frosty minimal electronics give the impression to be used as metaphors to describe the new technological order, its subliminal messages and its repressive imperatives on the existential level and on practical human activities dominated by the mega machine... Definitely the weirdest crushing experimental soundtrack for the post-modern Prometheus. To sum up things this first full length offers an intense noisy-kinetic electronic scenery recommended for fans of early 80s industrial brutalism and chilling minimal synthscapes. [Philippe Blanche, Igloo Magazine]
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NIHILTRONIX -- "Homesongs" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 La Nouvelle Alliance, L.N.A.013 / OPN, OPNCD0033
Nihilistic music for nihilistic people. Nihiltronix is Arnaud B. (aka Nada Negator / I-C-K). "Homesongs is a cohesive collection of craft-based and subversive industrial sketches, a menacing cinematic orchestration which relates to our post-modern days at its stage of sociocultural chaos and global institutionalized crisis. If you are into the dark, brooding emotional territories of experimental sound-art by Sacher Pelz, Atrax Morgue, Sigillum S, Brighter Death Now, Megaptera but also the first Dernière Volonté, Regard Extrême, no doubt that this album will ravish your ears." [Igloo Magazine]
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NIHILTRONIX -- "Traces" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 OPN Records, OPNCD0034 / La Nouvelle Alliance, L.N.A.015, (ltd. 300)
French industrial project of Soldat Arnaud aka Nada-Negator, ex-ICK, chef of La Nouvelle Alliance label. "When old school industrial muzak meets minimal punk synth."
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NILSEN, BJ & STILLUPPSTEYPA -- "Drykkjuvisur Ohljodanna" -- CD -- €10
2006 Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS 008, (ltd. 1000)
In Scandinavia, it's not uncommon to hear of someone's mother, grandfather, uncle, or plumber who drank him-or-herself to death at an early age; and the Swedish drone artist BJ Nilsen has felt the alcoholic pangs which may foreshadow his own demise. In recent years, Nilsen has turned to his Icelandic neighbors Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson and Helgi Thorsson (collectively known as Stilluppsteypa) in existential sympathy over the problems of their collective lust for alcohol. Drykkjuvisur Ohljodanna marks the second collaborative document of abject minimalism that these three have composed; and like its predecessor Vikinga Brennivin, this album is spiked with drunken thought. Any alcohol induced euphoria has been tempered by perturbing blackouts, moments of cruelty, and an all-consuming nihilism. Beyond their shared Scandinavian heritage, their expressionist urge for the frigid drone, and their penchant for drink, BJ Nilsen and Stilluppsteypa intend this recording as an open ended experience, wandering through their sound without the burden of any exegetical text that may get in the way... Drykkjuvisur Ohljodanna resolves itself as a grim kaleidoscope, where the bleakness of the wintry Scandinavian landscape and the langour of a drunken escapade constantly mutate through the highly refined sensibility of dronescaping. Sonar pings announce the beginning of this album, with its echoes returning as an amorphous fog and locating little but a gloomy pall upon the event horizon. Clattering electronics scurry across the barren sounds like death-watch beetles upon the tundra; and creaking doors offer something much more foreboding than what Pierre Henry envisioned for musique concrete. Drykkjuvisur Ohljodanna adheres to the psychological dis-quiet through sound design that Alan Splet provided for Eraserhead or that Nurse With Wound achieved on Salt Marie Celeste. Yet for all of their tendencies for brooding and desolation, BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa retain a compulsion for a glacial beauty through their intoxicated visions of the sublime. [label info]
NILSEN, BJ & STILLUPPSTEYPA -- "Passing Out" -- CD -- €10
2008 Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS 013, (ltd. 1000)
The Nordic sound artists BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa have authored the last component to a trilogy of isolationist compositions for barren field recordings and lumbering electric drones, thematically linked in the psychotropic effects of alcohol. In doing so, they have issued a brief statement in defense of their research: "It's been four years and three studies, Passing Out being the final. Even in its most general, colloquial usage, Passing Out indicates the occurrence of a state that is incompatible with active behavior. It is possible that the individual could experience both consciousness and unconsciousness at the same time while encountering Passing Out."... Yes, Passing Out is a crepuscular recording, with the flickering of twilight further dimmed by the distant Arctic sun in wintertime and the blackened numbness of too much drink. With one singular track that spans 60 minutes, a nearly constant thrum and rumble of monochromatic low frequencies casts a grim pall upon the precisely dialed-in modulations and vibrations. Spectral guitars, maudlin tunes from haunted radios, angrily growling voices, and field recordings of wind-whipped snow and ice bury themselves deep amidst these subharmonic drones. All of these tease at the edge of perception, sculpting the narrative of the drone into a vehicle for unhinged expressionism of varying degrees of horror, melancholy, beauty, and oblivion. [label info]
NIMH -- "Beyond The Crying Era" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Winter-Light, WIN 021, (ltd. 300)
Nimh is an avant-garde deep ambient industrial electronic project formed by the multi-instrumentalist and sound designer Giuseppe Verticchio. Nimh has evolved on the territories of truly ecstatic-drone ambient music since the 90s with a vast catalogue of releases published on various independent labels such as Afe, Silentes, Eibon Records. Within a much more sonic industrial direction, Nimh has published complex, intricate releases in collaboration with pioneers of electronic-noise music (Mauthausen Orchestra, Maurizio Bianchi). He is also one half of the Hall Of Mirrors project, alongside Andrea Marutti, having released albums both on Malignant Records and Eibon Records... His music combines a wide spectrum of influences, he has recorded and released many works of different nature containing elements of experimental music, ambient, dark-ambient, industrial, electronic, shoegaze, post rock, folk, isolationism, ritual-ethnic music... On 'Beyond The Crying Era', NIMH has brought together a selection of dark/ambient/experimental tracks. This album is rich with darkened ambient music, created by the use of a cinematic collage of rumbling drone pieces, heavily layered melodic textures, field recordings, voices, sustained sounds and doom-laden guitar... Haunting, melancholic, intriguing and engaging, 'Beyond The Crying Era' is an incredibly atmospheric release which will capture the imagination of many sound travellers. It's an extended edition of a much shorter version, which was originally released as a vinyl LP limited to 100 copies. The tracks have been recorded over a 10 year period. All tracks compiled for 'Beyond The Crying Era' have been carefully re-edited and remastered for this CD release, on the Winter-Light label. [label info]
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NIMH & MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA -- "From Unhealthy Places" -- CD -- €10
2009 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 0932
The energy, the genius and the intransigence of the music of the hystoric “cult” power electronics project Mauthausen Orchestra/Pierpaolo Zoppo, united to the originalty, the eclecticism, the rigorous experimental research carried on since fifteen years by Giuseppe Verticchio, mostly with his “Nimh” solo project… Disturbing images of unhealthy places, nocturne landscapes covered with fog, psychotic nightmares, tormenting and delirious, described with sonorities of great impact and incredible dramatic force… A dark and long itinerary, to be covered wrapped in the spirals of a time that progressively seems to slow down and stop, folded on itself, just like suspended in the void, without offering any way out… A sonic adventure for brave souls… Elegantly packaged in a digipack. [label info]
NIRMALA, TIRATH SINGH -- "Bluster, Cragg, & Awe" -- CD -- €5
2007 Digitalis Recordings, digi031
Not too long ago, John Clyde-Evans made a huge splash with his phenomenal solo LP on England's Fisheye imprint. He also performed as an important member of the seminal UK group, Hood. After taking a seven year hiatus and committing to the path of Sikhism, he returned as Tirath Singh Nirmala. His continually unfolding backstory is interesting enough, but it's his music where the real magic and mystery stretch their silver wings. Nirmala returned to making music after his close friend and collaborator, Vibracathedral Orchestra's Neil Campbell, gave him some free software and set him on his way. Nirmala responded with nearly a dozen self-released, highly limited CD-Rs. The releases were filled to the brim with Eastern-influenced, transcendental drones and uplifting spiritual sound explorations. His manipulation of sine waves and use of obscure Asian instruments creates a wholly original and unique sound. As on his solo LP as John Clyde-Evans, Nirmala's ability to concoct sprawling, majestic drones using such simple terms is unmatched. Bluster, Cragg, & Awe, Nirmala's first non-CD-R release, is the perfect beginning. It collects the best tracks from those now impossible-to-find releases and adds one new song and one collaborative piece with Scottish guitar guru, Richard Youngs. It is a journey that lasts less than an hour, but contains a lifetime of aural experience, wrapped into one, shimmering golden package. [label info]
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NNHMN -- "Church Of No Religion" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 188-2, (ltd. 300)
Synthwave / Electro / Ritual. NNHMN (pronounce Non-Human) duet who goes by Lee and Laudarg hails from Berlin. They came together in this project to explore their love for the gothic dome of synths spectrum and the desire for immortality. The duo aims to achieve a lot with a little, and that is the singular aesthetic that stands them apart. NNHMN’s Church of no Religion is the collection of purgatory poems and lamentations. Allegorical, dramatic and literal – gruesome and ethereal – all that emphasize the work mortal and ritualistic purpose. It represents power existing within eternity... 'Church of no religion' is putting ceremony, liturgy and ritual influences at the forefront combining it with dark synth music which has strong experimental approach and raw Gothic flavour. Gothic in the context the way the Christian Church used it in the middle ages – anything that was uncivilized and any Gothic influence was uncivilized of not of Christianity was condemned witchcraft... [label info]
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NNHMN -- "Deception Island" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020/2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 216-2, (ltd. 300)
Darkwave / Electro / Industrial. NNHMN returns to Zoharum with "Deception Island" a compilation CD of tracks taken from vinyl EP-s titled Deception Island Part 1 and 2 respectively, released by Spanish Oráculo Records. As expected, the duo of Lee and Michal Laudarg deliver hell of a ride. Dark Wave, Synth Pop, EBM, New Romantic, Dark Disco - you name it. Spirit of '80s nostalgia is strong in this music. It's hard to listen to this without nodding your head or moving your hands and feet. Deception Island is very propulsive. From the first synths of "In Darkness" to the last beats of "Nachtgang" NNHMN keeps you enslaved on the dancefloor. The track order has been slightly rearranged so the compilation has a more album feel and makes you find yourself listening to it for the third time in a row moving and watching the stars. You just don't want it to stop. Restless dance of the night endless. CD edition of 300 copies comes in "silk" digipack. [label info]
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NNHMN -- "Shadow In The Dark" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019/2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 196-2, (ltd. 300)
Electro / Synthwawe. The year 2019 was a very productive time for the band, publishing a musically cohesive trilogy. In February they released their debut ‘’Second Castle’’ - a rhythm and ambient oriented album. The second album of 2019 ‘’Church Of No Religion’ (released by Zoharum Records) is an experiment in playing with conventional ambient techno to build a quasi-spiritual world. December 2019 the duo published the album ‘’Shadow in the Dark’’ - six stirring, sensual, deeply emotional seething Dark Wave cuts that hopelessly ignite your dark heart and cold body. ’’Shadow in the Dark’’ vinyl edition released in February 2020 by Oraculo Records. A surrealist painting by Aleksandra Waliszewska graces the album Cover and also CD edition will be released in February by experimental Record Label Zoharum... NNHMN’s dizzying sound is defined by analogue textures and arpeggiated bass lines, a sense of sonic investigation that veers from techno to haunted Synth Wave via electronic soundscapes. Obsessive synth lines and sultry vocal deliveries guide the listener through a thrilling dimension with Minimal Synth qualities and Gothic undertones... CD edition is strictly limited edition to 300 copies, folded in 6-panel digipack. [label info]
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NO FESTIVAL OF LIGHT -- "Divide Et Impera" -- 2 CD -- €15 [-50%]
2018 Eibon Records, NOF105 / Old Captain, OCCD38, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. No Festival of Light is the best kept secret in the annals of dark industrial Swedish tradition. For decades Fredrik Bergström's guilty pleasure lingered at the backyard of the world to sporadically cast a shadow of minimalist ritualism and evaporate in enchanted air again. An unorthodox approach and such deceptively simple music itself stirs all the senses to trigger morbid addiction, affection and unconscious share in blasphemous conspiracy. The 2CD set manifests rhythmic and ambient mind-numbing versatility of the project ranging from the debut "Divide Et Impera" (1994) mixed by Jouni Havukainen / In Slaughter Natives, to cryptic "Tape 1" (1996) originally released by Slaughter Productions, to various arcane compilation tracks featured on labels like Abyss, Slaughter, Thaglasz, Art Concept, to rare unreleased two live sets in Belgium and the USA in 1998/99. "Within the pleasures of the flesh, rests the Salvation of the human spirit". For the lovers of early Cold Meat Industry and Slaughter Productions era, projects like Morthound, Ordo Equilibrio or Kranivm. A 2CD edition in a 4-panel gloss-laminated Digipak in edition of 300 copies. [label info]
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NO NEW DAWN -- "Double Dream" -- CD -- €13
2019 Other Voices Records, VOX 49 CD, (ltd. 200)
Minimal Synth / Industrial. No New Dawn is a manifestation of creative force informed by the perspectives and understanding gained through the path to void consciousness by J. Czarn. The artistic work and exploration of NND is primarily done through the utilization of electronics, however all forms of media are infinitely within consideration. No New Dawn is an ideological reference to universal oneness and present action... No New Dawn is a post-industrial minimal synth project with Black Metal background based in Detroit by J. Czarn. Beginning in 2016, the first full-length album "Double Dream" was finished in 2018. No New Dawn's illumination of modern bleakness and struggle contrasted with intervals of meditative and reflective clarity provide a fitting backdrop to the cold soundscape captured on this album. The project's music uses a mix of analog, midi, sampling and live recording methods to achieve an often cavernous electronic and vocal sound. "Double Dream" also exhibits a shift in focus throughout the album from conventional song structures to loose and ambient instrumental compositions. J. Czarn is a multi-instrumentalist and artist affiliated with the One Void art collective... Absolutely must have for fans of early 80s synth scene (Gary Numan, The Human League, Clock DVA, John Foxx or Second Decay), Cold Cave, early Lust For Youth, November Növelet, late Haus Arafna, Martial Canterel. [label info]
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NO WAY OUT -- "Devoid of Luminary" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2012 Smell the Stench / Parkbench Records
Living, breathing, natural, sometimes noisy ambient from the French project. Sounds like a hypothetical collaboration between Aube and Lunar Abyss Deus Organum. Samples for the second track are provided by David Von Ekberg. Slim-case. [YAOP]
NOCTURNE -- "Fleisch und Metall" -- CD -- €10
2007 Steinklang Industries, SKD 17, (ltd. 500)
"Fleisch und Metall" is a conceptual album, a soundtrack for an actionistic performance, done by the French Industrial / Noise act Nocturne. The performance took place in a old, ruined factory and the 20-page booklet shows impressions from this event, as well as several artistic fotos from industrial areas. "Fleisch und Metall" is a very organic and icecold album, sometimes reminding to early Werkbund, sometimes even to japanoise-like metall-orgies. All in all the album is very complexly structured and many changes in music and style don't let come up any boring moments. Nocturne also uses a lot of samples in French language and even more sirenes, saws, metal-hammerings and more machine sounds, what gives "Fleisch und Metall" the grade of a 100% pure Industrial album. An additional 11 minute video brings you a challenging hommage to industrial work and revolution, accompanied by an amazing Industrial soundtrack. [press release]
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NOCTURNE -- "Terroriser Manipuler Convaincre" -- CD -- €13
Old Europa Cafe, OECD 082, (ltd. 150)
Concept album builded arround the figure of Doctor "Mabuse" the anti-hero of Norbert Jacques's novel, the genius of crime and chaos, the genius of finance in a slow falling world in the first part of 1900... Slow moving tracks reminding to a world brocken by First World War. Very industrial concept using analog instrumentation mixed up to sounds from the beginning of the last century and many samples in German language taken from the legenadry movie as well as french vocals. Oversized 7" cover plus inserts. [label info]
NO EXIT -- "One Step" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 1000+1 TiLt
Behind No Exit is one Joseph Fruiscante, of whom I never heard, and on 'One Step' he plays, according to the cover 'sax and bamboo string', while on one song one Myriam Boucris sings. Those are the facts about this cd, while we are kept in the dark about other information. In thirty minutes, Fruiscante plays some powerful music, clearly recognizable on his saxophone and less clearly on his string bamboo. What the cover doesn't tell us, is the fact that studio treatments play an equally important role here, especially delay and reverb are two important features (or perhaps I am wrong, and we don't have a studio here, but is the whole thing recorded in a tunnel). Fruiscante's music is minimal, even a bit drone related, but at the same time, and perhaps strangely enough it is also forcefully present, even a bit distorted in the deeper bass end of the release. An odd combination of mood music and some more distorted elements, Fruiscante moves here with outside any regular movements or rigid paths of improvisations, ambient, drone or noise. And that is, in my book, very fine. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
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NOI, HUBERT / HOWIE B -- "Music for Astronauts and Cosmonauts" -- 2 CD -- €12
2007 Laton, 042
This album is a collaboration of world renowned Britisch studio wizard, remixer and DJ Howie B, who has worked with the likes of U2, Bjork, Brian Eno, Tricky, Sly and Robbie, Soul to Soul and islandic artist Hubert Noi who's musical collaborations include Phsycic TV and HOH aka Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson. Howie B is for the first time working with the Icelandic artist Hubert Noi on a musical project. Before their lines crossed when Howie used one of Hubert's paintings for the cover of his solo album "Music for babies" 1996. "Music for Astronauts and Cosmonauts" is a soundtrack for a round journey in Earths orbit (297 km above Earth). The length of the tracks: "Morning", "Day", "Evening", "Night" is 90 minutes (one round) that time-measure equals what takes 24 hours to see on earth (sunrise to sunrise). [label info] Very slowly and monotonous yet nice ambient work.
NOISE NOVOSIBIRSK INSTITUTE -- "Reriya" -- CD-R -- €7
2007 Sickcore, SC-012, (ltd. 50)
Refined laboratory radionoise from the capital of Soviet science. Subjected to complex processing and montage, ether noises melt into the work of the New Art. The disk opens with powerful composition in vein of Atrax Morgue and N., and then gives way to the caleidoscope of "aerial" trance pieces. Sophisticated handmade package from this label highly respected by the collectors. [YAOP description]
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NOISES OF RUSSIA -- "Electrosummer" -- CD-R -- €6
2004 Electroindustria, 03EICDr
Placing the urban people (ourselves) into the nature we risk losing the peace of mind and becoming mentally diseased. Shocking silence, exciting trembling of forest, full relaxation of mind can paralyse the human will and wish for living. The program is composed from the samples of natural sounds combining with polyphonic landscapes. [press release]
NOISES OF RUSSIA -- "Hydrophobia" -- CD-R -- €6
2006 Electroindustria, 06EICDr
In our new program HYDROPHOBIA we continue investigations into the stereotypes of perception. If our latest program INVISIBILITY AND LABOUR was dedicated to the full disintegration of personality under the social pressure which is mechanizing all the life processes, the program HYDROPHOBIA materializes the response of individuum to the social aggression. The object dissection is mechanism of manifestation so-called forbidden emotions such as mystical joy, inexplicable sorrow, in-depth horror, catharsis which are opposed to the legalized feelings of cleanness, sterility, health, happy unconscious alcohol intoxication, enjoyment of material comforts. [press release]
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NOISES OF RUSSIA -- "In Ryazan. Easel Painting, sketch #5" -- CD-R -- €6
2006 Electroindustria, 06EICDr
Recorded live in Ryazan on 25.01.2006. "The program EASEL PAINTING opens anthology of industrial sound. The noises of industrial machines represent the monochrome part of spectrum of the industrial-sound palette, the retrospective sight of the XX century - the age when the heavy industry myth was born and was dethroned. The solists are machines. Their interaction with each other and with human voices, with harmonic polyphonies (so-called landscapes) and noises (music concrete) that appeared as accompaniment creates atonal and non-rhythmic sound picture which gives the spectator a rare chance to combine the work therapy with shock therapy." [press release]
NOISES OF RUSSIA -- "Invisibility & Labour" -- CD-R -- €6
2005 Electroindustria, 04EICDr
In the program "INVISIBILITY and LABOUR", which was successfully performed at the international music festival SKIF-7, we placed the emphasis on the increasing of the psychical influence on the spectator/listener. Intonation changes typical for non-stop performances - and NOISES of RUSSIA always make non-stop performances because we consider conditional both the bounds between the different compositions and creative finality in all its manifestations - so the intonation changes became stronger and more notable. Noise curtain gave place to sweet quiet harmonies, conceptual hysterics to ethereal whispers, dark sound landscapes to airspace full of rustles. The result of such suggestively sometimes was unexpected and seemed like shock treatment. The noise with the special attention to radio waves began to play the main role in the influencing on listener/spectator. The same importance had texts used by the participants of the project. At different times we used for compilations lyrics of such groups as SWANS, CURRENT-93, LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, old Sumerian poetry, Maya mythologies, texts of Catholic mass, works of Russian poets Vladimir Buritch and Velemir Khlebnikov and our own poetry. [press release]
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NOISES OF RUSSIA -- "Live in Ikra Club 2006" -- CD-R -- €6
2006/2019 ElectroIndustria
NOISES OF RUSSIA -- "Live in Sevastopol 2019" -- CD-R -- €6
2019 ElectroIndustria
Industrial / Spoken Word / Sound Collage. Second performance of the renowned project Noises of Russia in the capital of Crimea – the city of Sevastopol. New and old ballads about the main things – death and life, spirit and soul, you won't be left indifferent. Learn the texts and sing along, and maybe the Lord will forgive your sins. Experimental apocalyptic music. (First live performance of Noises of Russia in Crimea happened back in 2007, together with the legend of Swedish industrial Deutsch Nepal, the recording was lost). The disc is released by the ElectroIndustria label with support of the Crimean net-label Effect Defect Records. [label info]
NOISES OF RUSSIA -- "Live in Volgograd 31.08.2013" -- CD-R -- €6
2014 ElektroIndustria, 14EIСDr
Live recording of the Noises Of Russia gig at "Meeting at Volga - 2" festival (date and place featuring in the release title). In addition to the permanent band members Gosha Solnzev and MC Prorock, they were joined by the musicians (also the owners of the significant Russian industrial labels) M.M., author of "Kryptogen Rundfunk" and owner of "Zhelezobeton", and Ivan from "kultFRONT", and also Anton Walewski ("MXY7 Ohka"). Listening to this recording albeit at a considerable temporal and spatial distance from the scene, I can only state that in that evening in the lap of nature many minds were most probably blown away, and many were fixed after preliminary complete formatting - that's the feeling one has after listening to this gig, after which it's necessary to stay a while in silence and simply have a smoke efen for those lacking this bad habit... [maeror3.livejournal.com]
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NOISES OF RUSSIA -- "We Sorrow For You" -- CD-R -- €6
2007 ElectroIndustria, 09EICDr
Second full-length studio album of Noises Of Russia, the result of two-year work with archaic layers of consciousness and saturated sound canvases. The album's sound came out even, dark and discreet. It's textural basis is one of the central monuments of Indoeuropean culture, one of the most anscient spiritual instructions of humanity - "Upanishady" - the precept of defence against the monsters born by endless vigil of mind. The subject of this electronic symphony in 5 parts is the ironical lesson of merited pass out, from child's carelessness to death through the experience of existence. [label info]
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NOISES OF RUSSIA / A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR -- "Cimeter & Water: 2010 Secret Assembly Apocalyptic Tour" -- CD-R -- €6
2010 ElectroIndustria
Split-release dedicated to the joint tour of Noises Of Russia and A Challenge Of Honour happened in April 2010. Contains 4 new compositions from Noises Of Russia + 3 previously unreleased tracks from A Challenge Of Honour.
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NOISES OF RUSSIA & OLGA KOMOK -- "Cantigas De Santa Maria" -- CD-R -- €6
2005 Electroindustria, 05EICDr
In the program CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIA performed by breath -noise group NOISES of RUSSIA & OLGA KOMOK (the leader of the medieval music collective LATERNA MAGICA) the authentic Spanish music of XIII-XIV centuries is placed into the dramatic sound landscape of the modern urban civilization. Old Spanish spiritual songs (cantigas) singing to the accompaniment of wheel lyre (it's a modern copy of XIV century instrument) are accompanied by harmonic polyphonies (so-called landscapes), noises (music concrete), industrials sounds and rhythms. CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIA is a monument of medieval culture and cult of Mother of God, which was the most important for Catholics in Middle Ages and is still alive nowadays. Cantigas tell about the different miracles of Virgin Mary: how She defeated basilisk and dragon in Toledo, how She saved drunk monks from the river near Salamanca, how She cured dying horse, how She catholicized Jews and exorcised the devil from the girl. Each story is full of true faith in the infinite mercy. Every tenth story is a the song of praise dedicated to Mother of God. [press release]
NOISESMETANA -- "Space 43 / Is it your future??" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
1996/2019 Provoloka, prvlk 0011-0001 / Bryansk – 0001, (ltd. 480)
Noise / Cut-Up / Sound Collage. NOISESMETANA is a mythical project. According to the apt expression of one of those interested, "only those who read old noise fanzines from the 90s know about NOISESMETANA." For the first time the name was found in the catalog of the St. Petersburg label "One Touch" 10-15 years ago. After asking Philip Wolokitin (as the person behind One Touch), I learned that “yes, there really was such a project”, “it was quite a long time ago” and “contact with the author was lost”. A dozen years later, thanks to Alex Alexeev, a cassette with a demo of this project fell into my hands and later I managed to communicate with the author. As it turned out, it all started in the first half of the 90s, in the city of Bryansk - after the author got acquainted with the 7" by AUDIOSTENCH / SATANIC DEATH and the DISPHAGIA band of the Alexeev brothers (SOI tapes). After some time (namely in 1995) Sergei himself decided to try his hand in the field of harshnoise and in 1996 released a demo record "Space 43" on his own label Miasma tapes. This was followed by both standalone releases and splits with various noise projects - among which there were no less mythical St. Petersburg TALONOV NET, Canadian DAN-CHARGE with "Humpty Dumpty", ERIK DISORDER with "A cunt with a bowl of reefer in it" and the aforementioned Alexeev brothers with LLG and WEAK ANAL MUSCLE. In addition to Smetana, Sergey organized several more projects - THREE CRIPPLE FREAKS (harshnoise), G.N.P (lofi / shitcore), also the Miasma tapes label is mutating into the publishing house Oral Diarrhea tapes (there were about 20-23 releases in total), releasing several more splits with LLG and Barnaul-based project LANAKROMOLEB. This disc contains tracks taken from the "Space 43" demo and from the triple split "Is it your future?" also featuring GOREGOD and LLG. [label info]
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NOJSENS -- "Transmisja" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2009 Beast Of Prey, (ltd. 68)
Debut album of experimental project NOJSENS released in colaboration with Beast Of Prey. Project has been around for some time, and his creator Dawid Chrapla is experienced in colaborations with Genetic Transmission and co-founder of Hated Bruit Kollectiv. The album "Transmisja" is a psychedelic bruitysm with use of synths inspired by Genetic Transmission as well as technically crafted noise made from tiny sound parts. Fast, exploding fragments filled with streams of sound mix with more static parts, occasionally torn by more noise fragments and loops. At the same time the sound is more clear than typical noise build on hardware or static sound sources. Samples and hums combine with synth parts, but there are also metallic, extent fragments as well as bits - dynamic and much processed, more distant from more trans approach to music. [press-release]
NOMA / REJECTAMENTA -- split -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 At War With False Noise, ATWAR052, (ltd. 500)
Experimental / Ambient. This CD combines two of Glasgow's best experimental bands, neither of which really seem to get the credit or attention they deserve. John Comar AKA Noma has been wowing audiences for a few years now with his constantly changing live sets, a slew of CDr releases on various labels, and as an auxilliary member of metal powerhouse Black Sun, but this is his first "proper" CD release. He takes on two tracks here, the first is a slowly-building tone-fest. Very ambient, and hauntingly beautiful... bascially what Noma does best. Next track "Amusia" is a little atypical of what most people will expect. Imposing thuds are interjected by what sounds like some form of screeching metallic machine being thrown down some stairs, electronic blasts. Surreal, bizarre, unpredictable... very Noma... This is only the second ever release by Adam Cresser's Rejectamenta, and his one track here, "SSilence" is a follow-up to his CDr on At War from a couple of years ago entitles SServant. This couldn't be any further away from silence, total overload of a billion circuit-bent instruments all melded together into one massive orchestral binary cacophany. Lovely hooks come here and there, the whole thing takes a few listens just to figure out what the hell is going on, great stuff. [label info]
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NOR_POL -- "Construction" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 206-2, (ltd. 250)
Ambient / Experimental. NOR_POL is a project that came to life as a natural effect of long term collaboration between Jørgen Knudsen and Łukasz Szałankiewicz aka ZENIAL. Artists met at Detali Zvukow festival in Kijev in 2006 and since then worked together on numerous sound installations and musical forms of which some of them were released as parts of some ZENIAL albums. Along the years Jørgen and Łukasz recorded enough material to select out of it tracks that put together created a coherent stand alone release "Construction"... Album itself presents a vast sound palette from ambient to more abstract and experimental forms putting emphasis on artists workflow based on metaphors... Mastering for this album was done by Rafal Sądej (MOAN). Artwork based upon graphics of Bartosz Zaskórski was desinged by Radek Kamiński (AB INTRA). Album comes in 6 panel ecopack limited to 250 copies. [label info]
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NORDVARGR, HENRIK BJORKK -- "The Dead Never Sleep" -- CD -- €10
2005 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 073
The undisputed master of nordic darkness & leading mind of MZ.412 returns once again from his cellar with a new offering for OEC. Following the success of the more experimental CD "On broken wings towards victory", "The dead never sleep" is a massive journey of classic Scandinavian darkambient, but with added outbursts of more violent layers and haunting electronics. Without comparison, this is the only fix of darkambient you need this year to satisfy your needs. Take heed as the dead souls surrounding you slowly twitches and claws to come back to haunt you... [press-release]
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NORDVARGR / DRAKH -- "Northern Dark Supremacy" -- CD -- €14
2001/2017 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-62, (ltd. 400)
So, finally, published 16 years ago on the US label L.S.D. Organization, the work of the fathers of MZ.412 cult and many other great projects is available again, this time on CD. Yes, if you remember, in 2001 it was a limited vinyl edition only... "Northern Dark Supremacy" was the first collaboration between Henrik Bjorkk and Jonas Aneheim in the framework of Nordvargr / Drakh, only 5 albums were released by this band, the last one in 2008. Thus, this reissue is the first activity of the duo for almost ten years, we can speak about conditional activity since the re-release contains also exclusive material... Since 20012, Infinite Fog Prod. has been conducting a project to publish this clot of darkness and the gloomy Swedish Lord Nordvargr was looking for master tapes that in addition to the published tracks should have still contained some material from the same sessions that simply did not fit into the vinyl. In 2016 everything was ready, 3 additional tracks were added and the duration of the album grew to impressive 55 minutes, becoming a full-fledged, exciting long-play. For the development of design was invited well-known dark music artist Horth (Goatpsalm, Karna, Sick Rites), whose style is the best suited to the visual display of the atmosphere of the album. And now in the autumn of 2017 we are ready to present you the final version of "Northern Dark Supremacy", an album recorded on the icy boundary between Black Metal, Dark Ambient, and Black Industrial. Mix Darkthrone "A Blaze In The Northern Sky", Lustmord "Heresy" and, let's say, SPK "Information Overload Unit" and you get an approximate idea and what awaits you... "Massive and ugly-gloomy landscapes of the true atmosphere of black metal from the founders of the already legendary Swedish industrial scene. The ghouls, groans, and voices of the united forces of death trapped in the underground cells of Bohult. Attention - this can be dangerous for your health! No jokes, no hopes..." [label info]
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NORDVARGR, HENRIK BJORKK & MARGAUX RENAUDIN -- "Anima Nostra" -- CD -- €10< [-50%]
2016 Cold Spring, CSR216CD
Ritual / Dark Ambient. Henrik Nordvargr Björkk is the colossus behind the world renowned acts Pouppée Fabrikk and MZ. 412. Combine the ritual aspects of MZ. 412 and the darkest ambience from Nordvargr, with vocal materials and a rising spiritual awakening, and you get Anima Nostra - a collaboration between Margaux Renaudin and Henrik N Björkk that marks a new era in the vast cannon of the latter and as well as the former. Anima Nostra is also a visual experience, with artwork that will guide the open mind into deeper understanding. The album features guest vocals by death metal mastermind Nader Sadek, recorded inside the sacred Sneferu pyramid in Cairo. Included is an alternate version of MZ. 412's 'Mourning Star'; an even more ominous behemoth than the original, this track perfectly complements the rhythmical structures contained in the album. A remarkable synchronization of minds. Comes in a magnificent, metallic-print adorned 6-panel digipak, with 8-page booklet, containing stunning alchemical artwork throughout by Renaudin. [label info]
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NORMA REAKTSII -- "Compilation" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2019 Valgriind / Glasir CD-R Series, 00
Noise / Experimental. A compilation of rare tracks, reworks and versions from the cult Russian Experimental Noise project. Slim DVD-box, limited edition. [YAOP]
NORMA REAKTSII -- "Earth Telluric Systems" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_22, (ltd. 35)
Noise / Abstract / Musique Concrète. Paper Moon Republic presents the project coming straight from Russian Valhalla, well-known in narrow circles. This disk features old compositions subjected to rethinking and remastering. The output is not just a compilation, but a completely self-sufficient conceptual chtonic album, charged with powerful contemplative energy. CD-R with printed surface packed in a Half-DVD case. [label info]
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NORMA REAKTSII -- "Echo Stihii" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT48, (ltd. 88)
Ideological art of noise. Radionoise recorded with the use of pre-war receivers with re-soldered components, magic atmosphere, field recordings, techno-mysticism and soundscapes of WWII. Wandering echo of radio ether of 1942. Handmade cardboard cover. [label info]
NORMA REAKTSII -- "Pulse Of Telluric Energy" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2021 Status Prod., SP 17 CD, (ltd. 150)
Industrial / Radionoise. When all the elements merge together, when the current gives birth to sound, the vacuum awakens an impulse, the very heart of the Earth gives its power... Status Prod. presents the album of the famous Russian industrial project NORMA REAKTSII "Pulse of Telluric Energy". The album is dedicated to the theme of telluric energy / energy of the Earth, alternative scientific ideas of physicist Nikola Tesla and the semi-mythical image of the scientist as the "father of electricity" in general. Due to limited technical capabilities at that time, the expected sound quality was not achieved. In 2020, the original tracks underwent a radical rethinking and received adequate mastering. The final version received a slightly different name, more in line with the author's idea. An attempt to convey by sound a projection on the consciousness of the telluric, deep forces of the planet, irrational in their essence, a kind of antinoosphere, is quite a difficult task, so it took more than 15 years of various experiments to get the desired result... The album was released in an edition of 150 hand-numbered copies in a folder with an insert card made of designer cardboard, with the author's art applied by the method of silkscreen printing. [label info]
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NORMA REAKTSII -- "Silver Thunder" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT59, (ltd. 88)
Minimalistic angst ambient / indurtsial filled with sounds of vintage electronics, radionoise, guitar chatter, field recordings, amplified powerful voice recitating austere traditionalistic lyrics. Aesthetics of Karl Runau and November Novelet combined with author's talent and right ideology! Slim DVD box with an insert. [press-release]
NORMA REAKTSII -- "Under Pieces Of Hammer" -- 6 CD-R boxset -- €33 [-50%]
2015 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT118, (ltd. 33)
Boxset with full project's discography, including the following albums: "Telluric Enegry", "Tectonic Charge Condensation" (both from 2005), "Ekho Stikhii" (2006), "Vril", "Silver Thunder" (both from 2007), remastered versions of the album "Chaosgazer" (2008) and mini=albums "Agartha" and "Dying Land" (both from 2009), tracks from the split with Ruuhi (2008) and "Valgriind Compilation" (2012) and an exclusive track "Beast Of Nav'" (2008). Six discs in separate illustrated sleeves with the new design, packed in a handmade cardboard box including an insert printed on vintage textile paper. [press-release]
NORMA REAKTSII & DADHIKRA -- "Floods Into Nothingness" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Valgriind, VG 58
Ritual Ambient / Experimental / Noise. Collaboration between two Russian projects from Tver' and St. Petersburg. Neoclassic / drone versus folklore elements.
NORMA REAKTSII & DADHIKRA -- "Spawn of Life" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Frozen Light, FZL 053, (ltd. 300)
Ritual Ambient / Experimental / Noise. Frozen Light presents new conceptual work of the Tver project Norma Reaktsii and Dadhikra (YAO 91404 D) from St. Petersburg. The album “Spawn Of Life” is dedicated to the biological process on our planet, the inexorable course of Life in all its manifestations, from Archean stromatolites to mammals of the Paleogene through a lot of amazing and astounding forms. In the name of the songs temporary Dating according to modern geologic time scale used, they represent important moments in the history of evolution. Recommended o everyone who live! [label info]
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NORMA REAKTSII / RUUHI -- "New-Born Snow / 0-1" -- 3"CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2009 Valgriind, VG 25
Limited mini CD-R release. Tracks from the beginning of both formation's working. Deep meditative lo-fi radio-drone & middle-frequencies distortion. [label info]
NORMA REAKTSII / TRANSISTORWALD -- "The Horizon of Dreams" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT98, (ltd. 88)
A collaboration of two important Russian projects in five pieces, made in vein of deep earthly Drone Ambient, tragic and full of dreams that feel infinitely right. Sleeve. [label info]
NOROESTE -- "Respiration Etang" -- CD -- €12
2014 Aquarellist, aquarel 27-14, (ltd. 500)
The new project by Gael Loison, founder member of Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones. Slowly drifting cinematic ambient electronics with a touch of dark jazz elements. Recommended to those who like Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble and Angelo Badalamenti.
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NOTCHNOI PROSPEKT -- "Democracy and Discipline" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1987/2020 Fulldozer, FDCD42, (ltd. 300)
New Wave / Experimental. "Democracy and Discipline" is a reissue of the Notchnoi Prospekt album, originally self-released on cassette in 1987. Notchnoi Prospekt was formed in 1985 by Alexei Borisov and Ivan Sokolovsky, both of whom came from an academic field. The band worked in a wide range of styles - from dance synth-pop to post-punk and industrial, becoming one of the most advanced projects of the Soviet underground. In 1987 the band was joined by drummer Sergei Pavlov and by violinist, keyboardist and vocalist Dmitry Kutergin. From that moment Notchnoi Prospekt completely immersed themselves in industrial electronics combined with psychedelia, noise, free improvisation and absurdism. At first, the audience reacted coldly to such experimental music, preferring earlier material of the mid-80s. However, by the end of the decade the situation changed, which allowed the band to tour and perform at various rock and art festivals throughout the USSR, and even to go abroad. In 1989 Sokolovsky left the band, taking up a solo career. For several years Notchnoi Prospekt performed and recorded with bassist and keyboardist Alexei Soloviev and guitarist Steve Lothian. Later, in the mid-90s, it became a purely laboratory project, in which various musicians experimented with Alexei Borisov. In 2000 Borisov, Sokolovsky and Kutergin renewed the band as a trio, which was periodically joined by Sergei Pavlov, as well as saxophonist Sergei Letov and guitarist Petr Sokolovsky. The band performed concerts and reissued old material, but in May 2005 Ivan Sokolovsky suddenly passed away. Despite the terrible loss the band continued to actively perform and periodically record albums. After a long break, in 2017, the label Frozen Light released the new album "Polyurythane" - the first Notchnoi Prospekt studio album since 1993, the style of which is balanced between new wave, industrial and art-core. In 2019 the Moscow label Gost Zvuk reissued the 1987 instrumental work "Health Resorts Of The Caucasus" as a double vinyl album. And now, in 2020, the time has come for "Democracy and Discipline"... The album "Democracy and Discipline" was recorded and mixed by Alexei Borisov and Ivan Sokolovsky in 1987 in Moscow at the mobile studio of underground producer and sound engineer Igor Vasiliev. The CD reissue is supplemented with two bonus tracks recorded live during the Notchnoi Prospekt anniversary concert at the Rus' club (Secession), 30.01.2004, Vienna, Austria. [label info]
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NOTHING HAS CHANGED -- "Hissing Guilt" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 237-2 / Old Temple, OLD.174, (ltd. 400)
Industrial / Experimental. Nothing Has Changed is a solo project of Michal Kiełbasa of industrial metal band WHALESONG (if you're into Godflesh totally check it out!). NHC seems to us to be strongly influenced by British electronics. His music is very hard to define in genre. On his newest album you'll hear dark and caustic, heavy in low end mutations of garage/grime/juke/jungle sometimes even dub... Across 10 compositions we get very original industrialesque take on broken beats and bass music. UK's Imaginary Forces/Basic Rhythm comes to mind which is a great association in our opinion. Going deeper, the album brings even echoes of FSOL with its sultry, dense atmospheres and cyberpunk vibes... "Hissing Guilt" is oriented for open minded and demanding dancefloors. The album is very original, well balanced, bass heavy, hard (but not too hard) hitting, bleak and doom driven. What more do you need? CD edition of 400 copies comes in digipack. [label info]
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NOVEMBER NOVELET -- "The World In Devotion" -- CD -- €15
2015 Galakthorrö, Galakthorrö 037
Angst Pop. In recompense for the long waiting time, November Növelet is rewarding its dedicated listeners with a carefully created complete work of art, which complements its celebrated precursor Magic, in a splendid fashion. The new album shows a further development – the magical mixture continues: Mrs. Arafna’s unique vocal timbres, a beguilingly resigned performance full of melancholy, couched in deep black analogue electronics embossed with the characteristic Növeletic stamp. Fragile ghostly melodies, with weeping pad sounds together in tried and tested partnership, powered by driving bass figures and thrashing rhythms that strike sparks of divine light through the comfortless darkness of the present European Condition. Let your soul be illuminated from this shining jewel of timeless Synthesiser music, and thus experience – The World In Devotion. CD in jewel case with 16 page booklet. [press-release]
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NOWA ZIEMIA 2 -- "Adrjanczyk | Banasik | Krychowiak" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 135-2, (ltd. 250)
Nowa Ziemia is a young project hailing from Gdynia. The man behind it is Artur Krychowiak, known from the band God's Own Prototype. He has already released two albums: a digital release "Trajektorie" (2014, Eg0cide Productions) and a CDR "Sceneria" (2015, Music is the Weapon). Nowa Ziemia 2 is a collaborative project the convention of which is based on two duets with Dawid Adrjanczyk (Akpatok) and Michał Banasik (Tranquilizer). The two recorded tracks are the result of ambient, experimental and improvised. The musicians with their unconventional approach make use of avant-garde techniques in search of new guitar sounds. On the one hand, you can hear drone music in many forms and, on the other, acoustic elements giving an almost ethnic flavor. This album is a unique musical journey into unexplored territories. The album is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 250 copies. [label info]
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NOWA ZIEMIA / ECHOES OF YUL -- "Holter / Fuse" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Zoharum, ZOHAR 160-2, (ltd. 350)
Guitar Drone. Both Nowa Ziemia and Echoes of Yul are well-known to the fans of Zoharum sound. Both projects have already recorded several albums and gained their own fanbase, both explore the drone possibilities of the guitar sound (though in completely different ways). On the initiative of Michał Śliwa from Echoes of Yul, the musicians joined forces to record a collaborative effort. The result is this album showing new elements in the body of work by both projects... Nowa Ziemia in his four works presented here under the name 'Holter' presents a very quiet face. Elements of field recordings combine all the tracks together and this has not been explored much in the work of this project from Gdynia. The nearly 40-minute Echoes of Yul track fits perfectly with the sound prepared by Nowa Ziemia. The static, multi-layered drone is practically stripped of the rhythm. The wall of sound controls every centimeter of the listener's body up to a point where it suddenly becomes silent irrevocably. The only thing that remains to be done is to start listening to this collaborative split again from the beginning. [label info]
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NOX 210 -- "Zos Vel Thanatos" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Archon Visions, AV002
This debut album from Nox 210 (aka Edgar Kerval of Emme Ya) includes almost 60 minutes of pure, raw, corrosive, noise industrial / experimental musik. The complete incarnated sigils at "Zos Vel Thanatos" were made flesh under diverse facets in neither-neither worlds, astral congress, mutative sexual paraphernalia, hermaphroditic alchemical process, degenerative paradigms, transformative intercourse... always under the influx of enigmatic THE RED GODZ. This piece was an evocative tribute to Austin Osman Spare. Nox 210 is the Night of pan, transubstantiation of ecstasy, madness, obsession, aberrations and self transformative process into the nothingness. Colombian import. [Cold Spring]
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NRODUM -- "U" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT39, (ltd. 59)
A project of the guy standing behind Pugna, Vresnit and Kerpg... Dialectic metaphysics on the materials of archaic datum, realized in ultramundane radionoise and drone. Static space technique. Raw speaking flow with synth and an invisible voice. Monotony of merged activity, the over-song of the Eternal Force. The author's design: black cardboard sleeve, 2 colour photos. [press-release]
NRODUM -- "V" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT52, (ltd. 95)
A project of the guy standing behind Vresnit / Vetvei, Vagranok, ex-Pugna & Kerpg, known for his atmospheric earthy and retro-technicistic works on audio, video, photo and design. Second part of the U-V-Y trilogy making up the whole project's discography. Raw hypnotic drone and waving multilayers of eternal radio ether, voices, signals of various devices and earth-hitting cellar samples. All this existed before the radio received was invented, but only after this people could hear and fixate these signals. The work envelops with same otherworldly charm as "U", but unlike the previous one, presents "more musical" forms. Industrial archaics and monotonous power electronics. Author's artwork: multidimensional colour photo images attached to a black sleeve 15 x 16 cm. [press-release]
NUBIFEROUS -- "Mana" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Post Tenebras Musica, PTM 01 / :Vegvisir music:, o:010 / Le Crepuscule Du Soir, LCDS 193/43, (ltd. 499)
Ritual Dark Ambient | Acoustic | Field recordings. This album initiated experiments with acoustic musical instruments adding archaism and folk colors to the sound canvas of Nubiferous that harmonizes with the album concept: "mana" is a supernatural force or power that may be ascribed to persons, animals, inanimate objects or spirits. Deep ritualistic music on the edge between raw ritualism of Ad Lux Tenebrae and refined soundwork of Troum. CD, 4-panel A5 digifile, h/n, ltd.499. [label info]
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NXA (NEW ART ENSEMBLE) / NICK SOUDNICK -- "Noise And Fury 2000" -- CD -- €10
2001 Dom Records, cddoma 0106
Split-release: 25 mins. belong to Russian New Art Ensemble (voice, piano, trombone, computers); 48 mins. to Nick Soudnick (ZGA), whose recording is an answer to Otomo Yoshihide's work "Vinil Tranqaliser". This work is comprised of 60 one-minute long short pieces, made from 60 vinyl records. Nick has made 67 pieces (because he lost count) from one record, and it was his own ZGA record. Here is presented approx. half of this work because of lack of space. [label info]
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NYTT LAND -- "Skopun" -- CD -- €10
2016 Sulphur Flowers, SF 9
Nordic Folk. All lyrics on this album are taken from the "Elder Edda" (Edda Saemundar), mostly from "Prophecy of the Völva" (Voluspa) and sung in ancient Icelandic language, the language in which "Elder Edda" was written. All musical material was performed on reconstructed ancient Scandinavian instruments from the times of the original epos was conceived: bowed lyre (tagelharpa), overtone flute (seljefloyte), frame drum, mouth harp. [from the authors]
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O YUKI CONJUGATE -- "Equator" -- CD -- €13
1995/2021 Other Voices Records, VOX 68 CD, (ltd. 300)
Ambient / Tribal. British post-industrial / ambient group O Yuki Conjugate arrives on Other Voices Records with the reissue of their 1995 release Equator. Coming four years after their lauded Peyote release, the group split and reformed into their Mk II phase with the two original members Roger Horberry and Andrew Hulme, along with Malcolm McGeorge, Dan Mudford & Pete Woodhead (who later went on to form Sons Of Silence on Leaf Label)... Making use of the emergent technology of the early 90’s, Equator was one of the first albums to be mixed with digital equipment, weaving together a blend of studio, live and location recordings to create their own deeply immersive, enveloping soundscapes. Brooding atmospheres unfold underneath a wide range of ethnic percussion and deep, meditative basslines - existing in a unique cross-section of Hassell inspired 4th world mystery, Industrial landscapes, and the rich middle-eastern projections pioneered by Muslimgauze... It's a deeply hypnotic work that joins the dots between the late 80's industrial scene and the smoked-out chill-out rooms of the '90s, released on the brilliantly haphazard Staalplaat label who ensured O Yuki Conjugate remained total obscurity in their home country. Now revisited, this expanded edition features an additional 30 minutes of material, together with new glorious artwork from artist and actor Frederick Schimmelschmidt. [label info]
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O.S.T. -- "Waetka" -- CD -- €10
2008 iDEAL Recordings, iDEAL042, (ltd. 600)
An important album by one of the hidden masters of the contemporary electronic music scene! O.S.T. is Berlin-based Christopher Douglas and "Waetka" is his long awaited return after a five years hiatus, a time he spent hidden in the darkest shadows. Step into a world of advanced electronic composition, static ambient soundworlds and a document of a hurt soul. This is how it sounds to survive. "Waetka" is advanced post-techno - where the beats are replaced by the darkest of atmospheres. [label info]
OBJEKT/URIAN -- "Tonfragmente II" -- CD -- €10
2001/2004 Zone De Confusion, Z.D.C.01, (ltd. 1000)
First CD on Zone de Confusion, a subdivision of Nuit et Brouillard aiming at reissuing sold-out tapes, CD-R or vinyls previously released in limited editions. Objekt/Urian is a german duo working with selfmade instruments and old electronic material. Their music is a great mixture of dark atmospheric soundscapes and power-electronics with a strong old-school industrial touch at one and the same time original, melodic and powerful... Highly recommended to those who like bands like HAUS ARAFNA. Tonfragmente II includes the 5 tracks originally released on their debut CD-R plus 6 unreleased ones for a total length of 63 minutes. Their universe is cold, but never a depressing one and handled themes such as control and manipulation, information treatment, or some reflections on history - and even on own country history - have the ability to let feelings and thoughts arouse and to get matters reconsidered... The reputation of their live performances - combining music, theatrical elements and installations - went over the frontiers and the band was programmed at the fifth Deadly Actions festival in november 2002. Totally remastered sound from original recordings by Hermetique. Comes in special nice digipack with new artwork and selected varnished parts. Don't miss it… [press-release]
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OBJEKT4 -- "Dead World Ambience Analysis" -- CD + CD-R -- €10
2007 Divinus Solitudo Productions, DS-06
Re-issue of the limited edition 3"CD-R "World of ruin" originally released by Black Orchid Productions, Slovakia plus bonus tracks, all material recorded in 2003-2005. Space ambient soundscapes mixed with ritual/natural/contemporary/classical sounds and elements, hovering around the fine line between music and ambience, the fine-line between reality and fiction, taking ambient music to another level - definitively to discover. 12-page booklet. Limited edition with additional DTS 5.1 surround sound CDr, featuring 3 bonus tracks. [Nuit & Brouillard]
OBOZDUR -- "-C-" -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 YAOP, YAOP 050, (ltd. 17)
Pierced by mysterious and a bit uneasy atmosphere of warm August nights, this is a musique concrete collage with vinyl manipulations and layers of retrograde industrial. In best traditions of Walter Ruttmann, Brume, and the very early Linija Mass & Vetrophonia. Completely handmade package, all info handwritten, each copy comes with a printed insert. There are 2 versions of artwork: even copies are packed in fiberboard with kraft paper, odd copies in paper and thick PVC sleeve. [label info]
OBOZDUR -- "Abstract Configuration" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT116, (ltd. 63)
Industrial Avantgarde in vein of Coil and Einstürzende Neubauten. Phlegmatic work, meditative and soothing, with clear chamber sound. Art-sleeve with a piece of technical net and a steel table on front side. [label info]
OBOZDUR -- "Kichiga" -- 3"CD-R -- €5
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT26, (ltd. 20)
Shamanistic electronics from Ural, Russia. Deep ritual atmosphere, an archetypic message, heavy rhythms in the layers of looped sound. Live recording done in winter 2007, dedicated to the first morning star. Limited to 20 copies in handmade cardboard package. [press-release]
OBOZDUR -- "Live - 9.01.08" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT68, (ltd. 32)
Lo-Fi Mechano Industrial Noise. Dirty old-school sound, rough tape collages, clangs of metal, unstoppable mid-frequency crack and heavy overload. For the fans of YAO 91404 D, Anti-Verstand, Veprisuicida, Vivenza, Reductio Ad Absurdum. A5 artwork containing vintage Soviet art. [press-release]
OBOZDUR -- "Pessima" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT25, (ltd. 61)
Shamanistic electronics from Ural. Mysterious drones, fascinating rhythms, industrial clanks and crackles, ritual loops. Live recording from the winter 2007. Limited to 61 copy in a handmade sleeve with photographs. [YAOP info]
OBOZDUR -- "Raw Expressive Forms Vol.3" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2018 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_20, (ltd. 16)
Noise. Time-proven project from the Urals presents the third part of "Raw Expressive Forms". A whole hour of selected crunch and rattle. Abstract noise in its pure form for a traumatic journey inside your inner "self". CD-R with printed surface packed in a Half-DVD case. [label info]
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OBOZDUR -- "Raw Expressive Forms - Vol.4" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2019 Heart-Shaped Box Prod., HSB-118, (ltd. 30)
Experimental / Noise.
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OBOZDUR -- "Raw Expressive Forms - Vol.7" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2019 Heart-Shaped Box Prod., HSB-117, (ltd. 30)
Experimental / Noise.
[bandcamp]
OBOZDUR -- "Raw Expressive Forms Vol. 10" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_47, (ltd. 15)
Noise. Anniversary, tenth volume of "Raw expressive forms" from the Ural project Obzdur. Four harsh, uncompromising noise canvases born in the Secret Municipal Place. Prepare to lose their cause-effect relationships, and plunge into grinding gaits. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in jewel box. [label info]
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OBOZDUR -- "snth" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT67, (ltd. 8)
Soviet magic, mysterious side of everyday routine and the transcendency of Khruschev's communism in three tracks of mystical Drone Noise Ambient, masterly evoked from household items. A surprising, deep and rich work resembling at the same time the fathers of electronic music from 50-60-s, the works of Akifumi Nakajima (Aube), and music from the Soviet sci-fi and popular science movies. Special edition in hand made pseudo digipak made from PVC blocks widely used as apartment garniture in Soviet times. [press-release]
OBOZDUR -- "Winter 2007" -- 2 CD-R -- €11 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT65, (ltd. 62)
Rhythmic Old-School Industrial Avantgarde built on technogenic rhythms of a drum-machine, radionoise, obscure noises and urban samples. Closer to the end the sound mutates in weird industrial Noise Ambient based on feedbacks and reverberation. The dark side of retro-futurism. For the lovers of Veprisuicida and the cassette releases of Ultra label in mid 90-s. Black and white cover. [press-release]
OBOZDUR -- "Winter Canabinol Essence" -- CD -- €6
2009 Nihil Art Records, NAR 001, (ltd. 500)
Noise. 6 tracks… which will penetrate deeply into your mind & stay there for long time… leaving unique feeling of novelty & at the same time immersing you in depths of style… in a word… noise… free comments… [label info]
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OBOZDUR -- "XXX" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT66, (ltd. 23)
Trash mystical Musique Concrete over rhythmical Ambient. Aliens, special services manipulating mass consciousness, psychopressure of television, drugs, asocial teenager groups, musty microcosm of philistine flats, city legends - the aesthetic of this album is something one can call psychic underground of a city, it's spiritual sewerage. Dirt and psychopathy. Handmade cover of vintage paper and half-DVD box. [press-release]
OBOZDUR -- "Yellow Album" -- CD-R -- €5
2021 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_62, (ltd. 20)
Noise. Expressive noise canvas in yellow tones from the Ural artist. Previously, this material was released in 2016 as an integral part of the unique (existing in a single copy) art box set "Box with a Secret". CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in Half-DVD-box. [label info]
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OBOZDUR 91404 D -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT76, (ltd. 146)
Collaboration of two remarkable projects from Urals and Ingria. Dense psychedelic Droning Noise pierced by seismic shimmering drone, flexuous like deep breath, sometimes peeling with industrial clanks, near power electronic passages, parts played by traditional instruments and sample-symbols. Through faint retro images from 60ies, through yellowed black and white photograps and scenes from daily life one can see the shapes of forthcoming Last Days. [press-release]
OBOZDUR / URINATE -- "Planet Of Cans" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Heart-Shaped Box Prod., HSB-111, (ltd. 30)
Split of two noise projects from Russia.
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OCCULTE -- "Rock N' Roll" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 OPN Records, OPNCD0028, (ltd. 300)
Invoked in midsummer 2012, Occulte is a new French musical and esoteric experience, conducted by HAL (aka DJ Alexida) & RH (aka Rose Hreidmarr), based on improvisation, automatic writing, deep atmospheres, and modified states of consciousness. Occulte is inspired by stars, moons, skies, and by what hides in the woods and megalopolises' suburbs. "And power was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth". Comes in a 7" gatefold sleeve. [label info]
[bandcamp]
ODRZ -- "ODRZ60 - Symphony No. 2" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2018 Torga Amun, Amun-123, (ltd. 40)
Industrial / Noise from the Italian project.
[bandcamp]
ODRZ -- "ODRZ67" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Marbre Negre, MN090, (ltd. 50)
Industrial. Three tracks collective CD; in each one is present an ODRZ female guest musician. Braconidae, Laura Agerli and LaMetàFisica. From gloomy electronics to dark and harsh noise, for a feminine journey within "other" sounds. [label info] 50 copies in cardboard digifile with full-color artwork.
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OFF. / HLADNA / NOISES OF RUSSIA -- "Friedlaender Tor" -- CD-R -- €6
2008 ElectroIndustry
Live recordings made on April 21st, 2007 in Kaliningrad, Russia. "Off. - sound-art project of Danil Akimov, exploring sound aperiodicities happening in the moments of powering up / powering down the electronic devices. For his live performances he uses special device for current interruption and low-frequency signal generators." Mysterious electronic minimalism... Hladna - power drone ambient... Noises Of Russia - orthodox noise & sound-collages... Total time - 71:32.
OGLAV -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2009 Valgriind, VG 32, (ltd. 200)
Drawling digital vibrations from ambient/darkwave project. Expanses of snow-covered fields and feelings of pulsate echo of endless freedom inside own essence. Limited edition with professional layout, released as an envelope. [label info]
OKKULTA -- "Angst" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2019 MIC Label, MIC 009
Dark Electro / Industrial. The seventh release of the Russian project Okkulta, and it is quite different from the previous ones. The style of the project changed from romantic trance-like EBM to harsh instrumental dark-electro with a touch of industrial and noise. The new album is a kind of bad trip, during which one is thrown into heat, then cold, into madness and psychosis. A terrible atmosphere will delight the fans of such projects as Down Of Ashes, Psyclon Nine, Alien Vampires, etc.... Overloaded synthesizer parts, noisy and "dirty" sound canvas will unbalance your consciousness. And gloomy, saturated atmosphere and powerful electronic rhythms will lead you and see that you go this way to the end. If you are ready - just drop Angst. Meet you on the other side. [label info]
OLE LUKKOYE -- "Zapara" -- CD -- €10
1993/2021 Fulldozer Records, FDCD43, (ltd. 300)
Darkwave / Ethnic / Psychedelic Rock. Fulldozer Records presents an extended reissue of the significant Russian album of the 90s - Ole Lukkoye "Zapara", originally released on vinyl in 1993 by the label Antrop. Ole Lukkoye does not need a special introduction: the ethno-electronic band from St. Petersburg, which has existed for more than three decades, is well known to all connoisseurs of world music and psychedelia, not only in Russia, but also far beyond. Since its inception in 1989, Ole Lukkoye has released 8 full-length albums, which were released in Russia, Germany and the United States and received good press coverage. Starting from 1994 the band toured extensively throughout Europe, and five years later met the legendary German krautrock band Faust. The result of this collaboration was the recording and release of the album "Crystal Crow-Bar" in 2000 on the Klangbad label, owned by one of the Faust founders Hans Joachim Irmler, as well as the release of two other Ole Lukkoye albums on this label. The permanent leader and songwriter of the band Boris Bardash, among other things, is known for his participation in the recording of Theodor Bastard's albums "Pustota" and "Beloe: Hunting For Fierce Beasts"... A very special place in the creative heritage of Ole Lukkoye is occupied by the first album "Zapara", recorded in 1993 at the Antrop studio in St. Petersburg with the participation of engineer Yassin Tropillo. The album had a great influence on the sound of famous modern Russian ethno-electronic groups and on the entire Russian world music scene. As those who have not yet had the opportunity to hear this album and who have heard it for the first time today rightly point out, it is hard to believe that such music was recorded in Russia in 1993. The unique and original sound of the album "Zapara" has absorbed both the influences of the best examples of the 80s darkwave scene and the tunes of various ethnos of the world, as well as the psychedelia of meditative rock and the avant-garde techniques of jazz fusion. Roughly seven musicians took part in its recording, and the range of instruments extends from keyboards, percussion and acoustic and electric guitars to bassoons, cello and banjo. The album's magical spirit-lifting atmosphere is enframed by hypnotic recitatives in Russian performed by Boris Bardash and Andrei Lavrinenko... The canonical CD version of the album is supplemented with two previously unreleased bonus tracks: the meditative instrumental "Enfilade", recorded in 1993 at the studio of the Leningrad House of Radio, and the first version of the song "Toomze", which was recorded in 1995 at DDT studio in St. Petersburg, but was never included in this form in the eponymous album released a year later. [label info]
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OLD CASTLE -- "Welcome To Graceland" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 231-2, (ltd. 400)
Experimental / Industrial. Robin Storey (RAPOON), Robert Pepper (PAS MUSIQUE) and Shaun Sandor (PROMUTE) met in 2011 when they performed in Brooklyn at Cafe Orwell and they just clicked immediately. Starting as colaborative duos, they decided to work as a trio and so Old Castle came to life – incarnation of synergy drawn from the experience and creativity of each member. Given that each gentleman has pretty vast catalogue of very varied music the end result is pretty hard to classify and saying simply that it’s experimental music just doesn’t give it justice... Tracks bear echoes of COIL. You can clearly feel shamanistic approach to sound creation with influences of IDM and LSD (the substance). Album starts in a pretty dark tone to move towards more rhythmic, colorful and abstract structures to end with a droning horror of the last track (ironically tiltled “Mummy Love”). Along the way you will hear unexpected appearances of classical instruments like trumpets, pianos or violins and even less obvious didgeridoo which brings to mind aboriginal trance inducing music. Everything veiled in mystery and eeriness. Overall experience reminds of acid trip with all its lighter and darker aspects... It’s also worth to mention the cover art by Magdalena Eftimova, which after listening goes with the music perfectly. Bits of colours, textures and shapes turn into acid like yet coherent image and same goes with music - collages of sounds turn to coherent tracks and these create eventually amazing album as a whole... CD edition of 400 copies comes in a 6 panel digipack. [label info]
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OLDFIELD, TERRY -- "Out Of The Depths, De Profundis" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1993 New World Music, NWCD 252
An album inspired by the greatness of the sea giants - the whales. Flute, enchanting female vocals & whale voices recordings create bright emotional ambient tapestry. [YAOP]
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OLOOLO -- "Pavilosta" -- CD -- €6
2006 Lagunamuch Community, LMC333
Oloolo is the project of two sound designers from Riga, Latvia - Kriipis Tulo and Rodion Zolotarew. It's founded in 2001. This peculiar quality of Oloolo music is achieved through extensive use of Soviet-era analogue synthesizers (Polyvox, Yunost-21, Formanta, RMIF TI-5 and others). Oloolo took part events: Pan Sonic's and Phill Niblock concerts in Riga (2002, 2004), Watercolors 2002, Skanu Mezs (Sound Forrest - Klangwald) festival (2003), Microstraava (2005) and more. This album is dedicated to Pavilosta, latvian little town, Baltic sea, where it was so good for us, as far as it happens probably. [press-release]
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OND -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2001 Inner Gravity Records, IGR 002
Önd creates slow bass-heavy and noisy, atmospheric soundscapes that are accompanied by various elements such as cold, ethereal whispers, rhythmic electronic beats and sometimes haunting and beautifull ambient melodies that create a nice contrast with the distant machine-like noises and heavy drones. The music also manages to create a continuous sad and dark desolate atmosphere. [EverDarkGreen review]
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ONDO -- "Sol" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 Abgurd, AB-58, (ltd. 100)
ONDO started in 2007 under the rule of C-J Larsgarden who had been performing under name PACTA before that. Since then the project has released several albums ranging from good to excellent. Style of the project is varying from work to work from raw Drone Doom with Industrial touch to abstract Drone Ambient with melodies and melancholy. Sol album is filled with bells, reversed sounds, spectre piano melodies and other hissing and whistling beauty of unknown source as well as sounds of bonefires and voices from afar. The most similar projects as we see it are OMENYA, raison d'etre and, of course, some tracks of TROUM. [press-release]
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ONE DARK EYE -- "Death Is Knocking At The Door" -- CD-R -- €10
1997/2003 Self Abuse Records, (ltd. 100)
Noise. Side-project of MACRONYMPHA. Originally released in 1997 on the KDF (Kadef) label in Germany. Recorded and produced 1996.
ONE LAST REGION -- "A Random Set Of Sarcastic Implications" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016/2018 E-Klageto, Exklageto 18, (ltd. 399)
Psychedelic Rock / Noise Rock. Richard Franecki (guitar, electronics), James Warchol (guitar), Lars Kvam (sax) and Rusty (drums, percussion). One Last Region is the latest project by Richard Franecki who worked as F/i and Vocokesh in the past. He is operating since the mid 80s. I keep vague memories of his work with Tom Furgas. I can’t tell you much on Warchol (guitar), Kvam (sax) and Rusty (drums) in whom he found companions for his anarchistic, loud and chaotic excursions. Franecki himself plays guitar and electronics. They make their point in long extended, noisy rock- and repetition-based improvised sessions that are induced with bits of space rock and psychedelica. Over a simple rhythmic base layers of electronic noise are added with soloing and duelling guitars. It is freaked out music, dark and wild, but in a low profile manner. Musically they keep things simple. Just creating noisy and spacey atmospheres is their thing. Most tracks take much too long time for me, but it is an effective way to let these spooky atmospheres penetrate your mood and soul. [DM, Vital Weekly]
ONE WEEK IN AUGUST -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
1999 Soulworm Editions, Worm II
Sound experimentations based on the destroyed, modified and prepared equipment as vintage tape players, drum machines, effect boxes, wires, metal scraps et caetera. No digital devices were used either for sound generation or recording process. Furthermore, no rehearsals or track sketches were taken before the session, everything is just an effect of improvisation and accidents... Yes, such methods point on the 'old-school industrial' tribute recording which this album exactly is. One Week in August's program varies from malignant, gloomy wasteland ambience to harsh industrial, really intense and painful. Not to miss. [press-release]
ONEIRICH -- "Kelipot" -- CD-R -- €7
2019 Noctivagant, (ltd. 99)
New album from Belgian artist Oneirich. Ritual dark ambient and experimental electronica. [Winter-Light]
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ONEIRINE -- "Theophosphate" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Volok Records, VR-20, (ltd. 20)
Experimental / Drone / Noise / Psychedelic Rock from Russia.
[bandcamp]
ONIROT -- "Augusta Taurinorum" -- CD -- €9
2001 Inner Gravity Records, IGR 003
Onirot is a malignant project showing the darkest side of human isolationism. 8 tracks of pure insane sonic anxiety will burn into the soul. A great mixture between early MEGAPTERA and LUSTMORD. Included a bonus video track full of the extreme realities of human weakness... [Cyclic Law]
ONLY A MOTHER -- "Dusty Nuggets" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2014 Apparèmment Des Notes, (ltd. 50)
Experimental / Art Rock. Only A Mother was a band existing in some form or other from 1988 to 1998. The members were Bobbi Benson (bass, vocal, etc.), Doug Gourlay (drums, etc.), Marko Novachcoff (various winds, etc.), Frank Pahl (strings, winds, vocal, etc.), Mary Richards (violin, vocal, etc.), Ken Stanley (guitar, vocal, etc.). The following Only A Mother tracks are from several different recording sessions for various projects over a 10-year span. Once I started digging around I was surprised at how much material had never been released. This could have been a multi-disc set but these are my faves. I felt compelled to release these dusty nuggets... enjoy! [Frank Pahl]
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OOPHOI -- "Dreams" -- CD -- €10
2006 Faria Records, FAR-06
"Dream" - in English this word means both "sleep dream" and "imagination dream". Oophoi means both. Tracks for this series were created under impression of some lucid dreams which he had. Each track is a one "dream". When you listen to it you immerse in a state of light slumber, lucid imagination. This is a dream! For full perception, for each "Dream" was created a special SIRDS (stereo) picture, which will open the world of Oophoi's dreams for the listener. First edition of "Dreams" series was released on a mini-CD under limited edition of 70 pieces only. Immediately sold out, of course. But a lot of people ask it still now and we decided to release a new series of 3 full CDs. Here you will find replayed and remixed versions of first edition of "Dreams" and new unreleased material. This is a first CD from our series. [press release]
OOPHOI -- "Dreams Part Two" -- CD -- €10
2007 Faria Records, FAR-07, (ltd. 500)
"Dream" - in English this word means both "sleep dream" and "imagination dream". Oophoi means both. Tracks for this series were created under impression of some lucid dreams which he had. Each track is a one "dream". When you listen to it you immerse in a state of light slumber, lucid imagination. This is a dream! For full perception, for each "Dream" was created a special SIRDS (stereo) picture, which will open the world of Oophoi's dreams for the listener. First edition of "Dreams" series was released on a mini-CD under limited edition of 70 pieces only. Immediately sold out, of course. But a lot of people ask it still now and we decided to release a new series of 3 full CDs. Here you will find replayed and remixed versions of first edition of "Dreams" and new unreleased material. This is the second CD from our series.
OOPHOI -- "Dreams Part Three" -- CD -- €10
2007 Faria Records, FAR-08, (ltd. 500)
"Dream" - in English this word means both "sleep dream" and "imagination dream". Oophoi means both. Tracks for this series were created under impression of some lucid dreams which he had. Each track is a one "dream". When you listen to it you immerse in a state of light slumber, lucid imagination. This is a dream! For full perception, for each "Dream" was created a special SIRDS (stereo) picture, which will open the world of Oophoi's dreams for the listener. First edition of "Dreams" series was released on a mini-CD under limited edition of 70 pieces only. Immediately sold out, of course. But a lot of people ask it still now and we decided to release a new series of 3 full CDs. Here you will find replayed and remixed versions of first edition of "Dreams" and new unreleased material. This is the third CD from our series.
OOPHOI -- "Mare Imbrium" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2001/2003 Nextera, ERA 2028.2
Drone. Re-release of the limited CDR which appeared originally in January 2001. We wrote at that time: "New work by the italian ambient-project, getting more and more attention in the ambient-scene. Oöphoi uses here synths, electronics, tibetan singing bowls, stones, shakuhachi... for his unbelievable spaced-out nebulous & lush drone-sound. "Mare Imbrium" is our favourite, with extremely distant acoustics and a surreal dreamstate-sound, ideal sensual late-night listening! Challenging music to drift away with, a deeply atmospheric listening experience inspired by the most obscure Sea of the Moon, Mare Imbrium, the Sea of Storms. Dark synth washes, subtle noises, the distant voice of the Goddesses and deep slow resonances create a trance-like soundscape which asks for a careful listening to uncover its secrets. [label info]
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OOPHOI & FARYUS -- "Forgotten Rituals" -- CD -- €10
2007 Faria Records, FAR-10, (ltd. 500)
Collaboration work between Oophoi and Faryus. This project is a deep meditation about forgotten civilizations and mystery of endless life. This music is created for deep listening. At first sight this music is static. If you will listen to it in a superficial way, you don't get all the hidden sounds and textures, but if you go into a serious deep listening you'll discover that it is not static at all this is powerful mood music. This music full of pictures, moods and thoughts, voices of forgotten civilizations. The concept of this album like meditation to ancient archeological artefact. You see a stone - it statics. But after you start to see the richest history of this object, images, emotions, events opens.. The Stone - a statics, a history - dynamics. Photos of Sumerians artifacts were used in design of this release. Sumerians civilization was the earliest extant civilization. Their culture existed 5000-8000 years ago in Mesopotamia. Nowadays, archeologists find remarkable artifacts and stone tablets with ancient writings and pictures of gods and a mysterious planet left by Sumerians. Sumerians called their gods "Anunnaki" which meant "those who came from heaven downwards the Earth". They believed that "Anunnaki" came from the mysterious planet which resides within our Solar system. They called this planet "Nibiru". [press release]
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OOPHOI & TAU CETI -- "Subterranea" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2003 Nextera, ERA 2029-2
Drone / Ambient. After their acclaimed debut CD release "Celestial geometries" released in 2001 on Amplexus, considered as one of the best space albums ever, italian sound sculptors Oцphoi and Tau Ceti are back with the long awaited second CD "Subterranea", inspired by a book about the myth of Agharti, the hidden realm located in central Asia. Vast sonic explorations with synths, flutes, stones and shells, ranging from subtle and mysterious atmospheres to highly dynamic passages, describe this out of reach underworld. The last part of the long suite "The chamber of eternity" features the unique sound of the tibetan singing bowls of Klaus Wiese. After the outer space adventures of their first CD, "Subterranea" deals with the inner space. [label info]
OPIUM -- "Algorithms" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2007 Silentes, 200615
A stunning new offering by Opium. Classically elegant and extremely refined ambient music. Multi-dimensional sounds that are warm and enveloping. An emotional travelogue, starting dramatically, then taking the listener down a slower path, comfortably easing you into a long and fascinating sonic trip, where the sounds grow wide and large, and finally crumble inward, then regenerate, returning for another phase. A new sonic alchemy, and an entirely new world of soothing sounds for the adventurous listener to visit. [press-release]
OPIUM -- "Chaos Theory Laboratories" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Databloem, DB037-2011
Ambient / IDM. Rhythmical explorations and ambient depths by Italian soundsculptor Teo Zini. Moving fractal beats drifting through layers of deep, ambient soundscapes. Fresh-sounding and engaging throughout. [label info]
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OPIUM & SOSTRAH TINNITUS -- "Stain" -- CD -- €10
2011 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 1041
Warm, involving, deep and penetrating sounds... Flowing sounds patterns, vibrating drones permeated by a discreet sense of tension, evolving in dark, obscure, foggy, nocturnal atmospheres, violated by raven voices, mysterious noises and sounds of metal objects in motion... And then concrete noises, confused and elusive melodies, feeble light flashes, buried echoes of human voices, distantr whispers, sudden passages of rough sounds, undefined nuisances, subliminal and hypnotic sequences, just like a recollection of unreal and dusty sounds from an old carillon... An extraordinary and not to be missed journey in the darkness, lead with great skill by two of the most remarkable artists coming from the Italian ambient/dark-ambient scene of the last decade. [press-release]
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OPOLLO -- "Stone Tapes" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 New Nihilism, NN XII, (ltd. 400)
"Stone Tapes" is the physical debut album of Opollo, the solo project of Jaroslaw Leskiewicz (usually under the moniker Naked On My Own). The first works of Opollo were released online as part of "Rover Tracks" album. 10 compositions included on "Stone Tapes" develop the ideas of that release and expands them with new elements. Opollo music is a meeting place of shoegaze, ambient, sludge and drone, and all of the sounds float in interplanetary space. The lightness of sonic structure is equal to zero gravity. "Stone Tapes" is a perfect gift for fans of Brain Eno, Edward Artiemiew, Lull, and Justin K. Broadrick and his projects, especially Final. The album is released as a digipak and is strictly limited to 400 copies. [press-release]
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THE OPPOSER DIVINE -- "Reverse / Human" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Aliens Production, AP 35, (ltd. 333)
A talented member of the Terminal State and his next cybernetic attack is a hot candidate for other electronic storm and it’s not so long ago from his debut with his creative work beneath our wings. Yes Minor is back and this time presents itself again with something that will be for the listeners of this one man project a must have. In comparison to album "Barb Wire Around Your Neck" a new clothing of TOD is less experimental and more dynamic and we can say that the songs are built more on a compact surfaces. They are much cleaner although the older garment is the main distinguishable sign. The melodic lines of plasmatic vocals and direct toxic beats are the main source of this virus. Quantity of styles collisions and atmospheric surfaces in modern guise. New album is again a presentation of creative electronics and excellent presentation of Slovak sounding bands that knows how to properly stir the boxes that is called underground. [press-release]
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ORACLE.SING -- "Sing.Oracle" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Opa Loka Records, ol13001, (ltd. 100)
Electronics / Ambient. Oracle.Sing is a project of Wilfried Hanrath, freestyle and non-genre composer and sound-designer from Wuppertal, Germany. This is a compilation of his works and improvisations from 2008-2013. Instruments used are: fretted and fretless basses, double bass, synths bass, electric and synthesized electric guitars, synthesizers, drums.
[bandcamp]
THE ORATORY OF DIVINE LOVE -- "Meditatio" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Diophantine Discs, n = 16, (ltd. 500)
One of the children of John Gore (aka 'kirchenkampf'), The Oratory Of Divine Love presents here their third CD: a fifty-plus minute track of ambient electronic drone that, with gradual progression, features melodies and voices filtering in and out throughout the sound. Though a generally contemplative recording, the piece is quite engaging and will elicit the attention of all who enjoy experimental and drone musics. Previous recordings under this name have been issued by EE Tapes and Waystyx... Housed in a custom printed color wallet. [press-release]
THE ORATORY OF DIVINE LOVE -- "Purgatorio" -- CD -- €7
2006 Waystyx, WR29, (ltd. 225)
The name of The Oratory of Divine Love isn't probably widely known, but researches of experimental music of course know the man behind it - John D. Gore - by his underground label Cohort Records (which released among other interesting artists discs of Bad Sector and Troum) and main project 'kirchenkampf'. By this time The Oratory of Divine Love has only released one CD-R on Belgian label EE Tapes and here with the effort of Russian label Waystyx the second full-length was born. The project's concept reflects John's interest in Christianity and radionoise, all compositions are being recorded always live using only radio passed through effect-chains as the sound source. This CD presents one long track with deeply reverberated surreal atmosphere, sucking your attention and immersing in real trance. Within these reverberations sonic events constantly flow and change like a picture of a dream, processed to full unrecognizability fragments of ether neighbour with low frequency radio drones, smooth waves synchronize with brain activity and slow down rational perceprion towards irrational. It's worth to mention very stylish artwork done by Waystyx - double sleeve made of black-oil-sodden paper (what a smell!), golden serigraphy and embossed album title on the cover.
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ORCHID -- "Echo / North not Found" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2009 Valgriind, VG 29, (ltd. 100)
CD-R split release of early unreleased works. Experimental project of Nezhegol author. Sounds, which reveal the essence of the North as a mental Grand-Motherland; Echo as an aftersound of an unseen reality. Half-DVD box with inserts. [label info]
ORCHIS -- "A Dream" -- CD -- €12
2013 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-07, (ltd. 500)
After the re-releases of 'A Thousand Winters' and 'Treat', AlanTrench and his Neo-Folk project ORCHIS finally returns with an ALL NEW album - the first one since 1999 (Mandragora/Trisol)! ORCHIS is an English Dark Folk band consisting of Tracy Jeffery, Amanda Prouten and Alan Trench (formerly one of the owners of World Serpent). Orchis so far released 2 albums with World Serpent and Trisol plus the special rarities collection 'Treat'. "A Dream", probably, last return of Orchis band, and here you'll find all of which are so loved. It's absolutly organic continuation of 3 previous albums. Band still in a supreme position of elegant ballance between Dark Esoteric Folk of World of Serpent's times and Psychedelic Folk of 60o - 70o. [label info]
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ORD -- "Avalokiteśvara" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2020 Status Prod., SP 13 CD, (ltd. 108)
Ritual / Drone. Status Prod Label. presents the new album of Voronezh ritual / dark ambient project ORD "Avalokiteśvara". Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva, the embodiment of infinite compassion of all Buddhas. The Dalai Lama is considered his incarnation and regularly conducts Avalokiteshvara initiations. The material was recorded on 06.07.2019, the Dalai Lama's Birthday, at a private session at the "Yunost" music center, and was finalized with field recordings and modular synthesizers in the winter of 2020. As a result, there were 5 compositions united by a common meaning, a meditative-trance sound, opening new facets of sound shamanism. The album was released in an edition of 108 hand-numbered copies, in a poster with the author's design, supplemented with a patch. [label info]
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ORD -- "Comprehension & Gaining" -- 2 CD -- €23 [-50%]
2021 Status Prod., SP 16 CD, (ltd. 108)
Ritual Ambient / Tribal / Drone. When evil and violence fill the world, when people fall into barbarism and forget about virtue, spiritual degradation occurs - the era of Kali-yuga comes. Realizing the inevitability of the end and the subsequent beginning, a person finds peace. The label Status Prod. presents a new album of the Voronezh ritual / dark ambient project ORD "Comprehension & Gaining". The album consists of 5 tracks on 2 discs, united by a common meaning. The 4 compositions of the 1st disc turn to the memories of all four epochs (yugas) in the descending Hindu time cycle and lead to the realization of being in the age of Kali-yuga, which will be followed by the end as the acquisition of a new life. The only composition of the 2nd disc plunges into the depths of listener's own mind, embodying the absolute that inevitably follows the completion. This work was recorded as a meditative-trance album with distinctive tribal elements... The album is released on 2 CDs with a circulation of 108 hand-numbered copies in a DVD-box, supplemented with an attachment of naturally aged material and soft Indian incense. Cover art by PAINT-IN-BLACK DESIGN. [label info]
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ORD -- "Kamadarshana" -- 3"CD -- €10< [-50%]
2019 Status Prod., SP 10 CD, (ltd. 108)
Ritual Ambient. The new EP of the Russian ritual / dark ambient project ORD, presented in special wooden packaging. "Spiritual sight as a gift was found, and the mind is enlightened by the light of revelation. A priceless glance of the divine grace, being released from hidden desires... Kamadarshana (Kama, Skt. "love", "sensual attraction", God of love in Hinduism; Darshan, Skt. "contemplation") - can be translated as the Contemplation of the God of Love. Darshan is bilateral: the believer sees the object of worship, while the object sees the believer. The result of darshan is the blessing received from the vision of the divine. 3" CD packaged in a wooden structure, including folded paper insert, and a screen-printed bamboo mat featuring the art of Voronezh artist and tattooist Valeria Khanina. [label info]
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ORD -- "Live Fire Meditation" -- CD + DVD BOX -- €22 [-50%]
2017 Status Prod., SP 06 CD 01 DVD, (ltd. 200)
Ritual Ambient / Drone. The Fire purifies... Our wise ancestors considered fire sacred and worshipped it, endowed with magical properties. The fire was believed capable of protecting from any negative influences. The flame of the candle helps to purify the soul and aura, to practice meditation, to enter into a higher spiritual sphere and to be heard by the Universe. Fire is the most powerful, beneficial and mysterious force of nature that bestows health and prosperity... STATUS Prod. presents "Live Fire Meditation" from Voronezh ritual / dark ambient project ORD. Fire meditation is a contemplative practice. Flame of handmade candles in combination with audio next,etched on CD, allows you to focus on your internal state, to reveal internal reserves. At the same time, a DVD with video of the fire ritual is a full replacement for live fire. Herbal tea will contribute to a soft exit from meditation, warmth and peace, saturated with aroma and taste of herbs picked by hand... Fire ritual was held Ord Err & Darina Voinova 09.06.2017 on the 16th day of the lunar cycle, full moon. Fire meditation was held by Ord Err 18.06.2017 n cultural center “Shangrila” Voronezh,Russia. "Live Fire Meditation" was released edition of just 200 hand-numbered copies. [press-release]
ORD -- "Sacra Mental Hypno Drone: Rituals & Revelations" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Status Prod., SP 04CD, (ltd. 200)
When the sun sets over the sacred river, when grasses fade with black soil, when forests freeze in silence - spirits speak through the mouth of a shaman... STATUS Prod. presents the decute album "SACRA MENTAL HYPNO DRONE" by the Russian ritual / dark ambient project ORD coming from the city of Voronezh. Mystics of shamanic rites, existential revelations and personal insights are imprinted in 2 versions. The standard version of "Rituals & Revelations" is limited to 200 hand-numbered copies and includes the CD and a card wrapped in stamped sleeves made of craft paper. Shamanic rhythms, ringing and droning of ritual instruments form the sonic mask of a shaman, taking the listener to the Lower worlds, then lifting to the Upper worlds. Only live instruments, samples and field recordings were used during the recording of this album. [label info]
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ORD -- "Withered Bones" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2022 Zoharum, ZOHAR 248-2, (ltd. 300)
Ritual / Drone / Dark Ambient. ORD is another artist from Russia to appear in the Zoharum catalog. Behind the project is Alexey Shipilov, the owner of the label Status Prod. The musician can boast of quite a lot of phonographic achievements, which undoubtedly consolidated his position on the Russian experimental scene, with time going beyond its borders... The material on "Withered Bones", the album released in Zoharum, is the result of several sessions recorded between autumn and winter 2020 at the "Yunost" Music Center and mixed in the summer of 2021 in the studio by Andrey Volkov... We are dealing here with ritual music with a deep meditative influence, based on traditional acoustic instruments (singing bowls, flutes, tubular bells, caratals, tambourines and other percussion instruments) with the support of field recordings, samples and effects. Through its own music, graphics and live performances, ORD demonstrates his bond to the Buddhist ritual tradition and shamanic practices that preceded it, which gives a certain color and can be an asset. However, it can undoubtedly be successful in the mind of the recipient who is not too familiar with Buddhist meditation practices. It is worth reaching for this album to explore new areas of music. [label info]
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ORD & MURDEROUS VISION -- "The Astral Pathways Of The Inflamed Mind" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Live Bait Recording Foundation, LBRF057, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Ritual. This cross-continental collaboration was created in the early months of 2021. The recordings took place in Voronezh, Russia and Fairport Harbor, USA. ORD Err - Flute, Singing Bowls, Voice, Cymbals, Bells, Tambourines, Percussion and Metal Spring. Stephen Petrus - Bone Horn, Field Recordings, Bowed Strings, Kalimba, Voice, Piano, Steel Barrel and Synth. [label info]
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ORD ERR -- "Sleeping & Awakening" -- CD -- €15 [-50%]
2021 Status Prod., SP 19 CD, (ltd. 100)
Industrial / Drone / Noise. The incessant background industrial noise envelops, muffles, plunges into a doze, dissolving it in a viscous dream. And only the awakened impulse will make you revive and live. But he will also be the beginning of the end... Status Prod. presents the solo album of Ord Err (the leader of the Russian ritual / dark ambient project ORD) "Sleeping & Awakening". The album consists of 2 soundtracks for each part of the "Sleeping & Awakening" diptych by Ord Err. Industrial noises of a howling siren, sounds of destructive mechanisms, loops of modular synthesizers paint a picture of the end of all that exists... The album released on CD in an edition of 100 hand-numbered copies and consists of an 25 x 35 cm envelope made of designer paper and two A4 + cards with a reproduction of the diptych. [label info]
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ORDAHL -- "The Mourners" -- CD -- €13 [-50%]
2022 Status Prod., SP 20 CD, (ltd. 100)
Noise / Industrial / Atmospheric Black Metal. "Their faces are ridiculous and indifferent to what is happening. Why are they here? Pretend to mourn with the others? Or secretly rejoice at the death of the deceased?.." Status Prod. presents the debut album of the ritual black noise project ORDAHL "The Mourners". ORDAHL is a side-project of Ord Err (ORD, When The Moon Is In Her Second Quarter). The material of the album is inspired by the rituals of death and consists of 6 tracks saturated with the atmosphere of black metal, woven from noises, otherworldly sounds, howls and screams. The album is released on CD in a limited edition of 100 hand-numbered copies, the artwork contains 3-cards of mini-vinyl size. The artwork used for the album is a painting by Ord Err called "The Mourners". [label info]
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ORDER OF VICTORY -- "Lost December" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Status Prod., SP 02CD / Casus Belli Musica, CBD 02CD, (ltd. 410)
The band made a decision to celebrate their 10th anniversary releasing this album, and finish any creative activity of their old project COLD DESIGN. The CD includes some unreleased tracks not used in any of COLD DESIGN’s albums, and it includes the songs united with military themes. The album is released as a 6-panel card-sleeve with a card – a X-mas ball and a newspaper leaflet with the songs lyrics in Russian and English. The number of printed hand numbered copies is 410. [label info]
ORDO TYRANNIS -- "Vasa Iniquitatis" -- CD -- €10
2006 Flood The Earth Records, FTE 008
Experimental / industrial / black metal.
THE ORGANISATION OF SOUND -- "Illusion of a Movement" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2007 Ostroga, OTR-008, (ltd. 100)
German drone ambient mainly built with loops of guitar, violin and clarinet.
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ORGANISATION TOTH -- "Birth Ov Light" -- CD -- €10
2003 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 057
Ritual & magic beating dark & bleak industrial sounds by the French master for see "the birth of light"... Ill ritual muzak for your magik experiments & for necrophile nostalgics... [label info]
ORGANISATION TOTH -- "The Living Forces Of Evil" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Rage in Eden, RAGE 89, (ltd. 300)
After several years of silence, Organisation Toth points out, that it is still active. The music on the album is not "nice" martial, there are no neoclassical notes, no clear structures, no bombastic melodies. In return, we get a raw industrial sounds located in the area of achievements of the legendary project Turbund Sturmwerk. Howling sirens, chaotic rhythms, noises and creaks make feeling of confusion and strong sense of unspecified anxiety. The album is dominated by austerity, the sounds are sharp and prickly. Organistaion Toth reminds us that martial industrial have had such roots, martial is idea, and the music is only the background to express beliefs and values. [press-release]
ORGANISATION TOTH -- "The Occult Bloodline" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Steinklang Industries, SK125, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. ORGANISATION TOTH is back with a new Soundtrack in the Occult Tradition of the first recordings. The first part of the album begins with a more modern and industrial electronic sound like the tracks "Holy Land" or "Fallen Angel". However the second part of the album explores a more spiritual and dark-ambient musical vision with the songs "Aurora" or "Unholy Alliance" dedicated to the Light of the Morning Star. From Darkness to Light... Ritual Music(k) for Ritual People! [label info]
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ORGANISATION TOTH -- "The Sword Of Creation" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Rage In Eden, RAGE 103, (ltd. 300)
One year after The Living forces of evil Organisation Toth presents the Sword of Creation. Eight Cold electro tracks dedicated to self-discipline. An Apocalyptic soundtrack with mystical elements and an heroical spirit. "Choose the hardest life. Even if the fight is lost. Loyalty is mightier than fire!" [label info]
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ORGANOID -- "10 Years Of Crime And Perversion" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT125
Power Electronics act Organoid from Barnaul, Western Siberia was created in 2006 as a result of dedication and author's love to the American and Italian school of Noise and Power Electronics. The themes of the project are crimes, perversions and other dark sides of the human nature embodied in powerful brutal tracks of the wild bass-driven PE. This disc contains the complete discography of everything ever released under the name of Organoid, including two full-length albums "Pervertronics" (feturing a cover version of "Smack My Bitch Up" by The Prodigy) and "Hysteria" (both 2007) and three tracks from the compilations "Your Talk May Kill Your Comrades" (SOI Tapes), "Swalka" (Mind Control Productions) and "Generals Tachibana Kamitori Festival I" (Tachibana Records). Since 2009 the activity of Organoid was frozen, but in 2016 the project came back to life starting with the release of this anniversary anthology. The release is dedicated to the memory of one of the key figures on Russian noise scene - founder of Comforter and SOI Tapes - Andrey Alexeev who died in May of 2016... Sleeve + info insert. [label info]
ORGANOMEHANIZM -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €11
2000/2014 self-released, (ltd. 39)
Reissue of a cassette release from 2000, solo debute by Kirill Stoukaline (member of Reductio Ad Absurdum) under the new moniker Organomehanizm. The title was taken from an epic speech by Boris Yeltsin dedicated to fight against terrorism. No manipulations with the original tape, just quality-made digital copy, no removal if parasite noises, clicks and corrugations. Recorded in 1998-2000. [Kirill Stoukaline]
ORGANOMEHANIZM -- "Bred Cosmosa" -- CD-R -- €11
2007 self-released, (ltd. 99)
As you can judge from the title, the album is dedicated to the conquest of outer space by the human. All the disk is built from huge amount of unique historical recordings which Kirill Stoukalin has obtained by the long arm of coincedence: singing Yuri Gagarin, talks between Soviet cosmonauts and control center, cuts of popular scientific broadcasts, etc. All this is interlaced in unified schizophrenic pattern with weird noises and odd electronic sounds. A sort of anti-Bad Sector.
ORGANOMEHANIZM -- "Dichlophosrelaxator" -- CD-R BOX -- €6
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT41, (ltd. 35)
Apotheosis of base harsh noise and old school industrial. Reissue of a cult album from 2000, previously release only on cassette. Almost infrasonic noise perforates ear-drums, heavy steps of metal percussion and dripping water sounds lead into the labytinths of night catacombs, industrial rumble fuels your brain with adrenaline, electric drone forces out the remainings of a false ego, and incomparable vocals of L.I. Brezhnev adds some idiocy. An absolute masterpiece!!! Special anti-crisis edition comes with a portion of a real Chinese noodles and is packed in a big handmade cardboard box. [press-release]
ORGANOMEHANIZM -- "Milking Wetland Reptiles / Filterman" -- CD-R -- €11
2014 self-released, (ltd. 39)
Recorded in 2007-2009. "Milking Wetland Reptiles" ("Dojka Bolotnyh Gadov") was initially recorded for the Ufa Muzak label compilation "Last Call of Gjallarhorn", but wasn't finished in time and didn't fit the concept. "Filterman" was recorded as a separate piece approximately in the same period. Dedicated to the filter guy. Both tracks put to digital format in 2009. [Kirill Stoukaline]
ORGANOMEHANIZM -- "Quiet Insanity" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 Rokot, RKT-07, (ltd. 100)
New album of recently reactivated noisician Kirill Stoukalin from Leningrad — you must forget about Saint-Petersburg here for it's pure concrete hash, rusty metal, killing cold humidity and mouldiness of Soviet era city on the banks of Neva. Kirill was a founder of Reductio Ad Absurdum — one of the very first Russian Industrial projects which started in the same time infamous Alexander Lebedev-Frontov did (early 1990s). If you still haven't heard a track from it -- you are loosing some great experience of feeling pure old-school madness and simplicity in the vein of M.B. and M.O. "Quiet insanity" includes 8 tracks of decomposed vinyl records, analogue sound sources and various schizophrenic samples. [press-release]
ORGANOMEHANIZM -- "Tactical Nuclear Impact" -- CD-R -- €11
2008/2014 self-released, (ltd. 39)
This recording made in 2008 was released on "SWALKA" compilation by Mind Control Production from Barnaul, Russia. This release contains the original track and the remix, total time - ca. 20 minutes.
ORGANOMEHANIZM -- "Twilight State (Sumerechnoe Sostoyanie)" -- CD-R -- €11
2009 self-released, (ltd. 59)
The new release from Leningrad based project of Kirill Stoukaline (ex-Reductio Ad Absurdum). Three tracks recorded in 2006-2007. Monochrome aggressive schizo-noise. [Abgurd]
ORGANOMEHANIZM / STRUP -- split -- CD-R -- €11
2014 self-released, (ltd. 39)
Two pieces of sound abou the same time from two quiet known noise performers from the CIS (Russian and Belarus), recorded in 2012.
ORKHESTRE KHAOTIQUE -- "Tandis que la Pluie S'Abat... Tandis que les Arbes Pleurent... l'Etre Meurt" -- 3 CD-R -- €10
Antihumanism, (ltd. 99)
Disc 1 - "inspired by P. Tignol and L. Waxweiler, and dedicated to their rotting corpses." Disc 2 - "inspired by the lonely trees blown by the wind, and dedicated to their ephemeral leaves." Disc 3 - "inspired by the animals that die each day to feed an ugly and degenerated species. My art is dedicated to these martyrs."
ORPHAX -- "Warschauer Straße" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Opa Loka Records, OL1703, (ltd. 300)
Drone / Experimental / Minimal. Orphax (NL, Amsterdam) is a musical project with the focus on minimal ambient and drone music. In the music there is a development towards microtonal sounds, where time and spatiality are important factors. In this form of working the eventual result can be a static form of sound where development in the music becomes subordinate to the listener losing any sense of time. [label info]
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ORRYELLE DEFENESTRATE-BASCULE & THE HERMAPHRODITIC CHAORDER OF THE SILVER DUSK -- "156=Musick=Babalon=Kaos" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Zoharum, ZOHAR 019-2
Esoterick Ambient, Shamanic Ritual Musick. Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule - the traveller, shaman, sound alchemist + 33 musicians (The HermAphroditic ChAOrder of the SILVER DUSK). 79 minutes of alchemic sound that will put you in a trance. Close to Psychic TV ('Themes' era), Hybryds, The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud, Endvra, Exotoendo... The Silver Dusk's 156 = Musick Project is an experiment of Process: Magickal Musick was recorded by members of The HermAphroditic ChAOrder of the SILVER DUSK - usually in ritual context or with invocational intent - then posted on CD to other member/s in another country for them to add more layers to. This continued progressively until completion. The style of music ranges from neoclassical ambient orchestral multi-instrumental corroborations and layered electronic experimentations to simple primal ritual corroborees with sticks and bells and harmonious voices around a fire by the Hekate Tree. Dedicated to John Balance and Peter Christopherson with gratitude and inspiration... Standard edition in a digipak with a set of cards. [label info]
ORSI, FABIO -- "Tre Giorni E Un Mattino D'Estate" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 St.An.Da., 2019, (ltd. 200)
Ambient / Berlin School. Another gem by Fabio Orsi to launch the new decade in the best possible way. A long journey of over one hour that aptly summarizes the whole sound world that Fabio has created during the years. Ambient textures and long electronic excursions permeate these timeless tracks in the best tradition of the Italian ambient master, using synths, effects and sequencers. Ltd x 200 copies in a digisleeve with photography by Stefano Gentile. [label info]
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ORSI, FABIO -- "Uncharted Waters" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 177-2, (ltd. 300)
Ambient / Electronics. With more than 30 albums under his belt, Fabio Orsi has been one of the leading figures of the Italian electronic scene for over 10 years now. In his work he experimented with folktronica, drones, field recordings, minimalism, and sampling. As the title itself indicates, his latest album (and the first one released on Zoharum) is a journey into previously unknown areas. "Uncharted Waters" is a pulsating, multi-layered, multi-coloured 36-minute composition that can surprise current fans of the artist. It proves you can expect the unexpected from Fabio Orsi. At the same time, the melancholy hovering over the melodies and the atmosphere of this album links "Uncharted Waters" with previous releases of this Italian artist... The CD is housed in a ecopak and the album is strictly limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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OSTERWEG -- "II" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 COD noizes, SHUM13 / Der Schwarze Tod, tod47
Folk / Medieval. COD noizes with a strong help of Der Schwarze Tod presents the final release of the outgoing year — the second album of Belarusian masters of folk and medieval instruments Osterweg. Album released in six panels matte laminated digipack. [label info]
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OVMN -- "Optimum Volume Maximum Noise" -- CD -- €10
1996/2010 Industrial Recollections
MACRONYMPHA side project, the early protagonists of wall of noise! Originally Mother Savage Noise Productions, re-issued by Industrial Recollections. [label info]
OVRO -- "Gegendurchgangenzeit" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2005 Some Place Else, SPECD05034
Ovro‘s second album, released in October 2005, entitled Gegendurchgangenzeit, is an ”unplanned album”. This release could be classified under dark ambient and is an exercise on aural pathworking. It is constructed to be listened through at one go with the track titles intended to be used as possible guidance on the way, hinting at stages of visions through the imaginary journey. Why call this ”unplanned” ? Well, that is exactly what it is, as the sound material started pouring out and demand to be released. Originally this demand was satisfied by ”releasing” the album as a very, very limited edition of only one copy (the artist herself does not have a copy of it!), which was given away as a gift. The owner of the original copy, Some Place Else frontman Niko Skorpio felt the CD deserving a larger audience and talked Ovro over to release the album officially. [press-release]
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OVRO -- "Id|entities" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Some Place Else, SPEXIII059
Experimental / Plunderphonics / Dark Ambient. Id|entities took a LONG time to finish, at times with almost a year of not touching a track in between bursts of downright monomaniac activity. It all began with a sudden urge to start collecting samples: ”Go forth and sample!”. Not only usual field recordings, but samples from movies. Some were recorded straight from TV when the movie was on, some were nicked from movies in our DVD collection. There are bits from good movies, from bad movies, famous movies, obscure movies and everything in between – but all more or less from the horror et al genre (I wonder how that happened, heh). Sitting on quite a collection of samples, the idea of the forthcoming album’s concept started to take form: stories told by individuals (from latin, individuus, indivisible) – or perhaps by personalities existing within just one or two bodies. Some bits of older, unused lyrics from Mosaick the Serpent / Vipera Aurea work files found their home on this album and also shamelessly took stories told by uknown people, gave them an ovrian twist and made into a song. A bunch of stories told by different personalities. Whether the stories told are true, or just true to the one(s) telling them is left to the listener to deside. Whether there are one story-teller, or several – the same thing applies. Treat the whole as different side of one story and try playing them in different order to see if the story changes... [label info]
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OVRO -- "Mosaick the Serpent / Vipera Aurea" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Some Place Else, SPECD06038
The new Ovro album consists of two distinct parts, each independent yet linked to each other. Ovro started working on Mosaick the Serpent already in late 2003. In the early stage it was to become an independent EP, but the appearance of Gegendurchgangenzeit delayed its release. Meanwhile, a companion EP started to take form, namely Vipera Aurea. These two EPs, Mosaick and Vipera, are twins – independent yet entwined like the snakes of a caduceus. They support and compliment each other and form a new whole, a third being that contains both its makers and in itself is something more. Vipera Aurea is "coagula" to Mosaick the Serpent's "solve". Some of this material has been performed on Ovro's live performances in 2005/06. Those lucky to have witnessed any of these will know the album is calm yet intense, vocal-flavoured Dark Ambient mindscapes in the highly regarded Ovrian style. Mosaic the Serpent / Vipera Aurea features contributions from Massimo of Black Sun Productions, Niko Skorpio and Mockingwyrd (Kaaos in Eccentris etc). Mosaick the Serpent / Vipera Aurea CD comes with two gorgeous 12-panel foldout sleeves, full of lyrics, liner notes, photos and artwork all created by Ovro herself. [press-release]
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OVRO -- "Revisited" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Some Place Else, SPECD08047, (ltd. 1000)
The wondergirl of Finnish dark ambient soundscapes is back with a new album. Revisited is based on field recordings made during Ovro’s tour in Russia in 2006, subsequently processed and treated in the studio. Revisited is a powerful aural travelogue. It will lull the listener to a state of receptive trance, and then starts working on the subconscious mind. Let yourself go, lose yourself in the sound, expect lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, alien apparitions and a shower of sound massaging your body throughout. CD is packed in beautiful 4-panel digisleeve. Edition of 1000 copies. Revisited is loosely related to Estraier, a 2006 EP of which only a handful of copies were given out. Compared to Estraier, Revisited is extended, mutated and more elaborate throughout. While the beginning is similar, the paths taken turn out somewhat different and thus the outcome is all new. [label info]
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OVRO & NIKO SKORPIO -- "Live in Placard #7" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2004 Some Place Else, SPECD04032, (ltd. 500)
One hour of unsettling and unrestrained Uneasy Listening. Recorded live in Placard #7 Headphone Festival, Helsinki, Finland, 22th May 2004. This is musick to shrink skulls to. Edition of 500 copies, hand-numbered by the artists themselves. [label info]
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OWEN, BEN -- "Birds and Water, 2 & 3" -- CD -- €8
2011 Observatoire, obs * 029 cd, (ltd. 350)
Birds and Water, 2 & 3 are four recordings from May 05, 2010 made while on residency with The Experimental Television Center in Owego, NY. These recordings are the second release in the series and continue as sound based pieces using David Jone's image processing system. ETC expanded operations in 1974 with the first Jones Colorizer and in 1975 with a set of keyers, a multi-input syncable sequencer and a bank of oscillators, all designed and constructed by David Jones. Thanks to Hank Rudolph, Sherry and Ralph Hocking, Justin Lincoln, Giuseppe Ielasi and Denis Shapovalov. Ben Owen, November 2011... In terms of sound it is rather minimalistic canvas of the length of 72 minutes. The first two tracks let us see what we are concerned with. This is super-strict and absolutely unmusical matter. The listener can picture to himself something from CM von Hausswolff, but based on two patches subtly guiding the original pure signal. Obs, November 2011. [press-release]
OWL -- "Tapes 97-99" -- CD -- €10
2012 Freak Animal Records, cd-068 / Arkisto, ARK-04
These collected works of Finlands OWL could be simply squashed into the categories of "radio noise" and "electronic interference collages" but that wouldn't really be right. We're rather talking about an isolated vision of sound exploration with primitive equipment. No awareness of the existence of any kind of "noise scene" (this came later), no rules, and pure enthusiasm for sonic ugliness. A glimpse into the dark vaults of atonal pleasures, executed with crude boomboxes, one cheap multi-fx unit, no distortion (!!) and rudimentary recording techniques. Almost all overdrive here is purely from tape saturation and the results are creepy, fuzzy, intense and very active. A powerful trip unharmed by outside influences. Here is an album of essential tape overload mania from a young mr JH who later got busy making several zines, Anal Barbara, XXXX, Schmuck noise, and more. Packaged in cardboard sleeve. [press-release]
OXYD -- "Astral Border" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2009 Aliens Production, AP 21, (ltd. 550)
OXYD is project, which has in our family succeded move forward and significant change in production releasing the album LARVA. The actual shape of this project is another search in electronic territories, and with sound this album is connected to paths and corners, which appeared in the previous release. Atmospheric elements in the combination of dominant beats and monumental sceneries. Gothic voices accompanied by synthetic pulses and melodic lines. Mix of IDM and analog elements in which flows dark ambient surfaces and industrial elements. This album is again a step forward to dynamic face and stronger attitude to production again suggests next musical experience which can not be missed. [press-release]
OXYD -- "Larva" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2007 Aliens Production, AP 17, (ltd. 550)
Larva could be described as unlimited quantity of transformations and pulsating moves in electro oasis, that brings us third release of Slovak Oxyd, behind which stand both of protagonists from the project Disharmony. New release brings a new voyage and in comparison with last releases, sound of these two is for a step closer to technological ways, where darker messages follow organic melodies, machine rhythms and atmospheric floods in combination with scenic elements. Combination of dark ambient moods, industrial and IDM elements is great combination of various styles in electro music. Let your fantasy flow and travel around the world, that will bring you guaranteed industrial transfusions. Open the gates of your mind. Enjoy direct messages from the world of imaginary civilizations and become a part of atmospheric vibrations. [press-release]
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OXYD -- "Liveforms" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2012 Aliens Production, AP 26 / Signifier, sig005, (ltd. 333)
You didn't have to wait very long for the first joint collaboration between record labels Aliens Production (Slovakia) and Signifier (USA). Oxyd follows up their 2009 release, Astral Border, with Liveforms, a rare recording of live performances that showcase this talented duo's ability to drift somewhere out in the darkest waters of ambient and IDM. Oxyd, a side project from the members of Disharmony (Tympanik Audio / Aliens Production), delivers dark tones and mysterious twists that balance seamlessly to create hypnotic sequences and atmospheric soundscapes that surge beyond the typical industrial voyage. Featuring several unreleased tracks along with songs selected to elicit a new emotion around every corner. [press-release]
PAAR -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Red Engineering Production, REPR-11, (ltd. 20)
Musique Concrète / Experimental. "Sound is a physical phenomenon representing the propagation of mechanical vibrations in the form of elastic waves in a solid, liquid or gaseous medium. In the narrow sense, sound means these vibrations, considered in connection with how they are perceived by the senses." With the help of a camera, a mobile phone and a small synthesizer the PAAR project from Kiev, Ukraine recorded its debut album of the same name. The album contains four compositions with an average length of 13 minutes. What do the authors themselves say about their work? “We tried to create an atmosphere of artificiality, not naturalness of what was happening. Indeed, in fact, we are playing out a representation from the visual sound series, the cause and effect of which we ourselves are. Sound is us. These are the senses capable of perceiving it. If we consider sound as a physical phenomenon, then it does not exist at rest. Just as we cease to exist at rest. We compare the nature of sound – silence with our nature of emptiness. In fact, this is one thing." [label info]
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PACIFIC 231 & BARDOSENETICCUBE -- "The Traditions Of Changes" -- CD -- €11
2014 Silken Tofu, stx.25, (ltd. 300)
PACIFIC 231 is the brainchild of French multimedia artist Pierre Jolivet, currently residing in Dublin, Ireland. While Pacific 231 has its roots in the 1980's industrial noise underground, Pierre Jolivet has since then consistently sought out and found new sounds and new compositional themes, venturing into unfamiliar aesthetics but always maintaining the rare quality of a steady evolutionary path. BARDOSENETICCUBE was formed by Russian artist Igor Potsukaylo in 1998. In his work, surrealism is key: "pure psychic automatism willing to express the real functioning of the reflection orally, written or in any other form. Dictation of mind without any control from the intellect, outside of any aesthetic of moral considerations." (Andre Breton) One of Russia's leading experimental drone acts, Bardoseneticcube has a quite extensive discography, having released on labels such as Drone Records, Aquarellist and Monochrome Vision. This collaborative composition consists of 6 movements, leading the listener through a utopian sonic maelstrom in a modern re-interpretation of some sections of 'New Atlantis' (Francis Bacon, 1624-27). Psychedelica, field recordings and abstract electronics create a 'New Language' with a slippering affect from quietness and by dint of colliding utter chaos. NOTE: Preferably listened to in total for coherence and surreal storytelling projection. Limited to 300 copies. Packaged in a 6-panel A5 folder with soft-touch finishing and UV spot varnish. [press-release]
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PACIFIC 231 & RAPOON -- "Palestine" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007/2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 228-2, (ltd. 200)
Experimental / Dub. “Palestine” was the first effect of collaboration between two titans of industrial and underground music Pierre “Pacific 231” Jolivet and Robin “Rapoon” Storey. Originally released as limited CD in 2007 by Old Europa Cafe and “Dedicated to the struggling Palestinian Nation and to the memory of Bryn Jones 1961-1999.”... Given that “Palestine” is dedicated to Muslimgauze and Israeli-Palestinian conflict it’s easy to predict what you’ll find here. Both original tracks present artists' take on middle eastern rhythm and sound. Track 1 is raw. For over 20 minutes Jolivet focuses on subtle processing over hypnotic distorted drum loops. On track 2 Storey takes us on a long, a bit IDM-ish trip following what seems to be Muezzin call. CD contains additional 3 rare tracks that were taken from the limited Old Europa Cafe version of the album and Pacific’s “el-Arish” business card CD... This album is as important due to the subject it touches as it’s true and uncompromising and is still relevant now as it was in the time of its creation. Remastered by Robin Storey. CD edition of 200 copies comes in a 6 panel ecopack. [label info]
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PADZEM & ZEUGE -- "Habit[at]" -- CD-R -- €4
2010 Deadpixel Records, DPXL05
Breakcore / Rhythmic Noise. This work is the logical continuation of cooperation of two "heavy-weight" electronic producers from Belarus: ZEUGE aka HEADSHOT and PADZEM aka DUMB MUTANT STOKER. CD contains 14 tracks filled with malicious breakcore madness with obvious elements of dark drum'n'bass and hardcore techno, atmosphere of each track brings uneasiness to a digital underground dancefloor. [label info]
PAIN JERK & ROCK'N'ROLL JACKIE -- "Super Relaxed" -- CD -- €10
2010 Second Layer Records, SLR009, (ltd. 500)
Over a year in the making this is the first collaboration between Pain Jerk (Kohei Gomi) and Rock'n'Roll Jackie (Jackie Stewart of Smegma, Tenses, Los Angeles Free Music Society, etc). The source sounds were provided by Jackie and then Kohei obsessively worked these into the 2 long tracks you hear on this disc. This is by no means a conventional harsh noise record. The influence of the musique concrete masters of old echoes heavily throughout these tracks whilst still maintaining the playfulness and non-purism found throughout LAFMS recordings. Old sound effect record samples, TV recordings, Flower Travellin Bands guitar riffs and J-Pop drum beats are all included in the mix alongside Kohei's synth sounds. This was recently described by long term LAFMS champion Takuya Sakaguchi as "high-velocity psychedelic electronic punk", and that suits this well. Limited edition of 500 copies in 6-panel ogun digipack with full-colour artwork/collages from Jackie Stewart. [press-release]
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PALE ROSES -- "The Rutted Road" -- CD -- €10
2012 Ahnstern, Ahnstern 49
The Rutted Road is the the third album by French Neofolk band Pale Roses, following Fear Of Dawn (The Eastern Front 2010) and Unveiled (Rage in Eden 2011). Basically, the music remains the same: pastoral guitar arpeggios, melodic bass lines, a bit of piano. However more percussion and sound effects than in the first two albums. Lyrics are a tribute to some historical places (Bedlam and Tyburn), to a few of our favorite authors (The Infidel is inspired by Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary, From The Ancient Woodland by Robert Holdstock and Sea Horses by WH Hodgson; Ancient Mariner, though inspired by ST Coleridge, is not an Iron Maiden cover) and to pagan beliefs and various elements of folklore. [press-release]
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PALE ROSES -- "Unveiled" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Rage In Eden, RAGE 79
PALE ROSES is a neofolk project originated from France. It is based on music of the acoustic guitar, the piano and vocals. The lyrics have been inspired by history (the First and the Second World Wars), mythology (Celtic, Nordic and Greek). The presented album is the second official release by Pale Roses, contains 11 tracks about the war, melancholy and the pagan origins of Europe similar to SOL INVICTUS, FIRE+ICE, DEATH IN JUNE, CURRENT 93 or STRENGTH THROUGH JOY. The album's cover has been designed by Lukasz Pawlak, REQUIEMSTUDIO.PL [press-release]
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PAM -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2014 Poli5, EPP 076-2 / Meteorismo / Saaren Levy
PAM is the first solo release of Pasi Mäkelä (b. 1975), Prague based Finnish musician and performer. PAM is released through Czech alternative music label Poli5, together with Saaren Levy (Fin) and Meteorismo records (CZ). Divine decomposed audio tape psychedelia, random rhythm passages, free Howl, tape echo chimes, lunatic squeaks, driving super lo-fi beat, disrupted sound collage, the discovery of a strange harmonic sound patchwork, heartbroken throat singing and space orbital sounds. For the great pleasure and distress of the dear listener. With a careful touch of butcher and Thai masseur Mäkelä cuts familiar yet alienated sound materials together and creates vibrating musical dishes for your ears. [label info]
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PAN TECHNO ICON -- "Bearing" -- 2 CD -- €9
The Lime Green Yellow Recording Company, LGY 016 CD
PANDO -- "Rites" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Aesthetic Death, ADCD 074
Post-Metal / Experimental. Rites is a study in contrasts. Compared to experimental duo Pando's other work in tone, it differs somewhat, taking a consistently darker and creepier direction, but as a single work, it runs across a vast musical divide from completely abstract noise to raucous black metal. All the while, it toys with juxtapositions of the beautiful and the perverse—Rites is a study in how both of those things can exist at the same time with neither overtaking the other. It's a challenging experience, but it puts a new spin on exactly how dementedly enjoyable music can be. It also offers a new perspective on how shitty our world is—while there's really no question about that, Rites probes the ulcers of the world from new and grimly intriguing directions. [Invisible Oranges] Comes in a 6-panel digipak with 20-page booklet.
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PANGOLINORCHESTRA -- "O" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2008 Lunhare, zzz - 3, (ltd. 100)
Studio recordings previously released on cassette in 1995. Art & free-rock structures with a somewhat strange approach to melody. Featuring the genius of Piume E Sangue's Gi Gasparin. [label info]
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PANIC BEDROOM -- "Beasts of the End Times" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2011 self-releaded, CC 001
"Beasts of the End Times" - first album of polish industrial/noise duo Panic Bedroom. Panic Bedroom was founded in 2008 in Wroclaw on Karol Ilow's initiative. At the beginning he operates alone dealing with sound synthesis, composition as well as field-recording. In 2009, in the role of lead singer Szymon Borodziuk joins the project. Since then, Panic Bedroom acts as a duo. The music explored by Panic Bedroom are low, pulsating frequencies, mechanical loops, alarm sirens, unsetlling drones, ambient textures and the howl of machines. All that plus a large pinch of noise. Subjects that Panic Bedroom broaches are the collapse of Western civilizations, meltdown and reversal of their moral values??, human focus on consumption and above all, global domination and enslavement of humanity straight from Orwell books. Panic Bedroom warns against dark vision of the future, its transmission is the call for awakening for the dormant masses, to open their closed eyes. 'Beasts of the End Times' is the band's debut release. Apart from the two band members, sonic contributions were made by DVJ Tomasz Mniamos, known from S.A.D. and Acid TV, and Marcin Kepa, who added guitar parts to the mix. [press-release]
PARANOIA INDUCTA -- "Evil Angel" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Beast Of Prey, BOP 7.2, (ltd. 500)
Here it is! The newest work of A.A.Destroyer has came to be, "Evil Angel" is an album touching the deepest emotion in human being, tender, subtle, uneasy. PARANOIA INDUCTA has gain a lot of respect for it's earlier albums and it's one of the most valuable projects on Polish dark sounds scene. With "Evil Angel" it shows that it has a lot to say, as it is one of the most personal albums of PARANOIA INDUCTA, and one of the most sensitive albums released on Beast Of Prey. With great pride and joy we present this album to the world! On "Evil Angel" we have tranquil and balanced dark ambient soundscapes, tender whispers and voices... - and fading in distance. Big dose of incredible industrial sounds, dying machines that represent PARANOIA INDUCTA's music so well. And the quality of individual sounds... beautiful album. Over 50 minutes long album with 11 tracks, released in gloss and colour digipack adorned with artwork of Amelia. [press-release]
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PARCHIM -- "Winter - Never Die" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2010 Valgriind, VG 39, (ltd. 100)
New album from the author of Nekrasota, ex-member of Ierophania. Transparent DVD-slim box with b/w cover decorated with a dried oak leave. Ritual ambient / noise. [label info]
PARK MODERN -- "Mechanical Bowels" -- 2 CD -- €13
2005 Laton, Laton 036
Park Modern is the seminal project of Evgeny Beresnev, started in the russian Far-East city Vladivostok in 1999. He participated some local electronic music festivals and produced four full-length albums available online so far, before gaining attention by Franz Pomassl from austrian Laton label. This ultimate anthology is composed from the tracks from all those albums, containing 45 tracks and 157 minutes of music! Evgeny calls his music "noise-IDM", and according to the label press-release it should be like "electro-mechanic musique concrete". So, what is it all about? All tracks are exploring rhythmic structures, but there are nether melodies nore standard techno-arrangements, instead of them, we have huge massive of sampled noises from everyday life. Something you have heard once upon a time, ranging from the railway train clatter to construction sites roaring, dishes clinking and toy instruments strumming. This "discotheque of mechanisms" is something to be associated with Ant-Zen/Hands Productions stuff, so you need more time to override the initial stages and get accustomed to, before you will be able to feel the difference. On this more profound level, you will be surprised with its seriousness and austerity, in spite of frivolous rhythms and jocular tracktitles. This peculiar feature is the main difference from other dance/industrial/noise mongrels. [Dmitry Vasilyev, Independent Electronic Music]
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PATENBRIGADE: WOLFF -- "12.1.21.20" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2001/2008 Shadowplay Records, SPR 071
Ambient / Electro. "Sven Wolff" and "Lance Murdock" make no secret of their obsession with heavy machinery. Already at an early age, these two childhood friends preferred the fascinating bustle of large scale construction sites over playgrounds, observing the plethora of busy construction workers and their, in theses boys’ eyes at least, dramatic interactions. Endlessly fascinated with what appears to others as the monotonous daily routines of a construction site, they early on became enraptured with loud and gigantic machines, the glare of orange safety vests, yellow hard hats, and striped cordoning tape. However, the focus of their fervent adoration became the gravity-defying conductors in their seemingly never-ending tower cranes. Though it was clear to them that they did not want to turn their veneration into a career (sic!), their calling was nevertheless quickly apparent – at least supply the construction business with an up-to-date sound. It is exactly this bizarre source of inspiration that seems to have fueled PATENBRIGADE: WOLFF and the duo’s zest for musical achievements since 1998. The musical output of the self-styled tower crane conductors is an invitation to follow them on their mostly instrumental trips across the rooftops of any large city. The observed activity of a day’s work from sunrise to sundown compressed into time-lapsed seconds. Majestically swiveling tower cranes, passing clouds, the hectic flurry of traffic, skyscraper silhouettes. PATENBRIGADE: WOLFF is the soundtrack for this situation and offers a matching mood to any mode of operation. It simply is THE “Electro Ambient for Tower Crane Conductors” and remains dedicated to tower crane conductors across the world. [press-release]
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PCRV QUARTET -- "Basementality" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Somnolent Shelter Records, SSREC#004
Experimental noise somewhere between technogenic ambient / drone substances and more sharp industrial sketches. [Sickcore]
PEENEMUNDE -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2011 Obscurex, OBS007
38 minutes of carefully crafted, dark and gritty Industrial Noise by finnish noisemasters: P. Dassum (Umpio) & Pekka PT (Gelsomina / Sick Seed). [label info]
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PEINEMANN, MARTIN THOMAS / ASMUS TIETCHENS -- "Harvestehude" -- 2 CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Auf Abwegen, aatp53, (ltd. 500)
Musique Concrete / Experimental. After more than 10 years of enthusiastic experiences and encounters with so-called „Difficult Music“ throughout the 1980ies Martin Peinemann and Asmus Tietchens deemed their somewhat differing approaches to making music compatible and agreed upon a loose collaboration in the year 1992. For various reasons (organizational and others) the work was not to take place at Audiplex studios but at Peinemann’s home studio. This modest lab featured all the necessary technical equipment needed to realize noise music meeting the standards of the day. This included an analogue 4-track-tape deck (9,5 cm/sec, Dolby noise reduction, integrated 6-channel mixer), soon after a digital 8 channel multitrack, a powerful periphery and sound producing devices of all kinds. For „Hochallee“, their first collaboration, Peinemann and Tietchens set themselves no definite deadline. The working sessions took place in an atmosphere of relaxation, usually on Saturday afternoons. By 1996 Peinemann and Tietchens finally had amassed a series of pieces they considered to be complete. At this time Peinemann began working on computer generated solo works and Tietchens moved on towards a more reductionist sound work... „Klosterallee“, their second collaboration, was realized under completely different circumstances. In the years gone by since their last work Peinemann had deeply immersed himself into the field of extreme digital sound manipulation that he often discussed with Tietchens. From this collection of sound structures Peinemann offered some to Tietchens as sourcings for further treatments. The following expanding of these structures was not done in the form of sessions but executed by Tietchens alone over a period of three months. Peinemann then authorised the final results... Unlike Asmus Tietchens Peinemann never released any music until now. He always valued the working process higher than the working result. The reason for this collaboration to finally come out as a double CD follows a noble motif that can be roughly translated as such: „A warning to the Old, an instruction to the Young.“ (Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, „Pädagogische Ergetzungen“, 1802). [label info]
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PENITENT -- "Among The Sleepless" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2007 Eternal Pride Productions, EPP 008
The newest album by a legendary Norwegian project launched in the middle 1990s which has now become cult. Orchestral and gloomy Ambient together with majestic martial motives. [press-release]
PENITENT -- "Deserted Dreams" -- CD -- €10
2004 Beyond Productions, BEY.0330
The latest Penitent album Songs of Despair just surprised so much both the press and the usual Penitent audience, since it was so full of Darkwave, Gothic, Doom and Theatrical elements so far from what Karsten has composed in the past. Now Karsten turns back to us with his new album and we like to define it in the way the artist himself like to do: a journey back to the old sonorities , totally devoted to the past sounds (in the vein of his very first releases on Cold Meat and Draenor/Napalm), but with a new majestic and poetic visions of the ethereal work. [Going Underground]
PEPELAZ ANALOG BEAT -- "Underwater Current" -- CD-R -- €7
2004 BioSonar^EleKtro - 002, (ltd. 99)
Bright Karelian ambient, like a fresh breath of nothern wind and bogs. Full-colour A5 sleeve.
PER ASPERA -- "Nil Desperandum" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2008 New Nihilism, NN V, (ltd. 500)
The third and the most complete release by one of the most tallented ambient artists hailing from Poland these days. Unifying vast array of elements, Per Aspera once again achieves remarkably introvert but vibrant style. Eerie industrial atmosphere seamlessly blends with serene harmonies of almost orchestral form. Cinematic, monstrous drone formations morph into pulsating abyss of dissonant disturbances and uncompromised sonic experiments, overlaid by subtle beauty of human voice and minimalist acoustic instrumentation. All those skillful, multiformal explorations establish Nil desperandum one of those albums of complex yet stable musical concept-reflecting the incoherencies of human nature and its immanent affection to chaos and order merged together. Per Aspera tends to render tragically compound heritage of the mankind, being constantly shaped by cultural, ethnic and religious or ideologic discrepancies. Definitely not your average dark-ambient buzz, this album stands out of the dull cliche. The sound may appeal to the admirers of T. Köner, Parca Pace, Nocturnal Emissions or Neubautens to name a few but still, expect no pattern follower. Complemented with special A5-sized glossy digipak designed by Ibsen studio, this CD is limited to 500 copies only. [press-release]
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PERCEPTUAL DEFENCE -- "Life Lights In The Shadow" -- 2 CD -- €16 [-50%]
2016 Databloem, DB2CD067
Perceptual Defence is Gabriele Quirici, a Swiss-Italian psychotherapist and music therapist based in Rome (Italy) and cousin of the late Oophoi. Gabriele has been composing music since 1993 for music therapy groups and soundtracks for Butoh dance and art performances and his first official album was produced by the Italian Umbra Label in 2004. This double album “Life Lights in the Shadow” presents 4 long-form live improvisations recorded between 2012-2013 during several Rome art festivals and showcases Perceptual Defence’s skills and talent for creating dynamic and exciting EM compositions at the spot, which we thought deserved to be released on CD. Both 30+ minute tracks on the first CD were recorded during the "Attraverso il Butoh" Dance Improvisation. The first track from CD two (41 min.) was recorded live at Valle Theater Roma (Italy) during the "Dancing Lights" Butoh Dance Performance, the second, half an hour track, was recorded live at Villa Lais Roma (Italy) during the "Three Forms of Art" Improvisation. During the performances Gabriele used the following tools and instruments: Waldorf Xtk, Korg M50, Teenage Engineering OP-1,Yamaha Tenori-On, Korg Kaossilator Pro, Arturia Minibrute, Clavia Nord Modural G2, Electrix Warpfactory, Filterfactory, Mo-Fx, Repeater, Waterphone, Natural Sounds and processed String and Wood Instruments. [label info]
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PERFECT BEAUTY -- "Her Black Heart" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 VOLOK Records, VR-45, (ltd. 20)
Drone Doom. Cold and loneliness, emptiness and despair, depression and fear. Here is, perhaps, how you can describe the album Her Black Heart from PERFECT BEAUTY. According to the author himself, this project is a reflection of his deep dissatisfaction with the human world. Conservative drone doom guitar with infernal vocals. Before us appear the lifeless landscapes of the nine circles of hell. The true kingdom of death. [label info]
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PERLETTA, FABIO + ASMUS TIETCHENS -- "Deflections" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Auf Abwegen, aatp59, (ltd. 500)
Minimal / Drone / Experimental. Fabio Perletta and Asmus Tietchens’ hermetic micro-cosmos of Deflections unfolds by exploring instability and physical decay of sound. Built upon liminal forms and atonal passages, the six near-silent pieces of the work traverse empty space by means of elementary sonic emissions and drifting nano-structures. Among sound collisions and evanescent masses, the almost immaterial yet corporeal nature of Deflections, embodies sound in its most subliminal and contradictory form. [label info]
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PERSONA -- "Ruines" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Marbre Negre, MN04
Neoclassical / Dark Ambient / Industrial. Based on the concept of ruin upon the time, this release contains 19 tracks related to styles such as dark ambient and industrial and has touches of lyrical voices, martial percussions, etc. Released as a digipack with a full colour 24-pages booklet containing an essay and lyrics from the band. [label info]
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PERVERSE TEENS -- "Spirit Of '78" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 La Nouvelle Audience, LNA-E-001, (ltd. 500)
Electro. Analogue electro / punk side project of Kontroleur Ubu from the French industrial band PPF.
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PESTHAUCH -- "Erinnerung An Die Zukunft" -- CD-R -- €7
:VENE:
Aggressive and militant industrial/noise anti-music, probably too extreme for you. It's the re-release of the 'Erinnerung' cdr, originally released by On Oath Records in a very limited edition, with bonustracks. Also contains a cover from NON - "Total War". This WILL drive you to insanity! [label info]
PETRICHOR -- "In Flagrante Delicto" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Cursed Tapes, BANE001
A fifty-minute glorification of death delivered in the form of death ambient of the organic, corrosive, ritualistic and even psychedelic kind. Bring your nightmare horrors to life. Digipak CD. [label info]
PHANTASM NOCTURNES / MEINKINDER -- "Two Ways Of Pain Part 5" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2013 Shit Noise Records, SNR 448
Split-recording from the vast series of "Two Ways Of Pain" from Shit Noise Records. Phantasm Nocturnes is a project of the multi-talented American lady Betty Koster, known for her works with Macronympha, Raven, Noise Nazi, Wram and others. She provides one long Rumbling Harsh Noise Wall track here. Meinkinder is a lesser known project from England which presents exhausting as a hot day in a desert flangerised hi-frequency Noise Ambient for the fans of Aube and Asmus Tietchens. Sleeve. [YAOP]
PHENGOPHOBOS LETARGIA -- "The Ice. The North. The Wind" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2020 Glasir CDR Series, 09, (ltd. 50)
Raw lo-fi Drone Ambient, flowing with its cold waters and depressive tones in the abyss of Lovecraft's dungeons. A project by Alexey Glukhov (Ensemble of Christ the Savior and Crude Mother Earth). Black & white sleeve. [label info]
PHICUS & ILIA BELORUKOV -- "K(nо)t" -- CD -- €10
2018 Intonema, int027, (ltd. 200)
Free Improvisation / Minimal. In the summer of 2017, the Barcelona-based trio Phicus, consisting of guitarist Ferran Fages, bass player Alex Reviriego and drummer Vasco Trilla, met the saxophonist Ilia Belorukov. The result of this meeting was the album K(nо́)t in which musicians explore the sounds of instruments, working with both traditional sounds and extended techniques. While listening to the disc, you can easily get lost in the intricacies of microtone drones and spontaneously arising rhythms. [label info]
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PHRAGMENTS & KORINTH -- "Mysteries Of The Greylands" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Greytone, GREY001
On this album, Phragments and Korinth have united into one monolithic entity, to produce a common opus. Orchestral choirs, dark ambient and ritual passages create a perfect cinematic journey over the mysterious Greylands, an archetypal and symbolic travel through the hidden side of the world. All songs are the result of collaboration of the two projects, resulting in a unique narrative experience. After three years of work, Phragments and Korinth deliver a ripe album - a great journey for the listener. 'Imagine a hidden side of the world, a landscape of archetypes and symbols. A place where reality becomes myth and myth becomes reality. Where repressed longings lurk, waiting to be awakened. Enter the Greylands.' [press-release]
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PHROQ -- "Attempts to Reach USA" -- CD-R -- €15
2006 Harshnoise, HN-027
Noise. Behind the name Phroq is Francisco Meirino from Switzerland / Spain. His first releases, on cassette, date back to 1995, and since then he has created a large list of releases, mainly on cassette, CDR and some on real CDs, such as on Ground Fault... Phroq is also a world traveller, playing concerts everywhere. And just like many he made an attempt to reach the USA, and unlike others, he succeeded to reach the country. On the disc with the same name we find several pieces recorded at his 'west coast collapse tour' of september 2005 in California. Back home he edited the concerts into this release. The cover lists: macintosh, contact mics and beer cans. There are four longer cuts and six shorter interludes, which are all relatively soft. In the longer pieces (two of which are over twenty minutes) the music is hellish noise wise. Here he attempts to reach the Merzbow kind of noise, even when here too he knows how take back control and let things go smooth, if that is a term that might be close to what he does. Its all relative matter I guess. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
PHROQ -- "Kobekita, Respect Is Due To" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2003 Spirals Of Involution, SOI 032
This album of Francisco Meirino from Switzerland is dedicated to modern japanese noise scene and to some of it's representaives. So is the music - ultra-violent noise terror non-stop! Ideal means of cleaning the mind in foggy sleepy morning.
PICATRIX -- "Quaestio Prima" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2005 Juggernath Recordings, JUG 001
Luigi Seviroli is a professional composer working for several major TV networks in Italy, including RAI and Mediaset. Basing his musical work on the novels of the well-known italian writer Valerio Evangelisti and the character of the inquisitor Nicolas Eymerich, “Quaestio Prima” has been already defined by Evangelisti himself as the only opus able to incarnate the spirit of the novels, as well as of being a true soundtrack to the dark landscapes surrounding Eymerich... “Quaestio Prima” is a professional composed and recorded “soundscape”, a storytelling masterpiece ranging from darkambient interrogative pulsings to acoustic and traditional grand openings. Intense surroundings will draws the listener to realities banned by time or forgotten by men, yet real and invasive... Hard to be further labelled, this first album from Picatrix offers a complex yet straight musical texture with a particular attention to sounds, production and composition. We strongly recommend to listen to it carefully in order to get you own personal picture. [press-release]
PICHISMO / B.I.C.S. -- "split" -- CD-R -- €7
2007 Triangle Records, [TR016], (ltd. 50)
Wise elders PICHISMO as a monument to archaism: lyrics on ancient elf's language, completely analogue recording on tape, nothing redundant. Against them Karelian youth B.I.C.S.: spite, energy and maximalism: texts on ancient Karelian language, recording done on digital photo camera which can be interesting for hi-tech boys and girls. What's important, one can find lyrics in the booklet, cover is adorned with petroglyphs from the White Sea. "Infinite" no-fi! Breathing of night-elves and wind noises in Karelian woods: ARCHO-HELL! Package: cardboard envelope, serigraphy. [label info]
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PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS -- "Very Wicked Carousel (Live at Galernaya 20)" -- CD-R -- €8
2019 UtrovortU, g-05
Psychedelic Rock / Art Rock. A multimember psychedelic ensemble from St. Petersburg with its fifth album. Twisted lyrics, numerous sound effects, dense wall of sound and a brass section. All this variety is recorded completely live for the first time, preserving live energy and improvised component, which is usually lost during the subsequent recording of instruments... Released in handmade foldout cardboard sleeves. [label info]
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PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS -- "Underground Number" -- CD-R -- €8
2018 UtrovortU, g-04
Psychedelic Rock / Art Rock. Otherworldly brass section, deep grumble of didgeridoo, chamber psychedelia, buzzing keyboards straight from handmade retro horror. The band's music resembles a thick magic brew from an ancient Siberian legend: their viscous sound is woven of nervous guitar loops, echoes of folk songs, measured hum of a mouth harp, quite weird lyrics and strongly heliced clockwise Psychedelia. The work also features charming shamanic music by the late Indian guru Ustad Bismillah Khan – which only emphasizes the density of the otherworldy mysterious atmosphere in the intoxicating psychedelic brew... Released in handmade foldout cardboard sleeves. [label info]
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PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS -- "While Everyone Is Asleep" -- CD-R -- €8
2014 UtrovortU, g-02
Psychedelic Rock / Art Rock. The second studio album of a cheerful orchestra of intellectually versed insane people from St. Petersburg who are part of the creative association UTROVORTU is an absurd art-rock based on more or less everything in the world. A bizarre, multi-layered action unfolds here (there are as many as thirteen participants in the recording according to the booklet), deliberately covering up tracks; it seems that PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS haven't yet met an idea that they wouldn't like to push into a song. Ethnic motives, throat singing, circus music, bongos with accordion and pipes, forest reggae - it seems easier to imagine what is not in the horribly rich music of the group than vice versa. As a result, I want to talk about them with some impossible thought constructs - "it's like the late Mr. Bungle meets late Auktsyon" or "as if Megapolis recorded the music for a movie about Monty Python on a tropical cruise." However, "Pigeons" are better than such undercooked comparisons, especially when they become a little darker and more frightening, as in sweeping epics like "Sobakevitch" and "Buterbrod". [S. Mezenov, Colta.ru] Released in handmade foldout cardboard sleeves.
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PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS -- "Guide Worms" -- CD-R -- €8
2014 UtrovortU, g-03
Psychedelic Rock / Art Rock. At the last meeting with the bizarre St. Petersburg art-rock team of Pigeons and The Insane Porrigemakers, I had a chance to note that basement gloom suits them especially well, and here you are - the new album "Guide Worms", which sounds entirely like a broadcast from a psychedelic Tim Burton fairytale dungeon where the hell of a thing happens. On "Guide Worms" (in the world of this record, such characters really do not interfere) Pigeons and The Insane Porrigemakers play mainly at a pace of a melancholy swinging funeral orchestra, and thanks to this, you slowly and ticklishly sink into the album (like Robert Smith in a bed in an old The Cure video "Lullaby") to the sounds of aloof singing voices and tragically soloing brass. There is a certain thematic wholeness in "Guide Worms": this is not an album, but such a hefty chunk of damp earth with all the diversity of flora and fauna that lives in it - swarming insects, mouse holes, paths along the roots. It is, of course, difficult to figure out exactly why such a gift is needed, but there is no one else to present. [S. Mezenov, Colta.ru] Released in handmade foldout cardboard sleeves.
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PILA -- "Gipnoticheskaya Faza" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
1991/2018 Provoloka, prvlk 0008-0001 / Leningrad – 0004, (ltd. 500)
One of the early projects by ALEXANDER LEBEDEV-FRONTOV (LINIJA MASS, VEPRISUICIDA, VETROPHONIA, etc.). "Thirty minutes of sound terror and hysteria, various variants of which under various names have been being recorded and stubbornly, obtusely and cheerly distributed by the Leningrad-based activist of the "underground" culture, musical follower of Pol Pot tradition and an aesthet A. LEBEDEV-FRONTS (ex "LINIJA MASS" and "DEAD HIPPIES"). In psychiatry, the "hypnotic phase" is a transitional state from the normal to the absolute total delirium. Initially having the deepest mystical basis, the present work revealed its subconscious & visionary character with the passage of time, for its recording was completed on August 18, 1991; the day before the start of the State Committee on the State of Emergency and the fateful victory of "the forces of progress and reason." It reflects the anticipation of the next stage after the hypnotic phase of the development of the social organism - the stage of complete delirium. Sincerely pleasing is the song "Sebastian Pereira", dedicated to the memoty of People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Astangov, the performer of the roles of racists, fascists and traders of "black tree" in movies of the 30-40's. Such compositions as "The Wolf's Maw", "Riot of the Subcortex" and "God Save Saddam" (the only thing recorded earlier in 1990) will not leave you indifferent too. There are no coherent poetic texts, melodic lines are simple and unobtrusive (if they exist at all). A therapeutic effect has been observed after listening to the cassette, such as cases of resorption of colloidal sutures, improvement in appetite (in some cases - wolfish appetite), the increase of intracranial pressure stops. It will be appropriate to start listening to this work with full concentration of will and clenched teeth..." ["Smerch" zine, 1995] The audio for this release was digitized from an original copy of the cassette, self-released by Alexander Lebedev-Frontov in 1991.
PILA -- "Gipnoticheskaya Faza" -- CD -- €12
1995/2018 Provoloka, prvlk 0008-0002 / Leningrad – 0004, (ltd. 100)
Limited edition - 100 numbered copies. Alternative pressing digitized from a different copy of an audio-cassette (not the one self-released by Alexander Lebedev-Frontov in 1991, but the one released by the Ultra label in 1995), total length is 3 seconds more of silence. Some differencies in cover printing. Hypnothic phase in action.
PINTO, JOAO CASTRO -- "Ars Abscondita" -- CD -- €8
2013 OtO, OtO 005, (ltd. 200)
Portuguese sound artist Joao Castro Pinto is said to "compose silence with sounds", and this description is perfect for Ars Abscondita. The combination of field recording and sound sculpture allows artists to fill spaces with the most interesting sounds they can find, or to leave them empty for contrast. While this seems as if it might be easy, it's not. On the one hand, such artists are freed from the constraints of common song composition (verse - chorus - verse - chorus - bridge - chorus - chorus). On the other, they are expected to present a comprehensive framework for their art. Listeners need to hear intention and drive; otherwise, their attention will be lost. Pinto's strength is that he seems to know exactly where each piece is headed and how to get there. While there's no predicting what sounds will appear and where they will turn, nothing on Ars Abscondita seems random. The music reflects the title, which roughly translated means "hidden art", or as Pinto puts it, "meta-soundscapes with secluded meaning". In daily life, our minds attempt to make sense of auditory inputs, but in sound art, the guideposts are absent. The narratives we discern may not be the narratives that are intended or even available. And yet, interpretation becomes a public province once any artistic work is shared... [Richard Allen, A Closer Listen]
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PLACEMENT -- "Our Man In High Places" -- CD -- €9
2000 The Lime Green Yellow Recording Company, LGY 010 CD
Ambient. Snapshots of ambient sound inspired by a Victorian Himalayan trekking diary, arranged into a series of music pieces. The result is a vivid imagined evocation of soaring peaks, oxygen-thin high passes, tense, rickety metal footbridges and vast plains. [label info]
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PLACENTA LYPOSUCTION + LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Collaboration" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Torga Amun, Amun-140, (ltd. 20)
Harsh Noise Wall collab of the Russian musicial Vitely Maklakov and the Croatian project Placenta Lyposuction, which has been working in this genre since 2009 and is known for numerous splits with various projects, including Vomir and Sloth. Static low frequency rumble with degrading lo-fi structure. Sounds wonderful. The design suits: real "live" collage, made by hand for every copy. [YAOP]
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PLEROMA ORCHESTRA -- "Priblizheniye (Forthcoming)" -- CD-R -- €6
2019 Kitezh Records, KTZH005, (ltd. 30)
Neofolk / Experimental. Russia gave birth to MAJDANEK WALTZ with its gloomy atmosphere of the Abyss and the commands of the Princes of this World. After some time, a young PLEROMA ORCHESTRA appears in Russia. In short, this is MAJDANEK WALTZ, mired in guitar noise and grave dust, light post-rock ships and Zeitgeiest notes. You will not feel here the raid of the Eternal War or the Howl of Fenrir, this is the roar and whisper of the Graves, from where the dead break out in Totentanz by the force of the virus, and perhaps the Apocrypha of Forthcoming will lead us to the last End of the World. There is also a touch of NEUTRAL with their "Diamonds In Your Hands" that you held, but these Diamonds are Dust that will cover the scraps of grass of the Fountainhead of life. [E:\music\spoken word] The disc is packed in a kraft paper sleeve and contains a double-sided insert.
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PLEROMA ORCHESTRA -- "Prisutstvie (Presence)" -- CD-R -- €6
2019 Kitezh Records, KTZH006, (ltd. 30)
Neofolk / Experimental. The music scene in Tomsk is far from being limited to post-punk bands of the new Russian wave. Among other things, the city has a small circle of experimental musicians working in various styles of ambient, drone and noise. One of the representatives of this circle, PLEROMA ORCHESTRA, a side project of the historic city-wide collective SPIRAL VREMENI, recently released a new EP. The release creates a very heavy, oppressive atmosphere, imbued with a sense of withering, a vain search for answers to existential questions and a bitter resignation to the inevitable. According to the group, the EP is the second part of the prelude to the upcoming full-length album. [moisture] The disc is packed in a kraft paper sleeve and contains a double-sided insert.
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PO.NO.(I)ZA. -- "Dokumentazion" -- 2 CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2006 YAOP, YAOP 026, (ltd. 84)
Po.No.(i)Za. is a new brand of A. Korotkov came to change his project Lo.By..., but it continues to develop similar creative methods. The same totally analogue schizo-collaged looped radionoise without any analogues (not counting some parallels with Veprisuicida). 6-page booklet size A5. [press release]
PO.NO.(I)ZA. -- "Evil Irons of the Black Producers" -- 2 CD-R -- €5
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT30, (ltd. 52)
The newest insanity from Russian project Po.No.(i)Za. happened to be more clear and even "holed" in sound, comparing to "Dokumentazion". But there's not less schizophrenia, and what makes us glad, the aesthetics of the project have become much more nostalgic. 60-s, "Moscow says and shows", Soviet movies, science and technology and even some completely unexpected here military touch. "KVN" TV-set, registered in a psychiatric dispensary, versus radio-gramophone "Yunost", fueled with lysergine. Each of 2 disks comes with the galleries of photo-works by the author. 52 copies in vinyl boxes with full-colour glossy cover. [press-release]
PO.NO.(I)ZA. -- "Horosho tam, gde "vas" net" -- 2 CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2015 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT109, (ltd. 20)
Anti-peasant futuristic noise manifesto for the followers of Marinetti, Mayakovskiy and Kruchenykh. Lo-Fi cyclic noise collage with retrograd sound. Both discs contain folders with author's photo works. Artwork made of coloured found pictures, comes with many amusing inserts, all info hand-written. [label info]
PO.NO.(I)ZA. -- "K/chto ya est' i ch/kto menya est" -- 2 CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT46, (ltd. 27)
Mid-frequency cyclic radionoise. The creative development of the Veprisuicida aesthetics. Lo-fi, old school, total purity. A view from aside. Each of 2 CDs aside from audio tracks includes a gallery of author's photos. Double DVD-box, 2-colour cover, insert. [label info]
PO.NO.(I)ZA. -- "Krysata Pasyot Mir" -- 2 CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2014 Spasi I Sohrani Records, (ltd. 40)
The most retrograde album by Po.No.(i)Za. Not only because of samples taken from broadcasts about the aviation from 1930-s and voice of old artists, but also because of frequencies and timbres - the material sounds like a gramophone record and it's pleasant. Double sleeve, two-sided cover and a collaged mini-poster. [YAOP]
PO.NO.(I)ZA -- "Let's Strike Common Sense With A Collage 2" -- 2 CD-R + MC box -- €10
2014 YAOP, YAOP 069, (ltd. 8)
The new album by Po.No.(i)Za with a title speaking for itself. The release contains analogue copy of the album on a 90-minute cassette, 2 CDRs with digital version and photo galleries, and three artistically decorated cardboard discs in a steel box from a film reel. Each copy has a unique artwork. [label info]
PO.NO.(I)ZA. -- "Sour Human Fur" -- 2 CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2014 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT120, (ltd. 15)
Mid-frequency Lo-End Cyclical Noise / Musique Concrete. The work mainly consists of voice samples, pieces, scraps of "verbal fur of humanity". Traditionally, the album comes with a collection of author's art photos in digital format. Completely handmade package from old Soviet documents and photographs, all info handwritten, each copy has a unique design. [label info]
PODOZRITELNYJ PREDMET -- "Instruments of Wind" -- CD-R -- €10
2021 Pearly Snowdrift, PS 08, (ltd. 10)
Ambient / Drone / Lo-Fi from the mysterious Russian project. The accidentally discovered forgotten folder with the records of 2016-2018 turned out to be a ready-to-publish album with five numbered tracks. The date and origin of the field records and samples have not been established. The tracks are recorded in Renoise music tracker. [label info]
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POGROM -- "Liberal Cunt / Liberali Pyzda" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010/2015 Terror, TR-41 / Filth And Violence, 32
Re-release of the first Pogrom album. Raw and primitive PE. [label info]
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POLYGON -- "Einzelheiten" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Aliens Production, AP 37, (ltd. 333)
Sound engineer and almost already iconic face of dark scene Ingo Lindmeier has again dug into his archive and in the production of Aliens production has gathered material that has for certain time laid covered with mystery. In these days it is the right time to see the light of a day this essentially rare material. By its sound Polygon is little turning away from the face that showed us album Sein Lernen and this time the story is set in the bowels of the darker and more experimental blocks. Dark, atmospheric corners are waving in movies atmospheres. Hypnotic strings pulsates through this whole concept and minimalistic - crystalline sequences are almost stabbed into the heart of your subconscious. Part of the album is also strong cooperation with the project Nerthus and the audio portion is signed by none other than genius Headdreamer and his powerful sound engineering. Graphic concept has been again outlined with his unique eye from the main protagonist himself and his design company Spiel Sinn. This album will definitely be interesting for the listeners that likes darker and more extravagant positions of industrial culture. Musically it is as the connection of albums Omnon and Images, although this concept is another gem and creative effort of this excellent musician. [label info]
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POLYGON -- "Sein Lernen" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Aliens Production, AP 33, (ltd. 333)
Great news to present this project under the wings of Aliens production and even more that this gifted musician has for long time held this pearl in his production under his lock and on the light of the world gets in these days. Ingo Lindmeier a member of the legendary MORTAL CONSTRAINT and a producer of many great albums whether under the name POLYGON, POLYSPACE, DELTA E and AUDIOKULAR opens up its next stage in his production. The new album is a showcase of the best which this project has to offer. Cinematic atmosphere which waves in electronic oasis. Combination of hypnotic rhythms and irredeemable atmospheres. Electronic poetry and minimalistic compositions. German male and female vocals and all in the creative suit and unrivaled production that stands out for its creativity and ingenious form. Harmonic and in the same time clustered fragments of falling meteors in performance of musical engineer that calls himself POLYGON. [press-release]
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POLYGON -- "Sein Lernen - Remixes" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Aliens Production, AP 34, (ltd. 333)
Ingo Lindmeier and his production is well known for its specific sound and pure electro sound that is based on minimalistic concepts and penetrating melodies. Original material SEIN LERNER has started a new stage in Ingo’s explorations and its chapter II gets this time a look of remixed versions of original album that has under its shield taken creative musicians from the dark scene. To the new work they have given completely different look and form since its unique musical sensibility opens new gates of modern electro sound. Very colorful and well listenable material which was supported by creative faces of electronic magicians as: FLINT GLASS, RECFRAG, MNEMONIC, ABOVO, HURON, KLANGARCHIES, NORMOTONE, HEADDREAMER, NUANCE, LPF12, TOD, ISH. [press-release]
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POMNI IMYA SVOYO (REMEMBER YOUR NAME) -- "Inye (Others)" -- CD -- €11
2017 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-70, (ltd. 300)
Neoclassical / Neofolk. With joy we realize that the magic of the amazing Neo-Classical band REMEMBER YOUR NAME did not stop happening, IFP presents the third studio album, already known to the listener under the name "OTHERS"... On "OTHERS" you'll find 9 tracks. The band continued the beginnings of the last album and part of the lyrics from the songs are now composed by themselves. Additionally you can hear the works based on the poems by I. Brodsky, V. Tok, O. Skorokhodov, O. Pas, R. Rozhdestvensky. Obviously, it's no exaggeration to say that "OTHERS" is one of the main musical albums of the last year, especially in the Russian-speaking segment. [label info]
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POMNI IMYA SVOYO (REMEMBER YOUR NAME) -- "Nebo I Kamen' (Sky and Stone)" -- CD -- €12
2016 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-78, (ltd. 400)
Neoclassical / Neofolk. We're glad to present the physical embodiment of the new album by the remarkable Russian band “Помн Имя Свое” ("Pomni Imya Svoye") which title could be translated as “Remember Your Name”. The album is called "Sky and Stone", it contains ten songs - one song more than the digital version of the album. At this time only one song is based on the poem of S. Yesenin, and the lyrics of five songs are written by the band's vocalist Ksenia Fandeeva! Moreover here you will find the songs based on poems by Eduardo Carranza, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Dmitry Kachmar and Vladimir Vysotsky. [label info]
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POPOVSKIY, ANDREY -- "Rotonda" -- CD -- €9
2014 Intonema, int012, (ltd. 200)
Intonema expands its catalogue with a Russian musician Andrey Popovskiy. His debut solo album was recorded in the rotunda of the Mayakovsky Library in St. Petersburg, a space with special acoustics and demands to a musician where a tiny sound of any object ends in a very long reverberation. Andrey researched the acoustic properties of the space in advance and built his improvised set on their basis, working with a miniature sound and silence as well as a listener's sound perception. [label info]
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PORCELLUZZI, ANTONELLA EYE & DEAF SOCIETY -- "The Velocity Of Velocities" -- CD EP -- €7 [-50%]
2018 Opa Loka Records, OL 1805
Ambient / Spoken Word / Experimental. Antonella EYE Porcelluzzi radically rewrote texts by Mina Loy and Theresa of Avila, and interpreted them in accord with the musical language of Deaf Society. A few short qoutes from wikipedia: Mina Loy (1882 – 1966), was a British artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, futurist, feminist. Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515 – 1582), was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun and author during the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer... Antonella says: "I liked to work on old texts and rewrite, modify them in the sense of current issues, and link them to Ivan’s tech-music, drones and machine ambient. This experimental lust is very present in our record. Working with Ivan was very interesting in terms of alchemy, since we arrived in a short time to an instinctive reciprocal comprehension, his contribution and mine mixing to create further mystery and deepness than I had normally reached with my texts and voice. The result of our common efforts was suddenly amazing."
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POTERNA -- "Fate" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Status Prod., SP 03CD, (ltd. 260)
"The whole history of mankind is a prolonged history of a living matter that, by the Creator’s will, acquired an ability to think, but that did not know what to do with this fatal ability. It could not find any better use for this ability than invention of the most effective ways of global suicide..." The apocalypse created by the mankind’s own hands is the main idea of the debut album "Fate" of a side project POTERNA by Shilov, the leader of martial/neofolk duet ORDER OF VICTORY. Sounds recorded in steel and forge plants of different industrial enterprises, as well as samples from movies, were used for recording of this album. Sound production and mastering by Antuan Graftio (THEORY, SACRIS TANDEM, CONJUNCTURE). Design by The Temple of Theturham (theturham .blogspot.com). The album is released as 6-band card-sleeve CD with a pennant card. Album edition is 260 hand-numbered copies. [label info]
POVAROVO -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2010 Aquarellist, aquarel 15-10, (ltd. 500)
The debut album of the Moscow collective playing in the style of dark jazz-ambient. The band which music is deservedly compared with Borhen & Der Club of Gore and The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble. It's worth to note that at their very first concert Povarovo were playing with The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble. [label info]
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PRAY PROJECT -- "Dive In" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2019 MIC Label, MIC 010
Industrial Rock / Techno. After ten years anniversary, Pray Project bring 5th full length album - "Dive In". Experimenting with styles such as: industrial rock, techno and synth, band releasing an product without losing melody while retaining the drive in each track. The case when the risk to combine diverse styles was truly successful. [label info]
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PREDOMINANCE -- "Hindenburg" -- CD -- €12
1998/2012 Loki Foundation, LOKI 34
Because of the sold out status of all Predominance releases and the highly acclaimed original Hindenburg MLP back in 1998 the re-release of this instant classic on Compact Disc will be available now. Actually this is more than a simple re-issue as the new CD version is an expanded edition different to the previous 6 tracks of the vinyl album. It contains four unreleased / re-recorded tracks and remixes, as well as the original Hindenburg material taken from the source archives in high standard remastered sound. This album is a masterpiece of symphonical songs with majestic vocals and brooding, dark ambient sonic-scapes, perfectly round off by an exclusive remix track of Inade. Comes in 6 panel digipak. [press-release]
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PRIMOGENITIS -- "(Compilation)" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Red Engineering Production, REPR-14, (ltd. 20)
Raw Black Metal / Lo-Fi / Noise from Crimea.
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PRIMUS INTER PARES -- "Gerda" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Eis Und Licht, Eis047
Synth-Pop / Experimental Electronics. PRIMUS INTER PARES is a new project of Frank Machau, the voice and the musician of ORPLID. "Gerda" is a move towards new pastures, towards more electronic sounds, towards atmospheric and organic music with delightful and dark melodies. PRIMUS INTER PARES love to experiment, to alienate, to slow down and modify their sounds. From these, they form a work of music that is completely electronic, even though it seems perfectly organic and natural. The music has a strong influence of Factory Records (NEW ORDER,THE DURUTTI COLUMN) and other great electronics from the 80's. With Machau's strong, masculine, and distinctive voice you will not forget ORPLID, but PRIMUS INTER PARES has nothing to do with neofolk. Digipak. [Cold Spring]
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PRISONER OF FLESH -- "I" -- CD-R -- €7
1999 Soulworm Editions, Worm I
Being a debut release of Prisoner of Flesh, this album proudly opened our catalog. Other than numerous death-industrial acts emerging those days, Prisoner of Flesh stood fresh and innovative - every composition is well arranged, detailed and in a way rather unique. Very atmospheric, industrial constructions drowning in spooking ambience and overwhelming noise - without mercy or compromise. Despite the years passed it is still one of our strongest releases. [press-release]
PRISONER OF FLESH -- "II" -- CD-R -- €7
2000 Soulworm Editions, Worm V
Second album of the Polish harsh noise project, recorded on ruined analog equipment.
PROGNOSTIC ZERO -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 013
Debute full-length album of two Russian musicians: Alexander I (ZINC ROOM) and Kein (SCRATCHING SOIL, CARVED IMAGE OF EMPTINESS, CHURCH OF HOWLING DOG), recorded back in 2008-2009 but released only now. A work that combines lots of allied styles: from classical dark ambient with Catholic chorals and abstract soundscapes filled with various samples to rough old school noise collages in vein of Zinc Room and powerful industrial metal.
[vk]
PRONOISE -- "Low Light Vision" -- CD -- €10
1997/2016 Other Voices Records, VOX 22 CD, (ltd. 300)
Post-Punk / Industrial / Darkwave. This album was recorded between 1996 and 1997 in Valencia by Nacho Artax and Javi Andreu. Originally released on vinyl in edition of 320 copies by Horizonte Espectral. Now we offer you this perfect blend of ebm, industrial, darkwave & post-punk music on limited compact disc. CD edition has one bonus track, not on original LP. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PROPERGOL -- "Un Dechainement De Violence / Cleanshaven" -- CD -- €10
1997/2006 Functional Organisation, functional 015
Industrial / Power Electronics. Both first released in the last decade as CD-Rs only in a very ltd. edition of 99 and 200 copies! This are the first releases and first recordings by Propergol and are true pearls and wanted Industrial releases. Both are digitally remastered for a perfect sound like a sharp knife or lets better say razorblades! This French project delivers dense unhealthy atmospheres, well structured power-electronics, noise supported by dark & loud rhythms and samples, collages and some vocals. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PROSTATE -- "RIP VIP" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Phage Tapes, PT:207
This is Prostates debut album, which took three years to get to a point they were happy with. Prostate is a Minneapolis industrial band with heavy synth beats, distorted vocals and two live drummers. Think Skinny Puppy with Test Department metal and junk drumming. Prostate has been playing tons of shows locally and recently played a fest with Youth Code. This album was inspired by the life & death of Frederick Kobrick 1981-2011. Mentor, guide & life-partner. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PROZRACHNY AGITATOR -- "25.11.2002" -- 3"CD-R -- €8
2003 Datura Landscapes, DATURA4
Ambient / Drone. The band from Moscow suburbs consisting of Alexander Nechitaev and Dmitry Chistov (Hum, Maw). Three live tracks recorded with the usage of mouth harp, triola, synthesizer, samples and computer. Rexaled contemplative melodic drone ambient.
PS STAMPS BACK / BRYAN SAUNDERS -- "Stolen Dreams" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 1000+1 TiLt, (ltd. 110)
Recorded between 2009 and 2010. Bryan Saunders was sleeping and talking out his dreams, in USA, PS Stamps Back was staying awake doing the sounds for them, in Greece. All sounds and voice recordings exchanged through mail. Material used: tape recorder, dementia and insectos tropicales, synths, delay effect. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PS STAMPS BACK & MONO.TONIK -- "Communiquй E.P." -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2012 1000+1 TiLt
Three songs, recorded live at the studio, spring 2011.
[archive.org]
PS STAMPS BACK & SHAAN -- "Loop Quantum Gravity" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2018 RU.MO.RE., RU.MO.RE.002, (ltd. 50)
Experimental Electronics from Greece. Recordings from a night session in Athens, performed in June 2018. Gear used: Korg Electribe ESX-1, Yamaha CS-15, Dreadbox, Erebus, Korg SQ-1 Sequencer, Electro-Harmonix Memory Man. 50 numbered copies in black handmade cardboard sleeve with minimalistic design.
[soundcloud]
PSYCHIC TV -- "Hacienda" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1984/2013 Cold Spring, CSR187CD, (ltd. 1000)
PSYCHIC TV, 5th November 1984, Manchester. This was PSYCHIC TV's first show at NEW ORDER / FACTORY's legendary HACIENDA club! For this event Psychic TV were: Genesis P-Orridge, John Gosling (Zos Kia, Coil), Paul Reeson, and Alex Fergusson. This is the complete show with unseen photos! [label info]
[bandcamp]
PSYCHIC TV -- "Live At Thee Marquee" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1988/2013 Cold Spring, CSR189CD, (ltd. 1000)
PSYCHIC TV's complete, unheard show, recorded at the prestigious Marquee Club, London, 20th May 1986. For this event Psychic TV were: Genesis P-Orridge, Alex Fergusson, Mouse, Matthew Best. Ltd x 1000 copies, featuring an 8-page booklet of unseen photos. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PSYCHIC TV -- "Live In Russia" -- CD -- €15 [-50%]
2006 FeeLee Records, FL 3212, (ltd. 1000)
We say Psychic TV and mean Genesis P-Orrige. Conceptualist, mystifier and follower of Crowley. Myth creator who founded the mysterious religious organisation "Temple of Psychic Youth" and the band Psychic TV which stands for it's mystical aims in arts. A suspicious person who was blamed by UK government for satanism and ritual sacrifice and had to move to US. Official record-holder of the biggest amount of albums released within one year (23 albums of Psychic TV during 23 months in the middle of 80-ies). Wild freak thoroughly proving and documenting all his weird actions like sex change or implantation of a golden jaw. Follower of William Burroughs, who brought infernal depth to synth-pop music and first invented the term "acid house". Androgyne entity who in 2004 played a noise postpunk concert in Moscow and told a story about a squirrel... [press-release]
PSYCHIC TV -- "Ov Power" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1985/2012 Cold Spring, CSR160CD
Live at Klecks Theatre, Hamburg, 16th September 1984. Originally issued as a vinyl bootleg in 1985 in an edition of 500 copies. Completely remastered and expanded. Psychic TV at their most Industrial. For thee realization ov this project Psychic TV were: Genesis P-Orridge, John 'Zos Kia' Gosling, Paul 'Grimsby' Reeson and Alex Fergusson. [press release]
[bandcamp]
PSYCHIC TV -- "Paramartha" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1985/2012 Cold Spring, CSR161CD
Recorded 22nd September 1984 at Pandora's Music Box, Rotterdam. Originally issued as two bootlegs in 1985 - 'Paramartha' and 'Unclean', now remastered and cleaned from the two, to create the full live show, not heard before it its entirety. Participants: Genesis P-Orridge, Alex Fergusson, Paul 'Grimsby' Reeson and John 'Zos Kia' Gosling. [press release]
[bandcamp]
PSYCHIC TV -- "Thee Fabulous Feast Ov Flowering Light" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1985/2013 Cold Spring, CSR188CD, (ltd. 1000)
PSYCHIC TV in a unique line-up - a unique show, recorded 19th May 1985 at Hammersmith Palais, London. For this event Psychic TV were: Genesis P-Orridge, Alex Fergusson, Max Prior, Mouse, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Dave Ball (Soft Cell), Rose McDowall (Strawberry Switchblade, Sorrow, Coil, Current 93). This is a completely unheard show, with unseen photos! [label info]
[bandcamp]
PSYCHOGENIC PAIN / BLACK PURIFICATION -- "Stages Of Eclipse" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Red Engineering Production, REPR-10, (ltd. 20)
Split of two Russian projects. Three tracks from Psychogenic Pain – cut-up / harsh noise. Four tracks from Black Purification – also harsh but in more primitivist lo-fi style.
[bandcamp]
PSYCHONAUT 75 -- "Stealing the Fire from Heaven" -- CD -- €9
2002 Memento Mori, MORI 15
The debut album of this side-project of Valefor, dark rhythmic dance industrial with alchemical background.
[mp3]
PSYCHOPATHIC TERROR -- "Revolt" -- CD -- €10
2011 self-released, (ltd. 200)
It all started under the moniker of Sigillum Diaboli and finally ended up as Psychopathic Terror. This band from Finland can already look back on a consistent discography (mainly released under their previous name), but I can't remember to have heard them before.
The band is clearly inspired by metal music and crossover. The first songs are very aggressive. "Conspiracy" reminds me a bit of Ministry, but Psychopathic Terror (as the name might indicate) sounds faster and harder. The song ends in a pure guitar apotheosis. They now and then take a little break (cf. "Limbo" and "The Invisible War"), but the main songs move back into pure terror. The track "21st Century Execution" is one heavier outburst and another demonstration of this band's power. A few electronic passages are sometimes emerging from the depths, injecting a calmer touch to this metal-minded brutality. "Revolt" is mainly meant to please guitar lovers and metal fans. [ED, Side-Line]
[myspace]
PTOMAIN -- "Plague Stream" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2009 Hellville Records, HVR:018
Harsh Noise.
PTU -- "Hard Week" -- CD -- €10
2009 Laton, Laton 051
Modern technologies, Soviet synthesizers from the 1980s and live sessions form the basis of Electro, Minimal, Techno and - yes! - Pop oscillating sound cosmos of PTU. The trio, consisting of the twentysomethings Alexey Belousov, Alina Isolenta and Kamil Ea has not only the seriously-ironic bandname ("PTU" in Russian means "vocational school"), but also develops their own direction of danceable and fresh soundscapes filled with technoid and exotic imaginings of their place of origin - Kazan. [press-release]
PUBLIC IMMORALITY -- "Radio NaziSatanica" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2012 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT93, (ltd. 46)
Previously unreleased mini-album from the archives of this legendary Russian underground project. Wonderful Machine Industrial in vein of Vivenza but even with more drive. Standard edition in two-sided printed cover. [label info]
PUBLIC IMMORALITY -- "Radio NaziSatanica" -- 3"CD-R -- €9
2012 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT93, (ltd. 7)
Special edition - 7 copies in handmade cardboard cover with attached lid of antique bakelite connection box of the Leningrad City Broadcasting Network. [label info]
PUISSANCE -- "Let The State Collapse" -- 3 CD -- €28
2018 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-74, (ltd. 444)
Long awaited release from this legendary Swedish Industrial band! After 6 longplay albums published via Cold Meat Industry, Regain and Equilibrium, in many respects defining the genre, the time has come for the solid 3 CD collection of all band's unreleased and rare music. Absolutely everything from early demo-tapes, 7”, splits, live-sessions, archives and besides. This is PUISSANCE in their own unique, inimitable style. We have been waiting for the proper release of "Krig" & "Obey, Hate, Die" for years, and now they are here with carefully mastering from 121 (Velehentor, Closing The Eternity). Remastered versions of "War On", "Hail The Mushroom Cloud" and many many more... There are 3,5 hours of listening, ecstatic experience and catharsis. 3 CD placed in hardcover digibook with information booklet. For the artwork and design we invited the great painter Artem Grigoryev, who did exclusive art specially for PUISSANCE. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PULSATING VEINS + ARSENY LITVIN + VYAZKIY SHARAB -- "Along The Line" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2015 Torga Amun, Amun-091, (ltd. 15)
Experimental noise wall. Excellent texture and oscillations. Design: Vitaly Maklakov. Pro-CDR, 15 copies. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PURBA -- "Singing Corpse" -- CD -- €17
2019 Black Mara, BM-23
Ritual / Industrial. When Chuang Tzu went to Ch'u, he saw an old skull, all dry and parched. He poked it with his carriage whip and then asked, "Sir, were you greedy for life and forgetful of reason, and so came to this? Was your state overthrown and did you bow beneath the ax, and so came to this? Did you do some evil deed and were you ashamed to bring disgrace upon your parents and family, and so came to this? Was it through the pangs of cold and hunger that you came to this? Or did your springs and autumns pile up until they brought you to this?..." When he had finished speaking, he dragged the skull over and, using it for a pillow, lay down to sleep. In the middle of the night, the skull came to him in a dream and said, "You chatter like a rhetorician and all your words betray the entanglements of a living man. The dead know nothing of these! Would you like to hear a lecture on the dead?..." "Indeed," said Chuang Tzu. The skull said, "Among the dead there are no rulers above, no subjects below, and no chores of the four seasons. With nothing to do, our springs and autumns are as endless as heaven and earth. A king facing south on his throne could have no more happiness than this!" Chuang Tzu couldn't believe this and said, "If I got the Arbiter of Fate to give you a body again, make you some bones and flesh, return you to your parents and family and your old home and friends, you would want that, wouldn't you?" The skull frowned severely, wrinkling up its brow. "Why would I throw away more happiness than that of a king on a throne and take on the troubles of a human being again?" it said... Envelope edition – hand-painted envelope, glowing in the dark, comes with photographs and a ritual pendant. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PURBA -- "Singing Corpse" -- CD BOX -- €40
2019 Black Mara, BM-23
Ritual / Industrial. When Chuang Tzu went to Ch'u, he saw an old skull, all dry and parched. He poked it with his carriage whip and then asked, "Sir, were you greedy for life and forgetful of reason, and so came to this? Was your state overthrown and did you bow beneath the ax, and so came to this? Did you do some evil deed and were you ashamed to bring disgrace upon your parents and family, and so came to this? Was it through the pangs of cold and hunger that you came to this? Or did your springs and autumns pile up until they brought you to this?..." When he had finished speaking, he dragged the skull over and, using it for a pillow, lay down to sleep. In the middle of the night, the skull came to him in a dream and said, "You chatter like a rhetorician and all your words betray the entanglements of a living man. The dead know nothing of these! Would you like to hear a lecture on the dead?..." "Indeed," said Chuang Tzu. The skull said, "Among the dead there are no rulers above, no subjects below, and no chores of the four seasons. With nothing to do, our springs and autumns are as endless as heaven and earth. A king facing south on his throne could have no more happiness than this!" Chuang Tzu couldn't believe this and said, "If I got the Arbiter of Fate to give you a body again, make you some bones and flesh, return you to your parents and family and your old home and friends, you would want that, wouldn't you?" The skull frowned severely, wrinkling up its brow. "Why would I throw away more happiness than that of a king on a throne and take on the troubles of a human being again?" it said... Wooden box edition, covered with copper – contains ritual pendant which glows in the dark and photos. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PURBA & TATYANA MIKHEEVA -- "UR" -- CD BOX -- €40
2020 Black Mara, BM-30
Ritual / Industrial / Dark Ambient. "On the human skin covering all the land, the base of the Shed, on three power stones like three human heads as andirons there is the pan full of boiling red cast iron of the hells. The Shen of Existence. The sack for the Shed made of human skin does not let out air. The thong for the Shed, like the snare of the hunter Suta is nine fathoms long. The axe to cut, the sickle to scythe, the·bow and arrow to strike, the tail to thrash, the hammer to beat, the mustard seeds to hurl, the phurba to pierce, the shalagpa to hit, they all flare and strew sparks and have the power to pulverise everything they touch! This liizga has the eyes of a dead person, with his right hand he strikes his breast, with his left hand he pulls out his hair, his hands and feet are chained, he bleeds from the nine body orifices, he is blue and looks coarse, he looks gaunt and emaciated, he is naked and his whole body trembles..." Wooden box edition, the box contains a bottle of perfume with magic essences (based on opium, black pepper, myrrh & more), a wooden pendant with a burnt symbol and alchemical pictures. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PUSTOTA -- "Avtopopusk" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2012/2016 Biosonar^Lo-End, 020/2016, (ltd. 10)
Digital version of the cassette from the series of multiple re-recordings of empty cassette tapes of various quality levels on various kinds of apparatus without any special technical or aesthetical task. In fact, this recording is an example of amplified and manipulated cassette noise, that very noise that was fought against by the technology of last years. Aside from the technical nature of this document, this recording can be listened for aesthetic delight and other recreational purposes. Ultra-limited edition in cardboard seleeve. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "DommoD" -- 2 CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2016 Biosonar^Lo-End, 061/2016, (ltd. 11)
Two sides of the tape - two sides of emptiness. First side contains field incarnation of the project. Unusual and very common street and home noises, the result of meticulous registration lasted for several years using digital recorder and later re-recorded to cassette master tape. Second side - registration of the technical malfunction: "Cometa" reel-to-reel tape recorder temporarily broke down during transportation and manipulations (probably valves partly went out of joints), so the playback came with discrete tremolo-like racket distorting the recording to the state of rock drill - this effect was also fixated with a dictaphone, and later the breakdown disappeared (probably valves somehow fit back in joints because of jolting). The reel tape used for the fixation of this effect was marked as "Dom Mod" ("fashoin house"), probably previously was used for defile. Ultra limited edition with DIY artwork in cardboard sleeve with fragments of postcards and hand-written info. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Nenuzhnye Vospominaniya" -- 2 CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2018 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_19, (ltd. 20)
Field Recordings / Noise. St. Petersburg-based project Pustota presents almost two hours of conceptual useless filling of the surrounding ether. Two whole discs as a result of mental cleansing and informational self-cleaning. Monotonous chaos and complete absence of any inner systematics. Absurd meditation for complete detachment from any positive or negative characteristics. And all this without a doctor's prescription... Two CD-Rs with printed surfaces, packed in a DVD-box. [label info]
[vk.com]
PUSTOTA -- "Petrograd's Hollows and Cavities" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2010/2016 Biosonar^Labirint, 024/2016, (ltd. 15)
Completely new conceptual project of E.S. (Lunar Abyss Deus Organum, Hattifnatter, Anamezon, Boevye Cikady, Ritualnaya Bioingeneria, Navia). Field-recording. Field, or rather city recordings made in the nights and early mornings during the period of white nights in the center of St. Petersburg. Recordings of winter night city made from the window. Fragments of social scenes: children, trams, doors, shaft-type yards, bridges. Multiplied and overlayed, reversed and sonically reflected, mixed in cinematographic soundscapes and raw-cut, lo-fi, hi-fi, DIY. [press-release] Second edition - 15 copies.
PUSTOTA -- "Svema 375" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2012/2016 Biosonar^Lo-End, 026/2016, (ltd. 10)
Digital version of the cassette from the series of reel-to-reel noise research. Multiple re-recording of the empty "Svema-375" tapes resulted in forming of the characteristic crunching droning hum. Aside from the technical nature of this document, this recording can be listened for aesthetic delight and other recreational purposes. Used are the reel-to-reel tube recorder "Gründig Deluxe" and cassette recorder "Vega-122". Ultra-limited edition in cardboard seleeve. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Tekhnicheskiy Pereryv (Technical Brake)" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Biosonar^Lo-End, 070/2017 cdr, (ltd. 7)
Another portion of tapes found in our storage - the result of revision of audio cassettes recorded 5 years ago. Playing back and re-recording on various types of devices, various speeds and other manipulations. Extracted from the depths of magnetic spattering, that very noise which was fought against during the whole history of using magnetic tape as data storage media. If you fall in love with crystal-clear sound - this is a perfect tool to fall out of this love! Ultra-limited edition, DIY fetish artwork in cardboard sleeve covered with tape and who knows what else. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "V Dva Poluoborota (In Two Semi-Turns)" -- 2 CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2017 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_11, (ltd. 20)
Field Recordings / Noise. Leningrad-based audio alchemist Evgeniy Savenko is known mostly for his psychedelic drone-ambient project Lunar Abyss. But he also has a more noisy incarnation in his project Pustota where he's mostly busy with dissection and experiments on old hissing audiotapes as well as low-fi field recordings. Paper Moon Republic presents the release combining both sides of the project. Two discs of digitized tape recordings. Two consistent crossfades: from natural field recordings to tape noise on the first disc, and vice versa (from noise to nature) on the second one. Perfect soundtrack for your morning meditation in the kitchen of a Khrushchev-era house. Two CD-Rs with printed surfaces packed in a DVD-case. [label info]
[vk.com]
PYLAR -- "Orygenes" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Gradual Hate Records, GH 140 CD, (ltd. 300)
Ritual / Avantgarde / Psych-Rock. These are the "Demos" from 2012-2013 that started the Spanish doom metal / psych-rock legend. "The material belonging to "Orýgenes" was invoked throughout the 12th and 13th year of the third millennium of the common era of the unknown territories of the atlantes in the megalithic temple of the three pillars engraved by Bar-Gal and transmuted, edited and mastered in the studies of Knockturne by the Lamb Noctivago 7 days before the equinox of the spring of the year 2018. The truth was revealed to Pylar in 6 mysteries, 6 voices, 6 ways. Because the world dresses for its epic and the epic dies when the music stops. So... that the music does not stop, that the epic does not stop and that the wicker men burn to celebrate the new harvest". Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PYTHON VS COBRA + COCO + HUH -- "The Discussion" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2014 Attenuation Circuit, ACE 1006, (ltd. 33)
Nine crisp exercises in exorcising conventions from music: This is all about creating structure and beauty from either anarchic burst-outs or tentative groping – using guitar, drums, voice, and occasionally other sounds from tapes and electronic devices... Python vs Cobra is a duo of drums and guitar, and so is HUH, already featured with an album in Attenuation Circuit’s Rollator Series. Both duos collaborate with vocalist and tape manipulator CoCo, and the result is a series of various pieces that vary greatly in character, but always celebrate a truly daring spirit of experimentation. You never know in advance if it’s going to be noisy or gentle, and this kind of surprise is, after all, one of the things that art is about. Some of the tracks, all recorded in Tokyo in September 2013, feature Yuko Under on electronics. [press-release]
[bandcamp]
QUATTRO BRAVO EBALLIEROS -- "1995-2005" -- CD -- €5
2005 QUAG, quag 25, (ltd. 300)
The first non-private release of the mysterious Reutoff's side-project, previously known for the wide audience only by their track on Ain Soph's tribute "Tutti A Casa" which is not typical for the band. The project has started long before Reutoff in 1995. Being an expression of the very inner influences of Reutoff's aura it was usually created and recorded spontaneously. The result is something close to Novy Svet or Nurse With Wound. The first edition of 300 copies in a special "Quag-pack" printed silver-on-black. [press-release]
QUINTO SOL -- "Ollintonatiuh" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 0824
Quinto Sol was the brainchild of Faith & Disease keyboardist, the late Joaquin Tavares (d. 2006). Joaquin and co-founder Alfredo Feregrino sculpted a very brilliant "pre-Hispanic" ritual project that incorporated complex Mayan and Ancient symbolism woven into a percussive, dirge-like soundscapes. Tracks are culled from the studio and a "Day Of The Dead" live performance at the Seattle Art Museum. [label info]
R.Y.N. -- "Cosmic Birth" -- CD -- €10
2008 Turgid Animal, TA331, (ltd. 300)
R.Y.N. - "Cosmic Birth" - The follow up to this years first album on Unrest Prod. This is an anthology of 03-04 records and is a real treat for your ears! An hours worth of some of the best heavy drone/ambient in the business. Featuring members of Romance and Marzuraan. Highly recommended! Comes in specially printed jewel cases packaging, looks amazing but is easy to ship, best of both worlds! [label info]
[bandcamp]
RACCOO-OO-OON -- "Is Night People" -- CD -- €10
2006 Release The Bats Records, RTB#17, (ltd. 1080)
Swirling sax-and-effects-heavy free-form punk from Iowa Citys Raccoo-oo-oon. Is Night People is their first magical recording, 7 organic rituals creating a majestic outlet of neverending energy. Beautiful cascades of manipulated vocals and layers of feedback melting together over sunny explosions of insane drumming. In the vein of Sun City Girls, Here Comes The Indian-era Animal Collective, Excepter etc. The cd comes in a letterpressed black Arigato Pak with gold ink made by Stumptown Printers and stunning art by Shawn Reed in the band. Recorded and mixed by Steve Wilson, Brad Brandhorst and Raccoo-oo-oon. Originally released as a tape by the band in early 2005, now fully remastered by Pete Swanson (Yellow Swans). [press-release]
RACH, MARTIN FT. LYNN WAILS -- "My Heart" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Attenuation Circuit, ACLE 1019, (ltd. 33)
For everyone who secretly thinks that contemporary music is not emotional enough, composer Martin Rach offers some relief with this four-part composition, however ironically. “My heart” contains lots of heart indeed, quite literally in the form of the words “my heart” spoken by Lynn Wails, which serve as key ingredients of the electronic sounds created by Rach... The music that Rach extracts from “my heart” makes a point of being determinedly abstract, with high-frequency shifts strongly reminiscent of CM von Hausswolff, for example. The contextualisation of these sparse textures, beautiful in their clarity, does however invest them with new emotional content. It’s not romanticism, as might be expected when “heart” is the issue, but rather the humour sparked by Rach’s unexpectedly leaving the ‘serious abstract composer’ pigeonhole by making such a clear conceptual gesture. [press-release]
[bandcamp]
RADIO MURMANSK -- "MOC" -- CD -- €16 [-50%]
2004 AgitProp, AP004, (ltd. 100)
Classical Minimal-Electro music from the 80ies mixed with pure Japan Terror-Noise and a subtile touch of heavy and dry electronic rhythms. Simply a masterpiece of modern Elektro-Noise! Originally released as CDR and LP in 2004. [label info]
RADIO MURMANSK -- "Shinjuku - Pushkinskaja" -- CD + CD-R -- €10
2007 Steinklang Industries, SKD 22, (ltd. 150)
After several private CDR releases, this is the new official album from German's Minimal-Noise act Radio Murmansk. A powerful mix from 80ies minimal-electronics and pure noise-walls. Very rhythmic tracks with voice and many Japanese samples. Special edition with a bonus CD-R containing another full-length album. [label info]
[youtube]
RADIO NOVA -- "Assfunction" -- 3"CD-R BOX -- €7
2007 self-released, (ltd. 47)
Assfunction contains crude noise made by squealing balloons and a car tire. While there isn't much hard strength to it, the disc makes up for it by staying interesting in some tricky way. It's a collection of squeaks that work as a whole, sounding like a crazy man walking to and from on a snow-covered front yard. Antti Oksanen, better known from the band SQUAMATA, has clearly been able to utilize his mad idea to great effect, creating something that impresses, even if it doesn't strike completely home. And it's stuff that makes you wonder how it'll play out done live... Assfunction comes in a hand-made box, with scissors, rubber bands and instructions to "cut off your asshole". So it's not very stylish, but highly logical in its own twisted way. And that's precisely what I'd say of the music as well. [Kuolleen Musiikin Yhdistys]
RADIONOVA -- "Avalanche" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 self-released
An experimental / noise project of Antti Oksanen, member of SQUAMATA. Sound sources: snow, television, white noise, cellophane, tape recorders, voice.
RADIOKVADRATURA & 581C -- "Ignorabimus" -- CD-R -- €4
2011 Heart Shaped Box Prod., HSB-052, (ltd. 21)
Experimental noise / electronics. [label info]
RADIOSTALKING / SYNTHCONE / RECONSTRUCTION OF MOSS -- "Dom 74 / Dom 77" -- 2 CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_31, (ltd. 20)
Radionoise / Drone / Experimental. Soundtrack by the noise commune from the Leningrad region. Drone jams on a bench surrounded by radioreceivers and fly agaric mushrooms. A turn-by-turn visit to the master of DIY-synths and the adept of organic sounds. Who drones into the space in mornings, acts wisely! Two CD-Rs with printed surfaces packed in double half-DVD box. [label info]
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RADOY YAR & 1G0G -- "Polyelei" -- CD-R -- €6
2008 New Orthodox Line, (ltd. 150)
Polyelei is a 44-minute long composition creating the space of spiritual noise. With a service in a temple without a roof, where putrid rain pour, with angels who sing for shot choristers, with sodden wooden forest cross, with endless bells; frescos become a thin pellicle, cigarette paper, through which may be seen the cherubs silhouettes; a kitchen radio preacher, talking with himself, and with the Lord too, yielding to enveloping noise, dissolving in it, starting to speak back to front and oddly croaking, glorifying the Lord like frogs from the parable of King David; someone's regular funeral; singing old woman who is already in eternity, somewhere between a snowstorm and a bedroom community; the requiem of manifold of bells, through which appear the final chants and voices; and finally, the last message - noone will be saved. [press-release]
RAGAMATIC -- "Umbilicus" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Attenuation Circuit, ACLE 1018, (ltd. 25)
Don’t be fooled by the Latin titles, Ragamatic is all about Indian sitar music, played by Reiner Heidorn and fused with his electronic drones and beats. This is a powerful, deeply hypnotic mix that avoids all “ethnic” cliches. Although Heidorn quotes it, you do not necessarily have to be into classical Indian music to enjoy this music. The atmospheres created here are equally related to trip hop and drone ambient music. [label info]
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RAISON D'ETRE -- "Daemonum" -- CD -- €12
2021 Cyclic Law, 178th Cycle, (ltd. 500)
Dark Ambient. Daemonum marks the 30-years anniversary of raison d'être. With Daemonum raison d'être scrutinizes the secrets of the Shadow; the Anima/Animus archetypes and the manifestation of them as a Soul image. By learning to listen for the voice of our subconscious self, we can call that voice our Daemon, our internal genius that provide guidance, we can find hidden potential within ourselves. Daemonum is the album of the daemons... Hunting in the shadows, for the hidden and the opposite, Daemonum is another crossing, deep down to the shaded domains of the inner world. Struggling in blindness and oblivion, guidance and protectors are needed to unfold the obscure matters of our unconsciousness... Standard edition CD of 500 copies in 6-panel digisleeve, matt lamination. [label info]
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RAISON D'ETRE -- "The Empty Hollow Unfolds" -- CD -- €13
2000/2014 :retortae:, elixir 6, (ltd. 400)
The ambience of grim desolation: With 'The Empty Hollow Unfolds', originally released in 2000 on Cold Meat Industry, the ubiquitous Peter Andersson continues his exploration of internal desolation, be it of a spiritual base or purely of self. "The Empty Hollow" in question seems to be the soul; a soul that has unfolded into a vast, blasted industrial landscape, littered with warehouse debris that solemnly clatters like wind chimes born of refuge. The darkened shadows cast on 'The Empty Hollow Unfolds' are of an eerie, almost sinister allegiance, as if the maw at the center of infinity is yawning wide and the haled breath freezes souls; brittle souls that shatter before the immense veracity of such imposing internal devastation. Bones clang over chain-link fences. Metal creaks unsteadily. Bleak is an understatement, as the vast scope of emotions presented here is a sonic lament that lashes the soul. 'The Empty Hollow Unfolds' is a grim travelogue from the land where the sun never rises; grievous keyboard passages overlaid by factory noises and the trademark chanting monks turns this into some of the most unsettling listening since the days of Lustmord's 'Paradise Disowned'. 'The Empty Hollow Unfolds' was voted as the single best release in the history of Cold Meat Industry, making it an important milestone and point of reference. The expanded reissue adds two previosly unreleased tracks to the album. The artwork is, as the original release, styled with somber photos by Martin Pels. Regular edition limited to 400 copies. [press-release]
RAISON D'ETRE -- "The Empty Hollow Unfolds" -- 2 CD -- €33
2000/2014 :retortae:, elixir 7, (ltd. 100)
Limited collector's edition (100 copies) comes with a bonus CD containing live material from 2000-2001.
RAISON D'ETRE -- "Feasting In Valhalla" -- CD -- €10
2014 Yantra Atmospheres, YA-2014-69
Dark Ambient. This album contains new and unique live only material from 2014 recorded live at Valhalla Festival in Hallarna, Norrkoping, Sweden on the 19th of April 2014. Previously on sold at concerts. [label info]
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RAISON D'ETRE -- "In Sadness, Silence And Solitude" -- 2 CD -- €16
1997/2014 Retortae, elixir 4, (ltd. 400)
Mammoth stone walls stretching high into the unknown, dank cellars stewn with bones and ashes. A chill in the lonely night wind disturbed by the utterance of arcane phrases. This is music guaranteed to at least bring about thoughts of mysticism, if it doesn't produce mystical states outright. This defines the term hauntingly beautiful. "In Sadness, Silence And Solitude", first released in 1997, is the fourth full length album of raison d'etre and is yet another astonishing dark ambient industrial masterpiece. This time, "In Sadness, Silence an Solitude" has been considerably expanded with bonus material and made it into a double disc set featuring a bunch of unique, previously unreleased compositions, live material and compilation tracks; everything connected to the same period of time of the original album. In addition, an ultra-limited special expanded edition with a bonus 7" vinyl is released containig new deconstructed versions of two tracks from the original album. "In Sadness, Silence And Solitude" (expanded edition) is released on the newly formed label Retortae and has been carefully mastered according to the K-14 level standard for highest possible sound quality. The disc set comes in a 6-panel cardboard sleeve with freshly designed artwork, just as ultimately beautiful as the music, almost to the point of being indescribable; one must experience it to fully comprehend. [press-release]
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RAISON D'ETRE -- "In Sadness, Silence And Solitude" -- 2 CD + 7" -- €44
1997/2014 Retortae, elixir 5, (ltd. 100)
Special edition set limited to 100 copies including regular edition and an extra 7" packed in full colour envelope-like folder sealed with a special metal sticker.
RAISON D'ETRE -- "Metamorphyses (Expanded Edition)" -- 2 CD -- €16
2006/2014 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 202
Dark Ambient. Transformation is the key to the psyche. It unlocks the hidden domains inside us and finds the paths to inner wisdom. ’Metamorphyses’ is a journey into the deep inner self; a drama of the sublime and trancendental transformation of the psyche through a katabasis ritual presented in six transitional stages slowly moving towards completion. ’Metamorphyses’ is the key to the psyche... Hypnotic, introspective and yet more difficult. Being the seventh full-length album from raison d’être, ’Metamorphyses’ is in many aspects different from previous works by Peter Andersson. The organic flow and the use of drones has been extended, creating a varied output of both calm/meditative and harsh/intense sound structures. The transformation in sound is also present in the perceived emotions. Demanding, tempting and deceptive are only a few elements that characterize the ordeal the listener has to withstand... The expanded double CD edition of 'Metamorphyses' contains the original album remastered according to the K-14 level standard. Additionally, two previously unreleased early sketches from the 'Metamorphyses' session has been added to the first disc. The second disc contains a selection of previously unreleased live recordings from performances made between 2006-2008 in Sofia, Gent, Salzburg, Alkmaar and Budapest. Comes in a 6-panel digipak with original art by Kati Astraeir. [press-release]
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RAISON D'ETRE -- "The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice" -- 2 CD -- €20
2009/2012 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 035 CD
Ewers Tonkunst is happy to announce its another collaboration with famous Swedish industrial music mastermind Peter Andersson made ten years after long sold out Panzar "Human Degeneration" CD. This time it's a reissue of his main project Raison D'Etre latest studio album initially released in 2009 on Cold Meat Industry. 'The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice' is not only vibrating on the surface of your skin. It is alive and breathing, a creature with a knife that cut deep wounds in your body while your soul shatters for air. It is a psychosomatic and transgressive disease opressed by a compulsive behaviour manifested in dualities - the one of your body and mind - and states of metamorphoses - mind becomes flesh become wounds become fluids become stains. Play it loud if you want to become the martyr. Play it low if you are the innocent victim. There are no levels in-between. Violent and intense, it is a hell of an ordeal. But withstand and you are promised bliss. This version of the album has been expanded with an extra disc containing 60 minutes of previously unreleased early-versions-of-the-original-album-tracks. The release comes in a special foldout 6 panels digisleeve and includes 2 full colour inserts. [press-release]
RAISON D'ETRE -- "The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice" -- 3 CD -- €32
2009/2012 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 035 CD, (ltd. 100)
Special edition of the reissue of "The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice" contains additional CD with live recording made in Moscow and is limited to 100 copies only.
RAJAPINTA -- "Bootleg Epiphanies" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2007 self-released, (ltd. 123)
"Bootleg Epiphanies" is a compilation of various material composed and recorded by Ibrahim Terzic and Niko Skorpio in various locations 2001-2006. Compiled and edited by Niko Skorpio in May/June 2007 in order to document the hundreds of hours of work and experiments Rajapinta have done through these years... The duo exercise extensive aural alchemy of mutating samples beyond recognition. There's heaps of tension and energy, and a presence that is unwilling to stay in one place for too long. Constant movement. Material ranges from subdued electro-acoustic soundscapes to fierce noise assaults... This is a semi-official, not-on-label release. The discs have been packed in surplus 7" sleeves (those of Reptiljan/Ibrahim Terzic split 7"), sealed with a large sticker that contains the art & info of the actual release. Limited edition of 123 copies, hand-numbered. [Some Place Else]
RAJFAJH -- "Cult Of Ctulhu" -- CD -- €8
2013 Pain Of Dark Shadow Of Insanity
RAjFAjH was formed in 1991 in St. Petersburg by Dmitriy and Victor, and it became one of the first Russian black metal bands. However they have also been interested in noise experiments and electronic grind-core. After Victor's death and appearance of the new guitar player Alice the new live program was prepared and successfully performed by the duo in many Russian cities and abroad. The material on this album is mostly based on this live program, but it can't be strictly called metal or experimental, as it includes both metal music and post-industrial infloences: dark ambient, noise, drone. Light acoustic compositions turn into aggressive black metal, but most of the tracks are filled with the freezing atmosphere of despair.
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RAPE-X -- "False" -- CD -- €10
2009 At War With False Noise, ATWAR038, (ltd. 500)
First full album on proper CD from these degenerates. Rape-X play scuzzy, filthy power electronics; all crack dens, backstreet abortions and low-life criminal acts. There's a lot of ridiculously over-the-top Bloodyminded-esque PE going on here, delivered in a very metal style - but for me they're at their most effective on long, claustrophic passages such as "Arson" or the harrowing final track, "False". Dark, sub-industrial clanking in the background, behind walls of air-raid siren drones. Powerful, often brutal stuff, and not for the faint of heart. [press-release]
RAPOON -- ": D-LEM : (A Day Of Visual Geographics)" -- CD -- €8
2000/2017 Aquarellist, aquarel 40-17, (ltd. 200)
Ambient / Ritual. Recorded live at the Hall of the District of Gracia Council, during the LEM Festival, Barcelona, 04.06.1999 Subtitled: "short cuts for mental stereoscopic labyrinths". Re-issue of Gràcia Territori Sonor 2000 edition. 200 copies in jewel-case.
RAPOON -- "Airstrikes / Easterly Moon" -- 2 CD -- €15 [-50%]
2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 165-2B, (ltd. 100)
Ritual / Ethnic / Ambient. ‘Airstrikes’ is Robin Storey’s brand new album on Zoharum since ‘Blue Days’ released back in 2015. Unlike the latter, ‘Airstrikes’ contains longer compositions that combine the different recurring themes from Rapoon repertoire from the past 25 years. These are both inspirations from oriental music and rhythmic structures that derive directly from dance music. The seven compositions on the album are subtle observations of the processes taking place in the modern world... Airstrikes announced on the news bulletin with the same detachment as announcing a rise in the price of petrol… A computer game… a dancing crosshairs above a target… The sound of a dulcimer playing an ancient song careens through the dusty, dry desert air… Life persists…. We are such stuff as dreams are made on… This version of the album contains the second CD with the recording of the Warsaw gig entitled ‘Easterly Moon’ and is limited to 100 copies only. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Blue Days" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Zoharum, ZOHAR 110-2, (ltd. 500)
After three well-received, new albums ("Time-loop Anomalies" [2012], "To West and Blue" [2013] and "Fall of Drums" [2014]) and a series of reissues and archive collections, Rapoon returns to Zoharum with a brand new album. "Blue Days" is completely different from those previous releases. While on those three albums long, slowly developing compositions dominated, here there are as many as fourteen of them with the longest being less than eight minutes long, and the two shortest only forty seconds long. This is a record of ideas, sketches. The album is dominated with conciseness; however, all the songs compose one bigger piece. They show that Robin Storey is constantly looking for new artistic paths. [press-release]
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RAPOON -- "Dark Zero" -- CD -- €30
2015 :retortae:, elixir 11.2, (ltd. 100)
"Enigmatic faces stare out from tableaux on walls and caves. Impenetrable and mysterious they haunt the mind. On the last edge of vibration they cross. Unwelcomed and uninvited. A murmur in a shadow. A last breath. They have a tendency to walk through walls. Wheels of fire spit flames into the night. A dark road echoes. The stars vanish. A face in darkness shines. A ribbon on a trace weed. The last curl of smoke. Eyes wide and seeing. They came." The CD (elixir 11.2) comes in laminated full colour digisleeve and strictly limited to 100 copies. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Darker By Light" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1996/2018 Zoharum, ZOHAR 173-2, (ltd. 500)
Ritual / Ambient. Here's another one in the reissue series of rare and sought-after albums by Robin Storey, entitled "Darker by Light". Originally released in 1996, it is a document of the early period of Rapoon's work. It was full of strong rhythmic emphasis hidden behind the wall of ambient dust... This desert period of Rapoon's work falls on the 1990s, from which we have already released three CDs: "Vernal Crossing" (1993), "The Kirghiz Light" (1995) and "The Fires of the Borderlands" (1998). "Darker by Light" is also a part of this exploration which consists of static walls of sound coming as if from the distance and processed rhythms inspired by ethnic music, sometimes complemented by the sounds of flutes and pipes. This great album, unavailable for many years, is worth another spin... The CD is housed in a digipak sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 500 copies. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Disappeared Redux" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Zoharum, ZOHAR 029-2
Zoharum welcomes Rapoon to its rooster. We are honoured to present the new album by the legendary avant-garde project. Robin Storey, the man behind the moniker, has been creating music incessantly for more than 3 decades and is responsible for inspiring legions of other artists with his music released together with Zoviet France and then with Rapoon, New Cult of the Sun Moon, Hand & Slim, and also under his own name. With almost 50 releases under his belt, Rapoon is a household name in the ambient world. 'Disappeared' is not entirely new album. It was first released in 2010 as a download and as an extremely limited CDR edition. Now it has been remixed and partly re-recorded especially for this Zoharum release totalling to 72 minutes (the original album was 7 minutes shorter). Hence the title, "Disappeared Redux"... In its author's words: "This album is a continuation of recurring themes that have been interwoven into the entire recorded output of rapoon. Oblique and transitory the little stories and spoken words form connections across time and space. This is about those who disappear in strange circumstances and those who just disappear. The passage of time and change. Ghosts from the past and ghosts from the future." [press-release]
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RAPOON -- "Easterly 6 Or 7" -- CD BOX -- €35
2012 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 031 CD, (ltd. 50)
Another re-edition of sought after Rapoon classics on Ewers Tonkunst after "Dream Circle" released a year ago. "Easterly 6 or 7" initially made by Staalplaat in 1997 is one of the best Rapoon albums of the early period. More ambient than its chronological neighbours it still has a lot of ethnic sampled percussions, eerie sounds, strange surreal samples and mysterious scratches and breathes, while the voice of the Moroccan singer Khadija Lourlham is adding some special colours to the overall typical Middle-eastern flavour of 90-es Rapoon sound world... This collector's edition is limited to 50 copies and comes in a special wooden box with 2 additional cards.
RAPOON -- "Hotel Bravo" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 185-2, (ltd. 500)
Ambient / Experimental. After a longer break Rapoon returns to Zoharum with allbrand new studio recorded album. The eponymous „Hotel Bravo” is a relict of sorts, which lost its splendor with time and water that took away a part of adjacent land. This decaying building is also a symbol. A special place evoking fragile memories, scraps of images and long forgotten conversations. It’s all the movies seen during the time of adolescence. Finally, it’s all the dreams dreamt years ago by guests within its premises… The above depicts a journey to which Robert Storey invites you on a course of its eight intricately woven sound compositions. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "The Library Of The Dead" -- CD -- €11
2008 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 018 CD, (ltd. 500)
The second CD from Robin Storey on Ewers Tonkunst after the "Mental Traveller" collaboration with Cisfinitum released in 2006. This time Russian artist is also involved and it is a folk singer Tatyana "Toloka" Stepchenko who has also took part in one track on the above mentioned album. Tatyana kindly recorded some songs for Rapoon a capella and allowed him to pull apart, re-arrange, cut-up and re-sample her voice into the sounds and arrangements on this album. The result is a very delicate and enlightened work which is a kind of sonic travel to the clean and vast Russian north spaces to find some ancient and ancestral recollections, made using typical Rapoon sound tools, great and unique voice of Toloka and some very fresh and clear ambient tunes. The release is limited to 500 copies and comes in a stylish digisleeve. [press-release]
RAPOON -- "A Long View Across" -- CD -- €12
2014 Aquarellist, aquarel 26-14, (ltd. 450)
"A Long View Across" refers to the feeling you get when touching an artefact that was made more than 7,000 years ago, in this case stone rock carvings in the Cheviot hills in Northumberland. Spread out across the top of the hills lie huge stone tables carved with many petroglyphs weaving in and out of each other. The sites where you find the carvings are all places with fantastic views across the hillsides and lowlands. Places of great beauty and serenity. There is a sense of "being out of time" at these sites. You are separated from yourself and instead feel a sense of being part of a greater whole. A spirituallity, if you will. The sense of a connection with our ancestors and being part of a continuity. looking backwards and forwards... a long view across. [Robin Storey]
RAPOON -- "Media Studies" -- CD -- €12
2011 Aquarellist, aquarel 17-11, (ltd. 500)
New album is dedicated to the research of mass media's manipulation of people's minds. "These recordings include the voice of David Icke. They reflect on the role of the media in shaping and informing opinions (the war in Iraq for example showed the shameless use of the media by a government intent on war whatever the real facts were) and in furthering prejudices and persecution of those who have differing views and dare to express them. In 1991 Icke was "interviewed" on a well known prime time chat show with the sole purpose of public humiliation for "entertainment" value. There are many instances of the use of media for manipulation and propaganda and many have succumbed to the pressures when the media has been directed against them by malevolent forces (Dr David Kelly, UN weapons inspector in Iraq). The words of David Icke are used here in a benign and impartial way. Whatever your views about the thoughts of the man you have to admire his tenacity against the odds." [Robin Storey]
RAPOON -- "Messianicghosts" -- CD -- €12
1997/2011 Aquarellist, aquarel 18-11, (ltd. 430)
Reissue of a long time lost classical Rapoon album last time published in 2002 by the Austrian label Klanggalerie. Remastered and extended re-release of Rapoon's CD-R only release "Messianic Ghosts" on Syntactic (1997), plus the Birethen and Amüz 7" tracks from the Syntactic 7" (1996) plus two brand new tracks as well. [label info]
RAPOON -- "Messianicghosts" -- CD -- €25
1997/2012 Aquarellist, aquarel 18-11 b, (ltd. 70)
Collector's edition of this album comes in a linen bag with silk-screen print, with 5 photographs and aromas.
RAPOON -- "Navigating By Colour" -- CD -- €10
1999/2001 Soleilmoon Recordings, SOL 71 CD
Reissue of Robin Storey’s most ambitious project to date. Reissue is not limited. Booklet and cover reprint seven images from the twelve cards that came with first edition. Musically, “Navigating By Color” is an evolutionary step forward, with none of the Asian and Indian references that characterized his earlier albums, but still sounding recognizably like a Rapoon record. Several pieces are faintly evocative of drum ‘n’ bass, believe it or not, while others are built from loops of ambient noise and cool atmospheres. Listeners familiar with Robin’s first band Zoviet France will be pleased to hear echoes from the distant past in this album. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Offworld OP1 Equs: Mercury Rising 2" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018 Winter-Light, WIN 018, (ltd. 300)
In celebration of his 25th Silver Anniversary, we are releasing a trilogy of new work from Rapoon entitled ‘The Mercury Rising Trilogy’. The Mercury Rising Trilogy will comprise of three brand new studio albums, all with exclusive material. The albums will bring a new feel to Robin’s work, that of a more off world spacious feel, jazzy in parts with a ceremonial thread running throughout. Each album interlinked by this feel and theme, as the titles suggest, but with each one still having it’s own unique identity... Here we present to you the second installment of the Mercury Rising Trilogy - 'Offworld OP1 Equs'. The trilogy began with 'Sanctus Equinox', released through Winter-Light in November 2017. The journey now continues....... Every 150 years the moons align and block out the light entirely from the small inhabited planet of Offworld OP1. Too cold even for the androids to survive they move en-masse to the farthest moon Celios and wait out the winter in the relative warmth. The ice crystals in the nearby gas planets rings reflect the meager light of the far sun and throw rainbows down to the surface of Celios… a sign… The androids have built their shelters in the shape of the six pointed star with a circular perimeter representing the outer rings of home system Saturn and the sun that moved. Looking back along the aligned moons they diminish in intensity until Offworld is just a shadow, a memory. Waiting. It will take six months before the the first light shines again on Celios and another six before the androids will return. Celebrations await that return…. for now there is only the slow resignation of winter and a promise of it’s end... Spacious synth sweeps glide through the air, whilst icy piano tones play out, filling the spaces with crystallised sounds. Drums crack and fall away, a lo-fi saxophone plays a sombre song to itself, as alien voices raised to the skies chant the mantras of a temporarily dislodged Offworld race of sentient beings. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Psi-Transient" -- CD -- €12
2013 Aquarellist, aquarel 25-13, (ltd. 400)
"Brief moments of seemingly grasping something previously hidden from view. Snow melting on a deserted concrete platform at a station with no name in an urban wasteland. White trees, limbs outstretched as if barring the way into the deeper woods and the darkness. Bone sentinels. A faint memory of once knowing and now forgotten. Elusive and dreamlike the ghosts return." [Robin Storey / Rapoon]
RAPOON -- "Rhiz" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2002/2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 142-2, (ltd. 500)
We would like to present another album in Rapoon reissue series. And this is an unusual album. Released in 2002, "Rhiz" is an album with ... dance music. Robin Storey continued to use distinctive elements for his work, such as blurry vocal samples and drones sound passages, but rhythm is in the forefront in six "Rhiz" tracks. A good ear will find here elements from leftfield electronica, IDM and even acid house. But this is a difficult album, despite these surprising rhythms, especially for those accustomed to ambient spaces usually created by Robin Storey. The new album was slightly remastered, while the cover was designed from scratch and expanded with additional photos from the same session. The CD is housed in a digipak sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 500 copies. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Sanctus Equinox: Mercury Rising I" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Winter-Light, WIN 012, (ltd. 300)
Many people will already be familiar with Robin Storey. Not just for his pioneering work as founder of the industrial group :zoviet*france: in 1979, but also of course for his solo-project Rapoon, which began life in 1992. Now, 25 years after the inception of his solo ambient project, Rapoon is still very much with us and still very much active... In celebration of this, his 25th Silver Anniversary, we are releasing a triptych of new work from Rapoon entitled ‘The Mercury Rising Trilogy’. The Mercury Rising Trilogy will comprise of three brand new studio albums, all with exclusive material. The albums will bring a new feel to Robin’s work, that of a more off world spacious feel, jazzy in parts with a ceremonial thread running throughout. Each album interlinked by this feel and theme, as the titles suggest, but with each one still having it’s own unique identity... Here we present to you the first part of the Mercury Rising Trilogy, ‘Sanctus Equinox’... What if you had created a race of sentient beings and then simply abandoned them, having no further use left for them? What might become of them and what sort of world would these replicants create for themselves, if left to their own devices?.. ‘Sanctus Equinox’ is a portrayal of that world, a painted landscape of the secret rites and ceremonies practiced by it’s inhabitants. Celebrations and rituals created to overcome the sense of loss and abandonment, after being discarded by their creators, deemed to have no further worth. Scattered across the many moons in their new solar system, they gather en masse to worship under alien skies, bathed in the fractured light of moons and suns. Dressed in splendid costumes, they sing and dance along great winding, standing stone pathways; a procession of vibrant colours and chants moving hypnotically towards stone circles raised high to the heavens... As the solar winds blow across now empty plains, time stands still as chants of ‘Sanctus Saves….’ echoes through the air... Processed vocals, atmospheric pads, sub bass patterns, strings and old school sci-fi sounds all exquisitely layered to produce an album of intense beauty. The feel is one of ceremonial celebration and ritualistic joy. A ray of shining hope in the lives of a forgotten people. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Seeds In The Tide, Vol. 2" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2013 Zoharum, ZOHAR 057-2, (ltd. 500)
In December last year "Seeds in the Tide Volume 01" saw the light of the date and met with loads of interest. As promised we continue the series with the second installment in this collection of Rapoon rarities. This time, apart from compilation tracks, "Seeds in the Tide" features three (yes, three) rare releases. The first one being "Live at Klanggalerie" tape from 2000; the other 2 being "Pell Mell" and "Ep Et Vee" EPs, all the three released in very small quantities. "Seeds in the Tide Volume 02" is therefore your chance to grab these titles, not on eBay (where they fetch enormous sums), but in one collection at a reasonable price. All in all, the second volume contains 150 minutes of pure sonic bliss with a quality sign, just like any Rapoon release is. Once again, the tracks were faithfully restored by Maciej Bartkowiak. The paintings on the cover is by Mr. Robin Storey himself and the design duties were handled by Zoharum in-house designer Maciej Mehring. The whole production process was overseen by Michal Porwet. Note: this is the second volume in the series. Next year Zoharum is releasing the next volume covering rare tracks from years 2004-2007. This release is strictly limited to 500 copies. [press-release]
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RAPOON -- "Seeds In The Tide, Vol. 3" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 088-2, (ltd. 500)
The third volume in our ongoing series of albums collating Rapoon's rarities from 2003 and 2004. As always it's composed of 2 discs. The first one features two rare releases; number one is ”Monomyth: Par Avion” CDR (limited to 199 copies only) is a source material for a collaborative album with Birds of Tin, and number two is ”Jane from Whitley Bar” 7” vinyl plus a number of tracks from compilations. The second disc is a real treat as it contains a previously unreleased recording from a 2004 gig in Vienna... The CDs is housed in a digipak sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 500 copies. The cover was designed by Maciej Mehring based on Robin Storey's paintings. "Seeds in the Tide Volume 3" was mastered by Lukasz Miernik. The whole production process was overseen by Michal Porwet. [press-release]
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RAPOON -- "Seeds In The Tide, Vol. 4" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 088-2, (ltd. 500)
Zoharum releases the fourth part in the series of RAPOON's archival recordings entitled "Seeds in the Tide". Like the previous three, this album is divided into two parts. In the first one we find songs from the years 2005-2007 from rare, limited releases, various artists compilations plus a remix of Rapoon made by the project Xela. This first disc, almost 75 minutes long, features a variety of recordings presenting Robin Storey's project from different angles. The second disc is a recording of the next concert from Rhiz in Vienna. This time it is a little shorter, only 45-minute-long appearance, very consistent, strongly contrasting with the first disc... The CDs are housed in a digipak sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 500 copies. The cover was designed by Maciej Mehring based on Robin Storey's paintings. "Seeds in the Tide Volume 4" was mastered by Pawel Bartnik (Centrala Studio). The whole production process was overseen by Michal Porwet. [press-release]
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RAPOON -- "Seeds in the Tide, Vol. 5" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 155-2, (ltd. 500)
Ritual / Ambient. Here's the fifth instalment in the series entitled 'Seeds in the Tide' featuring rare and unreleased Rapoon recordings. The next part focuses on 2008-2011 compositions from Robin Storey's project history. These seventeen diverse pieces are a great introduction to Rapoon's body of work, and at the same time they will please all the hardcore fans searching for every recording of the project. On this fifth volume you will find collaborative works, remixes for other projects, the full version of 'Human Energy Field' (from the sold-out compilation 'From Earth to Sirius', which was the beginning of Zoharum collaboration with Rapoon), unreleased track from 'Stray' album and other curios. Three twenty-minute compositions seem to be the highlights at first, although there are a lot of interesting bits among shorter tracks as well... The CDs are housed in a digipak sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 500 copies. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Seeds In The Tide, Vol. 6" -- 2 CD -- €15 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 246-2, (ltd. 500)
Dark Ambient / Tribal. 4 years have passed since the publication of the previous part of "Seeds in the Tide vol. 5". So it's high time to release the next volume in a compilation series containing rare Rapoon tracks scattered across a variety of smaller releases and compilations. The sixth part contains recordings from the years 2013-2016, mainly from the 7" EPs "Moon and Cups Quarter 1-4", "Calling the Rain" and several compositions prepared for the purposes of variety compilations, appearing in the same period of time. The first album "Keepsakes and Oddities from 2013-2016" is complemented by the recording of the Rapoon concert, which took place in the summer of 2013 during the Gorlice Ambient Festival... Two-disc album released in six-panel digipack, limited to 500 copies. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Sol Laude: Mercury Rising 3" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2019 Winter-Light, WIN 023, (ltd. 300)
Space Ambient / Electronics. In celebration Rapoon's 25th Anniversary, Winter-Light are releasing a trilogy of exclusive new studio work entitled 'The Mercury Rising Trilogy'. 'Sol Laude' concludes the trilogy, thundering its way through the universe, leaving its impression trailing across the cosmos like a giant comet's tail. Deep industrial, space ambience and majestic choral bursts are interspersed with retro sci-fi electronica, emotive piano elements and off-world jazz. "The replicants have followed a well known path. Disagreements and divisions began to grow and sectarianism proceeded to develop. Soon it was an all out war of religious intolerance. Fighting took place and many died. Quietly, and without being noticed, those who held no radical religious beliefs gathered their things and slipped away in small ships and set course for a new life somewhere far away from the division and hatred that had developed in what was once a united community. They journeyed for many years and eventually found somewhere new. An indigenous lifeform of primitive primates seemed to be the most advanced species on the warm planet with blue seas and green forests. It was almost Utopia". Ltd x 300 copies in a 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Songs From The City, The Steppes And A Dreaming Past" -- CD -- €12
2018 Aquarellist, aquarel 45 -18, (ltd. 200)
During creation of this album Robin Storey actively used the vocal material provided to him by Tatyana Stepchenko (Toloka). Tatyana, the singer and the performer of the Russian national songs, the head of children's folklore ensemble "Toloka", cooperates with Robin not for the first time. Her voice already appeared on the albums "The Library Of The Dead" (Ewers Tonkunst, 2008) and "Wanderlust" (Winter-Light, 2016). Also Tatyana cooperated with the dark wave / neo-folk project Moon Far Away from Arkhangelsk... Standard edition - 200 copies in matte 6-panel digipaks. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Tin Of Drum" -- 2 CD -- €14
1998/2015 Aquarellist, aquarel 29-15, (ltd. 450)
"Whilst travelling through the USA and Canada on a tour in 1996 I found a tin of rolling tobacco in a truck stop store in one of the Southern states. This doesn't sound like much of an incident but I was four or five weeks into the tour and at the time I was a chain smoker and all of my European tobacco had gone and i was trying to smoke the dry tinder that passed for rolling tobacco in the US. I spotted the Tin of Drum tobacco on a shelf and was almost overcome with a kind of silly joy. It looked to me like i had found the holy grail... I gave up smoking many years ago. I kept the tin, to remind me. Nowadays I feel the same sense of joy when I look at the sea, paint a good picture, hear my children laugh. Times change… I went looking for America and found a Tin of Drum. Hallelujah… Revisiting some of the same places 15 years later I found the world had homogenised and what had once been unfamiliar and intriguing had become familiar and of less interest. Only the deserts and the stars in the deserts remained unchanged. The second disc is about the deserts." [Robin Storey]
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RAPOON -- "To West And Blue" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Zoharum, ZOHAR 054-2, (ltd. 500)
Not a reissue, not a compilation, but something complete new. "To West and Blue" is 50th Rapoon album and 5th Rapoon release on Zoharum label. And this one will become a staple in our CD players for long time. 7 long, slowly evolving tracks appealing to your subconscious side. An album that is definitely not to everyone's tastes. This one gradually grows on you until you are captivated by its haunting beauty. But there is an underlying uneasiness in it. A sort of clash between reality and a ghost world or a world that is long-gone. With choral voices hidden beneath layers of treated sounds, "To West and Blue" is a stand-out album among Rapoon numerous releases. Robin Storey talks about this album: "These pieces are about the area grew up in in the UK. A peninsula of land which stuck out into the Solway Firth. Surrounded by the sea when the tide was in and surrounded by endless mudflats when the tide was out. When the water covered the ground the line between the sea and the sky was almost non-existent. A diaphanous boundary. The sea came in from the West where the huge skies hung without end in a vault of blue..." The 7 tracks presented on "To West and Blue" were mastered by Maciej Bartkowiak. The cover is based on photos by Robin Storey and the design was handled by Maciej Mehring. The whole production process was overseen by Michal Porwet. The CD is housed in gatefold sleeve in the vein of Japanese-style vinyl replica and is strictly limited to 500 copies. [press-release]
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RAPOON -- "Wanderlust" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Winter-Light, WIN 005, (ltd. 400)
Robin Storey aka Rapoon needs no introduction, having released around 60 albums alone under his avant-garde project. Robin has collaborated with many artists over the years and for this release additional vocals for the album have been supplied by the Russian folk singer Tatyana Stepchenko aka TOLOKA... As the title indicates, ‘Wanderlust’ is the endless yearning, the search for questions and for answers, the horizon ever drawing onward with the lure of what lies beyond. The pull of the mountains and the deserts and the infinitive light of the stars, shining from the distant past. We travel… [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Wasteland Raga" -- CD -- €12
2009 Aquarellist, aquarel 11-09, (ltd. 1000)
New album of Rapoon dedicated to the memories of real art born from industrial wastelands of northern England. Trademark dark ambient combining melancholic tunes with industrial landscapes, tribal rhythms with sitar and other ethnic instruments, experimental approach with traditions... "While I was recently traveling through Eastern Europe recently, I passed through an area of industrial decline that reminded me strongly of the devastation of the Industrial heartlands of the UK during the early Thatcher years. The broken windows and twisted metal of the abandoned warehouses, the derelict pit-heads and the ruined factories all brought back memories of that grim time when the divide between rich and poor was never so obvious. Yet amongst the derelict factories and the red-brick estates of the North of England new music and art sprang forth as if driven by the desolate conditions. Out of the darkness came forth beauty in many forms. Wasteland raga is a remembrance of those times when art and politics held close and intertwined out of a real sense of purpose and unity. Now we have the bland unoriginal days of New Labour and the suits, bland self-satisfied music, and the crassness of yet another bad "art installation" in a "city of culture". Passing through the derelict wastelands of Industrial decline in Eastern Europe I was touched with nostalgia for a time when there was a sense of "us and them"... Art has stuck it's fat lazy arse on the side of the suits and the money men. Viva revolution!!!" [Robin Storey]
RAPOON -- "What Do You Suppose? (The Alien Question) / Project Blue Book" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
1999/2015 Zoharum, ZOHAR 096-2, (ltd. 500)
The mainstay of our label, or Robin Storey aka Rapoon that is, returns with the next release of archival recordings. In this case, it is the third reissue of an earlier album, which has been expanded in the new version with an additional disc with previously unpublished material. This album is coming in 1999. "What Do You Suppose? (The Alien Question)". Different among the works of Rapoon, because it is based primarily on the word. Canvas of this project are the theories related to aliens and their presence on the planet made by William Cooper. Music is therefore subordinate to the text, it is much more withdrawn than on other Rapoon releases, but it does not make it one-dimensional. On the contrary, by moving the centre of gravity to the verbal layer, Robin Storey redefined his compositional language. The bonus disc called "Project Blue Book" is the new album mixed in the current year, which uses the original tracks to the "What Do You Suppose? (The Alien Question)," but this time it is devoid of the narrative. The result is not even an alternate version of the original, but a completely different album, where accents are distributed differently. More ethnic trips here, but it will also include pieces for lovers of shimmering ambient... The CDs is housed in a digipak sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 500 copies. The cover was designed by Maciej Mehring based on Robin Storey's paintings. "What Do You Suppose? (The Alien Question)/Project Blue Book" was mastered by Maciej Bartkowiak. The whole production process was overseen by Michal Porwet. [press-release]
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RAPOON / LORDS OF INFINITY -- split -- CD -- €10
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 223-2, (ltd. 500)
Dark Ambient / Experimental. What we have here is almost 70 minutes of beautiful and enchanted music. A great split release between Robin Storey (RAPOON) and Marina Kryzhanovskaya and Mikhail Kiryukhin (LORDS OF INFINITY) hailing from England and Russia respectively. “For this split CD I returned to the origins of processes that had been there in their most fundamental form in Zoviet France. A ritualistic and shamanistic approach to the creation of music. Uncensored by intellect. More spiritual in nature than conceptual. Elemental and primordial. Not that these elements do not exist in my contemporary creation process, more that they are stripped bare in these pieces.” – Rapoon... “Behind Russian ritual ambient and experimental project LOI stand Marina Kryzhanovskaya and Mikhail Kiryukhin - the woman and the man, two eternal souls. The main idea is that life is an immersion to the mystery. The main and essential mystic experience is love and creation. Spiritual invocation awakes delight and horror. We believe that music incarnates pan-unity. But whereof one can't speak, thereof one must be silent. Our split is about the eternal marriage of all that exists, flow of the eternally youthful life energy.” – Lords Of Infinity... The only thing we can add is that artwork for this was also created and provided by the Artists themselves. CD edition of 500 copies comes in 6 panel digipack. [label info]
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RAPOON & PROMUTE -- "Machine River" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 079-2, (ltd. 500)
Not only is Robin Storey aka Rapoon a very prolific solo artist, but also he collaborates with many musicians from all over the world. He has already worked with Mykel Boys, Wyrm, Pas Musique, Kinder Atom, Cisfinitum, Pacific 231 et al. This time he teamed up with Shaun Sandor aka Promute to create 8 haunting tracks... This is the story of their meeting in the words of Shaun Sandor: "This collaboration between Rapoon and Promute is a direct result of the 2011 Endless Form Tour. For several nights in a row in different cities I sat in a swirling mist of sound conjured by Rapoon. The music easily generated notions of timelessness and seductive landscapes. In all of this, I was realizing that the electro-acoustic set that I was performing seemed to be a natural compliment to the music of Rapoon. I created several dozen tracks of homemade instruments, prepared guitar and bass, and sitar and sent them to Robin Storey to manipulate, process and edit. I asked my friend Des Kashyap to contribute some vocals as well, and he agreed. Robin added his music and vocals as well and did the arranging and mixing"... The CD is housed in an ecopak sleeve and is strictly limited to 500 copies. [label info]
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RARA -- "Planet Death Re/Architecture" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2014/2018 Zoharum, ZOHAR 167-2, (ltd. 300)
Ambient / Post Rock. Two years have already passed since the release of Rara's previous album "W//TR". The new third album is currently in the works. In the meantime, the project found time to prepare an extended reissue of its debut album "Planet Death Architecture" from 2014, released in a small number on tape and CD-R. This excellent album merging post-rock and ethereal electronica was the beginning of the artistic path of Rara. The new edition has been extended with an additional song that completes the original album. But that's not all, because the album also includes an additional disc containing the recording of the concert in Radio Gdańsk, which took place in the autumn 2017. Rara played in an expanded 5-member line-up then. [label info]
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RARA -- "W//\TR" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 125-2, (ltd. 300)
RARA now returns as a full band with a new album entitled W//\TR. It is a concept album developing and closing themes started on Planet Death Architecture. Music from the new album still borders widely-understood folk built on looped sequences of guitar, but at the same time draws from a multitude of other styles ranging from ambient, melodic drones, echoes of world music, cold wave avant-pop to the raw elements of techno. This is music full of space, filled with cold air of the northern coast and the warm rhythm of the southern seas. And above all hovers the spirit of Thomas Mann and the mysterious aura of the Davos resort... RARA (formerly known as Przed Państwem Rara) is a project initiated by Rafał Skonieczny, vocalist and guitarist of Hotel Kosmos. In 2015, he released a solo album Planet Death Architecture (CD – Nasiono Records, MC – Złe Litery). The recording also featured Michał Pszczółkowski and Mikołaj Zieliński (known from Alameda 3, Alameda 5 and and T’ien Lai). A very well-received first concert – already as a trio – took place at SpaceFest in Gdańsk in 2014... Besides Skonieczny playing acoustic guitar, synths and loop effects, Pszczółkowski playing electric guitar and emitting warm synthetic sounds and Zieliński responsible for bass, the other acoustic guitar, percussion and monotron, there are also guests on the album. Two tracks are sung by Ola Bilińska, known from Babadag, Berjozkele and Bye Bye Butterfly. Kuba Ziołek, known from Stara Rzeka, Innercity Ensemble or Kapital also features on one of the tracks on vocals. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Wojciech Noskowiak in the studio in Sopot. The album is strictly limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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RASKOL'NIKOV & HJALMAR -- "Yama" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 158-2, (ltd. 250)
Experimental / Ambient. RASKOL'NIKOV is an Italian project joining other artists on Zoharum. The duo, formed by Francesco Todescato and Jacopo Pagin, has been working since 2010 and has been quite active live. Also, they have a substantial number of very limited releases. 'YAMA' is a collaboration between Raskol'nikov and Hjalmar Hach. Completed in 2013 'The Album of the Mountain' is now awakened to be finally released. The six tracks depict a path that leads from the forest through the mountain and from the mountain up to the sky, a path that reflects itself on the cover image. The original painting is hanging on the wall where the album was mainly recorded, influencing its roots. Those who climb on 'YAMA' move in the exotic territories of an unknown language, scrambling on rocks made of fragments whose forms are unknown even to their own creators. Thus, the journey becomes doubly dangerous and exciting, and when the summit is reached, it’s impossible to say whether it is the place of arrival or just another intermediate point within a wider movement that knows no stops. [label info]
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RATKJE, MAJA S.K. / MARHAUG, LASSE -- "Music For Gardening" -- CD -- €10
2009 Pica Disk, PICA009
The forth entry in Ratkje and Marhaug's "Music For"-collaborative series. After Shopping (2002), Loving (2004) and Faking (2005) comes... Gardening. The title is inspired by Ratkje's new life in the coutryside. The seven tracks on this CD are meant to inspire the listener to spend more time in their garden taking care of their plants. [label info]
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RAY SANDS -- "Escalator Attendant EP" -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2016 The Ceiling, CEIL038
The new "Not a 7 inch..." series established by Jim DeJong (The Infant Cycle) on his own label The Ceiling, releasing his music under various monikers. This in 2/16 in the series. Two tracks of shimmering echoed string drones and introverted escapism. If you are into The Infant Cycle music, you'll definitely like this too.
RAZMOTCHIKI KATUSHEK -- "Knots" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Zaplatka, ZPT024
Industrial / Electro / Rock. RAZMOTCHIKI KATUSHEK is an industrial electro duo, conceived and nurtured by two seasoned masters of the experimental scene: Ekaterina Fedorova (Iva Nova, ZGA, FIGS) and Remko Muermans (ex-ZEA, Holland). For several years they have been meticulously assembling and connecting the conceptual forms of electronics and industrial into an organic symbiosis, presenting the audience with a deeply original product at the intersection of these two worlds of music. These two veterans of the stage will immerse you in a balmy world of analogue effects, live and electronic rhythm, domestic noise and the positive constructivism of soothing factory sounds... The debut album is released in an unusual cut-out 4-panel digipak with foldtray and a card, includes a sticker set for replacing the original album title. [label info]
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RE-DRUM -- "Four Whispers for the Bees" -- CD-R -- €9
Umbra Records, Umbra 041, (ltd. 100)
Russian project with debut full-length CDR on Italian label run by Gianluigi Gasparetti (Oophoi). Four different tracks combining electronic signals, field recordings, slowly evolving deep drones and strange fragments of melodies. Calm and a little surreal ambient.
RE-DRUM / B°TONG -- "Hush! / Ascending In The Light Of An Alien Sun" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 065-2, (ltd. 400)
The next Zoharum offering is the split album between Russian RE-DRUM and Swiss B°TONG. Each project has prepared 30 minutes for this special release. Avid Zoharum observers already know Pavel Aleshin's project called Re-DrUm. 5 years ago we released his album "S" and it was our 7th release. In the meantime, he has been touring extensively plus released one full album, a digital EP and offered his music on a split release with Rovar17. Now Pavel returns to Zoharum with 3 new tracks of contemplative nature. They are full of slow acoustic sounds and field recordings. His sound on "Hush!" is less droney than on "S", but much more organic and laid-back. The second part of this release belongs to Chris Sigdell and his renowned project b°tong. In contrast to Re-DrUm, "Ascending in the Light of an Alien Sun" is a different affair - a dark, brooding affair full of oily drones and treated sounds. Again, composed of 3 songs, it takes you on a trip to the desolate factory inhabited with ghosts of its previous owners... This special project is released in a mini-vinyl sleeve and is strictly limited to 400 copies worldwide. [press-release]
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REALGAR -- "Auriloquio" -- CD -- €10
Autarkeia, ACD 041
Autarkeia label has been long seeking to release such album. Mainly investigating the world of aggression, fear and nightmares, the label has always been searching for a certain balance to avoid one-sidedness, withdrawal and repetition. And, finally, this is the first album absolutely falling out of the earlier specialisation of Autarkeia, yet equally attractive. Well-known Italian musicians Roberto and Claudia, previously partaking in the activities of Kirlian Kamera, Ataraxia, Lupercalia and Argine, have recorded a number of remarkable tracks, the atmosphere of which is probably best described by words very lucid, yearning and constructed in esp. high quality. In terms of style, this is rhythmic electronics enticing the audience with its variety of ethnic instruments and fabulous voice of Claudia. The album promises very convivial journey to the world of alchemy of the Middle Ages. By celebrating the past, it is also nostalgic for the strange world of the times gone and no longer reachable to us. [press-release]
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RECFRAG -- "Recovered Fragments" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Aliens Production, AP 38, (ltd. 333)
IDM / Ambient. Belarusian pioneer of electronic frequencies and break beats aka Recfrag under which is the protagonist Dimitry is not a newcomer on the music scene, and thanks to the previous releases he has drawn our attention for his interesting experiments and balancing in the waters of idm and ambient. Music that this gifted seeker of tones and melancholic corners offers is a great combination of break beats, beautiful atmospheres and melodic electronics. Musically this project is interesting combination of atmospheric dust and destructive attacks similar to meteor shower. Strong corners and beautiful atmospheres almost rotates in the machinery of machine rhythms as on the places they want to destroy your auditory system and penetrates with every tone to your cerebral cortex. Many hypnotic loops and movies blocks adds to this promising path a perfect experience. This message will certainly be for the fans, who likes the sound of bands like: Gridlock, Anhedonia and Stendeck. CD is enriched with powerful remixes by XSODECT, ISH, TOD, TOKEE. You have to listen to this loudly!!! So that in the near future you only hear the name Recfrag. [label info]
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RECOIL -- "Prey / Allelujah" -- CD EP -- €28
2008 Mute, CDMute372, (ltd. 1000)
Leftfield / Experimental. This single was only available from the Russian Depeche Mode fanpage. The reason for it is that this release was completely realised by Russian fans — the record companies just gave their "ok". Mute didn't release a CD version of Recoil's single "Prey", only a very limited 7" vinyl and digital downloads were available, but the fans still believed that there was a special market for physical items on vinyl & CD, and wanted to convince the company of that by releasing this single. Alan Wilder completely supported this idea.
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RED FOG -- "Buried On Vanth" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Reverse Alignment, RA-17, (ltd. 500)
Since it's first release Milk of Amnesia in 2010, canadian Red Fog has entered the stage as a high quality drone act combining experimental and minimalistic elements with swarming soundscapes, always taking good care of the details to make listening a pleasureable experience. Red Fog has already released eight opuses but Buried on Vanth is the first release that actually takes physical form and it's a bit of a mystery to us why Red Fog hasn't been released as CD or vinyl yet. Previous releases has solely been devoted to the digital format but maybe it's intentional, 'cause who's actually behind Red Fog?. The artwork is clean from traces... still... Buried on Vanth is a splendid work of art. [label info]
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RED MOTH -- "Red World" -- CD-R -- €5
2007 Beast Of Prey, bop 4.2, (ltd. 150)
Debut album of Polish project RED MOTH. 35 minutes of harsh ride for extremal noise lovers. Devastation and chaos from experimental sounds to cruching waves, modulations and distortions. "Red World" is an album portraing frightfully chaotic development of Earth, men and their mad rush. Dictatorship of world awakens the need of money, profits, land or control above others. The heat of development in every genre of life leads also to social, cultural, emotional and spiritual vitiation. Project RED MOTH trough extremal sounds interpretates it's own observations of chaos on this earth. Unconventional release, raw cover cut in shape of cross from thick waste-paper cardboard. On front pasted a photo showing the cover of the album, and additional insert. The CD is mounted on plastic element. All folded in 15x15 cm square, wraped with special wire and foiled. The album is hand made and numered, limited to 150 copies. [press-release]
RED SECTOR A -- "Transients" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Silentes, 201432/cd
Andrea Bellucci's "Red Sector A" is probably one of Italy's best kept secrets, and for sure the project of an author who has always preferred quality over quantity. In 1995, after hitting the European dance charts with a few successful 12" releases, he signed to Minus Habens, the hystorical Italian label. Between 1995 and 2012 he released with them four albums of evolute electronic music, merging deep atmospheres and Techno rhythms, microsounds and Ambient-Dub, big beats and Drum'n'Bass, installing his refined aesthetics on assimilated codes. During the years Bellucci also dedicated himself to Dark-Ambient under the Subterranean Source guise, whose two CD albums were released in the U.S. by Relapse via their Desolation House imprint. He also had the merit to bring Alio Die's music to a wider "Non-Ambient" audience with Son-Dha, a remix project centered on selected tracks culled from the Italian ambient master's early releases. "Transients" is Red Sector A's fifth full-length work and also the first one released by Silentes. The path traced by Bellucci in twenty years of activity is perfectly fulfilled in an album characterized, as always, by complex rhythmic textures. The quality of the music produced is remarkable, the sound is clear and well defined with the album working quite well as a whole without any single weak track. The list of guest-artists who have contributed to the greatness of this work is simply impressive and includes the following: Andrew Lagowski, Teho Teardo, Retina.it, Dean Dennis (ex Clock-DVA), Giorgio Ricci (Templezone), Eraldo Bernocchi of Sigillum S fame, and Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo of Larsen. Since we enjoyed every bit of this release it's quite hard to pick up any favourite: the analogic waves of "Luv - 426" (with Lagowski), the cold sequences of "The Depht of Balance" (featuring Dean Dennis) and the Dub-infected "Think - L" (with Eraldo Bernocchi) are just a few examples. A total winner that will appeal to fans of labels like Minus Habens, Warp, Rephlex, etc. [press-release]
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THE RED TIBET -- "Canal Army Songs" -- CD-R -- €7
2019 Kislorod
Neofolk / Soviet. Soviet heroic songs performed in a renewed way by the people who most probably have been listening to England's esoteric underground at their time. The album is dedicated to "the Great Construstion of the White Sea – Baltic canal in the name of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, 1931-33". The program features the canal army song in Russian and Italian, a song about the austere Arctic, a song about Dzerzhinsky, and a psychedelic dream of the same canal army man. Great work with sound and arrangements, invigorating energy, sensitive balance of pathos and self-irony! Packed in a heavy glossy 4-panel digipak.
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REDHOUSE -- "Aggressory" -- CD-R -- €7
2004/2011 Rokot, RKT-11, (ltd. 95)
REDHOUSE is a Noise / Power Electronics project of EXIT IN GREY / SISTER LOOLOMIE. It was recorded in 2002 and never planned for a release but inconsistently released as a 10 copies private edition in 2003. All the sounds are improvised voicenoise performance. The concept of the album is alchemic Magnum Opus. Work in Black, White and Red with the sound as the Materia Prima: Intro - abrasive wheeze, drowning howling, high-pitched squeal; Nigredo - heavy wrecking tread of noise structures with "orchestral" crescendo; Albedo - non-aggressive necrotic noises intergrowing in ritual oppressive rhythm; Rubedo - raw and impetuous semi-harsh and semi-sick noise. Aggressory - 20 minnutes of thick mangling noise in the vein of THE RITA, PARANOID TIME and THE CHERRY POINT. [label info]
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Anisotropy of Relict Radiation / Back-ups Stay on Earth" -- CD-R -- €11
1996/2011 self-released, (ltd. 25)
Reissue of a tape from 1996, previously released as a limited edition of 50 copies. Third album of this project.
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Do You Feel Crunch In Your Ass, Yellow Bastards?" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
1997/2012 Provoloka, PRVLK 0004, (ltd. 375)
Fifth album of the veterans of post-Soviet noise industrial music, previously released by Ultra label in 1997 as a cassette edition of 30 copies. The reissue also features bonus track "Subfrontal zoomorphism accompanied by dysphoria" taken from "Zvukoterror-3" compilation (Ultra, U25, 1998).
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Extract from Slaughter in a Pigeon Hole" -- CD-R -- €11
1999/2014 self-released, (ltd. 39)
These tracks were used to "fill the space" after the "Slaughter in a Pigeon Hole" album released on a CD-R by Black Dead Rabbit Productions in 1999. Reissued only for the true connoseurs and manic fans.
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Fecalophagia" -- CD-R -- €11
1997/2014 self-released, (ltd. 39)
Reissue of a cassette release made in 1997 by Plodovitaya Suka label (PS04). Digitized master-tape without removing any clicks and noises. In 1997 this master-tape was used to make the cassette release which was dubbed on a not-so-good cassette deck to not-so-good cassettes. The reason for this was complete absence of money for making a good quality release. The sound quality of this CDR is much better than the original cassettes from 1997. [Kirill Stoukaline]
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Last Convulses" -- CD-R -- €11
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT31, (ltd. 100)
Previously unreleased last album of RAA from 1998. Lustful space disco with sampler attacks in proto-Messer Chups aesthetics. Science fiction, careless glamour of the 70-s, futurism and insanity, extreme sexual behaviour and rage of revolutionary masses... Connoisseurs will immediately feel the hands of Leningrad noise classics, even in this unusual role. Body modification / cock'n'ball torture artwork from Kirill Stoukaline. [press-release]
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Live In Cyberfeminclub" -- CD-R -- €11
1999/2011 Silphidae, SILPHA 1
A live gig recorded in 1999 in Cyberfemine club which has later become famous Experimental Sound Gallery (ESG-21). Reissue of a CDR previously published in 1999 by Black Dead Rabbit Productions.
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Live in Youth Theatre on Fontanka 13.03.98" -- CD-R -- €11
1998/2014 self-released, (ltd. 39)
The recording of the first of only two live gigs by an old Russian noise act Reductio Ad Absurdum, digitized from the cassette release by Ultra label, complete and authentic copy from R.A.A. leader - Kirill Stoukaline.
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Plodovitaya Suka Undead!" -- CD-R -- €11
1996/2011 self-released, (ltd. 25)
A collection of almost all compilation- and bonus-tracks given to various labels. Sleeve contains detailed info about each track.
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Sovmehkastratsiya" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
1996/2009 Provoloka, PRVLK 0002, (ltd. 375)
Reductio Ad Absurdum is one of the most interesting and original noise projects emerged from the post-Soviet Russia. They started their collective experiments in 1994, having recorded and released almost twenty albums, part of them was released by Ultra and Black Dead Rabbit Productions, another part by their own label Plodovitaya Suka. "Sovmehkastratsiya" was released on a cassette in far 1996 by Ultra as a limited edition of 30 copies. After almost 15 years this album is now available on digital media with an additional bonus-track taken from "Zvukoterror" compilation (Ultra 14, 1996). The musical component of this album won't leave untoched the lovers of oldschool analogue noise: noisy trance of Noizeclot, aesthetics of Dog As Master's "Conduit" period, inclination to alogical rhythmics of early Esplendor Geometrico - the music of Reductio Ad Absurdum combines all these approaches making their own, easily recognisable style. [press-release]
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REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Sparks of Lower Reign" -- CD-R -- €11
1996/2011 self-released, (ltd. 25)
Reissue of a tape recorded in 1995 and released in 1996 as a limited edition of 100 copies.
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Subaracnoid Analysis of the Pathological Process" -- CD-R -- €11
1998/2014 self-released, (ltd. 39)
Reissue of the original cassette released in 1998 by Relax Key label which later transformed into Aquarellist. The cassette contained various unreleased tracks recorded by the band in 1995-1997. This CD-R is the exact copy of the master-tape used for dubbing the cassettes of the original edition.
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Triumph of the Will and Phallic Personification of the Great Prince Alexander Nevsky / Phenomenal Spectre of the Distant Galaxies" -- CD-R -- €11
1998/2008 self-released, (ltd. 99)
Fantastic old school industrial from Kirill Stoukaline, Russia. Two tracks, 52 minutes. Samples from movies, cut with unhealthy sense of humour, noise pickups from various devices, metallic noises, peeps of modulators. [Abgurd]
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM -- "Vibrations Of The Bridge" -- CD-R -- €7
1998/2012 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT82, (ltd. 35)
Reissue of the full-length album previously released by Plodovitaya Suka in 1998. Resonate ironware Old-School Industrial / Musique Concrete based on a field recording of one of St. Petersburg's bridges arranged in studio with metallic percussion, voice, musical and noise samples, etc. Digital clicks and glitches are a part of author's intention. Sleeve. [label info]
REFORMED FACTION -- "Save Our Ghohsts Vol. 2" -- CD -- €15
2013 :retortae:, elixir 2, (ltd. 450)
Retortae is proud to present its debut release - Reformed Faction "Save Our Ghohsts" dilogy, the masterpiece from the people who could be considered as ones of the most influential in industrial music, the founders of the legendary Zoviet France Robin Storey (Rapoon) and Mark Spybey (Dead Voices On Air). The sophisticated delicate ritual ambient which is transferring the transcendent nature of some special places, bringing a thin air subtle atmosphere of dawn and dusk foggy moments. The below text is an authors preview of this great sound excursion to the mystical area which should be kept secret to save its ghohsts from noisy people attention... "On one occasion, we received an anonymous letter from someone containing a photograph that included these words, "Save Our Ghohsts". Intrigued by the possibility that we are not alone, and with little else to do during one of our typical damp, cold, windy and generally unpleasant winters, we thought we'd try to explore the phenomena of paranormal activity. We believe that the imagination is a gaping chasm. Further, paranormal activity can be rationally explained. Or so we thought. So, with the aid of a spiritualist medium (who shall remain anonymous), night vision cameras, field recording equipment, EMF meters, flashlights and dowsing rods we set out to several locations in the North of England that have reported high and sustained levels of paranormal activity. In order to investigate Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) we also recorded noise from randomly tuned shortwave radios, between the hours of 2 and 5 am on no less than 10 occasions. We cannot reveal details of the locations that we visited, neither do we wish tell you what we saw or what we experienced. We have made use of the sounds that we recorded during these nocturnal investigations and from the EVP recordings in both Volume 1 and Volume 2 of "Save Our Ghohsts". [press-release] Volume 1 released by Retortae label on a 12" LP (elixir 1).
REFORMED FACTION -- "Years Of Lightning, Day Of Drums" -- CD -- €10
2012 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 032 CD, (ltd. 450)
Brand new album from two former :zoviet*france: members Robin Storey (Rapoon) and Mark Spybey (Dead Voices on Air). This is the fifth album of their joint project which has been formed in 2006 and now gathers more and more attention from the audience which it really deserves. Obviously the duo is on its best creative form today and this work proves it totally. Delicate improvisational loop/collage technic which became a face of :zoviet*france: of its golden mid-80es era is brought here to a new level of sonic wizardry making a perfect balance between great operational technical skills and living breathing musical canvas. An absolute masterpiece of experimental electronic sound art which is far from both formal approach of concrete music and total lack of structure typical to pure improvisationists. Very recommended not only to :zoviet*france: / Rapoon / DVOA fans but for much wider circles of true music lovers! This edition is limited to 450 copies and comes in a full colour digisleeve with two inserts. [press-release]
REGARD EXTREME -- "Ars Veterum" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2021 Steinklang Industries, SK142, (ltd. 200)
Martial Industrial / Neoclassical. A Dark Medieval work that takes us across Europe of Middle age. Mutation of a civilation that is at the same time dark, romantic and cruel, paving the way towards a century of rebirth and light... Regard Extrême is a French musical project founded by Fabien Nicault in 1990. Influenced both by the dark underground scene of the 80's and ancient or classical music, Regard Extrême presents a dark orchestral sound with a brooding martial quality... Comes as 6-panels glossy laminated digipak with 12 pages booklet. [label info]
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REGOSPHERE / XIPHOID DEMENTIA -- "Subterranean Transmigration" -- CD -- €10
2014 Phage Tapes, PT:208 / Annihilvs, APEX2014-02, (ltd. 500)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. On this split release, REGOSPHERE and XIPHOID DEMENTIA take a joint exploration of remote territories; lowering the listener into deep, cavernous tonal atmospheres, as finely tuned deathindustrial synth drones blaze a harrowing sonic journey across desolate, frozen psychological landscapes. [label info]
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REM KORAL -- "Purity of Mind" -- CD -- €10
2019 Pantheon, PAN081, (ltd. 50)
Ambient / Drone. Into the blurred reality of everyday motion, into a flow of noises and blinking lights, inside it all and deeper – seeing no limits in chaotic movement, embracing it, we call it a reality. Even if someone tells it's all just a hologram, even if it's only a collective projection of what infinite multiverse can be, we keep believing in limits of reason, while dwelling in unlimited disorder. What if the illusion is here, no inside our minds. What if the things we see in dreams are no less real? There's no simple answer for a troubled mind. There are no words to put it clearly. Yet, there's music, there's sound, there's silence. Our biggest fear, slow motion, the calmness of the seas, bright starry sky which reminds of the infinity... Who dares to look inside those eyes, to face the gaze of bottomless Universe? Aren't it looks like our inner self – so bright and close, yet infinitely unreachable? [label info] Hand-numbered edition of 50 copies in handmade cardboard sleeves.
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RENOU, CHRISTIAN / THE BASTARD NOISE -- "Brainstorming II" -- CD -- €10
2009 Housepig, HPIG-20
Christian Renou really should not need an introduction. The French master of detail has been cranking out releases under the name BRUME since the mid-1980's. On "Brainstorming II" THE BASTARD NOISE and Renou prove once again they are capable of creating some of the most haunting and progressive collaborations beheld. Renou brings unnerving rhythms + unsettling concrete sound; Wood fuses insect with cruel-tech; both exponentially more than the sum of their parts. "Brainstorming II" is startling in it's beauty, fascinating in it's discomfort, spacious and intense. Housepig is blessed to deliver sounds of such advanced design. [label info]
RENOU, CHRISTIAN + K2 -- "Untitled Collaboration" -- CD-R -- €7
2011 Test Tone Music, TTMR-005
Mail collaboration between Christian Renou (Brume) and Kimihide Kusafuka (K2) recorded in 2002 and released only in 2011.
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RES -- "Spiral" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Red Engineering Production, REPR-02, (ltd. 20)
Death Industrial / Power Electronics from Kiev, Ukraine. Old School!
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RESGESTAE -- "Etat D'Urgence" -- CD -- €10
2015 Force Majeure, Force 008, (ltd. 500)
Debut album from this Greek act. Resgestae composes contemporary power-electronics with both "cultural terrorism" and an esoteric aesthetic. Using extreme frequencies, samples and tones, Resgestae creates post-industrial, cinematic soundscapes, incorporating true political, social and economic elements. "Etat d'Urgence" is no more than a social control soundtrack, an experience in our daily lives of fear. Recommended to all those who like Post Scriptvm and Propergol. Digipak. [Cold Spring]
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RESTRAINT / DASEIN / INDRA / ?I 91404 A -- "Su-7" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT99, (ltd. 139)
Continuation of the series of collaborations made during hiking trips, started by the brother label YAOP. The album is based on "live" joint action of four projects from Helsinki (Restraint), Moscow (Dasein) and St. Petersburg (Indra & YAO 91404 D) made in ruins of the beton bunker Su-7 located on Mannerheim Line. A noise performance in the middle of the woods made with the use of available means and primitive instruments recorded on analogue and digital devices and later reworked by Asket (Dasein) in a 35-min cancas of militant old school ritual industrial combining power of modern sound technologies with retrograd earthly spirit and aesthetics. Retro-futuristic military avantgarde. Sleeve. [label info]
REUTOFF -- "1998-2008" -- 6 CD box -- €60
2008 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 023 B, (ltd. 100)
Limited Jubilee Box edition of 100, includes 6 albums on CDs and 2 cards. The albums are: Das Absterben [1998], Three Souls For A Reasonable Price [1998], Regno Di Pianta [2000], Unseen Rituals [2002], Deprivatio [2008], Tanz Der Kleinen Schweinen [2008].
REUTOFF -- "NullRauM" -- 2 CD -- €17
2014 :retortae:, elixir 8, (ltd. 250)
Retortae is proud to present an epic work from the most world well-known Russian industrial combo called Reutoff which has just celebrated its 15 years of existance. NullRauM is a collection of all the tracks included in ReuTRauM series initially released as seven 7" vinyls issued by seven different labels in seven different countries as well as four tracks made especially for this collection. The entire period of its creation took around 15 years - as long as the project exists - and it could be considered as the band's most important work to date. Complex dark drone ambient structures typical to Reutoff presented here in all their historical development, from the very first 7" released in 2000 by legendary Drone Records to the most recent tracks made exclusively for this release. The result is extremely pessimistic and profound reflexion of the old world collapse and desperate anticipation of the shape of things to come. Though NullRauM material is a collection of the tracks made during such a long period of time, today it looks really homogenous and holistic, and its mosaic elements have finally found its providential shape. Extremely recommended to absolutely everyone. The release comes in laminated full colour digisleeve with 16 pages booklet. [press-release] NOTE: Collector's limited edition coming soon!
REUTOFF -- "NullRauM" -- 2 CD + CDR -- €40
2015 :retortae:, elixir 9, (ltd. 30)
Special edition set limited to 30 copies in a wooden case with CDR including two exclusive tracks.
REUTOFF -- "Regno Di Pianta" -- CD -- €7
2000/2009 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 001 CD, 3rd ed., (ltd. 400)
The third incarnation of Reutoff classics first seen the daylight in the year 2000. This time it's a regular jewel box with an artwork based upon now sold out digipak edition made by glorious cmart. Being the darkest, gloomiest and most industrial album of the project, Regno Di Pianta has become one of the most well-acclaimed Reutoff releases ever. Dense and sombre dark-ambient drones are intertwined here with noises and sprinkles of voice and cello samples, pouring out the eternal dusk of misty reign of suffer and solitude - the endless Regno Di Pianta, the Kingdom Of Tears. The edition is limited to 400 copies. [press-release]
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REUTOFF -- "Regno Di Pianta" -- CD -- €18
2000/2004 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 001 CD, 2nd. ed., (ltd. 500)
This is a CD reissue of the first CDR-release of this well-known Russian dark-ambient band.
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REUTOFF -- "Unseen Rituals" -- CD -- €8
2002 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 003 CD
Combining layers of delicate noise with voice samples and rhythmical patterns, Reutoff creates unique atmosphere of despair and anxiety, where sad melodies dip into the pool of cold strained tension. Unseen Rituals explores the rites which people perform every day never mentioning them, their secret hidden essence. Recommended for everyone who likes the things that lie beyond the visible veil. The release comes as special sized folder with full-colour printing. [label info]
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REUTOFF vs DER BLUTHARSCH -- "Kreuzung Drei" -- CD -- €10
2008 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 022 CD, (ltd. 500)
Three tracks from Reutoff (source material - Der Blutharsch CD "When All Else Fails"), and two from Der Blutharsch (sorce material - Reutoff 7" "ReuTRauM III").
REUTOFF vs DEUTSCH NEPAL -- "Kreuzung Vier" -- CD -- €10
2009 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 021 CD, (ltd. 400)
The fourth issue in a series of collaborations between Reutoff and their friends. This issue includes 3 tracks from Reutoff based on the source material by Deutsch Nepal and 3 tracks suite called "Jigsaw Puzzeling With A Dismembered Reutoff" created by Deutsch Nepal using the sounds delivered by Reutoff. The release comes in a special "Kreuzung" series package made of brown kraft carton with a full colour stickered artwork/info cover and Reutoff logo embossed on the back, the CD is housed in the same carton die-cut inner envelope. 6 tracks, 50 mins in total. First edition of 400 copies. [press-release]
REYNOLS -- "The Bolomo Mogal F Hits" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2004 Audiobot, BOT 007
Lo-Fi Psychedelic Rock.
RHUCLE / KROMESHNA -- split -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2018 Monotype Series, (ltd. 50)
Ambient / drone split of Japanese and Russian artists. Packed in a hand-painted monotype (oil on water) sleeve with an insert. Each copy is unique.
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RICH, ROBERT & FARYUS -- "Zerkalo" -- CD -- €10
2008 Faria Records, FAR-22, (ltd. 1000)
Zerkalo = Mirror. Tangential glimpses remotely echoed, untethered from touch. No time nor place, no past nor future, internal, external. Sculpting from energy, clouded motion vaguely slipping. Evanescent vibration, without meaning apart from its own open secret. [label info]
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RIDE FOR REVENGE & BIZARRE UPROAR -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2008/2014 Bestial Burst, BeBu-069 / Filth And Violence, FILTH&VIOLENCE-103, (ltd. 500)
Collaboration release between Finnish acts Ride for Revenge and Bizarre Uproar: primitive black metal meets heavy noise. Originally released on cassette in 2008.
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RIGOR MORTISS -- "Klechdy (OST)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 235-2, (ltd. 350)
Industrial Rock / Experimental / Soundtrack. Rigor Mortiss aka Małgorzata Florczak, Jacek Sokołowski & Maciek Stoliński are the foundation (as there are some guest artists appearing from time to time) of a Polish alternative/industrial rock band active since the early 90s. For sound reference we recommend checking out their 2019 album “Wbrewny” released by Zoharum... “Klechdy” (Folk Tales) is a soundtrack to a 2018 short and critically acclaimed film of the same title. Movie tells the story of a young African who finds himself in a Polish village in the middle of nowhere and troubles he encounters. If you ever get the chance to watch it - you definitely should. Don’t take our word for it. The film has been awarded by many festivals around the globe: Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, Toronto Redline Independent Film Festival, Ciudad de Mexico International Film Festival, Bloodstained Indie Film Festival in Tokyo, Five Continents Film Festival in Venezuela to name a few (out of about 25, so...)... Given that it's film music it varies in style and tone. From narrative and holding in suspense electronics to some proper heavy riffage. “Klechdy” is a horror movie so don’t expect light treatment as the soundtrack is an integral part and a proper representation of what you see on the screen. Last track deserves special mention as guest vocals appear courtesy of CB Mvula - actor playing main character in the movie. The song brings reminiscence of 90s rapcore/Rage Against The Machine era... Golden CD edition of 350 copies comes in outsized ecopack. [label info]
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RIGOR MORTISS -- "Wbrewny" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 176-2, (ltd. 400)
Industrial / Metal / No Wave. The band from Płock is back with a new album. The previous release of "Brud" (released on Requiem Rec.) already showed that there is no doubt why musicians had returned after many years of silence and that they still have much to say, thus they have a vision of their own reinvention. Today, Rigor Mortiss, thanks to the "WBREWNY" album, is pursuing the newly chosen path even more boldly, cutting off from the burden of the past, without any complexes. We deal with heavy, seemingly predatory music, but also singularly toned down due to interesting arrangements. There is a captivating trans-like repetition based on a strong guitar groove, balanced by the sounds of often phenomenal samples and the proper build-up of the atmosphere. From the whole album an intriguing story emerges, created thanks to lyrical miniatures, songs about the fear, pain of existence, passing away, almost mythical Haenyeo women and their own reminiscences. There are two unusual tracks here on the album that are worth mentioning: "Cyborgernas Bön", which were based on Eugeniusz Rudnik's "Miniatures" samples, and "Escape from the Flashback", the fragments of which served as a soundtrack to the award-winning "Klechdy" ("Folk Tales") movie awarded on many festivals. [label info]
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RIMBAUD, PENNY -- "Oh Magick Kingdom" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Cold Spring, CSR259CD
Dark Jazz / Industrial / Noise Rock. Originally released in a tiny self-financed run of just 60 CDs in 2011, Cold Spring are proud to give this impossible-to-find release by Penny Rimbaud (CRASS) the wider attention it deserves. 27 minutes of dark jazz, industrial, bursts of repetitive noise rock and foreboding classical cello, with the initial music laid down by New York duo JAPANTHER, and organically interwoven with the punk poetry of Penny and other Shakespearean ‘voices’. The lyrical subject centres on broken relationships and the conflicts which can exist between love and desire. All elements were recorded at the legendary Dial House in Essex. Digisleeve. [label info]
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RIMBAUD, PENNY (KERNSCHMELZE II) -- "Cantata For Improvised Voice" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Cold Spring, CSR239CD
Spoken Word / Experimental / Noise. Kernschmelze: ‘the dying gasps of the Age of Enlightenment’. 'Kernschmelze II' is a cantata for voices, in this case the voice of CRASS songstress EVE LIBERTINE, processed by CHARLES WEBBER to almost choral proportions. Working on Kernschmelze II alongside Eve Libertine, PENNY RIMBAUD has been able to produce a classic album on a par with their ‘Acts of Love’ of 1984 (Crass Records). Libertine’s sparse, vulnerable poetics counter the almost Wagnerian scale of the work, challenging preconceptions of what music should be and making strong suggestions as to what it might yet become. Extreme electronics sourced solely from vocal sounds to create noise music of an intense and highly demanding nature. Ecopak with artwork by GEE VAUCHER. [label info]
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RIMBAUD, PENNY (L’ACADEMIE DES VANITES) -- "Yes Sir, The Truth Of Revolution" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2016 Cold Spring, CSR223CD
Punk / Free Jazz / Experimental. The former leader of CRASS Penny Rimbaud prepared this completely reworked version of CRASS' classic "Yes Sir, I Will" (1982) specially for the Rebellion Festival in the UK (2014) along with the former CRASS vocalist Eve Libertine and a group of leading musicians from the London jazz scene with whom they'd worked extensively in the past. The live recording of that show, presented here, captures all the tense excitement created by presenting a primarily punk audience with complex poetics of love, accompanied by equally demanding freeform, improvised jazz. However, as had generally been the case with CRASS' output, wild, willing and worrisome, it would be wise to expect the unexpected... Digipak with huge 28-page booklet. [label info]
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RISE AND FALL OF A DECADE -- "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" -- CD -- €11
2007 Intuition Records, INT27002
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is a retrospective compilation covering period in history of the one of the most important French alternative/wave bands of the 90s: RISE AND FALL OF A DECADE from its very beginning in 1987 (with Galdhopiggen Glittertind which became the first song of the band) through their four successful albums of 90s (Rise and Fall of a Decade, Noisy But Empty, You or Sidney and Forgot the 20th Century) and rare singles (An Evening With Bernard, Mistake with interesting covers of S. Gainsbourg and The Pixies) to the present time (Don't Save The Museum recorded in 2006). Atmospheric keyboards, acoustic or distorted guitar, expressive male and heavenly female voice, excellent lyrics. Their extraordinary songs are full of beauty and melancholies. An impressive ethereal new wave with a specific French influence. [label info]
RISTEVSKI, BOBAN -- "The Key to the True Kabbalah" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2019 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_35, (ltd. 15)
Noise / Drone / Experimental. We present the album of a noise artist coming from the Northern Macedonia. Three tracks – three keys to stone chests filled with occult dust. A possibility to smear with the orgies of masonic lodges, to join the ritual incest of Ancient Egypt and to warm up near the burning Tree of the World. And to keep a muddy lithography creaking with the bones of alchemists... CD-R with printed surface packed in a standard jewel box. [label info]
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THE RITA -- "Swingers Get Killed" -- CD -- €10
1998/2021 Input Error, IE-04 / Self Abuse Records, SAS-07, (ltd. 200)
Noise. Reissue of the classic album released on Solipsism in 1998. Featuring new artwork and co-released by Self Abuse Records and Input-Error. A true noise classic. [label info]
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THE RITA -- "Womankind" -- CD -- €10
2010/2021 Input Error, IE-05 / Self Abuse Records, SAD-15, (ltd. 200)
Noise. A new compilation featuring the two Womankind tapes released on Survivalist in 2010 & 2012. Remastered by Grant Richardson (Gnawed). Edition of 200 CDs in digipak covers. [label info]
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RITUAL FRONT -- "Lightnings Over Crimson Hill" -- CD -- €9
2005 Der Angriff Nr. 25
First full-length album of Ritual Front. The band members call their style "combat folk", and in this definition one can find elements of martial and dark-folk given in esotheric context with multifarious arrangements of keyboards, flute and samples. Besides new tracks the CD contains new versions of already known hits "Two Lightnings" and "Being Born".
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RITUAL FRONT -- "Strahlungen" -- CD -- €9
2008 Der Angriff, Nr. 33, (ltd. 500)
After more than two years of work, the most promising Russian dark folk act is returned with their new album. "Strahlungen" is much more matured, professional and carefully produced than the debut CD "Lightnings Over Crimson Hill", and at the same time it hasn't lost neither its energy nor its honesty and sincerity. Seven tracks about the difficult questions of honor and pride, choice and liability, death and rebirth sang in Russian will be more than transparent to the worldwide audience since those challenges don't know the national borders. The release comes in a very special silver embossed cardboard package reminding of vinyl cover with an inner sleeve, there is also 32 pages full color booklet inside with lyrics in Russian and German (the German translations done by Gerhard Hallstatt from Allerseelen) and limited to 500 copies. [press-release]
THE RITUAL INCLUSION OF CODE -- "Beta Wave Nemisis" -- CD -- €10
2011 Small Doses, DOSE80
The Ritual Inclusion of Code is a monumental collaboration between Daniel Jansson (Deadwood) and Osman Arabi (20.sv, Seeker). Beta Wave Nemisis is their premiere recording. Both men's influences and efforts are immediately apparent and blend effortlessly to create this thirty-one minute document of a long journey. Dark ambient textures blend with industrial soundscapes. Harsh noise floats with minimal drone and power electronics vocalizations. One movement flows well into the next, making for an intense and epic debut recording. The art and design was handled by Seldon Hunt. [press-release]
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RITUAL VIOLENCE -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2015 Filth And Violence, FILTH&VIOLENCE-109 / Bestial Burst, BeBu-072
RITUAL VIOLENCE is a project band featuring key members of Bizarre Uproar, Ride For Revenge and Below... and surely sounds like that. Will also please those unfortunate souls into most raucous Filth&Violence and Bestial Burst acts like Sadistic Bliss, Flooded Church of Asmodeus etc. Raw sound, heavy riffs repeated ´til you vomit in disgust, some blasphemous total noise + well placed samples about Satanic rituals. If that´s not your cup of tea, lucky you, move forward. Two lenghty tracks in 40 minutes, packaged in delicious looking digipak. [label info]
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RITUALNAYA BIOINGENERIA -- "Hton" -- CD-R -- €6
2001/2007 Biosonar Revers
Mechanical factory industrial, telling us the truth about hard slavery work in urban environment. Author's re-edition of long sold out album previously released by Ultra label in 2001, with simple home-printed artwork.
RIZOS, PERSEAS -- "Untitled II" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2021 self-released, (ltd. 50)
Avantgarde / Dada / Free Jazz from Athens, Greece. Member of the band THE ZYKLONS. Second untitled album after a cassette on E.D.A. Records (2019).
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RLW -- "Fall Seliger Geister" -- CD -- €10
2013 Dirter Promotions, DPROMCD94 / Black Rose Recordings, BRCD 12-1011, (ltd. 500)
Dirter Promotions presents a stunning new album by Ralf Wehowsky. He is currently one of the most respected electronic composers of our day. Ghostly creaking sounds mix with highly complex electro-acoustic and electronic sounds. This description may sound familiar, but no sound is what it seems and RLW always manages to stay far ahead of his contemporaries. His music is impossible to pigeonhole into one simple bracket. It is neither industrial nor musique concrète, nor computer music nor improvisation. Limited to 500 copies, the CD comes packaged in a Japanese mini LP-style sleeve with textured reverse board printing and black inner sleeve. [label info]
RLW -- "Herzblutanteil (I.K.K. IV)" -- CD -- €10
2009 Waystyx, WR47, (ltd. 432)
Once upon a time, in far 1794 year, Christoph Schmid wrote the lyrics for Ihr Kinderlein Kommet, which was performed soon after in Thanhausen an der Mindel. He united it then with the melody, composed by contemporary composer Johann Abraham Peter Schulz. In the end of 2001, a few weeks before Christmas, I recorded my daughter Sonja (aged 5 then) singing some of her favourite xmas tunes, including I.K.K. When Jos Moers (owner of Meeuw Muzak label) was asking me to contribute to a series of xmas 7"s he is doing once every year, I used 2 of those recordings for 2003's yearly event: merry merry (mm 027 - I.K.K. release #1 in retrospect). Side one has Sonja's singing (Stille Nacht = silent night) unedited "live". Side 2 has a funny piece composed from a transformed Ihr Kinderlein Kommet. When the 7" was done i had the impression that the transformed sounds had a quality of their own, so i used them for further transformations and to compose a new piece of about 15 mins length: I.K.K. - Purpur - Scharlachrot. Following my course of collaborative works I invited some friends to take part in this adventure. The result, I.K.K. - Purpur (CD, Sirr 025), was released in 2006, including contributions from Dan Warburton, Andrew Deutsch, Chris Halliwell, then Strotter Inst., Stephen Vitiello, also Johannes Frisch and Bhob Rainey, I.K.K. #2). Two lengthy pieces by Domenico Sciajno and myself followed later that same year as Gelbe Tupfen (CD, Bowindo 07 - I.K.K. release #3; not to mention a version by Reto Mader on his CD Fireproof in 8 parts, Hinterzimmer 2007). But other projects needed their time, so it took until 2008 before I came back to the KInderlein. The distance made it easier to go back to the sources: an extract from the original recording and the meeuw version are presented here superimposed for your pleasure in the end of this release. And so, the starting point is set by C. Renou (Brume), who uses extracts from almost all the following pieces for a glorious introduction: Merry merry! Don't wish me a merry Christmas, I won't have one. [RLW]
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RLW -- "Tonlose Lieder" -- CD -- €10
2004 PARA disc, PACD-013
After the recent re-issues of the old PD work, it's now time to fast forward in music history and take a closer look at the missing link of disbanding P16.D4 and the first solo works of RLW. Fast forward to 1990. This is the time when the old techniques of tape-splicing, cheap four track records and such like was replaced by cheap samplers and computer interfaces (midi to control sequences), being an option for everyone. Before this all settled down into RLW's first CD 'Acht' (1992), he experimented with a lot of ideas, using the newly acquired techniques. The abrassive side of P16.D4 became more subtle, more dynamic and at the same time it was also reduced in sound and approach. No less than twenty-two pieces from the sketchbook are to be found on this CD, and each of them is described in the booklet. Scratching records is for instance a main feature, like was done on the SLP project, but it involves also organ like sounds, sterile factory settings found inside the sampler and much more. In some cases we get the raw version of a piece that ended up on 'Acht', but the majority is unheard. Whereas on the later solo records by RLW it's hard to recognize the original input, we can hear on this CD him freely improvising around with instruments, sampling them etc. Of course not every fragment is great, but it would not be right to say that this album is only for those with a keen ear on history. It bears the collage-like style of P16.D4 with the latter RLW style, but in all its fragmented style it sounds, still after all these years, like a fresh album. Only to be compared, I think, with P16.D4's 'Tionchor' album. A collection of nice short pieces, that make more sense when heard they are grouped together. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
ROCCHETTI, CLAUDIO -- "Every Live Is Problem Solving" -- CD -- €10
2011 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 1147
A suggestive gallery of abstract images, confused fragments of life and real living experiences, sights of urban landscapes... Noisy and electronic interferences, mechanical machines movements, concrete noises, low frequences fluxes, hissing sounds, interferences, but also melodic acoustic guitar pieces, human voices and other field recordings... A brave, uncompromising and heterogeneous "decomposed" mosaic of avantgarde sound art beyond time, beyond any point of view and any geometric coordinates. [label info]
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ROKKIRYHMA -- "Maailmanvoitto" -- 3"CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2007 267 Lattajjaa, LTJ-59
Lo-fi pop-folk. Teenage psych-folk band inspired by mainly Atari Teenage Riot, playing on acoustic guitar, harmonica and flute some sleepy folk-songs in Finnish, and cover-versions of, for example, Justin Timberlake. Sleeve with insert. [YAOP]
ROMERO, CAESAR -- "The Grotesque Burlesque Revue" -- 3"CD -- €6 [-50%]
2004 Fin de Siècle Media, FDS 07
In the spring of 1997 Amanda Moss, Adrian Jones and Marisa Carr, three London-based artists, joined forces and formed a cult performance art company called The Dragon Ladies. Together, they created a bizarre piece of deviant theatre which became known as The Grotesque Burlesque Revue. Loosely based on the fable of Bluebeard, re-nterpretations of female sexuality, fairy-tales, nightmares and myth, it tells the story of Dolly Blue, a naive Music Hall starlet who marries Captain Blue and sails away with him on a doomed honeymoon voyage. Once on board the ship she secretly enters his private chamber and discovers the dismembered remains of his previous wives. Dolly soon meets her own unfortunate end and she is killed, cast in porcelain and made into the ship's figurehead. This act invokes the wrath of Violet Rose, a fearsome sea-creature who destroys Bluebeard's vessel, killing herself and all on board. Finally, rising from the congealed chaos of the shipwreck, formed from oysters on the sea-bed and the blood and skin of the dead sailors, comes Bloody Pearl, a psychopathic street-walking prostitute. She seeks retribution for her death as Dolly Blue and exacts her revenge by seducing then strangling unwary sailors with strings of pearls. The show was originally commissioned by Chisenhale Dance Space and was performed as part of their 1997 "Trash" Season. The Grotesque Burlesque Revue rapidly gained cult status and was performed to sell-out audiences across town. In 1998 they programmed Enter The Dragon Ladies, a series of multi-media performance events at the Raymond Revuebar, Soho's notorious striptease club. Each event featured a performance of The Grotesque Burlesque Revue, a number of other "sideshow" acts, films and live bands. A second Dragon Ladies show was also produced at this time, The Macabre Melodrama of Lottie Bone. The final Dragon Ladies performance took place at the 1998 Lisbon Expo. By this point they had strayed from the original aims of the piece and the performance degenerated into a full scale audience riot. This sealed the fate of the company and they disbanded shortly thereafter. The complete, original soundtracks to both shows were released at the time as a limited edition of 100 CDs and the tracks contained here are re-mixed versions of those in the original score. Derived from sea-shanties, nursery rhymes and warped, fairy-tale carnival music they form the central part of the soundtrack to the show. [press-release]
THE ROOTSMAN vs MUSLIMGAUZE -- "City of Djinn" -- CD -- €12
1997/2017 Aquarellist, aquarel 39-17, (ltd. 360)
Rhythmic Electronics / Experimental Dub. Reissue of the original material previously published in 1997 on CD by Third Eye Music. New artwork & remastered sound. Standard edition - 360 copies in jewel-case.
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THE ROOTSMAN vs MUSLIMGAUZE -- "City of Djinn" -- CD -- €18
1997/2017 Aquarellist, aquarel 39-17 b, (ltd. 142)
Rhythmic Electronics / Experimental Dub. Reissue of the original material previously published in 1997 on CD by Third Eye Music. New artwork & remastered sound. Special edition - 142 copies in digipaks made of textured cardboard with silk-screen printing.
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THE ROOTSMAN meets MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Amahar" -- CD -- €12
2019 Aquarellist, aquarel 50-19, (ltd. 340)
Rhythmic Electronics / Experimental Dub. This material was recorded by Muslimgauze and The Rootsman at the Third Eye Studio, Bradford, UK between 1997 and 1998. Previously unreleased, because this tape was considered lost until recently. Standard edition – 340 copies in jewel-case.
ROPE -- "Techouva" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 OPN Records, OPNCD0017
Rope is a French electronic collaboration between Jessica Weisz (ErockaerB) and Thomas Papay (Le Diktat). The project melts together dark and minimalist electronica with visual art, video and photography. The debut album from Rope is inspired by the sound of projects such as Plastikman, Pan Sonic, Vromb and Orphx. Digipak. [Cold Spring]
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RORO PERROT -- "Execution Des Hautes Oeuvres" -- CD -- €10
2011 Premier Sang, 006, (ltd. 500)
Roro Perrot is new project from Romain Perrot, aka Vomir, tutelary figure of Harh Noise Wall genre since 2006, obsessive artisan of noise from more than 10 years - including releases and sets with Freya, Mahayoni Mudra, Arshgeil... This new CD is a 22 minutes, 68 tracks, plausible incarnation of some sort of harsh folk, like a french rogue and degenerate cousin of Bill Orcutt, or a Loren Mazzacane Connors under Temesta. Recorded in Lozere & Cote d'Or (France), summer 2011, limited 500 (pro CD), cardboard sleeve. [label info]
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ROSE SOBCHAK vs. AMATEUR ANT -- split -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2011 Torga Amun, Amun-024, (ltd. 46)
34 min. Fat harsh noise & radio frequency noise. CD-R, 46 copies.
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ROSENQVIST, DAG & RUTGER ZUYDERVELT -- "Vintermusik" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 080-2, (ltd. 300)
One album, seven tracks, two people. Who are they? Dag Rosenqvist is a Swedish musician releasing solo music under his own name/previously Jasper TX moniker, and Rutger Zuydervelt is prolific Dutch sound artist familiar to most as Machinefabriek, already known to Zoharum followers via ”Dubbeltjes” compilation of his rarities. And what is ”Vintermusik”? Actually, it is another rarity being reissued. The tracks from this album date back to 2006 and are one of the early tracks commited by both Dag & Rutger. They did not meet at the time of the recordings, they used the Internet to exchange files. And so 50 minutes of music was created. It is contemplative music full of shimmering guitar drones, delicate piano melodies and bits of field recordings. They sound cold, yet warm at the same time. So the time for releasing this music is just right – it is a little bit of winter music for the end of the summer... The original version ”Vintermusik” came out on a CDR limited to just 200 copies. Due to a popular demand we decided to re-release it. It has not dated in the least bit, it is as fresh as on the day of its release. As a special bonus, another rare gem was added, that is ”Feberdrom” coming from a 3” CDR. It gives you the full picture of those early ventures into duo collaboration between Dag and Rutger... ”Vintermusik” is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. The cover is based on the original by Rutger Zuydervelt. It was mastered by Lukasz Miernik. The whole production process was overseen by Michal Porwet. [press-release]
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ROSSIGNOL, FRANCOIS -- "Butoh Vol.1" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 VOLOK Records, VR-26, (ltd. 20)
Modern Classical / Experimental. Music for Butoh dance by the Canadian composer Francois Rossignol, with quite dark and ritualistic atmosphere.
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ROSSIGNOL, FRANCOIS -- "From Trust To Dust - Butoh Vol.2" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 VOLOK Records, VR-36, (ltd. 20)
Modern Classical / Experimental. From Trust To Dust, or; Butoh music as a solo art form, not as music for dance. In this opus, the structural goal was to write story telling episodes in soundscapes that do not necesseraly evoque dancing imageries but rather paint the imagination with bounderless fields. The work's leitmotiv is of our culturaly troubled times that yet can be true of utopian mistakes through out history. [François Rossignol]
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ROTHENBERG, DAVID & KORHAN EREL -- "Berlin Bulbul" -- CD -- €14
2015 Gruenrekorder, 159, (ltd. 1000)
This is a collaboration between the German musician, composer, author and philosopher-naturalist David Rothenberg on bass clarinet, clarinet and effects and computer musician, improviser, sound designer Turkish Korhan Erel based in Berlin on computer, iPad and live sampling. 'Berlin Bülbül' (which means nightingale in Turkish) is a living recording on location and at Draakonipuu, Kreuzberg, Berlin (an important heritage area of the city with several parks and museums). According to the liner notes about nightingale behaviour there are "three ways by which they sing and countersing to each other, starting late at night and lasting until dawn during the early weeks of spring. The male is typically an 'inserter,' which means he waits a moment after another's song ends before starting his own, and thus a resultant song is formed from their alternations. There is also, however, the 'overlapper,' whose singing begins about one second after another's, and the 'autonomous singer,' who blithely sings according to his own schedule, indifferent to whatever else is happening nearby". The prolific interaction between the sinuous Rothenberg clarinet sounds and sound explorations with electronic abstractaciones Erel, maintains an ongoing rich in nuance dialogue between music and nature. [Guillermo Escudero, Loop]
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ROWE, KEITH / ILIA BELORUKOV / KURT LIEDWART -- "Tri" -- CD -- €9
2014 Intonema, int011, (ltd. 300)
In 2013 Ilia Belorukov and Kurt Liedwart invited famous and legendary Keith Rowe to Teni Zvuka Festival in Russia for a collaborative project, they played concerts in Moscow and Saint Petersburg and recorded several times. In a year Intonema and Mikroton Recordings release two albums with this electroacoustic master. The first will be the album called "Tri" where you can listen to the full set at the festival at Experimental Sound Gallery and a track which they recorded the same day before the gig. [label info]
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RUHL, JORIS & ANTEZ -- "s/t" -- CD -- €8
2013 Observatoire, obs * instrument | 047 cd, (ltd. 350)
This material was recorded live in 2012 in Zürich and Grenoble, Joris Rühl playing clarinet and Antez playing percussion. Minimal intuitive improvisations with deep droning electoacoustic feeling (although no electronics were used!).
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RUINS OF MELANCHOLIA / LYUDI NA LDU -- split -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2017 self-released
Ambient / Experimental. Split of two Russian projects. Ruins Of Melancholia "Subtle Whisper of Oblivion" is a 38-min atmospheric track soaked in strage gritty sounds, iridescences and resonances. The track is quite abstract, cold and alienated... Lyudi Na Ldu "Frozen Day" - 24 minutes and a half, here the atmosphere is more dense and dynamic, with an industrial touch. Synthetic vibrations come and go, sometimes condensing in thick clouds of sound, sometimes dissolving in misty haze of echoes.
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RUIZ, MIGUEL A. & BARDOSENETICCUBE -- "Exclusion Zone" -- CD -- €10
2009 Aquarellist, aquarel 09-09, (ltd. 500)
A collaboration work of Spanish musician Miguel A. Ruiz (Orpheon Gagarin, Efficient Refineries, etc.) and Russian project Bardoseneticcube. Dangerous zones of sonic landscapes painted with the help of analogue synths and sequences, all sorts of samples, vinyl records and even folk instruments (percussion, gusli, penny whistles and pipes). Schizophrenically twisted ambiental collage of the fragments of the modern soundsphere. Rhythmic excursions into contaminated areas. Industrial psychedelia.
RUKKANOR -- "Despartica - Face One" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden, WOP44
Despartica is a collection of impressions, situations and moments in life. The particular parallel between lyrics based on old poetry, and all this what happens nowadays, creates often the atmosphere of bitter reflection and irony. Desires, beliefs, dreams, emotions, experiences, beauty of life and sight of inevitable death in 19th and 20th Century poems "framed" in varied music, from strong industrial rhythms to romantic ballads with melancholic recitations and singing. Yet another different chapter in Rukkanor's musical book. First part of double CDs set - "Despartica - Face One" is now available. 10 songs, 45 minutes, CD in digipack. [press-release]
RUKKANOR -- "Despartica - Face Two" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Rage In Eden, RAGE 64
The mixture of styles and musical ages. Echoes of 70's electronic, new romantic of 80's (OMD, Numan, Heaven 17, Visage). A bit of industrial, a pinch of EBM, a touch of synth-pop. Second part of the specific interpretation of 19th and 20th Century poetry. This time in more gothic and electromantic "musical sauce". Achtung! No martial nor neo-folk songs. A very last album of Rukkanor. 11 hits :-), 44 minutes, CD in digipack designed by Michal Karcz. "...Only by breaking with what is already achieved, man can create the space for new events." [press-release]
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RULLA / MONTAGE -- "Gray Comedy / Messin'" -- CD -- €10
2005 Monotype, MN006
Finnish-Japanese power electronics split.
RUMINSKI, ARTUR -- "AR" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 202-2, (ltd. 300)
Psychedelic Rock / Ambient. Artur Rumiński, apart from countless projects (including ARRM, THAW, FURIA, GRUZJA, MENTOR), also composes under his own name. The effects of this work have been so far published by such labels as Wounded Knife or Sqrt. Contrary to what he presents within the bands mentioned above, Artur’s solo output appears in a slightly different style, cherrishing minimalist forms. Being moderate in measures, he builds an extremely intimate, slightly oneiric and reflective atmosphere of intricately woven sounds, from which echoes psychedelia with references to world and illustrative music. His latest album appearing under Zoharum banner consists of 7 compositions creating a uniquely coherent and strongly affecting listener’s imagination history with proper beginning, development and ending.
CD released in a 4-panel digipack, strictly limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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RUMORE AUSTERO -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Diplodisc, special product 1 / Hysm?, 130 / Amirani Records
“Rumore Austero produces unorthodox instrumental snapshots for modular practices, mostly performed in barren unusual environments”, the press text says about this duo of Giordano Giorgi and Marco Carcasi. The cover lists a whole bunch of instruments, such as field recordings, kalimba and Shruti box but all the rest is in Italian, so I am a bit clueless. I would say there is a variety of instruments available for them, both conventional and otherwise and in the eleven pieces they explore via the idiom of improvisation and endless amount of approaches for these objects. One thing seems to be clear to me and that is these improvisations are part of the world of rock music. Guitars seem to be playing an important part here and even played in an odd way, there is still something about this that sounds a bit like a rock guitar. I was thinking at times of The Ex and their guitarists, but then without vocals, drums or exotic saxophone players. Rumore Austero add a fine amount of distortion to garner a bit of extra spice in their music; they use objects to hit their strings and do so in a fine repetitive manner, such as in ‘Coda Mozza Vuole Ali’; some of this then reminded me of a very condensed Glenn Branca. Their rockist agenda works quite well, I think, and they plunder easily over many years of free rock and they do it quite well, bordering on the more abstract sound art and the convenient alternative rock space; perhaps not always innovative but always with the right attitude to make each piece be alive. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
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RUNES ORDER -- "Il Sonno Del Sogno" -- CD -- €4 [-50%]
2001 Fragole Records, GB 01
Dark Ambient / Experimental. A soundtrack for the theatrical play, "Il Sonno del Sogno" mean the sleep of dream, the music is a mixtue of beauty, melancholic grace & introspective meditation. Both dark and beautiful electronic soundscapes. Claudio Dondo creates a pulsating electronic collage submerged in an ever-expanding/morphing backdrop. [label info]
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RYR -- "118. The Hidden Sword" -- CD-R -- €12
2007/2021 Agfa Archive, AGFA 03, (ltd. 50)
Martial Industrial / Sound Collage. "...The Gods enter the world, they come to fight with the blind forces of Fate to change them. They fight with the Dragon and the Bull. In reality - with Demiurge, the master of this world. They either win or become expiatory victims. And in the beginning of each new Age, if we are able to see beyond the demiurgic look, in Archetypes and Aeons, the Hero is given the hidden message of Yearning, allowing him to forge the most powerful weapon to open the road of liberation and the way out from the prison of Fate. Archetypes carry the message and unveil the mysteries of science which allow to create the sword..." Even more deep, even more secret. Vagueness. Through the alloy of martial industrial and dark ambient is built the task of comprehending the unexplained. The presence of the mystery of general European myth throught the concrete historical cut. Thundering stretching layers of sound, cuts from the past, overloaded remembrances, dark calling depths, pulsating air of a dream. Wake! [original press-release] Pro-CDr, 8-panel foldout A5 digisleeve, postcard, A3 poster.
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RYR -- "In Spring 117" -- CD-R -- €16
2006 UFA Muzak, UFA05, (ltd. 117)
New head from RYR project. War... Emptiness... Deapair... Hope... Mist... Blood... View... History... Fall... 117 steps... Down... 46 minutes of new experience of the martial atmosphere for the people who have to know more and maybe more dreadful. Vagueness of position turns into doom and rage, urge to kill turns into the only way to live. Retreat as a look into eternal existence. Monuments remember about this... The album is very musically diverse and saturated. Distorted noise, military samples, ritual pulsations, ambient soundscapes. Aside for typical Ryr samples you'll hear apocaliptyc poetry in French, Russian, German, Swedish... The album starts with sprightly hymn of "German girls union" gradually sinking in shots, shouts and weeping, and ends with magnificent "Last Spring" of Grieg. Non-standard package, first 46 disks are sprinkled with blood. [press-release]
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RYR -- "Shadow Of All Shadows" -- CD -- €10
2016 Ufa Muzak, UFA71, (ltd. 160)
Apocalyptic industrial. New chapter of the dark apocalyptic saga. Second part of the trilogy started with the album "Until the End of Time". Obscure transcendental atmosphere evolves in the new direction. Beton labyrinth provokes the visions of the supreme archetype, the war continues on the new level, echo rages in agony searching for the way out. Noise loops bring the altered state of cosciousness, trying to make out the difference between dream and reality, to find the secret door of all doors, to solve the Demiurge's second riddle. If "The end of time" was the beginning of the alchemy process, death of the world, a prophecy and a hope, then the "Shadow" is the red stage, the catatonic search in smoke and blood. Nostalgic madness, infinitely winding deja vu. We offer you to solve this puzzle, probably you've already heard all this long time ago... in another life... The album features contributions from ULTRAPOLYARNOE VTORZHENIYE and T-WALD. 9 tracks, 55 minutes. Standard edition: glossy 4-panel digipak. [label info]
S.O.A.H. -- "Codex Tagirioni" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2020 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 023
Dark Ambient / Spoken Word. "Codex Tagirioni" is comprised of seven canvases floating into each other and narrating the story about the alchemy of internal formation. About the metaphysics of death and the transition through the Gates of Abyss to the Other Side. The night side of the World Tree. About the unity of fire burning in the heart of a man and in the core of a star; each grain of the fields contains the sleeping spirit of this flame. About the Non-Being as the mother's womb of the Being... Word, Voice and Music: a bitter potion, tart wine and sweet poison, turned into a witch's hebenon. An elixir of moon blood and spices of the Forbidden Lands. An elixir of Hypnos, sending to the Other Side. In the center of the eternal Force, which was before the Existence and will remain after the Existence collapses it will flare up like a cinema film and sink into the Great Dissolution... The trinity of instruments presented by the bass guitar improvisations, poetic melodclamation and sound textures creates this timeless shamanic ritual, cosmic black, bewitching and smoking with darkness... [label info] For the fans of SOL MORTUUS and CHURCH OF HOWLING DOG, especially the album "Ummu Hubur".
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SACHER-PELZ -- "In Hoc Urbia Miazi" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 090
After more than 28 years the seminal contamination by Maurizio Bianchi / MB called "Sacher-Pelz" is finally back with dyslexic hollows in the hypertoxic forewarning of scrupulous connoisseurs: "In Hoc Urbia Miazi" is its irrational title, and you should take note of this for your survival! Uncompromising & best quality old-school industrial-noise like in the very early "Come Organisation" times by this Italian CULT project! [press-release]
SACHER-PELZ -- "Zre Has Celp" -- CD -- €10
2014 L. White Records, LW-085, (ltd. 250)
Industrial / Noise. To the 35th anniversary and dedicated to SACHER-PELZ himself (1979/2014). SACHER-PELZ has returned back. But maybe he never went away. From the depths of the more radical and dark sonic experimentation here resurface a systematic arrangement composed of magmatic and hypnotic sounds. The listener will be fascinated by them, as long as he will free his mind and heart by the unnecessary weight proposed by the modern mass media and embraces the freedom of the post-industrial neuro-modular average. [label info]
SACHER-PELZ / AMUN CELL -- "Hibakusha" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 1146
Cyclic loops based on static drones, intersected by electronic frequencies algorithmic variations of undefined sonic materials, moved by delays and landscape perspective variations recurring in space, a sequence of metallic waves in a continuous tone variation, heavy dissonance sonic stratification in progressive and pseudo-random composition / decomposition; desolate silences corrupted by resounding echoes of evolving electric rhythmic impulses. Long awaited re-issue of this unbelievable album by Maurizio Bianchi / Sacher-Pelz and Sandro Kaiser / Amun Cell, previously only available on a limited release. [label info]
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SACRIS TANDEM -- "Dethronement" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2014 Status Prod., SP 01CDR / Noise&Drone, ND 01CDR, (ltd. 100)
STATUS Prod. and Noise & Drone present the debut conceptual album of the Russian abstract ritual ambient / post-industrial project SACRIS TANDEM "Dethronement", based on the legend about seven pyramidal towers erected in Moscow by I.V. Stalin. Field recordings and ritual instruments were used for this record. Also one can hear samples of totalitarian ceremonies, songs, waltzes and marches of the past century. For the lovers of COIL, HYBRYDS, BOCKSHOLM. 100 hand-numbered copies. [label info]
SAGENTOETER -- "Prayers To Othinn" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2005 Ahnstern, AHNSTERN 14, (ltd. 500)
Medieval / Neofolk. A brilliant classical Folk album with great middle-ages orientated instrumentation. SAGENTOETER are members of RIHARC SMILES, which guarantees you a large variety of perfectly played acoustic instruments. The lyrics are strong and heroic and tell from a ancient nordic Wolfage. [label info] Packed in a wooden slipcase.
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SAL SOLARIS -- "Cherez Polus?? (Through the Pole??)" -- CD -- €10
2021 kultFRONT, KF-XXXVIII
Techno / Industrial / Dark Ambient. New disc from the band most important to kultFRONT. The hronicle of a noisedive of the inner thermometer mercury column to the place, where it becomes all the same. Where actually everything gets smoother. Like ice on which you can dance madly, or accelerate and slide your whole body over its rough mirror. Horizontal movement at a constant speed, to look into the depth where white becomes black. To get up and walk stubbornly. To lose and not to find. To give and not receive. To live and freeze. Dancing. The album contains compositions from three digital EPs from Ivan Napreenko and Konstantin Mezer, releases in 2015-2018 on NEN Records bandcamp page. In addition, the disc includes tracks from the cassette split of Sal Solaris and Zero View. Like frost, fixating and killing everything that consists of water, "Through the Pole??" freezes into a crystal something that never appeared as a single piece of matter. A retrospective of several years of living, shown in an order devoid of linear logic. Like a dream, devoid of beginning and end. A dream to wake up from? The edition is released as a CD with timing on the verge of flushing, hidden in a six-panel digipak, decorated with chains of neural connections. [label info]
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SAL SOLARIS -- "Der Ruf" -- CD -- €6
2006 Der Angriff, Nr. 28, (ltd. 500)
After around five years since the first Sal Solaris album "Outerpretation Of Dreams" has been released on Hau Ruck!, Der Angriff and Indiestate are proud to present the second CD of this great Russian industrial formation. The music of Sal Solaris could be labelled as "power ambient" - being profound and deep, without obvious rhythms or harsh noise patterns, it has no soothing meditative effect, but it is powerful and moving instead. The closest comparisons are Reutoff, Stalnoy Pakt or early Loki stuff, e.g. Dagda Mor. This album is a compilation of nearly all of the tracks that have been released by the band on various EPs and compilations through the years of project's existence. It includes their contributions for "Ten Years Of Madness" 2CD, "Heilige Feuer I" CD/LP, "Avangardia" CD, "Eternal Soul" box and "Holy Mother Russia" LP compilations, as well as the complete 10" EP "Remember" (Der Angriff, 2002) and two 2006 remixes for the tracks from their split 10" with Stahlwerk 9. Being scattered over numerous releases, these brilliant compositions were not able to bring the recognition that Sal Solaris really deserves, but collected together they demonstrate the real power and the obvious artistic talent of their creators. The real masterpiece, not to be missed! This CD comes in a cardboard full-colour envelope limited to 500 copies only. Total length is 77 min. [press-release]
SAL SOLARIS -- "Zwielicht" -- CD -- €10
2011/2014 kultFRONT, KF-XVI / 7Hz Records, 7HZ 06 D, (ltd. 100)
Zwielicht - a collection of sketches for "Tenebrae", a collaboration album of Majdanek Waltz & Sal Solaris dedicated to a German poet Paul Celan. "Tenebrae" was released in spring 2011 and became a result of consequential rework of the material. The initial recordings of Majdanek Waltz were interpreted by Sal Solaris, and then again brought to a common denominator. From our point of view, a stop on a road sometimes is worth the final goal. We found the intermediate resulf of Sal Solaris work so original that we decided to release it on a separate disc in the end of 2011. We think these sketches for "Tenebrae" not only have a completeness of form, but they also give the listener an opportunity to feel what illusiveness means - an idea, so important for the 21st century. [press-release] Second edition - 100 copies in 4-panel digipak.
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SALA -- "Shcut enteRing Worts" -- CD -- €10
2005 Autarkeia, acd 006, (ltd. 500)
"Schut enteRing worts" consists of two forceful tracks of ritual ambient style. They are not distinguished in the compact disk as the ritual couldn't and shouldn't be accelerated or perceived in separated pieces. Starting from hypnotic mantra, music gradually unravels to the strong and mystical ambient, the main feature of which being reiteration transmitted by the sound loops. These are organically supplemented by the tabors, bells, magic spells and mysterious sounds floating from the distance and generating only the strong mystic mood of the audience. Actually, concerning the impact, this music is in line with the works of world's famous artists acting in this field - Coil, NWW, Omenya, Hybryds, Deutsch Nepal. The "Schut enteRing worts" album was recorded by the participants of SALA project when experimenting with Brion Gysin's dream machine, which formerly inspired the well-known William S. Burroughs and had a strong psychedelic effect. [press-release]
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SALA DELLE COLONNE -- "Il Destino Della Orchestra Aurora" -- CD -- €12
2013 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 166
Third full length CD by this Italian Martial Industrial project after their sucesfull album out on CMI. “Il Destino della Aurora Orchestra” CD album by SALA DELLE COLONNE, in his symbolic title already declines his strong intentions, with the word “Destino” that can be translated in English either with "Destiny" or with "Doom". We can read it as "The Destiny of Aurora Orchestra", when the September 8, 1943, during the Second World War, the musicians was divided (someone followed the Republic of Salo, others went with the Partisans), to symbolize and remember the tragedy of separation in Italy that followed the end of fascism and the outbreak of civil war that put brothers against brothers. And we can listen it as "The Doom of Aurora Orchestra", following the neoclassical martial orchestration in doom key adopted by Sala delle Colonne in some tracks, an "orchestral doom" like the evolution of the style used in earlier work “XX A.D”. Another great leap in quality and innovation of this eclectic Italian artist, by now well known even outside the neoclassical / martial world in which it was - so far - located. [press-release]
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SALEM GUEST -- "Visions" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Shadowplay Records, SPR 150
Neofolk / Medieval. Salem Guest was founded in autumn 2010 by Andrey "Andy A. Tremo" Agatipov and Maria "Annabel" Agatipova in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The idea of creating the project appeared from the mutual interest in the authentic Western European music as well as the modern Dark Folk genre with its inherent ideological spirituality. Already having some experience in composing and performing, the musicians based their new project on melancholic neo-folk with neoclassical elements. Inspired by the European musical legacy, folklore tradition and modern music of the related genres, Salem Guest create their own material as well as variations of the classical and traditional songs. A lot of instruments are used in the recordings, such as acoustic and electric guitars, Irish bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, Celtic harp, various percussion and symphonic samples, which allows to exand the boundaries of sound and fill it with different atmosphere. The lyrics are devoted to the stories of the bygone ages - traditional Western European folklore, classical romantic and medieval poetry, occult and esoteric themes. Songs are sung in English, German, Spanish, Latin and other languages. The album consists of 12 tracks and will be interesting to the fans of neo-folk and modern gothic music. [label info]
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SAMHAIN -- "One Minute To Twelve" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Aliens Production, AP 40, (ltd. 333)
It has been almost ten years since the debut release of this already iconic figure of Slovakian dark scene. Well-known trio from Hlohovec have reported to us with new apocalyptic work in full deployment and experimentation in electronic waters. Long-time sleep hasn’t taken anything from this gentleman’s from their intensity and their inactivity on music scene was probably only a search in spacetime. New Samhain will certainly be the appetizer for every industrial enthusiast. This time this sleeping trio mixes a cocktail of hypnotic electronics, IDM and powerful industrial wrappings standing on the noise base of this remarkable project. Apocalyptic colossus which from the start encourages the catastrophe message. Industrial bandages covered with electronic dust and movie surfaces in which spins melodic transfusions of live percussions and beautiful atmospheres. New Samhain is back. Stronger, sharper and again more emotional. [label info]
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SAMOLOVOV, KONSTANTIN & ALEXEY SYSOEV -- "Varietas" -- CD -- €10
2018 Intonema, int026, (ltd. 200)
Improvisation / Electroacoustic. This disc is the third Intonema release with a duo of percussionist and electronic musician. This time it will be Konstantin Samolovov from Saint Petersburg and Alexey Sysoev from Moscow, who recorded the album Varietas in June 2017 in the DOM Cultural Center. The rhythmically saturated free improvisation, which in itself is unusual, adjoins with delicate electroacoustics; micro-events included in the macro form do not get bored; unconscious next to the meaningful. [label info]
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SAMORA -- "Kaleidos" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018 Databloem, DBCD074
SAMORA is the main musical project of Italian Enrico Marani and with his Databloem debut “Kaleidos” he offers a rich and detailed ambient soundtrack in 6 parts, in which time seems to stand still. Masterfully layering drones, warm ambient pads and tickling noises, Samora creates a original, drifting sound, floating somewhere between the unpolished sound of the late Oophoi and the more sophisticated ambient works of Robert Rich. 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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SAN ANDREAS -- "Old Men Dream In Reverse" -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2016 CEIL, CEIL041
Once again Canadian master of obsurity Jim DeJong (THE SAND RAYS, ex-THE INFANT CYCLE) makes fun of his own projects name. This 3" EP contains first short noisy track which acts like a springboard, from which a listener gets into a static pool of atonal standing waves, short reflections and long echoes. This swim in an utterly abstract sonic field dissolves in non-existence and one finds himself on the other side of reality, somewhere in an observation post from which one can hear distorted environmental sounds, slow rumbling modulations and mechanical cracklings. All this, of course, doesn't lead to anything good.
SAND RA -- "Competing Brown Noise Channels" -- 3"CD-R -- €3 [-50%]
2018 CEIL, CEIL046
Drone / Glitch / Experimental. New material from the Canadian drone musician Jim DeJong (ex-THE INFANT CYCLE) released in a series of 3" EPs, each time under a different name. Two long minimalistic tracks with deep immersion into a resonating world of vibrations, drones, rings and processed field recordings. Soft binaural noisewaves and unexpected twists and turns. Short but intense journey in sound.
THE SAND RAYS -- "The Infant Cycle EP" -- 3"CD-R -- €3 [-50%]
2019 CEIL, CEIL047
Drone / Glitch / Experimental. In 2009, The Infant Cycle released a CD titled "The Sand Rays". Now, ten years later, The Sand Rays created an EP that will allow the The Infant Cycle to name itself after it, closing the ten year envelope that will loop in perpetuity. There is nothing The Sand Rays enjoy more than repetition. Although this release may appear to be yet another attempt for The Sand Rays to sabotage its own catalogue, it's really just a shimmer and fold. A great deal of material was generated for the Ruddy online release for Silber Records' multi-artist Droneuary series, much more than was used, later all sprawled out into a number of alternate versions and re-thinks/sidetracks rising out of the murk. [label info]
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THE SAND RAYS -- "A Mysterious Disk" -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2018 CEIL, CEIL032
From the ever expanding universe of... well, whoever is behind... erm... hold on... there is nothing on the cover and the letter that came with it says 'a mysterious disc', but also mentions The Sand Rays. It's an ever changing name, Sand Ray, Ray Sands, Sand Rays, unleashing 3"CDRs onto the world; occasionally a few were compiled into a proper CD (see Vital Weekly 1121). The website says this: "Poking at the deepening discographical badlands", while mentioning name and title, so I guess it's not that mysterious, but poking fun at completists and such. Music wise this is all firmly rooted in the world of drone music. It is deeply atmospheric and usually made with samples of every day objects, transformed into lengthy sustaining pieces of music. However don't expect this to be one long piece of drone music, but it's not. The Sand Rays move through at least 4 different shades of a greyish sound world, even become silent at one point, and a firm break somewhere, before going through it's final stage of vinyl abuse and radiophonic pick-up. Everything is on a constant change course, so nothing stays the same for very long. While I am not too sure about the mystery game of the poking fun business, I think this is something that more people should hear than the ones now. If you are proud of what you do, show it! The Sand Rays, or who-ever, should pick a steady name and be less obscure. Their music deserves it. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
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THE SAND RAYS -- "Senor Trainwhistle EP" -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2016 The Ceiling, CEIL037
The new "Not a 7 inch..." series established by Jim DeJong (The Infant Cycle) on his own label The Ceiling, releasing his music under various monikers. This in 1/16 in the series. Two tracks of haunting minimal isolationist drones mixed with sharp rhythmic structures. If you are into The Infant Cycle music, you'll definitely like this one too.
SANDRA Y. -- "(pl.) EP" -- 3"CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2016 The Ceiling, CEIL039
The new "Not a 7 inch..." series established by Jim DeJong (The Infant Cycle) on his own label The Ceiling, releasing his music under various monikers. This in 3/16 in the series. Two tracks of eternal harmonic immersion and sprawling flaking rhythms. If you are into The Infant Cycle music, you'll definitely like this too.
SANGRE CAVALLUM -- "Troadouro - Retrospectiva 1997-2007" -- 2 CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 Folcastro, F 001
A worth hearing retrospective over 10 years, made from unreleased, rare and rough material. Troadouro contains 44 rare and collectable songs. It includes songs from "Alborada do Douro", their debut tape of ritual folklore, and it follows with excerpts of rehearsals, demos, a live song with Michael Moynihan and Annabel Lee of Blood Axis, a home version of Wir rufen Deine Wolfe with Gerhard Hallstatt of Allerseelen and a lot of exciting unreleased songs in their unique style. The double digipack CD is released by FOLCASTRO, the new Portuguese label connected to Sangre Cavallum. This new folklorist and field collector label researches in the area of ethnomusicology and lore along with the new paths of folk music. But its work goes beyond the purely musical level. It will release field recordings, soundscapes, bioacoustics, bruitage, audio art illustrations and phonographic documents about traditions and environment from northern Portugal, Galiza and other ethnic regions of Iberia and Europe. An expedition to the world of pagan tradition with a contemporary interpretation. A clear co-operation with the Alpen song hunters of Ahnstern. [press-release]
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SANGRE CAVALLUM -- "Veleno De Teixo" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2007 Ahnstern, Ahnstern28
The northern Portuguese Sangre Cavallum return with a new and outstanding folk album. It is titled "Veleno de Teixo" meaning Yew Poison and it is a collection of tributes to women and to the cult of mother-goddess in pre-Christian era. "Veleno de Teixo" contains a brand-new set of 16 powerful songs between pagan folk and power-psych atmospheres. Inspired by the music and ethnography of their homeland Callaecia/northern Portugal. It is laboriously produced, capturing the revolutionary minds of these musicians. Among many traditional instruments they play the hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, flutes, folkloric guitars, war-drums and many times these acoustic instruments are transformed with heavy distortions and meet the psychedelic bass and vintage guitars. It also features the new singer Emanuel Melo da Cunha on a fine debut. "Veleno de Teixo" is a step forward in their wonderful path and a pleasing example of how tradition is a living thing when folklore meets folk rock or dark industrial music. Includes great artwork and a 16 page booklet with psych-photo art and beautiful texts. 63 min. / 16 tracks. [press-release]
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SANTAAGOSTINO -- "La Morte Marcia Sui Terreni K" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Inner Gravity Records, IGR 005
Italian trio Santa Agostino have been around since 2005. "La Morte..." tells of noises from beyond the grave, playing the journey of no return from the death phase - and the return of those who are reborn more rotten and foul than before. A mix of noise drone and glitch, in the typical vein of Raster Noton and Mego, with moments of musique concrete. "Threshold field recording... minimalist, futurist sound architecture". [Cold Spring]
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SANTAAGOSTINO -- "Operazione Paura" -- CD -- €10
2010 Greytone, grey002
SantAAgostino tell of the Noises from Beyond the Gate. SantAAgostino play the Journey of No Return from the Death Phase. SantAAgostino sing the Dark Zone of those who met the pain-soaked Demiurge and came back to Earth without forgiveness for their sins. SantAAgostino write about the laments and the looks of those who saw beyond the coma and came back. SantAAgostino feel the return of those who died and are reborn more rotten and foul than before. Operazione Paura is a tribute to music and cosmos energy: the same energy that santAAgostino trio was permeated with during the opus and the esecution of the pieces. Operazione Paura is a total turning not just for the band but for dark, ambient music and noise, generally speaking. That's because santAAgostino is like a meteor crashed onto the Earth disarranging all the balances, rhythmes and cycles. After the crash the planet seems to be perished but, in the inner part, the new fire of life is burning. A brand new energy developed in a new way of living, of thinking and being. Operazione Paura speaks of the filmic and horrorific fear, mind trap "to kill" atavistic thoughts and all those mental factors that trapped the man into a selfmade cage in his own mind, through the mind itself. Operazione Paura is an awl that, slowly but inexorably, drives the listener to a dimension where there is no thought, no images, no more conceptualizing, nothing still exhists: there is just a huge solitary desert now, where sounds spontaneously flow creating new monster beyond space and time. It's a place where new divine dynasties born, spreading their seed, in order to bear a brand new reign far from the borders that we can't even imagine. [press-release]
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SARANG -- "The Dream of Earth" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Silentes Minimal Editions, sme 1258
After a long and meticulous preparation, Sarang - a new creature by Simon Balestrazzi and Enrico Marani - debuts on Silentes with "The Dream of Earth". Balestrazzi is best known as the founding member of the historical Industrial / Experimental group T.A.C. and also for having been part of another very important formation of the international electronic/EBM scene, Kirlian Camera. Marani was also a member of the first T.A.C. formation: along with Vittore Baroni and the mysterious Manitu Rossi he then gave birth to the experimental collective Le Forbici di Manitu. In "The Dream of Earth" Marani mainly utilizes flutes, didgeridoo and percussion, while Balestrazzi takes care of a prepared ukulele and a VCS3, a semi-modular synthesizer that deserve its place in history for having characterized the sound of "The Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd. Accompanied by Alessandra Giura on bass flute, Clara Murtas on voice and Paolo Sanna on various ethnic instruments, the duo offers oriental sonorities and tribal atmospheres, following the coordinates of a primitive universe, where each sequence gets into our minds and dilates boundaries. Reinventing the structures and enriching them with a disturbing emotional tension, Sarang reclaims the "trance & drones" parameters by combining them with ethnic influences into a skillfully balanced screenplay. [press-release]
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SATORI -- "Contemptus Mundi" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Cold Spring Records, CSR113CD
Brand new CD from UK Dark Ambient / Fortean Electronics act Satori - Neil Chaney (Pessary) and Justin Mitchell (Cold Spring boss). This is a collaboration between Satori and Magus Peter H Gilmore, High Priest of the Church Of Satan. Satori provide their trademark deep, underground, pounding electronics, here with a ritualistic dark soundtrack atmosphere, while Gilmore bestows a seething tirade against the weakness of the modern world! Two 20+ minute tracks, the 2nd being a deeper, instrumental mix of the title track. [press-release]
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SATORI -- "The Hanging" -- CD BOX -- €10
2015 Tesco Organisation, TESCO 099
Industrial / Power Electronics / Dark Ambient. Dave Kirby formed Satori in the early 1980s with Rob Maycock, released music on the legendary Broken Flag label and then, just as quickly as they had arrived, stopped. Resurrected briefly to promote a retrospective CD "Infect" Dave and Justin Mitchell (Cold Spring Records) joined forces to blast a total wall of noise to unsuspecting gig-goers. Then Dave vanished. Justin along with new recruit Neil Chaney (Pessary) released the album "Kanashibari" in 2008. After touring the UK, Europe and Japan things went quiet again. Until now. Dave is back with ten new Satori tracks. Classic Power Electronics, Industrial and Dark Ambient soundscapes sculpted from a collection of alienating electronica, found sound and heavy drums. "The Hanging" marks both a new beginning and a continuation of a project now 30 years old but, most importantly, the chance to hear over an hour of brand new Satori. Comes in a box with 11 5"x5" cards: 10 with the track names and titles, and one double with information. [label info]
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SATORI -- "Live At The Cave" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2010 Steinklang Industries, SK7-21
The start of our new "old" SK7-series begins with the long acting and highly appreciated Industrial project SATORI from England. This CD is a live-document in highest sound-quality from their famous concert in Salzburg on 10.10.2008, which took place in a cave in central Salzburg, on the day before the Steinklang Shop opened it's doors for the first time. Fascinating dark rumbling Ambient and Industrial sounds, all we love and know so well from Satori. Really a masterpiece in the history of this outstanding band! 7 tracks / 46 min. [press-release]
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SATORI -- "Psychopathology" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 COD noizes, SHUM19
Industrial. We continue cooperation with British industrial veterans Satori and have prepared another Satori release entitled “Psychopathology”. This is not a new album. In the opposite, this is a complete retrospective collection of early works from 80-ies released on cassettes by Broken Flag and Mindscan Tapes and by musicians themselves. Some tracks was lost for the long time and have never been released before. All tracks have been remastered for this release. Maybe some tracks still sound unbelievably amateur, but we have resisted the temptation to remix them. Because all of them preserved a spirit of the “golden” period of post-industrial music with its pure experimentation and absence of nowadays “industrial” cliche. And now, along with “Infection” compilation released by Tesco Organization in far 1995, you can get the full early discography of this outstanding project. [label info]
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SCANNER -- "Trawl" -- CD -- €13 [-50%]
2020 Aquarellist, aquarel 54-20, (ltd. 300)
Experimental / Dub. The track "Trawl" was recorded by Robin Rimbaud in 1996. In the same year, the Chreode label released a 12" record containing two remixes of this track by Bill Laswell and Mick Harris. This CD contains seven compositions: the original track, two remixes, two tracks from the same 1996 session and two new tracks recorded by Robin in November 2020 based on material from 1996. Packed in a 4-panel soft touch laminated digipak. [label info]
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SCAPULAR -- "Devotional LP" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 13, sps2038
Dub Techno / Dark Ambient. "Devotional LP" is a collection of darkly-beautiful prayers. A late-night walk through an ancient city center. Ceremonial bass-music. Alien-transmission crackle, whispered messages, and snippets of soulful vocals beamed from another dimension. An exotic melange of ambient, garage, pop, and techno. Ghosts of another time and place float in and out. An ocean of emotion to swim in. Sounds that trigger memories of incense and exotic flowers in bloom. Menacing tones tempered with overwhelming beauty and depth provide a mystical listening experience. Introspective headphone music for rainy evenings. [label info]
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SCHATTENSPIEL -- "R/Evolution" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Lichterklang, LK028, (ltd. 275)
Neoclassical / Martial. Three years after SCHATTENSPIELs last album "Aus dem Dunkel" their new opus "R/Evolution" finally has been released. "R/Evolution" marks a big step forward for SCHATTENSPIEL with the addition of Miss Kitty as a permanent band member back in 2014, taking care of all female vocals and therefore adding more variety to the impressive compositions of Sven Phalanx and Lionel Verney. "R/Evolution" combines neoclassical and Dark Ambient influences with hints of Martial Industrial influenced soundscapes while the arrangements of the fourteen songs are outstanding. SCHATTENSPIEL found their unique and distinctive style proving that musical diversity and integrity can not be missed in todays underground culture. [label info]
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SCHLIENZ, GUNTER -- "Autumn" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 133-2, (ltd. 250)
Günter Schlienz is a musician deriving from the German experimental underground. He has been an active musician for over 25 years. For 20 years, he has been a part of an ambient / post-rock project Navel. He releases music in analogue formats as Cosmic Winnetou. But above all he constructs synthesizers which he also plays... An example of his synthesizer music is another album in his discography entitled "Autumn" and inspired by the three autumn months. So is also the number of compositions that slowly whisk ahead, like brown leaves falling from the trees. Their organic nature is underlined by guest parts of French horn and cymbals. The sequential nature of sounds from modular synthesizer corresponds perfectly with the autumn musings and the slow pace of life... The album "Autumn" is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 250 copies. [label info]
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SCHLIENZ, GUNTER -- "Book Of Dreams" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 148-2, (ltd. 250)
Günter Schlienz, one of the leading creators of modular electronica placed at the intersection of ambient and new age, gained positive reviews with his last album, "Autumn", the first one released on Zoharum. Now he comes back with a reissue of "Book of Dreams". First released in a small amount of 100 copies on vinyl, it was sold out in just a few weeks. Now this excellent album is back in expanded form, complemented with two additional tracks. It is a surprising release, because it is completely different from "Autumn", consisting of shorter recordings with much more dynamic... Original sleeve notes for the album: "Book of Dreams" was inspired by notes about dreams I wrote down shortly after I woke up from my sleep. In those strange moments between fantasy and reality, when you can still remember the images and feelings of the dream before they are rubbed off by daytime thoughts and troubles. The compositions which can be heard on this album trying to recapture those images and feelings mixed with a second thought, kind of a sober interpretation of the sometimes wild and furious adventures with somnia... The album "Book of Dreams" is released in a 3-panel ecopak in a strictly limited edition of 250 copies. [label info]
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SCHLIENZ, GUNTER -- "Know Your New Age" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 177-2, (ltd. 250)
Ambient / New Age. ”Know Your New Age”, a third album by Günter Schlienz released on Zoharum, is a great treat both for devout followers of his work and also the newbies. Starting with the shimmering of seawaves, it takes you on a journey through the universe created by one Mr. Schlienz. Inspired by the works of Peter-Michael Hamel, Deuter and Eberhard Schoener, he has created 6 meditative composition clocking in at 52 minutes. Schlienz merely takes cues from his masters to develop a unique sound based on sonic structures built on his own modular synthesizer interspersed with occasional acoustic guitar accompaniment and subtle field recordings. After organ studies, music for space airports and musical interpretation of autumn, this album would be best experienced meditating on the seashore. Yes, ”Know Your New Age” lives up to its title. [label info]
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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "Andromeda" -- CD -- €17
2022 Flip-Flap, 00/211, (ltd. 50)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009 for release on CDs. Factory-pressed CD in 4-panel digipak, limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "Bambule" -- CD -- €17
2008/2021 Flip-Flap, 00/585, (ltd. 50)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009 for release on CDs. Factory-pressed CD in 4-panel digipak, limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "Computer Jazz" -- CD -- €17
1999/2021 Flip-Flap, 00/046, (ltd. 50)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009. Factory-pressed CD in 4-panel digipak, limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "Einblick" -- CD -- €17
2022 Flip-Flap, 00/614, (ltd. 50)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009 for release on CDs. Factory-pressed CD in 4-panel digipak, limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "Electric Kribbel" -- CD -- €17
2021 Flip-Flap, 00/226, (ltd. 50)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009. Factory-pressed CD in 4-panel digipak, limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "Emily's Dream" -- CD -- €17
2021 Flip-Flap, 00/574, (ltd. 50)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009. Factory-pressed CD in 4-panel digipak, limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "Oracular" -- CD -- €17
2022 Flip-Flap, 00/193, (ltd. 50)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009 for release on CDs. Factory-pressed CD in 4-panel digipak, limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "Saturn Con-Cert" -- CD -- €17
2021 Flip-Flap, 00/336, (ltd. 50)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009. Factory-pressed CD in 4-panel digipak, limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "Schatten" -- CD -- €17
2021 Flip-Flap, 00/384, (ltd. 50)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009. Factory-pressed CD in 4-panel digipak, limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
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SCHPERRUNG -- "Hvor" -- CD-R -- €9
2012 Ufa Muzak, UFA58, (ltd. 100)
Black shoogaze / Drone doom. Once comes a day when everything goes away - drowns in red and apeears the pulse overgrowing even the deafening heartbeat, this contrasting sole-coloured background presses without relief, penetrates blending with blood and something nonmaterial. This critical stage of dissolution can last forever, until Saturn, the 6th planet from the Sun, starts to budge from its orbit. Until this moment you can wait infinitely long, making your way through the narrow steppes down to the depths of your secret cave. This scarlet album of the Ukrainian project Schperrung is dedicated to the permanent state of beclouded mind, these heavy minutes filled with doubts, sweat and screams squeeze out something incredibly beautiful and dark. The beauty of suffering is praised by this music which can't be characterized by any known style. Ringing spheres of overdriven electricity, remote clatter, feedback, delay, unintelligible voice of the leper. The new Middle Age suggests bloodletting to be cured from the disease. Veins stripped, and scalpel makes first cut... 9 tracks, 36 minutes, pro-CDR, 6 panel sleeve. [press-release]
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SCHROTTERSBURG -- "Melancholia • Dekonstrukcje" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 214-2, (ltd. 300)
New Wave / Experimental. Schrottersburg (city of Płock in German) is well known to post punk fans due to 3 well received albums and a no nonsense demo. What makes them different from the other bands (except for great music of course) is their ability to incorporate other musical genres while maintaining the new wave core. Here post punk meets kraut/space/psychedelic or even noise rock and shoegaze. Those broad interests pushed the band towards experiment where they invited their friends who reinterpreted the songs from “Melancholia” album, which resulted in „Melancholia. Dekonstrukcje”. New versions of songs range from trip hop, through traces of electro, industrial, experimental (think of shogaze black metal, seriously) psychedelia and mesmeric, trance inducing sounds. Not wanting to spoil the fun we’ll leave those aural pleasures for you to discover. [label info]
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SCREENING -- "Low End" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2004 Maor Appelbaum Productions, MAP001
One-man project from Israel uses only bass-guitar heavily processed by various effects to create strange shapeless atmospheric music, which style is somewhere between dark-ambient and electroacoustic.
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SCREWTAPE -- "S&M E.P." -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2011 Iceage Productions, ICE005, (ltd. 50)
Extremely harsh and loud, sample and feedback-based work that smacks you around the chops the way only Screwtape can. [Shame File Music]
SCREWTAPE -- "Shikata Ga Nai" -- CD-R -- €4
2008 B-rush, B-04, (ltd. 40)
Three wall-of-noise fixings from the Australian project. The name with Japanese is translated as "to do anything", that to the full characterizes a condition of consciousness after listening - nihilism, apathy and indifference to an event around. A limit of 40 spears in silvery envelopes with divorces + a picture from the author, insert and a sticker on a disk. [press-release]
SCUM FROM THE SUN -- "4" -- CD -- €10
2013 Avantgarde Music, AV218 / X-Pianeta Records
Scum From The Sun, an italian experimental project combining ambient/noise with guitars and bass performed in a post-rock at times or doom style. Digipak with booklet. [label info]
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SEADEM -- "Skhole" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2011 The Eastern Front, Front 029, (ltd. 1000)
Ombeline Duprat is a French singer with magic voice who created the album, i.e. composed music, wrote lyrics in several different European languages and played it. There are elements of gothic, etherial, folk genres in but all these definitions hardly can impress in true way... Mastered by F. Chaplain from Prikosnovenie label. [label info]
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SEALED IN BLOOD -- "Streams Of The Boundless Elements" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2007/2019 Heerwegen Tod Production, HTP-CD 013
Dark Ambient. The first full-length album of one-man project from Lower Silesia (Poland). Over 67 minutes of cold dark ambient misanthropy, journey through the forest lands, inspired by the dark side of nature. [label info]
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SECOND SKIN -- "Black Eyed Angel" -- 2 CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2005 Palace Of Worms, PO18W-2, (ltd. 333)
Gothic Rock / Darkwave. The official second release from this brooding Goth/Darkwave band. Not only does "Black Eyed Angel" feature a cleaner and tighter production value but it also shows that they haven't softened up their sound, with strong hooks and an equally strong indication towards the Arron's continuing electric lyricism and deep soothing Voice resounding around their melancholic dark rock. "Black Eyed Angel" is the album fans have been waiting for and certainly a much deserved recognition is due as veterans of the gothic music scene with a prowess that has surpassed other pioneers throughout the years so we're quite lucky to have them. Their songs move from dark dance to more stripped down gothic rock ballads while some of their reprise's on classics like "Sweet Nothing" and "Club Sexxx" could easily be the band's foray of bleakly lit experiments into the world of remixes, be it dance oriented or introspective. Second Skin is writhing over broken glass and fire capturing their inner demons with precision and keen insight. [CDBaby] Double-CD edition, the second disc is a video-CDR.
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SECT -- "Auctoritas" -- CD -- €10
2011 Rage In Eden, RAGE 84
"Auctoritas" is the next material by Polish project Sect, backed up by Lukasz Maj. The powerful and orchestral instrumentation, which Sect is famous for, was enriched by Lukasz with new accents that have made Sect's music ascend a level higher. Sect is offering 55 minutes long feast for fans, who love dark and neoclassical sounds which are interlaced with crazy tunes. Additionally, "Auctoritas" is both a derision and disdain for contemporary authorities that were magically covered with sounds. The album's cover has been designed by Lukasz Pawlak, REQUIEMSTUDIO.PL [press-release]
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SECT37 -- "Legion" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Aesthetic Death, ADCD 028, (ltd. 1000)
Industrial / Darkwave / Electro. The sick older brother of "The Kudos Of Serial Killing" (2011), "Legion" is more obscure, experimental, eclectic, avant-garde electro, to be expected from this UK act (aka SECTION 37), in existence since 1999. Using original poetry composed by founder Stuart Harris, he began writing new material with John Frost to produce the album "Legion". The new album retains a darker, more disturbing portrayal of the sociopathic nature of serial killers - be they psychopathic, or simply mentally disturbed - again, utilising various styles to signify various killers own tastes. Though more "accessible" in nature, it becomes for that reason - more real. These people walk among us! [Cold Spring]
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SECTION 37 -- "The Kudos Of Serial Killing" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Aesthetic Death, ADCD 017
Industrial / Darkwave / Electro. Section 37 is inspired by many bands, an eclectic mix such as Front Line Assembly, Lustmord, Tangerine Dream and Skinny Puppy. 'The Kudos Of Serial Killing' is an album purely compiled by 'serial killers'! The concept being that each killer belongs to a style, or guild, and expresses his 'modus operandi' in his own style of music. The album has a very eclectic style from drum'n'noise to darkwave to electro with other stops in between. Each track is heavily sampled with real, and cinematic serial killers, stating their processes. [Solitude Prod.]
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SEDAYE MARG -- "Frashogard" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2003 Coup d'Etat Communications, coup d'etat 001, (ltd. 500)
First proper CD release for this new incarnation of Sedaye Marg, courtesy of Coup d'Etat Communications. While a departure from the all-out assault of past releases (which is to a certain degree responsible for the new spelling in its name), it retains the processed and distorted percussion and strident electronics while incorporating more elements from its key subject of modern Iranian history. A soundtrack to military coups, rapid modernization, misguided faith, betrayals and ultimately rebirth. [label info]
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SEHNSUCHT -- "Wuste" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Cold Spring, CSR128CD
Former MAYHEM front man MANIAC, whose band SKITLIV has proved to be a surprising departure from the Black Metal genre for which he was best known for over 20 years, has formed a side-project with fiance' Vivian Slaughter, bass player/vocalist with the Japanese all-girl band GALLHAMMER, SKITLIV's guitarist Ingvar Magnusson and experimentalist Andrew Liles (NURSE WITH WOUND). Unlike SKITLIV, which is a noise/doom amalgam, with Maniacs vocals still firmly rooted in Black Metal, SEHNSUCHT is in the noise / darkwave / ambient genre, with any vestiges of Black Metal pared away. Presented in a 6-panel digipak. [press release]
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SEIROM -- "Mesmerized" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Ksenza Records, KSZ 006 / Infinite Fog Productions, (ltd. 500)
Seirom is M.C. De Jong, mastermind of GNAW THEIR TONGUES, ADERLATING and others, a stalwart of bleak and desolate music for many years. Seirom sees a different side of De Jong's musical output, an outpouring of glorious light. 'Mesmerized' is ambient and synth works recorded in 2014. Once again the aim of the material was pure emotion, pure atmosphere. Limited Edition 500 copies, 6 panel digipak. [label info]
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SEKTA PHOENIXA -- "The Jolly Bonfire of Emptiness" -- CD -- €10
2015 Akt-Produkt, [akt-produkt 23]
Experimental / Industrial / Spoken Word. The enigmatic, provocative and controversial, eluding any kind of definition, having survived break-up, schism and reformation, Sect of Phoenix comes to light with a new album - its first new statement in 14 years. Here, it is cut down to a duo of two key members, one of them having contributed the most to the establishment of a mythical 'cult' of SPh in its early years with his paradoxical lyrics and charismatic stage presence, the other one having produced all the recorded output of the Sect up to these days... Most of the material was recorded live in November 2013, and, while using the benefits of studio technology for creating a finer, more complex and more controlled sonic image, the Sect strives to preserve the electrifying magic of here and now interaction which manifests itself with especial keenness in best performances. The concert in Tomsk on November 20, 2013, that this album is based on, was one of such special performances. [label info]
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SEKTA PHOENIKSA -- "Vozdeystviye (Impact)" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
1999/2009 Provoloka, PRVLK 0001 / Tomsk - 001, (ltd. 250)
Old-school industrial band from Siberian city Tomsk, Russia. First album was recorded at 1999 and reissued on 2009 on CD. Insane synth pulses and mad psychedelic guitar sound - if you love old Throbbing Gristle sound (end of 70') - this is for you! [label info]
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SEKTOR 304 -- "Communiphones" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 New Approach Records, NAR08, (ltd. 500)
Probably not what you’d immediately expect from Sektor 304, but by the same token, not all that surprising either given their periodic propensity to create extended passages of more atmospheric material; "Communiphones" consists of 35 minute piece built on synthesizers and field recordings, aiming for a monolithic and dronish paranoid ambience. Even if the approach is different, the sound is definitively and uniquely Sektor 304, with shifting layers of industrial clutter, mechanical whir, and gloomy, unsettled synthdrift. A necessary companion to all Sektor works and a nice counterpoint to the heavier, more rhythmic based material. [Malignant Records]
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SEKTOR 304 -- "Live Reaction" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 New Approach Records, NAR07, (ltd. 500)
Excellent compilation of live recordings (2010-2012) by Portugal's Sektor 304, channeling the essence of the old school Industrialists (Test Dept., SPK etc). A fantastic audio document filled with dynamic, hammering percussion, junk metal abuse, shouted vocals, and haunting atmospherics. Vocals on 2 tracks by Martin Bladh (IRM, Skin Area) for the Radio Sonores Project 2012. [Cold Spring]
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SEKTOR 304 -- "Subliminal Actions" -- CD -- €10
2011 Malignant Records, TUMORCD53
The follow-up to the highly acclaimed Soul Cleansing CD finds Portugals Sektor 304 expanding on all aspects of their debut, once again channeling the essence of the old school guardians (Test Dept, SPK, Crash Worship), while simultaneously exploring new, uncharted territory. Comparatively speaking, Subliminal Actions is a more complete and focused album, with an even better flow than Soul Cleansing and more attention paid to detail, unleashing a cacophonic whirlwind of buzz saw grind, loops, power tools, and scraping, junk metal debris, clashing head on with exertive tribal percussion, clanging oil barrel rhythms, and industrial clamor resonating over a sprawling, post- apocalyptic wasteland. Some tracks, such as the opener, “A Carving on Metallic Flesh”, heap on the scorching noise, while others, such as the resounding, rhythmic driven “By The Throat”, “A Vessel of Guilt”, or “Vultures” are delivered with factory-line precision, laced with grimy layers of bass-heavy dirge, bleak, reverbed squall, and distortion filled, atmospheric drone. Among the many highlights, is the albums closer, “A Prismatic Sun”, a 10 + minute epic excursion into a nightmarish world, populated by whispered vocals and uneasy drift that slowly rises and grows in intensity, climaxing into a blissfully dark and sweaty orgy of low slung bass, ominous, ceremonial drumming, and suffocating darkness... Subliminal Action not only compliments Soul Cleansing, but takes the Sektor 304 sound to new heights, delivering yet striking record sure to solidify their standing as one of premier, truly industrial acts in operation today... 10 tracks, totaling 63 minutes, in 6 panel digipak, mastered by James Plotkin. [press-release]
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SEKTOR X -- "Rzeczywistosc" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2009 Sickcore, SC-18, (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics / Noise.
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SEKVENS -- "Requiem for Analogue TV-Signals" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2006 Zeromoon, Consume Buy 2006 series
"At the end of 2005, after 50 years of broadcasting, the swedish government decided to shut down the analogue television network to make way for the digital future. This recording is based on one of the last transmissions." One 20-min. track of droning ambient atmosphere built from TV-tuning signals and noise. Released in "Consume Buy 2006" series by American Zeromoon label available for sale only in 2006.
SELFFISH -- "Blue Planet Chill" -- CD -- €6
2002/2004 Peace Technologies, PT 001
Andrew Eigus was born in Riga in 1973. Selffish materialised in 2002. The name Selffish denotes a paradigm shift in Andrew's life. The music Selffish produced was slower and more refined than Eigus's earlier works. The major contribution to his production comes from the samples he obtains from field recordings across the baltic landscapes, laced with human voice, his playing the retro grand piano and other acoustic instruments, and of course from the people around him. [label info]
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SENKETSU NO NIGHT CLUB -- "Ejiki" -- CD -- €12
2019 Dark Jazz Records, DJR 007, (ltd. 300)
Dark Jazz. Third full-length album by this Italian band formed by Giovanni Leonardi, Adriano Vincenti and Ian Ferguson. Another brilliant Jazz-Noir work, this time with more jazzy atmosphere in the spirit of their album "Shikkoku" and less experimental / noise influences that we heard on their eponymous CD and the collaboration with Contagious Orgasm. Once again the artwork features photography by the Japanese artist Furachi Life, whose dark tempting imagery perfectly reflects the nature of this music.
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SENKETSU NO NIGHT CLUB -- "沈丁花" -- CD -- €12
2020 Dark Jazz Records, DJR 008, (ltd. 300)
Dark Jazz / Experimental. The new album available by Senketsu No Night Club, a long journey in the territories of Japanese free jazz noise. Six unreleased tracks refer to the very first debut album, but with more elements and the strength of a new tenor sax Terry Vainoras already a member of Last Call at Nightowls. [label info]
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SENKETSU NO NIGHT CLUB & CONTAGIOUS ORGASM -- "Ukiyozoshi" -- CD -- €12
2019 Dark Jazz Records, DJR 006, (ltd. 300)
A collaboration between the Italian dark jazz / experimental project SENKETSU NO NIGHT CLUB and the infamous Japanese noisemaker Hiroshi Hashimoto aka CONTAGIOUS ORGASM. Quite an interesting and unpredictable combination of melancholic atmospheres and free-form experimental approach. Presented in 4-panel matte digipak, limited to 300 copies.
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SENSOR -- "Killing Of" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2021 self-released, (ltd. 60)
Dark Jazz / Experimental from Portugal. Sensor (Rafael Fernandes, Sigmund Snopek IV, Raul Silva and André Coelho) is a collective of sound improvisation based on the fragmentary debris of some of the marginal musical expressions of the second half of the century (deep roots jazz, industrial metal and alt-rock), crystallized in a precarious and unstable dialogue between instrumental guitar, saxophone, drums and electronics voices... Sensor's music is the result of an essentially performative process supported by the intention of creating a transmissive flow of sounds and images, with the ultimate, and always highly unpredictable, objective of discovering consensual understandings and emotions within the limit of landscapes... [David Madeira, Threshold Magazine]
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SEPPUKU BOOGIE -- "Cafe Deutschland / Live In Samoa" -- 2 CD-R -- €11
2006 Tosom, TOSOM 024, (ltd. 150)
The project of neofolk band Tscheljabinsk65 oriented towards ambient. Drifting psychedelic music floating like many-colored waves in sunny ocean. "Live In Samoa" was of course recorded in Europe, but the mood and contents do match the title. Minimalistic artwork. [YAOP]
SERDCE SHTORMA -- "Mayak" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Red Engineering Production, REPR-22, (ltd. 20)
Harsh Noise Wall / Ambient Noise Wall. Powerful all-absorbing noise drone from the project SERDCE SHTORMA ("Heart of a Storm"), as the sea itself, deep and boundless. This is not a musician’s fantasy on the theme of the seas, this is a personal experience. This is what the artist experiences and observes in his daily routine while being directly on the edge of the tide at the epicenter, at the "Heart of a Storm". Red Engineering Production presents to the listener a project of a musician from the Crimea. [label info]
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SERVICE SPECIAL -- "Nord" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2009 Steelkraft Manufactory, SKM04, (ltd. 100)
Service Special is the solo project of Sebastien Schmit (member of K-branding). NORD is the second full-length CD of Service Special. In this record you can find twelve tracks of rhythmic, darkly melodic synth, minimal electronics with haunting female & male vocals. [label info]
SEVENTH GENOCIDE -- "Breeze Of Memories" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Naked Lunch Records, NLR013CD, (ltd. 450)
First album of the band after the post-black metal evolution. Fast and massive riffs merge with soft and comtemplative acoustic and post rock passages. For fans of Alcest, Vallendusk, Agalloch and Deafheaven. [label info]
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SEVERIN, STEVEN -- "Vampyr" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Cold Spring, CSR170CD
Following on from 2010's ‘Blood Of A Poet’ (CSR135CD), Steven Severin presents the third score in his ‘Music For Silents’ series. Acclaimed solo artist and founder member of the legendary Siouxsie And The Banshees, Severin presents a mesmerising score, heightening appreciation of the surreal and enigmatic nature of the original work. ‘Vampyr’, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s unsettling tale of fear and obsession, finds its aural counterpart in Severin’s textured score; a synthesised, highly atmospheric soundscape drawing the listener rhythmically into the story. Shot with a silent film aesthetic despite being within the sound era (and a year after Lugosi starred in Universal’s ‘Dracula’), ‘Vampyr’ is an alternative take on the cinematic vampire, creating an intense, nightmarish atmosphere that haunts the mind. Presented in a textured card sleeve with artwork by Arban. [press release]
SEWAGE -- "Encounter Of The Spooky Kind" -- CD-R -- €7
2003 Denshi Zatsuon, DZ-CDR004
True Japanese abrasive harsh noise, released on MSBR sublabel.
SHADOW THEATER -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 T'an! Kaven!! Ash!!!, Ash!!! 022, (ltd. 150)
Noise / Power Electronics. Shadow Theater is an acknowledged power noise project from Germany created as a result of collaboration between Flutwacht and Vincenzo Bossi. This is a record of live show of Shadow Theater performed at Kramladen, Kaiserslautern, Germany on 08/04/07. Special shadow theater (light and shadow) performance of noise/power electronics project Shadow Theater took place in Germany in Spring 2007 and here is the record of this mystified action... Noises, machines, synths, manipulations, vocals and visuals... [label info]
SHAIN, JAMES -- "Windowless Jurney" -- 2 CD -- €16 [-50%]
2016 Databloem, DB2CD068
Ambient / Soundscape. “Windowless Journey” by newcomer James Shain (Lawrence, Kansas, USA) musically describes a bicycle wreck he had in July of 2014. He was ran over, never knowing who hit him and taken to hospital with severe injuries. Through that whole experience, this double album serves to capture the feelings down into music of the day, the night and the recovery afterwards. A true storytelling ambient masterpiece told in the artists musical words of shimmering drones, soothing pads and low-range melodies of hope and fear. Remains to mention James fully healed at this time now and we are looking forward to hear more from him, in good health, in the near future! [label info]
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SHE SPREAD SORROW -- "Huntress" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2021 Cold Spring, CSR282CD
Industrial. The new album by She Spread Sorrow (Alice Kundalini) is the story of a huntress and her morbid and psychotic relationship with her prey. The protagonist is Blue, a girl whose existence is marked by obsession with another woman of the same age and by nightmares that leave her without peace. Between love and psychosis, a tragic story is consumed, which vibrates in the stomach, like the music that accompanies it - dark and hypnotic death industrial, with moments of dark ambient, power electronics and noise... Inspired by Kundalini’s nightmares and her fervent world of dreams, "Huntress" was born after 3 years of intense recordings. It pursues the need to whisper secret, forbidden tales and to stimulate the deepest shadows of the human being, exploring the boundaries between the delicate and the violent; between love and obsession; between fantasy and madness... "Huntress" is the soundtrack of a tragic game between opposites in a reality of total solitude... CD in 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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SHE SPREAD SORROW -- "Midori" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Cold Spring, CSR251CD
Dark Ambient / Industrial. Midori is the third album by Italian artist She Spread Sorrow (Alice Kudalini). Midori tells a story, the escape from a harsh reality that becomes an echo of nightmares and visions, a house that is the scene of fear and anguish, a soul that is lost in pain to an epilogue of death and purification. The gloomy, intense, dreamlike sound, sometimes distorted, sometimes angelic is the soundtrack of a dramatic story, but also of relief. Duplicity is the key to this work. Death industrial with female vocals and ambient moments, more dilated, with sounds that also refer to a ritualistic horizon. Presented in a 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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SHE SPREAD SORROW -- "Mine" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2017/2018 Cold Spring, CSR231CD
Much demanded CD edition of last year's sold out vinyl release, with 2 bonus tracks. "Mine" is the second release for the Italian artist Alice Kundalini with her solo project She Spread Sorrow. Between the dark rooms of an abandoned college, where whispers and obscene thoughts mingle, where little bells and distortions come together, the inner voices are fleeing to the rules of harmony to awaken a darker sound, hidden and deprived, of those who have something to hide. Ritual deathscapes, obscure Death Industrial, sinful Power Electronics. The two bonus tracks, bringing the album to 46 minutes, are majestic, heavy and claustrophobic, perfectly complimenting this already intense masterpiece. 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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SHEBUZZZ -- "Distant Distances" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2011 InterioRepertoR, IR07
The album by Moldovian musician Jurij Sophijsky combines fluent ambiental and rhythmical elements. The music unobtrusively unfolds in long contemplative compositions containing of mild spacey drones, measured rhythms and sometimes plangent guitar riffs...
SHEBUZZZ -- "White Noise" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT42, (ltd. 82)
A mini-album of the electronic project from Moldova. Bright mysterious ambient, positive and cosmic. Fill-colour sleeve. [label info]
SHIBALBA / ANIMA NOSTRA -- "Drakonian Adversary" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2017 Zazen Sounds, ZZS024
Ritual Ambient. SHIBALBA is Ritual Dark Ambient from the founding member of Greek act ACHERONTAS. ANIMA NOSTRA is the intimate ritual moniker of Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (MZ.412, FOLKSTORM) and Margaux Renaudin (ANIMA NOSTRA's debut was released on Cold Spring). "This is not entertainment Music but a vessel for Higher purposes Listening... enter magic and esoterism". Artwork / layout created by Vision Black with paintings by NORDVARGR. 6-panel Digipak. [Cold Spring]
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SHIFT / SICK SEED -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10
2011 Freak Animal Records
Industrial / Noise / Power Electronics. Shift at his most aggressive here. Monolith track from harsh crackling industrial noise with aggressive voice to thick and heavy droning sounds with subtle spoken word sampling. Sick Seed presents 3 tracks of caveman power electronics. Ugly, fierce and nasty stuff. Packaged in jewelbox with 3 full color insert cards. [label info]
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SHINKIRO -- "Cycle of Rebirth" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 SSSM, sssm-114
Shinkiro (aka Manabu Hiramoto, also known as Kotodama), has released previous works on labels such as Ant-Zen and Athanor. "Cycle Of Rebirth" is a conceptual album inspired by the desire realm in the philosophy of Buddhism. The 5 cycles are based on dark ambient soundscapes, blended with hypnotic rhythms, with an industrial edge and haunting melodies. The elaborately composed pieces create a magical and mystic world through amazing atmospheres. Comes in a gatefold digisleeve. [label info]
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SHOWERS -- "Lepers, Lions, Cowards, Cunts" -- CD-R -- €7
Ignorant Gore Records, #1
Damaged and fuzzed out to the max, there is more than a little Harry Pussy in the Showers. But please don't mistake their music for that of a tribute band, as a rock foundation is even more prevalent in their music than that of the aforementioned. Five songs crunch and rumble by in a little over eight minutes. This disc will leave you stoked, confused, and checking your speakers to make sure they are not broken. Absolutely fantastic stuff from this new Providence band. [indieworkshop.com]
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SHROUD OF VAPOUR -- "Suicide Forest Sessions" -- CD -- €10
2015 4iB Records, 4iB CD/1114/013, (ltd. 250)
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Rohco, L’eclipse Nue (Daniel Sine) and Yoshiko Honda collaborate with one another as Shroud of Vapour in this special project entitled Suicide Forest Sessions. The Suicide Forest in Aokigahara, Japan serves as the recording ground due to its strong historic association with demons in Japanese mythology as well as being a popular place for suicide in Japan. The dense forest and it’s still quiet void of almost all wildlife bring out the very nature of the artists true intent, reflecting the atmosphere of desolation and despair of a haunted suicide ground. The weaving in and out of distant female wails and ambient like soundscapes seem to echo the lost spirits of those that have chosen to take their own lives here. This entire project was recorded using only equipment that required no electricity and relied purely on battery power. Strangely enough, out of a total of 3 recordings that were done that day, only 2 were able to be retrieved, and are thus presented here in their true form. [label info]
SICNOISE -- "The Double Experience" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2010 OPN Records, OPNCD0012 / La Nouvelle Audience, LNA-E-002
Walter Norman (MTC) and Botchan Karisen (Babylone Chaos) met at the end of the 90's in Nice (South of France) when they started working on different musical projects. In 2000, they created a musical concept and project called SicNoise. A first album, "No Longer Human", was released in January 2002 on the Cut-Up Factory Cd-r label (it was re-released in 2007 on A.B.100). Then, at the end of 2002, a total silence arose. It wasn't a stand-by, nor a split up. It was just silence. The two members met again by chance in December 2006 with no reformation mentioned. A few months passed by and the creative process started again. Between Nice, Dijon and Paris, new tracks were forged, deformed and then evolved towards the doppelganger! At the end of summer 2009, their new album, "The Double Experience", was complete. Finding the name of the album seemed obvious, a bit like the creation of SicNoise. [press-release]
SIGMA OCTANTIS -- "Disseminations" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 OPN Records, OPNCD0018, (ltd. 500)
The third and final chapter of a project initially conceived as a trilogy (Part 1: "Invocations"; Part 2: "Dislocations"). "Disseminations" finds Sigma Octantis perfectly combining massive Dark Ambient, minimal electro and atmospheric Post-Rock. Influenced by Haus Arafna, Morthond, Megaptera, Paul Roland, Blue Oyster Cult and more. Ltd x 500 copies in a 6-panel digipak. [Cold Spring]
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SIGMA OCTANTIS -- "Dissipations" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 OPN Records, OPNCD0025 / Malignant Antibody, Treatment04, (ltd. 500)
Final release from this enigmatic French act, who over their 10 plus year existence, evolved into something very cerebral and innovative, fusing tribal rhythms and percussion with post-industrial and post-rock soundscapes, where cinematic textures and emotive melodies combine to create an eclectic, yet highly detailed and focused listening experience. Sigma Octantis has never been shy about their admiration of Morthound, and while that rings true with Dissipations, they have undoubtedly forged their own identity, the strength of their sound coming from an ability to take a template established 20 years ago, and expound upon it with a distinctive and broad palette of layers and complexities, where the overall arrangement of the tracks is structured and song oriented, but made surreal, unpredictable, and infinitely engrossing. A unique vision has come to pass, but will continue to live on with a strong end statement. For fans of Morthound, Deutsch Nepal, and the latter works of Caul. An OPN release, co-released with Malignant Records (US), limited edition to 500 copies in eco-wallet. [press-release]
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SIGMARSSON, SIGTRYGGUR BERG -- "So Long" -- CD -- €10
2015 Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS027
A journey through time, perhaps, for a daydreamer floating in a small boat amidst the radiant hues of a midnight sun. That daydreamer in this instance is the Icelandic artist Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson, best known for his electro-surrealism in Stilluppsteypa. He has long been an artist of extremes and absurdities -- mania fueled performances, wildly scribbled drawings, and Haflerian audio shock-therapy, on one side; and on the other, a profound meditation on austere shape, form, and mood cast through similar media. Sigmarsson will intermingle these sentiments in slippery juxtaposition and assemblage, with beguiling, haunting, and / or charming results. So Long aligns itself firmly within that latter aesthetic of crypto-minimalism which began to germinate some 20 years ago. At that time, Stilluppsteypa was a trio who had recently eschewed their art-punk trappings, drunkenly scheming to corner the market at Documenta with deconstructivist drone and 21th century circuitry. Sigmarsson would find himself in his own studio, crafting sympathetic works to Stilluppsteypa; but these were directed inward as wounded, naked, and vulnerable concoctions reflective of Sigmarsson getting lost in his own little world. So Long quietly simmered in his head over the years; and with the completion of this album, we now have a sublime gesture of polar impressionism flecked with hallucinatory ambience, Vaseline-smeared crackle, and hauntological displacement. This album had originally been planned for release through the impeccably curated Intransitive Recordings, but that publishing house shuddered its doors before this could see the light of day. Sigmarsson self-released a condensed version of the album on the artbook / cassette If You Have Any Questions, Let Me Ask. The Helen Scarsdale Agency is delighted, honored, and humbled to publish this dronescaping threnody in its full radiance and blur. [press-release]
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SIJ -- "The Lost World" -- CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Reverse Alignment, RA-13, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Drone. Vlad Sikach is returning to Reverse Alignment with a brand new SiJ album. This time with a grand force of collaborative artists such as Vadim Getiuk (Aeternam Nocte), Sergey Gabbasov, Tim Six (Creation VI), Vadim Grin (Dream Twice) and Robert Rich (among others). As is expected "The Lost World" shows the trademark of the classical SiJ sound, a lot of field recordings ending up with a very much organic and qualitive ambient, soothing and meditative but also combining rhythmic sections without loosing the floating touch of the atmospheres. Making this album Vlad Sikach took inspiration from the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with the same title. More than hundred years later, "The Lost World" now gets a new form and media via the interpretation of SiJ. [label info]
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SILENCE & STRENGTH -- "Opus Paracelsum" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 The Eastern Front, Front 006, (ltd. 1000)
Second full-length esoteric dark ambient/alchemical experimental opus full of weird sounds composed by Silence & Strength. The album is inspired by life and works of Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, medieval Swiss physician, chemist, alchemist, one of the fathers of modern medicine and rebellious thinker, developed his own system of medicine and philosophy. All music by Stephan Friedman. [press-release]
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SILENT LOVE OF DEATH -- "Donde Habite El Olvido" -- CD-R + DVD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Gradual Hate Records, GH109 CD + DVD, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambiet / Spoken Word / Darkwave. The new work of Silent Love Of Death unearths the surrealist exquisite corpse to dissect their black depths, on a trip accompanied by melodies with echoes of Apocalypse, spectral dialogues with the darker side of our unconscious and love songs immersed in the depths of madness. It's a special edition that contains an audio CD and a DVD containing nine videos, one for each poem, work that is doomed to become a cult classic. "Donde habite el olvido", dedicated to the poet Luis Cernuda. [label info]
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SIMBOLISM -- "First Wave" -- CD-R -- €5
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT28, (ltd. 48)
Infinite solitude of Space and elegiac autumnal sadness in three symphonies of atmospheric Neoclassics. Limited to 48 copies in DVD-box with full-cover artwork. [press-release]
SINK -- "The Process" -- CD -- €10
2008 Kaos Kontrol / Kult Of Nihilow, (ltd. 1000)
There is obscure and then there is Obscure. The difference is subtle, but when you hear Sink, you know the limit between obscure and Obscure has been surpassed. The Process is a beast that drags you below the surface and lets you gasp for air just enough to keep conscious and experience the horror. Monumental wall of sound built from demented vibrations, violent distortion, wailing feedback, reverberating clashes and almost choral (in)human voices echoing in your mind like amplified painful memories; and when the wall collapses, the undertow pulls you deeper into paranoid and disturbing surroundings filled with static drones, scorching electrical trills and gravely impressive Obscurity that defies mental health. You may never reach back to the surface… This is not a sludge record. This is not a drone record. This is not an experimental record. This is The Process. Released in co-operation by Kult of Nihilow and Kaos Kontrol. CD comes in special fold-out full colour carton sleeve. [press-release]
SIRATORI, KENJI & DAO DE NOIZE -- "Elizabeth Aldrich" -- 3"CD-R -- €6
2022 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_69-1, (ltd. 13)
Noise / Dada / Experimental. Japanese-Ukrainian collaboration. A rustling and rhythmically arrhythmic DADA noise suite in a blue buzz frame. Otherworldly postmodern voices will sing a delicious lullaby to your consciousness. MiniCD-R with printing on the surface, packed in BluRay box. 13 hand-numbered copies. [label info]
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SIROTEK -- "Kafkianstvo" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT102, (ltd. 33)
Twilight foggy experimental music inspired by books of Franz Kafka with no less of sickness and inadequacy. Inexplicable lyrics with mannered declamation to the accompaniment of expressive Art Noise and melancholic Space Post Rock, illustrated by concrete noises. Psychiatric radio theater. Full-colour cover + 2 inserts. [label info]
SIROTEK / OBOZDUR -- "...After Yufit" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Ostroga, OTR-044, (ltd. 25)
The joint album of two Vitaly. Dedicated to the works of Eugene Yufit. Necrorealism and black and white philosophy in sound. Pro-CDR, 25 copies. [label info]
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SIROTEK / OBOZDUR -- "Functional Lessons" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2015 Torga Amun, Amun-087, (ltd. 15)
Harsh noise.
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SISTEMA BEZOPASNOSTI -- "Debitum Et Fides" -- 2 CD -- €10
2011 Heimdall Records
The new album of Sistema Bezopasnosti, one of the few currently active Russian dark folk bands. Their music is heroical and lyrical militaristic apocalyptic folk recorded by the canons of the genre: marching rhythms, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, trumpet and some amount of electronics. The band's style is easily recognizable by its lyrics and ecstatic vocals of the band's leader VlaD Doronin, and also by lush but thoroughly thoughtful musical arrangements. The songs sang in Russian language are dedicated both to the present-day themes of the dominance of non-spirituality, and to the timeless philosophical questions. Here's also some place for simple human feelings. The album also features a couple of nice instrumental tracks... The second CD contains the album "Cosmogony and Eschatology" (2008) previously not released on physical media. This opus is dedicated to the Scandinavian mythology and shows completely different side of the band, particularly it's skills in working with analogue electronic sound. Rich multilayered instrumental compositions, each of them like a trip with complete plot. This is not purely an ambient work, here is enough space for pompous battle scenes, electro ritual atmospheres and noisy moments... The album is released in a double digisleeve with an 8-page booklet containing lyrics and photos.
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SISTEMA BEZOPASNOSTI -- "Magic Lamp of Osama ben Laden / Nina, Wendy, Anne..." -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2011 SiBe Records / IL A VASH Records
Two albums (from 2004 and 2005) reissued on one disc. "Magic Lamp..." is a musical studies of Arab culture from the point of view of a Russian man. Flushed lyrical and ironic poetry of VlaD Doronin (in Russian language), acoustic and electric folk rock, sometimes turning into almost metal, and sampled ethnic tunes... "Nina, Wendy, Anne..." can be called an album dedicated to outstanding women (Wendy Williams, Anne Bonny, Nina Hagen) and feelings they arouse. Richly arranged sparkling cocktail of electronics, punk rock and folk - a real rock opera created by the professional story-teller VlaD Doronin. Full-colour sleeve + insert with lyrics.
SISTEMA BEZOPASNOSTI -- "Martian Dust" -- CD EP -- €7
2015 Heimdall Records
New mini-album of this Siberian neofolk act features four compositions which were intended to be releases on a 7" vinyl, but because of problems with customs, it was never imported to Russia and never distributed, so now it's re-released on a CD. The disc contains 8 tracks: the original vinyl version + instrumental & alternative versions of the same songs prepared for the CD. "The album title "Martian Dust" has several meanings and storylines. In black magic, literally, martian dust is the dust from cemetaries, soil from graves, ashes from crypts collected in a specific time under the influence of the martial planet Mars. This substance in one of the most dangerous, most energetically powerful and thus used only for the most obscure rituals. On this premise, the album is soaked by mystical mood, filled with the occult and astral symbolism, decandent spirit and dark gothic aesthetics. Despite the short playing time, the disc is conceptually complete, built up and finalized. This work has several key images. First - male - the image of a black magician, embodied in the chrismatic and mysterious personality of Aliester Crowley. Second - female - appearing dunring the process of recording and becoming more evident, bringing mystique and romanticism, adding sensuality, tenderness and delicacy, manifested in visual images and artwork." [from the author] Standard edition in matte 4-panel digipak.
SISTEMA BEZOPASNOSTI -- "Martian Dust" -- CD EP BOX -- €16
2015 Heimdall Records
Collector's edition with handmade artwork - CD in digipak placed inside a textured cardboard box with natural silk lace, satin ribbon and eyelets.
SISTEMA BEZOPASNOSTI -- "Preobrazhenie (Transfiguration)" -- CD -- €10
2019/2021 Heimdall Records, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Experimental. The band Sistema Bezopasnosti from the Siberian city of Tyumen' was formed in late 90ies along with some others of the local punk scene, but already in mid-2000s their style changed to their own vision of the European neofolk tradition. It seems that at the turn of the 2020s a new transfiguration is taking place, elements of which could be heard on the previous album "SNezhnost" on the track "Gudron" – namely, the appeal of the project leader VlaD Doronin to synthesized ambient sound, which was fully manifested on this recording. Seven dreamy instrumental tracks, minimalistic in sound and cosmically romantic in mood. As the author himself says, these compositions “fundamentally reflect my movement towards the least possible contact with reality, from which I wanted to evade and even completely delete it from my coordinate system. I tried to do this in a special irrational way, by ignoring it through working with abstract sound images, which are the metaphor and allegory of the unreal and the extraterrestrial. I wanted to quench my thirst for this unearthly beauty, hunger for the beautiful, longing for the impossible, which I feel more and more every day. This is something that, in my understanding, should fill the space, the emptiness, something that is perhaps able to get rid of the existence of fear, disappointment of observing a nightmarish, awkward, three-dimensional reality, an absurd disharmonious atonality of this being"... Standard edition in a cardboard digisleeve, available in two versions: with black-color and full-color design.
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SISTEMA BEZOPASNOSTI -- "Preobrazhenie (Transfiguration)" -- CD -- €15
2019/2021 Heimdall Records, (ltd. 50)
Ambient / Experimental. Deluxe version of the CD-edition of this album: cardboard digisleeve with standard edition is supplemented with a badge containing the logo of Sistema Bezopasnosti / Heimdall Records, all packed in an outer envelope made of craft paper with a logo and a sticker. Available in two versions: black-colored and full-colored.
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SISTEMA BEZOPASNOSTI -- "SNezhnost" -- CD -- €10
2018 Heimdall Records
Neofolk / martial rock from Tyumen', Siberia, Russia. On their new album they combine traditional songs with abstract electonic tracks. Three lyrical compositions with a characteristic SiBe sound, sharp vocals and thoughtful arrangements, three electronic ambient tracks, plus a lullaby in the end. Beautifully designed glossy 4-panel digipak using drawings by Angela Barrett.
SISTRENATUS -- "Division One" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 Cold Spring Records, CSR61CD
Black Ambient / Industrial. Powerful debut of the Canadian noise project. 'Division One' is harsher and more bombastic than Harlow MacFarlane's now defunct project FUNERARY CALL. A true onslaught of Black Ambient, Power Noise and Death Industrial. This is the much anticipated album, after the well received track on our legendary SWARM sampler. [press-release]
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SIYANIE -- "Homo Multidimensional" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2013 Moonsun Productions, MS008
New full-length album recorded during the second part of 2012 together with Dmitry Shilov (Neznamo) in Moonsun Prods and Siyanie Art studios along with live performances. Now this is a full-time collaboration project consolidating and investigating the deeep connection of souls of the two artists. The disc is dedicated to the multidimensional nature of our beings, to the great mystery of life. Field recordings and found sounds, drones and textures of various origin, mild trance pulsations, voice, guitars and wind instruments... natures and worlds interwoven in singular caressing flow, an experience of space and time perspective. Multi-layered Ambient / Drone, dense New Age and textured Psybient. Analogue tape mastering by Sergey Uak-Kib (Kshatriy). Full-colour six panel sleeve + Siyanie Art card with the manual of activation and adjustment of Homo Multidimensional. [press-release]
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SKINWELL -- "Tunnels" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2008 .Angle.Rec., .A.R.05.06., (ltd. 333)
Doors cleverly concealed unexplored abandoned industrial sites. The angleREC and Mondes Elliptiques labels had the opportunity to work with many sound artists whose explorations are accompanied by a will to uncover on the field, in the abstract as well as in the concrete, different mysteries or secrets, or at least, to probe the enclave, the place they haunt. The SKINWELL project is no exception; its two protagonists, CHRISTIAN CORVELLEC and MARTIN DUMAIS, concoct music for TUNNELS, those places, where, at the end, one is beginnning to see the light, as the old proverb says, but in the present case, we do not really care; we can see the light in the distance, it also penetrates different interstices or fissures along the walls of the tunnels where we progress, but we prefer taking the time to pace the premises, to permeate ourselves with the sound echoes with which they fill our ears and head, and it should be mentioned that the ambiant-drone styling embraced by SKINWELL contains, like the music of some well-know artists of the genre (here we shall name CRANIOCLAST, TROUM or ZOVIET FRANCE with the unique goal of giving people a better idea as to where they are on the map of sonorities), a whole assortment of subtle electronic pulsations, concocted here by CHRISTIAN CORVELLEC, which always adequately support the sound fabrics woven by MARTIN DUMAIS, and which also are their starting point. One only has to imagine a minimal tech project gone the drone-ocean way Apulsations are there, always, but tinged with a sonic fog that is heavy, damp and fluid at the same time and which always suggests, in the end, uncertain twists and turns in this crossing of tunnels. But who would complain? [press-release]
SKORPIO, NIKO -- "The Unfolding – Themes & Variations" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Paraferal Sound, PFS1906
"The Unfolding" (2018) is an audiovisual projected installation for darkened space. It provides a space for inner contemplation by combining abstract imagery and sounds in an environment that encourages silence and arrest. "The Unfolding – Themes & Variations" is based on recordings made for the installation piece. They have been developed further to function on their own, untethered from the projected imagery. The purpose remains the same: to create new spaces and events in the mind of the listener... Audio is based on field recordings from various locations and occurences, studio experiments, TH€€€F sampling technologies and secret ingredients... 4-panel digipak. [label info]
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THE SKULL DEFEKTS -- "The Drone Drug" -- CD -- €10
2008 Release The Bats Records, RTB#41, (ltd. 500)
Nordic noise mavens Henrik Rylander and Joachim Nordwall occupy a dark, industrialised end of the drone spectrum, making sounds that are more likely to be associated with machinery or the sounds of a particularly disastrous smelting accident than anything that could be termed as musical. These smoggy stretches of rasp and rumble are at times exasperatingly harsh and prolonged, further compounding the idea that this is more akin to the terrible after-effects of an industrial process than something made artfully, or for that matter deliberately. As the title alludes there's still something oddly engrossing about all this unpleasantness, and its coarseness and ferocity make for a compelling antidote to the more ambient, or academic drones that so often find favour within the genre. [Boomkat]
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SKULL:AXIS -- "The Transparent Society" -- CD -- €10
2013 Peripheral Records, PR006 / Death Continues Records, DCRCD002, (ltd. 150)
Peripheral Records and Death Continues Records proudly present: SKULL:AXIS The Transparent Society CD. Bleak, cold and paranoid Industrial from Peripheral Records label boss Jason B Bernard. 13 years have passed since the last release... 'Seen through a lens, observed, captured and processed. Surveillance as contemporary instrument of control or society under vigilance?' Surveillance - is the monitoring of the behaviour, activities, or other changing information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting. Surveillance is therefore an ambiguous practice, sometimes creating positive effects, at other times negative. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner. It most usually involves observation of individuals or groups by government organizations (though there are some exceptions, such as disease surveillance, which monitors the progress of a disease in a community without for that matter directly observing or monitoring individuals)... Limited to 150 copies in a jewelcase + 8 page booklet. Artwork by Nullvoid. Mastered by Phil Julian @ Cheapmachines. [press-release]
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SKULLFLOWER -- "Fucked On A Pile Of Corpses" -- CD -- €10
2011 Cold Spring, CSR151CD
The most remorseless, brutal Skullflower ever! Alternating between granular lo-fi primitive rock and granular lo-fi primitive Power Electronics, this taut disc is a chain mail glove of hate to any lazy minds who've tainted the air with describing Skullflower as 'psychedelic'. But that's not to say this is an all out total assault. There are also moments of tender acoustic balladry, its just that they don't exist. The remorseless brutal sound is primitive, but as detailed and rich as a blood soaked medieval canvas, somewhere betwixt The Rita and Clandestine Blaze, but more brutal! Long live the New Flesh! Kether is in Malkuth, Malkuth is in Kether, but in a different way... [press-release]
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SKY BURIAL -- "Chapel Image" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Wrotycz Records, WRT028, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Drone. Sky Burial’s fourteenth full-length recording marks a return to ‘epic’ length compositions featuring a single track spanning the length of the release. Firmly rooted in the kosmische ethos, ‘Chapel Image’ is a constantly shifting journey through the nebulous depths of drone and dark ambience with full-immersion being held just at bay by the uneasy dichotomy of low and high frequencies and punctuation of rhythmic and industrial elements. [label info]
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SKY BURIAL -- "Corranach" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Reverse Alignment, RA-26, (ltd. 300)
As a means of giving music an expression unbound to narrowly defined genres, Michael Page created Sky Burial in 2006. Mainly dealing with noisy power electronics with project FIRE IN THE HEAD, Sky Burial entered the realms of dark ambient and sonic experimentalism. Since it's start this outfit has released several albums and we're proud to have the opportunity to release it's new opus "Corranach". The three mesmerizing tracks which comprise "Corranach" play a dichotomous dirge both grounded and ethereal. Sky Burial takes us unto a journey through internal structures and outer spaces, immersed in the Kosmische ethos. With "Corranach" Michael presents his most focused and refined work so far with a unique blend of industrial and ambient elements. [label info]
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SKY BURIAL -- "The Forcing Season: Further Acts of Severance" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Opa Loka Records, OL1904
Experimental / Dark Ambient / Industrial. 'The Forcing Season: Further Acts Of Severance' is the the sixteenth full-length release by Sky Burial. These recordings see the project's compositions shift into a new phase with a series of shorter, more complex, and eclectic tracks. While still drawing inspiration from the same acts and genres that inspired him to begin creating as Sky Burial, Michael has favored experimentation over imitation resulting in an album that defies pigeonholing... Sky Burial is Michael Page, a visual and sound artist dividing his time between Cape Cod, Belize, and England. After several years recording and touring in the power electronics/industrial/noise genre as Fire in the Head, Michael formed Sky Burial in 2006 as an outlet to explore the ambient and experimental sides of industrial music, often citing esoteric, literary, metaphysical and mythological subject matter as a muse. Much like the Tibetan ritual from which the project takes its name, the Sky Burial moniker was chosen as an act of cleaning the slate, to be pulled apart and dispersed providing an unfettered route for sonic expression and experimentation. Although initially inspired by early industrial music projects and electronic/ambient/kosmische acts of the 70s & 80s, the music of Sky Burial continues to evolve, creating a grey area between genre boundaries. [label info]
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SLAGLE, M. -- "An Explanation Of The Past" -- CD -- €10
2002 Annihilvs, ANNIHILVS006
With an explanation of the past, his first proper release as a solo instrumental artist, Matt showcases his talents at composing music not easily defined by a genre tag. Although this is undoubtfully an 'industrial music' album, Matt has skillfully woven a soundtrack to a journey where he combines elements of any number of electronic subgenres and comes out on the other side with something unique and personal. Dark and menacing, an explanation of the past is also imbued with an atmosphere of self-discovery acheived through musical exploration. [press-release]
SLEEPWALKER / FEN -- "Call Of Ashes II / Stone And Sea" -- CD -- €10
2016 Ksenza Records, KSZ 013, (ltd. 500)
Post Rock / Black Metal / Shoegaze. This is a conceptual split created on a drone / dark ambient / black metal plain. Russian occult band Sleepwalker and UK progressive Black Metal legends Fen. Sleepwalker's tracks are a journey into mystic depths, endless dreams and Your rebirth. Fen's tracks are a tribute to the crumbling coastlines of Eastern England and the spirits that lie restless beneath the waters. [label info]
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SLIGHT NOISE -- "Take My Sperm DNA For The New Generation Of Degenerates" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2008/2016 YAOP, YAOP 084
Classics of the Siberian Noisecore, a project by Alexander from Organoid / Gorngoltz / Flagellatio Orgasmus. The disc contains full anthology of all recordings by Slight Noise: the only full-length album from 2008 with 31 tracks lasting almost three minutes, plus live collaboration four-minute recording made as a trio in the same period. Roar, clatter, shouts and rattle. The realities of dark times, politics, religious fanaticism and overall degeneration. The disc is packed in a double-sided A4 sheet with brutal collages made by the author, info insert inside. [label info]
SLOTH -- "A Whole Other World Of Fun aka 13 Songs 13 Samples" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 At War With False Noise, ATWAR018, (ltd. 500)
Garage Rock / Noise Rock. The first At War CD release is finally out!! Ohio's SLOTH have been creating some of the most fucked up, weird, funny music of the past 10+ years and this is their first ever CD full-length album! Known for split records with bands such as Corrupted, Grief, Floor, Upsidedown Cross, Noothgrush etc etc, this album sees Sloth in a much more musically diverse frame of mind than usual. The painful sludge noise is still there but there's an altogether more considered approach. There's piano on it for fuck's sake. Weird lo-fi songs that sound like they were written by a fucked up kid mix sit happily with garage rock high end jams and tar pit slo-mo doom dirges. The "13 samples" are bang on and the humour is as bizarre and hilarious as ever. Full CD (NOT A CDr) with full colour 4 page booklet, drawn by artist-in-chief Uberneecie and coloured in by a group of five year olds from Glasgow. [press-release]
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SM/DP -- "Fault-Tolerant System" -- CD -- €10
2017 Nekorekords, NEKO-32
SM/DP is electronic contamination music. A long distance collaboration between Marko Suorsa & Pentti Dassum (Umpio), two contemporaries of electronic music, who have a similar sense of deconstruction, composition, execution and detail. Here we have 1% junk noise and 99% computer music, spectrogranular synthesis, modular patch feedback loops, sample scanning manipulations and a variety of processing techniques (GRM Tools, Hourglass, Reaktor, etc etc). An uncomfortable balance between academic sterility and a fist in a blender. File under electroacoustic noise and insekt elektronix. [label info]
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SMALL THINGS ON SUNDAYS -- "Fare Forward" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Frozen Light, FZL 052, (ltd. 300)
”Fare Forward” is the 12th album by Danish experimental / dark ambient duo Small Things On Sundays. Since the first release in 2010, they have investigated different musical directions (freestyle turntablism, noise, broken instruments, etc.). “Fare Forward” is Small Things On Sundays in dark ambient mode, which is the genre they have investigated the most. The release date, 5. February, in the coldest of winter, is very appropiate, as the atmospheres on the cd suggests a voyage on a frosty and foggy sea. The feeling of repetition and monotomy dissolves the sense of time and direction, as soundfragments flows by: a toiling ship in the mercy of the waves crashing, the clinging metal and distant radio. The music is pure sound and atmospheres, blurring the line between reality and dream state. [label info]
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SMALL THINGS ON SUNDAYS -- "In Slow Motion" -- CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Attenuation Circuit, ACLE 1004
Based in Copenhagen, Small Things on Sundays is the electroacoustic duo of Henrik Bagner and Claus Poulsen, who has already released on Attenuation Circuit with his project Star Turbine. Small Things on Sundays use guitar, radio, tapes, viola and various gadgets to create five short tracks of smooth, quite psychedelic dark ambient textures... The members’ interest for experimental music and vinyl records led to the formation of Small Things on Sundays in 2005, starting with free improvisations with electronic treatments of vinyl records in any tempo. The recorded material is edited to finished "live-take" tracks or recycled for new improvisations or mixed into more constructed tracks. This way Small Things on Sundays has refined their signature sounds, and created a wide range of works ranging from noise to ambient compositions. [label info]
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SMALL TOWN ZOMBIE -- "April Fragments" -- CD-R -- €10
2006 Datura Landscapes, DATURA 7, (ltd. 37)
Ambient / Minimal / Field Recordings. Side-project of Hum. Minimalistic ambient work created from the sounds recorded on streets. Recommended to listen at low volume.
SNOG -- "The Last Days Of Rome" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007/2008 Shadowplay Records, SPR 063
Electro / Industrial. What's piquing our curiosity, aside from the apocalyptic title 'The Last Days Of Rome' and the confusing art-cover, made by Chris Wood and Richard Grant (who craftily subverted the Cadillac SUV ad), is this new change of route of David Thrussell, aka Snog, very skilled in perpetuating the channels of pop and of his oblique media-social critique, always varying his style. This time, the sequences seem to converge towards downbeat atmospheres permeated by rock influences. Melancholic and cinematic atmospheres are the background of ancient Rome in its darkest days, an all-too-explicit metaphor of the corruption and decay of power. It's a very fascinating album, even though it's not very 'electronic', but this artist has already leaned towards the song form in the past, still coherently keeping the energy levels and his activism high. [Aurelio Cianciotta, Neural] Russian edition with 6 bonus tracks.
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SOBAKI TABAKA -- "Naidu, Ub'yu!" -- CD -- €10
2009 Zenith, ZEN 024
Industrial / Noise Rock. SOBAKI TABAKA are the most significant representatives of the Russian industrial scene. The band was created in 1993 by Robert Ostrolutsky, on the ruins of the group CROWNEAR, which played heavy music and was popular in the 80s. The performances of SOBAKI TABAKA were always powerful and dazzling: otherworldly, blinding blue-green light, the wild rumble of breaking metal elements and the roar of out-of-tune bass guitars. In fact, DSOBAKI TABAKA are the only project in Russia working in the genre of "industrial noise rock", which in the mass consciousness is associated primarily with such names as MINISTRY, NINE INCH NAILS and possibly GODFLESH.
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SOL -- "Where Suns Come To Die" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Cold Spring, CSR186CD
Where Suns Come To Die is an exploration of growing older; the disappointment that follows and the omnipresent dissociation from the world and life as such. In a mixture of sampled classical songs from the beginning of the last century and recorded instruments such as reed organ, horns and strings the music reflects on a nostalgia and a feeling of disconnection to the modern world. Holding on to what last shreds of beauty still lingers Where Suns Come To Die is a reminder that life is with end and we all must offer ourselves to the soil. Where Suns Come To Die consists of four tracks featuring Thomas Bojden of Die Weisse Rose on vocals. [label info]
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SOL INVICTUS / HAWTHORN / SIEBEN -- "Writ in Water" -- CD EP -- €12 [-50%]
2004 Precordings, PRE001
A concept mini-album dedicated to Percy B. Shelley, John Keat and Lord George G. Byron. Digipak with 12 page booklet.
SOL INVICTUS / ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI / ANDREW KING -- "A Mythological Prospect Of The Citie Of Londinium" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2006 Cold Spring Records, CSR75CD
Nine exclusive studio tracks, three each from Sol Invictus / Rose Rovine E Amanti / Andrew King, in their own unique style. English artists Sol Invictus and Andrew King bestow London-inspired Neofolk and traditional English Folk music, evoking olde Londinium town; while Rose Rovine E Amanti offer romantic Italian Neofolk. The CD comes wrapped in the beautiful paintings of Andrew King, representing the city of London. [label info]
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SOL MORTUUS -- "Ur-Ala" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2017 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 019, (ltd. 300)
New album of the Yekaterinburg-based Ritual / Dark / Folk Ambient project Sol Mortuus, like its predecessor "Extinction", is also based on the tales of the Ural people. Compared to "Extinction" the album has more measured, slow and winter mood. Lots of acoustic instruments were used for this recording. Dense mass of cello drones and viscous groan of throat singing make room to the bright flashes of gusli chords, almost electrical vibrations of mouth harp (vargan) and howls of the overtone flute kaluka. Perfect soundtrack for a severe night in a hut lost somewhere in the woods of the Urals.
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SOLARVOID -- "MortumExabyss" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2014 Exabyss Records, SN009
A mysterious project from Hungary, existing since 1997. Heavy, cold and obscure space-themed dark ambient. CD-R in digipak. [Pied Paper]
SOLCO CHIUSO -- "Human Textures" -- CD -- €10
2015 Lost Empires Records, LER-01CD
Industrial / Noise. Lost Empires Records is proud to introduce the first full lenght album from this Italian act devoted to Industrial/Noise. 40 minutes of cold Industrial with harsh blasts of noise and morbid atmospheres. Solco Chiuso starts this analog experience with no compromise. No politic, no sex, no philosophy, no human diseases. Only pure noise. Guest musicians: Wertham, Naxal Protocol, L.C.B., ClauDedi, Empirical Evidence. [label info]
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SOLCO CHIUSO -- "L'Alcova D'Acciaio" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Gradual Hate Records, GH 134 CD
Industrial / Electronics. The new album of Solco Chiuso taken his title by a poetry of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and feature 9 tracks of Extreme Electronics plus 1 track in collaboration with Les Champs Magnètiques. A mixture of electronics, Industrial and noise with a touch of experimental sounds... Solco Chiuso was born in 2014 and is the solo-project of Gabriele Fagnani (Kannonau, Corazzata Valdemone). The name means "closed rut", that was the ancient way to create loop, carving a closed rut on the vinyl and recording on it a sound that play continously. [label info]
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SOLCO CHIUSO -- "Slanci Tremori Schianti" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Steinklang Industries, SK121, (ltd. 100)
Industrial. Solco Chiuso was born in 2014 as a solo-project of Gabriele Fagnani (Kannonau and Corazzata Valdemone). The name of the project means "closed rut", that was the primitive way to creating loop, carving a closed rut on the vinyl and recording on it a sound that play continously. "Slanci Tremori Schianti" is the third album and is focused on themes about the Italian Futurist Movement. Lyrics are taken from poems by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Valentine de Saint-Point. Solco Chiuso is not involved in politics or any kind of propaganda. Just Futurist Industrial Music. [label info]
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SOLIPSISM -- "Thoth Machine" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Databloem, DB056-2014
Ambient / Experimental / Glitch. Solipsism is Craig Murphy, an experimental musician and recording artist from Glasgow in Scotland. In conjunction with his solo material as Solipsism, he also works with Lee Norris. Thoth Machine took just over a year to complete and is considered Solipsism’s most serious albums to date that fuses Drone, Ambient, Instrumental and Orchestral music into the one flowing concept. The story behind the album in the artists own words: "Although it isn't always apparent, a large portion of Thoth Machine was composed on heavily effected guitars and this is a method I often use in my Ambient releases, as I believe the dynamics you can get from a guitar make the drones more melodic and constantly shifting as opposed to the more heavy monotone drone style you often hear. The remainder was composed on a mixture of hardware synths and some soft synths. The album is loosely based around the concept of the mythological character Thoth, known in Greek mythology as Hermes Trismegistus and also as the apocryphal biblical character Enoch. Thoth is considered by some to be the true architect of the great pyramid at Giza in Egypt and this is effectively the 'machine' part of the title. According to many mythological sources, the great pyramid was never a tomb as mainstream archaeologists maintain, but a generator of free energy that was also able to protect the planet from asteroid strikes. Whether any of this is true or not, it is a fascinating subject that I enjoy spending time thinking upon. Incidentally, Thoth was said to have ruled Atlantis for 32,000 years before returning to Sirius. Again, this is complete conjecture on the part of the mythologists, but again, fascinating nonetheless. It is said that he will return to earth at some point in the future." [label info]
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SOLUMENATA -- "Aeriform Redux" -- CD -- €12
2013 Aquarellist, aquarel 22-13, (ltd. 250)
WYRM (2000-2011). The project is now defunct and all activities have ceased. 11 years the archetype had been explored and exploited - new territories will be mapped out with Solumenata… Solumenata, WYRM co-founders Liz Lang (aka Auracene) and Allan Zane with the addition of PBK, have embarked on a new musical journey - taking them out of the "darkness" and into a "light" that is almost bone-bleaching. Six months even before the release of the farewell WYRM CD, Solumenata debuted with their first LP 'Aeriform' on the Russian SEALT label in the Summer of 2011. In less than three months, the LP sold out. 2013 sees the reissue of the first Solumenata LP on Aquarellist - now as a CD with many bonus tracks as 'Aeriform Redux'. [press-release]
SOLUMENATA -- "Aeriform Redux" -- CD + 3"DVD-R -- €15
2013 Aquarellist, aquarel 22-13, (ltd. 50)
WYRM (2000-2011). The project is now defunct and all activities have ceased. 11 years the archetype had been explored and exploited - new territories will be mapped out with Solumenata… Solumenata, WYRM co-founders Liz Lang (aka Auracene) and Allan Zane with the addition of PBK, have embarked on a new musical journey - taking them out of the "darkness" and into a "light" that is almost bone-bleaching. Six months even before the release of the farewell WYRM CD, Solumenata debuted with their first LP 'Aeriform' on the Russian SEALT label in the Summer of 2011. In less than three months, the LP sold out. 2013 sees the reissue of the first Solumenata LP on Aquarellist - now as a CD with many bonus tracks as 'Aeriform Redux'. First 50 copies contain a video DVD-R. [press-release]
SOMA, TOMOAKI -- "Evanescent" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2013 Highland, highland-02
Drone Ambient from the Japanese artist, gentle and trembling, like petals, circling in a cloudless midday sky of a hot summer city. Slim-case. [YAOP]
SOMBRE WRATH -- "Radioperehväät" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT135, (ltd. 35)
The Russian radionoise scene that was resounding in old times hasn't pleased its fans with interesting works for a long time. And now - a new discovery in this genre, and what a discovery it is! The full-length album of the new project by the legendary Den Noiser (Mare Desiderii, Omutt, Morbid Fetish and many more) is not just a recorded piece of meditative radio ether, but an attempt of collecting a full-fledged interesting album comprised of diverse dynamic tracks with various moods, without using any manipulations with an equalizer or other means of processing. An attempt that is 200% successful! A truly fascinating and enthralling disc proving that radionoise is not only fixations, but also Creativity in the highest sense of this word. Next to the title of each track the author indicated the frequencies of the fixations - as an additional experience you can check out how the things are going there now. Black & white A5 cover. [label info]
SOMNAMBULIST QUINTET -- "The Big Sleep & The Nightjar Looks On" -- CD -- €13
2016 Aquarellist, aquarel 34-16, (ltd. 100)
Somnambulist Quintet is an electronic jazz music project by Darren Johnson which attempts to blur the boundaries between electronic sampling and live performance. The music is notable for its tense and unpredictable shifts and turns, as well as its detailed sampling of saxophone and percussion. Seemingly improvised jazz recordings are in fact hand written and then digitally stitched together from single hit samples which have been edited individually for pitch, length, and timbre. Piano and bass, however, are performed live. [artist info] Reissue of two EPs previously released on CDRs in 2009 and 2010.
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SOMNARE -- "Bellum Esse" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Lichterklang, LK032, (ltd. 270)
Neoclassic. SOMNARE is the musical incarnation of Pilar Molina (Aura Noctis, Aeldaborn) and DP Rey (Wrong, The YTriple Corporation, Neverdie), created in 2013. The idea behind SOMNARE is to dream from the perspective of your minds, a travel to the depths of your soul. Compromising the consciousness and subconscious, the percussion reflects the inner struggle of each person. The silence of its chords lead us to the most mystical darkness of our being, but at the same time the melody of the strings, takes us by through landscapes of melancholy. Nature itself inspires us, creates hope to learn and evolve again and again. There is still hope for lost souls. [label info]
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SOMNIORUM -- "Anabiosis" -- CD -- €6
2003 Chimaera, [xm 4] / Fight Muzik, FM22CD, (ltd. 333)
A project from St.Petersburg, playing really beautiful guitar drone-ambient in the vein of soft, harmonic recordings of Troum. Deep psychedelic work.
SON OF ERIS -- "Kallisti" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Rage In Eden, RAGE 76
In 2005 a postman brought a parcel with Son of Eris CD to the War Office Propaganda. The music was interesting enough for us to make decision about publishing it (WOP 12). Nobody heard from Son of Eris for several years, they did not appeared on other releases or compilations; did not give any interviews; until now. The German group Son of Eris in their new record presents some dark aspects of Neofolk music. There are clean guitars interlaced with industrial components. Son of Eris "Kallisti" is over 60 minutes of music, published as a digipack which was designed by Lukasz Pawlak (requiemstudio.pl). [label info]
SON-DHA -- "Red Sector A Speeds Up Alio Die" -- CD -- €10
2001 Release Entertainment, RR 6516-2
Son-Dha is Alio Die (Stefano Musso) and Red Sector A (Andrea Bellucci). Their debut (as a duo) is Red Sector A Speeds up Alio Die. This is a very cool concept. Musso recorded some of his signature minimalist drones and Bellucci then reconstructed them with frenetic rhythms that are not quite techno. It works fairly well. Many have tried similar projects that remix existing compositions, but these atmospheres were designed specifically for Bellucci's handiwork. Again, this is not techno or new ambient. It will appeal to fans of the Orb, William Orbit, and Mo Boma. [Jim Brenholts, All Music Guide]
SONGS -- "1 & 2" -- CD -- €9
2015 Intonema, int015, (ltd. 200)
Intonema broadens the stylistic range of its catalog again, this time we produced an album of contemporary music. Songs is a quartet hailing from Berlin with Lucio Capece on bass clarinet, Catherine Lamb as vocalist and violist, Rishin Singh as trombonist and composer, and Stine Sterne as vocalist. They perform two of Singh's songs which make up the album of minimalist structures, delicate and precise gestures, and a sonority ranging from lush to the austere. That's how their debut album sounds. [label info]
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SONNE HAGAL -- "Only Echoes Remain" -- CD + DVD -- €38
2012 Der Angriff, Nr. 42, (ltd. 35)
Edition is limited to 35 copies and comes in a special foldout envelope with cardboard inner sleeve, three postcard, "Only Echoes Remain" DVD (Der Angriff Nr. 35) and sealed with a gold wax stamp.
SOUDNICK, NICK -- "Depot of Genuis Delusions (Akhemusic Vol. 6)" -- CD -- €10
2011 Ultra, UCD 27, (ltd. 500)
New material by Nick Soudnick (ZGA, Vetrophonia, etc.) was recorded especially for the series of performances by Russian Engineering Theatre AKHE under the title of "Depot of Genuis Delusions". From the first seconds we hear powerful orchestral industrial - or is it industrialized classical music continuing the glorious futuristic traditions of Prokofiev? It take turns to multilayered musique concrete filled with manifold of gurglings and murmur of water, clanks, crashes and cuts of noise. Then the musical vortex intertwists even more dashingly: metallic rasps typical for ZGA, clip-clops and all-pervading bass strings, microsound fuss and sickly violin abstractions, mechanichal clockwork-like rhythmic sound constructions and soulful sounds of cello and accordion... Masterful work, full of completely different moods, in which despite all this variety one can distinctly feel the peculiar author's approach.
SOUDNICK, NICK -- "Faust3. Akhemusic vol. 5" -- CD -- €10
2006 Ultra, ultraCD24
Nick Soudnick provided another soundtrack for the performance of Russian engineering theatre "Akhe", this time for the piece called "Faust3". Avantguard-classical music with lots of string and brass instruments, supplemented by metal percussion, humble electronics and sampes. Think of Alfred Schnittke carried away by early industrial stuff - that's it.
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SOUDNICK, NICK -- "Pas de Trois" -- CD -- €10
2008 Ultra, UCD 26, (ltd. 500)
The new album of Nick Soudnick (ZGA, FIGS, Vetrophonia, etc.) is out on a label of Alexander Lebedev-Frontov. The concept of this recording and several related live performances includes two women dancing among the metal objects making sounds, and Nick mixes them down at his own discretion. The recordings reminds the sound of ZGA but in more improvised way.
SOUDNICK, NICK -- "Promenade" -- CD -- €12
2002 Long Arms Records, CDLA 02047
Solo album of Nick Soudnick (ZGA), recorded and mixed at ZGA Studio, Feb. 2002.
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SOUDNICK, NICK -- "Tauromakhia" -- CD -- €12
Chimaera, [xm 2], (ltd. 500)
Nick Soudnick is one of the veterans of the non-conformist art movement in Russia, he is known to industrial listeners for his participation in Vetrophonia, his mutual project with Alexander Lebedev-Frontov (Linija Mass, Stalnoy Pakt) and - to the most wide audience as well - for his Zga albums. This album based on the Greek Mythology, the sound is varied from harsh ambient noise to monumental musical moments. Very nice work from this legend of russian underground. [label info]
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SOUDNICK, NICK / POPOVSKY, ANDREY -- "Utyugon" -- CD -- €12
2011 Free Culture / Pushkinskaya-10
The famous musical instrument and "the first analogue synthesizer" Utyugon was designed by Timur Novikov and Ivan Sotnikov and played an important role in the history of Russian experimental music. Besides, if we take into account the eyewitnesses' recollections we will see that the first Utyugon concert became the pivotal moment in Sergey Kuryokhin's music. "Sergey Kuryokhin took part in such concert for the first time. Before the concert he was a jazz musician and did not play his avangard experiments, but when he saw Utyugon he became inspired and got much enthusiasm". (from the Timur Novikov lecture). "Utyugon is the instrument that produces sounds. This instrument consisted of the table from which irons ("utyug" is Russian word for "iron") hung down by means of special strings. The irons pendulated, touched each other and produced very strange sounds that could be amplified by means of electronic equipment." (Timur Novikov). "Utyugon was an old rectangular kitchen table. I can suppose that it was found in dump or was left by the former flat owners. On the one side of the table there were nails that held the old irons and these irons were hung with guitar strings. Near the strings there were guitar pickups that firstly transmitted the signal to the cheap flanger and delay and then to the amplifier and speakers. On the other side of the table there were various kitchen knives that were stuck to the table and their vibrations were also taken by the guitar pickups. Maybe there were also piezoelectronic pickups from the cheapest old turntables." (Sergey Letov). Utyugon was preserved by the artist Valery Valran ans now is in the Museum of the New Academy of the Fine Arts. Several performances with the restored Utyugon took place in ESG-21. The material of the CD is the collaboration of Andrey Popovsky (Miro project, ESG-21 art director) and Nickolay Soudnick (ZGA, Vetrophonia) called "Vibrations for Utyugon in 12 parts". It presents the compositional scope of using Utyugon and modern devices for sound processing and sound mixing.
SOULSEARCH -- "Liedersammlung" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2006 Ahnstern, Ahnstern16
Classic Pagan-Doom Folkmetal with strong and heroic german lyrics and many medieval elements. Soulsearch started in the early 90ies to create their own, unique style, which would today be called Folkmetal. But at that time Soulsearch were alone in the fields. 10 years later, Folkmetal (or Metalfolk) as we know it nowadays, began to establish as a own musicstyle. All songs on this album were recorded between 1993 and 2000. The CD includes the final Soulsearch release: the 10" IHERNO from 2000, which was limited to only 100 copies. the other songs are a fine selection from their early albums (each album has sold 3000 to 5000 copies in the 90ies!) + one unreleased track. After they split in 2001, two ex-Soulsearch members joined again in 2005 and founded together with a third musician OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON US, a more NEUROSIS-orientated formation. Another ex-Soulsearch member (Haju) is one of the basic-members of STURMPERCHT. Haju and the guys from O.S.D.O.U. recently formed MAGDALENA, who will release their first album on Ahnstern in late 2006. [label info]
SOUND_00 -- "She's the One" -- CD-R -- €5
2006 Triangle Records, [TR08], (ltd. 50)
Noise and flowers from Makedonia! Best gift for your girlfriend! Packed in 1/2-dvd box, full-cover print, seeds of beautiful flowers! [label info]
SOUND_00 + LEFTERNA -- "Elementals: Collabs 2" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Winter-Light, WIN 010
After a series of collaborative publications on multiple experimental labels, the duo of Toni Dimitrov (Sound_00) & Boban Ristevski (Lefterna) finds its 'Elementals: Collabs 2' conceptual release on Winter-Light. 'Elementals: Collabs 2' is an ambient/experimental release of deep drone contemplations and ambient exploration, good for deep meditative and learning sessions... 'Elementals' gathers together selected collaborative works from the artists Sound_00 + Lefterna. All tracks have previously been released separately on compilations from the labels Fall Into Void, Post Global Recordings, HNM Recordings, AOsmosis and Crna Zemlja. For this release on our Winter-Light label, the tracks have been completely remastered by Cruel Sound Works, adding a richer, more distinctive warm feel to each piece. [label info]
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SPHERIC -- "Music For Laboratories" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 St.An.Da., 1914, (ltd. 200)
Ambient / Experimental. Music For Laboratories is a project by Orlando Lostumbo - a Roman double bass player and composer - who, for this work, has chosen the moniker of SPHERIC. For the realization of "Music For Laboratories", the artist has been inspired by his working environment, a research institute - the Istituto Superiore di Sanitá - where, for over thirty years, he has been working as an employee at the internal library, one of the most important in the biomedical field in Italy. The ongoing contact with scientists and researchers has given the artist the idea to create a sort of Ambient music for laboratories, looking for a line of continuity with the concept of "Music for Environments", born from the mind of the great musician Brian Eno, who created the masterpiece "Music For Airports" in 1978... In this work Lostumbo uses electronic sounds, piano and - in some tracks - the double bass, deconstructing, superimposing and displacing the electronic and acoustic sounds, creating effects that lead to continuous processes of sound transformation within a 'circular' and 'mantric' music. His aim, through the use of overlapping loops, is to highlight the repetitiveness and circularity of the mechanisms of life but also, thanks to the manipulation of the original sounds, the destruction and deconstruction of matter that leads to a new birth. Everything in nature and life is formed and transformed, and this concept is expressed musically by the artist in this record that deals with topics such as DNA replication, spiral waves, diffraction, bacterial reproduction, etc. [label info]
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SPHOGHA -- "Spiritual Tension" -- CD-R -- €10
2001 Sphogha, Ultra Low Fidelity/ULF01
One of early projects of Dmitry Chistov (Hum, Maw) and the first release in Ultra Low Fidelity series, recording from 1997. The result of manipulations with two reel-to-reel recorders and delay unit - 20-min flow of softly transforming loops of dirty analogue noise. The sound of matter birth.
SPHYXION -- "2" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Zoharum, ZOHAR 166-2, (ltd. 250)
Minimal / Electro. Sphyxion is a new name in the Zoharum catalog, although quite well-known French musicians are behind it. Sphyxion is the second project of brothers Frédéric and Olivier Charlot, known as MANINKARI. Their album "2" is an exploration of minimal and rhythmic electronic music in the vein of minimal wave. The structure of the pieces evolves in a repetitive way where the rhythm box remains predominant and leads to the sounds of minor, melancholy and dark nostalgia. On some tracks, drone sounds mix appear depending on the atmosphere of the song. Samples of voices appear regularly and present themselves as haunted memories that lingers in the memory. Sphyxion is a kind of retro futuristic music that explores the themes of the tension between past and future. It's a kind of fiction about events that have not happened but that could have been. [label info]
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SPHYXION -- "3" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 243-2, (ltd. 300)
Synthwave / Minimal / Electro. Sphyxion returns with a second studio album for Zoharum and a third studio album at all. The musicians develop their own minimal synthwave formula, introducing it into completely new sound areas. This electronic incarnation of brothers Frederic and Olivier Charlot is a peculiar development of the musical formula of the Maninkari project (the main formation of the Charlot brothers), enriching it with a slightly mechanical, stronger, constantly pulsating rhythm. Despite the fact that the material follows the synthwave convention, it still carries a lot of plasticity, inherent in the richness of sounds, from many intricately woven from scraps of melodies ornaments. They create an atmosphere that evocatively affects the imagination of the listener by combining consciously the classical instruments and electronics in their own way. The musicians could have acquired that illustrative nature of their works both from their academic education and considerably rich experience gained e.g. while working on sounding theatrical performances or composing movie scores. CD folded in six-panel ecopack and limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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SPIELEREI -- "Publix" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2005 Databloem, DBCD 014
Ambient / Berlin School. There are times when just by listening to the first few notes you instantly know that you are in for a treat. I do not know how is does, but it works for me every time. I hope this is also true for you as the opening track entitled Tradition is a magnificent slice of electronic music. Surely there is no way that this standard can be maintained. The following track features gentle ambiences and moody bass notes that are carefully assembled into a haunting main theme composed using lots of differing sounds and sequences that continues to maintain the fascination. I think that Delight certainly lives up to its title and on reflection is even better than the opener. Area starts as being very low-fi with muffled sequences that are almost on the point of annoyance but slowly the quality appears to improve and rich Tangerine Dream style sequences emerge that are bound to please many. Technical quality is restored on the following track that again provides classic melodic electronic ambiences that persuade the mind to relinquish the mental pressure and all anguish is banished. Relaxation is the only thought to be encouraged when listening and thoroughly enjoying Renovation. This excellent release finishes in true ambient style with the appropriately titled Restplace, which describes the evocative piece precisely. Dennis Knopper has a major flair, which thankfully he shares with those who choose to listen to this truly exquisite music. [Modern Dance]
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SPIELEREI & MANTACOUP -- "Wichman And Other Pieces" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2004 Databloem, DBCD 009
Ambient / Experimental. The Wichman Concert recorded live on March 13 2004 at Theatre Graff Wichman in Huizen, Holland, as part of the Alfa Centauri EM Festival series. Last 4 tracks are studio works. "This is an album that is very hard to pigeonhole but it is one of the best 'contemporary' sounding albums I have heard all year." - David Law. "Separately they have had some solid releases; together they are phenomenal." - Phil Derby. [label info]
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SPIRACLE -- "Ananta" -- 2 CD -- €10
2009 Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS 017, (ltd. 300)
Hitoshi Kojo (aks Spiracle) professes to have some difficulties in falling asleep. When sleep comes to him, it can often arrive at dawn, when the colors of the sun begin to break through the darkness of night and when some are just rising after their own good night's sleep. Ananta is a twin set of compositions that urge the listener toward a dreamless sleep-state, while reflecting the glowing warmth of a blossoming sunrise. In constructing the two variations of Ananta, Kojo began with finely tuned drones extracted from a Dilruba and a Sarangi, and applied a process of merging sympathetic field recordings and other tonal interferences alongside those instrumental sounds. The resulting pieces are elliptically static drone compositions that brightly shimmer with hues of gold, crimson, and aquamarine... One of the two variations of Ananta was published back in 2006 as a micro-edition CDR through Mystery Sea. In composing the Mystery Sea version, Kojo purposefully eschewed the representational sounds of the "Night Ocean Drones" espoused by the label, opting for these aforementioned concepts. On this piece of tiny churning textures streaming along a linear path, Kojo's piece nearly achieves infinity, which happens to be the translation from Sanskrit of "ananta." While other works from Kojo enjoy the darkly elegant arches found in select recordings from Organum and Lawrence English, the Mystery Sea Version of Ananta fits more of the tradition of the Roland Kayn, Yoshi Wada, and Charlemagne Palestine in constructing pieces which require endurance, lest you succumb to Kojo's audio hypnosis. The Strato Version of Ananta is a previously unreleased composition, that bends and undulates around a fundamental drone, all the while still maintaining the sun-flecked glints magnified in the Mystery Sea version. [press-release]
SPIRAL -- "The Digital Vapor Glitch-Noise Fusion According to Spiral" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2009 Lunhare, zzz - 5, (ltd. 100)
Spiral is the rascal side of Andrea Marutti, aka Amon and Never Known. The album title says it all, but if it’s not enough have a listen to the mp3’s. [label info]
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SPIRAL VREMENI -- "Bonfires of Skies" -- CD-R -- €6
2018 Kitezh Records, KTZH003, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Drone. Second album of the Siberian project SPIRAL VREMENI (Spiral of Time) recorded in 2013. The album is based on author's impressions from being in the regions of the Far North and is a collection of many sketches, in which a dividing line is drawn between the Contemplating Man and Nature... "Bonfires of Skies" can be called a mix of stories, paintings and feelings. There are few obvious questions and even fewer obvious answers. You can only describe it conditionally, identifying only some facets, and finding new meanings with every new listen. [label info] Cardboard sleeve with a 12-page photo-insert, each disc is hand-painted and has a unique pattern.
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SPIRAL VREMENI -- "A Promise of Spring" -- CD-R -- €6
2018 Kitezh Records, KTZH004, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Guitar Ambient / Experimental. Third album of the Siberian project SPIRAL VREMENI (Spiral of Time) recorded in 2016. Melodic guitar and synth parts, field recordings, voices, noises - a dense atmospheric cocktail with a melancholic taste. The most complex and serious work of the project for today. Cardboard sleeve with a 4-page photo-insert, each disc is hand-painted and has a unique pattern.
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SPIRAL VREMENI -- "Unembraceable (Neobyatnoe)" -- CD-R -- €8
2021 Kitezh Records, KTZH008, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Folk. This is the fourth album of the project based in Tomsk, Siberia, Russia. Magnificent natural ambient, recorded with the help of synthesizers, guitars, samples and various acoustic, traditional and non-traditional instruments, stitched with field recordings and folk tunes. Strong atmospheric work, inevitably dissolving the listener in itself. Packed in a 6-panel digipak, limited to 50 hand-numbered copies.
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SPIRAL VREMENI -- "Discography" -- 4 CD-R -- €22
2018 Kitezh Records
Whole discography of Spiral Vremeni - all 4 albums on CD-Rs in an original bag. Each bag is hand-sewn by the needlewoman
Lyudmila Smolyakova according to samples of folk embroidery of Ostyak culture from the territory of the Tomsk region (Siberia, Russia).
SPIRAL VREMENI / PLEROMA ORCHESTRA -- "The Waltz of Memory" -- CD-R -- €6
2018 Kitezh Records, KTZH003, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Neofolk. A collaboration EP of two Siberian projects recorded in 2015. Melancholic keyboards, guitar tunes and a quiet cantillation merge into the atmospheric narrative of solitude in the infinite space of the world. Cardboard sleeve with a 12-page photo-insert, each disc is hand-painted and has a unique pattern.
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SPLINTERED -- "Moraine" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1996/2017 Fourth Dimension Records, FDCD99
Experimental / Free Jazz / Noise. Remastered reissue of the 1997 album originally issued on vinyl only by Germany's Suggestion and No Risk No Fun labels. Two lengthy tracks comprising piano, found sounds, saxophone, electronics and suchlike besides the full-on and blissed-out psychedelic-noise the group were renowned for. This remastered reissue also includes new, exclusive bonus material by Sion Orgon, Stuart Theme and Steve Pittis / Band Of Pain. [label info]
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SPLINTERED -- "Turned Inside Out" -- 2 CD -- €14
2013 Totuuden Sarvi Levyt
Splintered was a band around Richo Johnson, but with a floating membership that included Colin Bradley, Paul Dudeney, James Machin, Steve Pittis, Paul Wright and Stefx and as such they toured around, released some LPs, and CDs and more 7"s, the preferred format for an experimental noise rock group. I must admit I forgot how great they were but this double CD compilation of 'demos, singles, bsides and unreleased material’ is an excellent reminder. The cover lists per track who plays what, so you get this floating line up working quite nicely. A typical Splintered is twice the length of a normal pop song, six, seven minutes and has loud drums, banging about, a wall of guitar sounds, a strong bass and vocals being shouted about, reminding the listener of the good ol RAMLEH. Then there are ornamental bits, such as samples thrown in, or radio sounds. Its quite noise based, but also a great psychedelic feel to it. I totally forgot how great SPLINTERED was! There is a great driving motorik between this music, the power electronics vocal-style and the strong riffs. It bangs on and on, but on the second disc there is also a bunch of shorter pieces, which are even more experimental in nature, carried by a solitary rhythm and weird, electronic sounds, or a droney excursion such as ’(Behind The) Smokescreen’. I immediately took out the other releases I have by SPLINTERED so I can play all of it tonight, post-review time. Totally energizing music, lifting the spirits up; high up in the sky and one is totally exhausted when the music is over. What a blast from the past! [FdW, Vital Weekly]
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SPONTANE IMAGES & OBOZDUR -- split -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT43, (ltd. 39)
Spontane Images: technogenic canvas of Noise Ambient and Industrial with electronic pulsations and concrete noises. Obozdur: retro-futuristic experimental Sci-Fi Ambient with radionoise and cyclic samples. Regular edition: 39 copies in printed sleeve. [label info]
SPONTANE IMAGES & OBOZDUR -- split -- CD-R -- €10
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT43, (ltd. 4)
Spontane Images: technogenic canvas of Noise Ambient and Industrial with electronic pulsations and concrete noises. Obozdur: retro-futuristic experimental Sci-Fi Ambient with radionoise and cyclic samples. Special edition: handmade cardboard folder with attached metal object, contains regular edition + technical brochure and big photo poster. [label info]
SPOONBENDER 1.1.1 -- "Stereo Telepathy Academy" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2006 Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS 006, (ltd. 333)
At the beginning of the first 'transmission' of Stereo Telepathy Academy on November 3rd, 2004 - a performance where the group supported Genesis P-Orridge's PTV3 - 1.1.1's Dustin Donaldson announced that "tonight's Spoonbender 1.1.1 show is governed by chance operations and the 'third mind' technique. Spoken text was taken from one film, overlayed onto images from another film, and the score was composed while viewing a third (and secret) film source. The synchronistic results appear to be intentional." Such was the strategy of Duchamp's pieces nearly a century ago; but Spoonbender 1.1.1's collision of artforms also employs the technique found in the William S. Burroughs / Brion Gyson classic The Third Mind. As the images of David Cronenberg's rarely seen film Crimes Of The Future flickered, Spoonbender 1.1.1 radiated an inverted telekinetic minimalism of undulating tones supporting the third piece of the puzzle: spoken text from Cronenberg's Stereo, a faux-documentary detailing a surgical procedure for the advancement of telepathic communication. The result: a sort of 'Wizard Of Oz / Dark Side Of The Moon' for the mimetic engineering mindset... The same principles and elements apply for Stereo Telepathy Academy, the group's long-awaited debut studio recording. [label info]
SQE -- "5 + 4" -- CD -- €9
2012 Silken Tofu, stx.16
SQE. is the moniker of J GRECO, living and working in New York, USA. Active in the electro-acoustic/experimental scene since the mid-1990s, he founded Smooth Quality Excrement together and collaborated with such artists as Ure Thrall, Paul Lacosta and Michael Hensley (Blood Box, Yen Pox), before concentrating on his solo material as SQE. As SQE, J. Greco with collaborated the likes of Amber Asylum, Tony Wakeford and Alan Trench & Tracy Jeffery (Orchis/Temple Music). This resulted in releases on Old Europa Cafe, Drone Records and Anticlock Records. With '5+4', J Greco takes his work to a completely different level, perhaps more accessible sounding but still with its necessary hooks and experimental sounds. Stylistically, it might surprise some (quite a few) people, with its contemporary electronic sounds and dub influences. Armed with effects, acoustic instruments and the lovely voice of Tracy Jeffery, SQE has made the soundtrack to some hazy, warm summer nights, combining this warmness with a slightly fuzzy mood and an at times cold 80s feel. Silken Tofu goes dub. Yes, dub. [press-release]
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SRMEIXNER -- "The Dictatorship Of The Viewer" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2005 Fin de Siècle Media, FDS 15
SRmeixner is the solo project of Stephen Meixner, who once was a member of the influential UK outfit Contrastate. Here's what he has to say about the new album - The Dictatorship of the Viewer: "This piece takes its title from the 2003 Venice Biennale. The show was composed of different projects, each with its own identity and autonomy highlighting various contemporary social and political global concerns. Each project was supposed to reveal a cross section of the world's realities which could be used as an open map by the viewer to create their own individual experiences, giving the viewer control over how and when they visited each project. The title intrigued me, as did the concept. Utilising these I have recorded one track composed of various sub sections. Each has its own identity, yet all are linked together by virtue of the mixing process and the central themes; autonomy and control. Each sub section has been given a track number. Listeners can listen to the CD in the order I have arranged, create their own order by pre-programming their CD player or use the random function to programme the order in which the tracks will be heard. The very idea of designing the Venice Biennale to give the viewer control immediately poses an obvious conflict between the viewer and artist. In what way was the viewer empowered? It seemed to me that the only choice the viewer had was where to start and where to finish. The power was still with the artists in that they dictated what went into their projects, not the viewer. I wonder how many people will actually pre-programme this CD in their order of preference. The whole concept also reminded me of the initial arguments surrounding the World Wide Web. Empowerment, liberating, individual, autonomous, etc. Yet today the words that have become synonymous with the World Wide Web are Microsoft, access denied, spam, virus, etc. The core of this track was initially composed and structured as a live piece which was first performed February 2004 in London and then later extended, added to and re-worked." [press-release]
SRUB -- "Ten' (Shadow)" -- CD -- €10.
2015 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-49
Second part of occult trilogy "Swale. Shadow. Fog." from Siberian Dark Folk/Post Punk band. After their highly acclaimed debut album and very successful tour, band became one of the greatest music discovering in Russian rock music for last 10 years at least. Srub have delved deeper into their style of punk-influenced psychedelic neofolk and created a self- described “post-industrial chthonic music.” Using acoustic and electronic instruments, found sounds and an extensive tribal rhythm section, Srub have put it all out on the table and left us with their magnum opus.…It grows out of the night the day. Greedy sun disturb the dead grass. Scattered melted ravines silhouettes languishing tree. Hungry Beast is awakened from his sleep. Fragile ice will no longer be dear to the house. On the bridge, through the spirit of the dawn shadows. And closer Fog .. [label info]
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SRUB -- "Top' (Bog)" -- CD -- €10
2014 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-47
Occult Rock / Post Punk / Dark Folk. "ТOПЬ" means SWALE on english. The first part of the trilogy "Swale. Shadow. Fog." Swale - first simbol. First step in dark. Dive into the limbo. Songs of dying herbs. Anticipation of the night. Twilightn. One of the faces of YOU, who going "By The Secret Paths". [label info]
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STAALKRACHT -- "A Means To An End" -- CD -- €10
2012 Peripheral Records, PR005, (ltd. 100)
Peripheral Records is proud to announce it's fifth release with, Staalkracht's debut album - 'A Means to an End'. A deeply dark and unforgiving landscape of Death Industrial, melancholic Dark-Ambience and brooding Drones, with influences ranging from Brighter Death Now and Genocide Organ to Mz.412 and Archon Satani. The CD is limited to 100 copies. [label info]
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STAHLWERK 9 -- "The Grey Ghost" -- CD -- €10
2012 Steinklang Industries, SK 59, (ltd. 350)
A masterpiece of Black Industrial and Dark Ambient mixed with hard and pulsating rhythms. The Grey Ghost is a psychotic soundtrack for your worst nightmares, directly crawling into your subconscious. First new Stahlwerk 9 album since 5 years! 7 songs / 67 min, comes as 4-side digipak. [label info]
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STAIRWAY MAZE -- "Kelevra" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Aliens Productiont, AP 47, (ltd. 100)
EBM / Industrial. It’s not so long ago, that Denis, aka Stairway Maze, docked in our pretty growing family. After a great EP and even better debut here we have a novelty that certainly asks for your attention. Ten new songs and ten creative stories. An electronic pallet that brings together a variety of styles and tastes. Movie blocks rotate in atmospheric patterns and melodic lines. Penetrating, rhythmic structures and analog lines pulsate throughout this colorful display of electronic engineering. The songs swirls in a pretty dominant and dynamic plane. Melodic lines and tribal corners guarantee a creative and magical experience. A mix of ebm, tribal, ambient and analog lines takes this project to the next level! Ltd 100 copies in 4 panel matt digipack. [label info]
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STALAG 328 -- "Kriegsfreiwilligen" -- CD-R -- €9 [-50%]
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT86 / Inner Decay, IDFA #02, (ltd. 115)
Harsh Martial Industrial, based on powerful artillery rhythms, background soundscapes, dark and excitatory atmospheres and different vocals. The debut of the project coming from Lvov, Ukraine, released by the joint forces of two labels. The album is dedicated to all soldiers died during the Great War of 1914-1918, all those who haven't returned home from this senseless slaughter, and all fallen under Ipra. Colour printed discs, hand made artwork made of vintage technologic paper, 2 full colour inserts. [press-release]
STAR TURBINE -- "Nothing Should Move Unless You Want It To" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2016 Frozen Light, FZL 043, (ltd. 300)
Frozen Light presents new Star Turbine CD – «Nothing Should Move Unless You Want It To». Five highlights from concerts 2014–16 show minimal sound movements and tense stasis. But you never know what will happen the next second. Live concrete music vs drones and samples. Strange music for strange world. [label info]
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STAR TURBINE -- "Sandwich Music" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2014 Attenuation Circuit, ACLE 1010, (ltd. 50)
The improvising duo of Claus Poulsen and Sindre Bjerga are back on Attenuation Circuit with a new album. It retains the combination of electroacoustic drones and the percussive possibilities of amplified objects, but adds some surprising new elements that create a truly colourful mosaic of sounds... The playful element that characterises this album and that sets it apart from more moody, somewhat “darker” releases by Star Turbine, is exemplified by the sample of Martin Klapper playing toys and amplified objects in Part 2. This not only expands the range of available sound sources, but also changes the pace of the improvisation from a duo to a trio situation, with the two live players having to work with the sounds from the recorded third player. [label info]
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THE STARGAZER'S ASSISTANT -- "Mirrors & Tides, Shivers & Voids" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013/2019 Zoharum, ZOHAR 193-2, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Post Rock / Soundtrack. Eyes closed, ears wide open, we are given freedom to dream the void. Sweeping, intricate, sometimes ominous yet always exuding a warmth and depth of emotion, The Stargazer’s Assistant produces pure cinema of sound. For this record David J. Smith (Guapo) is joined by Circle vocalist Mika Rättö’, who sings on the heartbreaking “Coral Butterfly”. David also had the honour of playing the late Finnish jazz drummer Edward Vesala’s Sound & Fury collection of unique metal percussion. Ancient forests, vast plains, billowing clouds, rusted metal hulks, wet rock walls, light flickering in dark: these are the subtle visions of The Stargazer’s Assistant. Originally released on Utech Records in 2013 as a double 10” vinyl this recording is now available for the first time on CD... David J. Smith, perhaps best known as the band leader & drummer of avant garde rock group Guapo, formed The Stargazer’s Assistant in 2007. Originally a solo recording project set up to provide soundtracks for his work as a visual artist, it has since grown to encompass live concerts and collaborations with film makers and performance artists. The group is at present a trio comprising: David J. Knight (Danielle Dax, Lydia Lunch) with whom Smith also performs in the group UnicaZürn (together with Stephen Thrower - Coil, Cyclobe) and Michael J. York (Coil, Cyclobe, Teleplasmiste). Smith & York have collaborated since working together from 2012 in the live incarnation of Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown’s group Cyclobe... [label info]
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STEARNS, MICHAEL -- "Ancient Leaves" -- CD -- €14
1977/2019 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-93
Ambient / Drone. IFP happy to announce one of the most important ambient reissues on the year, a pure gem of early ambient music... Michael Stearns is a multi-genre music composer and soundtrack designer/producer. His credits include music for Ron Fricke's non-verbal 70MM films "Chronos", "Baraka" and "Samsara", music for NASA, Laserium, Disney films, HBO, ABC, PBS, BBC, Discovery Channel and James Cameron's "The Abyss", "Titanic" and "Avatar". Michael works in his studio "The Guest House", in Santa Fe, New Mexico... In 1975, Michael moved from Tucson to Los Angeles to study with Emilie Conrad at the Continuum Studio. Emilie had ‘live’ music for her ‘movement meditation’ classes, and Michael began performing with Fred Stofflet, Gary David, and Don Preston. Ancient Leaves (25:43) was Michael’s first album, recorded in 1976/77 with a Mini Moog synthesizer and a Finish lap harp (Kantele) onto 4 track tape. To the other instruments, Michael added Emilie chanting, an ascending choir with Susan Harper and Linda Olsen vocalists, Gregorian Chants and a night ambience recorded in the desert outside of Tucson, Arizona, his hometown. It was initially released on LP and cassette... The ‘B’ side, Elysian E (23:13) was performed with an Arp String Ensemble played through an MXR digital delay, one of the first then slowed to half speed. To this, he added Moog and EML synthesizers, The Beam and his voice. [label info]
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STEEL HOOK PROSTHESES -- "Atrocitizer" -- CD -- €10
2008 Malignant Records, TUMOR CD34
As long time admirers of this Texas two piece, it seemed only a matter of time before Steel Hook Prostheses would find a home with Malignant. While Atrocitizer will probably not be considered their most aggressive release, it is unquestionably their most unsettling and creepy. 10 tracks in total and close to 50 minutes of death industrial in it's purest form, dripping and oozing with sinister intentions, and full of grim electronics, unnerving pulsations, and cold frequency spasms that swarm from a fetid pit of malevolence. Add in a steady stream of ultra menacing, processed vocals and nightmarish samples, and surely you have one of the more disturbing releases ever to be released on Malignant. Steel Hook Prostheses formed in 1999, and since then have amassed an impressive discography of limited CDR releases. Atrocitizer is just their second full length non CDR release following 2005's Light Reflected From A Cold Cutting Table. In 6 panel digipak. [press-release]
STEEL HOOK PROSTHESES -- "Calm Morbidity" -- CD -- €10
2016 Malignant Records, TumorCD96
Industrial / Power Electronics. 15 years in and with 9 full length releases under their belt, it’s safe to say that the terminally morbid, Dallas based duo that is Steel Hook Prostheses are the undisputed flag bearers for American death industrial. Perhaps they have been for a long time, but if there was any doubt, it’s quickly erased within the first minutes of Calm Morbidity, their first full length since 2013’s The Empirics Guild. Once again, we find them channeling all things grim and grotesque, and while they don’t stray too far from the charnel house atmospherics you’ve come to expect, there’s a dynamic and dark energy that exists with Calm Morbidity that never fully existed before. From the heavily polluted and blackened drones, decrepit, percolating frequency beds, and acid dripping, highly processed vocals, everything about this release feels intensified and elevated. An immersive and riveting display of the macabre and unequivocally a high watermark in an already illustrious discography. In 6 panel DVD Digipak designed by Maurice De Jong of Gnaw Their Tongues. [label info]
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STEEL HOOK PROSTHESES -- "The Empirics Guild" -- CD -- €10
2013 Malignant Records, TumorCD65
Industrial / Power Electronics. The first full length release since 2008's Atrocitizer, The Empirics Guild finds this Texas death industrial duo digging even deeper into the depths of depravity and clinical madness, having taking their time to create 12 tracks of gristly, necro-horror atmospheres and multi-layered, hallucinatory soundscapes, where shuddering waves of charred and blackened electronic filth meet heavily distorted, sadistic vocalizations. Ghastly and nightmarish, this is the soundtrack to surgery performed amidst filth and grime, with flickering lights, rusty scalpels, and absolutely no hope of anesthesia. SHP have always been adept at fusing dark, cinematic ambience with power electronics and they have certainly perfected that skill with The Empirics Guild. In 6 panel digipak with suitably gruesome artwork. [label info]
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STEEL HOOK PROSTHESES -- "Light Reflected From A Cold Cutting Table" -- CD -- €10
Pain Compliance Productions, PCP 002
11 cuts of cold, clinical electronics, influenced by medical phobia and fetish, and the frailty of the human condition. From catatonic ambience to surgically sharp power electronics, "Light Reflected..." is the soundtrack to your next desperate stay in the infirmary! With releases already on L-White Records, PACrec and NCC, this Texan power-electronics project will conquer the world!! Mastered by T. Garrison (Control) with artwork by S. Candey (Gruntsplatter). [Cold Spring]
STEIN -- "Haldor" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2010 Heimatfolk, Heimatfolk 11
STEIN was founded in 2005 as the solo-project of Norbert Strahl, the singer of SEELENTHRON and NOTHING ENDS, who was also basic member of the famous NeoFolk outfit DIES NATALIS. Norbert's aim with Stein was, to compose songs for the poems of Georg Thom (his grandfather), written between 1911 and 1936. In the beginning of the band, Norbert worked with Jens Vetter of GRUNLAND, who also was ex-Dies Natalis member, but due to the intense work on Seelenthron, Stein stopped in the fledgling stage, until in 2009 the project finally grew to a real band. Finally in summer 2010 the first album "Haldor" was recorded in the Studios of Alexander Meier. "Haldor" is a mix of romantic-paganism and apocalyptic visions, packed in real handmade, classical NeoFolk. The album is dedicated to Lorenz Klinger, Norbert's little son, who fights against leukemia with the power of a tiny rock. "Haldor" is Norse and means "Thor's rock". 10 songs / 40 min. [press-release]
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STELLADRINE -- "You'll Never See Your World Again" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2005 Mechanoise Labs, [mn027], (ltd. 550)
"People of Earth, attention! This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet!" - the aliens pontificate and open this futuristic soundtrack to the retro-fantasies about space intrusions, rockets, journeys through time, mad scientiscs and other sci-fi ingredients. Sound collage made of ambient electronics, drones and soft noises, "western-style" acoustic guitars and theremin emulators, surf music and sampled B-movies, twisted around the vintage spirit of pop-culture of 50ies. Great album with healthy sense of humour!
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STEMCELL RESEARCH PROJECT -- "Charnel Houses" -- CD -- €10
2011 Syzmic Records, syzmic09
Death Industrial. Five songs inspired by death and post-mortem rituals with each passage delving deeper into the stygian abyss. Charnel Houses is profoundly imbued with feelings of despair brought forth with field recordings of actual autopsies taking place. Somber moments layered with metal percussion, white noise and rhythmic drone that envelopes the listener like a lead blanket. Mastered by John Stillings of Steel Hook Prosthesis. [White Centipede Noise]
STIFF AND COLD -- "Like A Snake" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 VOLOK Records, VR-11, (ltd. 20)
Drone Ambient. This is the 4th full-length album of the little known project of the Kiev musician Pavel Burgela. The project is completely studio. Recorded exclusively at night. The music of the project can be described in such epithets as gloomy, otherworldly, sepulchral, cold and harsh. The style of the project is unchanged Drone Ambient. The previous three releases of "Stiff and Cold", "Dress Of Flesh" and "Demons Of Alfred Kubin" were published on the American net-label aReW recordings. STIFF and COLD - Like A Snake strangles you with its monotonous tearing. Slowly fetters your will, fills the heart with fear, and the mind with anxiety. Those who are able to appreciate the music of STIFF and COLD are invited to audition. Dissolve without a trace in the dark stuffiness of an endless fall into oblivion. [label info]
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STOA / OBOZDUR -- split -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Torga Amun, Amun-121, (ltd. 30)
Experimental / Noise split from Finnish-Swedish and Russian projects. Muffled noise on the verge of HNW from STOA and live radio noise recording from OBOZDUR. Sleeve. [YAOP]
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STOA + OBOZDUR -- "Water Spirits" -- 3"CD-R -- €9 [-50%]
2018 Ostroga, OTR-096, (ltd. 20)
Industrial / Noise. Collaboration between Finnish-Swedish and Russian noise projects inspired by the natural landscapes of their native lands. The work is inspired by the water element, or rather, the spirits that inhabit it. Nevertheless, the industrial component predominates in the sound, and especially metal clangs and electronics. Handmade cardboard sleeve with artistic prints (monotype). [YAOP]
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STOKES, SAUL -- "Radiate (Live in San Francisco 9.03)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2003 Databloem, DBCD 006
Ambient / Experimental Electronics. Saul Stokes (USA) is a ambient-electronic artist with a number of highly regarded albums to his credit, and a very distinctive sound derived from his hand-forged electronics. Radiate is a startlingly bright and beautiful album, with sonic washes both warm and experimental. It also offers newcomers their best glimpse at the two modes of Stokes's work , willful improvisation and chilled ambient-techno. [label info]
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STORMFAGEL -- "Eldvakt" -- CD -- €14< [-50%]
2010 Steinklang Industries, SK 51
The new album of the swedish Martial cult-band is out on Steinklang now! Stormfågel are well known from their brilliant two albums on Cold Meat Industry, but the third album even tops the first albums. "Eldvakt" is a incredible mix of early Derniere Volonte and Rome with a strong touch of new Blood Axis. Pure Martial PowerPop at it's very best! Just listen to the mp3s below, you will be amazed! Stormfågel spread its wings for the first time in the autumn of 2004. The creator of Stormfågel, Andreas Neidhardt, acted in several Neofolk and Gothic bands since the early 90s. In February of 2005 Stormfågel released a 3-track demo named "Kinder der Vergangenheiten, Helden aus den grauen Zeiten" and was immediately signed by Swedish record label Cold Meat Industry. During the making of their debut album vocalist Éva Mag joined Stormfågel. In the autumn of 2005 "Den nalkande stormen" (cmi 149) saw the light of day. The reception of the album were overall positive and Andreas and Éva started immediately working on some new material. During this time an old friend to both Éva and Andreas joined Stormfågel; Mikael Bergström. In the spring of 2007 Stormfågel released their second album: "Ett berg av fasa" (cmi 171). This followed by two live performances. In Budapest and at that years WGT in Leipzig. At the Cold Meat Industry festival in Augsburg (17/11 2007) Stormfågel released a 4-track record called "Svenska visor" (Kultur & Politik 003). In december 2007 Éva Mag decided to leave Stormfågel. Stormfågel is and has always been about the love of nature, our history, the absence of God and the decline of mankind. "Ja må vara en wavelmakare men int en happkråka..." [press-release]
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STOUKALIN, KIRILL -- "Organs and Mechanisms" -- CD-R -- €11
2007 self-released, (ltd. 50)
Kirill Stoukalin is an old school noisician from St. Petersburg, formerly known as a member of Reductio Ad Absurdum, and now making solo recordings (Organomehanizm) and collaborations with Alexander Lebedev-Frontov. This disc contains four different mixes of the same composition "Organs and Mechanisms". Collage made out of noises, bucket ramblings, radio and TV samples. Rough concrete sound.
STOUKALIN, KIRILL -- "Programma 2" -- CD-R -- €11
2000/2014 self-released, (ltd. 39)
Reissue of a cassette release from 2000 in better quality than it was possible in those days. Authentic copy from the original master-tape, no filters, cleaning or digital remastering. The recording was made with radionoises, Tesla frequency generator, recordings of various radio programs, including the program "Parts of Body" presented by "Super Radio" in St. Petersburg in 1998-99. This program had educational and entertaining purpose, anyone could call in the studio and tell about one's sexual fantasies, experience and feelings. The program was completely made of such phone calls and advertising of night clubs and condoms. Both this program and the radio station went out of air in 2000 or around this time. [Kirill Stoukalin]
STOUKALIN, KIRILL -- "Programma 2 Prolog - Furious Womb Taming" -- CD-R -- €11
1999/2014 self-released, (ltd. 39)
The recording was made in 1999 for "Ultragamma" compilation released by Ultra label. In fact this was the debut solo recording of K. Stoukalin (ex- Reductio Ad Absurdum), which was later reworked and released under the name of "Programma 2". This release contains three tracks: the original mix, the "Programma 2" remix, and the copy taken from "Ultragamma" tape. All three tracks were not modified in any way, preserving the original sound quality. Recommended only for true fans and collectors.
STOUKALIN, KIRILL -- "Programma 3" -- CD-R -- €11
2002 self-released, (ltd. 40)
Russian harsh-noise from Kirill Stoukalin (Organomehanizm).
STOUKALIN, KIRILL / ORGANOMEHANIZM -- "Buystvo Midiy" -- CD-R -- €11
1999/2014 self-released, (ltd. 39)
This recording was made in 1999 and released by Ultra label on a tape as a bonus track for Organomehanizm "Bez Masky". In fact, this work has no relation to Organomehanizm project and was recorded as a separate composition, being included on tape only to fill the empty space. "Buystvo Midiy" (rus. for "Mussels Rampage") - the work was dedicated to some feminas living in St. Petersburg on the Red Communication street, particularly to madame Kuku: in some days they were so affected by magnetic fields and space rays that those events couldn't be missed by the author. This reissue is dedicated to all feminas of ST. Petersburg without exception, and at first hand to unforgettable madame Kuku. [from the author]
STRATVM TERROR -- "Pain Implantations" -- CD -- €10
1998/2009 Old Europa Cafe, OECD118
Industrial. Formed by aggression and pain the aptly titled CD 'Pain Implantation' is probably a good description of the music, given the focus of the approach. Sparse and suffocating atmospheres float forth while distorted sicken tones are injected. The opening track lulls the listener into a false sense of relaxation before the distorted frequencies leap out to reek havoc on the listeners cerebral area. The music throughout the disc pounds on your skull without mercy and then slows down before the next eruption, ripping through your ears jamming them with feedback and beats tearing the mind apart. Every track has a nerve grating, tympanic membrane agitating attraction, sonically careens off of the interior fortress of the body... Stratvm Terror is Peter Andersson of Raison d'etre, Necrophorus, Bocksholm, Atomine Elektrine etc. and Tobias Larsson of Ocean Chief. 'Pain Implantations' were originally released in 1998 on Malignant Records as the second CD album release of the band. This re-release from Old Europa Cafe, totally refurbished from the original master and added with two more songs, is presented with complete new artwork. [press-release]
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STRATVM TERROR -- "This Is My Own Hell" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Reverse Alignment, RA-6 / Existence Establishment, EE11, (ltd. 1000)
Welcoming the return of Peter Andersson (Raison D'etre, Necrophorous) and Tobias Larsson (Ocean chief), Existence Establishment and Reverse Alignment present "This is My Own Hell" with over an hour's worth of the darkest, bleakest industrial soundscapes these artists have delivered. Spanning minimalist dark ambience to doomed industrial passages Stratvm Terror portrays an absolutely hopeless atmosphere of pure desolation. With artwork featuring the paintings of Mia Makila, "This is My Own Hell" may just be your own pleasure. Limited to 1000 copies in 4 panel full color digipak. [label info]
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STREICHER -- "War Without End" -- CD -- €10
2002 Cold Spring Records, CSR41CD
Industrial / Noise. Streicher are one of the Industrial underground legends - starting in Australia in the mid 80s, Ulex Xane began a number of extreme noise projects released mostly on cassette and distributed through the tape networks up to the early 90s. The original cassettes are now sought after collectors items. Streicher utilise a mix of total noise / power noise with covert military recordings, military equipment, radar signals, military telecommunication signals. It is a stark comment on the current war against terrorism - literally, a war without end. This is the first time the finest recordings of Streicher have been digitally remastered and presented to you on CD. [press release]
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STROM NOIR -- "Urban Blues" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 060-2, (ltd. 300)
Strom Noir debuts on Zoharum with his 9th full-length album entitled ”Urban Blues”. This renowned Slovak one-man project of Emil Mat'ko penetrates the textures of shimmering ambient, urban drone with delicate tints of post-rock. His next offering contains 8 compositions of staggering beauty and cinematic feel. "When you listen to music while walking in the city, background sounds and noises may supplement it in a non-recurring way and, even if you know the track by heart, your only feeling for the very first moment is that something is different… I have tried to capture this feeling of reverse dejа-vu on my latest album “Urban Blues” which presents a trip through the city – the city you believe you are familiar with, but, on the other hand, your feeling that something is wrong is increasing." This CD is packaged in a ecopak limited to 300 copies. [press-release]
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STROM NOIR & MICROMELANCHOLIE -- "49°05'19,3"N22°34'04,0'E" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Zoharum, ZOHAR 115-2, (ltd. 300)
The album of the enigmatic title "49°05'19,3"N22°34'04,0'E" is the result of the collaboration between two artists signed to Zoharum: Emil Mat'ko aka Strom Noir from Slovakia and Robert Skrzynski aka Micromelancolié from Poland. Both have two albums and participated in several compilations released on our label on their account. Their collaborative album is a piece of work suspended between two stylistics penetrated within their own solo projects, and at the same time it is perfectly complementary. On one side we have the guitar/electronic passages so characteristic of Strom Noir, and on the other the sonic structures prepared from defects and scraps that has been explored for several years by Micromelancolié. Two untitled compositions float slowly and are contemplation of places a bit distant to urban civilization. "49°05'19,3"N22°34'04,0'E" is a sound postcard from the mysterious place hidden in the title. Where is it? The answer is in the music itself, and in the coordinates composing the title of this collaborative album. [press-release]
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STROPS -- "Slepenie Rotallaukumi" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2004/2012 Old Captain, OCCD02, (ltd. 500)
Contemporary corporative media have a tendency to arrest society's attention and when it is captured - infect it. This is an ideal environment for cultivating phobias and panic, when the infected individual gets in contact with environment, which doesn't correspond to the coded standards of security. STROPS is occupied with breaking these codes, using the unused arms of media arsenal for creating new space, where these arms are turned against their creators. 'Slepenie Rotallaukumi' is a 16-episode multiform debut from a famous Latvian industrial recruit. The record embraces both home listening and club-oriented material thus offering a polychrome sound spectre of cryo-ambient vibes with metallic percussion stings, harmonic key sections and rhythmic noise elements, all interlaced by lyrics of dramatic doom. Originally released as a CD-r by Sturm label in 2004, this magnum opus is now available for wider audience via Old Captain CD production. Comes in a transparent DVD slimcase. [press-release]
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STRUCTURAL FAULT -- "Intro/Version" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2011 Aliens Production, AP 25, (ltd. 333)
Structural fault: it is a solo project, based in Buenos Aires (Cap. Fed) Argentina, at the beginning of 2007, Jose Luis Colque "EL Sarco", gets his first basic tools for music production and begins to venture into the field of electronic music, thus giving some experimental models. The Sarco says that (Structural Fault) is the archetype of a neo-apocalyptic futuristic world, sometimes round in our dreams. Tried to expose her great attraction for art "minimalist" and "brutalist" manages the creation of hybrid sounds that are in turn surrounded by melodic atmospheres. On the other hand, the Antonomasia philosophical, sentimental, highlighted in each of the songs of love, with melodies melodramatic, they sink into a deep industrial landscape. The course of Structural Fault, is the free will of a rhythmic formula that will go exploring, new horizons inconclusive. Start a full-fledged mission to Structural Fault, with the invaluable support of the great hand of Sauron and Ryby (Aliens Production) and the challenge is the future! [press-release]
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STRUP -- "Eternity Is Closer to Heaven (Vechnost' Blizhe K Nebesam)" -- CD-R -- €5
2018 Sidi Doma, doma27, (ltd. 33)
Industrial / Sound Collage. Experimental project from Belarus, later moved to Russia, for more than 10 years never stops to attack his (and not only) listeners with new musical creations. This happens quite successful, as he has released over a hundred albums of this and other projects. This material was recorded just before its release, which is embodied on a CDR in the amount of 33 copies. [label info]
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STRUP -- "How to Drill the Soil Sacredly" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT63, (ltd. 49)
A full-length album of the musician from Belarus, made in style of low-profile Rough Art Noise. The album is conceptual, dry, emotionally and aesthetically heavy, dirty, melancholic, tragic and lengthy. It is dedicated to the death of human self ("Ego"), when only will-less body remains... the eart and sky are drilled, stones answer no more to the prayers, only hardly heard whisper of soils, the last song of drying out stinky swamp. Three-panel black & white cover. [press-release]
STRUP -- "Kanal Vospriyatiya" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 InterioRepertoR, ir03
Abstract analogue/digital dark ambient from Belarus. Dense waves of low-frequency sound and hoarse gritty textures, nice industrial lo-fi atmosphere.
STRUP -- "Vsedobro i Nedoljubov (The All-Kindness and Half-Love)" -- CD-R -- €5
2012 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT92, (ltd. 20)
Beautiful Power Electronics / Death Industrial album brewed on dense viscous rumble, multiple psychedelic sound effects, brutal roar instead of vocals and historical soundscapes. Worth mentioning is verbal contents which goes beyond the limits of "song lyrics" and belongs to some kind of visionary poetry. Completely handmade package of vintage cardboard and paper with examples of Soviet art. Each copy is unique. [press-release]
STRUP / INDRA -- split -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT70, (ltd. 60)
For this split Strup has prepared 9 untitled tracks of psychedelic atmospheric Old-School Industrial in vein of Throbbing Gristle and De Fabriek. Indra offers one 25-minute Musique Concrete piece evolving from urban field recording to powerful deep rough drone. Sleeve. [label info]
STRUP / MNL9 -- "That Very Time" -- CD-R -- €8
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT62, (ltd. 87)
Special edition packed in a 80s "Pravda" newspaper, supplied with a set of atmospheric photos and a pocket calender (not to get lost in time). [label info]
STRUP / MNL9 -- "Age of Aggravation / La Redoute" -- CD-R -- €6
2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT101, (ltd. 69)
Splendid dada-split from two talented post-Soviet artists: musique concrete, collages, noise, field recordings, trashy melodies and rhythms, voyeurism, radio intercepts and mass animators popular in herds. Not really musical, but way more interesting than a middle noise release. Dedicated to Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. Double-sided A5 cover with a reproduction of author's handmade collage. [label info]
STRUP / YAO 91404 D -- "Dirty Snow" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT104, (ltd. 70)
Collaboration of two famous post-Soviet projects. Expressionist Death Industrial with hypnotizing shamanic atmosphere, field recordings, existential lyrics, industrial clatter and layers of dirty-snowy noises. Regular edition in double-sided sleeve containing all lyrics. [label info]
STRUP / YAO 91404 D -- "Dirty Snow" -- 2 CD-R -- €11 [-50%]
2013 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT104, (ltd. 70)
Collaboration of two famous post-Soviet projects. Expressionist Death Industrial with hypnotizing shamanic atmosphere, field recordings, existential lyrics, industrial clatter and layers of dirty-snowy noises. Special edition in handmade art-sleeve with a set of photo inserts and bonus CDR containing exclusive full-length of Strup "Sacrifices Are Done". [label info]
STUDIO OF UNCONSCIOUS MUSIC -- "Perekati-Pustotu" -- CD -- €10
2019 Akt-Produkt, [akt-produkt 34]
Industrial / Techno. The first full-length studio album of SUM:techno – the techno-industrial hypostasis of the Siberian experimental formation STUDIO OF UNCONSCIOUS MUSIC. Tumbleweed-emptiness in the age of confluence of eyelids - either fog, or dawn, or the light of a source that does not exist... Within the Studio, there have always been a number of parallel projects, one of which is SUM:techno. The project was an attempt to occupy an intermediate position between experimental and pop music. We decided to play something danceable with a straight hard beat, and jokingly called it all "techno", although, in fact, we got industrial punk (later we dubbed all this "no-techno" - by analogy with no-wave)... The project originated back in 2012, during our techno-industrial improvisations in Novosibirsk. For the first time in a more or less mature form, no-techno manifested itself in St. Petersburg, at a concert in the now defunct smithy at the Karl Marx factory. Since then, the world has managed to turn upside down several times, and not in the best way, and now, finally, the album is ready... Almost all of these minimalistic and repetative songs about true life were played by us at concerts, except one. If we talk about the album as a whole, it's music for the dumb and hip-hop for corpses. It sounds at an apocalyptic zombie dance party somewhere in the outskirts of the world. All those bitten by the sun grow with rays that eventually end. Laughing despair and dizziness from decomposition rolls in all directions over the void and dissolves the brains in its own alikeness. The curtain - yet again - twitched. Let's go to the fields, we'll play there forever, every day - if you can still hear us. [label info]
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STUPOR MENTIS -- "Ad Extirpanda" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Gradual Hate Records, GH 136 CD / Twilight Records, TW 1.155
Stupor Mentis is a Dark Ambient / Neoclassical duo formed in 2015. The general atmosphere of their music is fog-laden and oppressive, sometimes turning into lyrical musing, escorting you to the edge of the "Stupor Mentis". This latin term refers to the special mental "no-being" state characterised by a complete suspension of intellectual activities; then, transporting you out of yourself. The vocals alternate between French, English, Spanish and Latin, citing the poems of Charles Baudelaire, Emile Cioran and Rafael Alberti. Digipak. [Cold Spring]
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STURMPERCHT -- "Geister Im Waldgebirg" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2006/2014 Percht, Percht 27, (ltd. 150)
This newly rearranged version of Geister im Waldgebird was put together and partially re-recorded by Stefan Traumüller and Max Percht in late fall 2014. To this effect, the original raw takes of the individual songs were used; those songs were partially rearranged and complemented with new recordings (additional vocals and instruments). This reissue is like a new album! This green velvet hardcover CD-book edition with silver embossed print is limited to 150 copies. [label info]
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STUZHA -- "Butugichag" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Ksenza Records, KSZ 001 / Infinite Fog Productions, (ltd. 333)
Siberian cold-ambient project "Stuzha" ("severe cold" in Russian) returns with the second full length release, "Butugichag". As on the previous album, the sound is filled with field recordings of Siberia. "Butugichag" tells a story of one day of the most deadly Soviet labour camps of Kolyma. A must for fans of Northaunt music or Glacial Movements releases. Ltd x 333 copies in a 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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STUZHA -- "Siberian Sketches" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Ksenza Records, KSZ 014
Dark Ambient. Ksenza records present a remastered version of Stuzha's first album - Siberian Sketches. Some of the tracks have been modified, bass guitar has been added and some general sound remastering. Three new tracks are now also added to the album. According to the composer, the reissued album feels more complete and with significantly improved sound quality. This album is inspired by Autumn and includes genuine nocturnal and daytime field recordings. The excellent artwork completes the musical autumnal impression. [label info]
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SUBLIMINAL -- "Gracebudd" -- CD -- €15
2000 Galakthorrö 013
The first album from the unique Albert Fisch. Here are the sounds of brutal machine-loops and oppressive walls of noise from the battle-fronts of the Information War. The straight-to-the point application of tape-voices made this Inferno part of a consciousness decodifying reality. This is auto-therapy on the highest level. To dance with Gracebudd is a dance with death in the moment of clarity, a special thrill – and it worked – the limited vinyl version was sold out within a few days. CD in jewel case, 6-page booklet. [label info]
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SUBPOP SQUEEZE -- "Anacreontics" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 E-Klageto, Exklageto 16
Industrial Metal / Experimental. Subpop Squeeze is an alter ego of Czech composer and instrumentalist Vladimír Hirsch. The project is designed to the music, outlier from his main conceptual direction. This kind of creation move across wider scope of experimental electronic and industrial rock with predominantly ironic or sarcastic character. This sphere of work is usually called entertainments by the author. The project started in 1996. "Anacreontics" is a conceptual work, named intentionally gracefully after ancient Greek genre of "songs about love and wine", but created with obvious sarcastic and mocking undertone both in musical processing in style, called dark-electro-industrial-thrash synthesis (T.Saivon), with critical, sometimes almost cynical texts, however verbal component plays mainly the role of background. Rock principle of thrash metal characteristics and electronics are surrounded by industrial and dark ambient soundscapes. [from the author]
SUDARIA -- "Lucid Nightmares" -- CD -- €10
2017 Frozen Light, FZL 057, (ltd. 102)
Frozen Light presents “Lucid Nightmares”, the second album by the Spanish project Sudaria. A sinister soundtrack for your worst realistic nightmares convicted in frozen flames of industrial music combined with ritual ambient, classical music, drone and black metal. Don’t miss! CD, digipak, limited to 102 hand-numbered copies. [label info]
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SUNDAY STRAIN -- "Destiny.Done" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Wrotycz Records, WRT013
After a strictly limited debut album on Sonderuebertragung Sunday Strain is back with new energy and ideas. Formed in 2005 as a side project of Llovespell it is now a full-grown band still experimenting but this time also using bass and drums instruments accompanied by clear and strong vocals of Dorain W. "Destiny.Done" brings over 45 minutes of sophisticated electronic music with admixture of pop elements and dark atmosphere. Mastered by Andreas Wahnmann (First Law) comes in an elegant 6 panel digipack designed by Hans Johm (Antlers Mulm). [press-release]
SUNSET WINGS -- "Covering for Solace" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Wrotycz Records, WRT 009, (ltd. 1000)
“Covering for Solace", a debut album of a Ko"nigsberg-based band "Sunset Wings", is a widely opened window to the world of neo-folk music. Inspired by pearls of English romantic poetry together with traditional ballads of the British isles and the art of Pre-Raphaelites as well, this album takes you to a marvelous journey in the land of children dreams, sweet sorrow and melancholy. Silver strings of acoustic guitars and tender violin, deep cello sounds and warm flute, harmonica, brilliant piano, brightly sparkling percussion and music-boxes create a golden setting for the gems of William Blake, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Lovell Beddoes.. Lulled by Kipling's "White Seal" and gentle MacManus' "Softly now the Burn is Rushing", you will be dipped into a sleep together with nature in Rossetti's "Proserpine", feel the inexpressible sorrow of the loss of a lover in his "Death-Parting" and John Gay's "Ballad". Falling leaves and snow cover the earth, waving trees speak with a breeze.. Would the echo sigh Farewell? Whom should we pray now? And should we?... But nevertheless the flowers are dying, pure souls are on their path to the immortal light, and melancholy is perceived as a possibility to create a beauty around us. Despite the sorrow of lyrics the music of this album more often is rather bright and fulfilled with sweet nostalgic melancholy, it should bring solace and serenity to the tired hearts. "Covering for Solace" is a river of caressing tenderness, the river of enchanting melodies that flows "amid the beaming of love's stars" to the sea of Harmony under the eastern sky... With it's particular sound and temper, "Sunset Wings" will definitely take it's place among famous Russian dark-folk bands, such as "Neutral" and "Romowe Rikoito" (some of "Romowe Rikoito" musicians were invited to take part in this record). All the fans enchanted by the musical craft of Mr. Michael Cashmore won't be dissapointed as well... Comes in a 4 panel Digipack with 12 pages booklet including all the lyrics and charming paintings by Natalia Krutcina. [press-release]
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SUNSET WINGS -- "Lifetime As A Child At Play" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Wrotycz Records, WRT 020
Neofolk. "This album is a look deep inside through a chink in this magical door. It’s an attempt to pass this distant light through the prism of our present, and with that to see again those blazing shapes and transform them into a spectrum of variegated butterflies – letting them be strewn with neo-classical pieces, gentle songs, echoes of children voices – recollected images are nebulous but the colours stay invariably vivid. By plunging into these ethereal sounds it is hoped that you’ll find your own flitting blue moth emerging from your orchard far away from the present here and now..." [Aleks Aulaukis] The fourth album by Sunset Wings "Lifetime as a Child at Play" comes in a 6 panel digipack with beautiful artwork by Alexandra Shvedova.
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SUNSET WINGS -- "Shining Thro’ The Veil Of Night" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Wrotycz Records, WRT 019
Neofolk. With their third album Sunset Wings follow the line of making the musical setting for the ravishing poetry pearls of bygone ages. This time Night is the lady that covers the entire work with her starry mantle. Old hymns, lullabies and romantic visions shine through the darkness of her eyes... Sounds of cello and violins, guitars, flutes and bells scatter with bright melodies upon the path of Parent Goddess. Raise your head to see the white mares of the moon rushing along the sky, open your ears to hear the ancient drums waking the spirit of Night! The torches burn and Pan leads a procession! Make a step on a bridge across the dream, let the journey starts. Comes in a 6-panel digipack with enchanting artwork by Alexander Vorodeyev. [label info]
SUNSET WINGS -- "Waving Whispering Trees" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Shadowplay Records, SPR 160
Neofolk. We carry our devotion to Pre-Raphaelitian art through the years – from the birth of Sunset Wings – paintings and poems of the Brotherhood members have always been a great inspiration for us. There is a special place in our hearts for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his oeuvre – our band's name was chosen from Rossetti’s poem of the same title. This compilation is a tribute to this great painter and poet, the songs on his poems were composed and recorded over a decade of Sunset Wings existence. Together with new unreleased material the album includes our old reworked songs performed with the participation of our good friends from Moon Far Away, Romowe Rikoito, Brodsky, Albireon, Die Zwei, Zeuk. [band info]
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SURPLUS 1980 COLLECTIV ENSEMBL WITH G.W. SOK -- "Forget All This" -- CD -- €10
2019 Music A La Coque, COQ-012
Avantgarde / Art Rock / Post-Punk. Surplus 1980 Collectiv Ensembl is a project of the current member of Surplus 1980, along with musicians who have either performed in the studio, or live, (or neither), playing extended compositions by Moe Staiano, who’ll be conducting everyone along with G.W. Sok, the Dutch vocalist formerly of the Ex (and currently with King Champion Sounds, Cannibales & Vahinés, as well as many European collaborations with Action Beat, The And, FiliaMotsa, among many others). [label info] It all sounds like a pleasant, intelligent work of post-punk, using all the energy and inventive composition, taking elements of seventies progressive rock with all the changes, but then as executed by punks who know how to play their instruments. It is almost an orchestral approach here and it works damn fine. [Vital Weekly]
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SUTCLIFFE JUGEND -- "Live Assault 01" -- CD -- €10
2006 RRRecords
First official live album of the legend of British power electronics. Sleeve. [YAOP]
SUTCLIFFE JUGEND & JUNKO -- "Sans Palatine Uvula" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 4iB Records, 4iB CD/0513/003, (ltd. 500)
Sans Palatine Uvula showcases the amalgamation of 2 pioneering artists of their respective genres: Power Electronics and Japanoise, both whom have made their presence significantly felt (through sight and sound) ever since the early 1980s in England and Japan. Sutcliffe Jugend and Junko (from ????/HIJOKAIDAN) are renowned artists in their own right, having been uniquely defined in the experimental noise scene as innovators of sound through their personal style of artistic expression that involves the churning of audio mayhem through guitars, electronics and vocals... This album sees Sutcliffe Jugend taking a step beyond as they push the envelope of sound progression to greater heights. Junko‘s piercing screams and squeals serve as a canvas for Sutcliffe Jugend to work on and develop it further in their own innovative style. The results demonstrate a very unique reconstruction of the shriek queen’s original vocal outbursts, which see them being reworked and reinvented separately through manipulative treatments of cut-ups, distortions, samplings and introduction of other sonic elements... This collaborative work between these two unique and respected artists of different genres from East and West encloses the listener with sonic chaos through its ten varied tracks. For some, it may seem like a difficult album to digest at the first listen. However, the tensions that have been separately produced from the harsh elements of voice and sound eventually subside as they resonate with each other, bringing forth a balanced unity of yin and yang. Best Played Loud! [press-release]
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SUTEKH HEXEN -- "Become" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012/2014 Cold Spring, CSR199CD
First CD edition of Sutekh Hexen's critically acclaimed reel-to-reel / 12" "Become", along with an exclusive bonus track, 'Vestibule', serving as an extraordinary junction in the listening experience. "Become" centres on vortex, repetition, and inducing trance-like states. The release serves to bridge the gap between "Behind The Throne" and "Monument Of Decay". Adorned with stunning artwork and layout by Kevin Gan Yuen and source photography by Patricia Cram. Mastered by James Plotkin. Digipak. [label info]
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SUTEKH HEXEN -- "Luciform" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011/2017 Ksenza Records, KSZ 021, (ltd. 500)
Post Black Metal / Noise. Luciform is defined as "of or pertaining to the qualities of light," which is a perfect description of Sutekh Hexen's shining demonstration of their mastery of the "black noise" style, but I can assure you there is no light here. The six disturbed hymns that comprise this twisted, churning, blackened mass lurch forward like a searing wind, slowly wearing away at everything in sight. This blistering album, while boasting some of Sutekh Hexen's "cleanest" and most recognizable guitar work, is still masked by Sutekh Hexen's signature, Xenakis-esque walls of horrific, incomprehensible noise. A maddening struggle through pure inorganic sound and disembodied shrieks, this is the perfect balance between black metal and noise that experimental musicians have been desperately seeking from the days of Exmortes and Abruptum. When this album destroys the walls that surround you, lay back and prepare to be obliterated yourself and become one with the noise... Remastered by James Plotkin. Packed in A5 digipak. [label info]
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SUTURE -- "Mental Achievement" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT140, (ltd. 21)
Nowadays, even the most daring experimental musician does not always succeed in creating something truly original: there are too many projects and recordings, exclusivity is lost, everything has already been heard and tried. However, looks like the young Italian project Suture from the island of Sardinia has managed to find an unusual sound, which, perhaps, will form the basis of the whole style. Let's call this sound Acid Industrial: it combines the dynamics and minimalism of a rhythmic Old-School Industrial inspired by Esplendor Geométrico with psychedelic Acid House sound and dark trance backdrops. Fast aggressive tracks are interspersed with canvases of frostbitten Illbient. The album is permeated with the spirit of the current dull decadence of the late 2010s, combining painful narcotic mood ("Medicine For Weak Minds"), depressive parties ("Bad Trip") and total hysterical ostentation ("Glass In The Eyes") - these poisonous waters are deadly for the young brainless fish ("Suzy"), who leave only sorrow and despair to their loved ones ("Where Is My Daughter"). Deluxe artwork: lush golden slim case with a hand-engraved number, double-sided collage cover and a three-dimensional acid smiley inside. [label info]
SVA BATTALION -- "Asymmetry of Chaos" -- CD-R -- €6
2010 Strely Peruna prod., SP022
New album of Martial Noise project from Moscow, more ambiental than his previous works. Session members are Andrey (Misery) and another Andrey with guitar, three Andreys. [Vetvei]
SVA BATTALION -- "NAC" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2010 Strely Peruna Prod., SP023, (ltd. 40)
Strely Peruna Prod. present new mini-album "NAC" from the project SVA BATTALION. SB continues to develop the line of conceptual noise dedications, and "NAC" is a present time view on probably the most sanguinary and cynical fragment in the history of tsar's Russia - RSFSR - Russia - the red terror. Destruction for misty future of what has been done in the past. Terror as coverage for weakness, terror as coverage for incapacity. Corresponding the rage of those events, the album was recorded in rage! No computer or synthesized sounds! Only harshness of bare wires, distorted acoustic guitar and a microphone. The album also features reconstructed audio remembrances from the times of the "red terror". Heavy electronics / noise. A curious fetish of that evil times, a giving and punishing fetish was Nagant revolver, which marking sign we used in the artwork. [press-release]
SVALBARD -- "Der Letzte Blick Zuruck" -- CD -- €8
2012 Lichterklang, LK006, (ltd. 450)
SVALBARD was started as an ambient one-man project in 2006. It's music was based on the mixture of Dark Ambient and Neoclassic. During the winter of 2007 the first demo titled 'Stille' was recorded and soon SVALBARD received the invitation to take part in the international fest "Crivia Aeterna". After the band's first performance it's conception was reworked and the following year SVALBARD performed their new program together with the new member [K.S.] who since then has become responsible for the lyrics of the project. After this performance the band received their first contract with "Der Angriff" (subdivision of Russian label "Indiestate") and released their first EP 'Treue Vaterland Jugend'. During spring and the summer of 2009 SVALBARD was working on their first LP 'Heimkunft' that was released on the German "Lichterklang" label in 2010 and gained a lot of respect from fans and media worldwide. 2012 now sees the release of the second fulltime album entitled "Der letzte Blick zuruck" again on Lichterklang, strengthening their songwriting skills and sharpening SVALBARD's individual character as that, being the perfect blend of pathetic dance hymns and military pop appeal combined with the depth of russian melancholy and new gained folkloristic influences. The album is released as a standard jewelcase edition including 8-page-booklet, mastered by Axel Frank (Werkraum, Triarii) at the Blue Lounge Studios Berlin. [press-release]
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SVALBARD -- "Heimkunft" -- CD -- €9
2010 Lichterklang, LK001
After their successful MCD, here comes the full-length debut album by this Belarussian Dark Electro, Neofolk'n'Pop, Martial project. An album for those who dance to the beat of Ostara, ThouShaltNot, Wolfsheim, Derniere Volonte etc. Mastered by Axel Frank (Werkraum, Sturmpercht, Triarii). [Cold Spring]
SVALBARD -- "Treue Vaterland Jugend" -- CD EP -- €9
2009 Der Angriff, Angriff Nr. 34, (ltd. 500)
Svalbard is a promising newcomer from Belarus, which is known to the audience due to its successful performances on Crivia Aeterna festivals in Minsk, where they shared the scene with such internationally acclaimed acts like Moon Far Away, Pragnavit and Ritual Front. The music of Svalbard is a mixture of electronic military-pop and acoustic neofolk with some neoclassical elements and historical samples. Unlike many of todays act on martial scene, this project is not just a clone of its successful cult predecessors, it has its own unique face, combining great enthusiasm with strong ability to compose catchy melodies, which are destined to be popular hits on the scene. The debut MCD "Treue Vaterland Jugend" is about the struggle as an imminent component of life, the life that is consolidated with suffering and hope, when every moment given by Eternity is to be used to return to the roots. The release comes in a deluxe full-colour vinyl-like embossed cardboard cover with printed inner sleeve and partial UV-laquering. 6 tracks, 25 minutes, limited to 500 copies. [press-release]
SYNAXE -- "Quadran" -- 3"CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Facthedral's Hall, FHCD24-2019, (ltd. 20)
Experimental Electronics / Ambient. A project by the French musician Patrice Bal aka PI CAB ALTER. This is the second release by SYNAXE, four new tracks in a more experimental way than the debute album "Antiphonaire". This new EP is complementary to "Quadron" published in parallel. Mini-CDR in a small jewel-case.
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SYNAXE -- "Quadron" -- 3"CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 Facthedral's Hall, FHCD25-2019, (ltd. 20)
Experimental Electronics / Ambient. A project by the French musician Patrice Bal aka PI CAB ALTER. This is the third release by SYNAXE, complementary to "Quadran" published in parallel. Four new tracks in a more experimental & ambient way than the debute album "Antiphonaire". Mini-CDR in a small jewel-case.
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SYNC24 -- "Ambient Archive [1996-2002]" -- CD -- €13
2012/2019 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-94
Ambient / Downtempo. First time on CD - "Ambient Archive" by Sync24. A solo project by Daniel Segerstad who in 1996 together with Johannes Hedberg founded legendary ambient/downtempo project CARBON BASED LIFEFORMS. Released as a digital album in 2012, "Ambient Archive" represented branded gently psychedelic electronics with slow-moving melodies and soft hypnotic beats. 16 tracks, more than 75minutes of exclusive tracks recorded during the early years of the project 1996-2002. Just a stunning recording with some of the finest and most played tracks like "Monolith", "Nevermind", "Silence" or "Titan". Another pearl from Sync24 universe. [label info]
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SYNCHRE -- "Requiem" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2016 Attenuation Circuit, ACU 1009
Italian sound artists Luca Canciello and Lorenzo Brusci have an important career in the fields of audio, music and composition for different art forms. Brusci lives between Berlin, Krakow and Tuscany and Canciello resides in Berlin. "Requiem", released on German Attenuation Circuit, consists of one track with three movements: "Movement 1 - Living Elegy", "Movement 2 - 13':30"_Nostalgia” and “Movement 3 – Transfiguration.” This is an avant-garde improvisation proposal in which blend elements of classical music, experimental electronics and noise. The music is abstract, dark and intense as every sound that emerges is unpredictable and disturbing. [Guillermo Escudero, Loop]
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SYNCORE -- "Fear Contagion" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2020 MIC Label, MIC 017, (ltd. 100)
Electro / Industrial. The first EP from the joint project of the HOLOCODER member (Sergey Korotaev), Alex Sect (PURGE) and Rodion Skityaev (CONFLICT, OUTPOST 11). MANUFACTURA (USA), TO AVOID (Germany), ALPHAMAY (Germany), MY LOVE KILLS (Germany) worked on the remixes... Human vices through the prism of a world pulsating in its death throes. The fear that turned all humanity into biorobots. The Apocalypse is not just TV-actors painted in gouache. This is real life, where each of us monotonously drives a nail into the lid of our own coffin. [label info]
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SYNTA[XE]RROR -- "[.] DOT" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 220-2, (ltd. 300)
IDM / Experimental. SYNTA [XE] RROR is a duo of Bartosz “Kostia” Jakubicki and Artur “Blacha” Błaszczyk hailing from Wroclaw in southern Poland. Project came to life in the late ‘90s. Guys officialy released 2 albums – “Abyad” in 2006 on Polish War Office Propaganda and “Final” in 2007 on Italian Ars Benevola Mater... Among 9 tracks of the album Kostia and Blacha present their skills of sound design and quite intricate arrangement. Artificial sounding and non-obvious rhythms are enriched by very emotional, melodic pads and synths giving a great impression of symbiosis of a man and machine... Album recalls early 2000s IDM sound in a great way, bringing back memories of projects like GRIDLOCK or SOMATIC RESPONSES of Hymen fame - cold and synthetic on one side, warm and very humane on the other. CD edition of 300 copies comes in 6 panel ecopack. [label info]
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SYSSELMANN -- "Ritual Of The Aurora Noir" -- CD EP -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Winter-Light, WIN 025, (ltd. 200)
Dark Ambient. This is Norwegian artist Sysselmann's third release to date. The project was born on a tiny island in the north of Norway, after experiencing 7 severe winter storms in as many days. "Ritual Of The Aurora Noir" features mountain-shaking horn blasts, heavy rhythmic thunders of crashing drums, throat singing, the serpent-like coiling of warm drones and heartfelt synth stabs that conjure up and offer a glimpse in to the past. Sysselmann has always been true to the meditative sound, using his field recordings as a major tool in his work, employing organic field recordings in combination with acoustic instruments. A celebration of those who came before us. Music with it's roots so deeply embedded in the history of his own land, that it gives rise once again to the myths and legends of the ancients. A modern ode to the might and power of the land of the Norse men and women. [label info]
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SYSTEM MORGUE -- "Froid" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Frozen Light, FZL 061, (ltd. 300)
Guitar Ambient / Drone. New tapestry from the St. Petersburg-based duitar drone project. Multilayered compositions woven from cyclic fuzzing riffs, melancholic tunes, reversed notes and mild downtempo rhythms. Absolutely recommended to the connoisseurs of the genre!
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SYV&AUML;RY -- "Dislike" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2007 B-Rush, B-01, (ltd. 22)
Side-project of Galaxy The Incubator from Petrozavodsk, Russia. Varied irrational compositions from noises to calm abstract constructions made of digital and analogue sounds. Rather coarse electro-acoustics and post-noise. The disc is packed in a paper-bag from granulated sugar.
SZYMCZUK, MACIEK -- "Light of the Dreams" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Zoharum, ZOHAR 138-2, (ltd. 300)
Ambient. “Light of the Dreams” is the fourth solo album by Maciek Szymczuk released on Zoharum. It consists of eight compositions in which ambient sounds are intertwined with the rhythmic, trance and oriental influences which could be heard in Szymczuk’s other projects until now. So it is not only a consistent continuation of his previous solo releases, but also the development of the ideas we have heard on records by AABZU or Another One... The leitmotif are dreams, but the album is not submerged in the sleepy and lazy atmospheres. It’s easier to find the psychedelic and surreal visions, crazy swings of moods and musical action. In his latest songs you hear references to the best afrobeat, dub, psychedelia straight from the 1960s and 1970s. A trained ear can hear traces of the cult FM synthesis-a synth sounds made famous in the 1980s. Like his previous album, “Music for Cassandra,” this one is (almost) exclusively instrumental, lasting a bit over 40 minutes... The graphic design by Karolina Stanieczek corresponds in a great way with music. Economical and minimalist form of the cover can be modified – colour templates are inserted into the cover and you can supplement the front cover with them. This way everyone can “dream” their dream... 'Truth lies not only in a dream, but in many dreams” -- Pier Paolo Pasolini. The album is released in a 3-panel digipak in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. [label info]
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SZYMCZUK, MACIEK -- "Music For Cassandra" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Zoharum, ZOHAR 103-2, (ltd. 400)
"Music for Cassandra" is the latest solo album of Maciek Szymczuk. Ten new tracks present the musical tale of mythological Cassandra and death - as an all-pervasive and inevitable force. The rhythm of steps of the Death, which walks the world like on medieval engravings, defines the axis which Maciek Szymczuk has built his songs around. Despite the gloomy topic, the album is filled with bright and spacious songs - moody ambient landscapes are intertwined with melodic compositions here. On "Music for Cassandra" Maciek Szymczuk refers to the atmosphere of his previous releases - soothing and deeply contemplative. Meditative, trance-like aura accompanies us throughout the entire, 40-minute, instrumental only album with guest appearance from live percussion, string and wind instruments... The album is released in a digipak in a strictly limited edition of 400 copies. The cover is designed by Tomasz Gut. It is mastered by Kuba Luka. [press-release]
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T.A.C. -- "Splintered" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2004 Small Voices, SVR04009
Leftfield / Experimental Pop. Here they are again! Less than a year's passed since the release of "Twilight Rituals" and T.A.C. are back with a new full length album, maybe the band most accessible effort to date. But don.t expect a pop oriented sell out. Instead be prepared to fall inside T.A.C.'s kaleidoscope once again. And again. While supposed to slow down their recording activity for a while, during the summer of 2003 the band undertook a series of free form improvisational sessions that in a very short time brought to a bunch of fully produced new compositions. Their twelfth release actually. T.A.C. sonic trip goes on through unexplored territories, forcing the borders between electronica and new psychedelic soundscapes, making room for gentle ballads merciless deconstructed. Enter now T.A.C.'s surreal and swirling world. The tribernetic shamans are back. [press-release]
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T.E.F. / BASTARD NOISE -- "Astronomical Sound Images" -- CD -- €10
2005 PACrec, PACrec112 / Troniks, TRO-158 / Pitchphase, PPcd01
CAVEMAN CORROSION. A Kevin Novak (T.E.F.) and Bastard Noise (Eric Wood) collaboration of pulverizing astronomical vibrations. FOUR YEARS in the making! Coreleased with PITCHPHASE. [label info]
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T.R.B.U.H. -- "Ultraaaarrrghhh" -- CD-R -- €2 [-50%]
Smell The Stench
A collection of digitized tape recordings from rehearsals, demos and live gigs of Croatian lo-fi noise-core band T.R.B.U.H. (featuring the member of Gruuthaagy). For the fans only.
T_ERROR 404 -- "New Game, Old Rules" -- CD -- €10
2022 Steinklang Industries, SK151, (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics / Industrial / Noise. For T_Error 404, this album is indeed the case of a new game and old rules. Already for over 15 years, the project from Moscow has been releasing albums mostly in the fields of hard techno, EBM and rhythmic noise – but now the one-man act turns to nasty, grimy old school industrial noise. The style may have changed, but the lack of compromise and aggressiveness remains the same... Born out of a mutual desire between T_Error 404 and Steinklang to release something together, New Game, Old Rules sees the project draw inspiration from old violent, nasty old school power electronics – a better fit to the label’s catalogue than techno or EBM, for sure! Grimy, hauntingly atmospheric and menacing, with this album T_Error 404 show they have a deep insight of this style of industrial music as well... With abrasive, nasty layers of distorted synths, rusty percussion and ominous speech samples, New Game, Old Rules harks back to the early albums of Genocide Organ and the likes. This is pure power electronics and old school industrial: focused, structured and controlled, with very little in terms of harsh noise cacophony... T_Error 404 prove to be masters at this new game as well. [label info]
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TAEDIUM VITAE -- "War!!!" -- CD -- €10
2007 The Sign of the Sun Publication, SUN002
Industrial / Noise from Poland.
TAETER -- "Absolut Nothing" -- CD -- €10
2010 Turgid Animal, TA499 / Trash Ritual, trash055, (ltd. 300)
Power Electronics. Long delayed cd debut from Fecalove's side project Taeter. Italian ugly and filthy power electronics. Cock, self-deprecation and booze over and over again. 10 tracks including Brainbombs and The Sodality covers! 12 page booklet with lyrics and sexy pictures. Mastered in Singapore by Shaun Sankaran (Cumshot Wound). [label info]
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TAETER with SEKTOR 304 -- "The Hermeneutics Of The Hunt Has Gone Full Circle" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Narcolepsia, narco065 / New Approach Records, NAR20, (ltd. 200)
Industrial / Noise. Back in 2015, by the same time TAETER´s debut release on vinyl came out (“THE HUNT HAS GONE FULL CIRCLE” 7” on Narcolepsia), André Coelho (SEKTOR 304/METADEVICE) created some material based on the reinterpretation of various source materials used on the recording sessions for that same 7”. The idea was to do a special tape edition, but it never materialized. Recently, André exhumed his archives and suggested the reactivation of this forgotten plan. Nicola contributed with alternative versions of the two tracks that came in that original release, and the collaboration took shape in its updated incarnation... While listening to this material now, it is safe to say it has passed the test of time, retaining its atmosphere of uneasiness, its pulsating decrepitude, the personal recounts of over-sexualized failure whispered to our ears by a sweaty entity. André shreds Nicola´s seed unto a more arid and diluted fluid, infusing it with a twisted sci-fi vibe, a vile mechanical eroticism that deforms and suffocates its host. Minimal and obsessive, “slow and steady”, degraded past recognition as the blurry memories of an old late night amateur webcam session... Making sense on its own, as a consistent “new” record, or as a companion object for Taeter completists – there must be some out there, right? – “THE HERMENEUTICS OF THE HUNT HAS GONE FULL CIRCLE” should hopefully help to expose more listeners to this excellent project, and particularly to that defining moment in its discography, still one of the absolute best Power Electronics 7” in recent years. [label info]
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TAGHAIRM -- "Splinters" -- CD-R -- €24 [-50%]
2004 self-released
An unknown jewel of Russian dark folk / post-punk. The debut album from 2004. Slim-box, black & white cover. Unique. [YAOP]
TAGHAIRM -- "Wrath" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2007 YAOP, YAOP 030, (ltd. 69)
This can be called derk-folk with electro-guitar. Or traditional-based post-punk. Or gothic post-rock. Cold depressive recitation will remind of the band Region 77 to the experts, or Majdanek Waltz to the neophytes. We should also mention periodical droplets of icy old school industrial and dark ambient. But what cost all these words in comparison with the fucking beautiful feeling of Truth and Freedom which is born by this solitary Music and so native teeth-gritting Words... Only 69 copies in handmade package. [press-release]
TALUGUNG -- "Under Humid Light -- CD-R -- €7
2008 Harha-Askel, [HA-5]
Solo project of Ryan Waldron, a member of Canadian band The Riderless. Imaginary world music, evoking and blending together the images of distant corners of our planet. "Under Humid Light" is played mostly on handmade instruments and combines the elements of Asian, African and Western music. Handmade cardboard sleeve. [YAOP description]
TAMERLAN -- "Infinigrammaton" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Steinklang Industries, SK117, (ltd. 200)
Neofolk. This work represents the continuation on of the sonic journey started on the previous album (Luciferian), it is also the start of a completely new chapter, bringing together the ethnic sounds of deep Siberian tribes, nomads from far east, as well as ancient mysticism of Balkan peninsula, shrouded in the modern extreme music tendencies (dark folk, black metal, and industrial). This symbiose takes the already recognizable Tamerlan’s death folk sound to a completely new level, making “Infinigrammaton” the most epic and most ambitious album up to date. [label info]
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TANK OF DANZIG -- "Not Trendy" -- CD -- €10
2013 Music A La Coque, COQ-06
No Wave / Free Jazz / Post-Punk. Tank Of Danzig are a hybrid band, combining the aggression of punk, the doom funk of it's day (A Certain Ratio, James Chance), no jazz and nu groove (it wasn't called like that in those days) to play some hyper active dance music, dominated by the blearing of a saxophone and the aggressive sing-shout of Schengel. It's not music that easily is called 'polished', but an excellent drive to it. 'So Hungry, So Angry', that great song by Medium Medium is something that comes close to the sound of Tank Of Danzig. Disco not disco. It's hard sitting down and listening as this is definitely the kind of music that makes people move. Great bass lines, funky drumming, disco guitars (but much, much more raw) and the saxophone and voice in a free mode. I believe back then they used the term 'big city funk' and 'crisis funk' - especially the latter term seems very appropriate these days. Unfortunately the crisis of our times isn't used to create similar great music as they did in 1982. Great discovery! [Vital Weekly]
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TANZ OHNE MUSIK -- "Infinity" -- CD -- €15
2016 Galakthorroe, Galakthorroe 040
Tanz Ohne Musik appears for the first time on Galakthorrö, but should not be entirely unknown. Dan Serbanescu, from Bucharest, has been making music for a considerable time, supported by Luna, who contributes the photos and videos. The sound with which Tanz Ohne Musik has recently stirred up interest, is on offer on the new album Infinity: Pared to the bone Angst Pop songs – radical minimalism in text and tone. Serbanescu’s strengths lies especially in the directness of his production, that celebrates the analog synthesizer with minimal distractions. He channels its raw power to driving dance hits as well as moody tracks. With unerring accuracy he arranges his sparsely selected sound elements with undercooled vocals, and always ends in melancholia, but is unpretentious and honest, that goes without saying... CD in jewel case with 8 page booklet. [label info]
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TANZI, DANTE -- "Double Miroir" -- CD -- €8
2013 Observatoire, obs * akusma | 047 cd, (ltd. 200)
After majoring in Philosophy, Dante Tanzi went on to study composition, electroacoustic music and musical informatics. From 1985 to 2009 he worked at L.I.M., the Musical Informatics Laboratory of the University of Milan. Since 1988, his compositions have been performed in Italy and abroad: Zurich (Euromicro - 1988); Moscow (Italia 2000 - 1988); Lugano (Computer Music Concert - 1991); Montreal (EuCuE - 2001); Paris (Palais de Tokyo - 2006, Festival LICENCES - editions 2007, 2008 and 2009); Huddersfield (ICMC - 2011); Flix (Nit Electro Sonora - 2013); Crest (Festival Futura - editions 2008 - 2013). He also published essays on CTheory, Leonardo Music Journal, Leonardo, Cogito, Crossings, De Musica, Organised Sound and Contemporary Music Review. In 2009 he took the Futura Festival annual acousmatic interpretation course (Crest, Drome). Since 2012 he has been performing works of the acousmatic repertory on the acusmonium SATOR (Centro Culturale San Fedele, Milano) and on the acusmonium mobile AUDIOR. [label info]
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TARAB -- "I'm Lost" -- CD -- €10
2014 23five, 23five 019
A schizoid-concrete opus of environmental sounds heightened, stimulated, decontextualized, and teased into a psychic puzzle of industrialized and post-industrialized detritus, I'm Lost marks another milestone in the ever impressive catalogue from Australian sound-artist Eamon Sprod, who adopts the moniker Tarab for his endeavors. The title is one that explodes with a multitude of meaning. There's the geographical frustration in losing one's way as the surrounding landmarks fail to match with whatever technology may be in use (e.g. a sextant, a compass, an iPhone, a torn map, one's poor memory of a childhood neighborhood, etc.). There's the psychological implications of being lost from the existential narratives that we have scripted for ourselves due to broken relationships, failed jobs, dead relatives, natural disasters, the hand of God, etc. In addition to these possibilities, Sprod proposes that the notion of "lost" could also be an inversion of the idea of the "found object" or the "found sound," instead becoming the "lost object" or the "lost sound." Sprod's semantic wordplay is hardly a conceptual gimmick, as he fully immerses himself in the confusional framework while maintaining a consummate technical prowess over his field recordings. The compositional approach is rhizomatic, with dead-ends, wrong turns, and reprisals of these same dead-ends and wrong turns, offering a blackhumor sneer at the stubbornness of humanity's inability to learn from our mistakes (e.g. pollution, blight, poverty, disease, etc). Within the album's harsh edits and disjointed collages, Sprod renders sound with dysphoric associations through his vacant drift, crumbled gravel, scalding plasma-tube frequencies, and putrid factory noise. I'm Lost achieves the same psychological gravity as heard in the works of Sudden Infant, P16.D4, and John Duncan with an even greater sense of dislocation from those pioneers of radical tape splicing. [press-release]
TARAB -- "Take All The Ships From The Harbour, And Sail Them Straight Into Hell" -- CD -- €10
2009 23five, 23five 014, (ltd. 500)
The title to this album from Tarab (nee Eamon Sprod) is striking enough in its allusions of damnation, with a watery grave a potential outcome from human activity impacting the earth. So, it may be stating the obvious that the corroded locations where mankind has scarred the surface of the earth feature prominently in the work of this Melbourne based sound artist. The residual elements of these sites become the agents for metaphor and allegory in Tarab's work, documented through field recording and sympathetic actions with found objects from those sites. One such location that features prominently in Take All of the Ships... is Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. Once the home of an immigration station at the turn of the 20th Century and later a Nike Missile site for the US military, Angel Island now rests in the hands of the US National Park Service, which has left some of the buildings to succumb to the forces of decay. From the sounds culled from this site and others closer to his antepodean home, Tarab diligently overlays and stiches together a highly tactile composition with very little digital treatments to speak of. Take All of the Ships... opens with an ominous rumble whose frequencies appear to emerge from the center of the Earth and liquefying the surface upon impact. As these tones ebb and flow, Tarab unveils as revolving series of exaggerated details from a hyperbolic gash of two heavy pieces of metal grinding against themselves to a toxic chorale of nighttime insects to sand, wind, and surf detourned into sedimentary white noise. Tarab's compositional sensibility shifts throughout the album, at first sparsely situating these sounds into shadowy vignettes. Gradually, Tarab coalesces this sublime opus into an arcing crescendo which exhibits sustained harmonics rarely heard in the best of the contemporary dronemusik technicians much less from the realm of sound ecology. [press-release]
TARAB -- "Wind Keeps Even Dust Away" -- CD -- €10
2007 23five, 23five 010, (ltd. 500)
Eamon Sprod (aka Tarab) professes a romantic attachment to the notion that the world is falling apart, a terminal process only enhanced by the intrinsic obsolescence from the output of consumer culture. Yet, this Australian sound artist is not one to wallow in the nihilism of such poetics, rather he counterpoints these thoughts with the allegorical implications of his nom de plume. Tarab is an Arabic word that doesn't readily translate into English, but it might be best defined as the ecstatic surrender one can experience when listening to music. Through installation, performance, and composition, Sprod reinterprets the physical detritus of the landscape within a hypothetical topography where dirt, soot, and smog emerge as privileged materials, in to which he has grafted the potential for a transcendent response... Field recordings are fundamental to this creative process, bolstered by sympathetic sounds activated by Sprod's own hands rummaging through crumbling leaves, rusted bits of metal, broken concrete, and shattered glass, just to name some of the more obvious sources. Wind Keeps Even Dust Away is only the second documentation of Sprod's compositions; yet, it is an accomplished work on par with the best of contemporary sound ecologists (e.g. Chris Watson, Eric La Casa, Toshiya Tsunoda, etc.). On this album, Sprod presents an intertwining series of compacted collages that tease aquatic references from abandoned and overlooked sites of the arid Australian landscape. Every sound of a pipe gurgling with water is but a mirage of sand, rust, and dirt cleverly tricking the audience's collective ear... With its subtle transitions and evolving sound structures, Wind Keeps Even Dust Away figures into the models of psycho-geographical wandering, as Sprod explores sets of roughly cut textures, resonant frequencies, and atmospheric vibrations that are intrinsic to an imagined space and then shifts into another with its particular idiosyncrasies. While the ecstasy that the word tarab implies may not be an immediate reaction to this album, wonder and discovery certainly are as experienced through this exemplary album of re-engineered sonic dislocation. [press-release]
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA feat. SIKHARA -- "White Flowers / Branca Flora" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2005 Dystonia Recordings, DYS002
The second album of this ritual dark ambient noise artist from Germany, this time in collaboration with the american artist Sikhara. Traditional portugese chants and ritual drums are coming over metallic soundscapes, mixed with strange orchestrations and piano.
A TASTE FOR DECAY -- "Beneath Black Waters" -- CD -- €10
2010 Black Goat Records, BGR045, (ltd. 1000)
Terrifying industrial-tinged blackened soundtracks to bludgeon your ears with. Featuring collaborations with Alan Dubin (GNAW / Khanate / OLD), Billy Anderson (Blessing The Hogs) and John Paul Whetzel (Pro-Death / StemCell Research Project). [label info]
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TCHERNOBLYAD -- "IKEA" -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2008 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT22, (ltd. 188)
The long awaited single of Tchernoblyad. Avantguarde Power Electronics with electroguitar, analogue synthesizer, metallofon, feedbacks and brutal male and female voices. A 10-minute clot of sickness and contempt, inspired by one of the most odious transnational corporation IKEA and it's pathologically manipulative marketing. Against the capitalism. Against the civilization. Against the pathological hydrocarbon necrostability. Against the modern world. 188 copies in vinyl boxes with inserts. [press-release]
TCHERNOBLYAD -- "Love" -- CD -- €7
2009 Linija Shuma, Shum0008, (ltd. 454)
Genocide monotonous power electronics dedicated to the Un-life in it's various manifestations. Totalitarian noise terror. Lo-fi quality. Re-edition of CD-R and cassette releases.
TCHERNOBLYAD -- "Military Dope" -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Dödens Kultur, DK№02, (ltd. 31)
Power Electronics / Noise. The release is dedicated to individual medicine kits in orange cases, widely distributed in the Soviet Army and civil defense, and the psychoactive drugs contained in there, familiarity with which led many adolescents and youths to the slippery slopes of psychonautics and drug addiction. Three tracks of the experimental toxic psychedelic Power Electronics / Noise, each inspired by one of the drugs (opioid "promedol", amphetamine "aphin", cholinolytic "taren"), depicting its effect. The three-inch disk is equipped with two inserts and is packed in the case of a first-aid kit wwith an engraved copy number. [label info]
TCHERNOSTRUP -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT55, (ltd. 149)
Psychedelic Old-School Power Electronics, a collaboration between Tchernoblyad (Ingria) and Strup (Belarus). Scratches of warped vinyl records, binaural strikes, signal attacks of antique cassetttes with computer programs from 80-ies, remote clanks and howls of night workshops, samples from little known Soviet movies. A severe mind cleansing. Provocative artwork. [press-release]
TE/DIS -- "Interrogation Gloom" -- CD -- €15
2017 Galakthorro, Galakthorro 043
Following the debut album in 2014, and the first live appearances in 2016, we have now Interrogation Gloom, the second album from Tempted Dissident (Te/DIS). It concerns the clear continuation of the familiar sound, an unmistakeable mixture of highly recogniseable vocals with individually tailored elektroniks. These became more analogue, but remain precise and cold, harking back to early Synth-Pop. A confident feel for songs and refined lyrics, are particular features also on this album. However the tracks are even more varied and cleverly connected, making it easier for the Hits to take centre-stage: On this record are darkling hymns such as Ruin Porn and In The Box, other titles develop an earworm quality. Naturally Te/DIS does not make for easy listening and challenges the listener again and again. Thus certainly keeping faith with the Galakthorrö Heavy Listening-Quality conspiracy. CD in jewel case with 12 page booklet. [label info]
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TEATRO SATANICO -- "Der Tod In Venedig" -- CD -- €10
2016 Ufa Muzak, UFA72, (ltd. 170)
Macabre Synth / Cold Necro Wave / Experimental. Here we have a unique release - reissue of the long sold out album, so unusual that its extravagance can only compete with the cause of such a collection of rare compositions. The album title sounds a bit pretentious, but it has very few lines of contact with famous literary and cinematographic sources. "Death in Venice" refers to the famous "Island of the Dead - San Michele", the necropolis, privileged refuge for the dead of this city on the water. This place is famous for the numerous burial places of renowed artists, and already in the second number we meet one of the "Cantos" by Ezra Pound who found his last resort in this place. Free poetry of this eminent American rebellion has to be heard, not read... music as expression, words as echoes, spoken long time ago. The Italians will never disown their sacred and forbidden figures of their culture, and the third number features lines from the monster novel, the mystery novel, unfinished, interrupted by the author's death - "Il Petrolio" by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Sound design, musical patterns, peculiar flow of images made of deadly techno rhythms and hissing layering synthesizer backgrounds. Spiral up further, another symbolic figure of Julius Evola is waiting for us. Text from the book "Meditations on the Peaks" disclosing the sacred symbolism of mountains as habitation of gods, where rulers and warriors go, where yogis achieve full liberation. The atmosphere is rarefied, so little oxygen that one has to breath deeply, feeling ringing in ears because of pressure, but the beauty has to overpower all unpleasant feelings. What next? The song with the same title as a theoretic book about suicide, we hear flappings of predatory owls in the night. From which world have these messengers come? Or was it a gondola that brought us to cypresses of San Michele? It's early to disembark, the rhythm pulls swings up and down, up and down. The original album is supplemented with three tracks, visions and insights continue. Charon hasn't yet received the payment for transportation, still lying under the deadman tongue according to the funeral rite... 9 tracks, 65 minutes, matte 4-panel A5 digipak. [press-release]
TEETH ENGRAVED -- "Starving The Fires (Pt.I)" -- CD -- €10
2014 Malignant Records, TumorCD74
Formal debut of this Portland, Oregon duo signifies not only a new addition to the Malignant family, but a vital entry into the death industrial field. Using a broad array of hand-made or modified instrumentation and layered processing, TEETH ENGRAVED have crafted one of the more despondent and grime encrusted releases to populate the roster; Frayed, noxious frequencies, crumbling static, and corrosive drones that teeter on the edge of abrasiveness mixed with a rotting underbelly of cluttered, industrial churn, falling somewhere between the smoldering scourge of GRUNTSPLATTER and the dread filled, post-mortem atmospherics of ANENZEPHALIA. The corresponding result is 7 lengthy tracks that thrive on abandonment, hopelessness, and negativity in a desolate, post-apocalyptic environment. Run time: 70:69, lmtd. 500, DVD packaging, mastered by John Stillings of Steel Hook Audio. [label info]
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TEGIN, ALEXEY -- "Gyer" -- CD -- €10
2002 Monotone, OM 001
Ritual. Alexey Tegin's project "Gyer" is the first recording of the project, which later became known as PHURPA. Alexey Tegin is a participant, creator, author and practitioner. His musical experiments began with industrial hobbies, where the author was interested in the sound of material bodies, and non-musical instruments: iron sheets, stones, pipes, wires, piezoelectric sensors. The musician produced sounds "which are contained somewhere deep in matter... attracted by the charm of natural sounds... not harmonious, in the usual sense of the word... not connected in the composition...". In the future, the modern "industrial" sound chaos settled on the Tibetan, Bon musical tradition. Alexey Tegin began to select instruments, notes and sound according to the "Bon vibration". Where the sensual, physiological and mental experience of sound as such is important. Like a mantra, the sound exists on its own. But what Alexey does is different from singing mantras. The mantra is rational, contains meaning, but the main thing is the sound itself and its impact on us. Original rituals were recorded for this disc, in one composition the ancient text is set to singing, and several compositions are instrumental... Tibetan instruments: cymbals (rol-mo), singing bowls, bronze plates, huge pipes (dung-chen), and a kind of oboe (rgya-gling), small drums (damaru), damaru, bells, home-made pipes, drums, iron sheets, strings stretched over iron sheets. A lot of instruments, unusual to the eye and ear, exotically beautiful and not always clear in their function. It becomes audible, visible and palpable by the skin that which tempered music cannot give to the usual ear - cold wind, waterfalls, and dazzling sunlight. [label info]
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TEHOM -- "Phobos" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 234-2, (ltd. 350)
Dark Ambient. TeHÔM is the first ever Croatian dark ambient audio-visual project and one of Europe’s mainstays within the genre with released 5 albums on labels such Twilight Command, Cyclic Law and Zazen Sounds. “Phobos” is an audio documentation of a live performance held at the extraordinary location of Sophienkirche in Wuppertal, Germany during Phobos Festival in 2019. It was recorded directly at the mixing desk and over a microphone capturing the church's acoustics, which can be heard on the recording itself. The music is atmospheric and ritual. Grim and narrative electronics enriched by TeHÔM’s chanting and processed acoustics of percussive nature are at the same time pleasant for the ear and unsettling for the mind. Phobos is a dark, dark place to be... [label info]
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TELEFANTASTICO -- "Death Poems" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 OPN Records, OPNCD0024, (ltd. 300)
"It's the world of ambient meeting down at the industrial lot and as such it sounds very much like something from 1990 - thereabouts. Lots of reverb here too, to generate that extra added atmospheric feel to the music. A most enjoyable release I thought, mostly because it sounded so retro like." [Vital Weekly] "This is a very interesting dark ambient/industrial ambient-type collection that is quite experimental but works well as a coherent whole. More minimal than a lot of dark stuff, usually one or two sounds are the focus, such as the bass synth and metallic sounds. There is some variety here which crosses over into beatier ambient with some chiming percussive sounds. Each title and piece does accurately reflect the state of mind it’s meant to express quite well, as in “Anger”, with it’s dissonant, angular sounds." [Make you own taste]
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THE TELESCOPES -- "Stone Tape" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017/2019 Cold Spring, CSR267CD
Psychedelic Rock / Drone Rock. The 10th album from The Telescopes is full of wall-to-wall psychedelic drones, swaying chants, trance-inducing shoegaze and “suspended-in-space magnificence” (Julian Cope). Stone Tape is a concept album inspired by “Stone Tape Theory” (or “residual haunting”), theorized by Thomas Charles Lethbridge in 1961. The archaeologist, parapsychologist and explorer developed the idea that inanimate materials can absorb energy from living beings, and that this mental electrical energy, released during emotional or traumatic events, could somehow be “stored” in such materials and “reproduced” under certain conditions. The hypothesis has been known as “Stone Tape Theory” since the cult 1972 TV screenplay “Stone Tape” by Nigel Neale... Recorded in Powderhorn Minneapolis, The Vicarage, West Yorkshire and The Experimental Health Unit. Originally released on a limited edition LP by Italian publishing house Yard Press in 2017, this CD edition contains a bonus 14-minute version of the track ‘The Living Things’, recorded in Switzerland in 2018. Presented in a digipak with new artwork by Stephen Lawrie. [label info]
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TEMPERATURE WITHIN / LOVEPOWEREXPERIMENT -- "Through Fire" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2007 NOTHingness REcords, NOTH0022, (ltd. 111)
Collaboration between two US acts: Temperatie Within and lovepowerexperiment. The end result goes from minimal dark ambient to nearly cinematic neoclassical. CD-R in slimline DVD case with full colour cover. About 58 minutes. [label info]
TEMPLE MUSIC -- "Incompleteness" -- CD -- €10
2009 Faria Records, FAR-26 / Shining Day, SHINE-10, (ltd. 500)
"INCOMPLETENESS" is the all new album from the visionary duo of TEMPLE MUSIC, beautifully presented in typical Faria fashion with 4 full colour inserts in an immaculate art housing... In 1931, the Czech-born mathematician Kurt Goedel demonstrated that within any given branch of mathematics, there would always be some propositions that couldn't be proven either true or false using the rules and axioms of that mathematical branch itself... the implication is that all logical system of any complexity are, by definition, incomplete; each of them contains, at any given time, more true statements than it can possibly prove according to its own defining set of rules. This implies that you'll never entirely understand yourself, since your mind, like any other closed system, can only be sure of what it knows about itself by relying on what it knows about itself... TEMPLE MUSIC'S Alan Trench and Stephen Robinson have used both the implications of Godel's theorem and the doctrine of anamorphosis to compose and fashion an album of 4 interconnected and complementary tracks that somehow look both forward and back; that juxtapose the old and the new into an organic whole of both sacred and temporal instruments - Indian harmonium and shruti box, plucked and hammered dulcimers, bodhrans, mosenos, various flageolets, synthesisers and keyboards, guitars, bass, Tibetan bells and singing bowls - 4 drifting shards of ethereal and sometimes frightening beauty, rose petals on the snow that are finally revealed to be tiny, perfect drops of crystalline blood... Tracy Jeffery of Orchis, Cunnan and SQE contributes to 2 tracks: vocals to Elemental and harp to Anamorphosis. [press-release]
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TEMPLE MUSIC -- "Soon You Will All Die And Your Lives Will Have Been As Nothing" -- CD -- €10
2010 Silken Tofu, stx.13, (ltd. 300)
Soon you will die and your lives will have been as nothing is the new album by the UK-based psychedelic/drone/ambient project Temple Music. Stephen Robinson and Alan Trench (known from the dark folk project Orchis) skilfully combine a wide range of acoustic and electronic instruments, field recordings and drones with spoken word, rhythm and chaos, resulting into one long avant-garde soundscape. The vocals are both comforting and unsettling and contribute to an overall magical atmosphere. Introspective and spiritual as well as powerful and energetic, Soon you will die and your lives will have been as nothing will entice the ears and the soul. [press-release]
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TEMPLEGARDEN'S -- "Velvet Steel" -- 3"CD -- €13
2006 Waystyx, WR21, (ltd. 100)
Templegarden's began in 1993 as the collaboration between such famous musicians as Andreas Schramm (known for Asche project and Fich-Art label), Philip Munch was the leader of Synapscape duo. Both were active as members of seminal Ars Moriendi band in the early 90s. The Templegarden's line-up was completed by some other former Ars Moriendi members in 1995: Andrea Boerner (Morgenstern) and Tim Kniep (another halfth of Synapscape). The main goal of Templegarden's is ancient mythology resurrection through musical means, the exploration of pagan rituals and natural forces, commonly speaking - all things mysterious and unexplicable. Their works are using a lot of ethnical and religious elements fusion, resulting the mature impressions derived from technology and cultural signs interaction. After two full CDs released by Ant-Zen, they remained silent for three years, now coming back with this mini-album that comes in oversized multilayered package made of thick foldout paper, limited to 100 copies only. It contains three long tracks of transcendental beauty, intended to guide you towards the deep trance state. [Dmitry Vasilyev, "Independent Electronic Music"]
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TEN -- "Yukon Youth" -- CD-R -- €8
2016 self-released, (ltd. 100)
Guitar Drone / Ambient / Soundscape. The new nine-track album from Leeds UK ambient experimental solo project Ten was inspired from a two-week trek across the grand and extraordinary landscapes of Alaska. Leeds-based artist and musician Dominic Deane started recording the album in late 2014 with long time collaborator, producer and engineer Ross Halden of Ghost Town Recordings, with mastering by Tim Hann. After a short hiatus from other projects, the record was finally completed over the summer of 2016. The album as received some great feedback on BBC 6music, Resonance FM, Crow Versus Crow, Hibernated, Noctone, Shipfull of Bombs, Soho Radio and a feature in Wire Magazine. [press-release]
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TENHORNEDBEAST -- "Death Has No Companion" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Cold Spring, CSR227CD
Drone / Doom / Ritual. Created from the solitude of the high and lonely places, Death Has No Companion uses the TenHornedBeast aesthetic to explore the isolation of the inner and outer worlds. Discordant piano chords build to shimmering blizzards of feedback. Drones and tones fall like snow and settle in the frozen landscapes. Strings flutter in the bitter winds. Does the spirit not falter when the Wanderer sees the night fall before him? Lamentation and sorrow. Winter eternal and everlasting. We all must walk the Long Road alone. Death has no companion. 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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TENHORNEDBEAST / HUSERE GRAV -- "Ten Graves" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2012 Peripheral Records, PR004, (ltd. 250)
Peripheral Records is proud to announce the 4th release, a split 'Ten Graves', by heavyweight drone / doom expert, 'TenHornedBeast', and relative Texas based newcomer and mysterious doom-monger, 'Husere Grav' (who has so far released material on 'Small Doses', 'Prison Tatt' and 'Not Not Fun', to name but a few). An uncompromisingly dark and doom fuelled album, distinctly funereal but ultimately transcendent and with the all the hallmarks of a classic! Limited to 250 copies in a digipak, with artwork by Nikita Evsuk (Fear Konstruktor). [label info]
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TERG -- "A Cold Grave" -- CD-R -- €7
2006/2007 Symbolic Prod, SYMBCD33
Abrasive & harsh noise. Reissue of the cassette version from :VENE: (Voor Een Nieuw Europa) with two bonus tracks.
TERRA SANCTA -- "Disintegration" -- CD -- €10
2008 Malignant Records, TUMOR CD35
Four years after the release of the highly acclaimed Aeon CD, Disintegration finds Australia's Terra Sancta in fine form, having delivered another sweeping, dark ambient epic. Expanding on the sounds explored on his previous releases, Disintegration pushes the levels of intensity to new heights, featuring four long and texturally turbulent emissions of formidable power and depth. With it's enormous washes of stormy drones and billowing, multi-layered atmospheres, these are tracks that grow and build to such a degree they seem to collapse and erode under their own weight, strewing particles into a vast horizon and creating a broad panorama of ever changing desert colored hues. A completely enveloping and engulfing release, this is dark ambient on a massive scale, something Terra Sancta seems to have a knack for creating and something few do so well. Jewel box with 6 panel booklet, designed by Vestigial. [press-release]
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TERRA SANCTA -- "Sunken | Buried | Forgotten" -- CD EP -- €10
2011 Malignant Records, TUMORCD51, (ltd. 500)
A brand new CDEP from Terra Sancta, originally planned as part of the next full length release, but the tracks here are significantly different from the newer material being recorded as to warrant a separate release. Sunken|Buried|Forgotten should be seen as a sort of bridge between Terra Sancta's past and future recordings, the three tracks here (total time roughly 23 minutes) representing the heavy droning sound found on particular parts of Disintegration; swaths of roughly textured, post-industrial drift, propelled forth with a massive back weight into a crescendo of epic turbulence, leaving a wake of swirling cosmic debris in its path. Once again, Terra Sancta shows an innate ability to push the limits of what is traditionally considered dark ambient. 4 panel digipak. [press-release]
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TERVAINK -- "Metabola of the Bull's Tower in Three Episodes" -- DVD-R -- €9
2019 Kislorod, kisl 005, (ltd. 20)
Drone / Industrial / Noise. A project from St. Petersburg, Russia with the first physical release on DVD-Audio. Monotonous industrial drone, three massive tracks with the shortest one being 13:20 mins, the longest one 75:57 mins. "..A plant, living, singing with all its obscure lives when the last worker exits the gate house. Again and again. Steel and electricity in a symbiosis generating textures: melting, crumbling, burning, and floating, thus discovering themselves. Again and again, as the last worker leaves the gate house.." [label info]
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TESTA, ANTONIO -- "Inframundis" -- CD -- €10
2007 Faria Records, FAR-14, (ltd. 500)
Inframundis (inland universe, latin) is a research of stalagmites and stalagtites sounds mixed with textures and drones; It's a meditative record and it creates a balance between biosphere and technosphere. The cd gets free all its energies, its little/big sounds, its hidden atmospheres, and microharmonies. The sounds, music, make us come back to the past, offering us the view of a World. The sound evokes angelical moments between the imperceptible evolution of the sound of the sky and the ethnic roots, natural instrumental sounds creating atmospheres which evoke in our imaginary visions and images of the most far places. It is an alchemic project of ancestral sounds. Deeply rooted in our unconscious. Artwork conception was created by Sara Luciani, release contain several cards and double side cover. Cover photo by Enrico Labriola (www.enricolabriola.com). [press-release]
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TETRAKTYS -- "Voreion Sellas" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2005 Nykta, 013
Esoteric Ritual Art - this definition is present in the booklet of this CD from Greece, released by black metal label Nykta. In post-industrial terms this style is usually called ritual dark ambient, and here it is not too dark (looks like the geography has it's effect), and even unsophisticated, but diverse and tastefully enough. By the way, Sethon - man in charge of Tetraktys - also plays in a BM-band Vistkaed.
THAR MAPSAL PROGRAM -- "Space" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2011 Steelkraft Manufactory, SKM013, (ltd. 100)
This cult underground band from Eastern France has released very few releases through the years but they're all jewels. This is uncompromising old-school industrialplasmical-noise, a gathering of 9 improvised titles recorded on a 2-track recorder between 2005 & 2010, somewhere between early TG and Coil who'd have taken up on electric guitars. [label info]
THAW -- "St. Phenome Alley" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015/2016 Ksenza Records, ksz 012
After the split with Echoes Of Yul, Thaw once again veers into the ambient/improvisation/drone territory with "St. Phenome Alley", despite being widely regarded as a black metal band (although noisy and experimental). It's a sort of getaway, yet it never feels forced, and evokes just the right amount of disarming discomfort while still being perfectly accessible and interesting. The CD consists of two completely improvised tracks, both recorded even before the amazingly well-received sophomore album, Earth Ground, and their extensive European tour alongside Behemoth and Bolzer. [label info]
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THEATER OF POISON -- "Ray Machines" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2001/2022 Destroyed Room Tapes, DRTCD-01 / Fulldozer Records, FDCD44, (ltd. 200)
Experimental / Industrial / Darkwave. "Ray Machines" is the long-awaited reissue of the cult Theater Of Poison album, originally released on a small-edition CD-R in 2001 by the label No Music... The psychedelic musical and poetic project Theater Of Poison (pronounced in Russian - "Teatr yada") was formed in Moscow in 1997. The band's mysterious music, difficult to describe, was characterized by the project participants as "trimelodeclamative suprematism, psychorealism and post-nihilism" and evoked myriads of associations ranging from psychedelia of the 60s, early industrial of the 70s and the gothic scene of the 80s to the work of Coil, Current 93 and The Legendary Pink Dots. The otherworldly and unique lyrics of the project leader N.Yan (aka Yan Nikitin), due to the large number of "intertextual quasi-poetic images", makes one remember Rimbaud, Lautreamont and Khlebnikov, but in general, the music of the Theater of Poison most resembles the art of painting. In October 2012 the not-from-this-world poet, musician, vocalist and painter Yan Nikitin passed away, leaving behind a vast creative legacy, which most have yet to figure out... The album "Ray Machines", recorded in 2000, did not become a turning point for Russian independent music only because the group Theater Of Poison at that time was in the deep underground and did not care about its "promotion" at all. However, later this record was firmly established in the audio collections of motivated listeners and music connoisseurs and greatly influenced the Russian experimental indie scene. In 2021, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the album, the labels Destroyed Room Types and Softunderground reissued "Ray Machines" on double vinyl. Especially for this purpose, a new mastering of the album was made in the Mosfilm tonstudio, on which sound engineer Anatoly Ryasov worked with the direct participation of musicians of the Theater Of Poison - Pavel Doreuli, Petr Molchanov and Sergei Zaroslov. And now the album "Ray Machines" is being reissued on CD with beautiful artwork... The CD is supplemented with a 12-page booklet with lyrics, drawings, collages and photographs; many of the materials presented are published for the first time. Special attention should be paid to the introductory article written by Fedor Svolotch (Theodor Bastard), which includes the memories of the band members about the recording of the album. [label info]
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THELEMA -- "Burnt Memories" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2006 SmallVoices, SVR05016
Goth Rock / Neofolk. Nine years after their last release (Night of Pan), the Italian dark Wave band par excellence have finished a new collection of songs, now available on SmallVoices. The band was born in the winter of 1984, when former Throbs of Pleasure Giorgio Parmigiani and former Les Blousons Noirs Massimo Mantovani met in some punk rehersal room in Modena, their hometown. The third original member was former T.A.C. Gregorio Bardini, and together they gave birth to a band influenced by the ideas, philosophy and magickal opus of Aleister Crowley. 'Thelema' was the obvious choice for a name. Thelema were immediately hailed as one of the best gothic bands in Italy, even if their roots were punk and their leanings were more towards experimental and industrial sounds, as the many tapes produced through the years testify. The original cell, Giorgio and Massimo, has never been broken, altough many other musicians have joined them through the years. One thing must be said: even if their releases are not many, they never quit. Even when the band split (more than once and for long spans of time), the magickal link between them always kept them busy working, through music or other media, on the discovery and realization of their True Wills. And now they're back. Mature and disillusioned, self produced. Once again, they're hard to label. Once again the sounds have changed. BURNT MEMORIES is different from NIGHT OF PAN, which was different from TANTRA, which was different from ROSA+CROCE (see their site - www.thelemaband.com - for a list of all their releases). The old strenght is not immediately here, as the music seems softer (but - who knows? - the live set could be a BIG surprize) and more oblique (Eno is one of Massimo's heroes) than ever, but the violence is still present in the lyrics and in the story/concept which links all the songs in BURNT MEMORIES, and so is the Magick, that they never abandoned and which has never abandoned them. [label info]
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THELXINOE -- "Apeirophobia" -- CD-R -- €6
2014 Noyade Records, NR-03
The new 20-min recording by the Moscow-based project Thelxinoe (duo formed by Peter L. (SYSTEM MORGUE) and Alexey Zaharov) continues the line of the debut release: guitar overdrives and drones wrapped around the sound of saxophone. This time it turned out not so dark, but more psychedelic. Floating guitar tunes drowning in sonic storm remind the late recordings by EXPO'70 and in general everything sounds quite pacifying. We can also remember DVORY with their trademark mixture of guitar drone and minimalistic trumpet solos... [Pied Paper]
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THEODOR BASTARD -- "Beloe: Hunting For Fierce Beasts (10th Anniversary Edition)" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2008/2018 Theo Records, THEO 007, (ltd. 500)
"Beloe: Hunting For Fierce Beasts (10th Anniversary Edition)" is the edited and re-mixed version of the significant album for Theodor Bastard. This version with new improved sound is dedicated to 10 year anniversary of the original album. Originally released on October 27, 2008, the album "Beloe" was accepted by critics as one of the first and important works in Russian ethno-electronics, clearly addressing to Russian folklore and at the same time sounding modern and topical. Written completely in Russian, full of Russian folk motives, this album had become a turning point in Theodor Bastard's evolution. The new edition of "Beloe" contains the best versions of songs from the both original releases of the album (Russian and Argentinian), selected by the musicians. Some compositions are published in Russia for the first time; this makes the anniversary edition especially important. Gusli had appeared among the band instruments first on this album, performed by Maria Akimova. Also many guest artists had participated in the recording: Mila Fedorova (cello), Eugene Fedotov (guitar), Elena Tishina (harp), and the band Ole Lukkoye frontman Boris Bardash sang in one of the songs. Most of the album lyrics were written by Yana Veva, the lead vocalist of Theodor Bastard. The conceptual design of the release was done by Fedor Svolotch based on his own paintings. The exibition of Fedor's paintings dedicated to the release of this album will take place in Moscow and Saint Petersburg galleries within the upcoming band's tour. Like in the first edition, the new version of the album "Beloe" has a unique design - a digipak with a big 20-page booklet is placed in a slipcase made of high-quality cardboard with a cross-like hole. [label info]
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THEODOR BASTARD -- "Sueta" -- CD -- €6
2006 Manchester Files, CDMAN 291-06
The new album "Sueta" contains some of the best performances recorded from St-Petersburg to Brussels. There are some real marvels there like a collaboration with the American sax genius Ethan Jordan, performed in Belgium, or the slow-paced opium-driven "AlBor" with an autopsied sitar, recorded in a damp squat in Dortmund. [Fulldozer]
THEODOR BASTARD -- "Vetvi" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2015/2017 Theo Records, Theo 005
New album by Theodor Bastard, one of the most eclectic and mystical bands from Russia. It's difficult to define the Theodor Bastard style. Musicians skillfully combine different styles, trip-hop and rock. They give amazingly brilliant shows, using all their numerous exotic instruments, from the tibetian horns to jambeys and gusli. Theodor Bastard release their albums not so often, working for months in various recording studios in several cities and countries, searching for the best sound and arrangements. Work on this album took three years with plenty of musicians taking part in it. Among them are the famous buryat singer Namgar Lhasaranova, multi instrumentalist Phillip Barsky, talented Olga Glazova, who plays the world's largest gusli. Lead singer Yana Veva has reached new heights with her unique vocal technique. Continuing the theme of wanderings, which was the basic idea of the previous album "Oikoumene", Theodor Bastard take their listeners from hot south to the fairy northern lights. "We travel Russian north every year," - says the band leader Fedor Svolotch. - "Now it's time for us to turn to our culture, our country and our roots. There are our places of power, the places where stones and winds are talking to us. New album is a song of the northern harsh nature". A peculiar combination of the archaic percussions and folk instruments was used during the recording. Playing unusual ethnic instruments is still the important part of Theodor Bastard creative process. Russian horn, traditional Mongol violin morin khuur, tibetian ritual horn dunchen, ancient Russian gusli, cajon, vargan, dulcimer (string instrument like citra) - this is just a short list of musical miracles on the album. Tens of musicians were engaged in creating of sound kaleidoscope. That was a serious and laborious work. String instruments bring deep melodism and dramatism. There are morin khuur by Yana Veva, violin by Gulya Naumova and cello by Natalia Nazarova. They harmoniously strung on ritual rhythms of drums and percussions by Kirill Serov. Choir "Lauda" adds ancient masculinity to the album sound, as well as an outstanding vocalist Alexander Platonov (Ensemble of ancient peasant music). Magic sound of gusli by Olga Glazova, harps and cymbals by multi-instrumentalist Philip Barsky decorate some songs, and great vocals by Buryat singer Namgar give a special atmosphere of northern dawn to one of the songs on the album. [press-release]
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THIRDORGAN + OBOZDUR -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2016 Heart Shaped Box prod., HSB-098, (ltd. 25)
Experimental analogue / digital noise from Japan and Russia. Source tracks provided by Obozdur (Vitaliy Maklakov aka Light Collapse, Krimeshna, etc.) and transformed by Thirdorgan (Akihiro Shimizu aka Alienlovers In Amagasaki).
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THIS PRESENT MOMENT -- "Phenomenons" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019 VOLOK Records, VR-31, (ltd. 20)
Guitar Drone. Ilya Gorlov, author and performer from the city of Kramatorsk, Donbass. Ilya is a member of the metal group LIFER. He also participates in the SLOW BILLOW. He writes poetry, composes a variety of music. One of his projects AND REMAIN THERE FOREVER with the album Silence VOLOKRecords already published in August this year. Now in line is another work of a musician. THIS PRESENT MOMENT project with Phenomenons album. This is a great improvisational psychedelic guitar drone ambient. To all fans of this direction we highly recommend listening. [label info]
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THISQUIETARMY -- "Phantom Limbs / Luftpost" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012/2016 Ksenza Records, ksz 014
Guitar Drone. Phantom Limbs was recorded in 2009 but the material was shelved until 2012 when Land of Decay (defunct label run by the members of Locrian) offered to put it out on cassette in the summer of 2012. Even though it was a limited release, it was well-received by the medias & fans, and was charted #9 on SPIN Magazine's best avant-garde albums of 2012. In addition to Phantom Limbs, the tracks from the Luftpost EP which was recorded during the same period, are also included on this release as bonus tracks. Luftpost was released as a limited 3" CDR on Thisquietarmy Records in 2009 for his first European tour with Nadja. Now available on Ksenza Records / Infinite Fog Productions, as a full-length, 61 minutes digipak CD. [label info]
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THISQUIETARMY x SLEEPWALKER -- "8493" -- CD -- €12
2022 Ksenza Records, KSZ 020
Guitar Ambient / Drone / Post Rock. THISQUIETARMY – the always evolving sonic project of Eric Quach, revolves around improvised guitar-based drone in which he creates expansive immersive soundscapes through electronic experimentations. SLEEPWALKER – one-man project from the forbidden depths of Siberia. Main sound is guitar soundscapes, drones with analog synths and handcrafted instruments, ambient sound with guitar drones, space black and dark post-rock elements. [label info]
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THUNDERWHEEL -- "Credo" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 The Eastern Front, Front 022, (ltd. 500)
Industrial Instrumental Romance. "Thunderwheel" is a new project of Vadim Gusis, a mastermind of acknowledged Israeli project Chaos As Shelter and member of Agnivolok. Thunderwheel musically differs essentially from Chaos Of Shelter and Agnivolok and may surprise for the best. Igor Krutogolov (Kruzenstern & Parohod, Agnivolok, Igor Krutogolov's Carate Band) and Slava Smelovsky (Grundik + Slava, Crossfishes) feature on the record. [press-release]
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THURSO -- "ISowilo" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016/2019 Glasir CDR Series, 05, (ltd. 44)
Burning ice and frosty flames in two tracks of Thursian Black Industrial Electronics from the new project hailing from the banks of Volkhov river. ThUrSo (= Thurisaz Uruz Sowilo) pierce with such powerful, raw and dank synthesizer sound that it's better to compare it with the works of Ildjarn, Wulkanaz and Arckanum rather than any electronic producers. Stalactites are flaming, volcanic lava is poured on a glacier and freezes still... the opposites merge in one in anticipation of Ragnarök. White cassettes with hand-painted stickers. Limited edition of 44 handnumbered copies in DVD boxes with fullcolour covers and inserts. [YAOP]
THUT, STEFAN -- "Un/Even And One" -- CD -- €10
2016 Intonema, int018, (ltd. 200)
Intonema continues to produce works by Wandelweiser composers performed by Russian musicians. Stefan Thut, a Swiss composer and cello player, came to Saint Petersburg in June 2015 to present his new score "un/even and one" which Yuri Akbalkan, Anna Antipova, Ilia Belorukov, Andrey Popovskiy and Denis Sorokin performed with him. In this score Thut joined the sounds from transcribed language played through the surface of a moving cardboard box with acoustic and electronic instruments. Silence and sound mirror the interleaving of score, space, performer and instrumentalists. [label info]
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TIBURCE -- "Accords Perdus" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
1996 Les Nouvelles Propagandes, NP.020 / Multimediart, MTA001-96UAN
Tiburce is an alias of a French musician Philippe Escartin known for his projects La Nomenklatur, Minamata and Bosovo. His solo album was released in 1996 and it differs a lot from the style of his other works, sounding more quiet and melodic, with elements of dark ambient, neoclassical arrangements and tape collages. [Monochrome Vision]
TIDAL / PETER DUIMELINKS -- "Ablution" -- CD EP -- €7
2006 Alluvial Recordings, A24
In Judaism, ablution is the process of washing away physical and mental impurities. Upon completion, the mind and body are cleansed and renewed. New York composer Tidal (David Brownstead) and Dutch composer Peter Duimelinks (Kapotte Muziek, Goem, THU20) collaborated on this work over the course of 2004-2005. The piece was traded back and forth between the two artists several times until it was fully realized. Ablution is a contemplative work which explores darkness and light. Momentum ebbs and flows in soothing washes. Tones, hums, and brittle, crackling interludes intertwine to flesh out a murky smear of sound. Ablution is approximately 20 minutes in length and packaged in a 5-inch sleeve. David selected photographs for the front and back covers which suggest submerging into darkness only to emerge into a blast of white light. [label info]
THE TIROLEN HORN SECTION -- "Almdudler" -- CD -- €10
2004 Atacama Records, a.r.14, (ltd. 300)
On the contrary to the folky bandname and CD title, this is absolutely NOT a new Alpine-Folk project! T.H.S. is a Electronic project from ATROX - ANTRACOT - BOLESKINE. Some tracks are really experimental with a lot of feedback, others have deep rhythms and/or are even mesmerising. A very strange but good listenable album with even more strange lyrics. Anyway worth to taste! [Steinklang]
TITIN-SCHNAIDER, MICHEL -- "La Mort De La Transcendance" -- CD -- €8
2014 Observatoire, obs * E | music 050 / Aventures Electro Acoustiques, AEA 14001, (ltd. 200)
This 7th album contains a set of musical works for virtual instruments inspired by the philosophicals thinking leading to the post-modernity. "Lumieres", Deconstruction, "Monde de la technique", post-globalisation, existential anxiety, immanence, impermanence of the systems are the themes musically illustrated here, in reference to philosophers like Spinoza, Nietzsche, Sartre, Heidegger, Arrendt or also Luc Ferry. [label info]
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TLEN -- "s/t" -- CD -- €8
2013 Dystopian World Prod., DWP01
TLEN (Decay... or Dust) is a Russian dark ambient project, formed in 2008 by Demetrius. Its purposes are the creation of sound landscapes and the structures drawing in consciousness, the atmosphere of loneliness and abandonment. The author doesn't limit himself in choice of sound palette, representing field recordings, sounds of household subjects, digital and analogue synthesizers, acoustic instruments, etc. This eponymus debut was recorded 2008-2011. File next to Raison D'etre or Nortaunt. [Cold Spring]
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TLEN -- "Timelessness" -- CD -- €8
2013 Dystopian World Prod., DWP02
The second album from Russian act TLEN (Decay... or Dust) is very personal, and was created in the classic dark ambient style. It's an attempt to express the emotional state during the immersion to the depths of unconsciousness and researches some aspects surrounding reality. Poetry in Russian and images of artist and mathematician Anatoly Fomenko give completeness to this release. File next to Raison D'etre or Nortaunt. [Cold Spring]<
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TOHOMIRO, SAITOH -- "Drawing Line And The Curve" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018 Databloem, DBCD075
Ambient / Space Electronics. Fine set of 10 highly atmospheric, shimmering synth movements, reaching over 65 minutes of cosmic ambient music which seems to be touched by an imaginary sound of the orient... 6-panel digipak. [label info]
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TOIT -- "Red India" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_42, (ltd. 11)
Experimental / Abstract / Noise. A collaboration project of the Belarus artists performing individually under the monikers of A.R.Ch. and STRUP. Reissue of the album from 2018. Start your DADAmobile – you're going on a fascinating trip through the ancient homeland of elephants, spices, philosophy and insanitation. Surface-printed CD-R, packed in a red jewel box. [label info]
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TOLL -- "Christ Knows" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Cold Spring Records, CSR66CD
Cold Spring are very proud to re-issue the legendary LP released by Broken Flag in 1986, now for the first time on CD. Featuring Tim Gane (Stereolab), Paul Lemos (Controlled Bleeding) and Pacific 231. This completely remastered disc features the complete 'Christ Knows' LP plus 3 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Classical old-school British Industrial. [label info]
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TONGDISKLAKTIKA (B°TONG / DISKREPANT / ORIGAMI GALAKTIKA) -- "Transmigrations" -- CD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Reverse Alignment, RA-14, (ltd. 100)
Mixing the dark monumental atmospeheres of b°tong, the Diskrepant soundscape collage and the most various forms of sound content delivered by Origami Galaktika finds us facing an abstract and pulsating entity. Being at close encounters touring, Chris Sigdell, Per Åhlund and Benny Braaten released Tongdisklaktika, a cooperative project that manifests itself beyond the ordinary and superlative. The pulsating art of Transmigrations binds you and still cross boundaries. If you dare. Go. Explore. [label info]
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TOPOGRAFIA -- "Genius Loci" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Greytone, grey005, (ltd. 500)
Another project by Maciej Banasik, known for his ambient/noise project ATUM. Genius Loci uses deep drones, acoustic instruments’ sounds and field recordings registered near the author’s place of living (Jaworzno). The project was inspired by the author’s personal fascination with the diversity of nature and the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who considered nature to be one of the most primaeval manifestations of a blind and aimless will, a will which we too are a part of. [label info]
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TOTENTOTEM -- "Misprints" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Lonely In Records, LIR-05
Spoken Word / Industrial / Experimental. Second full-length album-collaboration of the Russian orchestra of experimental electronic musicians guided by the boss of Lonely In Records – Ilya Odinokov. The recordings feature Alexandr Aronov (TORFF / TORCH PROJECT), Alexandr "i" & Andrey Kein (ZINC ROOM), Alexei Borisov (NOTCHNOI PROSPEKT), Zhanna Oganesyan (HARDCORE POETRY), German Guger (T-UNION) and Alex Kervi. "Musically this is the most real old-school industrial with good sound, concept and lyrics. You can see that the musicians put a lot of attention into this material and it turned out to be moderately radical and aggressive. This is a really good and high-quality product that is sure to find its fans among the industrial-minded youth, frowned bearded men in military clothes and sullen guys with jeans jackets full of mysterious embroidered patches." [TSEKH.]
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TRAMA AFONA -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Greytone, grey004
Trama afonA is the sound/visual project by Lorenzo Scacchia - an attempt to tramaphonise (convey) what he sees in the dark and hears into silence. This Cinematic Dark Ambient album constitutes the first official release, gathering tracks composed between 2005 and 2008. TA pays particular attention to individual and specific human stories, rather than to history... focusing on what happens behind the scenes, aside, beneath. Opening doors and drawers using the sole curiosity as tool, walking backwards the traces of memory, wandering amid shades and details given by mystery, decadence, abandon, romanticism. Carefully delving into psychological dynamics. Openly denouncing the social plagues, but often humbly providing just visual and sound suggestions. Digipak. [label info]
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TRANSISTORWALD -- "Sleeping Eiktyrnir" -- CD-R -- €9
2011 Ufa Muzak, UFA 44, (ltd. 131)
Aryasophic dark ambient. His haunting sight appears and disappears in perspective, the air is filled with foreign presence. In a dream you enter their eyes and become their essence. Here's a snowy road trampled by footsteps, emergent lines of blood deceive and breath of the beast becomes heavy and frequent. Tree branches are so low, darkness looks out with shadows from holes. Hunter and prey are merged, their transformation slows down to reach the last apogee and burn away. Symbolic hunt has happened. Those who played their roles don't exist, but reality prompts with symbols that this was a special dream. The Transistorwald project is a dash of refined hearing, sight and smell of that place where everything happens again and again. In order not to lose the way fire will bring you to secret places of exceptional unconsciousness. One returns altered from there. Long like slow waves of a subterranean lake, melodic elements of Transistorwald are the new tales about old, told without words. Whistle of cold polar night, whisper of trolls, undead warriors lying in hills, girls' laughter coming from water, wicked old woman in a house and above all this - radiance of galloping stars... 8 tracks, 45 minutes, 6 panel cardboard package. [press-release]
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TRANSTILLA -- "I" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2019 Opa Loka Records, OL1901
Dark Ambient / Drone. Transtilla is Anne-Chris Bakker and Romke Kleefstra. Since 2008 they have been working together in the trio Kleefstra|Bakker|Kleefstra (KBK), that made eight releases so far. Both are also part of the group Tsjinlûd. Anne-Chris Bakker also made solo-albums and collaborates with ambient musician Andrew Heath. Romke Kleefstra is also part of groups like Piiptsjilling and The Alvaret Ensemble. With KBK they played throughout Europe and Japan. Live KBK sometimes turned noisy and harsh, a side of Bakker’s and Kleefstra’s music they both wanted to explore. This resulted in Transtilla, compared to KBK a bit more expressive and experimental, but still dark and with this constant underlying tension. With ‘Transtilla I’ Bakker and Kleefstra make their debut on Opa Loka Records. [label info]
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TREACHERY -- "s/t" -- CD EP -- €4 [-50%]
2008 Czar Of Crickers, CZAR004
A hi-quality mixture of fast and hateful black-metal (with harsh female lead-vocals!) with more atmospheric post-industrial stuff. A must for those who enjoy energetic metal with experiments.
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TREPANERINGSRITUALEN -- "Perfection & Permanence" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Cold Spring, CSR198CD
Trepaneringsritualen explores themes of religion, magick and the hidden realms of consciousness, taking its musical cues from the old school of ritual ambient & death industrial. Rhythmic and seething at times, and oozing forward with a creeping sense of desolation at others, Trepaneringsritualen conjures forth bleak but mesmerizing visions of the end-times... “Perfection & Permanence”: a hymn to Isis; a further exploration of the duality of the holy harlot, the black skinned Magdalen, mother and concert of the Christ; Yeshua Ben Yosef, son of MAN; the shameful dead, those who sold their brothers, condemned to forever roam the earth; to transgress the abyss, to mortify flesh, towards cosmic renovation. It is lonely, it is awful; on the verge of physical death, but still unable to understand; absolute perfection may be attained through WILL. A conversation with angels, in archaic tongues; Eirikr inn Sigrsaeli sold his blood and kin to desert rats for corporeal power. Eirikr, we spit on you.; from across the abyss, it rises. Ceaseless, blood-churning, terrible; an incoherent accusation by the mirror image, he who’s blood was shed to atone another man’s sins. Without bloodshed there can be no salvation. [press-release]
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TREPANERINGSRITUALEN -- "Ritualer, Blot Och Botgoring" -- CD -- €11
2008/2014 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-45, (ltd. 270)
Ritualer, Blot & Botgoring is the CD re-release of Trepaneringsritualen's first tape, originally issued on Harsh Head Rituals in 2008 in a tiny edition of 75 copies. All head-experiments contained herein work on quite simple and primitive levels in the good, old-fashioned industrial way, with less focus on layering and vocals. Suggestive hell-drones and slow grinding dungeon electronics with a concrete edge - toward the inevitable, lifeless end. CD edition consist 2 bonus tracks: "Death Is Your Friend" & "Seeing What I Suffer". [label info]
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TREPANERINGSRITUALEN -- "Veil The World" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2011/2021 Cold Spring, CSR205CD
"All seals have been broken" proclaims a demonic voice on the titular track of Veil The World, and that is something terrifyingly evident in the music contained therein. On Veil The World, Trepaneringsritualen veers from crepuscular ritual moods to rabid death chants revealing, even celebrating the imminent end of flesh. Veil the World - originally released in a very limited and ultra-lavish box by Kosci Tapes in 2011 - marks the half-way point between the earlier, more atmospheric works of T x R x P, and the more visceral aggression of the later material... Trepaneringsritualen explores themes of religion, magick and the hidden realms of consciousness, taking its musical cues from the old school of ritual ambient & death industrial. Rhythmic and seething at times, and oozing forward with a creeping sense of desolation at others, Trepaneringsritualen conjures forth bleak but mesmerizing visions of the end-times... Second CD edition in 4-panel digipak with new artwork. [label info]
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TREZVYTEL -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €5
Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT05, (ltd. 49)
100% analogue comatose noise pickle for tomorrow's morning. First release of archive album from 1999 by Alexander Korotkov (Lo.By., Po.No.(i)Za.). Original Russian electro-noise: feedbacks, howls, groans and resonances. Quality pure sound. Legal package from the white port #72 and treasures of archive of the Supreme Soviet of RSFSR. Limited to 49 copies for regular use. [press-release]
TRIVIAL PUDDING -- "Rat Poison Cookies" -- CD-R -- €5
2007 Dotnum Dunton, DOTNUM01, (ltd. 44)
An experimental release from the Finnish musician: clanking harsh in vein of Tony Kandelin, radionoise, 8-bit fragments, digital turbulence. Released by Russian label with an unusual package. [YAOP]
TRONUS ABYSS -- "Kampf" -- CD -- €10
2008 Aeternitas Tenebrarum Music Foundation, CULT 001
Repressed in a luxury 16 pages High Quality Digibook, with 2 bonus tracks, 1 never released before. The ATMF Cult collection is opened, Kampf is finally back available and repressed, the avant-garde but traditionally Indo-European act Milestone of the Italian Scene in movement, unleashed in the first edition under the banner of Pagan Moon also in consequence of the split of the label that was supposed to be release it, Varg Vikernes' (Burzum) Cymophane. Tronus Abyss history has started in the 1994 as an active part of the Black Metal scene but lately become something out of any easy classification. Kampf is a trip to the ancestral atavism and beyond human prison to unknown dimensions, musically a personal and still innovative, after 4 years from the release date, act stating how Black Metal can turn in something unique, a proud character merging electro-folk, ambient and industrial moods. Crossing the border of a genre understood as stereotypes, TA moved by nothing but their inmost research and the will to transcend the narrow human visual. [press-release]
TROUM -- "Acouasme" -- CD -- €10
2015 Cold Spring, CSR213CD
After the much praised collaboration with RAISON D’ETRE released summer 2015 (“De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu”) and the final volume of the ‘Power Romantic’ trilogy with “Mare Morphosis” in late 2013, “Acouasme” is the first full length album from TROUM in over 2 years. With this album, TROUM wanted to go in a completely different direction, creating a ‘harsher’ and more ‘Industrial’ sounding album as a contrast to previous releases. But through the trademark troumatic machining, the final result doesn’t sound at all like standard harsh noise – it’s rather industrial noise as if filtered through a feverish dream, through a deranged perception. The six long tracks of pestering transrational drones on “Acouasme” sound like an aural psychiatric symptom, a humming hallucination leaving the stable reality. [press-release]
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TROUM -- "Ljubimaya | Daur" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Abgurd, AB-38, (ltd. 500)
Reissue of two 10" from the years 1998 and 2003. Daur is the very first release of TROUM and it resents very post-rock sounding material wth a lot of decipherable guitar parts and good drive. Ljubimaya was released by the Russian label Waystyx and carries you towards lyrical and touchy eternity of everbeginning melodies without an end, into emptiness of existence with all the uterine roar provided by YEN POX project in one of the tracks. The covers uses psychodelic image manipulations by Dmitri "HUM" Chistov. [press-release]
TROUM -- "Mort Aux Vaches: Sen" -- CD -- €13
2000/2013 Aquarellist, aquarel 24-13, (ltd. 500)
"SEN" is the 2nd full length Troum-album, it was originally released in the "Mort aux Vaches"-series as a CD in an edition of 600 copies, September 2000. The album was recorded 'live in the studio' in Amsterdam at the VPRO studios in December 1999 in one take with no overdubs. A vinyl re-issue (double pic-LP) was released on Equation Records in early 2008. This is the first CD re-issue. Silk-screen printing on a microcorrugated cardboard, limited edition of 500 copies. Re-mastered by Sergey Uak-Kib (Kshatriy).
TROUM -- "Objectlessness" -- CD -- €10
2007 Faria Records, FAR-16, (ltd. 750)
There is a big gap between "rational", verbal language and the pre-symbolic language of our emotional and unconscious mind. Music is perceived partly with our conscious mind, who can analyze it and reflect on it. On another part, it is perceived by our unconsciousness, by our "primal consciousness" that lies "under" the rational mind. The idea: Experimental music, especially that of a more droning character, can easier "get in touch" or be unconsciously connected with this primal state of mind. It is music that is linked with unconscious fantasies coming from a pre-verbal sphere of existence... the phase of life based on the dyadic interaction with the "primal object", the mother. At this early stage, there's no awareness existing of being a full separated Subject, and no other full separated Objects can be perceived. Inner and outer reality is the same. Spheric, droning, dissolving music is pointing unconsciously at this "objectless" sphere of existence. This release is dedicated to the idea of an especially formed "pre-symbolic" music. Artwork conception contain 4 cards and cover with art from english creator Pete Burn. [press-release]
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TROUM -- "Synistanai" -- CD -- €13
2020 Aquarellist, aquarel 53-20, (ltd. 300)
Drone / Dark Ambient / Experimental. The third part in the series of collections of rare Troum tracks from compilations, recorded in 2003-2007 and released now by the Russian label Aquarellist after two previous CDs: "Symballein" (tracks from 1997-1999, published by SmallVoices in 2007) and "Syzygie" (tracks from 1999-2002, published by Cold Spring in 2013). Mastered by Igor Potsukailo (Bardoseneticcube), artwork by Oleg Galay, based on a painting by Stefan Knappe. Limited to 300 copies in a 4-panel fold-out digisleeve.
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TROUM & MARTYN BATES -- "To a Child Dancing in the Wind" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2006 Transgredient Records, TR-03
Profound songs inspired by Yeats-poems: The acoustic transformation of the deepest yearning for this release, the German 'transcendental-drone'-duo Troum teams up with the legendary British singer/songwriter and Eyeless In Gaza-member Martyn Bates. More than 2 years in the making, Martyn Bates has sung & played (mouth organ & melodica) over basic material Troum provided - consisting of harmonic minimal loops & basic song structures derived from accordion, e-bass & guitar, percussion, who were then also responsible for the final subsequent additional mastering (adding more guitar-work, voices & balalaika). Martyn Bates has chosen to sing four poems of the famous Irish poet W.B.Yeats, and he did this with a most impressive sensitivity for Troum's very sublime & rather hidden harmonic structures. There are also two instrumentals in a more experimental style on this disc, one being a dark drone reprise of the main piece 'Mad As the Mist and Snow #2.' Martyn's voice is surely not something for everyone - it's of an extreme emotional & yearnful quality that might be not easy to stand - a yearning which is like a deep 'cry out to the horizon,' to something that is unreachable per se, feeling a passion that tears you apart inside. This is pure emotional poetry transformed into yearnful audible spherics! [label info]
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TSARAAS -- "Whisper of Buried Hearts" -- CD -- €10
2008 Wroth Emitter Productions, W.E. 019
Dark-ambient side-project of Majdanek Waltz. Orchestral samples and majectic electronic organ turn into heavy drones with noisy elements. Detached voices, known for the basic project, recite mystical and bizarre lyrics. [label info]
TULUUM SHIMMERING -- "The Bright Moon Emerges" -- CD-R -- €7
2021 Tuluum Shimmering Records, TSR028
Ambient / Psychedelic / Folk. Tuluum Shimmering is the UK-based musician Jake Webster, a master of sound loops, drones and psychedelic folk tunes, releasing his soulful music in hand-crafted packages mainly on his own label TSR. "The Bright Moon Emerges" is comprised of a single 38-minute track and packed in a lino-printed recycled card wallet.
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TULUUM SHIMMERING -- "Emerald Trees Of Mottled Green" -- CD-R -- €7
2021 Tuluum Shimmering Records, TSR029
Ambient / Psychedelic / Folk. Tuluum Shimmering is the UK-based musician Jake Webster, a master of sound loops, drones and psychedelic folk tunes, releasing his soulful music in hand-crafted packages mainly on his own label TSR. "Emerald Trees Of Mottled Green" is comprised of a single 40-minute track and packed in a lino-printed recycled card wallet.
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TULUUM SHIMMERING -- "Pitched Like a Stone into the Flowing Water" -- CD-R -- €7
2021 Tuluum Shimmering Records, TSR030
Ambient / Psychedelic / Folk. Tuluum Shimmering is the UK-based musician Jake Webster, a master of sound loops, drones and psychedelic folk tunes, releasing his soulful music in hand-crafted packages mainly on his own label TSR. "Pitched Like a Stone into the Flowing Water" is comprised of two lengthy tracks clocking up to almost one hour. The album is packed in a lino-printed recycled card wallet.
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TULUUM SHIMMERING -- "Waterfall Arcing in the Still of Night" -- CD-R -- €7
2021 Tuluum Shimmering Records, TSR031
Ambient / Psychedelic / Folk. Tuluum Shimmering is the UK-based musician Jake Webster, a master of sound loops, drones and psychedelic folk tunes, releasing his soulful music in hand-crafted packages mainly on his own label TSR. "Waterfall Arcing in the Still of Night" is comprised of two lengthy tracks clocking up to 46 minutes. The album is packed in a lino-printed recycled card wallet.
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TUNDRA -- "Tajnie I Glebie" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Zoharum, ZOHAR 076-2, (ltd. 350)
Apart from countless reissues and new materials by renowned projects, Zoharum searches for new faces. This time it is a duo based in the same town as the label, namely Gdansk, called Tundra - an electroacoustic project of Dawid Adrjanczyk and Krzysiek Joczyn, whose inspiration is, first and foremost, space, both in its physical manifestation and the spiritual meaning. Beside samples, field recordings and sound manipulation, they use acoustic instruments. "Tajnie i Glebie" (Mysteries and Depths), their new recordings, is a temporary departure from the region of improvisation for the sake of studio work. The first full-length album of Tundra is a continuation of the previously chosen path; soundwise, it is based on the sonic contemplation of space. Here it is mostly of spiritual nature. The starting point situated in the subarctic region is left behind, and is replaced with wanderings among symbols scattered in the infinity. This path leads to a point which seems to be familiar to us, but it is not its beginning of the journey... By using various means of expression, the duo reread the canon of experimental music and explore new sonic territories. Six compositions presented here serve the purpose of a soundtrack to imaginary journeys into places where peace and chill reign simultaneously. These are akin to more ethereal songs from the World Serpent realm, but also academic compositions or free improv. The sounds on "Tajnie i Glebie" lose tracks and inspirations luring the listeners with an ambiguous atmosphere at the same time. [label info]
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TUNNELS OF AH -- "Charnel Transmissions" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Cold Spring, CSR256CD
Ambient / Noise / Experimental. ‘Charnel Transmissions’ is the fourth TUNNELS OF ĀH release and once more the TOĀH sound is taken into ever more oblique regions. Inspired by the ‘chime and gong stations’ recordings of the Cold War era, ‘Charnel Transmissions’ sets out to evoke rather than recreate the alienated spirit(s) of those recordings. With the ritual percussion of Francis P. weaving throughout the album alongside cracked electronics, ‘Charnel Transmissions’ is a disquieting spiral into an ashen world of ‘mythostatic psychopomp’ where this world is transformed into a charnel ground of gods, ghosts and jackals... Crumbling drones, splintered bursts of noise and buried voices make ‘Charnel Transmissions’ unconventional and non-linear, much like those charnel dwellers who seek out the lowest to attain the highest. For lovers of ceremonial sounds and dark places. Digipak. [label info]
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TUNNELS OF AH -- "Deathless Mind" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Cold Spring, CSR279CD
Industrial / Dark Ambient. The ambient drones and angular abstractions on 'Deathless Mind' combine to carry the listener on a disquieting journey into dark recesses. TUNNELS OF ĀH pursue a singular sonic path. Each album has been recorded with a visualised location arising in; for 'Charnel Transmissions' it was a childhood landfill, 'Thus Avici', a field of pig arks in a Golgotha landscape. How these places emerge and obsess is a mystery. 'Deathless Mind' is set on a half mile stretch of abandoned railway where various human transgressions have occurred... With contributions from Primitive Knot on 'Ritual For The New Dumb' and Adam Probert (The Mannequin Factory) on 'Saint of Slaves', 'Deathless Mind' is an album recorded at the height of summer and sounding like the depths of winter. [label info]
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TUNNELS OF AH -- "Surgical Fires" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Cold Spring, CSR226CD
Following the sulphureous sting of 2015’s ‘Thus Avici’, Tunnels Of Ah’s third album, ‘Surgical Fires’ is a dense, fermentative working. Asemic vocals are sunk beneath an alienated electronic landscape of seismic drones and paranormal frequencies. Loss, gain, conflict, resolution, decay and transformation as an initiatory path is the current running through ‘Surgical Fires’; the surgery alluded to in the title being psychic surgery. With original album artwork by Stephen Ah Burroughs (HEAD OF DAVID) and a vocal contribution from London-based ritual artist Soror Anji Cheung, ‘Surgical Fires’ is another singular Tunnels Of Ah release evasive of categorisation. [label info]
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TUNNELS OF AH -- "Thus Avici" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Cold Spring, CSR206CD
"Firstly, the punishment is meted out day and night, kalpa after kalpa, without a moment's interruption or relief. Thus Avici". 'Thus Avici' is the second album from Tunnels Of Ah (Stephen Ah Burroughs / Head Of David). The title references 'the sutra of bodhisattva Ksitigarbha's fundamental vows', a section of which Burroughs reads daily in homage to Ksitigarbha whom Burroughs pledged 'entreaty and supplication' under solemn tantric oath 20 years ago. Tantric buddhism, christian mysticism and personal magick make up the subject matter for 'Thus Avici'. Where traces of 2013's 'Lost Corridors' album can be heard, 'Thus Avici' is a harder, more focused offering. Shards of distorted noise, ritual drums, caustic drones and haunted vocals make 'Thus Avici' a dark hallucinatory swoon into the hinterland of the Tunnels Of Ah. The dull blue light of brute-world calls. [press-release]
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TUONELA -- "The State of Thousand Lakes" -- CD-R -- €5
2009 YAOP, YAOP 043, (ltd. 40)
Karelian psycho-folk. The album is based on recordings made in ancient Karelian village Mashezero (local people say Mashozero). Crooked accordion improvisations, domestic noises, field recordings of birds, grasshoppers, rain, unobtrusive radionoise. Very relaxing album, like taking a rest near a lake after Saturday's bath... DVD-box, violet cover with a photo and a copy of painting of beautiful Karelian artist Tamara Yufa. Each copy is unique. [press-release]
TURMAN, ROBERT -- "Way Down" -- CD -- €10
2014 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-42, (ltd. 400)
Originally released as a small run cassette in 1987, only to fall into tape label obscurity, Robert Turmans industrial genre-bending masterpiece album Way Down finally has been excavated for a proper vinyl reissue after twenty-three years in the shadows. This album solidifies Turman as a cut above the rest with respect to his talent and his natural ear for experimental composition. Turman first came onto the industrial scene in the late 70s as the ominous other half of legendary noise outfit NON, alongside Boyd Rice, together releasing the now classic first NON single, Mode of Infection/Knife Ladder 7" in 1977. After parting ways, Turman went on an excursion of self-released cassettes to which he fused every possible influence at his disposal, culling together past habits of experimental know-how and going forward into uncharted terrain. After his previous experimental efforts included on his Flux release in 1981, and even later in the prolific Chapter Eleven boxset, Turman turned the tables with the creation of Way Down, using synthesizer arrangements and drum machines alongside guitar solos, piano chords, tape loops and primitive sampling to create a whole new concoction of dance-like minimal synth blended together with the industrial darkwave noise he was mostly known for. After almost vanishing from the music scene, Turman resurfaced in 2005, teaming up with seminal noise musician Aaron Dilloway to not only reissue previous recordings, but to record and perform once again with new releases out on Hanson and Medusa. This reissue of Way Down serves as the blueprint of what Turman sought to render as a very accessible minimal synth/industrial album, yet keeping it just obtuse enough to make it one of the most brilliant and engaging albums to be ushered into the canon of 80s experimental culture. Regular Jewelcase edition. [press-release]
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TURRA, LUIGI -- "Enso" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2007 SmallVoices, SVR07028
Ambient / Experimental. An organic and contemplative three-track warm ambient epic (50 minutes), that resonates on subsequent listenings. Infused with Japanese sonic architectures and rigorous reductionist principles, this is a deeply meditative world of gently plucked instruments, drifting tones and faded atmospherics, peppered with closely focused tinklings and crystalline shards to add texture. Best appreciated in a solitary environment, these restful pieces will bring calm to an engaged listener. Digisleeve. [label info]
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TWIST OF FATE -- "September Winds" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Oltrelanebbiailmare, CD201618
Acoustic / Neofolk. TWIST OF FATE is the side project of Giuseppe Verticchio (aka NIMH) with the collaboration of Daniela Gherardi. If NIMH represents the most adventurous and droning post-industrial facet of his instrumental explorations, TWIST OF FATE follows more melodious and dreamily introspective folk ambient waves. The project was born recently and formalized as a duet with a first album ("Tales From a Parallel Universe") published on GS Productions in 2014. Welcomed by Oltrelanebbiailmare this album is a logical progression from the first release. "September Winds" puts the emphasis on semi-experimental and intimate guitar compositions, with some violin lines and discreet treatments. Those shoegazing bucolic pieces will guide the listener in a land of nostalgic revisitations. [label info]
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TYOPLIY -- "Zvuk" -- CD-R -- €4
2013 self-released
Only one 5-minute track played on a guitar with a reverb, one pleasant slightly melancholic tune repeating again and again, elusive like visions of a cozy slumber. Wonderful artowk made as a double full-colour digisleeve with a cut-out and set of cards, so you can change the cover depending on your mood + small handmade bonus. Quite a mysterious release made with love.
U238 -- "Monotonus Noise Melancholy" -- 2 CD-R BOX -- €20 [-50%]
1999/2017 Torga Amun, Amun-116, (ltd. 23)
Industrial / Lo-Fi. Reissue of the archival materials from this Russian project formed by Dr. Feitnathoroth (GORDUW, TCHORT, UNIT-ASS, etc.) in 1999. Meditation on utopian paintings and unnecessary things. Nuclear flowers and dust. Secret asemic messages and sour rust, eating into the cooling subconscious. 23 copies in hand-decorated box. Inserts: three hand-decorated foto-cards, fragments of a tape with soviet propaganda and educational films, analgin tablets, broken lamps, original cover of first edition from 1999 year + other unnecessary things. [label info]
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UESUGI, YASUYUKI -- "Mental Suffering May Help Shorten My Life" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_54, (ltd. 20)
Noise self reflection from a person with autism spectrum. Gray groans and moaning due to exhaustion by social bombing. Signals of continuous empathic overload and timid attempts to build a protective cocoon. But post-modern is still merciless. CD-R with printed surface, packed in green jewel-case. [label info]
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UHUSHUHU -- "Ugomon" -- CD -- €10
2020 Aquarellist, aquarel 52-19, (ltd. 300)
Ambient / Drone. New album of the St. Petersburg-based project on a St. Petersburg-based label. Three long tracks in the best tradition of hypnotic multi-layered experimental drone: field recordings (some of them made in Nepal) and found sounds are interwoven with synthesizer drones and melancholic guitar parts, reverbed out to the state of cosmic clouds... 300 copies in glossy 4-panel digisleeves.
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UHUSHUHU -- "Zoa" -- CD-R -- €8
2018/2019 UtrovortU, h-09
Ambient / Drone. Multi-layered fabrics woven from digital and analog threads, jingling teams of bark beetles and straw guitars, insect trails, laid in impassable and impenetrable places, frightening thickets and invisible, winding burrows. Zoa is a release from the St. Petersburg project, inspired by "a close and undiverted examination of soil as a substance", a dense organic interweaving of field recordings, voices, acoustic instruments and electronic manipulations, as if illustrating a rich dream or a psychedelic slumber, with a swirling kaleidoscope of asymmetric images and visions. The interweaving of roots, mosses and minerals gradually creates a voluminous, clearly distinguishable patterned picture of a different, pulsating life: the crunch of the smallest dried grass blades, the grumbling of groundwater, the clatter of rolling grains of sand - hundreds of sounds and vibrations envelop and stick around from all sides, drawing ever further and further into the cool depths, hidden from human sight by fallen leaves... The edition is made in cardboard envelopes made by hand. [label info]
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ULESA -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 236-2, (ltd. 300)
Ritual Ambient / Tribal. Ulesa is an entity of unknown origin and prefers to stay that way. What we're dealing with here is a short but rewarding album of dark and ritual tribalism. This is about a half hour ride of rhythmic ambience. Strongly reverbed voices are playing the main role here. We're not sure if they are more of ritual chantings or echoes of tormented souls crying upon their fate. Nonetheless they set the eerie yet beautiful tone for the record. Drum parts are very hypnotic and trumpet and piano sounds add a cinematic touch making the tracks progress smoothly from one to another... Despite the grim atmosphere and pretty intense tribal drumming the sound design of the album is extremely pleasant and it's hard to pull your ears away from it... If you're about to have a gothic date this will probably be your choice of a soundtrack for the night as you'll just leave Ulesa looped until dawn. [press-release]
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ULTIMATE SOLDIER -- "New Fury" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2018 MIC Label, MIC 004
EBM / Industrial. Old school EBM project Ultimate Soldier returns from oblivion with a new album. Three years have passed since the release of the full-length work with the symbolic name "Game Over". But Ultimate Soldier could not keep silent and stay away from the dark scene. The release, entitled "New Fury", presents the updated sound of the project. The track list consists of 10 original works as well as several remixes including one from NOVAkILL. [label info]
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ULTRAPOLYARNOE VTORZHENIE -- "Vektor Zelyonogo Lucha" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2010 Valgriind, VG 40, (ltd. 44)
All remembrances return when the Highest-From-The-Outside allow to find their message. The message sent by Non-People not for people... Never disappearing signal... Pulse of The Bearing Light, Pulse of The Morning Star... Dissolution of "Ego-compound" in "Non-Ego-concentrate". A revelation... a fragment... a spectrum colour. Cardboard sleeve. [press-release]
UMPIO -- "Acquired Tastes - Lost Tapes 2008-2011" -- 2 CD -- €13
2019 Freak Animal Records, FA-CD-106
Experimental / Noise. UMPIO 2xCD collects “lost tapes”. Couple tracks from rare and nearly impossible to get tapes, several tracks remained unreleased. Quite typical situation that after Freak Animal published UMPIO “Muelas” CD, several flakey labels offered him deals for tape releases… that never came out. As enthusiastic noise maker, UMPIO took the offers. Now, decade later Freak Animal fills the gaps with the missing parts in lineage of UMPIO discography. Since then UMPIO moved on to new ways of noise making, yet this “Acquired tastes” will be testament of junk noise era he is most known for. [label info]
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UN DEFI D'HONNEUR -- "Verdun 1916" -- CD -- €12
2006 Vrihaspati Recordings, VR010, (ltd. 500)
The second full-length album of A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR's French alias UN DEFI D'HONNEUR. This is the first full-length release of this french counterpart since the 'Aurore de Gloire' album (2003) on the Belgian label NEUROPA. In 2005 UN DEFI D'HONNEUR released a 12" in a gatefold cover on the same label and that release was packed with re-arranged material from the debut album. Now Peter Savelkoul returns with 8 brandnew tracks of Martial/Neo-Classical music, with some very suprising compositions. [press-release]
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UNDER THE SNOW -- "Delta" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Silentes, cd 201129
Extended sonic fluxes of synthetic imprinting mixed with delicate acoustic and electric guitar chords and riffs, crowd noises, fading melodic scrubs of unknown origin, feedback, echoes, pulses, vibrations, hissing waves in continuous movement... but also sudden pauses, unbelievable interludes of folk blues radio spots, crystal water sounds, static, evolving and dramatic electronic tracks, metallic ticking. An extraordinary collection of sounds and atmospheres for this new, ambitious and exploratory project by Stefano Gentile and Gianluca Favaron. [press-release]
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UNDER THE SNOW -- "The Other Room" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Silentes, cd 201231, (ltd. 300)
Seven “rooms” described through the visual essentiality of sober and linear photographic images in black and white, and through sonorities just as essential based on whispered and discrete synthesis, often bordering on silence, violated by occasional harshness, chimes of plucked strings, hissings, cracklings, electrical tensions, gurgles and digital creaks... An intimate and introspective path, through long and deserted corridors, entering spacious and bright rooms surrounded by white large walls, walking on reflective polished floors, cold and aseptic just like the sounds that Gianluca Favaron and Stefano Gentile chose to ideally fill with vibrations their spaces and architectural forms... A limited edition of 300 hand-numbered copies in cartonsleeve. Each copy contains a different slide. [press-release]
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UNGUTH VAENTRON -- "Tomb Of The Ancient Northking / The Lair Of Warlords" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2020 Valgriind / Glasir CDR Series, 10, (ltd. 50)
Cold epic Dungeon Synth from a Russian project from the Urals, pierced by the icy breath of the Northern mountains and ancient tales. Contains two mini-albums. Black & white sleeve and an insert. [label info]
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UNICORN -- "Playing With Light" -- CD -- €10
2004 Housepig, HPIG 001
A field report from an outpost at the border where droning ambience, minimalist melody and pure noise share an uneasy truce. Unicorn (featuring longtime members of Bastard Noise and Sleestak) serves up seven tracks, where melodic lines skate across a surface of disturbing drones and scathing noise. CD-Rom content includes three short films by Stephanie Miller, with soundtracks by Unicorn. Presented in a gorgeous letterpressed sleeve by Thumbprint press. [press-release]
UNION KARBIDE -- "Bubonic Playground" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2019 COD noizes, SHUM24, (ltd. 97)
Noise Rock. Debut EP by insane and explosive noise-rock / black metal project from members of Russian famous death folk band MAJDANEk WALTZ... You know. You want. You want it. You know you want it. You are unable to exist without it. Many times you tried to say: "No! Stop! Enough!" But all times you failed. Because you want. You want Union Karbide. It wil eat your brain and collapse your mind which will explode with rainbow streams of your pity life and drop as a dew on cheeks of a tired whore. This is how with Union Karbide. That's fucked up!... Exclusive factory pressed CD in four panel glossy digipak strictly limited to 97 handnumbered copies. [label info]
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UNIT 21 -- "November" -- CD -- €6
2007 Peace Technologies, PT 006
Unit 21 is the project of Stanislav Vdovin. He started in 2003 with techno-house remixes and later released several non-dance solo albums on independent net labels. Autumn of 2005 marks the beginning of his concert activity. The first performances were played in Moscow, Izhevsk and Nizhnii Novgorod. In May 2006 Stanislav has added to his collection another mini-album "September-October", with 4 tracks, released on Thinner net label. November is the first solo work of Unit 21, released on a hard copy. This is an extension of "September-October", in a more winter and twilight version. This is the album about seclusion and remembrance. The nature of all tracks is thoughtful and contemplative. Noise of planes flying over the winter forest, trudging on the snow, rattling of trains passing stations, rustling of pages of the musicians' books. [press-release]
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UNITED FRONT -- "By All Means II: The Fall Of Church And State" -- CD -- €10
2017 Malignant Records, TUMORCD121, (ltd. 300)
Previously known as U-731, Gordon Lazarus’ project returns to the Malignant roster, now as a duo and rebranded as United Front. The same incendiary and antagonistic principles apply as before, only heightened and intensified with By All Means II (The Fall of Church and State), which burns with fervency and scalding anger, painting a picture of a country rife with corruption and spiraling towards war and strife. Even as it’s primarily centered around US policy, this has a more distinctly European feel than before, channeling mid-late 90’s German acts with its singular frequency throbs, samples, hostile vocals, and ominously atmospheric washes of toxic electronics. Released as a joint experience between Oppressive Resistance Recordings and Malignant, By All Means II is a dire proclamation and should serve as a wake up call to those previously content to sit by the wayside. [label info]
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UNSIGNIFIED DEATH -- "A Weight of Meaninglessness" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2019 Torga Amun, Amun-139, (ltd. 30)
Harsh Noise Wall project of Polwach Beokhaimook - a Death Metal-drummer and vocalist from Bangkok, Thailand. The musician is known for participating in such projects as A Good Day For Killing, arboreal, Biomorphic Engulfment, Chamber Of Tapeworms, Cystgurgle, Ecchymosis, Epiploenterocele Pusliquid Wormchunk, Genocidal Sodomy, Gonococcus, Smallpox Aroma and his own HNW label Perpetual Abjection. The album "A Weight Of Meaninglessness" contains exactly half an hour of annoying static HNW with a predominance of mid frequencies, mesmerizing like the sound of rain. Handmade design: an envelope with a disc is wound in several layers of film and tape, painted on top. [YAOP]
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UR -- "The Day of the Lord - 060606 Session" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2010 Abgurd, AB-666, (ltd. 100)
Italian project started in 2005. UR has released a number of albums through Topheth Prophet, Afe Records, Mask Of The Slave. Music is mostly free-improvised in the style of Industrial of 1970's. Four long pieces recorded in 2006 create a hellish maelstrom of black shadows, heartrending groans, bloodletting rave in a throng of ashletting horny and caudate entitites. Sometimes more scary than TG, early CURRENT 93 and STALLAGH. [press-release]
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UR -- "Triadic Memories" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2006 AFE Records, afe083lcd, (ltd. 133)
Industrial. Ur were born in early 2005 as a collaboration between Federico Esposito and Mauro Sciaccaluga, both active in the italian hardcore circuit. They were later joined by Andrea Ferraris, past and present member of Burning Defeat, Permanent Scar, Onefineday, Deep End and One By One. Their music is mostly based on free improvisation and its sonorities can't easily be described without referring to the seminal work of the well-known and wildest Industrialists of the late '70s / early '80s. "Triadic Memories" is their first "official" disc and comes after the self-released "Baptism & Birthday". There is a strong dramatic feeling in their powerful sound, where everything seems to reproduce a sort of wedding between the modernity of the media and the primordial instincts of the performers... [label info]
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URUK-HAI -- "The Battle" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2005/2016 Valgriind, VG 60, (ltd. 300)
Black Ambient / Dungeon Synth. The most famous album from Uruk-Hai with a special bonus.
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URUK-HAI -- "Upon the Elysian Fields" -- 2 CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2009 Valgriind, VG 20, (ltd. 50)
A travel to beginning of early European culture through waves of deep sound canvas. Four 20-minutes tracks. The second unreleased on CD demo of famous one-man project. Bonus video "Raven's Empire". [label info]
UTON / COURTIS -- "Flokka Kur" -- CD -- €10
2013 Musik Atlach, MA011
Flokka Kur is a collaboration work by Finnish Uton and Argentinan Anla Courtis. Started from the noisy mystical drones of Uton and after continued by Anla’s manipulations & some extra noise. Described as a “shamanic music in urban context” and “sounds for non-euclidean geometry landscapes”. All that under a theme of flowers, mixed with spanish and finnish language. [label info]
UTROVORTU -- "Being Like Campagnols" -- CD-R -- €7
2011 UtrovortU, u-01
Psychedelic Rock / Experimental. UTROVORTU is a collective formed in St. Petersburg around the band PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS, a large group of peope creating art at the intersection of music and experimental poetry. While working on the things included in "Being Like Campagnols", the musicians often experimented with new forms, sounds and recording methods. Therefore, in terms of stylistics, the album turned out to be rather heterogeneous – from cold synthesizer rattling of post-punk era to rural alco-folk tunes. Nevertheless all this is a part of their common language... Released in handmade foldout cardboard sleeves. [label info]
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UTROVORTU -- "Captains Are Waiting For Dawn" -- CD-R -- €7
2016 UtrovortU, u-03
Psychedelic Rock / Experimental. UTROVORTU is an art collective from St. Petersburg, mostly known for their musical projects, such as psychedelic neofolk band PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS and an electronic project UHUSHUHU, performing textural forest dark ambient. But eveything is different on this album: laid-back drone-folk gives a hand to droning old synthesizers, memories of pipes and violins float out of the darkness, we hear some voices - on this disc the musicians approach morning images seriously and play as if they're trying not to disturb any sleeping person without need... Released in handmade foldout cardboard sleeves. [label info]
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UTROVORTU -- "Strakhuidyot" -- CD-R -- €7
2012 UtrovortU, u-02
Psychedelic Rock / Experimental. An album of cover-songs of the Russian The Shaggs – a girl's disco-punk band STRAKHUIDYOT – from the members of the none less paradoxical band PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS. Chtonic atonal punk tracks, transformed by a heavy hand into gloomy post-psychedelic opuses with a cold and detached sound. The damp bottom of a black glass, melodies of last year's cards, an uncomfortable mirror of soul to the chime of northwest drops... Released in handmade foldout cardboard sleeves. [label info]
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UUMMANNARSUAQ -- "Eternal Ice In The Polar Seas" -- CD-R -- €6
2021 Voices Of The Abyss, VOTA002CDr, (ltd. 10)
Dark Ambient. Uummannarsuaq is a young dark ambient / drone / atmospheric project from St. Petersburg, the idea of hich was to collect all the chaotic surrounding noises into one soundtrack. The project bears the name of the southernmost point of the icy island of Greenland, Cape Umanarssuaq or Farvel (Dan. Kap Farvel, Nor. Kapp Fervel). The cape is also famous for the fact that many submarines sank near it during the World War II. The gloomy and cold unknown of the mysterious icy vastness is the main source of inspiration for the Uummannarsuaq project. The debut release of the project is published in CDr format in a slim-case, contains a double-sided booklet, limited edition of ten hand-numbered copies.
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VA AA LP -- "Polis" -- CD -- €9
2015 Intonema, int014
Intonema releases VA AA LR album (Vasco Alves, Adam Asnan, Louie Rice)! "Polis" is the documentation of an audio installation which took place in the streets of Porto, in Portugal, late May 2014. Polyrythmic compositions were prepared by the trio, combined, and relayed via a car sound system, in various locations across town. These were recorded and then mixed with the source material, cross-referencing it with the sound as was altered by the situation. [label info]
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VAGRANOK -- "Shag v Bez.Dnu" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT51, (ltd. 117)
Second excursion of this project into the territory of Soviet past, the release of the materials recorded in summer 2008. The project line-up consists of SGI (Vresnit / Vetvei) and one of the members of Moscow-Yaroslavl trio Night Shift. 6 noise canvases dedicated to the visions of outer darkness seen through the old radio receivers and black and white photographs. To the inseparability of the dark Cosmos and bright future in the unsaid doctrines of Soviet mysticism. Flying and diving into the lost time, search for foothold, responsibility before the communist party and the people, coldness of supervisor's look and his lofty voices. In comparison to the previous release "Voz.Dukh" put out by Kerpg, this album is less dusty, it's sometimes condenses to industrial noise traditional for St. Petersburg noise wave, and sometimes disperses to manifold nuances of technogenic ambient. Fat raw sound, lots of samples and archive recordings, voices, radionoises, guitar, synths and Soviet vinyl. The last steel from cooled Vagranok. Author's artwork: full-colour photographs in typical SGI style and a signal sleeve. [press-release]
VAGRANOK -- "Voz.Dukh" -- CD-R -- €22
2008 Kerpg, KEPRGXV, (ltd. 27)
Industrial Noise. Fixations of the long thought out idea, made on 150608 by two persons standing behind Russian projects VRESNIT, PUGNA, VOY, etc., and one of the members of a project NIGHT SHIFT covered by shadow. Parallels and unity of the industrial and archaic "ages". Invariable symbols. The change of form and vector. By the force of unified coarse black-red images of raw old school multy-layered radionoises, distorted Soviet records, sampled and live voices, drums and feedbacks. Implications and contexts. Mysticism of place of thought and differently incarnated content. Full-colour sleeve, ink, print on a cd, black paint. [label info]
VALANX -- "Ouroboros" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Reverse Alignment, RA-30, (ltd. 200)
Arne Weinberg has been devoted to electronical music since the beginning of this millenia. As an explorer in sound he's been active in different constellations, under different styles, labels and alias. His latest projects is the dark ambient label Cromlech Records and solo act Solemn Embrace. Reverse Alignment now proudly present Weinberg's latest opus with his experimental act Valanx, "Ouroboros". This album really smolder with adventurous creativism making a narrow categorisation in genre impossible. The base elements are deep dark but also carry sonical marks of downtempo, dub and spacious ambient. All in all making the listening experience more interesting than ever. Welcome to the world of Valanx. [label info]
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VALANX -- "Tidelands" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Reverse Alignment, RA-41, (ltd. 200)
Water is flooding. Land is obsolete. Scattered tribes rule their part of the world. Struggling. Adapting. "Tidelands" is Valanx soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic future where water is abundant and the circumstances of living has changed radically. This is the final album by Valanx and Reverse Alignment is very happy to release it. We've been fortunate to work with such great artist... "This album is the swansong of my long musical journey and I would like to dedicate it to the most important person in my life, my wife Petra. Without her I’d be lost in nothingness. Eternal love. I’d also like to thank Kristian Widqvist for his continued belief in Valanx and his dedication to the project. Last but not least, a big thank you to all the listeners over all these years." [Arne Weinberg]
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VAN DONGEN, BART & RICHARD VAN KRUYSDIJK -- "One Two Three Four Five" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Opa Loka Records, OL 1804
Modern Classical / Experimental. If there is any instrument that has an aura around it of being rock solid and incorruptible, it must be the piano. It is the cornerstone, the unbending backbone of Western academic music, the guiding light of twelvetone equal temperament. Obviously, any object or concept that appears to embody unwavering authority is prone to being subverted. A Mona Lisa is best enjoyed with a moustache added to it. The first subversions of the piano were executed by composers Henry Cowell and John Cage, who explored the insides of the instrument, until then deemed off limits. They demanded that the strings be stroked and plucked, that they be fitted with all manner of whatsits and doodahs, including sheets of paper and bolts. The thing does sound like a piano, but it sounds like a lot more. It speaks languages it never knew. One might say it speaks in tongues... Pianist Bart van Dongen and electronic conjurer Richard van Kruysdijk (Omnichord, Kaoss Pad, live sampling, effects) push the boundaries of the piano just a little further in joint improvisations, overlaying and interlacing the instrument with fields of otherworldly resonance and beauty. Regardless whether the piano is played with or without modifying additions, this environment gives it new meaning. What’s more, the electronics do not just serve as a setting in which the piano may sparkle and shine, the two become intertwined. They may remain separately recognizable, but they do develop a symbiotic relationship. There is a magic of transformation in the air. The air resonates with musical alchemy. So, rather than subverting the piano, the two musicians forge something that sounds new and beguiling. Five pieces, five compounds, five wondrous hybrids. What once was rock solid has definitively been turned into a fluid existence. [René van Peer]
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VAZHES -- "Banjara Lohar" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT40, (ltd. 102)
Post industrial ethno electronics in vein of most pushing works of Muslimgauze from this Moscow based project (ex-Bardo). Fanciful patterns of asian rhythms, primeval psychedelics and powerful spirit of Tradition speaking with the help of digital technologies, futuristic samples, elecronic noise attacks and unbending pulsations of dense dub bass. Worth special mentioning is the last track where the impressive "ensemble" is accompanied by a mouth harp. A very interesting work! Handmade cardboard sleeve. [press-release]
VAZHES -- "Deep Komis" -- CD -- €6
2010 Nadeln Prod., NaP.II, (ltd. 500)
New album "Deep Komis" by VAZHES, the project of Russian anthropologist and documentary director Sergey Gabbasov, is dedicated to authentic ethnic music of the Permian Komis. This album was made with RAPOON, NORTHAUNT and FANUM. It dips into the hidden and secret world of ancient and primordial nature, of secret and mysterious rituals... On the fanciful turnings of the forest path we will meet authentic ethno music of the Permian Komis, Nordic ambient, ethno-industrial, dub. Interweaving like lines of a spider's web, chthonic drones mix with resonant rhythms, enigmatic voices and dense dub bass. This is a trip into the world of magic, which is full of foresters, mermaids, brownies and giants, into the world of growing trees and sparkling water. Ancient rituals and traditional culture expressed by sound... Sun light, streaming through tree leaves and reflected in river water, village traditions and rituals - by VAZHES... Dark encryption of nature in a preceding dawn cool darkness - by RAPOON... Dead water in deep marshy weeds - by FANUM... Endless spaces of fields and forests under the bright sun, eternal magic of life - by NORTHAUNT. [press-release]
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VAZHES -- "Mazari Sharif" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT60, (ltd. 79)
Harsh Dub Rhythm'n'Noise, based on complex mid-Asian rhythms, spiced with ecstatic Sufic singing and martial beats of ethnic drums, inspired by images of Muslim radicalism: "Iranian radio", "Taliban mujahid", "Karachi jackal"... This material was used as a soundtrack to a film by Darya Bondarenko "Slavic Islam" (2007). More than remarkable heir of Muslimgauze. Green sleeve with photos + insert. [press-release]
VAZHES -- "Mazari Sharif" -- CD-R + poster -- €14
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT60, (ltd. 2)
Harsh Dub Rhythm'n'Noise, based on complex mid-Asian rhythms, spiced with ecstatic Sufic singing and martial beats of ethnic drums, inspired by images of Muslim radicalism: "Iranian radio", "Taliban mujahid", "Karachi jackal"... This material was used as a soundtrack to a film by Darya Bondarenko "Slavic Islam" (2007). More than remarkable heir of Muslimgauze. Green sleeve with photos + insert. Two last copies of the release come with a vintage poster 56 x 41 cm with Muslim sanctuaries. [press-release]
VAZHES -- "Pripyat" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT61, (ltd. 86)
This album is dedicated not to the Chernobyl tragedy of 1986, but to the town of Pripyat, all population of which was evacuated after the catastrophe. Abandoned houses, empty streets, cracked roads and walls, rusty machinery, radioactive background going off scale, lightening film, crippled silent nature. Wind howls in empty rooms, darkness, snow. Roaring environmental hum and rustling radionoises, filled with all-penetrating dreadful radiation. Full-colour 3-panel cover. [press-release]
VAZHES -- "Seid" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Vegvisir Music, o:007
Ritual noise / Folk. Many centuries ago noiades, the shamans of ancient Sami, have put seids (seita) on their current places. The centuries have gone, Sami went to the North under pressure of other peoples, wars passed by one by one, but seids still stand on their places. The true harmony never disappears. One can try to forget or destroy it, but nothing can replace it - there are only poor and paltry attempts of replacement to something different which has nothing in common with the natural way of living. Saids can be destroyed, everything connected with the traditional culture can be destroyed, we can forget and refuse everything thinking that it should be this way. But by doing so, a man undoubtedly opposes himself to Nature, instead of being an integral and harmonic part of it as it is in the traditional culture. By breaking the connections with Nature, according to the same law of natural harmony, a man will disappear himself... "Seid" is the debut album of Vazhes, a project by ethnographer Sergey Gabbasov. The album consists of 4 tracks, two of them "Seid" and "Krishna" are recorded by Vazhes, one is a collaboration between Vazhes and Fanum, and another one is created by Vazhes and Akpan. The album is dedicated to the struggle between chaotic and destructive world of contemporary people and eternal natural harmonic principles, embodied in traditional cultures... The beginning - existence and sound of the North - vibrations of stones, Northern lights, spirits of anchestors and crunch of ice. Silence frozen over the icy rocky spaces. Here and there seids, ancient like the North itsels, stand towards the sky. White stillness. Then, suddenly, Hindu kirtan and aggressive heat of radical religious fundamentalists. Struggle to death and Exodus. From ice and tundra to desert and top of the world. Roaring wind among the blinding white peaks promising oblivion. And drying wind taking away the last water and life. And finally, the raging summer storm over the forest swamps of the Ural and Kama river... Thunder and lightnings in the sky, the eternal forest and purifying water streams which feed the rivers and give birth to life... A way from North to South and back to North... Away from the dirt and thoughtless insanity of the modern world! [press-release]
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VAZHES -- "Steam Locomotives" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT72, (ltd. 154)
Classical Industrial Drone from the machinist and fireman of locomotives of "E" and "L" series, created from the recordings of these locomotives and filled with their sounds made in Russia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banovici, Kakan). The disc also includes a video with FT4 locomotive. Normal edition in handmade sleeve. [label info]
VAZHES -- "Urja" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT64, (ltd. 117)
Conceptual mini-album of Vazhes featuring leading Russian post-industrial artists Vresnit e Akpan. A voyage to a lost among the boggy forests Komi-Permyak village of Urja located near the huge site of Kuregkar ("hen town") of a mythic people of Chud' (Vazhes) on shore of Nylva ("girl's water") river. First composition makes it's path through the twilight of sundown foreboding night. A mystery of shadows, calm flow of water through the grass of fields. Evil rituals of black wizards can be heard in the night darkness of the second track, sparkles of fire flying high in starry sky, shades moving in a rhythm, gloomy incantations, voices appealing to mysterious beings. Daybreak in Urja. Sunlit fields, haystacks covered with morning dew, stubborn and viscous fog hiding in forest borders and river valley, singing birds and bawls of cattle following a shepherd playing horn. Beautiful material in nice packaging: handmade cardboard cover with three photos. [press-release]
VAZHES -- "Uzbekistan Under Dub" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT58, (ltd. 192)
A small masterpiece in the genre of post-industrial ethno dub. Dense bass, complicated rhythmic patterns, psychedelics tunes, middle-Asian instruments, pieces of traditional music, mysterious voices, technogenic samples. This album is aerial, transparent, but at the same time deeply substantial. In our opinion, this is even more interesting than Muslimgauze. Limited edition of 202 copies, 10 of them - in special packaging. This is normal edition in vinyl case with handmade cover. [press-release]
VEHJORA -- "Mind's Constructions" -- CD-R -- €7
2015 Eternal Return Records, ERR-05
Human mind is argressive and unpredictable, sometimes downright scary. ''Mind's Constructions'' is actively trying to show this in its constantly evolving and dynamic noise textures. High-frequency whirs move through the space of sound like neural impulses between synapses, and every new track is painting a picture of some other mental state. This music is harsh, but completely honest about the phenomenon it describes. [label info]
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VEILED ALLUSIONS -- "Rosenkranz" -- CD -- €10
2002 Dragon Flight Recordings, dfr012
This album produces some superb soundscapes with unique percussion patterns. Veiled Allusions is the product of Karsten Hamre of Arcane Art (with which this bares some resemblance), Penitent and Dense Vision Shrine. The rhythms here are clear and distinct permeated with subtle perpetual and cavernous drone. I found Track 3 ('Faust Pt. II') very interesting with some good use of contempory melodies and rhythms. Track 4, 'Counting the Drops' reverts back to the more synthetic sound associated with this style of music. The overall effect is a well-balanced album with its own unique sound and musical direction. [DFG, Aural Pressure]
VELEHENTOR -- "From The Gloom of Graves: Stonewells of Aeternity" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Desolate Catacombs of SMERSH, SMERSH02, (ltd. 460)
Classic dark ambient: cold echoes of the unknown rituals, roaming in te utter darkness of resonant stone labyrynths. Paranoiac trance induced by the feeling of lifeless presence in the anscient crypts, breathing with deadly dampness. Icy calmness of indifferent doom. The album was recorded in winter 1999-2000. Packed in an absolutely black digipak (double-sided print, double black paint), the pictures are applied with varnish. [label info]
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VELEHENTOR -- "Zona Otchuzhdeniya (Zone of Alienation)" -- CD-R -- €12
2008 Abgurd, AB-53, (ltd. 100)
Drone / Noise. The album is tributed to the Russian «ghost-towns» Kadykchan, Kursha-2 and Halmer-U. Kadykchan («Death Valley» in Evenk) is a miners urban village in Susuman district of Magadan region, which was left by the inhabitants after the mine detonation in 1996. Nowadays only a few native people live in this dead town without central heating and water and power supply in half-destroyed apartments. Kursha-2 was build shortly after the Russian Revolution as a workers village for mastering vast forests of the Central Meshera. In the year 1936, during hot and windy summer, 1200 humans were burnt out alive because of the forest fire that surrounded Kursha and outskirts. Halmer-U («Death Valley» in Nenets) is situated in the area that was used by natives as a burial place for centuries. In the end of 20th century it became another «not wanted» miners town. People were evicted to Vorkuta city by riot squads. Three tracks of disturbing static oppression. All-dead Drone Ambient and sizzling Drone Noise dressing you alive. VELEHENTOR is well-known for its skill in creating the proper atmosphere using only facts, and here it is reproducted as by a direct witness. [press-release]
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VELEHENTOR / VISHUDHA KALI / CLOSING THE ETERNITY -- "Ishopanishad" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Vegvisir Music, o:001, (ltd. 976)
"Ishopanishad" is a unique album for present days, as it was created in the process of a real-time performance, and all the music was played on "live" acoustic instruments, without using any "electronics". The album is conceptual and consists of three tracks - preparatory ritual, anticipating the mystery of performing Isha Upanishad, 2nd track - the mystery itself, and the 3rd - long, meditative, concluding, allowing the listener to immerse deep into himself and feel the traces of vibes of one of the most monumental Veda texts. The Upanishad is executed in a canonical style in Sanskrit in state of deepest concentration and meditative practice. During the recording of the album, the "eastern" traditional musical instruments were used, all brought from ethnographic trips... A little bit about the contents of Isha Upanishad - this ancient text is a conditional commentary to Veda, containing the preamble and 18 hymns, and it's one of the ten most authoritative texts (after the Veda) which in short and easy to understand yet very capacious form tell about truth and falsity of so called "human values", not thrusting any doctrines or religions to anyone. It just shows the misery, futility, transiency, caducity and infirmity of so called Karmic, "worldly" activity of modern people. Reading and rereading it's shlocks (quatrains), it's impossible not to feel surprised by that exactness of descriptions of realities of our contemporary life, as if the author could watch forward the time through the centuries while writing this astonishing text, and he showed to us, modern people, from his faraway past, that actually... nothing changed, people remained the same, their problems didn't change, and that's why like 4 thousand years ago this text is still actual and fresh... "Those who honour mystics fall into endless darkness, but even bigger darkness engulf those who worship the Absolute" - Sri Ishopanishad, 9. [press-release]
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VELGENATURLIG -- "Kundalini" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Winter-Light, WIN 019, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Drone. Having previously released the full length 'Opalescent Pust' on our label, the Portuguese sound sculpture VelgeNaturlig returns with an album of deep, immersive ambient drones - 'Kundalini'. On 'Kundalini', Ivo Santos presents us with an album, layered with a rich tapestry of dense drones, reverberating sub-bass and circulating processed sounds, cleverly woven together with field recordings. As with most, if not all of VelgeNaturlig's work, on 'Kundalini' the tracks flow together as one, creating vast musical landscapes to traverse within the minds eye. The music weaves an infinite pathway between the light and the dark, sometimes isolating but always keeping the listener engaged. 'Kundalini' is an album of true awakening, invoking a clash of primordial sounds and energies. Let the currents flow..... [label info]
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VELVETINE -- "Crematorial Dance" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Facthedral's Hall, FHcd15-2016 / Fréquence De Coupure, VEL-005, (ltd. 500)
Industrial Rock / New Wave. Formed in the 90’s under the name SEPTEMBRE NOIR, the band changed its name in 2006 to VELVETINE. Band member are: Peache (Pierre-Henri Mandine) on guitars + manufactured instruments; Stef.A (Stefan Mandine) on lead vocals + guitar; and Le K. (Marc Reina) on electronic percussion. Their debut album, ‘Septembre’ was released in 2007 and they followed that up with several EPs and a couple of videos, so ‘Crematorial Dance’ is their second full-length release... With the opening track “Far Away” VELVETINE sets a strong dark tone with this impassioned creeper. Part of Stef’s vocals are in French, and part in English, but you’ll have no trouble getting the gist of the alienation and angst. The second track, “Ulan Bator” (sung completely in French) brought the inevitable comparison with BAUHAUS. It’s not only Stef’s sort of vocal similarity to Peter Murphy, but also the psychodramatic intensity of the band’s musical style. It became even more evident on “Along the Way”. The mood and phrasing, very Bauhaus, but still very French. These guys may not be Goth, but the maudlin music and lyrics should perk up the ears of every goth and emo who hears it. The music is as simple and uncluttered as BAUHAUS, yet refined in ways BAUHAUS never was, and often fragile and poetic as on “Broken Harp”. VELVETINE cooks up a real NIN-style stomper on “Resolution” and kicks it up a notch or three on “The Shuttle”. The rhythm aspect of this band is interesting too; Le K. uses a programmed drum base while he manually plays percussion over the top. The dense, distorted guitar give the music a metallish aura, but it’s really far from metal. I really like that the lyrics are in both French and English; it is surely a refreshing approach to this type of music. The exception though is the last track, “Maha Mritunjaya”, a Great Death-Conquering Mantra from the Indian Rigveda. VELVETINE puts it across with aplomb and a forceful dramatic flair. Way cool! ‘Crematorial Dance’ is an album that can’t help but grow on you. In fact, during the course of listening to the music (for a fifth time) for this review, I’m upping the rating half-a-star because it’s just that damn good! [Chain D.L.K.]
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VEPRISUICIDA -- "Heavy Metal Cyclothimia / Science Friction" -- CD-R -- €11
1999/2009 Dubinogolovaya Korobochka, DK-4, (ltd. 66)
Reissue of two works previously published on teo split-cassettes: "Heavy Metal Cyclothimia" (split with Cisfinitum, Spirals Of Involution, 1999) and "Science Friction" (split with Comforter, Ultra, 1999).
VEPRISUICIDA -- "Oskoplenie" -- CD-R -- €11
1997/2008 Dubinogolovaya Korobochka, DK-3, (ltd. 69)
Re-release of Ultra cassette from 1997.
VEPRISUICIDA / ORGANOMEHANIZM -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €11
2001/2008 Dubinogolovaya Korobochka, DK-2, (ltd. 69)
Re-release of Ultra cassette from 2001.
VERBUM -- "Aevum" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden, WOP 43
Verbum is neo-classical and post-industrial project from Spain, based on apocalyptic ambient and ethnic passages, with spoken words in Spanish and Latin. Different instruments from the different parts of the world, piano, violin, orchestral pads, electronics sounds and strange percussions takes out to other dimension. The album consists nine Aevums that speaks about life, about you and me, about us. Each Aevum is a metaphor of one phase of knowlegde that we learn since birth until death. All the feelings of the human being presented in a specific way - like theatrical show. Darkness, sadness and poetry in 64 minutes of words and music. [label info]
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VERDANT -- "Sincerity" -- CD -- €10
2013 Existence Establishment, EE17, (ltd. 200)
Power Electronics. Verdant is Zach Adams who is also the man behind BKPR the esoteric and obtuse harsh noise project of relative obscurity. With this new work Adams presents a new dimension to noise in the form of quiet power electronics. The work of Verdant focuses on spoken word, secret promises, dusty corners, delicate instruments, and obsolete equipment. In the span of a few tracks Verdant’s sound can range from a seething attack of brooding noise and industrial to carefully constructed soundscapes that have been packed away in the attic of an old victorian where even the walls whisper of the things they’ve seen. Sincerity opens up a complex inner world of lost loves, silent betrayals, hidden jealousies, and blind grief forcing the listener to stumble in the darkness of a familiar place. The album is limited to 200 copies in a full-color 4 panel digipak. [press-release]
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VERDE -- "Legenda" -- CD -- €16 [-50%]
Musically Incorrect Records, MIRCD4 / Zum Teufel, ZUMCD-004 / Ruma Puulaaki, verde-666
Another psychedelic masterpiece from this Finnish artist. Field recordings, space electronics, theremin, kraut-rock guitar, hypnotic rhythms... Flying... [YAOP]
VERDE -- "Vuoronumero" -- CD -- €13
2006 Karkia Mistika / Ruma Puulaaki, verde-010
Mika F. Rintala is a multi-talented musician. He assembles "synthesizers" from vacuum cleaners and electric saws, arranges field recordings which he catches like butterflies, and creates wonderful psychedelic audioscapes. One of the best tracks from this album - "Veron Saa Masaa Ensimmaisena Arkipaivana" - combines field recordings, space keyboards, weird tribal singing and somewhat eccentric sci-fi. Then come the acoustic guitars, fucked-up blues, recitations in Finnish, almost shoegaze... This work is ritual, hypnotic, trip-like... [YAOP]
VERNEY 1826 -- "The Ghosts Of Yesterday" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Lichterklang, LK026, (ltd. 275)
Verney 1826's new album is nothing but a masterpiece of orchestral arrangements, neoclassical influences and an overall martial and almost cineastic gothic atmosphere, which stands out among the current stereotype releases of the Martial Industrial genre. While it's 2013 released predecessor "Ex-Libris" was a conceptual work of poetry that influenced Lionel Verney over the years, "The Ghosts Of Yesterday" is an album of 17 tracks based on historical events that speak for themselves, offering a wide variety of songwriting skills and numerous guest musicians (among them Schattenspiel, Bjarkan Ar Valda, The Victim's Ball) that leave their mark on the respective tracks. [label info]
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VERSUS REALITY -- "Hyro" -- CD-R -- €7
WitchHouse Records
Versus Reality (a name which was lifted from the name of a Techno Animal album) is a project of Sean Gallagher, also of the band Journal Square (www.myspace.com/journalsquare) In this project, he creates atmospheres and sound collages to stimulate the mind. Moods tend to be dark, and yet underneath it all, there is positivity. Samples are manipulated, sounds are stretched out, eternity extends... Using repetition, stimulation, and thought-evoking techniques, Versus Reality is not everyone's cup of tea, but rather, is an acquired taste. [from myspace profile]
VESICATORIA / CARVED IMAGE OF EMPTINESS -- "Void / Necro" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2013 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 011
Vesicatoria – a project from Belarus presented 5 tracks of dense claustrophobic industrial dark ambient. Carved Image Of Emptiness (C.I.O.E.) from Ekaterinburg, Russia – active rhythmic industrial with thick textures, good sound and imagination.
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VETROPACO -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Silentes, 201634
"VETROPACO" is a brainchild of Gianluca Favaron and Andrea Bellucci (a.k.a. Red Sector A). Favaron's de-compositions join Bellucci's rhythms structures creating a work where aseptic sounds are combined with patterns borrowed from Techno, with Breakcore and IDM digressions. "VETROPACO" represents a further step forward in the musical research of the two artists, and is aimed at fans of innovative electronic sounds. [label info]
VETROPACO -- "Subvoid" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2017 St.An.Da., 1702, (ltd. 240)
IDM / Experimental. On "Vetropaco"'s second album, we see once again Gianluca Favaron (Zbeen, Ab'SHE, etc.) and Andrea Bellucci (Red Sector A, Nerva, Dio
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VETROPHONIA -- "Kuomintang and Generalissimus Chiang Kaishek" -- CD -- €12
1998/2018 Aquarellist, aquarel 44-18, (ltd. 300)
Reissue of the album "Kuomintang" (Ultra, 1998) and the mini-album "Generalissimus Chiang Kaishek" (ALF Produkt, 2008) on one CD. Specially for this release Nick Sudnick and Alexander Lebedev-Frontov recorded a bonus-track "Kuomintang 2" in May 2018. Numbered limited edition of 300 copies in foldout cardboard sleeve.
VETROPHONIA -- "Strappadology" -- CD -- €10
2000 Long Arms Records, CDLA 00011
First CD-album of a collaboration album of Nick Soudnick (ZGA) and Alexander Lebedev-Frontov (Linija Mass, Stalnoy Pakt, etc.). Recorded at ZGA studio, mixed at Lenfilm studio by Mikhail Shemarov, Dec. 1996 / Jan. 1997, St. Peterburg, Russia.
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VIDNA OBMANA -- "The River Of Appearance" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
1996/2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 239-2, (ltd. 450)
Ambient. Looking through our publishing calendar recently, it is easy to notice that the Belgian artist's releases appear in it regularly. The 6 titles published so far are part of an informal publishing series, consistent by the layout, based on black and white photographs of flowers by Martina Verhoeven, Dirk Serries's wife. Today, "The River of Appearance" joins this series - a special album in the rich discography of VIDNA OBMANA, refined in every detail, both in terms of sound, composition and creating a favorable aura while listening to it. With every minute, the music seeps lazily, filling the entire environment with a rich palette of sounds from flutes, ocarina, harmonica and percussion, perfectly harmonizing with loops and electronic structures; pulsating delicately and setting the rhythm of our breathing while relaxing. In this way, feedback occurs - music is perceived in a favorable atmosphere. On "River ..." we touch the delicate, sublime musical matter, woven from eight miniatures, making up an exceptionally coherent concept. This album has all the elements that define ambient as a music genre. It is considered to be one of the most important albums in its category, along with the most recognized works for ambient music. [label info]
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VIDNA OBMANA & DAVID LEE MYERS -- "Tracers" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2003/2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 204-2, (ltd. 400)
Ambient / Drone. „Traces” is a fourth album in VIDNA OBMANA reissue series released by Zoharum. This time we present a collaboration with American artist David Lee Myers that was released in 2003 by Klanggalerie. In the early years of 21st century, vidnaObmana teamed up with US experimentalist, of the ARCANE DEVICE fame, for a collaborative album that showcases their shared fascination for processing and recycling sound. “Tracers” is the audio evidence of this meeting. A few years later this material was mastered by Dirk Serries and got the new design based on Martina Verhoeven artworks... Album folded in 6-panels digipack. Limited edition of 400 copies. [label info]
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VIGILANTE -- "The Heroes' Code" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2005 Irond, IROND CD 05-1095
Vigilante offers danceable and hard EBM in the same class as HOCICO, FEINDFLUG or the most electronic DIE KRUPPS tracks. The incredibly dense and always danceable electro-hymns on 'The Heroes' Code' are predestined for frequent heavy club play! Formed 5 years ago in a country that - so far - was not very famous for harsh EBM Electro, VIGILANTE had in mind to conquer Europe with their sound straight from the beginning. Jürgen Engler (of Die Krupps) said about VIGILANTE: "On the dancefloors VIGILANTE will be a serious threat to even the biggest names in Industrial music, with their enormous grooves and heartfelt lyrics. This album is a powerful statement!" Russian edition, with 16-page booklet & video multimedia track. [press-release]
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VILE CRETIN (MIGUEL A. GARCIA & NICK HOFFMAN) -- "Vile Cretin" -- CD -- €9
2013 Intonema, int010, (ltd. 200)
They call it dark electroacoustic music. A duo of a Basque guy and an American bloke. Field recordings, drones of analog electronics and showers of digital devices, samples of animals and seemingly unknown beasts, whimsical forms and contrasting dynamics, recondite compositon/improvisation and lo-fi sound irony at the same time. On this anniversary tenth release Intonema presents Miguel A. Garcia and Nick Hoffman's Vile Cretin project. Four tracks and approximately forty minutes of modern experimental music. [label info]
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VILGOC -- "Ubytki" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 Beast Of Prey, bop 5.9, (ltd. 180)
Before you will listen to this album acknowledge yourself with this medical hint... "The loss of hearing is a permament or temporary disfunction of hearing organs. There are many couses of hearing loss, most common are those connected with exposing yourself to noise and loud impulse souds." New VILGOC album is a 100% power electronics / noise music. This album is an essence of what you may see during the projects live performance, expression and devastation. Reality closed and transformed into impulse, sound and distortion. Over 40 minutes that will cruch your hearing organs. Unconventional release. Printed and folded in two parts cardboard cover. This in printed fringe for the whole cover. CDR with professional printing, mounted on cardboard by rubber dot. All closed and foiled. Hand-made limited to 180 copies. [press-release]
VILGOC / SEKTOR-X -- "Odejdz" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2009 Beast Of Prey, bop 6.1, (ltd. 99)
Split of two polish extremal noise and power electronic projects. Known Wroclaw lider doesn't let get a breathe even for a moment on his part of album. Expression and dynamics, characteristic vocal, music sharp as a razor! SEKTOR X responsible for second part of album shows very devastating and smashing skills brutally and extremely distorts sounds combining that with orthodoxic vocal. Very harsh power electronics, 20 minutes of music, 2 tracks for each project. Unconventional release, on printed cardboard 150 x 130 mm. The cover is folded from three parts. 3" printed CDR. All foiled. Limited and hand made in 99 copies. [press-release]
VINTERRIKET -- "Horizontmelancholie" -- CD/DVD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Heimatfolk, HF 07
Vinterriket was born in 1996 as a one-man project in order to capture the dark side of nature. "Horizontmelancholie" features 7 tracks full of coldness, melancholy and chilling atmospheres. "Horizontmelancholie" is a pure NeoFolk masterpiece and a tribute to the darkest side of mother nature. Haunting and cold electronic soundscapes are mixed with atmospheric acoustic guitars and clean vocals. "Horizontmelancholie" is a conceptual album, a masterpiece of haunting and evocative aural tapestries, an emotive display of tension and calm. A darkened imagery of shadowed forests and expansive still landscapes. Join the journey into the deepest side of the forest and get lost in misty, snow-covered hills and majestic mountain landscapes. "Horizontmelancholie" was mastered by Axel Frank (Werkraum / Sturmpercht) at the Blue Lounge Studios, Berlin, Germany. The whole album is featured as music CD and DVD on one disc. Enter the realm of desolation and emptiness... Aural and visual.... [press-release]
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VINTERRIKET -- "Landschaften Ewiger Einsamkeit" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2004/2008 Valgriind, VG44, (ltd. 42)
In 2005 the label Lorelei Records has announced this release in an edition of 60 copies, but only 18 copies were made and label was closed afterwards. The rest 42 copies have different artwork. The kingdom of darkness in "Landschaften Ewiger Einsamkeit" is a cold minimal German ambient, one of the creations of Christoph Ziegler (aka Atomtrakt, Nebelkorona). Limited edition of 42 copies decorated with beechen veneer. [label info]
VINTERRIKET -- "Zwischen Den Jahren" -- CD EP -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Sturmklang, Sturm 03, (ltd. 1000)
After years of waiting, VINTERRIKET is finally back with a new atmospheric Black Metal release. “Zwischen den Jahren” is a powerful and hyponitic Black Metal release with catchy riffs and desolate vocals. Cold chords and stirring hypnotic riffing is paired with haunting and cold synthetic soundscapes evoking an chilling atmosphere full of bleakness, coldness, desolation, solitude, emptiness, melancholy, darkness and nothingness,... The bleak mourning of desolate idleness within eerie and misty sonic landscapes. A tribute to the darkest side of nature... [press-release]
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VINTERRIKET / A.E.P. -- split -- CD -- €10
2007 Asphyxiate Recordings, AR016
VINTERSOLVERV -- "Frost Pa Traden" -- CD -- €12
2018 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-76, (ltd. 444)
Neoclassical. VINTERSOLVERV is a new project of Vyacheslav from SVALBARD, ERDE. A different facet of creativity, in a new soundform. VINTERSOLVERV - a kind of Vyacheslav's homage to the music that influenced him at the very beginning of his musical career, one can say - inspired him to make a decision to start writing his own. Empyrium, Ulver, Vali, Nest, October Falls... We hope that the fans of these projects receive another one quiet acoustic album for the melancholic winter evenings. VINTERSOLVERV is translated as "Winter Solstice", and the title of the debut album of the project is translated as "Through the hoarfrost on the branches". The mastering of the album was handled by Martin Bowes of ATTRITION himself. [label info]
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VIODRE -- "Interpol Alchemi" -- CD -- €10
2011 Hospital Productions, HOS-161
Somehow, Viodre inexplicably combine Merzbow‘s constant flow with Whitehouse‘s power electronics, Yen Pox‘s doom and the more subtle looped constructions of Daniel Menche – sometimes in the same track at the same time. This unpredictability extends even to the volume, where things will be quiet one second and unbearably loud the next. Ultimately, Interpol Alchemi isn’t a pleasant journey but, like opiate withdrawal, you’re better for it on the other side. Play it as loud as you can stand it to soak in the energy, then play it quietly to hear textures and nuances you missed the first time around. Then play it a few more times and discover how it’s a completely different album on each listen. Just make sure you hold on to your sanity. [The Big Takeover]
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VIOLENTA DOMESTICA -- "Cephalaea" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Teratogen, T 6.0 / Aesthetic Death, ADCD 069, (ltd. 200)
Industrial / EBM / Experimental. Violență Domestică's debut album offers a wide range of styles, from Ambient soundscapes, through rhythmic EBM, to harsh Noise / Industrial, but always with an original, weird touch. [label info]
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VIOLET -- "Foreign Lands" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2006 Spirals Of Involution, SOI 051
Russian label SOI Tapes published a set of fragments of live performances made by tireless experimentator Jeff Surak in different places during 2005: Budapest, Pecs, Vienna, Yaroslavl. Abount an hour of live breathing electroacoustic material recorded with the use of various unusual devices (i.e. gusli with several e-bows, microgenerators of wave signals, etc.) and improvised means.
VIPCANCRO -- "Tropico" -- CD -- €10
2010 Lisca Records, Lisca007
Second album after well acclaimed Xax, Tropico is the proof of Vipcancro's ability to let you trip over the edges of industrial-drone-noise exploring several aspects of contemporary music too. Maybe avant, maybe impro, amazing music of course. Typographic print on special textured paper in jewelcase. [label info]
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VIR UNIS & SAUL STOKES -- "Thermal Transfer" -- CD -- €11
2002 Hypnos / Binary, hyby0203
Bouncing along like slightly heated molecules, Thermal Transfer warms the air with vibrant layered blips, meandering synths, and delicate tinkerings. Released on the new Hypnos sub-label, Binary, the electronically hyperactive thermal Transfer from Chicago based Vir Unis and Berkeley based Saul Stokes sets the standards for a new era in relaxing uptempo electronic music. The nine tracks glide through minor transformations with a sweet and comforting mood throughout and an airiness to the beats and synths that cleverly disguises their speed. The energy of techno infused IDM transfers into atmospheric soundscapes, resulting in a meeting place between the two where both elements can simultaneously appreciated on equal footing. Subtlety is key in the sound of Thermal Transfer; however, there are plenty of different intriguing noises, reverberating light beats, swirling synths rhythms, high end squiggles, and glowing sound washes to keep interest peaked from the opening "Kinetic Center" to the closing "Blurring Maguro (Interstitial Remix)." The final equilibrium is a fascinating and inviting sound experience that will tickle your brain and won't tire your ears. [Outburn Magazine]
VIRIDANSE -- "Gallipoli 1915 E Le Altre Storie" -- 2 CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Oltrelanebbiailmare, CD201208
Another double OLBM CD that testifies the remarkable work carried out within the New Wave phenomenon by Viridanse (from Alessandria, Piedmont) between 1983 and 1987. Despite its short existence, the group has left an important trace in a time when the world of music was already full of proposals. Influenced by the English Wave and the Florentine scene, Viridanse debut with a split-tape shared with The Art of Waiting. In 1984, Contempo Records produces their 12” EP "Benvenuto Cellini" and - the following year - the album "Mediterranea". During this period the group gets good reviews from major magazines and often performs live on stage in North and Central Italy. In 1987, after the breaking-off with Contempo, the band produces a new demo tape entitled "Psycho Session" before disbanding the following year. The first CD of this collection contains the EP "Benvenuto Cellini" with the addition of seven songs recorded live in Alessandria in July 1984. The second CD offers the entire album "Mediterranea" and a selection of four songs from the "Psycho Session" recorded in 1987. With nothing to envy to their contemporaries Litfiba and Diaframma, Viridanse have produced a very interesting repertoire; listening to this collection we notice a versatility that goes far beyond the usual New Wave schemes, living on music influences that range from funky to progressive without overlooking a rock and vaguely psychedelic imprint. [label info]
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VISHUDHA KALI -- "Unfinished Devastation Narrative" -- CD -- €10
2005 Faria Records, FAR 02 CD, (ltd. 689)
The most calm and quiet album of this St. Petersburg based project contains 5 tracks stylistically close to collaged fantasy ambient. The album was recorded on harmonium, bells, singing bowls and electronic devices with typical vocal parts reminding VK's collaboration work with Chaos As Shelter. The CD is packed in cardboard cover with 9 reprints of author's pictures.
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VISHUDHA KALI & CHAOS AS SHELTER -- "Mirror" -- CD -- €6
2003 Chimaera, [xm 3] / Fight Muzik, FM17CD, (ltd. 420)
Collaboration album recorded without any electronic instruments. Archaic soundscapes of Chaos As Shelter, build with bells, singing bowls and stones supplemented with gutteral singing of Vishudha Kali. Unique mystical athmosphere.
VISHUDHA KALI & MOON FAR AWAY -- "Vorotsa" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2011 self-released
Joint album from two famous Russian acts! Amazing voice of Count Ash and firm analogue sounds from VK which goes deep into Slavic chronotope. North Russian folklore, ritualism and intellectualism, tradition and avant-garde, Archangelsk and Saint Petersburg... Absolutely unique music, which possibly can be labelled as folk-ambient. Ltd x 500 copies in a 6-panel digipak. [Infinite Fog Productions]
VITALIY OVCHINNIKOV QUINTET -- "Displacements" -- CD -- €10
2021 Extra Notes, EN 003
Free Improvisation / Avantgarde Jazz. Displacements is a piece in seven parts based on graphic scores with elements of parametric composition. Mobility of several parts, imprecise notation and absence of hard metrorhythmic structures allow musicians to interpret freely both form and content of the piece. However, atonal melodic lines and rhythmic constructions repeating through the piece add a necessary element of stability to the musical material... Vitaliy Ovchinnikov Quintet is: Ignat Khlobystin (flute), Ilia Belorukov (alto sax), Viktor Arkharov (bass clarinet), Vitaliy Ovchinnikov (guitar), Vladimir Pecheritsa (piano). [label info]
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VITOLO, ANACLETO & LUCA BUONINFANTE -- "ÆND" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 St.An.Da., 2021 / AV-K prod., AVK004, (ltd. 200)
Musique Concrete / Experimental. Vitolo / Buoninfante is an Italian electroacoustic improv duo born in 2016. Their second album mixes several musical styles and approaches such as musique concréte, field recording, sound processing and live electronics. Luca Buoninfante (of OEOAS, C.EL.EN, ORGANOISER, LIMINARIA, ZAUND) uses objects, microphones, laptop, and field recordings... while Anacleto Vitolo (of AV-K, X(i)NEON), K.LUST, INTERNOS) uses live electronics, laptop and effects. Ltd x 200 copies in a gatefold digisleeve. [label info]
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VIVIANKRIST -- "Morgenrode" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2019 Cold Spring, CSR268CD
Japanese Noise / Power Electronics / Electronica. As Vivian Slaughter morphs into Viviankrist, the music also changes from the intense cold desperation and raw nerve brutality of GALLHAMMER into a kaleidoscope of electronic sounds... still brutal and shattering, and still depicting soundscapes that close in on the darker side of the soul... A way to escape the dull pressure of a reality that sometimes seems to slip away into psych wards and chemicals. A reaction towards indifference. A shard of mentality released in wave after wave of fully analogue sounds, sometimes disturbed by digital intrusions... The twilight and dawn of things to come from a renewed Viviankrist... CD in digipak. [label info]
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VO.I.D -- "Alloskren" -- CD -- €10
1998 Membrum Debile Propaganda, MDP 6000-27
Czech noise industrial, power noise electronic project from Decin, acting between 1994 and 2008. Line-up: Martin Jarolim – vocals, effects, Vojtech Hanka (later Robert Hnat) – keyboards, electronics, noise generators. Original conception of the project can be characterized by its leader M. Jarolim words as a thunderous prayer, transcending the world's din into Silence.
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VO.I.D -- "Neue Waffen (Die Kriegsstellung)" -- CD-R -- €7
1999 Membrum Debile Propaganda, MDP 7000-08, (ltd. 200)
Noise. Czech noise-industrial project from Děčín.
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VO.I.D -- "Zyihen" -- CD -- €7
2001 Membrum Debile Propaganda, MDP 6000-57
Noise. Czech noise-industrial project from Děčín.
VOE_ERO -- "1858" -- CD-R -- €22
2008 self-released, Sgi N.o.l. 07, (ltd. 18)
Living experimentally-improvisation ambiental post-rock garage record from 18.05.08, in the special spirit of the first recordings, but with a few by a cradle tint. Drums, guitars, vocal, flute. Vitality and cleanness, simplicity of form and depth of maintenance. [from the author]
THE VOMIT ARSONIST -- "Go Without" -- CD -- €10
2012 Assembly Of Hatred, AOH08, (ltd. 500)
Three years after the last full length, "Wretch", and after a series of limited cassette releases, THE VOMIT ARSONIST returns with his most recent full length, "Go Without". Depressive, bleak, and monotonous electronics. Clanging, ripping scrap metal noise. Maddening, insane vocal work… "Go Without" is a semi-concept album about spending a near-lifetime in the throes of dependence to psychoactive drugs. This is a look in the mirror. This is letting you know who you really are. There is no escape from the truth. [label info]
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THE VOMIT ARSONIST -- "Meditations On Giving Up Completely" -- CD -- €10
2017 Malignant Records, TumorCD106
Death Industrial / Power Electronics. Anyone familiar with The Vomit Arsonist’s past body of work should know to expect a healthy dose of negativity and hopelessness with every release, but never has that been more true than with his 5th full length, Meditations on Giving Up Completely. There is no reinvention of the sound and no veering off course, but rather a narrowing of the sonic palette, condensed into a continual free-fall of complete despair and nihilism. As Andy Grant described it, Meditations is a release about "futility, failure, and no longer being able to find even a shred of worth in humanity". That mindset is perfectly captured and reflected in the stripped down, monolithic nature and sheer dense weight of the 7 tracks here, where distant furnace blasts and scraping metal abrasions churn amidst toxic fumes and opaque, polluted murk, the vocals roaring through the mix in thick sheets of distorted fury. Those with a fragile mental state may want to steer clear of this one, but for those that find solace with the curtains drawn or at the end of a rope, Meditations on Giving Up Completely is unwavering in its direction and resolute in its approach. [label info]
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THE VOMIT ARSONIST -- "An Occasion For Death" -- CD -- €10
2013 Malignant Records, TumorCD67
Death Industrial / Power Electronics. When one looks at the hierarchy of US power electronics and death industrial, few names belong at the top like Rhode Island’s The Vomit Arsonist. The project of Andrew Grant since 2004, time has seen The Vomit Arsonist evolve into a major force, channeling aggression, negativity, and spite, and molding it into a focused, pinpoint display of barely restrained power and purely dark emotion. The 7 tracks found An Occasion for Death encapsulate this to near perfection, blending bleak, atmospheric drones and ominous synth layers with distorted frequency grind, mechanized rhythms, looping pulsations, and vocals that cut through the mix with unbridled animosity and ferocity. A welcome, and perhaps overdue addition to the Malignant roster! In 6 panel digipak, mastered by Steel Hook Audio. [label info]
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THE VOMIT ARSONIST -- "Only Red" -- CD -- €10
2015 Malignant Records, TumorCD77
Death Industrial / Power Electronics. Two years after "An Occasion For Death", Andrew Grant's The Vomit Arsonist returns with a vengeance with his second full length for Malignant, "Only Red". Inspired and galvanized by Brighter Death Now's US shows in 2014, Grant's latest takes on an even more visceral and dynamic feel than works past, and is unquestionably the heaviest thing he's ever done. If An Occasion for Death showed moments of self discipline and hints of subtlety, no such restraint exists here, as everything about this record feels amped up to an entirely new realm of intensity... This is The Vomit Arsonist in full attack mode, as explosive and bludgeoning percussion loops emerge from a churning, monolithic pit of corrosive electronics, menacing transformer buzz, chain dragging atmospherics, and gasping machine exhalations. Throw in a heavy dose of processed, acidic vocals and the whole record becomes an adrenaline fueled ride, wrought with tension, extreme nihilism, and palpable hostility. With Only Red, Grant has laid down a new flag at the summit of an already impressive catalog. Final track is a remix of Go Without featuring Kristoffer Oustad. In 6 panel digipak, mastered by John Stillings. [label info]
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THE VOMIT ARSONIST -- "Wretch" -- CD -- €10
2009 Cipher Productions, (sic 57) / Force Of Nature Productions, FON19, (ltd. 500)
Death Industrial / Power Electronics. First CD album by The Vomit Arsonist after several web-releases and split-tapes. Cardboard sleeve.
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VOMIT ORCHESTRA -- "Eptirconvellere" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Nomos Dei Productions, LEGIS XXX, (ltd. 250)
Rising from the wells of the subconscious, fade in empty chambers and abandoned corridors, images, alluring, seductive and frightening. Desolation and anxiety, slowly turning into convulsive shudder. [label info]
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VON HAUSSWOLFF, CARL MICHAEL -- "Bugs / Kryp" -- CD EP -- €11
2010 Laton, Laton 052
Third part of conceptual CD trilogy for Laton, former releases include "Rats / Rattor" and "Maggots / Maskar". Recorded at La Hacienda, Stockholm, January 2009. Contains small bag of insect poison.
VON HAUSSWOLFF, CARL MICHAEL -- "Maggots / Maskar" -- CD EP -- €11
2007 Laton, Laton 045
Swedish frequncy war-loard, Carl Michael von Hausswolff has nearly worked over 20 years in This border situations that occur in daily life and music experience. He blurs the boundaries between traditional classifications using radios, movement dedectors, telephones, surveillance cameras, sonartechnologie and other appliances from the arsenal of equipment that can be procured by certain (vetted) persons. Interferences, interruptions and interdependences are various ways of altering conditions. Beside, CM von Hausswolff with Leif Elgren is co-founder of the selfproclaimed "The Kingdoms of of Elgaland-Vargaland" (KREV) that were found on 27th may 1992. This CD presents his second conceptual album in a series exclusive for Laton. Packaging contains original bag of thai maggots. [label info]
VON HAUSSWOLFF, CARL MICHAEL -- "Squared" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Auf Abwegen, aatp52, (ltd. 300)
Minimal / Drone / Experimental. Squared consists of two longer pieces. The first is a recording of a live performance executed at ZKM in Karlsruhe. It is an abstract piece of music that has evolved during the time the composer has performed live – since 1980. For the composer, generally, a live performance is always the „same thing“, but listening to the early recordings it occurs that the music has changed drastically – only the format is still there. This is analogue to life in general – Earth looks the same like always, but, of course, it isn’t. This piece won the Karl Sczuka Price Price in 2014. The piece is a co-production with ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe and Südwestrundfunk (SWR)... The second is a piece using the sound generated from the soil in the German cemetery in Montevideo, Uruguay. With a technique called emission spectroscopy the composer has experimented with the frequencies that emits from the actual material in the ground and by pulling out samples from these recordings, organising them and looping some this piece became the soundtrack for the film „North Cemetery, Montevideo, Uruguay“ directed by Jan Håfström, CM von Hausswolff and Juan-Pedro Fabra Guemberena. [label info]
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VON THRONSTAHL -- "Conscriptum" -- 2 CD -- €10
2010 Cold Spring Records, CSR118CD
Cold Spring are proud to announce a double CD of rare, alternative versions, new and unreleased material from German Martial Industrial legends Von Thronstahl! The sounds on "Conscriptvm" range from Orchestral to Industrial, Neofolk to military-pop and Martial rock, all with the unmistakable, unique sound of Von Thronstahl! This is definitely a release for fans of the early 'classic' Von Thronstahl sound, which gained them the solid reputation they have today and could be considered a companion piece to 'E Pluribus Unum'. Around 140 minutes of fantastic music presented in a luxurious 6-panel digipak. [press-release]
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VON THRONSTAHL -- "E Pluribus Unum" -- CD -- €10
2001/2004 Cold Spring Records, CSR37CD
Martial Industrial / Neoclassical. "E Pluribus Unum" neatly collects all compilation tracks and rare 10" releases together, along with some remixes and unreleased pieces. Another statement confirming the power and majesty of VON THRONSTAHL! Martial industrial epics! Stunning digipak format with booklet. [press release]
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VON THRONSTAHL -- "Germanium Metallicum" -- CD -- €13
2009 Trutzburg Thule, TRUTZCD005
Martial / Industrial. New material with an occidental sound - a fusion of martial, industrial, orchestral, neofolk, military and apocalyptic storm-composing. Intense, dramatic and unbeatable. High quality, powerfully-mastered with a wide spectrum of sound. "Germanium Metallicum" is a musical revelation of old Europe, caught between rebirth and death, freedom and slavery, uproar and revolution. It is an apocalyptic journey with many international musicial guests from the genre, including guest vocals by Plastique of Welle Erdball, Troy Southgate (H.E.R.R., Seelenlicht) and Natacha Von Wynn (erotic starlet from Switzerland). The sounds of Von Thronstahl's earlier works are cleverly combined with the composing quality of their latest album "Sacrificare" and the intensity and power of its predecessor "Bellum Sacrum Bellum!?" [press-release]
VON THRONSTAHL / THE DAYS OF THE TRUMPET CALL -- "Pessoa / Cioran" -- CD -- €11
2004/2010 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-06
Since 1998 year Von Thronstahl, led by the founder and leader Josef M. Klumb, remains to one of most appreciable and interesting groups on martial industrial/neofolk scene. The Days Of The Trumpet Call, it's neoclassic project by Raymond P., the musician of the Von Thronstahl.This split, is devoted the Portuguese poet Fernando Antonio Pessoa (1888-1935) and Romanian philosopher Emil Michel Cioran (1911-1995), their writings are used as lyric for this album.The melancholic neoclassics from The Days Of The Trumpet Call and probably strangest of all records Von Thronstahl where they balance on border between neoclassics and ambient, with a light touch martial and all the same, beautiful and charismatic, Josef's voice. CD is released in 6-pannel Digipak, with design by Federico Salvador (All my faith lost...) [press-release]
VON THRONSTAHL / SPREU & WEIZEN -- "Pan-European Christian Freedom Movement" -- CD -- €14
2011/2015 Fronte Nordico, VTSW II, (ltd. 50)
Neofolk / Martial. CD version of collector's vinyl edition previously released on Fronte Nordico in 2011. Not only a must for the collectors and fans but also a perfect chance to get this masterpiece for those who prefer digital format. Digisleeve. [label info]
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VON THRONSTAHL / SPREU & WEIZEN -- "Pan-European Christian Freedom Movement" -- 2 CD BOX -- €30
2011/2015 Fronte Nordico, VTSW II, (ltd. 50)
Special deluxe edition contains regular edition put inside the dark green wooden case with a metal plate attached. Bonus disc with 4 additional tracks by Von Thronstahl.
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VRAXOIN -- "Delusions And Illusions" -- CD-R -- €7
1998 Austenite Recordings, AUS0008
Canadian industrial breakcore / clicks'n'cuts. Rare. [YAOP]
VRESNIT -- "Seed Solar" -- CD -- €10
2010 Vetvei, V13 / Aquarellist, aquarel 16-10, (ltd. 484)
Joint release of Aquarellist and Vetvei label - new Vresnit album recorded in winter-autumn 2010 in cooperation with Kshatriy, Hladna and Neznamo. Qualitatively new in project creativity a five-part ambient space dedicated to the Culture Solar beginnings and transfiguring seeds disseminating. Vresnit art is turned to research primary being experience, - human consciousness conditions being resonant to the general nature. Sparkling cosmogonic Drone Ambient twined from voices, string and wind instruments, bells, singing bowls, electronic instruments and field recordings. Great Kshatriy mastering, solar full-coloured envelope and card Vresnit & Vetvei art. [press-release]
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VRESNIT -- "Tunvet" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2009 Vegvisir music, o:008, (ltd. 484)
Shamanic Drone Ambient. Vresnit presented its first CD-release contained ecstatic & exploring records made in the fall of 2008 and remastered in winter-spring 2009. Vresnit is the project of one man working for artistic embodiment of the creative rotation within the label Vetvei. He was formerly known as ruler of Kerpg label, Pugna, Vagranok, Nrodum and other projects, now ceased their activities. Deaf thickets and swamps, heaven ravines, lost voices, unseen birds. Eternal mosses, lichens, fog and ancient trees. The path lies deeply through the thickets and higher to the sun, meeting with ancient human-animals, keepers of the Book. Majestic and archaic canvas neither begins nor ends, woven by the Sledge of Three-Worlds-Animals. The Words of scratches, beats, rings and rustles - all goes into vibrating flow of crudely woven muscarinic Shamanic Drone Ambient atmosphere. Tunvet appears as primitive experience for co-breathing with Earth, diving into the twilight forest and flowing into its beyond. Slow and endless movement in a Circle that appears as Eternal Order. A Myth of the World-Man Creation, a dreamflight, a meeting with the Forest Spirits preying on the flesh and substituting it with metal and stones, giving life to the Ancient Co-knowledge... Created using field recordings, voices and woodwinds, metal gongs, percussion and "concrete" sounds. Gripping, saturating and transforming experience of raw wind, celestial chariots and chthonic naturalism. [press-release]
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VRIL -- "The Observer" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2007 Skull Noise Records / Electronics In Koenji
Spanish act Vril, headed by Paco Rodriguez, makes a lot of deep experimental electronics based Noise with a bitter blend of industrialism and ambient. A great album full of high frequencies sustained on a solid floor of harsh bass. "From everything pure until the most gross form of substance, everything is in vibration". 7 audio documents and an hour of truly analogue high voltage noise. Adorned with amazing artwork by Alonso Urbanos. [Cold Spring]
VUKOVAR -- "Cremator" -- CD -- €13
2019 Other Voices Records, VOX 43 CD, (ltd. 300)
Post-Punk / Darkwave / Industrial. Vukovar formed in 2014 in a crumbling placefiller town in the North West of England and set about creating their own world within an otherworld. In their short yet eternal time, they have been relentlessly productive. Cremator is their 7th album and marks The First Death of the group: the ending of the Shades incarnation / incarceration. Heavily featured are Simon Morris (Ceramic Hobs, Smell & Quim), as well as Holly Hero (Smell & Quim). Vukovar have had amongst their ranks: Michael Cashmore (Current 93, Nature & Organisation), Rose McDowall (Strawberry Switchblade, Coil, Current 93 etc), actor Graham Duff, and others. This is an essential release by a group at the peak of their creative powers moving on ever forward in increasingly surprising ways. Includes 2 bonus tracks not present on the LP edition. "Vukovar combine the raw energy of Joy Division with a post-pop edge combining to make a mix of experimentalism and commercialism which has the potential to touch many a heart and soul" (Louder Than War). Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak. [label info]
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VYAZKIY SHARAB & ARSENIY LITVIN -- "Artificial People" -- CD-R -- €8
2012 Heart Shaped Box Prod., HSB-056, (ltd. 26)
Experimental noise from two young Siberian projects. Painted CD-R, DVD slim-box, sticker.
WAGNER ODEGARD -- "Sju Vaglosa Mil III" -- CD -- €10
2017/2019 Solstice Rex, SOL 015, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Dungeon Synth. CD reissue of two tapes previously put out by Wagner's own imprint Brugmanziah in 2017: "Ursumar" and "Nidvintern". Lo-fi industrial atmosphere, folk tunes and elements of sound collage combined with minimalistic, yet very peculiar kind of dark ambient approach...
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WAGNER ODEGARD -- "Sju Vaglosa Mil IV" -- CD -- €10
2018/2019 Solstice Rex, SOL 016, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Dungeon Synth. CD reissue of two smaller works: "Spöstugan" (previously unreleased) and "Skugg-Hasse", released in 2018 by Russian Nazlo Records as a 12" lathe-cut record. Lo-fi industrial atmosphere, folk tunes and elements of sound collage combined with minimalistic, yet very peculiar kind of dark ambient approach...
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WAIFUMBIENT -- "Log Date 7 1 5 2 (2020 Update Version)" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2019/2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_52, (ltd. 8)
Noise / Experimental. The second album in the project, the central concept of which is the female characters of various animated television series. This album is dedicated to a character named Peridot (from the animated television series Steven Universe). CD-R with printed surface, packed in green jewel-case. [label info] Side-project of Arseny Litvin.
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WAKEFORD, TONY -- "Cupid & Death" -- CD -- €24 [-50%]
1996 Tursa, TURSA 011 CD
One of the fundamental albums in neofolk genre.
WAKI -- "Hurry Up And Relax" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Databloem, DB039-2011
After years of silence Waki is back with an album full of beautiful and abstract tones that have one foot in the past and one in the future. As the title suggests, delicate techno grooves are followed by hypnotic Steve Reich like sequences showcasing both the rhythmic and minimal ambient side of this unique Japanese artist. Expanding on textures of sound, minimalistic in approach but fully realized in textures that Brian Eno or Vladislav Delay would understand deeply. [label info]
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WAPSTAN -- "L'Appel Du Vent" -- CD-R -- €7
2005 Audiobot, BOT 141
Wapstan (misspelling of the cree word "Wapistan" meaning "Marten") is the name of the main musical project of Canadian noise musician Martin Sasseville based in Montreal, Quebec. Originally formed as a project to create experimental sounds influenced by the experience of coldness, Wapstan based most of his sounds as a tribute of the north. The Wapstan sound is often self-described as "hypothermic drones". Wapstan's sound was originally constructed as a vitalist ambiance opposed to the general pessimism of the noise scene. [Wikipedia]
WAPSTAN / ENVENOMIST -- split -- CD-R -- €7
2005 Brise-Cul Records, SADE 031
Dark / drone ambient split between the Canadian and US projects.
WASTELANDERS -- "Cosmic Despair" -- CD -- €10
2012 Basses Frequences, BF39
Wastelanders second release finds Dean Costello (also of Harpoon and Diatribes) exploring the unfathomable depths of Cosmic Despair. The 53 minute epic expands and contracts, drifting on through a woefully auspicious expanse of ambient, vocal-less guitar and organ suites. Textures condense and grow, gradually coming forth, and as the album unfolds it builds in depth and dimension. Waves of spacious flotation accompanied by trolling, lulling bass frequencies lead us head first into the glorious abyss. [label info]
WATERMANN, JOHN -- "1935-2002" -- CD -- €10
2008 Waystyx, WR36, (ltd. 500)
Experimental / Electroacoustic. A collection of compilation tracks from John Watermann and his projects Spinal Machine and Total Disease.
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WATERMANN, JOHN -- "Calcutta Gas Chamber" -- CD -- €10
1993/2006 Cold Spring Records, CSR52CD
The idea for this project came about after a visit to Calcutta in 1990, and through the nightmarish experiences during that short visit. The concept of aurally conveying the horror of a gas chamber was realised through field recordings in an abandoned electrical power station in Brisbane in 1992. The sounds are grating and harsh, a mixture of field recordings and electronic manipulations. One can rarely pinpoint a location or action but the images the sounds conjure up are of all sorts of nefarious activites related to death by machinery. The sleeve notes take you into the horror that is the Calcutta Gas Chamber. John Watermann started the re-design for this re-issue (originally released in 1993 on US label ND), but tragically passed away in 2002 before its realisation. A beautifully composed and produced CD, completely remastered and re-packaged. [label info]
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WATERMANN, JOHN -- "Neurotic Jesus Cash Boy" -- CD -- €7
2006 Waystyx, WR27, (ltd. 150)
Half-hour long album previously published by Tochnit Aleph label is a beautiful example of John Watermann's late works. Flowing relaxed music filled with pulsations and transformed voices, surprisingly resembling best electronic works of Muslimgauze.
WATERMANN, JOHN -- "RAM Slot" -- CD -- €10
1990/2009 Waystyx, WR66, (ltd. 500)
"In the late 80's scientists had modified and improved the circular RAM cartridge to such an extent that it could be slipped into neck slots of human guinea pigs (immobilized with the Cullen crane), simply snapped between the discs of the spine: for the first time ever it now was possible to record and store dreams as they actually occured during sleep." Remastered at Brume Rec., October 2007. Originally released on Nightshift Records 1990.
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WATERMANN, JOHN -- "To Be Taken Seriously It Has To Be Long" -- 3"CD -- €12
2006 Waystyx, WR22, (ltd. 100)
John Watermann (1935 - 2002) was the master of collage music, one of the most original and talented musicians from pre-digital electronic underground scene. He started his career in Germany as experimental movie maker and photographer, became interested in music since mid 60s when he tried to involve background sound in his video works. In the 70s, he moved to Australia, where he was living until passed away. For many years he collected odd studio gear, able to record something only in 80s. Releasing a number of tape albums on his own Nightshift Records imprint, he used various denominations like Spinal Machine and Total Disease, illustrating also his automated language writings. The most ingenious work was released on 3 LPs, later re-released on double CD by Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien in Germany. During 90s, his works were released by various european and american labels, as well as interesting collaborations with Merzbow etc. Highly surrealistic and humorous, they implemented collage technique into environmental recordings and noise ambience. But many early materials remains unavailable due to very limited print. To correct this situation, Moscow-based Waystyx label started the series of re-releases, the first one is tape-single with two pieces from 1988-1989. Despite the short duration (just 9 minutes long), this little gem can be endlessly inspiring, and I just wonder if you change your mind about the traditional song structure after listening to. How is it possible to elaborate whole avantgarde piece out of single song bar without any additional arrangements? Carefully stripping down the structure, Watermann resolves a puzzle within the song, but it remains really the same. He succeed to put his absolute experience packed into sampled bits, supposedly random but not anyhow either. He succeed the maximum emotional output and bring you to ecstasy! [Dmitry Vasilyev, "Independent Electronic Music"]
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WATKISS, THOMAS -- "Ancestor: Phase I - Silence" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 The Seventh Media, VII0801-CD, (ltd. 1000)
After nearly a year of writing, recording, rewriting, re-recording and finally completing in the studio, the first full length of the 'Ancestor' triad from Thomas Watkiss is now available. Recorded in 2007 and mixed in early 2008, 'Silence' clocks in at just over 63 minutes of somber forms, ambient soundscapes, drones and found sounds. Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak. [Cold Spring]
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WAVES OF THE PRESENCE -- "Continuous Presence" -- CD-R -- €7
2015 Nadeln Prod., NaP.VIII, (ltd. 100)
Wаvеs оf thе Рrеsеnсе performs thematical guitar ambient. All the tracks may be seen as meditative messages, based on cyclic guitar parts, creating specific moods through the influence of specially selected tones. Every theme in their music is a niche or a sphere of meditative absorption and search in the spiritually-oriented trance. [label info] Side-project of a member of Phosphorus, serene guitar ambient with some aggangements by acoustic and electronic instruments, coming from Moscow, Russia.
WE PROMISE TO BETRAY -- "Nothing Is As It Seems" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2017 Oltrelanebbiailmare, CD201720
Post Rock / Shoegaze. We Promise To Betray is the collaborative musical project of Giuseppe Verticchio (NIMH, TWIST OF FATE, HALL OF MIRRORS, MARIBOR…) and Davide Del Col (ANTIKATECJON, MOLNIJA AURA, ECHRAN, ORNAMENT…). Quite far from their more usual dark-ambient/industrial perspectives, We Promise To Betray flow through ambient atmospheres, shoegaze echoes, nearly rock progressions, inner and crepuscular suggestions, mixing field recordings, ethereal synthetic textures, acoustic arpeggiated or dilated and reverberated electric guitars, bass and drums hypnotic rhythmic sections and leading distorted electric riffs, redefining the lines between apparently distant music genres, but homogeneous for mood, climate, atmosphere. [label info]
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WEIHAN -- "Bloodslitin a Steininum" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Lichterklang, LK025, (ltd. 260)
Stronger than ever before and seven years after their last album, WEIHAN return with their impressing new album "Blo?slitinn a Steininum". While the previous album of the belgium project were characterized by the divergency between Neofolk and martial based influences, Jurgen and Miguel used the long period to strengthen their music on a more sophisticated and variable version of Martial Industrial that is conceptionally founded in norsk sagas and sacrifial pagan rites. The title of the album therefore might also be translated as "The colour of blood on stone". "Blo?slitinn a Steininum" emphasizes WEIHANS outstanding position in that particular genre. The album was mastered by Axel Frank at the "Blue Lounge Studio" in Berlin. [press-release]
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WERDER, MANFRED -- "2003" -- 3 CD -- €17
2016 Edition Wandelweiser Records, EWR 1601/02/03
Contemporary Classics. Pieces for violin, trumpet and electronics.
WEREWOLF JERUSALEM / WASP HONEYMOON -- "Próximas Víctimas" -- CD-R -- €7
2008 R.O.N.F. Records, RNF-029, (ltd. 100)
Noise. "If I have to play someone a release of 'noise' music I could easily, no, best, pick out this release as an example of what 'noise' is, as it appears here in its most purest form. There is a quick fade in at the beginning and a quick fade out at the end, and in between there is one line of distorted noise, without too much interference, interruption or change. I am sure that whoever I would be playing this too, would be surprised to learn that the material was assembled from January 2008 until August 2008 and I could hear the witty remark: what exactly did they assemble? How much work could it have been for something that sounds like it was assembled in the amount of time this release lasts. But nevertheless it was quite nice." [FdW, Vital Weekly]
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WERKGRUPPE LUDENDORFF -- "s/t" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2016 Lichterklang, LK034, (ltd. 260)
Neofolk. WERKGRUPPE LUDENDORFF, named after a german bunkergroup from WWII, is a young, new german neofolk band that delivers one of the most stunnishing debuts of german neofolk-scene in years. The twelve songs of the album reveal an incredible compositorical maturity as well as great musical skills that could only be found in bands like Forseti, Dies Natalis or early Sonne Hagal. Lyricalwise WERKRGUPPE LUDENDORFF hold up the traditions and values which seem to be lost in modern society, just to name the love for home and nature in general as well as critical and open mind towards current social and political mindsets. [label info]
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WERKRAUM -- "Kristalle" -- CD -- €13 [-50%]
2005 Ahnstern, Ahnstern 10
The new mini-album of WERKRAUM is not only fascinating because of it's gracile perfection in composition and musical virtuosity, but also through it's musical diversity, supportet by Nicholas Tesluk and Robert Taylor (CHANGES), by Nick Nedzinsky (LADY MORPHIA) and by Antje Hoppenrath. Fulfilled with traditional melodies and psychedelic moments, WERKRAUM guides the listener in a magical world of acoustic sounds and picturesque poetry, telling from ancient fairiedays. The 6 beautiful Folk-songs of this mini-album together fill handsome 32 minutes. [label info]
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WERRA -- "MMI - MMV [Revisited]" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012/2015 Lichterklang, LK031, (ltd. 300)
While the German neofolk was in its early days the year 2001 saw the foundation of the German neofolk-duo :werra:. Over the next couple of years several songs saw the light of the day, all written at several bonfires within nature’s palm. They were recorded and reworked between the years 2003 – 2005 and due to private circumstances it took some more time before some of them were used for a number of compilations which gained a lot of interest. The request for a complete album became so overwhelming that now, eleven years after :werra:’s foundation, the debut „MMI-MMV“ was released by the German label Lichterklang. The eight songs reveal the spirit of the early German neofolk, that means a return to the traditions of our ancestors as well as the search for own cultural identity and the longing for a new and hopefully better world. The digipak-album contains all material thus far recorded by :werra:, including 2 songs with Cornelius Waldner (Sagittarius) as a guest-musician. The mastering took place at Luftschutzkerker in 2012. This is the re-release of the debut album including 5 unreleased bonus-tracks. [label info]
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WERRA -- "Vente Vent" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018 Lichterklang, LK042, (ltd. 287)
Neofolk. WERRA brings a fresh gust of wind to the Neofolk scene with their new release “vente vent”. Six years after their debut “MMI-MMV” the musicians return with a full-length album that is interconnected by the motive of the wind of change... The album is comprised of catchy tunes, driving melodies and dreamy songs. It stands in the tradition of its predecessor with both original lyrics and traditional poetry set to music. The band – which has grown into a trio since the debut – continues to bring new accents to traditional Neofolk. Especially the accordion adds more dynamic and depth while preserving the distinctive WERRA sound. [label info]
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WESTERN, CREED, SPYBEY -- "W ands" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Cold Spring, CSR285CD
Drone / Experimental. A posthumous collaboration between the late Phil Western (DOWNLOAD, BEEHATCH), Jesse Creed (THE PASSENGER) and Mark Spybey (DOWNLOAD, DEAD VOICES ON AIR, REFORMED FACTION, BEEHATCH). Both Phil and Jesse shared a love for vintage analogue synthesizers such as the VCS3, and the music for “W ands” was largely created using this equipment. In the spirit of how it was created, Spybey added improvised passages using his collection of homemade and ethnic instruments and then edited the pieces. Phil would often talk about being ‘taken away’ by music. Both Jesse and Mark have laboured to do this through their own music too, not as a means of escape but to transcend. This music strives to explore the desire to go beyond the ordinary everyday experience and to reach a place where the egos and the individual contributions of the players are largely inconsequential. A place where time doesn’t really matter. A place of healing and invention. An album of expansive drones and analogue electronics, which will undoubtedly appeal to fans of Coil, Nurse With Wound, Zoviet France. [label info]
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WESTWIND -- "Ravage" -- 2 CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Steelwork Maschine, SMR008, (ltd. 900)
The long awaited Westwind double-CD 'RAVAGE', five years after its latest release 'TOURMENTE'. Apocalypse is now, and this is the soundtrack to the collapse of civilisation. [label info]
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WESTWIND -- "Ravage" -- 2 CD + 12"EP + t-shirt -- €35 [-50%]
2010 Steelwork Maschine, SMR008, (ltd. 50)
The long awaited Westwind double-CD 'RAVAGE', five years after its latest release 'TOURMENTE'. Apocalypse is now, and this is the soundtrack to the collapse of civilisation. [label info] Special edition (ltd. 50) comes with an additional 12" EP and a t-shirt (size L), no boxset.
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WESTWIND -- "Survivalism" -- 3 CD -- €13 [-50%]
2014 Steelwork Maschine, SMR014
Four years after RAVAGE comes the triple CD SURVIVALISM. 27 tracks that are the follow up to the 2010 double album - if RAVAGE was the soundtrack to the End of the World as we know it, SURVIVALISM is the soundtrack to what comes next... "Let us suppose that you were quick-witted, far sighted, and fast on your feet; you brought yourself and your family safely through the bombing and have them somewhere out in the country, away from the radioactive areas that were targets a short time before. The countryside is swarming with survivors from the edges of the bombed areas, survivors who are hungry, desperate, some of them armed, all of them free of the civilizing restrictions of organized living. Enemy troops, moving in to occupy, may already be present or may be dropping in from the skies any day. How, on that day, will you feed and protect yourself and your family?" - Robert Heinlein. [press-release]
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WHALESONG -- "Disorder Deconstructed" -- 2 CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Old Temple, OLD.117, (ltd. 500)
Industrial Metal / Experimental. A double CD with remixes of songs from the well-acclaimed Whalesong debut album 'Disorder'. 'Disorder Deconstructed' gathers more than 2 hours of dark and experimental sounds from: Troum, Miro Snejdr (Herr Lounge Corps, Death in June), Sanford Parker (Corrections House, Mirrors For Psychic Warfare, ex-Minsk), Horologium, Brandkommando, Harsh Noise Movement, Submerged (The Blood Of Heroes, Have Demons), Moan, Luke Lund (Have Demons, Ropes Of Maui), Mussorgski, Shocker (Iperyt), Synapsis, Lugola, Dancing Deadlips, Grave Of Love, and I, Eternal. Finally, the band itself have prepared new mixes of their songs. 'Disorder Deconstructed' is a great addition to the original album, combining industrial, doom metal, ambient, dub, drum 'n' bass, martial, techno and noise. Double Digipak. [Cold Spring]
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WHEN THE MOON IS IN HER SECOND QUARTER -- "s/t" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2018 Status Prod., SP 09 CD, (ltd. 200)
Ritual Ambient / Death Industrial. The lunar tree stretches its branches, as if they were the tentacles of a monster, and pulls, clings, embraces the lost souls. Soon, paths and glades slowly covers with mosses and herbs. Forest spirits groan between the tumbled-down tree trunks, giving birth to the horrifying music, when the Moon is in her second quarter... Status Prod. presents the self-titled debut CD album of the anonymous ritual ambient / death industrial project When the Moon is in its second quarter. Two nameless hymns-rituals narrate the chthonic nature of the forest, which resists any manifestation of the human presence. Whimsical drawings of rhythms and drones call into the darkest, forbidden forest thickets and make the souls get lost in them forever... The album was released in 200 hand-numbered copies in a folder/pennant made of black designer cardboard with the silk-screened artwork by PAINT-IT-BLACK DESIGN in silver color. For connoisseurs of old-school ritual industrial in the spirit of Korpses Katatonik and Trepaneringsritualen, as well as Phurpa and Vril Jäger. [label info]
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WHEN THE MOON IS IN HER SECOND QUARTER -- "Like Dead Leaves" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2020 Status Prod., SP 14 CD, (ltd. 200)
Ritual Ambient / Death Industrial. The deaf darkness of the chthonic forest gives birth to hitherto unseen monsters and their moans, like dead leaves, are carried by the wind between the skeletons of trees, as ancient as the Earth itself. Lost souls sigh, wheeze, howl, revealing their essence, when the Moon is in her second quarter... Status Prod. presents new CD-album of the anonymous ritual ambient / death industrial project When The Moon Is In Her Second Quarter “Like Dead Leaves”. Two nameless hymns–rituals are dedicated to the memory of Yevgeniy Yufit, the founder of the genre Necrorealism in cinema, painting and literature. The record features guest appearance of Ord Err (ORD). The album was released in an edition of 200 hand-numbered copies in a foldout folder made of brown designer cardboard with the art by PAINT-IT-BLACK DESIGN, applied by silk-screen printing on it, in silver color. [label info]
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WHITE WALLS -- "Malattia Mentale" -- CD -- €10
2011 Peripheral Records, PR002, (ltd. 99)
White Walls — Malattia Mentale, a disturbing journey into mental illness, that purges the depths of Industrial Noise, epic Dark Ambient and terrifying samples. White Walls is a project of K.Mitchell (also of Inhibition) from +Final Trauma Recordings+ and his new label: Reverse Records UK. Highly Recommended!! [label info]
WHITEHEAD, CHRIS -- "Gryphaea" -- CD -- €8
2012 Observatoire, obs * 032 cd, (ltd. 300)
An amazing new work from Chris Whitehead, Gryphaea is based on the geological features of England's North Yorkshire coastline. The cliffs around Whitby are rich in marine fossils, and during Jurassic times this area was on the fringes of the shallow, warm Tethys Ocean, which covered most of Europe. Field recordings, phonography and electroacoustic elements combine to form an impression of these relics from a distant age and their subtle meanings. Through quiet hints and fragments, consuming ripples and crashing pulses, through hydrophonic ocean sounds and the voices of people and machines, a deep prehistory is evoked. These five tracks display an atmospheric sense of composition coupled with respect for the scientific truth. [press-release]
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WHITEWATER ORGASM -- "When Was I Ever Wrong?" -- CD -- €10
2012 L. White Records, LW-070, (ltd. 200)
Do you like power electronics from Finland in the way of FREAK ANIMAL or FILTH&VIOLENCE? So here you can have it! 3 releases from WHITEWATER ORGASM before came only in a limitation of less than 50 copies each! A fulltime album of finest power electronics mixed noise walls, blowingly harsh vocals and ritual synth landscapes! [label info]
WICKED KING WICKER -- "Evolving" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 Cold Spring, CSR154CD
Brand new studio album from Wicked King Wicker. WKW return to Cold Spring with their seventh album proper. Thick, black noise is underpinned by monolithic, crawling doom, in a way that only Wicked King Wicker can deliver. Total annihilation spread over 4 immense tracks. 45 minutes of music to shatter souls. Features cover art from Steve Cerio (The Residents’ regular designer). [label info]
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WIESE, KLAUS -- "Perfume" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Nextera, ERA 102-2, (ltd. 1019)
These 12 brand new colorful electro-acoustic recordings were written, recorded and produced by Klaus Wiese playing keyboards, Tibetan singing bowls, chello, tabla and using natural sounds of wind and ocean. The perfect introduction for those who haven't yet discovered the beauty of the ambient music. Composed, performed and produced by Klaus Wiese in winter 2005. [label info]
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WIESE, KLAUS -- "Zen Room / Positive Zero" -- CD -- €20
2011 no label, (ltd. 100)
Not usual album for Klaus Wiese. "Positive Zero" is two long tracks aimed to create atmosphere for thinking - very far background drone, sounds of cicades, rhythmic metronome-like sounds which could remind of ball beating. Nothing more happens for a half of an our (Positive Zero 1) and nearly 23 minutes (Positive Zero 2). Soon you would forget that the record is playing and you would start thinking about the things important for you. Short untitled tracks - true KW style of ambient music. The album works as backround ambient music but don't wait for too much. This album is one of the last words of Klaus Wiese and it would be interesting for die hard fans of his music. [discogs.com] Ltd. only 100 copies, digibook.
WILL OVER MATTER -- "Lust For Knowledge" -- CD -- €10
2011 Freak Animal Records
Industrial / Dark Ambient / Noise. Freak Animal Records is proud to present new album of Will Over Matter. Band continues its path to new dimensions. Utterly unique approach bordering genius and utterly insane. Making choices that nobody else dares. Will Over Matter's take on esoteric-industrial noise abandons the cliche's of dark ambient/reverb drenched ritual muzak etc. It doesn't sound "retro", yet approach has more in common to M.B. and Musiikkivyöry for example, than contemporary noise. [label info]
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WINQUIST VIRTANEN -- "All Hope Is Gone" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2001 Soulworm Editions, Worm XIV, (ltd. 250)
Known of the brilliant harsh noise experimentations, this mysterious Swedish duo surprises us by their actual interest to minimal dark ambience works. Utilizing electronic preparations and low frequency manipulation, 'All Hope is Gone' is a brilliant example of what was once called 'isolationism', or even a step further... [press-release]
WINTERBLOOD -- "La Via di Neve" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2016 Frozen Light, FZL 033, (ltd. 300)
Frozen Light presents “La Via di Neve” – a long-lost album by Winterblood, Dark Ambient project from Florence. 5 melancholic soundscapes made using digital and analogue equipment will bring you to grim but fairy land of Italian Alps, the land of snow, cold wind, frozen spirits and lonely wanderers. Just snow-covered woods around and stellar snowfall above. CD, jewel box with 8-page booklet, limited to 300 stamp-numbered copies. [label info]
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WINTERSILENCE -- "Transmission Fields" -- 2 CD -- €7 [-50%]
2004 Weird Amplexus, WAX10
An impossible melting between rock and ambient with influences from many other musical styles and from Indian, Arabian and North-African culture. A surprising and ambitious trip from ambient to cosmic paths. This work has various influences, but all titles have something in common, they all seem to run after to an evocative attitude: all compositions could be referred to particular images and landscapes, and stimulate the listener's imagination to penetrate obscure dreams, at the edge between fear and tranquillity, where the soul feels unable to understand the substance of reality, and sometimes is got by a spiral of nightmares' fragments, over any rational rule. [label info]
WOID -- "Verzweiflung" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2018 MIC Label, MIC 005
Dark Ambient / Industrial. Moscow industrial label MIC LABEL is proud to present the re-release of the last album of the oldest Russian post-industrial musician Sergey Korotaev (HOLOCODER, GEKATA) and his project WOID with the new album "Verzweiflung", which was recorded in 2014-2015. Especially for this CD edition, the album was remixed and now it plays out in fresh colours. Old-school electronics, analog synthesizers, hidden samples and light melancholy. You listen to not just music, but the soundtrack to a film, in which not only the characters die, but the actors themselves. This is a mournful song to the world, a world that goes down in a hole... [label info]
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WOJTAS, DARIUSZ VS Z'EV -- "Pro Pagan Da" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Nefryt, N 022, (ltd. 350)
Ex-Hati former & his new recordings processed & mixed by legendary Z'EV. Gatefold A5 cover. [label info]
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WOLF 359 -- "Primitive Assembly" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 Iceage Productions, ICE003, (ltd. 100)
A monumental album which took 10 years of creation. The music was played by a band of 6 members with traditional rock instruments (electric guitars and basses, drums, synthesizers, percussion, effects, vocals, tape loops) in vein of industrial psychedelic ambient (resembling sometimes Kraftwerk, sometimes Lustmord) with massive fragments of chtonic radioactive Sludge Doom (sometimes sounding like good old Cathedral). A very complete work with a good individual style. Jewel-case, glossy silk-screened disc. [YAOP]
WORLD DOWNFALL -- "When The World Ends" -- CD -- €10
2008 L. White Records, LW-039, (ltd. 300)
Steeve Bouchard with 12 new tracks from WORLD DOWNFALL. This album is a nightmare of power-electronics. Last track is a collaboration with BARRIKAD. [label info]
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WOZZECK -- "Act 5" -- DVD -- €9
2013 Intonema, int008, (ltd. 300)
The eighth Intonema release is Act 5 by Wozzeck. This monumental work which lasted from 2010 to 2013 year will be released in the sixth birthday of the project: September 10-11 2013. This is as much as 200 minutes of playing time. The album contains 5 compositions by Ilia Belorukov that are united by one idea and performed as a trio with Mikhail Ershov and Alexey Zabelin. Monotony, meager growth and micro changes of a composition structure coupled with hidden surprises and sound changes from one part to the other - these are the basic properties of Act 5. Boring, tedious, interesting, entertaining, long, short, loud, quiet, fast, slow, why, how, what, where, who, whom. The album is releasing on audio-DVD disc with a 32-page booklet which describes in detail all the cycle compositions with their scores. [label info]
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WRIST -- "Down To The Cellar" -- CD -- €10
2012 Aquarellist, aquarel 21-12, (ltd. 300)
The second album of Moscow droners WRIST shows a versatile approach to drone jazz matters. With iridescent paints from jazz, noise, electronic, ambient and even shoegaze pallettes the sound of WRIST stepping down to the cellar remain authentic and recognizable. And this soggy vault door may lead you to the Ivory Coast shore with still other things to beware. "Blind Alley" demonstrates drone, jazz and noise background packed in a more straightforward hit song form - even with vocal hooks by sung by Kira Lao - so should we call it "dronepop"? The next thing - "Soap Thriller" - probably answers "No" - turning twilight lounge guitar jazz tune into a crude noisy maelstrom with drums hammering nails into the coffin with the grace of an elephant in amok. [press-release]
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WUKOWAR -- "In Memoriam" -- CD -- €14
2012 Fronte Nordico, WR I, (ltd. 250)
Fronte Nordico is proud to present the debut release of Wukowar - a new project from Ritual Front member Michael A. The album has been conceived and composed during the series of travels to the Balkan States made by Michael in the period of three years from 2009 to 2011. It is dedicated to all the victims of local wars happened in former Yugoslavia territories in the 90-es. The album contains 7 tracks in typical Ritual Front neofolk style with some addition of New Wave elements which look a bit surprising but really fresh and cool. The release comes in a special silver foil embossed thick grey rough carton cover and contains double sided black-on-white 250x375 mm mini poster. [press-release]
WUKOWAR -- "In Memoriam" -- CD -- €30
2012 Fronte Nordico, WR I, (ltd. 50)
Fronte Nordico is proud to present the debut release of Wukowar - a new project from Ritual Front member Michael A. The album has been conceived and composed during the series of travels to the Balkan States made by Michael in the period of three years from 2009 to 2011. It is dedicated to all the victims of local wars happened in former Yugoslavia territories in the 90-es. The album contains 7 tracks in typical Ritual Front neofolk style with some addition of New Wave elements which look a bit surprising but really fresh and cool. Advanced edition: original Serbian brojanitsa (a national beads, a kind of prayer rope), 8 full colour postcards with photos made by Michael A. during his travels, silver foil embossed thick grey rough carton cover with black-on-white picture in the centre, attached black-on-white printed cd background and info sheet, double sided black-on-white mini poster (250x375 mm), the whole set is packed in a white plastic
case with black foil embossing and sealed with wax by the genuine Fronte Nordico logo stamp. [press-release]
WUORNOS AILEEN -- "Terrorist Activity" -- CD -- €10
2013 Silent Minds, SILENT 007
Italian industrial noise project. A succession of noise, images, live performance, futurist text, analog sounds, systematic use of violence as a means of expression. Concept album about the state terrorism, new poverty, nationalism and the economic powers. Obsessions... Terror. Act of violence against society. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. [Old Europa Cafe]
WUORNOSAILEEN BANDE -- "Inerzia" -- CD -- €10
2017 Silemt Minds, Silent 009 / Luce Sia, 039, (ltd. 150)
Power Electronics / Industrial from Italy.
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XEDH / IMBERNON -- "Anekkyy" -- CD -- €10
2011 TraitMediaWorks, tmw029
Sound artist Xedh (aka Miguel A. Garcia), no-input mixer and oscillators, and Jon Imbernon, guitar and effects pedal, fuse powerful oscillation fields with discordant guitar to form a work of slow, meticulous chaos. "Metaphysical inflections in the crest of the forgot. The sound of thunder. Anekkyy is the landscape of America, swallowed by our souls. The vacuum in the rocks, the silences in the last waterfall, the magma overwhelming when they hatch the eagles, the loneliness of man-made desert. Collaboration between the Basque Country based musicians Miguel A. Garcia - Xedh (Valvula Antirretorno, Mubles) and Jon Imbernon (Ximel, Ura), their encounters are always collisions of love and violence in the path of the desired ignorance. Anekkyy is its first long, designed to widen the time and to know what they don't want to. The gift more unwanted." [Alejandro Duran]
XEROX 667 -- "Xerocopy 24.12.2002" -- CD-R -- €5
2011 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT81, (ltd. 23)
Legendary project from Nikolay Kalmykov (Hladna). Minimal Old-School Industrial, automated robotic muzak with noise bursts and some infernal touch, close to early S.P.K. and rhythmic tracks of Irikarah. [label info]
XIPHOID DEMENTIA -- "Might Is Blight" -- CD -- €10
2009 Existence Establishment, EE10, (ltd. 500)
Xiphoid Dementia is Egan Budd's noise project based in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Budd has been active in the noise underground since about 2002 and creates a powerful sort of ambient-noise music. His latest release is a numbered, limited edition CD titled "Might Is Blight" and therein begins a bleak journey through the possible end times of life as we know it, the ruination of Earth, and the death of illusion. This noise artist has in his artistic grasp the means of creating sound structures that are metaphors for such ideas even though to find those places requires certain lengths to be gone to... What Budd has accomplished here is impressive, not too many noise artists are attempting something so ambitious, a hybrid style of composing that incorporates modern classical avant garde, droning electronic noise and atmospheric ambience to create a strong, cinematic music... From the orchestral title track opener to the lilting, tossing, aptly titled 'Your City Crumbles' to the profoundly disturbing final composition, 'None Shall Inherit The Earth', every one of these soundscapes moves in fascinating ways, morphing from powerful Penderecki-style string sections that teeter on the brink of collapse, then break down giving way to noisier electronics, heavy (metallic) droning, or screeching, anguished vocals, each sound texture seemingly always moving in a constant state of flux... [Phillip Klingler, Heathen Harvest]
XIPHOID DEMENTIA -- "Secular Hymns" -- CD -- €10
2012 Malignant Records, TumorCD61
Actively recording since 1999, Egan Budd’s Xiphoid Dementia has become known in the underground and in numerous live situations for creating meticulously crafted yet hard to define, post industrial soundscapes, navigating between textured ambience, scourging noise, junk metal, field recordings, and surreal atmospheres, sometimes all in one track. Still, there’s a hyper-focus here that ties it altogether, and makes for something that is dynamic, unpredictable, and clearly ambitious. For those that question if there’s originality left in industrial music, Xiphoid Dementia answers with a resounding yes, though not so much in the sounds themselves, but rather how they are layered and placed... Hard to find comparisons here, but those that appreciate the dynamics of Navicon Torture Technologies, Prurient, and Propergol will certainly find something to like. In 6 panel digipak. [label info]
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YADOKHIMIKATY -- "Po Uslovnoy Stepi" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT21, (ltd. 43)
The anthology of rare recordings of this St. Petersburg experimental project, some of them have never been issued before, others were released as ultra limited edition cassettes. Garage avantgarde, Old School Industrial played on metal scrap, recitation of descriptions of electrical injuries, tape loops, brisk atonal chaos, a collection of "flashes" from the radio ether, the only one in the world composition in death-hop style, vinyl records torture, howl of electric motor and cover-versions of heroes of Russian and foreign rock music. Abominable sound quality and unhealthy mood. Handmade six-panel cardboard slim-case. [press-release]
YADOKHIMIKATY -- "Speeches of the Abandoned" -- 2 CD-R -- €11 [-50%]
2009 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT44, (ltd. 196)
The rebirth of the legendary Russian project with renewed line-up: Lorelei, Noumen and YAO 91404 D. The album opens with analogue drone ambient with whisper and cold sound of the wash, and continues with resonant ritual industrial with an accordion, radionoise, metal percussion and ominous incantations, and then comes to the "Dead Road" - dreadful old school / death industrial with rattle of stones and piercing whistle of snowdrift, inspired by the history of GULAG. Then comes the time of heart-rending industrial ritual with bass guitar, radio and unhealthy plaints. Fifth track is a dark string-industrial insanity. The album finished with an old school industrial track "Industrial Worker PR36-27N". Second disk includes a cover-version of Merzbow track by Noumen, all the lyrics from the album, a photo gallery, a manifest about the album and two attendant field recordings in mp3 format. Cold blood and frozen soil. 196 copies in vinyl boxes. [press-release]
YAKDRIZZLE (WITH HAIR) / LIGHT COLLAPSE / BAG WITH SHOES OF THE SULTAN -- "s/t" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2011 Ostroga, OTR-018, (ltd. 50)
Inspired by the experiments of Napalmed, a cook from Oregon, Matt, presented here the material of Yakdrizzle (with hair) in experimental noise manner, telling the story about a room fly and related unimaginable phenomena. Light Collapse - electronic thoughts on extramundane themes. Bag with shoes of the sultan - a one-time home experiment recorded with the use of bayan, metallophone, plastic cups, paper, brushes, phones, pencils, eastern paintbook and other things lying around in the room. Stylistically this is something like psychedelic ambient / noise. Artwork features seven child's graphic works. [press-release]
YAO 91404 D -- "Aallot" -- 3"CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2010 YAOP, YAOP 035D, (ltd. 19)
Monumental atmospheric droning noise, meditation over waves. Played with the use of vod (vod - vaďďalain - a small Finno-Ugric people of just about 70 persons, indigenous population of western Ingermanland) traditional instrument - a wooden double-bass "puspele", also with radionoise, sounds of sea wash, and sounds of grinding machine working in a factory floor. The power of nature. Packed in cardboard frame mat covered with glass + insert. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Blackashflakes" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2003/2017 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT137
Long-awaited digital reissue of the cult album. Gloomiest misanthropic shamanic drone + mid-frequency genocidal industrial. Totalitarian sound of secret laboratories. The album is completed by a 20-minute bonus track recorded in 2012 with the same methods, but new gear. Sleeve. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Elektron" -- CD-R -- €9 [-50%]
2016 YAOP, YAOP 081, (ltd. 32)
Post-Industrial Psychedelic Noise Ambient / Electroacoustic mini-album based on sounds extracted from amber, mica plates, fluorescent lamp, feedbacks, electronics and a bit of brass. Sci-fi laboratory work appealing to the experiments of Aube, Francisco Lopez and early masters of the electronic scene of the 60-ies, permeated with the trademark YAO 91404 D retro-futuristic aesthetics. The album is mysterious, cosmic, dynamic, radiating, filled with events and even somehow dangerous - it's Elektron. Each of 32 discs in a sleeve is packed in a unique antique scientific magazine from 1899-1955 (in Russian, French, German and English). Themes of the magazines: radionics, physics, sexology, sexual pathology, etc. [label info]
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YAO 91404 D -- "Empire Of Lies" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2016 YAOP, YAOP 080, (ltd. 19)
Ronald Reagan has once called the Soviet Union an empire of evil. We could actually expand this characteristic and say that Moscow & St. Petersburg-based regime has always been the empire of lies, where stultificating preachings of scribblers from the "Father the Tsar's" court and unctuous sermons of the so called "Russian" so called "church" gave place to cast-iron nonsence of Soviet agitprop, and finally - to cinycal statements of modern propagandists having no shame and conscience, but armed with digital technologies. "Lie! All Russia has covered itself with lie like with scab," - wrote Vasily Shukshin. This is the subject of this work by YAO 91404 D, filled with wild Industrial Noise with a touch of primitive old-school Power Electronics, crooked Musique Concrete and of course the speeches of propagandists and their drivelling victims. The A4 package of the disc is made of Soviet propaganda booklets (details vary from copy to copy) and contains an insert with that quote by V. Shukshin. As a bonus you'll receive a pack of Soviet flexi 7"s with various contents - there's enough of propaganda in the Empire of Lies! [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Energia" -- CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT122, (ltd. 49)
First digital edition of the new YAO 91404 D full-length dedicated to the hydropower, turbibe builders, dams... The album is based on field recordings made at a dam of the destroyed Finnish HPP in Raivola, in a machine room of the Right-bank Water Canal of St. Petersburg and in other wonderfyl places. Hydronoise, Concete Industrial, poems by the worker poets of "Elektrosila", archive recordings from Soviet vinyl records, a story about Bratsk told in German language, low-end catacomb sound. DVD-box, all info hand-written in a certificate of the USSR Ministry of Power. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Gassho-zukuri" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT124
New full-length album of YAO 91404 D is comprised of an improvised set recorded in August 2015. Avant-garde chamber tapestry inspired by the traditional Japanese wooden architecture, especially by the country houses in gassho-zukuri style - played on acoustic instruments, drums and metal percussion, resembling some blend of Japanese folk music, works of Toru Takemitsu, Sato Masaru and Hayasaka Fumio, classics of experimental music like Igor Stravinskiy, Krzysztof Penderecki, Asmus Tietchens, Zero Kama, Einstürzende Neubauten and electroacoustic works by Jeph Jerman, Illusion Of Safety and Mathieu Ruhlmann. Loud but meditative. [press-release]
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YAO 91404 D -- "Gervitungl Yfir Garðar" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2021 Garðarsk Uruz, URUZ ᚹ, (ltd. 24)
Radionoise. Experimental Space Noise, based on the recordings of radio ether captured near Volkhov, Russia. The autumn night sky of Gardar, rustling with the wings of bats and birds, dotted with a myriad of stars and cut through by the flights of satellites. The limitlessly multiplying black infinity and the eternal milky-icy sweetness of stellar diamonds. Double-sided black & white A5 cover, reproducing vintage posters depicting the starry sky. Applications from photographs of Volkhov night sky. Supplied with two A4 patterns for assembling a paper model of the Soviet artificial Earth satellite "Molniya". [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Kommunikationsnetz" -- CD-R -- €11 [-50%]
2021 BeTon Raw, BTRW 49, (ltd. 36)
Radionoise. Communication networks, radio, telephone lines - sometimes mysterious events, phenomena withour rational explanation and secret operations occur in the information field formed by them. Radio military, operators and amateurs are working in the less mysterious layers of ether radio waves, which live no less complicated life. Their signals and unusual technologies are presented in the new mini-album by YAO 91404 D lasting almost half an hour with four tracks of Space Industrial with complex multi-layer sound structure consisting of a myriad of pulsating signals and noises... Antonio Benini, the boss of BeTon label, has listened to the mini-album and offered to re-release it on his label, provided that the timing grows to a full-length album. After that YAO 91404 D has recorded 6 more tracks in the same style and the length of "Kommunikationsnetz" has increased to an hour, so this edition has been made. Black cardboard sleeve with full-colour front cover, information poster 22 x 33 cm, CD-R with a sticker, a small label sticker in addition. [YAOP]
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YAO 91404 D -- "Les Rails Chantent" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT117
Old school Musique Concrete, woven from field recordings of droning rails after passing trains with the use of four tape loops, mixing console and five tape recorders. Mild hypnotizing analogue sound, simple and honest technology in vein of sonic experiments by Pierre Schaeffer from 50-ies. Mysterious life of familiar urban environment. Cassette version released by YAOP, disc version by Operator Produkzion. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Northern Constructivism Tactics" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2018 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_15, (ltd. 33)
Industrial / Noise. Paper Moon Republic proudly presents the compilation of tracks from the cult Leningrad-based project YAO 91404 D. Compositions for this release were collected from very limited (7-15 copies) cassettes published in 2003-2010. Provocative old school industrial from the empire of military factories. CD-R with printed surface, packed in a half-DVD case. [label info]
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YAO 91404 D -- "Pesnya Rabochih (The Workers' Song)" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2006/2021 Glasir CDR Series, 16
Catacomb Old-School Industrial with totally analogue sound, built on metal percussion, squeals and buzzes of electro-engines, radionoise and tape loops. A song about locomotive and proletarian-futuristic verses are inserted between the industrial tracks. The 4th composition is a live transmission from the workshop where hard and sweating all over, but well-organized and gaily the locomotive is being born. Deliberately lo-fi quality, but with the burning eyes! Limited reissue with new digitization from the original master tape is supplemented with the new bonus track "Proletarskiy Privet" recorded in 2021. Half-DVD-box, black & white cover and double-sided info insert. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Photocore" -- 7 x 3"CD-R -- €33 [-50%]
2011 YAOP, YAOP 040
The result of three year work, new full-length album of YAO 91404 D "Photocore" consists of a collection of seven archive Soviet photographs from the times of industrialisation, and soundtracks for them. Field recordings made in workshops and fields, railroads and under water, clanks and drones of metal constructions, steel rhythms, roar of motors and abrasive rasps, atmospheric pieces of folk and academic music. Locomotive operation and recording of it's sound on the 5th track done by the machinist, coal heaver and musician Sergey Gabbasov (Bardo, Vazhes). Retrograde, mostly analogue sound. Handmade 12-page photo album, separate disk for each track. [press-release]
YAO 91404 D -- "Psychocosmic" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2015 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT121, (ltd. 30)
Head-spinning psychoactive Retroelectronic Noise played on antique electro organs, radionoise, resonances and ingenuous effects, sort of acid-rock from 60-ies turned inside out and mixed with psychotropic pills. Second track - not really harsh in sound but no less marginal combination of lo-fi field recordings and crooked electronic quasi-baroque. Sleeve made of technical paper from 1966. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Psychotherapy" -- CD-R + zine -- €15 [-50%]
2003/2017 Ostroga, OTR-080, (ltd. 50)
Acoustic / Industrial / Lo-Fi. Reissue of the legendary album. You can once again plunge into the atmosphere of the industrial raw sound of the old school. [label info] Recorded and mixed December, 13, 2002, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Ritual old-school industrial recorded back in 2002. Metal percussion, radionoise, machines and electrical devices as instruments, psychedelic flute singing gloomy abstract melodies... Dirty lo-end sound. [YAOP] 50 copies come with a mini-zine of A5 format with Vitaly Maklakov's graphic artworks.
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YAO 91404 D -- "Stahlwinterbosheit" -- CD-R -- €7
2006 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT18, (ltd. 51)
The very first album of YAO 91404 D recorded in November 2001 and never released before. Raw old-school industrial, Einsturzende Neubauten infected by early Burzum, trance-inducing chants supported by ratlle of metallic constructions and howling of electro-engines, manufactured hysteria, apocalyptic militarism on Marshak's poems, cover-version of cult Russian industrial/avantguard project Communism, and finally - thunder-like speech of Benito Mussolini to the accompaniment of Luigi Russolo's noise apparatus... Self-made plastic "metallic" folder A5 format with imprints of engraving with the views of blockated Leningrad. [press-release]
YAO 91404 D / STRUP -- split -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2012 Spasi i Sohrani Records
Mutual tribute / split of two projects from Belarus and Ingria. The authors arranged to record "live in studio" tracks in style of each other, of course through the prism of their own perception. As a result, YAO 91404 D made measured psychedelic bass Lo-Fi Death Industrial spiced with radio-howl and voices of arguing bums recorded through a ventilator window. Strup presents live "iron" Old-School Industrial with marching rhythms, powerful vocals and lots of delay effect. DVD-box. B/w collage artwork by Strup. [YAOP]
YAV' -- "Breath of Nav'" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2009 Valgriind, VG 26
Ambient project from Belgorod, released as DVD-envelope with black & white printing, runic inserts and pine needles from the evergreen spaces of Rus'. Digital material, born from the silence and majesty of forests, from detachment of falling leaves in the coldness of autumn's night. [label info]
YELLOW6 -- "Heavy With Snow" -- 3"CD-R -- €7
2010 Abgurd, AB-59, (ltd. 100)
Minialbum by a rather well-known project from UK was recorded in the beginning of 2010 as an impression by heavy snow clouds floating away. Warm, humid, wrapping piece by this great musician. Post Rock / Ambient in the vein of BOSCH'S WITH YOU, LABRADFORD, PAN-AMERICAN, GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR!: otherworldly, melodic, melancholic, as a natural accompaniment for rain, snow and mist. [press-release]
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YRSEL -- "Abraxas" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2013 213 Records, 213cd08 / Tuguska, TGSK010, (ltd. 200)
The album «Abraxas» is recorded during 2011-2013 and contains some of the bands most challenging and yet accessible music so far. On this album the band has taken in some guests to contribute with sounds. Denis Del Nista (Moon, Burning Emptiness label) appears with sounds on the track «Simon Magus» and Alice Dourlen (Chicaloyoh) contributes with vocals on the tracks «Asat» and «Nequaquam Vacuum»... YRSEL is a collaboration between Julien Louvet (Austrasian Goat, Death To Pigs, 14:13) and CJ Larsgarden (Ondo, APF, Forest City). Though hailing from different musical genres and from France and Sweden respectively, the two artists bonded following a split release on the label Burning Emptiness. YRSEL create complex, multi-layered and atmospheric music that fully explodes the genres of drone, doom and electronica resulting in a glacial melt of sound and texture... Silscreened digisleeve. [label info]
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YS -- "Loops II" -- CD-R -- €5
2021 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_58, (ltd. 15)
Sound Collage / Abstract / Experimental / Noise. The second volume of looped psychedelic constructions. An ode to the lords of magnetic tapes. Unbridled sailing on the crumpled paper sea during storm and precipitation in the form of pieces of rare film scripts. Don't lose your portable magic stethoscope! This journey will never end. CD-R with printing on the surface, packed in Half-DVD-box. [label info]
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YTERCE, ALEXANDRE -- "Contra Temporum Iniquitates" -- 2 CD -- €15 [-50%]
2018 Licenses / Monochrome Vision
Musique Concrète. Double-CD containing the works of the French electro-acoustic composer Alexandre Yterce from the period of 1988-2017. Glossy 6-panel digisleeve with a 24-page booklet containing images & stories behind each composition in French and English.
Z'EV -- "Sum Things" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2009 Cold Spring Records, CSR101CD
Industrial / Ritual / Drone. Through an elemental darkly…In the fall of 2005 Z'EV began dipping deep into his archives and selecting recordings to produce 'sum things / a possible form for cold dark matter', a project reflecting his take on the 'dark ambience' genre. Composed between December 2005 and March 2006, these 6 pieces endeavour to transport the listener deep into their long forgotten memories of the primal forces at the dawn of creation. Each piece is based on a single sound source. Absolutely no effects of any kind, not even equalization, were applied to the source recordings. Hear then, the state of the art in elemental musics. [press-release]
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ZALYS -- "Sublime" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2015 Reverse Alignment, RA-15, (ltd. 500)
Many faceted artist M created Zalys in 2013 and already qualify for a place in the throne room together with long runned acts such as Alpha Wave Movement and Atomine Elektrine. Taking inspiration from genres as different as black metal and cinematic soundtracks Zalys deep and spacious sound explore the territories and vastness of outer space. Zalys fifth album Sublime opens in a distant place, void of life. Only signals from galaxies afar or echoes from parallel once flickers through. Zalys is the explorer passing enigmas and worlds beyond our imagination, leaving us with a longing to go back there again (and again). It is with great pleasure that Reverse Alignment welcome Zalys to our midst with a promise of even greater musical experiences to come. [label info]
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ZE-KA -- "Ghost Planet" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Opa Loka Records, OL1705
Modern Classical / Experimental. Jean-Philippe Feiss is a French cellist and composer also interested in electronics. He founded Sibiel in 2001. The band made 3 albums, and several scores for silent movies, written by Jean-Philippe. Besides that, he’s a member of the French jazz scene, playing with Emmanuel Bex, Louis Sclavis... He also collaborates with the artist Sigalit Landau on several video installations. Ghost Planet is his first solo release. The names of the tunes such as Fission or Red Forest were inspired by the Tchernobyl disaster, and all the album is related to our environment. The idea of Jean-Philippe Feiss, with this music, slow, minimal, is to take some time for yourself, listen to the music, and let your thoughts travel wherever they need. [label info]
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ZENIAL -- "Connection Reset By Peer" -- CD -- €10
2012 Zoharum, ZOHAR 027-2
It's Zenial's first album in 6 years, and it shows his creativity in the context of live activity. It does not mean that 'Connection Reset by Peer' is a live album as such. Yes, the source material for the record was recorded live during sonic experiments and creating sound installations over the past few years. The album is not a compilation though-it's a well-weighed entity, thematically and sonically coherent. 'Connection Reset by Peer' is a result of interferences of environment sounds based to a large extent on electricity, radio feedback, electromagnetic field sounds emitted by current generators and elements of the so-called field recordings. [press-release]
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ZERO CENTIGRADE -- "Birch" -- CD-R -- €6
2013 Observatoire, obs * instrument 045, (ltd. 65)
There is a Swedish guitarist David Stackenas, he had an album with Mats Gustafsson in mid-00s entitled "Blues". Of course, there was no blues at all, it was 100% Scandinavian improv originating from English improv, as you know. What am I about? I'm about first several munutes of melancholic fingerpicking of two acoustic guitars of the Italian duo Zero Centigrade which reminded me of that CD and particularly manner of Stackenas. A kind of sloed down improv, which is not blues at all but you want to call it blues. However the Italians are not done yet, as they also use feedback appearing in guitars. And again, that Swedish guitarist have actively used an e-bow and its sounds are quite close to natural feedbacks, so here I remembered his solo works. Well, enough of similarities, let's better talk about differences and peculiarities. What immediately strikes an eye (ears) is the absolutely anti-Italian mood with absence of sun in the music and low sound. It's weird, because they live in Naples, and it is an extremely bright, southern, bustling and noisy city. Perhaps for this reason the duo is so gloomy, if not misanthropic. Maybe they're not glad with the Mediterranean weather when going out to the streets and prefer the twilight of their own studio. The album features only one track lasting for 26 minutes. In the beginning and in the end they play without electronics and this reminded me of "blues". The rest of the track is dedicated to feedbacks and gentle work with them adding and fading out breaking overtones and some sonic defects. The overall mood is extremely relaxed and concentrated at the same time, and if the first quality is pretty obvious, the second appears only with understanding of what and how Zero Centigrade play. Melancholic mood of the music helps thoughts running leisurely in the evening after daytime worries. One can relax and just follow, or attentively listen to every sound appearing - choose what's best for you. [Ilia Belorukov, SM]
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ZERO CENTIGRADE -- "Umber" -- CD-R -- €6
2012 Observatoire, obs * e | music 035, (ltd. 110)
This record was made during 2011 in Italy. The album, product of the "impro duet" Tonino Taiuti and Vincenzo De Luce, can be called avant-blues. This mysterious work contains emotional parts. We can hear instrumental lines of acoustic and electric guitars, trumpet and electronic background sounds and effects. UMBER's main features is its inclination to primitivism and its wigged out air. If this is the music, this is music at its most bare and essential form. [label info]
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ZERO KAMA -- "s/t" -- 3 CD -- €27
1984/2020 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-99
Ritual / Industrial. Zero Kama was an experimental music project founded by Zoe DeWitt in 1983. The first release of Zero Kama was the title V.V.V.V.V., recorded for the Nekrophile Rekords cassette compilation "The Beast 666". In 1984 followed the cassette release of the album "The Secret Eye of L.A.Y.L.A.H.", which is commonly regarded as one of the key albums of the industrial-subgenre 'ritual'. The fact that all instruments used for this recording were exclusively made from human bones and skulls, its elusive musical style, the implied occult symbolism as well as the short-time existence of Zero Kama, whose backgrounds remained unknown for a long time, have been contributing to the cult status of this project until now... Following an invitation of the NL-Centrum Amsterdam, Zero Kama played two live concerts in the Netherlands in 1985, and - after two more releases on the Nekrophile compilation "The Archangels of Sex Rule the Destruction of the Regime" - completely withdrew from the public. While "The Secret Eye of L.A.Y.L.A.H."" was recorded solely by Zoe DeWitt, the later live performances were realized with befriended musicians such as Didi Neidhart and Muki Pakesch, whom Zoe DeWitt knew from the Austrian music underground of the 1980s... Since that time there have been a couple of re-releases of Zero Kama recordings, amongst others the 1988 vinyl version by the French label Permis de Construire, followed by the CD release in 1991. In 2001 the French label Athanor published "The Goatherd and the Beast", a 10" vinyl containing tracks from various compilations that were recorded besides "The Secret Eye of L.A.Y.L.A.H." This collection was also included as a bonus CD in the "Live in Armhem" double CD release by Athanor in 2008. In 2014 Athanor finally published a remastered version of "The Secret Eye of L.A.Y.L.A.H." as both vinyl and CD... Infinite Fog Productions presents an anthology release of Zero Kama. The first time ever, everything recorded by the project released as one set on limited CD, VINYL and CASSETE. Recordings transferred from original tapes, carefully mastered by Martin Bowes at the Cage Studios and Micro Majong at Micro Majong Studio. Designed by Cold Graves. [label info]
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ZEWIZZ, JOHN -- "2012" -- CD -- €10
2010 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 130
JOHN ZEWIZZ releases hiz first solo CD stepping out ov the SLEEPCHAMBER shadows after almost 30 years! Thru the eras ov Sexmagick, Fetish, Electronic Goth, The Barbitchuettes, Women Of The SS, and at least 6 other stages ov his own unique esoteric styles ov musick: "2012" starts out at the title track. A dance kick poly rhythm styled piece that abstractly question us if 2012 will be the end ov daze. Strangely, you will find the chorus hauntingly hard to evict. "IMMORTALITY" slinks along like an electric styled 'Gang Of Four' track with strangle stayed guitar leads and heavy bass beats. "BLACKSTRAP CORSET" iz a great fetish fun-house piece complete with clown house laughter, school teacher commands and a great heavy low pounding beat - The chorus is clever and sleazy... "INSOMNIA" iz a long piece that contains a steady bass pulse laced in all sorts ov exotik stereo electronix. With a theme ov suggested bestiality and no sleep the track iz nightmare like and bizarre, but still very interesting. Jaguar growls included. "OBSESSION" iz a whispered fetish command vocal styled strap beat track. The overlaid electornix are ghostly and unique. Az what haz made SLEEPCHAMBER so original exists here. Obviously Mr. Zewizz iz the main ingredient in the SLEEPCHAMBER formula. "SPY VS SPY" iz a trip in a dimensional layer ov dark and eerie rhythms that flow thru your veins az whispered vocals again penetrate the subconscious in a virus like degree. "HELLS ANGELS" iz a poly rhythm driven track with a heavy beat kick & Harley's racing through out. "EECIFORP?" iz proficiency backwards. Again the most abstract track on the CD suggesting 2012 being the end ov time. Ending the CD is a 12 1/2 minute dance re-mix ov the title track "2012". But after the first 5 minutes it scratches into a surreal vocal style ov the opening track. [press-release]
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ZGA -- "The Flight Of Infection" -- CD -- €14
2002 Tariff, TARIFF 001
Re-release of a tape from 1998.
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ZGA -- "Futurosis" -- CD -- €14
2012 self-released
This album is dedicated to the 100 years of Russian futurism. 23 tracks based on the poems by Russian futuristic poets: A. Kruchonykh, P. Kokorin, V. Kamensky, V. Gnedov, Bodzidar, D. Burliuk, I. Terentjev, T. Churylin, and played by Nick Sudnick and co on self-made string & percussion instruments created on the base of wash-boards: dzirute-vangale, shulamiha, otshturkha, yurmanka and smargachka. Nick Sudnick writes: "Combining the poetry of futurists with music we kept in mind the spirit and letter of futuristic manifests, calling for rejection of everything academical. That's why we used self-made sonic constructions in forms of wash-boards as musical instruments. Our task was not just arrange the poems with music, but to create the sonic environment which could be adequate to poetic ideas of futurists, as if the development of the new language and technologies in music in that time could happen as quick and radical as in poetry and fine arts." Despite the seeming sheer avantguardism, the album sounds quite integrally and musically, seamlessly melting experimental, contemporary classical and Russian folk music. The CD comes with an extensive booklet with poems in Russian and English languages, pictures of the instruments and a short essay "The Verbal Universe" by the translator of the poems.
ZGA -- "Gloom" -- CD -- €12
2004 Strange Sounds Records, SSR-04008
Recorded and mixed at ZGA studio Oct.03-Feb.04.
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ZGA -- "MaraZGAmatika" -- CD -- €14
Hor Music, HCD-063
Recorded at ZGA Studio and mixed at "Lenfilm" Studio Nov.-Dec. 2000.
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ZGA -- "Riga" -- CD -- €12
2004 Strange Sounds Records, SSR-04007
The very first recordings of the project run by Nick Soudnick, from 1984-1988.
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ZGA -- "Zero Gravity Anomaly" -- CD -- €12
2006 Strange Sounds Records, SSR-06016
Recorded and mixed at ZGA studio, 2005.
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ZGA / OPUS POSTH -- "Carmina Moriturorum" -- CD -- €14
2007 Wooden Head, WHR 001
New album, recorded in 2007 with a chamber orchestra.
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ZHA -- "Noise of Native Order" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 Biosonar^Labirint 019, (ltd. 52)
A wonderful side-project of Ogni Videniy created with a film maker Sergey Zhigaltsov. Ritual ambient of purifying nature. Ringing and droning of live instruments weaves the net which catches spirits and feeds the body of music. Sound from the center, from the heart of action, from the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Each copy is handmade and handnumbered. [label info]
ZIINO, ROBERT -- "Music From The Valley Of The Flowers" -- CD -- €5
2005 Experimental Artists
In a world where even the 'experimental' genre has been given finite boundaries, Robert Ziino is a musical pioneer composing for the free thinkers and aurally enlightened. With silence as his blank canvas, Ziino enters a euphoric, timeless state and creates like a painter of sound. There has yet to be a term of classification that fully captures the abstractions he creates. Using analog driven electronic modular synthesizers; his manipulations aim to produce soundscapes beyond those that history has given modern man. The instrumentation is entirely electronic, laid in one take with live mixing. His command of the endless possibilities of electronic patterns may forever change the concept of music. [CD Baby]
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ZIINO, ROBERT -- "Plastic Loves Global Warming" -- CD -- €5
2006 Experimental Artists
In a world where even the 'experimental' genre has been given finite boundaries, Robert Ziino is a musical pioneer composing for the free thinkers and aurally enlightened. With silence as his blank canvas, Ziino enters a euphoric, timeless state and creates like a painter of sound. There has yet to be a term of classification that fully captures the abstractions he creates. Using analog driven electronic modular synthesizers; his manipulations aim to produce soundscapes beyond those that history has given modern man. The instrumentation is entirely electronic, laid in one take with live mixing. His command of the endless possibilities of electronic patterns may forever change the concept of music. [CD Baby]
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ZINC ROOM -- "Ash" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2013 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 010
The sixth album of Zinc Room coming from Ekaterinburg was recorded last for today, but thematically stands as a beginning of the spontaneously formed trilogy of "Ash / Shifting Soil / In Wooden Room". The author is traditionally true to himself in terms of sound sources and general approach - bass guitar, spiral springs, samples and natural elements (steel slabs, sand, dry branches, stones). Once again he was aided by the fellow Kein (Scratching Soil, Carved Image Of Emptiness, Prognostic Zero) who played keyboards and added some atmospheres. The music can be described as a mix of harsh industrial noise and cemetary dark ambient. For the fans of old school!
ZINC ROOM -- "Carrion" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2022 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 030, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Ritual / Industrial. New mini-album (27 mins) of the Russian musician and head of the Evil Dead Productions label Alexander "I" noticeably differs in its mood from his previous works. If earlier these often were roaring industrial/noise tracks full of metal percussion and distorted bass guitar, here we have more subtle and ritualistic sound. Hoarse incantations and ecstatic mutterings, catchy ringing of a mouth harp, nocturnal chirping of crickets and marshy choir of frogs are combined with abstract ambient synth passages. The percussion and bass guitar are still there, but they have now faded into the background in the overall sound picture, creating an industrial backdrop for these post-urban rituals... The album is released in a deluxe package: a fold-out cardboard cover and an 8-panel A5 photo album printed on thick paper, plus an additional postcard.
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ZINC ROOM -- "Grave Abyss" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2017 Frozen Light, FZL 063, (ltd. 300)
Industrial / Dark Ambient. The project from the Urals comes back to tell you a horrible night tale. Cemetery wickets are creaking, wind howls in damp crypts and crooked crosses strain after their masters buried down in the ground. Steel slabs and spiral springs, overdriven bass guitar and rattling electronics move along with piercing synth and cello parts. Recommended to the lovers of graveyard aesthetics and dark old school industrial ambient.
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ZINC ROOM -- "In Wooden Room" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2012 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 009
Fifth album of the Siberian project Zinc Room shows further development from the realm of deadening distorted industrial noise to the depths of dark ambient and death industrial, continuing the line started on its previous work "Shifting Soil". The author utilizes wider pallette of acoustic elements: voice, mouth harp and sounds of soil, branches, stones and glass, which brings more ritual atmosphere to the album, still sometimes he plunges everything into the electrolysis bath with already known trademark dense cocktail of metal percussion and roaring bass guitar. The album features several special guests: Vitaly Maklakov (Kromeshna, Obozdur, Light Collapse, etc.), Kein (Carved Image Of Emptiness, Scratching Soil, Prognostic Zero) and Isawald (Transistorwald, Tmavy Kruh, Esche).
ZINC ROOM -- "Poe" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2020 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 025
Industrial / Noise / Dark Ambient. The first part of the musical trilogy by Zinc Room, the album "Window Of Erich Zann", is dedicated to the work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft and it's one of the wildest, most frightening and non-standard works honoring the Master of Universal Horror. And now the second part takes you to the very origins, to the roots, to the father of modern horror, to Edgar Allan Poe... In "Poe" Zinc Room manages to keep on the crest of three fundamental principles: 1) to preserve the original and recognizable sound, staying true to the chosen style, while reaching new, even more whimsical and melodic level of the compositions; 2) to diversify, expand and deepen the technique of presenting the material of each individual composition, and the picture of the album as a whole; 3) boldly, nontrivially and at the same time subtly and accurately convey the atmosphere of the works themselves, the time and places they are happening in. What else is needed to pay tribute to the great Po? Welcome to the heart of the modern horror father creations. Here you'll find yourself inside the stories of the great Master. So what is it like? Surely you did not suspect that these stories, so familiar to you from a young age, can become so frightening, excitingly new? Cast you down to Maelstrom? Now you are inside: for sure you did not suspect that, and this is the essence of a trap. And this is how traps work - at the most unexpected moment. Welcome to the trap. [Grygory Shobolov]
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ZINC ROOM -- "Shifting Soil" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2012 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 008
New album of a Russian project Zinc Room, which previously released several works on CD-Rs and one split-CD with another Siberian project Carved Image Of Emptiness. Unlike previous works, completely soaked in rusty distorted yell of bass buitar and metal percussion, here the things are less violent. Zinc Room's trademark sound is still here, but now it's become a part of more calm and dark scene created also with the use of synthesizers, recordings of soil, samples and mouth harp. Five unhurried ritual dark ambient composition with strong industrial spirit. Special guest on this album was t.b.Kein (Scratching Soil, Carved Image Of Emptiness, Prognostic Zero).
ZINC ROOM -- "Window of Erich Zann" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2015 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 015
New album of the Siberian industrial project, inspired by the books of H.P. Lovecraft. A blend of industrial and dark ambient with trademark Zinc Room sound: harsh metal percussion (liner notes mention spiral springs and steel slabs) and roaring bass guitar mixed with thematic samples, synth pads and a bit unexpected cello intrusions. The album contains a few reworked tracks from the disc "Cold Corridors Of Fear" (2004).
ZINC ROOM / SOL MORTUUS -- "House on the Edge of Cemetery / Black in the Green Wreath" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2014 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 014
Split-album of two projects from Ekaterinburg, Siberia, Russia - the well respected noise operator Zinc Room and his old friend Kein, this time performing under the name of Sol Mortuus, previously making music as Carved Image Of Emptiness, Church Of Howling Dog and Prognostic Zero (collab with the same Zinc Room). First half an hour belongs to Zinc Room and is dedicated to the cemetary theme - eerie groan of pitched down cemetary crows, already familiar roar of distorted steel springs & bass, loops and dense industrial samples. Kein has also participated in Zinc Room recording sessions, playing mysterious cello, keyboards and synths. The result is a quite rhythmical and even melodic recording somewhere between dark ambient and death industrial. Second part of the disc goes to Sol Mortuus who provided more sophisticated compositional manipulations on the same topic - he used lots of instruments: cello, percussion, flute, guitar, mouth harp (vargan) and also some multi-functional digital electronic shamanism. All this creates quite dense atmosphere with ghostly sounds interwiving in slow otherworldly dance.
ZINKL -- "Dance Music For Insects" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2002 Margen, 0202
Electronic / Prog Rock / Experimental. Munich based composer and sound designer Zinkl proved himself with his first albums as a musician, who never treads beaten tracks. Between the worlds of electronic music, progressive rock, jazz or world music Zinkl seeks his artistic freedom and creates most unusual soundtracks for imaginary movies. With his new longplayer "Dance Music For Insects" Zinkl continues what he started with the musical science fiction adventures on his third album "Plexus Andromeda": Once again he has dedicated a whole album to a very special topic. Insects, Zinkl says, may seem banal at first glance, but on closer examination (i.e. through a magnifying glass) show themselves to be bizarre monsters, "unbelievably robust and resistant and extremely strange." Thus the notoriously inventive Zinkl confronts the listener with accordingly bizarre and strange sounds in his purely instrumental dance music for the multi-legged animals. Again his affection for cryptical humour, for drolleries and funny horror makes his music flourish beautifully. Still there is an important new aspect to Zinkl's music: There is a new emphasis on grooves, the architecture of the songs is more open, amidst all the sophistication sensuality has gained more ground. In short: "Dance Music For Insects" is the most accessible Zinkl album to date. [BSC Music]
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ZOLOFT EVRA -- "Wounds of No Return" -- CD -- €10
2018 Liquid Death Records, 013, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Death Industrial. "Wounds of No Return", the third album from ZOLOFT EVRA, is a fierce merciless ritual, blood soaking void. Pure murderous sonic intercourse where death cult, self destruction, sexual fetish obsessions, and antichristianity cross the fields of eerie negative blackened death industrial ambiences. Guests: Samantha Viola (T.O.M.B.), Michael Zolotov (KADAVER). Mastered by John Stillings (STEEL HOOK PROSTHESES). [label info]
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ZONK'T -- "-trope" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2007 Sound On Probation, SOP 008, (ltd. 500)
In recent times the name Laurent Perrier pops up quite regularly: either under his one name, or as Heal or Zonk't. Here it is the Zonk't hat again, and once again he changes the parameters of his sound. On his first (not reviewed in Vital Weekly) it was in the trip hop/illbient fashion of DJ Spooky, on 'Purr' it was the minimalism of Bretschneider and Pan Sonic but now on '-Trope' he combines these along side a lot of other dance music influences, such as techno, ambient house, hip hop, more dub, intelligent dance music or glitchy clicks 'n cuts. All played on a blend of analogue and digital instruments. One could all too easily think that this mixture of styles would lead to a CD that is too scattered, but its this variation that makes this a highly enjoyable CD - for home listening, I must add. Somehow I don't see the mass on the dance floor going crazy for one of these tracks or even a live concert - there the varied palette of Zonk't would work against it, but at home this hotchpotch of dance styles would make a fine listen. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
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ZONK'T -- "Purr" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2006 Sound On Probation, SOP 005, (ltd. 500)
Third full album for Zonk't, following his remarkable "Itching" on Brume Records. This French act (former member of Nox) presents another very well-written album made of ultra-deep basses, flowing atmospheres, small clicks'n'cuts, and a rather massive sound. Ranging from smooth, minimal dub pulses to drone-oriented, ultra-deep bass, "Purr" takes distilled techno under the microscope and well below freezing with its infinitesimal examination of slow-motion electronic minimalism. It is a work of astonishingly deep character, with an undeniable undercurrent of unease. [Cold Spring info]
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ZOOMONK & ZELIG CONCRETE -- "On Time" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Pop Deaf Music, (ltd. 100)
Zoomonk is a rather surprising Finnish duet (which recently became a solo project by Petri Parkkali). 6 new tracks composed in collaboration with Zelig Concrete. For the record, Zelig Concrete is the singer / guitar player of Finland alternative band Mother Goose, who's been playing since 1989 (many albums have been released, for instance on Blast First, and the most recent is called "Anna Lumena" released on Verdura Records). This is such a promising collaboration! And right from the first track "Bunny & Turtle" we are taken to an untypical world, where Syd Barret and Nick Cave got lost in the middle of a field of amps spitting feedback and harmonics, in the middle of a rough and wild electronic ocean... An endless trip, chaotic and poetic, enraged and and uncompromised. "Rights of Youth" and "English Finglish" are two essential jewels, "Hiding under water" has the shape of a spiral in which we dive immediately, "Mudslide on Bombay" is an addictive pop tune, and "On Time" is an almost mystical break in this coherent and perfectly written album. A must listen! [The Savage Saints]
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ZOS KIA -- "23" -- 2 CD -- €22
2017 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-70, (ltd. 800)
ZOS KIA was formed by John Gosling (MEKON), John Balance (COIL) and Min – with guest appearance of Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson (THROBBING GRISTLE). Their one and only long-play album 'Transparent' was released on August 23rd, 1983 on a cassette-only edition by the now-defunct Nekrophile label from Austria. These were the first released recordings of both COIL and ZOS KIA. It was reissued years later by COIL (Threshold House / Eskaton) in an edited edition. Later in 2017 the entire album was reissued on CD/vinyl via COLD SPRING RECORDS. Definitely "Transparent" is one of the most legendary and important industrial releases of all times. But besides "Transparent" ZOS KIA released 2 EP vinyls and recorded several tracks for compilations as well as about an hour of unreleased material which was found in John Gosling archives... Now the final and complete anthology of ZOS KIA recordings released under the title "23" on 2 CDs in deluxe digibook via INFINITE FOG PRODUCTIONS. 23 tracks, more than 2 hours of exciting material in various styles, сarefully extracted and prepared for publishing by John Gosling himself, and the artwork was done by Cold Graves. Well-known tracks in different forms, unknown, rare and unreleased compositions, and many more for the deep diving into the esoteric underground music from 80th... "23" is the long-awaited release for those deeply rooted in the old-school industrial music, collectors, rarities searchers and especially great gift for all COIL lovers. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "3A4ECTKA (Fuck The Modern World)" -- CD -- €10
2005 Autarkeia, acd 007, (ltd. 900)
The release dedicated to the second festival of industrial music - NORDIC AUDIO MODERN which took place in Vilnius on 7 May 2005. Compilation consists of tracks never published, remixed or performed by the world's famous guests of the festival - CON-DOM, THE GREY WOLVES, DEUTSCH NEPAL, FROZEN FACES, HAZARD, JANITOR, TRAUR ZOT, WEJDAS. In the slang of Russian military task-force, "Zachystka" carries the meaning of purging the certain territory of everything that moves and breathes. Shortly speaking - destruction. Many of industrial-minded people who had been attended the second NORDIC AUDIO MODERN festival stated that it was one of the most tremendous acts of brain defragmentation through their whole life. This CD may be considered the odd memento of that unforgettable night. Zachystka !!! [press-release]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Война (Vojna)" -- CD -- €8
2022 Topos, TOPOS 14, (ltd. 100)
Noise / Industrial / Experimental. "This is a collective manifesto by Russian artists from the underground experimental & noise scene, speaking up against Putin's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. We are incredibly hurt by these actions and ashamed of the villainous crimes committed by our country. While we don't have the power to stop the war, we can use our music to express our disgust for what is happening and the pain we feel for our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. This music is our message to them and to the world." [label info] KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK, IVAN NAPREENKO, MAJDANEK WALTZ, ALESSA RISING, ŌPHANNĪM, BLVMKIN feat. МАРИЯ ЛЮБИЧЕВА, CHERVI, MYRRMAN, TCHERNOBLYAD, SAL SOLARIS, RITUALNAYA BIOINGENERIA, GANZER, G.O.D. feat. MC PROROK, VIKTOR MAZIN.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Anomalous Silencer No. 6" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2003 Napalmed, 2003 CD 010, (ltd. 1000)
37 international artists, 80 minutes of noise / industrial / electro / noisecore / sounds / experiments... Luca Miti, Chaos Holokaust Massaker, Oltretomba, Luasa Raelon, Astrogenic Hallucinauting, Pan Demla, Fever Spoor, The Mindripper, Skryty Puvab Byrokracie, Noisebitch, Johnny & Jhony vs. The Fox, Mauro Orselli, Imiafan, Andrew Duke, Guerraeterna, Crimen Familiar, Discotheque Gronland, Humberg, Fuck The Facts, Asistar_T, Enigma Eden, Tote Stadt, Plethora, Iron Bitchface, Nova-Sak, Nequaquam Vacuum, Sound Inhaler, ExMx, Tremor, Kromleqs, Ellis One, Noisecore Freak, CEOXiME, The Industrial Wiping System, K2, Maschinenmensch, Napalmed.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Africa Continent" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2019/2020 Unexplained Sounds Group, USG048
African music is as diverse as the topography of the land itself, and is said to be comprised of literally thousands of different styles of music. But many experts of regional music tend to separate African music into two distinct groups: North African Music, which is strongly Arabic and Islamic in nature, and Black African music, or that which is centralized in the Western, Central and Sub Saharan regions of Africa... So many iconic Western musicians have incorporated African instrumentation, ideas and ideals into their music. And ultimately there is an almost infinite variety of music forms, most of which, on some level, have been produced as a result of African music, or influenced by it. Whether Western instruments have evolved from ancient African models, or whether we have adopted our knowledge in terms of rhythms and cross rhythms, various scalic patterns, and the basic evolution of melody and harmony, Western music undoubtedly owes an immeasurable debt of gratitude to the African peoples for their wisdom, insight and creativity... During recent decades we've witnessed more and more of the inverse phenomenon, with African musicians absorbing styles and trends developed in Western countries, so that at last the circle has closed. Finally, then, we can embark on our "unexplained sounds" journey into Mother Africa... Artists: FRKTL, Abdellah M. Hassak, Ahmed Saleh, Victor Gama, Eryck Abecassis, Healer Oran, Mehdi Halib, In_o, Nur, 1§ÅdØrÅ dµ§+m1+(∑) jµnk, AMET. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Indonesia" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2020 Unexplained Sounds Group, USG058
For many centuries Indonesia, from the Malay Peninsula throughout the vast archipelago, has been subjected to successive foreign cultural invasions which have left their deep imprint on the indigenous way of life. Among the first was the Mongolian intrusion from central Asia. A later cultural wave came from India when Hindu merchants and immigrants introduced Hinduism and Buddhism into the islands. Subsequently, about the 13th century A.D. Islamic influences penetrated the archipelago. Finally in the 16th century, Western culture and Christianity came into the picture. Although, after four centuries, Western civilization has by no means superseded the Islamic hold on Indonesia (90% of the population are Muslims), it has already reshaped the outward appearance of Indonesia life to a considerably extent. The cultural diversity is naturally reflected in the music... In the current globalized and digital communications-dominated era, influences from the Western world become more and more evident, in everyday life, as well in popular art and music from Indonesia. But listening to the tracks included in this compilation presented by Unexplained Sounds Group, you’ll discover how traditional Indonesian music, even in its more 'primitive' forms, as well in the very elaborate and developed ones from Javanese and Balinese tradition, are still very much recognizable. The current mix of influences in the experimental and avant-garde music from this region has resulted in an extremely fascinating kaleidoscope of sounds.... Artists: Senyawa, Asangata, Wukir Suriyadi, Gaung Jagat Ensemble, Stylucipher, Patrick Hartono, The Resonance of ((( US ))), SAABA, Theonugraha, Dadang Dwi Septiyan, Rully Shabara, Genta Nirvana, Artmosf. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Anthology Of Electroacoustic Lebanese Music" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2018/2020 Unexplained Sounds Group, USG047
Following the Second World War (1945-1949), Beirut established itself as the cultural capital of the Middle East, with the Lebanese music scene leading the way. Lebanese music has a distinct sound due to the country’s unique fusion of Western and Eastern influences. Even Lebanese folk compositions often reference Western contemporary music. After 15 years of civil war and a decade of post war rehabilitation, the situation of alternative art and especially music was very poor in Lebanon. Things began to change around 2000 with the arrival of a new generation of musicians, born at the beginning and during the war, more interested in experimental art forms than in fame or glory. The experimental music scene in Beirut, may exist in relative geographic isolation from other global movements of a similar ilk, but over the past fifteen years it has become a dynamic hub for a dense concentration of fiercely independent musical voices. From humble beginnings and tiny numbers, the close-knit community has grown and thrived... Unexplained Sounds Group is proud to release an anthology of the contemporary electroacoustic music from Lebanon. As always the compilation doesn’t pretend to be exhaustive of the whole Lebanese experimental scene, being the main goal, simply to turn on a spotlight on it. Another chapter of the "experimental surveys" series to map the best upcoming music from the international underground scene... Artists: Tony Elieh, Marc Codsi, Two Or The Dragon, Jad Atoui, Charbel Haber, Stress Distress, Youmna Saba, Ziad Moukarzel, Fadi Tabbal, Joseph Doumet, Sharif Sehnaoui + Charles Cohen. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Anthology Of Experimental Music From China" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Unexplained Sounds Group, USG070, (ltd. 200)
China’s experimental music and sound art scene began to take shape in the post-Tiananmen era in the late 1990s. A few musicians from the mainland’s underground music scene started to experiment with new ways of making music while the music industry co-opted the once revolutionary and independent rock music scene. The Hong Kong based experimental musician Dickson Dee and the U.S. based artist Dajuin Yao introduced Western avant-garde, experimental music to the mainland through the Internet and through the organization of music tours and festivals. The practice and spread of sound art, particularly installation and performative kinds, was made possible partially by venues such as contemporary art galleries and studios that have come to flourish in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Developed outside of academic and official institutions, China’s sound art and experimental music scene encompasses noise music, experimental music, free improvisation, sound performance art, and sound installation. [Wang Jing] The Unexplained Sounds Group is proud to present an anthology of experimental music from China, showcasing veteran musicians alongside many young and promising artists from the contemporary underground music scene: Chunyang Yao (姚春旸), Liu Yiwei (刘一纬), Baishui (白水), ruò tán (若潭), LiangYiYuan (梁奕源), Broken Thoughts, Vavabond, Yingshui Dijiang (英水帝江), Hualun (花伦), Feng Jiangzhou (丰江舟), Li Yilei (李亦蕾), Aplx, Hong Qile (洪启乐), Sun Wei (孫瑋), Xu Cheng (徐程), Li Daiguo (李帶菓). [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Anthology Of Experimental Music From Japan" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2022 Unexplained Sounds Group, USG073
Modern-day noise music has escaped the preserve of academics and avant-garde thinkers, uniting conservatory-trained and untutored participants from the worlds of punk, jazz, metal, contemporary classical, electronic music, and sound art in an exuberant and egalitarian collision. While noise conjures up the image of a cacophonous maelstrom of sound, contemporary improvisers utilize a much broader tonal palate, often offsetting abrasive textures with environmental sound, field recordings, and even silence. This is especially true in Japan, which has become a global center for the genre. Artists including Haino Keiji, Merzbow, Ōtomo Yoshihide, and Hijōkaidan rank among the scene’s most respected and influential names. So synonymous, in fact, is the country with this style of music that the term “Japanoise” was coined to provide a convenient catch-all. Some of the elements of traditional Japanese music seem to a novice like mere “noise” and have clear parallels in modern experimental music: a relative absence of harmony; the dissonant tonal clusters produced by banks of shō mouth organs in the court music called gagaku; the spluttering, wheezing, trills and flutter-tonguing of the shakuhachi; the stop-start rhythms, droning, repetitive vocals, and shrill, unmelodious flute of nō and kyōgen drama; the strident, uartertone jōruri narration and plink-plonk samisen that accompany bunraku puppet theater; and the gaping silences and austere arpeggios plucked out on traditional string instruments like the koto and biwa. No wonder a music coming from the merging of such tradition with new music developments from the West had to take its direction to something “other”. [David McMahon] This anthology of experimental music from Japan showcases the young generation of musicians alongside established names and provides an insight into the current experimental scene, confirming the adventurous character of the Japanese music research: Tukico, Farabi Toshiyuki Suzuki, Ryo Murakami, Mosquito, Kenji Ikegami, Minamiryohei, Masayuki Imanishi, Kazuya Ishigami, Kakushin Nishihara, Lynne, Contagious Orgasm, Yuko Araki, Fuguli, MC LAS x ブドウフウセンホコリ( PPTV + NEP ). [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Anthology Of Post Industrial Music From Balkan Region" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Unexplained Sounds Group, USG061, (ltd. 200)
Industrial / Experimental. Unexplained Sounds Group exploring the Balkan post industrial scene. Artists coming from Greece, Romania, Turkey, Serbia, Bulgaria, Albania, Slovenia, Macedonia, introduce us to their vision of post industrial music and culture. The perspective of a region where musicians are growing with their own sonic and artistic identity. CADLAG, KAOSMOS, ONTERVJABBIT, MYTRIP, PUREH, PLAMEN VECNOSTI, ATOUCK AND ZIAZIN, JETON HOXHA, MØRKET, ADONAI ATROPHIA, SIBERIAN SAGA.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Archaic Variations - Localization" -- CD -- €8
2012 Observatoire, obs * v/a 040 cd, (ltd. 300)
International compilation of author's archaic vision and real lo-fi aesthetics: Emmanuel Mieville, Richard Garet, Takanobu Hoshino, Chris Whitehead, Zero Centigrade, Jim Haynes, Radioson, Gregory Büttner, Ben Owen, Francisco Meirino, Dasein. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Aural Bowels" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Let's Go To War, LGTW#012 / Latrina do Chifrudo, LC CD004
A gathering of the musicians that annually perform the "Matanc,as Festival" in Porto. This is ritual, occult music from the depths of this city. This compilation shows a large variety of experimental music and it is an excellent showcase for the musical scene from Porto. Contains tracks from Satan's Zombies Paranoid, Besta Bode, New Traditional Fang Music, Pvppa, Caverna, Brutos da Natureza, Filigranas Negras, Tendagruta and Sparagmos. [label info]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Balanced" -- CD -- €10
2008 Circlesandlines Recordings, candl02, (ltd. 300)
Second release of Russian label run by Places project and dedicated to the edition of calm and contemplative music. Featuring artists: Chris Tenz, Kshatriy, Cyclofillydea, Places, Jukeen, Arexx, Lunar Abyss Deus Organum vs. Kadegu, I/Dex, Harmash, Alexander Daf. General style direction: ambient / drone / idm.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "The Black Square" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 KultFront, KF-VI, (ltd. 444)
Fresh survey of Russian post-industrial scene performed by KultFront activists. The continuation of line started with "Red Square" compilation. 15 exclusive tracks from BRZB (collaboration between Dmitry Zuboff from Hypnoz and Alexei Borisov), Bardoseneticcube, Ganzer feat. Lenochka, Ritualnaya Bioingeneria, Cyclotimia, SS-18 (side-project of DMT), Evilution, EKRAN (collaboration between Kryptogen Rundfunk and Anthesteria), Bunker (side-project of Ryr), Reutoff, Misery, Anthesteria, Tsaraas (side-project of Majdanek Waltz), Sal Solaris, Necropolis.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "C21H23NO5 - Diacetylmorphin" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2006 Steinklang Industries, SKD 11 / Dystonia Recordings, DYS003
Brilliant new Power-Noise compilation with well-structured, rhythmic and catchy compositions by: TARDIVE DYSKINESIA / ATROX / THE MUSICK WRECKERS (ex-Thorofon) / LEICHE RUSTIKAL / CONTROL compiled and organised by Mr. Tardive Dyskinesia with stunning artwork by Leiche Rustikal. 2 tracks by each artist (except Atrox is one 14 min. track). [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Chitarra e Altre Corde" -- CD -- €8
2016 Observatoire, obs * akusma AUDIOR|052
Electroacoustic / Experimental. This album collects nine acousmatic compositions performed in premiere with the acousmonium AUDIOR as part of the concert series 'Guitar and other strings', held in 2013 and 2014 in the Nineteenth-Century Hall of Sforza Castle of Galliate (Italy). Based on the sounds of acoustic and electric guitar and ‘other strings' instruments (theorbo, psaltery bow, violin, Dan Tranh, Guzheng), all the compositions have in common the intent to move the boundary between sound and noise, to consider all existent and imaginable sounds potentially suitable for the artistic creation. [label info] Romina Daniele, Vincent Laubeuf, Giorgio Bianchi, Marìa Cristìna Kasem, Marcela Pavia, Andrea Trecate, Andrea Trecate, Andrea Szigetvári, Joan Bagés i Rubí.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "A Cleansing Ascension" -- CD -- €7
2008 Elevator Bath, eeaoa040, (ltd. 650)
On the occasion of Elevator Bath's 10-year anniversary, the label has issued its first compilation release. This 73-minute compact disc is not a retrospective but is instead a collection of (almost) entirely exclusive material from 10 artists currently involved with Elevator Bath. A Cleansing Ascension includes previously unreleased recordings from: Matt Shoemaker, Adam Pacione, Jim Haynes, Keith Berry, Rick Reed, Dale Lloyd, Colin Andrew Sheffield, James Eck Rippie, and Tom Recchion. This is the ideal introduction to the label, offering a particularly cohesive yet varied selection of works from some of the brightest names in the experimental music community. Uneasy narrative, warm ambience, rusted drones, sine waves, field recordings, meditative composition, plus a glorious photograph on the inner sleeve (taken by Colin's father in 1971) can all be found in this single, beautiful package. Elevator Bath = A Cleansing Ascension. As always, packaged inside two elegant, printed sleeves (this time in full color) with soy-based ink on 100% recycled paper, this compact disc has been issued in an edition of 650 copies. [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Concrete Concréte" -- CD-R -- €4 [-50%]
2005 Construct.Destroy.Collective, CDC002, (ltd. 150)
"Concrete Concréte" is a conceptual compilation dedicated to concrete. Nine musicians have transformed their relationship to this fascinating material on the CD. Each track is a statement by itself, and you can hear echoes of concrete in all of them. The idustrial / experimental / noise music presented on this CD really fits to the theme of concrete and it's definitely going to be a great experience and challenge for all listeners. The CD comes packed in a DVD cover. [press-release] The list of participants: :.::, Urbanfailure, Phragments, Rentip, Iskra, Jamka, Martin Vysoky, Rbnx, Gottlieb.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Culmination" -- 2 CD -- €13
2005 Laton, Laton 030
Park Modern, Benzo, Phagz, Radius, Zavoloka, Thilges 3, F.R.U.I.T.S., Recorderman, ADD, Pomassl, Brain Fork, The Closing, Infra Red Army, Mombus, Alois Huber, Ki wa, Andres Loo, Philipp Quehenberger, Tania Stene & Alexei Borisov, Auxpan, Auralbino, Fractal Heads. "Culmination" is the anniversary compilation of austrian-russian label Laton, released to celebrate 15 years of its existence. So the participants are mainly russian and austrian musicians, but you can also meet here some single french, estonian, ukranian and icelandic projects. The stylistic scope is much more wider, there are several efforts from the wold of contemporary electronica - like post-IDM, electro-ambient, glitchy soundscapes and rhythmic tracks, but also some abstract and really hard to classify experimental pieces. Besides Laton residents (F.R.U.I.T.S., Benzo, Alois Huber, Radius, Zavoloka), there are many new names with quite interesting works. For me, certain highlights are Park Modern from Vladivostok with the symphony created from train noises and clatter, ADD from Petrozavodsk using a lot of looped sounds in a melodic way, and also Fractal Heads from Kemerovo with their long last but not least piece assembled from interference between layered rhythmic structures and narrating radiovoice in the background. [Dmitry Vasilyev, Independent Electronic Music]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Dark Jazz" -- CD -- €12
2017 Dark Jazz Records, DJR 002, (ltd. 300)
Côte Déserte, Dale Cooper Quartet And The Dictaphones, Detour Doom Project, Macelleria Mobile Di Mezzanotte, Manet, Michael Arthur Holloway, Nobody Jazz Ensemble, Noroeste & Shri, Somnambulist Quintet, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, The Thing With Five Eyes, Trigg & Gusset.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Darkness Descends - A Post-Industrial Compilation" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2018 Live Bait Recording Foundation, LBRF051, (ltd. 200)
This compilation of exclusive tracks has been assembled as a companion piece to the Darkness Descends Festival, which took place on the day of this item's physical release, June 16th 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. MURDEROUS VISION, CUNTING DAUGHTERS, ABJECTION RITUAL, SHOCK FRONTIER, VITRIOL GAUGE, COMPACTOR, GNAWED, STEEL HOOK PROSTHESES, THE VOMIT ARSONIST, THEOLOGIAN. Packed in a 4 panel eco-wallet, featuring photography and layout by Derek Rush. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Deep Sea Shipping" -- CD -- €6
2006 Lagunamuch Community, LMC800
Deep Sea Shipping is the first compilation on Lagunamuch, an electronic label in Moscow. This compilation has united many russian-speaking artists living in Russia and abroad. Deep Sea Shipping is a term borrowed from the maritime logistics and navigation. It perfectly reflects the whole internal component of music on this compilation. The concept of Deep Sea Shipping is rooted way back in the mythical worlds of H.P.Lovecraft, as well as in the realm of sci-fi stories. Moreover, the word 'deep' is of key importance here, because initially all the tracks on Deep Sea Shipping were stylistically aligned with each other and interconnected by such concepts as deep-tech, deep-ambient and deep electronic. Depth and diving is part of each composition, no matter how the genres may vary. Musicians: Selffish, Lazyfish, Abstract Avenue, Unit21, Oloolo, Sever, Riverz End, Holden, Unbound Persistence, Batiskaf, Total Reboot, Kriipis Tulo, Father?, 0id. [press-release]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Demonology In Dante's Inferno" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Eighth Tower Records, ETR027, (ltd. 200)
Experimental / Dark Ambient / Electroacoustic. Dante's Inferno, widely hailed as one of the great classics of Western literature, details Dante's journey through the nine circles of Hell. The voyage begins during Easter week in the year 1300, the descent through Hell starting on Good Friday. After meeting his guide, the eminent Roman poet Virgil, in a mythical dark wood, the two poets begin their descent through a baleful world of doleful shades, horrifying tortures, and unending lamentation. During their journey, Dante and Virgil meet a series of diabolical and demonic figures that characterize, in a highly expressionistic way, the various stages of the descent that will lead them to the end of the journey... Here at Eighth Tower Records, we invited a group of musicians (RAPOON, SONOLOGYST, SAMUEL GOFF, GIANLUCA BECUZZI, DANIEL BARBIERO, CRISTIANO BOCCI, COBI VAN TONDER, MARIO LINO STANCATI, KAMMARHEIT, LARS BRÖNDUM, DEAD SPACE CHAMBER MUSIC), interested to hear what those demonic (and of course allegoric) figures from the Dante's poem would inspire to them. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation 2" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 HalTapes
61 minutes of sound recordings made on microcassette, originally released on microcassette. Dictaphonia was a 10-volume compilation series produced by Hal McGee in 2009-2010 on his HalTapes label. Contributors were invited through an open call invitation to send short recordings in any style created and recorded on microcassette. McGee compiled the contributions and released 60-minute compilations on microcassette. This was the second volume of the Dictaphonia compilation project. [label info] Dave Wright, Richard Orlando, Mark McGee, Sonic Disorder, Douglas Burkett, Jamison Williams, Zebra Mu, Ian Watson, Crap Last Tap, Kurt Gottschalk, Julie Schubert, Dada Action Group, Andrew Coltrane, The Raytownian(s), Belltonesuicide, Blanco Estira Nuestro (+), Hermana Helice, Fried Marlenstahl, NXP, Rez Epo, Hanson Ono, Death Factory, Douglas Ferguson, Melissa Lovely & Justin Waters Here And Thereian Duo, Pony Payroll.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation 3" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 HalTapes
59 minutes of sound recordings made on microcassette, originally released on microcassette. Dictaphonia was a 10-volume compilation series produced by Hal McGee in 2009-2010 on his HalTapes label. Contributors were invited through an open call invitation to send short recordings in any style created and recorded on microcassette. McGee compiled the contributions and released 60-minute compilations on microcassette. This was the third volume of the Dictaphonia compilation project. [label info] Neonworm, Mannequin Hollowcaust, Karl J. Paloucek, Justin Robert, Carl Holmes, Ooy, Fludd, Jliat, Bisexual Swingers, Alan George Ledergerber, Stirner, Auvikogue, Mortuus Auris & The Black Hand, Johnny Brewton, Master/Slave Relationship, Big Sugar Victorious, EGG, Vultures, Ecoute La Merde, Lindsey Leepe, Retarded Children, Raw Mummy, William Wesley & The Tiny Sockets.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation 4" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 HalTapes
60 minutes of sound recordings made on microcassette, originally released on microcassette. Dictaphonia was a 10-volume compilation series produced by Hal McGee in 2009-2010 on his HalTapes label. Contributors were invited through an open call invitation to send short recordings in any style created and recorded on microcassette. McGee compiled the contributions and released 60-minute compilations on microcassette. This was the fourth volume of the Dictaphonia compilation project. [label info] Sparkle Girl, Mark Sonnenfeld, Igloo Martian, Enstruction, The Lexington Steele, Cellular Terror, Witch With Flying Head, Dave X, Kathy Burkett, Minimum Of None, Bryce Beverlin II, Front Gauche De L'art / Hermann Kleid, The Saint Petersburg Institute Of Noise, H.G. Wells, The Montreal Nintendo Orkestar, The Silent Committee, Frog, Projexorcism, Hal McGee, Super Pizza Party, Gerechtigkeits Liga, SOS aka Astral Fields Farmer, Dave Fuglewicz.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation 5" -- CD-R -- €7
2009 HalTapes
60 minutes of sound recordings made on microcassette, originally released on microcassette. Dictaphonia was a 10-volume compilation series produced by Hal McGee in 2009-2010 on his HalTapes label. Contributors were invited through an open call invitation to send short recordings in any style created and recorded on microcassette. McGee compiled the contributions and released 60-minute compilations on microcassette. This was the fifth volume of the Dictaphonia compilation project. [label info] Don Campau, Ian Watson & Matthew Lovett, Otolathe, William Wesley & The Tiny Sockets, Rajun Cajun, Ironing, Heffalump Trap, Ceramic Hobs, Mi.T. - CON, Charles Rice Goff III, Sonic Disorder, M.Stactor, Mannequin Hollowcaust, Mad Max, Hal McGee, Richard Orlando, Littlecreature Courses Through Content In Ribald Constance, NXP, Jamison Williams, Zebulon, Capstan Drive.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation 6" -- CD-R -- €7
2010 HalTapes
60 minutes of sound recordings made on microcassette, originally released on microcassette. Dictaphonia was a 10-volume compilation series produced by Hal McGee in 2009-2010 on his HalTapes label. Contributors were invited through an open call invitation to send short recordings in any style created and recorded on microcassette. McGee compiled the contributions and released 60-minute compilations on microcassette. This was the sixth volume of the Dictaphonia compilation project. [label info] Id M Theft Able, Andrew Chadwick, The Noisettes, Rubbish & Can Sahin, QCKCOFSE, Pganickz, Golden Roses, Thee Virginal Brides, Vagina Teeth/Jesus Teeth, Subversive Intentions, Crank Surgeon, Chris Blair, Ethan Tripp, Daniel Steffey, Bryce Clayton Eiman.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Dies Natalis Invicti Solis" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2020 Live Bait Recording Foundation, LBRF056
Industrial / Dark Ambient. To assist in your solitary winter rituals… Dies Natalis Invicti Solis was conceptualized and curated by Stephen Petrus (MURDEROUS VISION) in the autumn of 2020. With love and dedication to Marcus LaBonte (Cloister Recordings). KLEISTWAHR, GNAWED, ORD, CONTRASTATE, MURDEROUS VISION, KONSTRUKTIVISTS, DEUTSCH NEPAL, ENVENOMIST, DREAM INTO DUST, FAILING LIGHTS, BRIGHTER DEATH NOW, THEOLOGIAN & THE VOMIT ARSONIST.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Diplocomp (A Diplodisc Sampler)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Diplodisc, dpl 010
A unique ambient journey featuring Daniel Biro, Visnadi, Dale Miller, Kevin Hewick, Unfolk (Alessandro Monti), Bebo Baldan & Stephen James, Adam Jansch plus many other independent Italian, British and North American artists, ranging from ambient to world music, from songwriting to post-rock; from chamber to improvisation; most tracks are previously unavailable on cd. A broad musical vision where Indian sarod, Armenian duduk, Appalachian dulcimer, distorted guitars, synthesizers and baroque viols, create a unique 360° ambient journey, originally conceived as a new definition of record culture in support of Independent artists. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Don't Hunt What You Can't Kill" -- 3 CD -- €20 [-50%]
2002 L. White Records, LW-004
Thorofon, ExOrder, Anenzephalia, DJK, Phosgen, Virologic (Predominance), Sektion B, Anon Plus, Azoikum, Strom.ec, Axon Neuron/Vagwa, Government Alpha, Streicher, Blank Banner, Irikarah, Napalmed, DШdsdШmd, Alienlovers in Amagasaki, SRP, Today I\'m Dead, Skin Crime, Lefthandeddecision, PTT, Dresden 45, Human Destructur, Sektor, Drape Excrement, Wutanes Heer, Atrax Morgue, Murderous Vision, Propergol, Rasthof Dachau, Krieger, Industriepalast&SK, Taint, Grunt, C.O.Caspar, Sickness, Survival Unit and The Grey Wolves!
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Drone Islands - Land Rising" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2019 Eighth Tower Records, ETR019, (ltd. 200)
Pitchfork Media and Allmusic journalist Mark Richardson defined drone music thus: "The vanishing-point music created by drone elders Phill Niblock and, especially, LaMonte Young is what happens when a fixation on held tones reaches a tipping point. Timbre is reduced to either a single clear instrument or a sine wave, silence disappears completely, and the base-level interaction between small clusters of "pure" tone becomes the music's content. This kind of work takes what typically helps us to distinguish "music" from "sound," discards nearly all of it, and then starts over again from scratch..." Since LaMonte Young early experiments till today, drone music has come a long way. Eighth Tower Records is proud to present an anthology featuring 12 projects from artists who work on classic and new stimulating paths for the drone music. AH CAMA-SOTZ, SATORI, KAMMARHEIT, ASHTORETH, DAIMON, STEFAN KLAVERDAL, SONOLOGYST, INSTINCT PRIMAL, LARS BRÖNDUM, MASSIMO OLLA, NIHIL IMPVLSE, HLER. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Dungeon Lore - Chapter I: King In The Mountain" -- CD -- €5
2015 Dungeon Lore Foundation, DLF-001
First CD in a series of dungeon synth compilations published by Dungeon Lore Foundation: Evilnox, Order Of Dark Times, Uvodna, Dreams Of Kapische, Dom Vdovy, Eschato Logic, Keeper Of The Coast, Mira Drevo, Ajoura, Dagor-Nuin-Giliath, Elgra.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Earthen - A Cold Spring Sampler" -- 2 CD -- €5 [-50%]
2018 Cold Spring, CSR250CD
A massive double CD to celebrate our 250th release! 29 tracks - including an EXCLUSIVE unheard track from COIL. An unrivalled collection of Industrial, Esoteric, Dark Ambient, Ritual, Drone, Power Electronics, Doom, Death Industrial, Experimental, Torch Songs, Electronica. Unearth the world of Cold Spring! Ltd x 4000 copies in a gatefold ecopak... MERZBOW / GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE, SHE SPREAD SORROW, PENNY RIMBAUD, NDE, SONOLOGYST, NYTT LAND, DET KÄTTERSKA FÖRBUND, PSYCHIC TV, KHOST, LEFT HAND RIGHT HAND, THE NEW BLOCKADERS, THE TELESCOPES, VIVIANKRIST, ILPO VÄISÄNEN, COIL, MZ. 412, ANNI HOGAN feat LYDIA LUNCH, XERXES THE DARK, SHIFT, JOTUNSPOR, MAYUKO HINO, ZENI GEVA & STEVE ALBINI, C.3.3., COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER, SOFT ISSUES, COLOSSLOTH, COIL + ZOS KIA + MARC ALMOND, TUNNELS OF ĀH, BARRY ADAMSON + PAN SONIC + THE HAFLER TRIO. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Eidolon - A Tribute To Reutoff" -- CD -- €12
2014 Old Europa Cafe, OECD 189, (ltd. 400)
For those (few) who don't know Reutoff: they are one of the more prominent and intriguing Russian Post-Industrial Ambient projects. The album, celebrating the bands 16th anniversary, consists of remixes and cover versions on original Reutoff tracks, made by bands / projects / friends, whose music has always been close to the band. Most of the contributors created their tracks using original Reutoff material, some of them were just inspired by Reutoff's music, others tuned in with their own sound and the track with Deutsch Nepal is an entirely team-work piece... "The "Eidolon essence" is a reflection: there was a time, when we absorbed, we were imbued with the images of the Tribute participants. Their music and their impressions on their own epiphanies were interpreted in our music. Now it's their turn, we came to full circle and the phantoms are granted with new lives. We are grateful to every each and one of you, you did your best. A special thank you goes out to Oleg Pashchenko for the Cover Art. His flair is as brilliant as is his genius" (Reutoff). Participants: ATRIUM CARCERI, DESIDERII MARGINIS, FLINT GLASS, EMPUSAE, SAL SOLARIS, ANTLERS MULM, WERMUT, DEUTSCH NEPAL / REUTOFF, SVARTSINN, OTZEPENEVSHIYE, TROUM, CISFINITUM. [press-release]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Eleven Notes In Black" -- CD -- €10
2009 Mask Of The Slave, MS-019, (ltd. 500)
The first noise compilation focusing exclusively to the legendary Houston noise scene! All tracks compiled by Richard Ramirez, all tracks were done exclusively for this release. The 11 artist: Melanie Riehle, S.P.I.T., Loudspeaker, T.E.F., Last Rape, Concrete Violin, Forced Orgasm, Werewolf Jerusalem, Baptist Skin Communiti, In the land of Archers & White Nurse Black Death. [label info]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Enemies - A Collection Of Wartime Lyrical Tunes" -- CD -- €9
2009 Der Angriff, Angriff Nr. 36, (ltd. 500)
A collection of wartime lyrical tunes performed by the artists from countries which have struggled on the opposite sides of the World War II frontlines. The participants are Duncan Patterson & Darren White (ex-Anathema) [UK], Traumer Leben, Von Thronstahl [both Germany], Lonsai Maikov, Dissonant Elephant [both France], Moon Far Away, Titlo [both Russia], Changes [USA], Rose Rovine E Amanti [Italy], Gothika [Japan]. All tracks are exclusive except the one from Von Thronstahl. Compiled by Count Ash (Moon Far Away). The release comes in a special b/w envelope similar to the soldiers letters which includes CD housed in its cardboard printed jacket and three photo inlays, limited edition of 500 copies. A very unusual and passionate release, not to be missed! [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Energia" -- CD -- €10
2007 OMS Records, OMSCD03, (ltd. 460)
UKRAINIAN DARK SYNDICATE proudly present an ENERGIA tribute compilation dedicated to a centenary of the founder of world's practical astronautics – S.P. Korolyov (1907-1966). Former USSR chief engineer and designer, he has gone down to spacecraft history as an ingenious inventor of world's first satellites, rockets, and human spaceflights, Y. Gagarin's including. Herein we render homage to a genius who brought human phantasies to outer space reality. An exclusive compilation which ranges from multi-faceted deep dark ambient to electroacoustics-related is featured by ATOMINE ELEKTRINE, AUTOPSIA, CISFINITUM, DEUTSCH NEPAL, FILIVS MACROCOSMI, FIRST HUMAN FERRO, ISOMER, KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK, NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS, POLYGON, SATORI, THOLEN, VESTIGIAL and VISIONS; compiled and executed by Olegh Kolyada (FHF / Oda Relicta). Coming as a glossy six-panel digipack CD with 12-page booklet. This special recording is a must-have piece of art to all space-addicted people of good will. [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "F+A+K+E+L+O+R+E" -- CD-R -- €5
2021 Ahalai Mahalai
A compilation of Russian and Belarussian underground artists. "A unique collection of audio recordings designed to open the wrong side of an educated native who has already forgotten where his roots are and where the withered tops have gone. Incantations in a concrete box / meditation on the forbidden nature. The compilation is diverse in genres and is built on contrasts and obvious correlations. Honkyoku / Trance-ethnic / Avant-garde / Authentic / Psychedelia / Static radio noise / Improvisation / Free-jazz / Ambient / Concrete music... All these are vivid masks of the alienation ritual and thirst of the modern Survivor. [label info] ANDREY ZHILIN, PLANETA AVATAR, STRUP, SOTVORISHI, IRINA BOGATYREVA, DN23RD, IGOR DMITRIEV, G. AVRORIN, BAMBOOWAY, PHIL MONOPOLKA + YAN YAMIN, VIR', FORM, RADIOVOLNA, ANDREI SHERESHOVETS, IOI, TOIT.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "FatheR:LanD" -- CD -- €8 [-50%]
2012 Steinklang Industries, SK62, (ltd. 300)
Brilliant compilation with mostly EXCLUSIVE songs (or never before released versions) for this compilation by: Sagittarius - Jännerwein - Von Thronstahl - Stormfagel - Verdandi - Svarrogh - Atomtrakt - Hrossharsgrani - Dead Man's Hill - Werra - Vinterriket - Rasthof Dachau - Oda Relicta. [label info]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Foliage Of Glasir" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2013 Valgriind, VG 55
A compilation of tracks from the residents and friends of the Russian label Valgriind: CORVUZ, BOLVERKSTORM, DASEIN, ORCHID, NORMA REAKTSII FEST. SVA BATTALION, PARCHIM, YAV', YAO 91404 D, TRANSISTORWALD, URUK HAI, SHYOPOT RUN, ASTARIUM, LEBENSESSENZ, TEMNOYAR.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "The Forme To The Fynisment Foldes Ful Selden" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2020 Cold Spring, CSR252CD
Neofolk. We bring our dark folk series full circle on Lammas (1st August), 13 years after the release of 'John Barleycorn Reborn: Dark Britannica'. A constant theme throughout these releases has been the cyclical nature of time and the seasons, and the relationship of mankind to the natural environment, with recurrent references to John Barleycorn, personification of the harvest. 32 tracks from the cream of current dark British Folk music: WINTERFYLLETH, SOL-DE-MUERTE, FINGLEBONE, TIM LANE, SOLDAT, THE FAMILIARS, THE SOUND OF ANTLER, BEAU, PERKELT, A TIDING OF MAGPIES, CJ MANN & BECKY SHARP, THORNLAND, LARYNX AND CLAW, MY SILENT WAKE, PELESER, ROBERT PITCHER, PETER ULRICH, SEDAYNELORE, WOLCENSMEN, BROCC, VENEREUM ARVUM, SIXPENNY WAYKE, ALEX MONK, THE PSYCHOGEOGRAPHICAL COMMISSION, SILVER OF WORLD UNION, SAND SNOWMAN feat. MOONSWIFT, HAYLEY EVENETT, SUNSHINE CODING, COMA WALL, JO BETH YOUNG, NATHANIEL MANN, IGNIS ASTRIFER. Of special note, PETER ULRICH (DEAD CAN DANCE) created an exclusive track especially for this collection: 'Lammas Dance'. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Fuck You, You Worthless Cunts. Australian Experimental Noise Compilation" -- CD-R -- €5
2011 Smell The Stench
9 promising Australian noise acts: Aumgn, FTRG, Screwtape, Psychward, Undecisive God, Dotabata, Social Climber, Inward Escape, Snuff Budgies. Slim-box. [YAOP]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Full" -- CD -- €10
2004 Antifrost, afro2020
Full is part of the VOID/FULL project. Participants: Toshimaru Nakamura, Nikos Veliotis, Joe Colley, Daniel Menche, Evol, Edwin Van Der Heide, As11, Maja Ratkje, Matt Shoemaker, Eric La Casa, Sachiko M, Lasse Marhaug, Alejandra And Aeron.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Gothenburg 08" -- CD -- €10
2008 Fang Bomb, FB006
The by now legendary compilation LP 'Gothenburg 84' was released by Radium 226.05 (record label/gallery/publishing house/breeding ground) in 1984. The LP is an excellent document of an unusually creative period in the musical history of Gothenburg, featuring the upcoming talent of that time. It has an impressive roster of artists, such as CM von Hausswolff, Freddie Wadling, Zbigniew Karkowski and Jean-Louis Huhta. Now, in 2008, Gothenburg's electronic and experimental scene is again soaring with talent. It's a scene of pioneers creating exploratory, unique music - completely new, but still connected to the spirit from almost 25 years ago. It is another unique era, and it is time to document it. This is what 'Gothenburg 08' sets out to do. 'Gothenburg 08' includes never before heard tracks by The Skull Defekts, Porn Sword Tobacco, Anders Dahl, Jasper TX, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Joel Brindefalk, Viktor Sjo"berg & Jonas Lindgren, Tsukimono and Sewer Election. [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Hard Panning (The Ultimate Contemporary Cut-up Harsh Noise International Compilation)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2014 Triangle Records, TR-53 / Somnolent Shelter Records
The hardest-hitting release of the year. Featuring well-established artists as well as relative newcomers, the compilation contains roughly 50 minutes of top quality, complex and dynamic harsh noise. HARD PANNING documents the evolution and redefining of the genre which came a long way since the early pioneers. A definite must-have. [label info] FACIALMESS, JAKE VIDA, T.E.F., KAZUMOTO ENDO, KAZUMA KUBOTA, JAAKKO VANHALA, MAAAA, PURGIST, DEAFAULT, AHLZAGAILZEHGUH, DEVELOPER, MANTICHORA, ENCEPHALOPHONIC, K2, LETTERA 22.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Hate Tasting" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Sickcore, SC-20, (ltd. 300)
Harsh Noise / Power Electronics. MOLESTER, MUTANT APE, BARRIKAD, WEREWOLF JERUSALEM, FECALOVE, FEAR KONSTRUKTOR, CLIMAX DENIAL, MOURMANSK 150, COMFORTER, SPLINTER vs. STALIN.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Heavy Electronics / 5 Acts From Greece" -- 3"CD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2021 E.C.T., #23, (ltd. 50)
Power Electronics / Noise. The 23rd album from E.C.T. is a compilation of five experimental, noise, industrial and power electronics projects based in four different cities of Greece (Athens, Linia/Corfu, Larissa and Pyrgos). The main concept of this mini-CDR / compilation came as a necessity of a record of some of our close partners and friends, that they are still active during this period of restrictions. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Heilige Feuer VI" -- 2 CD -- €28
2009 Der Angriff, Angriff Nr. 32, (ltd. 400)
The new release in the series is to commemorate the Heilige Feuer 6 festival which was held in December 2006 in Moscow. This is also a dedication to our good friend and true comrade Eduard Chernyshov whose enthusiasm, energy, activity and creativity once gave birth to Heilige Feuer festival and who has sadly passed away in late 2005. The double CD includes two exclusive tracks from the festival participants: A Challenge Of Honour, Anthesteria, Des Esseintes, I-C-K, Kryptogen Rundfunk, Leiche Rustikal, The Protagonist, and Radio Murmansk. The release comes as a deluxe double digisleeve printed with bronze on the luxury designer's paper, it is encased in a special box with the embossment of the festival logo. [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Heilige Feuer VI" -- 2 CD -- €37
2009 Der Angriff, Angriff Nr. 32, (ltd. 100)
The new release in the series is to commemorate the Heilige Feuer 6 festival which was held in December 2006 in Moscow. This is also a dedication to our good friend and true comrade Eduard Chernyshov whose enthusiasm, energy, activity and creativity once gave birth to Heilige Feuer festival and who has sadly passed away in late 2005. The double CD includes two exclusive tracks from the festival participants: A Challenge Of Honour, Anthesteria, Des Esseintes, I-C-K, Kryptogen Rundfunk, Leiche Rustikal, The Protagonist, and Radio Murmansk. The release comes as a deluxe double digisleeve printed with bronze on the luxury designer's paper, it is encased in a special box with the embossment of the festival logo. The limited collector's edition is made on a black paper and also includes 4 full-colour postcards with photos made on the concert. [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Ilios - Encyclopedia - RW" -- CD -- €10
2004 Antifrost, afro2024
ILIOS's 3rd release, "Encyclopedia" was recorded in 1993 and was the first Antifrost release back in 1997. "Encyclopedia-RW" is the reworked version by Ilios friends. All original tracks were reworked by: Jazzkammer, Mattin, Francisco Lopez, Alexei Borisov, Leif Elggren, Xabier Erkizia, Anton Nikkilä, AS11, Coti, Jason Kahn, Marc Behrens, Bernd Schurer, Daniel Menche, Nishide Takehiro, Anla Courtis, Joe Colley, Panos Ghikas, Zbigniew Karkowski.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Interactions" -- 2 CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
1999 Afe Records, afe005cd
An early Afe Records compilation. All the tracks on this release were recorded between 1995 and 1998. Most of them were originally released on the "Interactions" tape. This reissue comes with many extra tracks, featured artists are Elephant Zyclus, Kabal, Leeza, Lips Vago, Minimal Man, Horace Reid and Xymek. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "...It Just Is (In Memoriam: Jhonn Balance)" -- 2 CD -- €12
2005 Fulldozer Records / Nocharizma Records, fdcd20 / nhcd02
Double CD compilation dedicated in memory of Jhonn Balance. 30 projects from ex-USSR territories and other countries involved: The Threshold Houseboy's Choir (Peter Christopherson), Thighpaulsandra, Theodor Bastard, Kotra, Spies Boys, Alec Empire, 2/5 BZ, Chris Connelly, Biblioteka Prospero, Phillip Klinger (PBK), KK.Null, EU, Darling Kandie, Pomassl, Alexei Borisov, COH, Alva Noto, Schlammpeitzigner, Goodiny & PCP, Scanner, Brompton's Cocktail, Mystified, hhtp, Noises Of Russia & Olga Komok, Kryptogen Rundfunk, A. Vorodeyev, Serge Tereshkine, Volga, I.L.I., M.R.F./Elena Voynarovskaya.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Ivan The Terrible" -- 2 CD -- €15
2015 Ufa Muzak, UFA 70 / Anenerbe Music Club, (ltd. 300)
Bombastic martial / Strange Neofolk / Weird electronic / Obscure ambient. Ufa Muzak in cooperation with Anenerbe Music Club presents to all fans of epic, conceptual and electronic music this 2-CD album with a collection of tracks from bands from all around the world, dedicated to the film by Sergey Eisenstein "Ivan The Terrible" (1945-1958). Over 100 minutes of the most varied and interesting sonic palette present the contemporary soundtrack to the motion picture which is a milestone in historical cinema. Big and complex work which was never entirely finished (being shot during the World War II, 2nd part released many years after the first one, 3rd part remained only in screenplay, preliminary sketches and notes), containing mystical prophetic motives of the tragic role of the country at the crossroads of world history, offering most violent physical and moral ordeals. The very image of Ivan IV The Terrible, ruling Russia during 50 years in uneasy times, is very ambiguous and open for research, and at the same time it is a historical symbol of those times, inspiring not only science workers, but also artists to create works in honour of his name. Having this monumental picture created by the genious director, now the musicians make no less painstaking work to express the breath of those dark times, soaked in dissension, wars, tyranny, oprichnina and constant civil strifes. If you care about the history of Russia, history of cinema and its masterpieces, actual and thoughtful Industrial / Neo-Folk scene, be sure this album will bring a lot of pleasant surprises. The Word and the Deed. NOISES OF RUSSIA, AIN SOPH, L'EFFET C'EST MOI, TEATRO SATANICO, SCHRK, TSIDMZ, ZLYDOTA, LONSAI MAIKOV, PARZIVAL, DER ARBEITER, VIR', MOON FAR AWAY, NECROPHONIX, REL', BARBAROSSA UMTRUNK, NEVOD, ANENERBE MUSIC CLUB, SPECTRE. [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Kosmoloko" -- CD -- €15
2003 Galakthorrö 016
According to plan, the third part of the 10 years of Galakthorrö jubilee edition. This is a compilation comprised of two new and exclusive titles each from Haus Arafna, Karl Runau, Maska Genetik, November Növelet und Subliminal, together on one disc. The artists have lovingly presented their diverse and individual styles. A birthday present for Mother Galakthorrö. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Kosmoloko 2" -- CD -- €15
2012 Galakthorrö, Galakthorrö 029
Kosmoloko 2 appears now as the the second Label-Sampler from Galakthorrö, following Kosmoloko from the year 2004. The term “Label-Sampler” means that only performances by Galakthorrö artists are presented. All the included material is exclusive, having been created by the artists especially for Kosmoloko 2. No title has ever appeared before in any shape or form. This collection therefore contains no rehashing or previous left-overs. Kosmoloko samplers do not contain B-grade material. Kosmoloko is, so to speak, the opposite of the usual run-of-the-mill sampler concept, proving itself to be a mini-tour through the current Galakthorrц programme. Each of the artists is trying to garner interest, and to win new listeners for themselves, thus improving quality at all levels. Haus Arafna, Hermann Kopp, Herz Jühning, November Növelet, and Subliminal, contribute two titles each. Will they win themselves new afficionados? CD in jewel case with 12 page booklet. [press-release]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Main Control Board" -- CD -- €7
2010 Lagunamuch Community, LMC1002
Alexander Matrosov, a part of Alexandroid, Gods Delusion, Flexkiks, Autopilots, Speyer projects came up with an idea to make such a compilation. He was going to make the second sound trip, a kind of sequel to the Deep Sea Shipping compilation. The sound was more of an industrial and radical type. This time the theme of the compilation is not a sea, but the black space with its microgravity, adventures and unpredictability. We decided to use new approaches, new technologies and invite musicians that we know. We were not rushing with this release, making the things more difficult for ourselves and testing the compilation by time. Once it is ready we are really happy with the final result... Main Control Board compilation is not mixed. All tracks are specially chosen to complete each other. Listening to the cd it feels like one album is playing. What is it, Main Control Board?.. We dig Main Control Board is a control board of our galactic, matrix or program, whatever you call the reality. You can draw parallels between what is happening on our planet and on the cd. There are no coincidences... It took us two years to finish this monolithic release. The result was worth the effort. Unfortunately during these two years many unexpected things have happened. One year ago, an excellent musician and creator of this project, Alexander Matrosov passed away. One year later we are dedicating this compilation to him. It is exactly the way he wanted to see and hear it. [press-release] Participants: Indu Mezu vs Flagra, Speyer, Riverz End, Abstract Avenue, Autopilots, Nightech, L.F., Abstract Avenue, Egofriend, Alexandroid.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Million Ways To Spend Your Time" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2006 Quasi Pop Records, QPOP CD040
CD compilation "Million Ways To Spend Your Time" is dedicated to 5th birthday of Ukrainian label Quasi Pop. It represents new & rare works works by label mates and exclusive tracks from Quasi Pop's friends from different countries: Black To Comm, Continental Fruit, Peel Off The Bass, Monofilament, TV Pow, Lasse Marhaug, Andrey Kiritchenko, Origami Epileptika, 8Rolek, Jorgen Knudsen, O.Lamm, The Complainer, Andreas Brandal, Alexey Petrov, Batcheeba, CharSky, Biblioteka Prospero.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Mit Fester Hand - Allerseelenlieder" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2011 Ahnstern, Ahnstern 43
Brilliant new compilation with coverversions of personal friends of Gerhard Hallstatt (Allerseelen)! Ernte, Tyr-Kreis, Haberfeld, Die Weisse Rose, Fanes, Sagittarius, Scivias, Frakmundt, Hrefnesholt, O Paradis, Blood Axis & Sangre Cavallum, Sturmpercht, Larrnakh, Arnica, Klammheim, Der Arbeiter, Der Feuerkreiner, Cawatana, Svarrogh, Allerseelen. [label info]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Moral Hazard" -- CD -- €10
2007 Indie-Ziert, IZ.01, (ltd. 477)
Industrial / Power Electronics / Noise. SCHWADRON, JESUS OF NAZARETH, LA COMUNIDAD, MELODIC ABORTION ORCHESTRA, RADIO MURMANSK, CAVUM ORIS, MORTUOR, HATRED IN EYES, CLIMAX DENIAL, SEWER GODDESS, LEICHE RUSTIKAL, PERSONA, MOURMANSK 150, STEEL HOOK PROSTHESES.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Motion + Time: Document One" -- CD -- €14
2005 D.O.R., ADOR 503
Apollon, Nomadstation, Apeiron.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Museum" -- CD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 020, (ltd. 50)
A compilation of Russian artists close to the Yekaterinburg-based label Evil Dead Productions: ZINC ROOM, CARVED IMAGE OF EMPTINESS, SOL MORTUUS, VESICATORIA, CHURCH OF HOWLING DOG, ORD, ANDREW KEIN, KROMESHNA, LEMNA. From industrial and dark ambient to rituals and sonic experiments. All tracks were recorded specially for this compilation and never released before.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Museum II" -- CD -- €9 [-50%]
2022 Evil Dead Productions, EDP 029, (ltd. 60)
Dark Ambient / Ritual / Industrial / Dark Jazz. New compilation with seven tracks from four projects from the Russian label Evil Dead Productions (the first "Museum" was released in 2017). From ghostly industrial dark ambient of CARVED IMAGE OF EMPTINESS to ritual shamanism of SOL MORTUUS, from rugged metallic percussion noise of ZINC ROOM to abstract avantgarde ambient-jazz of CHAOTIC BOUND SYSTEMS. The edition is limited to 60 copies and comes in a foldout cardboard sleeve with an insert.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Music For Abandoned Cold War Places" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2020 ZeroK, ZK03
Dark Ambient / Drone / Industrial. Since the 1978 Brian Eno album Music For Airports, subsequent attempts to produce music to create sonorous ambient textures and/or to describe environments through sound have been numerous. With this present compilation, curated by Raffaele Pezzella (SONOLOGYST), ZeroK (in collaboration with GAVIN MORROW, JOEL GILARDINI, ESA J. RUOHO, HEIKKI LINDGREN, ANDRÉS FALIU, DANI KLOOB, ADRIANO RAGNI, MATTEO SCAIOLI, EVGENY PUSTOTA, VALTER ABREU, JARKO M. HEDENIUS, JANNE LIIMATAINEN, JETON HOXHA, JAMES KEELER and WIL CLAEYS) provide sound descriptions of abandoned Cold War places, as part of a wider project focused on abandoned, decommissioned, or even vanishing places. As the decades pass these places will become icons of past ages, existing somewhere between history and modern myth. They currently occupy a Ballardian mental space where reality cannot be distinguished from ghostly parallel dimensions. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Mutations Of A Dream" -- CD -- €10
2001 self-released, MOAD-01, (ltd. 300)
Compilation released independently by ten Finnish noise / industrial / ambient artists: The 4th Floor, Vasemman Raajan Halvaus, Loyly, Maelstrom, Haava, DiversAeon, Nyrja, Konemessias, Hombre Muerto, Koje.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "New World Order" -- 2 CD -- €10
2007 Thonar Records, TR.01, (ltd. 999)
The Sounds Of Earth, False Mirror, Maya Nadir, Moon, Thomas Nola Et Son Orchestre, Tonal Y Nagual, A Challenge Of Honour, Nebelkorona, My Asphyxia, Galaxia Obscura, Phragments, The Alison Project, Institution D.O.L., Flutwacht, Noisewerrrrk, Izanami's Labour Pains, SKM-ETR, Invisible Front, Atrox, Kreuzer, Brachial Palsy, Atomtrakt, Sky Burial, Camisole, Erik Ursich.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Noise Of Crimea" -- CD-R -- €6
2019 ElectroIndustria
Experimental / Noise. The compilation features "live" Crimean noise projects. This is the first disc released by the ElectroIndustria label (run by Noises of Russia) with the support of the Crimean net-label Effect Defect Records in order to get acquainted with the Crimean experimental scene. Participants: 1G0G, 780AJZ, PEOPALOP, OBSCURE HEAVEN, SOUND OF CRIMEA, PSYCHOGENIC PAIN, SCHISM ANCHYLOSIS, DETUNE DISTORTION DESPONDENCY, SUSTENANCE OUTSKIRT. Free copying and distribution is allowed by the Creative Commons License. [label info]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Noise.il" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2006 Topheth Prophet, TP007
Israeli noise and power electronics! Mortalmanifest, Drone Lebanon, Gedem, Gaop vs Aboolele, Wreck&Drool, Aboolele vs Gaop, Barzel.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Not Found" -- CD-R -- €7
2006 UFA Muzak, UFA08, (ltd. 131)
Harsh Noise/Power Electronics. GANZER / DEAD ICE / SUDANSTRAIN / N.O.I.S.E. / BUNKER / TCHERNOBLYAD / INDRA / KNUT. White is Black. Peace is War. Freedom is Slavery. Knowledge is Weakness. 8 Russian projects of extreme electronics prove and show this 'feedback' of ideas. Wave of energy without any analogues will confirm the 'inversion' in the head and thus will empty it totally. Crime as marginal concept of existence will create another perverted view on the problem. After some time you'll understand that everything repeats, examples turn into mistakes, senses become substitutions, the devil will become the god. Overcoming of post-modernism as an act of art. Ear-tearing wave of sonic harsh terrorism of the 'white' half changes into calming and meditative madness of the 'black' half. The ending of the compilation has it's own sense - ATTENTION - turn off manually only. Special respect to the participants of the project - stay cruel and implacable. [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Oredezh" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2011 Fulldozer Records, FDCD 33, (ltd. 1000)
On the New 2012 Year's eve Fulldozer Records proudly presents our new full-length release. The music research topic is "Oredezh" - a beautiful river in the south-west of Leningradskaya Oblast' (rural area around Saint Petersburg), mentioned in the 1240 chronicles in connection with "the forced christening of Russia". Legends have it that when Russia was being christened, local inhabitants went to hide in forests, some to organize guerrilla groups, others simply to take refuge... Just for this release several well-known musicians and sound-artists came up with their interpretations of the raw pagan black metal track that gave the compilation it's name. The compilation is not a single or compilation of remixes, or "pagan" compilation. We wanted to create large musical canvas with varying sound in which interesting artists from all over the world would express their opinions and their points of view on this theme using the universal ways of musical language. Participants: BEHERIT (FIN), PBK (USA), FARMACIA (ARG), ADAM EBRINGER (AUS), EDWARD SOL (UKR), BARDOSENETICCUBE (RUS), RAJFAJH (RUS), BENZOLNYE MERTVECY (RUS), ALEXANDER BELKOV (RUS), KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK (RUS), COAXIL (RUS), PORCH NAP (RUS), SIVYJ YAR (RUS). [press-release]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "The Other World" -- 2 CD -- €16
1998 Hypnos, hyp1804
Vidna Obmana, Ruben Garcia & A Produce, Thomas Ronkin, Saul Stokes, A Produce, Jeff Greinke, Ron Boots, M. Griffin, David Tollefson, Egghatcher, Larry Kucharz, Meg Bowles, Exit, Alpha Wave Movement, Robert Scott Thompson, Viridian Sun, Jeff Pearce, Katsuya Hironaka, Richard Bone.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Pagan Folk Und Apocalyptic Psychedelia - Kapitel III" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2010 Steinklang Industries
Seelenthron, Cafe De L'Enfer, Stormfеgel, Allerseelen, Aeldaborn, Fräkm¨ndt, Arnica, Sturmpercht, Horologium, Dannagoischd, Stein, Atomtrakt, Vinterriket, Rauhnacht, Thrubyred.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Philosophy Of A Knife" -- CD -- €10
2012 Peripheral Records, CPR001, (ltd. 250)
White Walls, Brighter Death Now, Staalkracht, Contagious Orgasm, Bagman, IRM, Barrikad, Atrabilis Sunrise, Dry Greed, BrandKommando, Kristus Kut.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Points On The Plane" -- CD-R -- €3 [-50%]
2014 Down Elcovka Records, CD-R DER 021, (ltd. 50)
Harsh Noise Wall. Eight walls of noise - 8 points of the plane of noise existence. Six projects from Russia, one from Belarus, one from Germany. After several spins wer recommend you to bury this disc for the archaeologists of future generations. SOGRA, DAMAGE REPORT, CONCRETE, ETHYL SNOWMAN, WRAM, WHISKEY ALPHA 2XLIMA, PASTUHAMOVCI, FEMALE DOMINATION. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Productive Operations. Obscure Tracks From YAOP Circle" -- CD-R -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT150, (ltd. 15)
In April 2020 our label celebrates its 15th anniversary, and we decided to make an exceptional release. Firstly, this is a compilation, which Operator has never had before and which is unlikely to repeat. Secondly, the compilation isn't simple: we didn’t make the usual selection of tracks from our artists, which would result in a regular "sampler", but instead decided to make an "esoteric" compilation from the rarest, mostly unpublished records and versions of tracks from the deepest "dungeon" of YAOP and Operator. The "inner circle" of artists, mystery and absurdity from the very bottom of our crucible. Handmade foldout sleeve, minimal edition. [label info] Artists: YAO 91404 D, ANTI-VERSTAND, BELOMOR, TCHERNOBLYAD, DADHIKRA, ADRIVA 91404 D, OLIVIER (of LASKOVOE ECHO).
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Radiation" -- CD-R BOX -- €24
2003 L. White Records, LW-021, (ltd. 50)
Noise / Power Electronics. XOTOX, STABAT MORS, OHMKILL, BARADELAN, JEYE, MENSCHENFRESSER, NARBENERDE, IRIKARAH, OBJECT, CUT 23, SEKTOR, DAWN PROJEKT, I.S.ISABELLA, GOVERNMENT ALPHA. Boxset edition, limited to 50 copies, comes with a real bone and a set of x-rays.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Radio Noises" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Antenna Non Grata, ANG CD01
Experimental / Radionoise. A compilation on which invited artists proposed tracks using various sounds of the radio. The radio was treated as a musical instrument. Noises for everyone! [label info] Featuring: GW94, DARIUSZ BRZOSTEK & JOANNA WALEWSKA, MIRT, ZENIAL, MICROMELANCOLIÉ, SYNTHOPIA, MOTHERTAPE, GAAP KVLT, URORURO, RADIO NOISE DUO.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Raiz Iberica" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2014 Ahnstern, Ahnstern51 / Soliferro, SFR03
'Raíz Ibérica' ('Iberian Root') is a meeting of Iberian bands dealing with the myths, legends and origins of Iberia Peninsula (Spain & Portugal). From delicate Folk tunes to Ur-Folk through more Natural-Ambient songs to even Ritual passages and traditional music. All bands involved have a deep connection with the old roots, stones and mountains forming this particular land. This is the perfect compilation to be intruduced in Iberian folk nowadays. More if you're interested in the folk rooted on traditions, legends and old Gods... Featuring ARNICA, SANGRE DE MUERDAGO, URZE DE LUME, KELTIKA HISPANNA, STILLME, CAELIA, AZAGATEL, WIHINNEI RITA, COSMOS, THE WYRM, AZAGATEL, ANGEL ROMAN. Get ready to enter into hidden Iberia... CD comes with 16 pages booklet. [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Raíz Ibérica - Sendero del Espíritu Antiguo" -- CD -- €12 [-50%]
2021 Gradual Hate Records, GH 150 CD / Soliferro, SF 017 / Raíz Ibérica, RI 001
Neofolk. From the hand of the Asociación Cultural Raíz Ibérica, Soliferro Grabraciones Iberas and GH Records comes an expected meeting. We present a selection of Iberian projects that investigate ethnography using music and from a not necessarily archaic perspective. Traditional melodies blend with electronic foundations and ancient ideals they recover voice through neo-folk, dark-ambient or black metal. A myriad of sounds that are articulated in harmony on the axis of the pre-Roman, pagan and hidden Iberian Peninsula. SAVIA ETERNA, IBERIAN LOIN, CRYSTALMOORS, EL ÚLTIMO SOL, NOSTRARREL, EL PASTOR DE LA PLANA, ARVERNIEN, ORGEN, LUME, OOOOOOO, LA SOMBRA DEL TEJO, LÓSTREGOS, FALCATA DE FOGO, BAIRAZ, DISCDIZ, P Y R E : N U M E N. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Replace" -- CD -- €10
2011 Edition Degem, ed01 / Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Elektroakustische Musik, CD 10
A compilation of modern electroacoustic music curated by Marc Behrens: DENISE RITTER, NICOLAS WIESE, MATTHIAS OCKERT, MARCUS BEUTER, NIKOLAUS HEYDUCK, SAM AUINGER, BERND LEUKERT, SCISS, JAN JACOB HOFMANN, FRANK NIEHUSMANN, MICHAEL HARENBERG, KIRSTEN REESE, LUDGER KISTERS, SA/JO. Digipak with 10-page booklet.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "ROMB #1" -- CD-R -- €7
2018 [electrotapes archive], [eta-CDR-2], (ltd. 30)
A compilation of the friends and residents of the St. Petersburg-based art-group "ROMB", arranged for the anniversary of the group's manifesto presentation. Exclusive tracks from the young musicians from St. Petersburg, Russia: Sobranie 9 19, Venusinshoes, Måla, Yevgeny Martynov, Nick Khizha, Vetkami, Lovvelifer, Astray, Alexander Nacraptor. Sixty minutes of the immesrion in a twilight reality... Hand-crafted sleeve made of thick black paper (110 x 160 mm), sticker with the art-group logo on the front side, inserts (track-list and collage sticker), 30 hand-numbered copies. [label info]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Rose Of Memory, Rose Of Forgetfulness" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2012 Wrotycz Records, WRT 015 / Brudenia
Neofolk. A compilation dedicated to Thomas Stearns Eliot and his poetry, featuring bands from Koenigsberg and their friends. Among others inspired by the lyrics of Nobel laureate are Romowe Rikoito, Sunset Wings, Kratong and Neutral. This is a mixture of beautiful ballads and catchy songs. Traditional instruments and electronic devices. Vividness and nostalgy. English and Old Prussian language. Mostly new tracks including two charming collaborations when Sunset Wings plays with Romowe Rikoito and then together with Kratong. A must have record to all of those who follow and admire the Russian dark and neofolk scene. A fruit of cooperation between Brudenia and Wrotycz Records comes in a 6 panel digipack with the booklet. [label info]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Rush for Black Celebration: Russian Industrial Depeche Mode Tribute" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2008 KultFront, KF-IX, (ltd. 500)
Russian Industrial Depeche Mode Tribute is the result of 3 years of work made by Russian industrial musicians who wanted to express their attitude to the famous band in an unusual way. As a rule, DM tributes (and there are over 30 of them as of today) present collections of carefully replayed DM songs, and this is done mostly for promoting those who decided to "replay the original" and make it "the same way as before". Rush for Black Celebration is completely different in this sense. First of all, in it's mood. This disc almost completely lacks the serene naivety of the 80-ies, often associated with DM. On the contrary, here one can feel aspiration for the dark corners of the subconsciousness, where one can accidentally (or intentionally) get while moving through the CD tracks. Secondly, this tribute is the only dedication to the legendary pop-band where the covers are not only driven by the feeling of recognition or love, but also by the critical revising their insane popularity, and even by the feeling of hatred to what they were doing. The result is 17 compositions almost fitting the 80-min limit of the CD. [press-release] Featuring: Das Reut, Light Collapse, Obilisi-89, Interior Disposition, Sal Solaris, Alexei Borisov, I-28, Stpocold, Ganzer, Hladna, Instant Movie Combinations, Maroon, Kryptogen Rundfunk, Tsaraas, Noises of Russia, Kaj?
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Saite An Saite (A String Based Compilation)" -- CD -- €11 [-50%]
2009 Licht-Ung, (ltd. 300)
This compilation consists of 3 long guitar drone tracks from Milan Sandbleistift (Licht-Ung), Aidan Baker (Nadja) e Relapxych.0 (psycho-acoustic project of Anders Peterson from Objekt4). Jewel-case, 12-page booklet with abstract photos.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Scanning Shearing-Stress Microscopy" -- CD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2001 SSSM, SSSM-021
A compilation released on Hiroshi Hasegawa's label: S·Core, Billy?, Guilty Connector, Espiritu, Sukora, Contagious Orgasm.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Somehow They Knew..." -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2006 Vrihaspati Recordings, VR007, (ltd. 500)
Vrihaspati Recordings is the label of Peter Savelkoul, the leader of the famous Martial-/ Neoclassical formation A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR. On his new labelcompilation, Peter compiled a wide variety of all projects, where he is involved in and which are (or will be) released on Vrihaspati Recordings. The song-styles vary from Neoclassical Soundtracks over Martial Hymns and from mesmerizing Folk pieces over trippy Ambient-Tunes, to violent Power-Electronic attacks. All tracks/versions/mixes on this compilation are unreleased and most of them are exclusive for this release! Contains tracks from: The Arkwoods, Laharis, Praetorio, Straight Mental Institute, Un Defi d'Honneur, Comtesse Du Nord, A Challenge Of Honour, Ex.Zero, Code 243. [Steinklang Records]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Spiritual Sounds For Artsakh" -- 2 CD -- €14 [-50%]
2021 Steinklang Industries, SK144, (ltd. 200)
Neofolk / Neoclassical. 20 musicians from around the world created a neofolk / neoclassical charity compilation for the Armenians of Artsakh who were prosecuted and forced to move from their land last Winter... MUNKNÖRR, SIXTEEN STRINGS UNDER, ARUS, LAMENT LULL, KATANA, SONNENKIND, IMBARU, CABINET NOIR, MEADOWS AT NIGHT, MIEL NOIR & CHANGES, THE QUESTION, WALDEN, VETTEN RUNOTAR, LE CHOEUR DES OMBRES, REGARD EXTRÊME, MILOS ASIAN, CRAZY SANDY, OTTO VAN KLEIST, UWE NOLTE, DARMSTADT 1313. Comes as 6-panels glossy laminated digipak. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Sur-terre.net (Soundtrack For Variable Fiction)" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2006 Ytterbium, YTTERBIUM 17
Official soundtrack to the movie 'Variable Fiction' released by ARTE France: Scanner, Fennesz, Atau Tanaka, Francisco Lopez, Christophe Charles, Steve Roden, Heller, Vladislav Delay, Abstrackt Keal Agram, Tim Hecker, Robert Babicz, Hazard, Pure, Pita, General Magic.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Sweetness Will Overcome" -- CD -- €10
2004 Segerhuva, SEGER 14
A compilation of Swedish harsh electronix artists with some internationa guests: SEWER ELECTION, KOEFF, SKIN AREA, MNEM, JARL, MOLJEBKA PVLSE, INSTITUT, GOVERNMENT ALPHA, SHANON'S LAST PARTY, TRERIKSR&OUML;SET, IRM, OCHU, MARTIN BLADH, IRGUN Z'WAI LEUMI, BARRIKAD, BLOD.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "TanzFronT" -- CD -- €12
2008 Tesla, nT03
Tesla proudly presents its first international distorted beats compilation which was prepared in a collaboration with the Moscow promo-group TanzFronT ProjecT. This album is a collection of tracks by the artists who has performed on the events TanzFronT made in a recent one and a half years of their activities. Among their guests who has contributed the tracks to this CD they were well-known international rhythm'n'noise and industrial acts such as Asche, Detritus, Empusae, Hypnoskull, Imminent, Mimetic Fake, Morgenstern, Proyecto Mirage and Winterkaelte, as well as younger promising Russian and international projects such as Cervello Elettronico, Coreline, Error, Id Molotov, Novel 23, Spin Provider and Virgin Fix. All tracks are exclusive or previously unreleased in digital media. [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Tel Aviv Aftermath" -- CD -- €6 [-50%]
2002 Topheth Prophet, TP001
A compilation of Israeli experimental music. Grundik-Slava, New Jerusalem Defence Forces, Igor18, Chaos As Shelter, Screening, Forma, HU, VectorScope, Agnivolok, The Crossfishes.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Tincture Of Japanoise" -- CD -- €7 [-50%]
2014 Attenuation Circuit, ACU 1002
While Merzbow plays museums and ‘noise’ becomes increasingly canonised in ‘high culture,’ this compilation proves that the underground, countercultural Japanese noise scene is still very much alive and kicking. Noisician ORiFiCE, who also curates the noise-oriented Rollator Series on the Attenuation Circuit label, has been a keen follower of Japanoise for many years. For this album, he has assembled a range of younger artists from Japan whose pieces display an exhilarating freshness and showcase the great variety of approaches that is covered by the umbrella term ‘noise.’ The great surrealist/punk collage cover was created by established noisician Government Alpha... “Frustrante oso polar!”, the opening track by ABISYEIKAH, clearly establishes noise as anti-music: samples of marching bands and other similarly traditional music are sonically destroyed with distorted guitars and computer-game beeps. Sounds like machinegunning reactionary composers at a game arcade, which is to say: a lot of fun! ZR3A also opens his track “Dr. Strangenoise” with a very famous sample… and goes on to desecrate it thoroughly. A great track with a great deal of humour, just as, thankfully, most of the tracks here are self-consciously playful and indulging the bliss of noise instead of rehashing the by now overly familiar poses of cultural pessimism. “Bean” by NAOKI NOMOTO has a more abstract take on noise. Its feedback and glitch-type sounds created with an analog synthesizer are faintly reminiscent of more academic electronic music. “LxDxP (Love Dream Peace)” by EMEME goes in another direction with its rhythmic quasi-techno noise, a real headbanger. ELMA pays tribute to the classic Japanoise sound as defined by Merzbow with the hissing, harsh “(In)Tolerance?” The next piece makes for one of several interesting contrasts that the album offers thanks to ORiFiCE’s clever sequencing of the tracks: “Grandblue” by HEDOROMERUHEN gives evidence to the territory shared by noise and (free) jazz while taking the piss out of some softer sides of music along the way. With “Gainful Heart Amen Noiser” by ZPORE ZPAWN, we launch into the finish of the album, in which samples of classical music collide head on with hectic, energetic harsh noise in overdrive. The final track by JAH EXCRETION is titled “Sleep Garden” – a programmatic title in so far as this piece gives evidence to the (apparent) paradox that the noisiest music can sometimes be the most meditative and soothing. [press-release]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "To Live And Shave In LA – The Grief That Shrieked To Multiply" -- 3 CD -- €18
2013 Monotype Records, mono056, (ltd. 500)
Remixes of tracks from the TLASILA albums "Eternity", "The Cortege" and "Epuration" made by RM74, Howard Stelzer, Blevin Blectum, Aprox., Alexei Borisov, Carlos Giffoni, Truth Serum, Aaron Dilloway, Core Of The Coalman, Newton, Andy Ortmann, Otto Von Schirach, 16 Bitch Pileup, Isaac Linder, Philippe Petit, Medroxy Progesterone Acetate, Hull Curve, Krapoola & Noish, Wolfram, Astrid Hagenguth & Pit Noack, Sickboy Milkplus, RLW, Dave Philips, Anton Nikkila, Dylan Nyoukis, Larsen, Staplerfahrer, Richard Devine, Terminal 11, Sudden Infant, Panagiotis A. Stathis, Ulle Matzen, Duran Duran Duran, Karmakumulator, Magas, Rudolf Eb.er's R&G, Cornucopia, Weasel Walter, Family Battle Snake, Thee Majesty, Tree Creature, Don Fleming, Olga Nosova, The Teknoist, Achim Wollscheid, Wouter Jaspers, Patrick Spurlock, Alexandr Kibanov, C. Spencer Yeh, Chrissy Murderbot, Jared Louche, William Fowler Collins, Komora A, Stefan Roigk, Don Hassler, Andreas Brüning, Graham Moore & Nutchild, Toecutter, Raionbashi, Torturing Nurse, Ironing, Kevin Drumm, Evil Moisture - all mixed in continuous flow (one 78 min track per CD) + bonus download material.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Tonwellen Konferenz" -- CD -- €11
Atakama Records, AR 23, (ltd. 500)
The compilation to Stöfis (Atrox) birthday party this year, with an exclusive track from each band who plays on the concert in Erlangen. With: Phelios, Antracot, Screloma, Stahlwerk 9, P.A.L., Deutsch Nepal, Synapscape, Tardive Dyskinesia, ACOH, Heimstatt Yipotash, UMB-Kollektif, Atrox, Der Manrz, Control and Morgenstern.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Tribute for Lyni" -- CD-R -- €4
2011 Smell The Stench
Morpeth, Ataraxy, 21 Gramms, TROJ, Animal Machine, Ecoute La Merde, Nezumi, Julia LaDense, Ego Death, Cat.n.bone.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Truth Is Invented By Liars" -- CD -- €10
This CD was produced for to the 2012 Japan tour of Dave Phillips & Francisco Meirino and features 5 Noise / Avant-Garade / Electro-acoustic artists from Japan and Switzerland all with original tracks: DAVE PHILLIPS, FRANCISCO MEIRINO, RUDOLF EB.ER (R&G), ABISYEIKAH, MASS PHALLOCENTRISM ATTACK.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Void" -- CD -- €10
2004 Antifrost, afro2020
Void is part of the VOID/FULL project. Participants: Ami Yoshida, Ilios, Ronnie Sundin, Roel Meelkop, Mark Behrens, Coti, Jason Kahn, Francisco Lopez, Xabi Erkizia, Cremaster, Dieb 13, Bernd Schurer.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Voix de Garages" -- CD -- €10
2020 Ultima Ratio, Ultima Ratio 1, (ltd. 200)
Industrial / Experimental Electronics / Post Punk. A compilation of the modern French garage bands close to the Ultima Ratio label: MIROIR FUMANT, NOCTURNE, SANG FOUTRE, 90 (NOVENTA), BUDYNEK, TREMBLE, LR666, DAS PATHETICK, COUNTER PRESSURE, COSTES, DANCING DEAD MEN, TRÈMA.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Vox Humana: Inventing Forgotten Languages" -- CD -- €8
2015 Observatoire, obs * akusma AUDIOR|056
Electroacoustic / Experimental. While thinking of a time when languages were not yet shaped, one can reflect on his/her own language roots and try to capture, freeze and then re-vitalize the emotions expressed through vocal sounds. While evoking oral communication that precedes language, one can invent something similar to a protolanguage based on ‘gestural’ sounds, both noisy or tuned, instead on ‘denotative’ sounds. While inventing 'forgotten languages', one should think of languages of sounds, as they were deeply resonant of beings and things. [label info] ZURINE F. GERENABARRENA, ALBERTO PREZZATI, ALICE CALM, YUKA NAGAMATSU, MARTINA CLAUSSEN, LIVIA GIOVANINETTI, СЕРГЕЙ СУХОВИК, YANG SIYU.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "We Can Elude Control" -- CD -- €12
2009 WCEC 01
Karl O'Connor & Mick Harris, Radovan Scasascia, Roger Semsroth.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "...Where Tattered Clouds Are Stranding" -- 2 CD -- €13 [-50%]
2008 The Eastern Front, Front 013, (ltd. 1000)
Neofolk / Dark ambient / Martial / Industrial. Double CD compilation of European neofolk, industrial, dark ambient projects dedicated to the art of Icelandic sculptor and painter Einar Jonsson (1874-1954). Almost all the songs presented on the compilation inspired by Einar Jonsson's art are unique, previously unreleased and composed especially for this compilation. Part I "Grief" is a neofolk / martial part with the songs of Belborn, Storm Of Capricorn, Westwind, Rukkanor, H.E.R.R. / Von Thronstahl, Horologium, Weihan, Cold Fusion, Larrnakh, Zebaoth, Agnivolok, Kammer Sieben, Aeldaborn and Cawatana. Part II "Birth Of Psyche" is the dark ambient / industrial / esoteric part with the songs of Rose Rovine E Amanti, Wach, Objekt4, Hoarfrost, Gandolfs Gedanken, Shining Vril, Echo West, Gregorio Bardini, Artefactum, Kadaver, Bisclaveret, Sitra Ahra and Simulacra. [press-release]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Wieza Cisnien II" -- CD -- €5 [-50%]
2015 Zoharum, ZOHAR 095-2, (ltd. 500)
A compilation of artists connected with CKiS Gallery "Wieza Cisnien" ("Tower"), Poland with exclusive tracks from ZENIAL, SUMPF, DEMONSZY, MONOPIUM, SAMBAR, BACHORZE, KALEKA, X-NAVI:ET, TER, MICROMELANCOLIE and MIRT. The album is released in a 2-panel ecopak with a 4-page booklet in a strictly limited edition of 500 copies.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "XXXII° Concorso Internationale Di Musica Elettroacustica E Rumore" -- 2 CD -- €10
2010 Monochrome Vision, mv33, (ltd. 500)
In March 2010, Le Bruit De La Neige Festival organized the annual Luigi Russolo - Rossana Maggia Competition at the Faverges Soierie. The aim was to promote the electroacoustic music of young composers (under 35 years old). 60 composers from 28 countries participated in this contest. We selected 15 pieces received the maximum votes... Bruitism is a movement of sound art that was born the 9th of March 1913 when the painter and composer Luigi Russolo published the manifesto "L'Arte dei Rumori" (The Art of Noises), inviting the people to appreciate the complex sounds from nature and the industrial environment. This was as an important paradigm shift in contemporary music as would come later with the musique concrete of Pierre Schaeffer or 4'33", the silent work by John Cage... The compilation includes the tracks by Yota Kobayashi, Elia Marios Joannou, Valerie Delaney, Sergy Khismatov, Sebastian Peter, Joan Bages Rubi, Erdem Helvacioglu, Stefan Fraunberger, Damien Depannemaeck, Jean Francois Primeau, Ka-Ho Cheung, Andrea Santini, Dohi Moon. [press-release]
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(AD)VANCE(D) -- "Two Events" -- LP -- €17
2009 Waystyx, waystyx 41, (ltd. 200)
Ex-Vance Orchestra. Packend in a poster sleeve + postcard.
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A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR / PRAETORIO -- "Hadrian's Wall" -- 10" -- €23 [-50%]
2005 Vrihaspati Recordings, VR001, (ltd. 500)
ABRAXAS -- "Nature Coils" -- 12" -- €10
1995 Pylon Recordings, (ltd. 500)
Hypnotic aural dub noisescapes from Scotland. One sided record. [Old Europa Cafe]
ADMIN DADA -- "The Hypnagogic Traveller" -- LP -- €20
2021 Hammerstein & Waldteufel, H&W018, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Experimental. First of all, you should know that the hypnagogic state characterizes a phase between wakefulness and sleep: that of falling asleep. So, as an insomniac who has trouble falling asleep, I was curious to see how Admin Dada would put all this to music. On a purely sonic level, we sail aboard rather spatial electronic drones, sometimes disturbed by more abrasive sound frequencies. It is true that when listening to this opus, one enters a form of psychedelic trip, as if the brain was following the modulations of the music, which becomes almost meditative and brings us closer to a shamanic trance state. It's a bit of a sound illustration of this particular moment when we leave the state of pure awakening to become more cottony, to feel the sensations of our body evolve, the noises gradually fade away, the breathing slow down... Although generally calm, this work can become darker at times ("Vouivr") and approach a form of dark ambient rather psychedelic. I am well aware of Sheitan's creativity and his talent for handling atmospheres and melodies, even in quasi-atonal moments, but I find that he has surpassed himself here: this album settles in itself as a great pleasure that one immediately wishes to repeat. In addition to the digital version, the album is also available on vinyl, which will allow you to appreciate the very nice artwork. [Le Scribe Du Rock]
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AMOR FATI / VANDAL X -- "Against 'Nature'" -- LP -- €10
FLESH Records, FLESH 125
ARNICA -- "Mascaradas" -- 7" -- €11
2011 Fronte Nordico, AR I, (ltd. 150)
Second in the 7" series on Fronte Nordico. Arnica is a folk project from Catalunya known for their brilliant album on Percht / Steinklang and some remarkable compilation appearances. Using handmade instruments they create an authentic sound atmosphere of ancient folk rites that still alive in different rural and mountain areas. Their versions of two such Spanish carnivals are presented here on this 7". Original samples of sound recordings made on these fiestas are mixed with Arnica's own vocal and instrumental parts, recreating the dark and mysterious feel of these gloomy winter masquerades. The effect of presence is completed with documentary pictures from these events. Regular edition: special die-cut rounded silkscreened fold-out package made of textured hard orange paper tightened by four metallic cringles and fastened with a magnet fixator, three round 7" full colour inserts with photos and lyrics. [press-release]
ARNICA -- "Mascaradas" -- 7" + 3"CD-R -- €23
2011 Fronte Nordico, AR I, (ltd. 50)
Advanced edition: 3"CDR in a full colour folder with original authentic recording of "La Vijanera", special die-cut rounded silkscreened fold-out package made of textured hard orange paper tightened by four metallic cringles and fastened with a magnet fixator, three round 7" full colour inserts with photos and lyrics, the whole set is tied up with rope and sealed with green wax by the genuine fronte nordico logo stamp. [press-release]
ARNICA -- "Tot Creuant L'Ultim Bosc" -- s/s LP -- €17
2014 Fronte Nordico, AR II, (ltd. 150)
Fronte Nordico is proud to present its second release from this great band from Spain after its successful 7" "Mascaradas" released in 2011. This new one-sided LP called "Tot Creuant L'Ultim Bosc" ("Crossing the Last Forest") is a journey through a misty, dark and lonely forest. The last one on Earth, the last connection between our Soul and Land. What will happen when all the green becomes grey, and all the leaves turn into ashes? Musically this offering is articulated by traditional instruments like wooden flutes, Sac de Gemecs (catalan bagpipe), drums or acoustic guitar and includes two short pieces recorded in the woods by the riverside. From old camp tunes - celebration of what was once - to the forest's rage standing up against humanity, this new offering is a spiral trip to ourselves inner forest. Very recommended to all fans of forest-induced neo-folk. Regular edition: silkscreened die-cut thick grey rough carton cover with picture in the centre, attached full-colour 12" info sheet, black vinyl in an attached black special paper original Fronte Nordico die-cut inner sleeve. [press-release]
ARNICA -- "Tot Creuant L'Ultim Bosc" -- s/s LP -- €42
2014 Fronte Nordico, AR II, (ltd. 50)
Advanced edition: full-colour 60 x 90 cm flag with Arnica logo tied up with ribbon and sealed with brown wax by the genuine Fronte Nordico logo stamp, two 10 x 15 cm full colour cards, silkscreened die-cut thick grey rough carton cover with picture in the centre, attached full-colour 12" info sheet, black vinyl in an attached black special paper original Fronte Nordico die-cut inner sleeve.
ART ABSCONS -- "Les Sentiers Eternels" -- LP -- €17
2012 Fronte Nordico, AA III, (ltd. 150)
Fronte Nordico is happy to present its second release from Art Abscons, one of its most favourite current neofolk projects. "Les Sentiers Eternels" is a brand new album including 10 tracks finished and mixed in early 2012. This work took about one and a half years in the making and shows further development both in technical refinement and the creative side of the project. The genre borders of neofolk are broken and we see here a varied mix of many style elements - from pure dark folk guitar ballads to more eclectic conceptual tracks close to something which could be defined as kraut-rockish psychedelic industrial, from electro-pop / minimal wave tunes to harsher and more aggressive pieces. The album was produced according to an innovative recording technique called "Stereo Spektral Sunrise" and is the first album to feature the SPEKTRALOPHONE, a sort of organic synthesizer developed by Art Abscon himself. "Les Sentiers Eternels" also brings Art Abscons' spiritual kinship with American neofolk project Gnomonclast to a new level and contains various noteworthy contributions from N2 ItinitI and Sasha Feline. This album is a kind of sounding universe strictly based on the principles of Abscons Magik and N2 ItinitI's cabalo-gnostic achievements, and, thus, includes any contradictions the real universe presents us with. There's everything here - Sun and Moon, Day and Night, Love and Hate, Joy and Grief, all act according to the hidden principles eternal, and this work is the most complex and intellectual to be found among Art Abscons albums until now - the literal and accurate revelation of the Hidden God - a pure excitement to the intelligent listener who is into occult matters! The cover artwork for the album was done by famous German artist Reiner Langer. Regular edition: embossed die-cut thick grey rough carton cover with full-colour picture in the centre, attached full colour 12" info sheet, transparent blue vinyl in an attached black special paper original Fronte Nordico cut-out inner sleeve. [press-release]
ART ABSCONS -- "Les Sentiers Eternels" -- LP -- €25
2012 Fronte Nordico, AA III, (ltd. 50)
Advanced edition: full colour 20x30 cm insert with full cover picture inside, embossed die-cut thick grey rough carton cover with full-colour picture in the centre, attached full colour 12" info sheet, silver vinyl in an attached black special paper original Fronte Nordico cut-out inner sleev, the whole set is tied up with silver ribbon and sealed with white wax by the genuine Fronte Nordico logo stamp. [label info]
ART ABSCONS -- "Nach allen Regeln der Kunst" -- LP -- €35
2021 Opus Abscondi, OA005, (ltd. 300)
Modern Classical / Neofolk / Darkwave. Art Abscon's latest album was produced in 2020 and in perfect seclusion and tranquility. It holds a special secret - a secret that is the result of more than two years of research and preparations. Even if you do not know what it is, you will most certainly feel it. Art Abscon does not wish to talk about it, but has given away one hint: you would not be able to play along to this album with any instrument at your disposal; the music on this album is far outside standard musical conceptions... The album was mixed and mastered by Nathaniel Ritter (Kinit Her) - and it is thanks to him that this is Art Abscon's best sounding release so far. The 180g vinyl record in stylish black inner sleeves is housed in an elegant gatefold cover with a photograph of the Grandmaster taken by Pantalaimon Fotografie. This is Opus Abscondi's very first vinyl release! A reason to celebrate! [label info]
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ART ABSCONS -- "October 31st" -- 7" -- €16
2011 Vade Retro Records, VR05, (ltd. 100)
ART ABSCONS -- "The Separate Republic / The Lost Tapes" -- 2 LP -- €24
2017 Fronte Nordico, AA V, (ltd. 170)
Neofolk. After five years of album-releasing silence, ART ABSCONs finally celebrates his comeback with an album that clearly shows that good things are always worth waiting for. For his sixth official album release, the Grandmaster has accepted not even a single collaborator and presents us 13 songs featuring 36 instruments all played by Michael, the man behind the mask, and which form the foundation of the artistic vision of "The Separate Republic". The double vinyl version features a very special bonus that will not be on the CD version: the legenday "The Lost Tapes" material which includes outtakes from ART ABSCONs' debut album "Am Himmel mit Feuer". They are recordings which were made in 2007 and include the very first ART ABSCONs' song ever recorded, "Unter mein Dach". Black vinyl, deluxe matte covers. [label info]
ART ABSCONS -- "The Separate Republic / The Lost Tapes" -- 2 LP -- €56
2017 Fronte Nordico, AA V, (ltd. 30)
Special edition - 30 copies. Natural wooden box with laser engraving, black high quality t-shirt, deluxe full-colour printed matte cover and black vinyl.
ATARAXIA / ALLERSEELEN -- "Ultima Thule" -- 7" -- €10 [-50%]
2008 Eclipsis, eclipsis 03, (ltd. 300)
Modern Classical / Neofolk. 7" split vinyl record with ATARAXIA and ALLERSEELEN. ATARAXIA – Lunar Oceans, inspired by “The Silmarillion” of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. ALLERSEELEN – Der König in Thule, based on “Faust” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The concept of this release is based on the journey the Greek Pytheas made to Ultima Thule, the outermost limit of the ancient world. “On that day in 335 B.C. the city of Massilia was buzzing with excitement as news of the event spread amongst the traders, both great and small, in Massilia Street, the main shopping thoroughfare that ran along the entire length of the seafront next to the sea. Pytheas was preparing for a very important mission: to set sail for the North, in search of the sources of tin and amber…” (Exclusive text by Historian Mr. Christos D. Lazos). Black color heavy 7" vinyl of 70 gr. Limited to 300 handnumbered copies. [label info]
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AXON NEURON / VAGWA -- "Lohe" -- 10" -- €10
2004 Eternal Soul Records, ES11, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Industrial.
BASTARD NOISE / BIZARRE UPROAR -- split -- 7" -- €14
1994 Thumbprint Press / DP, DP-1, (ltd. 200)
Noise. Split 7" by the American and Finnish noise projects. Blue vinyl, letterpressed cover, an insert.
BIZARRE UPROAR / CHARRED REMAINS aka MAN IS THE BASTARD -- split -- 7" -- €14
1993 DP, DP-6, (ltd. 200)
Noise. Split 7" by the Finnish and American noise projects. Black vinyl, comes with an insert.
BOOKWAR -- "Five Bayonets of Happiness" -- LP -- €12
2015 Bookwar Records, book07, (ltd. 300)
Second full-length album of the Moscow based experimental hip-hop band Bookwar. "Russian vocalist and composer Bookwar shows a different side of his musical personality here. This is dark, melodic post-punk pop that sounds much more like Tuxedomoon than like the hip hop of Bookwar's first release on Attenuation Circuit, "Deconstruction". Yet still Bookwar's characteristic spoken-word vocals bind the whole thing together. With tracks named after intellectual icons such as "Burroughs" and "Nietzsche", Bookwar picks up where he left off when paying tribute to philosopher Jacques Derrida on "Deconstuction". Musically, the album is a blend of dark, bass synthesizer heavy 80s-style synth pop and punk-flavoured guitar distortion, with a series of guest musicians adding contributions to individual tracks." [Attenuation Circuit]
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BOOKWAR / JAMES ALEXANDER DARKFORCE -- split -- LP -- €12
2014 Bookwar Records, book05, (ltd. 300)
After several solo releases on attenuation circuit, Russian artist Bookwar teams up with countryman James Alexander Darkforce, whose moniker gives a clue as to the sound of his tracks: 80s electro meets 90s trip hop in a gloomy melange that manages to give familiar elements of these genres an unheard new twist while Bookwar's electropop with rap vocals adds an occasional, if ironic, touch of pop bliss. Darkforce offers five tracks that alternate between instrumental and vocal, while Bookwar brings four vocal-dominated tracks to the album. For a split whose individual tracks were not co-composed in the first place, this is a remarkably consistent release which, clocking in at about 33 minutes, has something like the perfect duration for a pop album. Also, it contains one of only three or so guitar solos in the whole attenuation circuit catalogue, a hilarious take on the cliches of the guitar solo in pop by Dmitry Chernikov on Bookwar's track "Kolobok." [Attenuation Circuit]
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BRIGHTER DEATH NOW -- "Breaking Down Nihil" -- 2 LP -- €35
2011/2018 :retortae:, venenum 4, (ltd. 100)
The long overdue vinyl version of the recording from the legendary Brighter Death Now mini-tour took place in Russia in September 2009 initially released by Der Angriff / Indiestate as 2CD in 2011. This recording is very special since the lineup was made of Russian artists and only Roger himself was a part of the common European live incarnation of BDN from that time. The persons behind Anthesteria and LamiaVox have joined him in Moscow while the guys from Bardoseneticube and 414 were together with him on stage in St.Petersburg. The basic parts of the tracks have been sent to them all in advance, so they have prepared their own vision of this material, thus it was nothing like a spontaneous improvisation or jam-session, but pure conceived and well-organized collaboration. Both shows have been recorded on multi-channel devices, then carefully mixed and mastered, so the final quality is close to the studio one without losing any bit of the raw energy of live performance. The result is a very fresh and unexpected look on the well-known BDN compositions... The 2LP set comes in plain black cover with just only metal plate attached. Inside there are two black vinyls in black polylined generic inner sleeves and 12”x12” double sided black/white insert. The release is strictly limited to 100 copies. [label info]
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BURNING STAR CORE -- "Three Sisters Who Share An Eye" -- LP -- €10
2006 No Fun Productions, NFP05, (ltd. 300)
Compositions for 9 midgets with mohawks screaming about life and harsh electronics. Nastiest burnign star core release to date. Spencer continues his search for the lost kingdom, with an army of his own he screams to them to get them psyched: "HARSH IS NICE!!!!!" [label info]
BURSTBOT -- "Memory Imprints" -- LP -- €19
2014 Kotä Records, 11, (ltd. 325)
Mexican musician Marco A. Fierro Mendoza played drums in various grindcore, death metal and punk bands in the 90’s, moving onto free improvisation, drone, noise and ambient music in the past decade or so. Mendoza refused to create computer-based music, but then a chance meeting with musicians Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst and Scott Arford in Mexico City helped change his mind... As Burstbot, Mendoza releases his first computer-based album ‘Memory Imprints’, on Russia’s Kotä Records. The title refers to Mendoza’s thoughts on human cloning and its consequences. The album cover art give you an indication of what to expect, a fascinating musical mosaic of various shapes, colours and textures. ‘Memory Imprints’ is a crisply composed album which flips from ambient to experimental jazz and modern classical music. Its a dazzling, prismatic journey thats mostly upbeat and playful in spirit. ‘Saliva’ and ‘Orphan Embryo’ are wonderful moments of illumination, ’Tiling Tissue’ and ‘You’ve Specified’ are playful and experimental, ‘Plasmid’ and ‘Cleanup Reaction’ fearful and paranoid, and ’Inherited’ and ’Cytosine’ open and close the album with a more questioning perspective.... ‘Memory Imprints’ is a beautifully accomplished album which is full of ideas and insights, and it only gets better with repeated listens. Thanks to Herndon and company, Mendoza’s epiphany has clearly paid off. [Tarumatu] Pressed on black vinyl with a custom jacket featuring stunning illustration. Limited edition 325 copies.
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CENT ANS DE SOLITUDE -- "En Concert - El Diablo, Lille, France 29.11.14" -- LP -- €20
2020 Force Majeure, FORCE 012, (ltd. 270)
Industrial / Experimental. Created in the mid-1980s, C.A.D.S. is a French one-person musical project, originally based in Tours. Being on the sidelines of the first "hard" industrial wave, the group sets up dark atmospheres by developing long ambient electronic ranges, repetitive and cinematic, sometimes with snippets of minimalist melodies. Whether in the studio or in concert, the approach of this "sound craftsman", as he defines himself, remains the same: to develop very evocative atmospheres evolving between darkness and melancholy. To do this, he uses pre-recorded electronic layers and sounds on which are grafted acoustic, concrete sounds, resulting from live manipulations of objects diverted from their original functions: scraped metal, struck stone, battered springs, etc. The work on sound taking place mainly at the level of the vibrations of objects. The group invites you to take part in a journey, a journey halfway between consciousness and unconscious. Rust-marbled vinyl, limited edition of 270 copies, special silk-screened folding cover. [label info]
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CHOREA MINOR -- "Four" -- picture 10" -- €8
Taos Records, (ltd. 350)
THE CHURCH OF HATE -- "O" -- 10" lathe-cut -- €25
2020 Nazlo Records, NzR123, (ltd. 13)
Noise. 10" two-sided black lathe-cut records, limited to 13 copies, all-unique handmade artwork.
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COMBATIVE ALIGNMENT -- "Image Acoustique" -- 7" -- €6
2003 Eternal Soul Records, ES06, (ltd. 33)
Limited edition of 33 copies with pasted front metal plate and photo on front sleeve and one postcard as insert.
CREMATION LILY -- "Fertility Servant" -- 7" -- €17
2013 Harbinger Sound, HARBINGER108, (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics / Noise from the UK.
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DARK GLASS -- "Evolution (Remixes)" -- 10" lathe-cut -- €16
2021 Iconic Promo, 043, (ltd. 5)
Experimental / IDM. New release from the Moscow project DARK GLASS. An evolution of sound that rips apart and joins together under the merciless influence of environmental factors. Matte black envelope, transparent record. Remixes made by ABJECTIVE, OLEG KOZLOV, MAMOTO. [label info]
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DAVISON, PETER -- "Music On The Way" -- LP -- €22
1980/2020 Fact Of Being, FoB-002
Ambient / New Age. Fact of Being is excited to announce the first release in a series of reissues of early works by Peter Davison. The first step into a realm of peace and love will be the long-awaited re-edition of "Music On The Way" to celebrate its 40th anniversary... "Music On The Way" was the artist's debut in 1980 and has not been reissued since its initial release. A mesmerising ambient recording with just a touch of early new-age music in its finest incarnation. An absolute classic in the spirit of Iasos, Brian Eno, Jon Hassell, Michael Stearns... finally available again on limited vinyl. The outstanding mastering works has been prepared by Grammy-nominated Jessica Thompson which guarantees an immersive deep sound experience and an unforgettable journey inwards... Peter Davison has composed music scores for Indie Features, the History Channel, A+E, Biography, PBS, Warner Bros., Disney, Universal, Discovery, Gaiam (Yoga/Relaxation music) and others. Over 25 CDs of his music are available on EMI/Higher Octave, Gaiam, Davisounds and TSR/Baja... His instrumental "Sip of Wine" (from his CD "Future, Present, Past") received the Best Song of the Year Award, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, (New Age/Ambient), 2010. Both "Fern Valley" and "Mount Tahquitz" from his CD "Forest Home" and "Possibility" (from his CD "Possibility") have also received nominations. Peter's score for the PBS Series "The Endless Voyage" was nominated for the "Best Score of the Year, TV Show..." Peter Davison has composed the memorable music for over 45 of GAIAM's award-winning DVDs featuring master instructors yoga and meditations Rodney Yee, Patricia Walden, Suzanne Deason, David-Dorian Ross, and others... [label info]
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DEAD BODY COLLECTION -- "Quite Unreachable Hell" -- 7" -- €6
2015 4iB Records, 4iB 7"/0714/011, (ltd. 200)
Harsh Noise Wall. This 7″ release was recorded during a very emotionally unsettling period of bleakness and hopelessness for prolific Serbian harsh noise wall act Dead Body Collection, otherwise known as Aleksandar Nenad. Just like a stormy vortex, the listener slowly gets sucked into a disturbing emotional experience of an ever ascending wall of dark and uneasy noise abyss. You can almost feel the anguish through the hypnotic and suicidal atmospheres manifested by the relentless wall of amplified grind and sonic vibrations. Once again, Dead Body Collection continues to stand as one of the more serious purveyors of the HNW scene. With the effective manipulation of rumbling static textures and deafening sonic intensities, these multitude layers of distorted monolithic noise frequencies eventually crush the listener into a hellish state of delirium. [label info]
DEAD FISH FUCK -- "Silence At The Eye Of The Scream" -- LP -- €16
1997 Korm Plastics, kp 6697, (ltd. 250)
Sound on reflection and environment sound. Featuring Mark reverberant sounds of dripping water, voices, and story (in French) and sound re-enforcement. Affair with howling sounds and percussive sounds throughout, ending in a massive wall of guitar sound. [A Grep on Sound]
DEATH MAGAZINE 52 -- "s/t" -- 2 LP -- €27
2011 Harbinger Sound, HARBINGER078
Between 1982 and 1984 Death Magazine 52 played around 20 shows mostly within the Black Country region of the U.K. Sometimes they played under the name Spontaneous Human Combustion which was the moniker they originally started out with. These recordings capture the core group and its floating membership at various stages of their existence. Recordings from the studio sessions and live sets, including playing to a school hall full of teenage girls at 3pm one afternoon, and as the final band to play at the legendary Equinox Event (London, June of 1983) before the plugs got pulled and the police arrived. The recordings are of a raw nature and should be considered as historical documentation. Features a pre-Con-Dom Mike Dando on 2/3s of the material, guest vocalist spot from Philip Best (Whitehouse / Consumer Electronics). [Soundohm]
DIAGNOSE: LEBENSGEFAHR -- "Transformalin" -- 2 LP -- €38
2005/2015 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-46 / HAL, HAL012, (ltd. 500)
Diagnose: Lebensgefahr - Transformalin - 2LP, Gatefold, 16 pages vinyl-size booklet, printed innersleeves! Limited edition 500 handnumbered copies: 250x copies on bone-white & brown vinyl (this copy), 250x copies on bone-white & brown vinyl with red & black splatters. This is a split release by HAL and Infinite Fog. The eighth edition of this legendary album and for the 1st time on so frequently asked VINYL! Finally! And now with 3 exclusive unreleased tracks! Not absolutely new tracks, no, as it would disrupt the atmosphere of album, all sounds are from the original session which you will be able to hear instantly in the "new" songs. They definitely hold the atmosphere and overall sound of "Transformalin" and should not be seen as left over material from the recording but rather as good ideas which were re-visited and finalized in 2014 now the standing in the right place. "Transformalin" never sounded more complete than on this 2LPs! [press-release]
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DIE WEISSE ROSE -- "Treue um Treue" -- LP -- €22
2014 Fronte Nordico, DWR I, (ltd. 150)
The first collaboration between Fronte Nordico and this well-established Danish martial band. "Treue um Treue" has been recorded live in Dresden on 07.12.2012, the material is strong and powerful and sounds like the best old school works made when this genre was new and young. Being both powerful and melodic as well as very emotional six tracks presented on this recording will make the brave hearts beat stronger. The complete tracklisting is: A Martyrium Of White Roses / Kyrie Eleison / At The Doorsteps Of Our Temple / Unser Leben Geht Dahin wie Ein Geschwätz / Nicht Schuldig / As The Last Of The Rose Petals Are Shattered, the total length is 30 mins. The sound have been carefully mastered to prepare it the best way for the vinyl release. Regular edition: silkscreened die-cut thick grey rough carton cover with picture in the centre, attached full-colour 12" info sheet, black vinyl in an attached black special paper original Fronte Nordico die-cut inner sleeve. [press-release]
DIETER MUH -- "The Bjorn Tapes" -- LP -- €15
1999/2018 Force Majeure, Force 009, (ltd. 320)
Industrial. This is an entire reissue of a limited to 50 copies C45 audio cassette originally released by Xerxes (Japan) as ES-27 in April 1999, later re-released as a limited CDr by Blade Records (Italy) in 2004. All material recorded live on 30 January 1999 in Nottinghem, U.K., edited and produced by Dave Uden during February 1999, re-mastered in September 1999. Using electronics, samples, tapes, bass-guitar, vocals, the English duo created here three long tracks of hypnotick electronic music / ambient noise in the "old-school" experimental genre. White vinyl housed in a three-panel folded silkscreened cover released in a limited edition of 320 handnumbered copies. [label info]
DIETER MUH -- "Stockholm Monsters" -- LP -- €18
no label
Live at Fylkingen, Stockholm, 17 November 2001.
DIJKSTRA, RAYMOND / MATTHIAS BOSS -- "Ins Kahle Zimmer Sinken Blaue Firne" -- 7" -- €10
2013 Ultramarine, UM024, (ltd. 100)
Experimental / Improv. “Ins Kahle Zimmer Sinken Blaue Firne” is a fantastic “chamber” recording from Raymond Dijkstra and Matthias Boss, two masters of the screeching acoustic metal-on-metal. The title evokes the image of an exposed room with compact snow flakes falling in. Violin, organ, fork & spoon are the credited instruments here, blowing ice cold gusts into your room, or face hopefully. Imagine some sort of twisted classical music from a distant century, a gift of pure improv given to us by Dijkstra’s inimitable accordion style and Boss’ dramatic violin, this music has no time, only beauty. 33rpm 7″, comes in a silkscreened reverse cardboard cover. Edition of 100. [Tochnit Aleph]
DISGUISES -- "Post-Mortem Depression" -- LP -- €10
2008, Wintage Records & Tapes, WRT-50, (ltd. 300)
"Post-Mortem Depression", the long awaited debut LP by Disguises, scum & splooge surfers of Toronto's noise/avant d.i.y. underground. A volcanic blast of rushing blood & damaged ear drums. "Post-Mortem Depression" was laid to tape at the Gas Station recording studio in late october 2007. Disguises spent a total of 2 days committing total "rock action" abuse live in the studio, scrapped off the floor by vibe captain Dale Morningstar. But before that these songs were hammered out live in front of an audience, almost a full year before recording "Post-Mortem Depression". Hundreds of strings shredded ..... piles of fried speakers ... hours upon hours of vhs tape ate for samples (Carpenter, Dr. Who, David Koresh, and classic Godzilla movies ... there all in here) a gonzo movie buffs auditory wet dreams cum to life. What remains is a 21st century punk rock record crafted by a band to difficult to pigeonhole in to one specific genre. "Post-Mortem Depression" seamlessly blurs the lines between avant/psych creep, free-jazz imrovisation, mechanized industrial groove, and total punk attack. An album made loud to be played loud .... with not one overdub, you fucking rubbahead. "Post-Mortem Depression" a modern rock record created by a band burning the heat of now. D-stroy! [press-release]
DUGHPA -- "Suttungr" -- 10" lathe-cut -- €50
2020/2022 Nazlo Records, NzR135-II, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Minimal. "finally managed to finish the second edition - against all logic and complications! this time cut in Germany in STEREO unlike the previous version, so now it looks closer to the original idea, having the whole print on the records (last time we had to print only part of the artwork on them), sounds better and has a thick plastic sleeve and download code for those who want to have a digital version. one-sided 10" lathe-cut with silkscreened b-side and cover, limited to 50 and numbered". [label info]
ENEMA SYRINGE -- "Visa Mig Vagen Till Mellringe" -- LP -- €30
2003 UFO Mongo, UFO MONGO 002, (ltd. 250)
Enema Syringe was formed in the summer of 1985 by Kai Parviainen and Mats Lundberg. Mats and Kai only recorded two songs together of which one was released on the Unveiled compilation (Mechanik cassettes 1986) tape. In january 1986 Landgang joined the band. He did most of the singing and Kai controlled the equipment. All of the early songs were recorded on two channels with no mixing possible. The instruments and recording equipment was a Marantz amplifier and tape deck, Casio VL-tone VL1, an old rhythm box and vocals through headphones or some crappy microphone... This LP features previously unreleased material from 1986-88. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies on 220 g vinyl. Comes in a white sleeve with two stickers on it. Included are two 2-sided A4 info sheets and a small label sheet.
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FAIR, JAD & STROBE TALBOT -- "Hunger" -- flexi-disc -- €7
2015 Music A La Coque, COQ-08, (ltd. 250)
Garage Rock / Psychedelic Rock. This is a postcard flexi record that can be played on your record player. Cool object for Jad's fans and addicted music collectors! [label info] A bit of Velvet Underground jangle and an excellent break in the middle. Limited to 250 copies so grab one while they last I'd say. Not just if you a massive Fair fan, or postcard flexi disc collector, but also if you like a great song. [Vital Weekly]
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FEAR KONSTRUKTOR -- "Nonexistence" -- 7" -- €6
2011 Peripheral Records, PR001, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient / Industrial. Peripheral Records is proud to announce it's first release with Russian project Fear Konstruktor!!! Fear Konstruktor is Nikita Evsuk, a Moscovite and this is his first vinyl release. Two tracks of disturbingly dark droning ambience and industrial clatterings, that stay the right side of noisy!.. "Fear Konstruktor is a brave new sound from Russia, inspired by brightness and vibrance of modern the world. However it contains retro-futuristic touch as seen through the prism of ultramodern devices. All that chik-chik and wao-wao are just words of the significant phrase... Listening to FK is being inside yourself and outside our Universe at the same time. Because those billions of living sounds are caught for you by the daring one." Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl, with insert. [press-release]
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THE FORTIETH DAY -- "Syria: 638 AD" -- LP -- €18
2008 Diophantine Discs, n = 18, (ltd. 300)
Over the past two years The Fortieth Day has released numerous cassette releases and Diophantine Discs is proud to issue their first LP. "Syria: 630 AD" consists of two 17+ minute compositions of extremely dense, powerful, and brooding tracks, with some absolutely monstrous bass. Comprised of Mark Solotroff (Bloodyminded, Intrinsic Action, and the BloodLust! label) and Isidro Reyes (Bloodyminded), Chicago's The Fortieth Day creates a unique music that is dense and murky, lurking somewhere between the realms of noise, industrial, and ambient. Various recording sessions are processed, re-processed, and mixed together to create the final studio recordings. Live shows also incorporate live real-time video projections by Noise Crush. Previous works include a collaborative cassette with Sshe Retina Stimulants and releases on BloodLust!, ORCO, and Cipher. Pressed on white vinyl and housed in a silver-printed and laser-cut [die-cut] sleeve. Limited to 300 copies. [press-release]
FROZEN FACES -- "Religion Of Hate" -- 7" -- €8
1999 Entartete Musikk, EM 05, (ltd. 500)
GENETIC TRANSMISSION -- "Strychnina (Music For Acoustic Installations)" -- LP -- €17 [-50%]
2005/2020 Zoharum, ZOHAR 207-1, (ltd. 100)
Musique Concrète / Industrial. It has become a sort of tradition that every year during first days of autumn we release at least one part out of GT Archive Series. Keeping this tradition alive we present you seventh instalment of this series that is “Strychnina”. “Strychnina” being one of the most important albums in vast Genetic Transmission discography, originally was released in 2005 as CD-R via his own imprint Die Schöne Blumen Musik Werk. It consists of 2 compositions about 20 min each. 180g LP, limited edition of 100 copies. [label info]
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GERRARD, LISA & MARCELLO DE FRANCISCI -- "Departum" -- LP -- €25
2010/2018 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-84 LP
Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner singer/composer Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance) and film composer Marcello De Francisci have joined forces to bring you their first collaborative album work titled "Departum". This album is a collection of pieces, which are filled with lyrical soundscapes, orchestrated with vocal chants, cimbalom, guitars, percussion, modern instruments and orchestra. An effort that took two years in the making moreover a journey inspired by ancient world cultures (Mesopotamia, Europe & Asia)... After the groundbreaking album "The Trail Of Genghis Khan" written in collaboration with an Australian artist Cye Wood, Lisa Gerrard returns to Infinite Fog with the long-awaited complete extended edition of the album "Departum". Highest quality sound, ambient drifts, soft tribal rhythms, touching melodies of Cymbylom and 144-Strings Yang Chin played by Lisa Gerrard and transcendental vocals. All this gives even more in sum and makes "Departum" pure pleasure listening... The album recorded with Marcello De Francisci, a well-known American composer /visual artist with an Italian-Argentinean background, based in Los Angeles, California. Marcello De Francisci is a big name in soundtracks industry, in 2006 he won the best soundtrack of the year G.A.N.G. award for his work on SCEA's "God of War" game. His music has been used in major theatrical movie trailers such as "Avatar", "Prince Of Persia", "Monsters VS Aliens", "Seven Pounds", "Hellboy" to name a few. Moreover, we can remember his mesmerizing music in the sequel to "Baraka" art-house documentary, "Samsara". In 2009, Marcello and Lisa started to work together and recorded several soundtracks for major and art-house movies. Besides that, their creativity also found a realization in a common album "Departum" which became one of the most top-rated albums in Lisa Gerrard discography. Attentive listener may remember Marcello as co-creator Lisa Gerrard's album "Twilight Kingdom"... [label info]
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GERRARD, LISA & CYE WOOD -- "The Trail Of Genghis Khan" -- LP -- €25
2010/2018 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-75-LP
With the greatest pleasure Infinite Fog Prod. presents the first vinyl edition of the highly acclaimed album "The Trail Of Genghis Khan" by Lisa Gerrard & Cye Wood! Whatever you know about Mongolia, hardly you could tell more than an Australian traveler Tim Kop, who left 3 years of his life in the marvelous Mongolian steppes, certainly taking with him far more impressions than many can take in his entire life. The film about this nomadic journey was released by the ABC Television Group, and has received many awards, including National Geographic (Australian Geographic)... The album ‘The Trail of Genghis Khan’ made by Cye Wood in collaboration with Lisa Gerrard sourced from material that Lisa and Cye produced for the documentary series ‘The Trail of Genghis Khan’. This album is an emotive interpretation of Tim Cope’s epic journey on horseback from Mongolia to Hungary. Drawing on inspiration from this rugged & majestic landscape and the culture & inhabitants of this unique part of the world, they have allowed their intuition to be the guiding force in the creation of these works... Lisa Gerrard, widely known for her magical voice, by the work in Dead Can Dance and the grandiose soundtracks, together with the Australian violinist multi-instrumentalist Cye Wood, currently based in Berlin, portrayed the emotions and impressions of the epic journey in musical form... Cye and Lisa, both extraordinary musicians who have devoted their entire lives to music since the early years, and it's no surprise that they could find the perfect mutual understanding and create such a wonderful album worthy of being named one of the best in the discography of both authors. Cye already had experience working with Lisa Gerrard as a violinist on her solo album "The Black Opal" 2009. And a year later the first full-length joint work "The Trail of Genghis Khan" was ready. Charming melodies, excellent arrangements, perfectly balanced atmosphere and a bewitching plot of songs, all this in a compartment with the inimitable vocals of Lisa Gerard is "The Trail of Genghis Khan". [label info]
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GIFFONI, CARLOS -- "Resignation Letter" -- 7" -- €6
2008 Harbinger Sound, HARBINGER 068, (ltd. 100)
Experimental / Noise. Limited to 100 copies in plain white rubber stamped sleeve. Produced for the UK tour in April 2008.
GOAT / T.E.F. -- split -- 7" -- €6
2006 Dada Drumming, dd28 / Philosophy Shop, kant030, (ltd. 300)
Noise. Dada does it again with another great cut of vinyl and another great document from the Texas noise scene. The label first started their venture into vinyl territory with the excellent Pedestrian Deposit/Armenia split and have since delivered numerous excellent cuts from the like of Macronympha, Thirdorgan, Government Alpha, and even some stoner metal from Rabies Caste and Sourvein. And here we have a new 7” from Texas beasts TEF and Goat split released with Goat’s own Philosophy Shop label... TEF’s side offers up some excellent dynamic harsh noise bursting with energy. The sound remains in constant motion without losing focus. Another nice refresher is the brief moment of what I might call harsh ambience for the lack of a better term. Overblown distortion giving way to seething reverb and a dark atmosphere makes the track complete. Next up is Goat kicking things in with no delay. Rough, dense and unrelenting harsh noise played with total conviction. Personally, I would like to hear something with a little more movement and dynamics to it, but I know that this track is sure to please the harsh wall of noise purists... The 7” is packaged very simply in a nice heavy duty vinyl sleeve with a clear sticker on the front with nothing but type, and two black and gray printed labels on the record. No track titles, no played out sex and gore photos, no pretension, just harsh Texas noise. Letting the noise speak for itself was a good idea, and in this case it certainly paid off. Dada has done a great job documenting the Texas noise scene on cassette in the past, and if this is a sign of things to come, I am very excited to see what happens next. [Blood Ties Zine]
THE GREY WOLVES -- "Catholic Priests Fuck Children" -- LP -- €110
1996 Praxis Dr. Bearmann, TH-15, (ltd. 500)
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HINAGESHI BONDAGE -- "Tirez Sur Le Musicien" -- 7" -- €6
2001 Verdura, verdu-06
When it comes to making music "Tirez Sur Le Musicien" displays the diversity and unexpectedness of Hinageshi Bondage. Here's a complete change of sound compared to the previous "Diesel fruit my darling" 7"; instead of nightmarish panic sounds and harsh noises HB roams this time within much more "sofisticated" and calmer moods, though the atmosphere has remained quite the same. Two long pieces, 14 mins of beatiful and hypnotic soundscapes, both harmonic and rhytmic, being the result of a long recording process. [label info]
HOGRA -- "s/t" -- 7" -- €6
2011 Trust Krusher Recordings, (ltd. 200)
Noise. The heavily delayed vocals buried under the harsh chaotic electronics of the first track, soon gives in to waves of hard panned noise. Both tracks end abruptly with no warning. Side B introduces effected vocals over low end crunch, unexpectedly interrupted by glitchy bleeps before it stops. Finishing off the seven inch is another slow moving, thunderous piece, giving the release a somewhat melancholic edge before its finished. [recordsofthefleshgod]
HOGRA -- "Cannibal Oven / Poisoned Baptism" -- 7" -- €6
2012 Fedora Corpse, FCR703, (ltd. 100)
Noise / Power Electronics. Hogra’s 7-inch slab of death is so pig-fucked it’s absurd, a moveable noise feast of burbling underbelly, buzzing insects, whirling tornadoes, shamanic-trance voices, and sheets of static blown by a vicious wave of hell-wind. It’s like when Frodo puts on the ring and the conscious world disappears and all that is left is a nightmarish dreamscape of sharp colors and shadows. But here I go gettin’ ahead of myself again; that’s just the extremely lovable Side A. Flip-flop this sum’bitch for a different approach to non-metal mayhem: Al Jourgensen man-shouting, more of that ass-flapping wind, and a dangling rhythm that almost distracts, slapping the face every so often when there’s already plenty to mull over. Get OFF, guy! [Grant Purdum, Tiny Mixtapes]
HOGRA / MACRONYMPHA -- split -- 7" -- €10
2013 Blackseed Records, 003, (ltd. 100)
Noise / Power Electronics. Marbled mustard-coloured vinyl, two stickers coming as inserts.
IASOS -- "Inter-Dimensional Music" -- LP -- €20
1975/2020 Fact Of Being, FoB-003LP
Ambient / New Age. Iasos is a Music Creator, specializing in celestial, heavenly, inter-dimensional music. He is also one of the original founders of "New Age" music. He was named "the Duke Ellington of New Age" and the "Creator of New Age" by the New York Times. His albums often appear in lists like “the list of 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time” by Pitchfork, “The 20 best new age albums“ by Facmag, to name just a few... Since 1968 Iasos has remained focused and dedicated to his original intention - composing and recording his music, giving seminars, and doing multi-media concerts around the world. His music has been used by NASA, LAZARIS, ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, LASERIUM, and HEWLETT PACKARD, as well as by numerous hospitals, health clinics, therapists, mental health clinics, and surgeons throughout the world... Despite this, we found that some of Iasos’s masterpieces are criminally rare and hard to get on physical formats. In 2019 during discussions with Iasos, we have chosen 3 albums for the first part of the reissues of Iasos's music on the Fact of Being on vinyl and audio CD... May this music be an OASIS for your Soul... In 1975 Iasos, published his first work "Inter-Dimensional Music" which during the years became an absolute classic of a new age and ambient music. This is probably a first "new age" album ever released. In addition, a year after in 1976 Steven Halpern, with his well-known masterpiece "Spectrum-Suite" cemented the existence of style... Being unique, the music lays at the crossroads of ambient, new age, psychedelic, prog, and space music. Recommended for fans of Peter Davison, Popol Vuh, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Steven Halpern, and Michael Stearns' early works. Now, after 45 years since first publishing the album available again on limited CD and VINYL in original artwork. [label info]
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IASOS -- "Realms Of Light" -- LP -- €20
2001/2020 Fact Of Being, FoB-005LP
Ambient / New Age. After a decade of a break, in 2001 Iasos returned with a new, first in a new millennium, album - "Realms of Light". Here you will hear 8 masterpieces of heavenly music that takes you to other-worldly realms just filled with Love and Light. This album continues where "Elixir" 1983 left off! Journey into heavenly celestial realms with a master of inter-dimensional music. Ecstatic planes of existence filled with love, light, color, fragrance, and sacredness. Unearthly sparkling beauty... There are a few guest musicians who beautify the album: Joie Favier from Cybervixen, legendary violinist Steven Kindler who was one of the forerunners in playing multi-string electric violin, and another new-age music legend Sophia Roberts... To summarize, this album is intensely full of heavenly feelings that will make your heart glow. First time available on vinyl! [label info]
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IDEHALL, MICHAEL -- "Retort Redux" -- LP -- €22
2015 :retortae:, venenum 2, (ltd. 150)
:retortae: is happy to present its second collaboration with our friends from outstanding Beläten family. After the instantly sold out 3LP epic release from Trepaneringsritualen, the mastermind behind Beläten, this time we offer the vinyl compilation of the best tracks from one of the most intriguing and unusual members of this Swedish label’s roster – Michael Idehall. Starting in 2011 with a collaboration tape with Thomas Martin Ekelund, he continued further with several obscure tape, online and vinyl releases preferring to stay a bit in the shadow. Nonetheless he got many devoted fans quite soon and in a short time the greater interest by the wider audience has been arised. Due to these demands Michael decided to go more into the light now and agreed to do bigger forms. Last year’s Ant-Zen CD reissue of two older tapes was first of them, the second one is now being presented and it is, so to say, “Greatest Hits” LP. The album includes the best and most attractive compositions from previous releases as well as two tracks not available on any physical matter before and one track which is totally new. In terms of sound the rhythmic elements are combined here with a very gloomy and sinister mood and that could remind us of some Galakthorrö heroes, but in terms of darkness Michael goes much further, it is closer in mind to his friend Trepaneringsritualen and sometimes goes as far as only great Coil have gone in their wildest dreams. So, we are proud to welcome all of our friends to this dark and dystopian world, sometimes brutal, occult and frightening, sometimes sensual, perversed and extatic, but always trance-inducing and dwelling. The regular edition comes in a specially cut black & white offset printed matte laminated envelope and it is limited to 150 copies. [press-release]
IDEHALL, MICHAEL -- "Retort Redux" -- LP + CD EP -- €37
2015 :retortae:, venenum 3, (ltd. 50)
The special edition is limited to 50 copies only, it includes a regular edition LP and an extra MCD unavailable apart from this set, both wrapped in a black tissue-paper fixed with a special sticker on each side of the set. The MCD contains five extra tracks, these tracks: first appeared on the digital release "Svartkonster" [Beläten, 2014] (1,4) / previously unreleased and were made between 2010 and 2014 (2,3) / a remix of a track that first appeared on the "SOL" cassette [Beläten, 2012] (5). [label info]
INFINITE BODY / EMACIATOR -- split -- LP -- €10
2009 Monorail Trespassing, mt63lp, (ltd. 500)
Drone / Noise. Saturated harsh melodicism from INFINITE BODY; two tracks bridged by a solo voice recording. Synth driven by the human voice; screaming to make beautiful tones. The EMACIATOR side is a dense, dense drone of older / early style throb getting submerged by layers upon layers of guitar drones and keyboard melodies -- finally wearing down to an optimistic close. [label info]
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JANITOR -- "Richie" -- LP -- €7
1999 Entartete Musikk, EM 04, (ltd. 800)
Side-project of Deutsch Nepal (Lina Baby Doll + BJ Nilsen).
JUSTICE YELDHAM AND THE DYNAMIC RIBBON DEVICE -- "Birthdays" -- LP -- €18
2008 Anarchymoon Recordings, anok22 / Turgid Animal, TA345 / All Thumbs Press, ATP001, (ltd. 600)
Birthdays consists of two live sets by maverick amplified-glass player Justice Yeldham recorded during his & Keg's recent tour of Europe. If you've never heard of the guy you are in for a bloody treat. Using concert-grade piano contact mics, he amplifies a sheet of glass and plays it with his mouth and face, processing it with pedals attached to his belt, usually barefooted. The results are unworldly, and hearing it you would never imagine what created it, something only an Aussie could achieve. Like careening assaults of insect spaceships, he transports the listener to other worlds of sound, ending most often in a crash of the glass upon his head. He survives, bloody but alive, never worse for wear in the morning. Side A was captured in Marseille on the eve of Justice's 35th birthday while side B was recorded on Kegs birthday in Porto (for a preview listen at myspace.com/justiceyeldham). And to top off the birthday cheer Keg also did the cover illustration as a gift for Justice's Birthday. Mastered by the god-like Rasheed of Dubplates (Berlin), the record has been collaboratively released in an edition of 600 copies across the world by Anarchymoon Recordings (North America), Turgid Animal (Europe) & All Thumbs Press (Australia). Black vinyl, B-on-W labels, 2-sided printed insert in PVC sleeve. [press-release]
KLOFT RETARDER / ID -- split -- 7" -- €6
2001 Lärmnerv, .lv.04., (ltd. 204)
Industrial. KLOFT RETARDER is the German musician Stefan Dierks (ex-KRACHGAU), also the boss of the Lärmnerv label. ID is Ashley Davies from the UK, a member of now defunct noise rock band HEADBUTT.
KONSTRUKCIJA -- "s/t" -- LP -- €16
2014 Brouillard Definitif / Les Sons Paranormaux, BD/LSP 001, (ltd. 300)
Minimal / Electro / Experimental. More than a side-project, Konstrukcija stemmed from the reunion of Stropu Jurka (STROPS, VSKB, but also the radio show INTERVILNIS) and Gatis Druvaskalns (STARPLIKTUVE, CELMLAUZIS) in spring 2011 when the latter returned from a two-year long stay in the Netherlands. He brought his friend back a Casio MT-40, which he had bought for the modest sum of 5 euros. They started jamming and within a few days recorded several tracks for which the Casio, a Korg Monotron, an Estradin-230 and a diy noise box were utilized. In the end they came up with a full unreleased album. The texts allude to all their friends who have left Latvia to live abroad, as well as to those who have left forever by jumping from the cable-stayed bridge (Riga)... Their sound is very reminiscent of the analogical minimal electronic wave in the vein of early pioneers such as Kraftwerk, El Aviador Dro or Yellow Magic Orchestra to which they added that indescribable Latvian frostbitten atmosphere from a country where the winter temperature may fall to -30º C and winter lasts for half of the year... That was it officially… not until December 2012 when they started playing again in order to get prepared for a set which would be performed two months later in Paris, following an invitation from Les Sons Paranormaux. It is then that they very naturally thought of inviting Erlends Paičs – who had already been active within VSKB a few years earlier, most notoriously for a series of live sets programmed and organized by the above-mentioned organization... During the rehearsals of the set they partly covered their older tracks while improving their quality. By then a cozy relationship had been established between LSP and Thierry Müller, and the organization dared the band to once more cover a track by Ruth which had been played by some of the members a few years earlier, and for which the original singer would come on stage during the gig. Watchwords: Polaroid/Roman/Photo… which has also been included here in its studio version... Back home they played one more set and that was it. That was when LSP and Brouillard Definitif offered them (in 2013) to release their debut album. New tracks were recorded and added to some older ones, this is what is presented here. The design lays somewhere between Georgy Krutikov’s constructivism, the visuals held dear by post-industrial era lovers, and the Dadaist irony of the Deutsche Neue Welle. [label info]
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KOPP, HERMANN -- "Cantos Y Llantos" -- 7" -- €12
2017 Galakthorro, Galakthorro 042, (ltd. 550)
Hermann Kopp’s adopted homeland influences his new work. In the space of four tracks he transports chunks of Spanish tradition into another world. His world. The result is completely free from folklore and scene cliches. A nightmare turned into sound, where wonderful melodies resist decomposing forces. Alongside nekrodramatic instrumentals, Kopp intones in Spanish, and, due to the recording technique, in a very personal tone – almost intimate – at any rate commendably miserable. 7" EP, black vinyl, sturdy cardboard cover. [label info]
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KOPP, HERMANN -- "Tiffauges" -- 7" -- €10
2020 Ultima Ratio, UR 003, (ltd. 200)
Industrial / Neoclassical / Darkwave. A meeting between a man of excess and an experimental musician. This is the story of Gilles de Rais told musically by Hermann Kopp. "Tiffauges" is pure melancholy. [label info]
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KOPP, HERMANN / FUSILLER -- "Les Naufragés" -- 12" -- €17
2020 Ultima Ratio, UR 001, (ltd. 200)
Industrial / Neoclassical / Darkwave. Best known for his scores to Jörg Buttgereit's cult films "Nekromantik", "Nekromantik 2", and "Der Todesking", this split vinyl (featuring with one with track with dark ambient artist Abattoir) sees German artist Hermann Kopp paired with Parisian electronic artist Fusiller (aka Jo Tanz). "Les Naufragés" ("The Shipwrecked") features geometric loops, dead melodies, synths, noise and vocals... Hermann Kopp started recording songs on tape in the 70's, combining his violin with a Moog imitation in a very personal and minimal approach to music, with lyrics that bordered on surrealism. In the mid-80's he became the fifth member of the experimental synthesizer band Keine Ahnung. Ltd x 200 copies with artwork by Piet du Congo. [Cold Spring]
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KROL' -- "T'ma (Darkness)" -- LP -- €27
2017/2022 Destroyed Room Tapes, DRTV-08 / Fog & Frogs, F&F-01, (ltd. 120)
Shoegaze / Dream-Pop / Experimental band from St. Petersburg, Russia. This is the reissue of their second album which was previously released only digitally. Contains an additional live track recorded in 2019. Vinyl mastering was done by Andreas Petersson, who worked with the releases of Muslimgauze, Vinyl On Demand, etc. Released on 180 gram vinyl, limited to 120 copies. Recommended to the fans of early Dead Can Dance, bands from 4AD and those who enjoy good dark music. [label info]
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LA VOIX DES NOTRES -- "Il Disait La Verite... Ils L'Ont Tue" -- s/s flexi 8" -- €20
2000 Les Joyaux De La Princesse, LVN ~ I
LAIBACH -- "Macbeth" -- LP -- €30
1989/1990 Restless Records, 7 71458-1
"Music for Life and Theatre, performed in Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, 1987/88 (Directed by Wilfried Minks). Recorded in Studio Tivoli, Ljubljana."
LAMIA IS -- "Flesharvest" -- 10" -- €6
1998 Stateart, SA012, (ltd. 500)
Dark Ambient / Industrial.
LEIDUNGR -- "Hell Eder Asar" -- 7" -- €15
2010 Fronte Nordico, LR I, (ltd. 150)
First in Fronte Nordico 7" series. Leidungr is a new project of H. Möller (Puissance / Arditi). Together with M. Belfagor (Nefandus, Ofermod) and P. Ståhl he is doing a kind of ritual archaic pagan folk with some ambient and martial elements and ancient Norse lyrics reminding of Waldteufel, Blood Axis and Werkbund's "Rungholt" series. Regular edition: special die-cut rounded silkscreened fold-out package made of textured hard black paper tightened by four metallic cringles and fastened with a paper magnet fixator. [press-release]
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Atanimonni Aitnatsbus" -- 10" -- €12
2012 Drone Records / Substantia Innominata, SUB-16, (ltd. 500)
The fantastic experimental drone/ethno/trance project from St. Petersburg, Russia, with two long tracks (total 23+ min.) of stunning multi-layered compositions, using lots of detail-sounds from animals, analogue synths, female eastern voices/singings, subtle (neo) classic harmonies, bells & gongs... hyper-dense & fluid; both tracks end up in endless grooves (of water & fire), to symbolize the connection to timeless energies; lim. 500 with artwork by ARTYOM OSTAPCHUK, comes on sky-blue & white mixed vinyl. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS QUARTET -- "Hyperborean" -- 10" -- €13
2003 Der Angriff Nr. 8 (Prometheus PYRO Epsilon), (ltd. 300)
Mysterious travel into the heart of ancient Baltia, where the cold lakes and moss-covered stones in the pine-woods still keeping the secrets of the times long forgotten… Chants, ambient layers and delicate percussion together with some sound effects shroud the listener in the mist of the Hidden… [label info]
M. BRYO & D.M.T. -- "Things I Was Due To Forget (1979 - 2005)" -- 2 LP -- €30 [-50%]
2018 Nuit Et Brouillard, NB.V.04, (ltd. 439)
M.BRYO & D.M.T. was one of the musical projects of the Antwerpen based multimedia artist Mark Burghgraeve. In the late seventies Mark followed Art school and from young age tempered with electronics. He formed M. BRYO & D.M.T., his first synthetic band that time with some fellow students. M. BRYO & D.M.T. played from 1982 till 1984 in clubs, cultural centers, chapels and at art exhibitions sometimes complete with the D.M.T. line-up, sometimes solo. Among other things, Mark constructed the original KLINIK with Marc Verhaegen and collaborated with the artist Jan Fabre... "Things I Was Due To Forget" is a record of songs that appeared on K7 and vinyls or came from M. BRYO's personal archives of unreleased tapes. As a whole this is an inspired release conceived as the full-length album that never saw the light of day that time. It can be seen as a kind of "anthology" of what the artist composed under M. BRYO moniker... All tracks were remastered by the artist especially for this release. This timeless jewel is now available as double LP in a run of 439 copies. This version features one black and one white LP in a fold-out sleev with silk-screen printing. [label info]
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MAGIK MARKERS -- "Inverted Belgium" -- LP -- €10
2006 Hospital Productions, HOS-136
One sided LP of the infamous bloody face cutting show in Beligium. Instrumental noise assult edited and remastered to slow motion shit attack - altered vinyl version of the CDR we had awhile back. Great double sided screenprinted fold-out chipboard covers. [Time-Lag Records]
MAJDANEK WALTZ -- "Die Blinden Schutzen" -- LP -- €20
2016 Sulphur Flowers, SF 7
Catharsis as art - the new full-length work of the leading Russian dark-folk project perfectly transmits the feeling of the devouring purification: death folk still has the right to exist, although most part of the time we are immersed in the deep swamps of dark ambient, embraced by the mysterious neoclassical chimes. [label info]
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MAT' TEREZA -- "Pozdno Domoy (Late Home)" -- LP -- €27
2012/2021 Destroyed Room Tapes, DRTV-05, (ltd. 200)
Post-Punk. This retrospective album was recorded by the songwriter Alexander Nektov, Yaroslav Pavshin (guitar, bass, post production), Vladislav Selivanov (bass), Evgeniy Voronovskiy (keyboards, sound production) and Andrey Pankratov (drums). The songs were composed in 2001-2004 while Nektov was living in Moscow, and arranged by the Moscow-based musicians. In 2010-2011 work on this material resumed: at first, Pankratov recorded all the drum parts in one day at the rehearsal room, then the same method was applied to strings (in some tracks, the number of guitars reaches seven!) and vocals. The recording of keyboards, effects, mixing and sound production of the album were made in 2011 at the home studio of Evgeniy Voronovskiy, who joined the bad as a constant member. In 2012 the material saw the light at first on CD-R, in 8 more years it was reissued on cassettes and digitally... and only now, in 2021 it has finally found its embodiment in the form of this vinyl record! This version is printed on black vinyl, limited to 100 copies, comes with an lyrics insert and two numbered cards with band photos. [label info]
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MOLOCH -- "Die Isolation" -- 12" -- €16
2014 Desire Records, dsr107LP, (ltd. 300)
Black Metal / Dark Ambient. A new opus comes from the woods of Carpathia. It is a despairing portrayal of the souls that are lost in the winter woods. Hypnotic sounds, like a thousand blades in a dance of a winter blizzard, leaving thousands of cuts digging into the body. Heart-rending screams of freezing flesh, summoning death, dissolving within echoes on the mountains. This album delivers cold, misanthropic and desolate mid-tempo, Nordic-influenced Black Metal, alongside melancholic Dark Ambient tracks. Crunchy distorted guitar minimalism, primal thrashing beats, and an overall raw necroish execution are reinforced by howling, tortured, grim vocals that recall the old Burzum era. For fans of Burzum, Striborg, Xasthur, Trist, Darkthrone. [Cold Spring]
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MOLOCH -- "Verwüstung" -- picture 12" -- €16
2014 Nocebo Records, three, (ltd. 247)
Black Metal / Dark Ambient from Ukraine.
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MS30 -- "T.I.A." -- LP + 12" -- €10
2012 Silken Tofu, stx.21, (ltd. 300)
MS30 is born from the encounter between the Korg MS20 of TZII and the Korg MS10 of Aymeric De Tapol, resulting in massive frequencies, sharp cuts and hypnotizing pulsations. Both artists share a fascination for West-Africa, which brought them to work around on this thematic, with their own vision and cultural codes... AYMERIC DE TAPOL is an experimental and electro-acoustic composer, based in Brussels. He works for contemporary dance pieces, radiophonic creations and as a freelance sound engineer for cinema and documentary films. Since 1998, he focuses his work on climatic sound takes. The final result is a composition where minimalist soundscapes interact with each other and lead to organic maps, close to microsound or noise. His works could be described as 'travelling music': the music score for a non-existing movie... Since 1996 TZII has been spreading his magickal corrosive frequencies all over the world by touring from Europe to Australia, passing by the USA, Canada, Japan and Africa, where he played hundreds of shows, spreading cinematic ambient and raw electronic anger. He's a co-founder and active member of the V-ATAK collective & dvd label, one half of SOLAR SKELETONS and a member of DUFLAN DUFLAN and several other bands. He also works for dance companies, living performances, movie soundtracks and any other mediums with sound inside. [press-release].
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MSBR / DIE LEBENSMITTELVERGIFTUNG -- "s/t" -- LP -- €14
1999 Duebel, WHOL4 / Flenix, FLR02, (ltd. 300)
Industrial / Noise. Collaboration between two Japanese musicians.
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MUNDAL, ARE -- "Interloper" -- LP -- €23 [-50%]
2021 Telesterion Records, 002, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Industrial / Experimental. Dark atmospheric Ambient / Darkwave / Experimental music from Norway's Are Mundal, who has written songs for albums such as ENSLAVED's "Isa" and IMMORTAL's "All Shall Fall", but who is probably best known for his photography of Fantoft stave church on the day it burnt down in 1992 which ended up as a cover photo for BURZUM "Aske" EP. "This album is dedicated to the fight against christianity, religion in general, and all destructive ideologies". Beautifully presented in a matt sleeve featuring cover paintings by Mundal. Ltd x 100 hand-numbered copies with printed inner sleeve and full size insert, plus an artcard with artwork by Stephen Fabian. [Cold Spring]
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MUNDAL, ARE -- "Nocturnal Perambulation" -- LP -- €23 [-50%]
2020 Telesterion Records, 003, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Industrial / Experimental. Dark atmospheric Ambient / Darkwave / Experimental music from Norway's Are Mundal, who has written songs for albums such as ENSLAVED's "Isa" and IMMORTAL's "All Shall Fall", but who is probably best known for his photography of Fantoft stave church on the day it burnt down in 1992 which ended up as a cover photo for BURZUM "Aske" EP. "This album is dedicated to the fight against christianity, religion in general, and all destructive ideologies"... The 2020 album from Norway's Are Mundal - and his first solo vinyl release. Beautifully presented in a matt gatefold sleeve featuring cover paintings by Mundal. Ltd x 100 hand-numbered copies with printed inner sleeve and full size insert. [Cold Spring]
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MUNDAL, ARE / N.U.N. -- "Nocturnal Discombobulation" -- 7" -- €9 [-50%]
2021 Telesterion Records, 004, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Industrial / Sound Collage. Dark atmospheric music from Norway's Are Mundal, who has written songs for albums such as ENSLAVED's "Isa" and IMMORTAL's "All Shall Fall", but who is probably best known for his photography of Fantoft stave church on the day it burnt down in 1992 which ended up as a cover photo for BURZUM "Aske" EP. "Dedicated to the fight against christianity, religion in general, and all destructive ideologies", this EP could be considered the follow up to Mundal's 2020 full-length "Nocturnal Perambulation" as it follows a similar vein. Ltd x 100 hand-numbered copies with artwork by Jack Edward Jaxson. Comes with two artcards. [Cold Spring]
MURNAU -- "Decoder" -- LP -- €10
2004 220N, 220N 17, (ltd. 300)
Power Electronics. The first single LP for the label, and somehow the more simple, condensed shape fits the "musical" content quite well: While earlier 220N releases (of which the Mürnau and Eisengrau, i.e. this artist's released formed the majority) were more freeform and experimental, this is a linear record that takes you on an enjoyable trip throughout, with some variety on the way: The A-side is pure powerelectronix, distortion and shouting with subcurrent bass rhythms, while B1 and B2 appear more subdued and with an old school/analogue feel before the final tracks slices everything apart with highpitched frequencies. Thoughtful, recommended. [label info]
MURNAU -- "Misanthropy" -- picture 7" -- €6
2002 220N, 220N 14, (ltd. 400)
Power Noise. Misanthropy is an intensive 7" picture disc, comprised of two tracks, Null and Void. Two words that may seem synonymous at first, but there is a definite distinction between them in the mind of Mürnau... Null is possibly one of Mürnau's most accessible tracks (used very loosely), focusing on a brutal interpretation of rhythmic noise, matched with repeated distorted vocals. The beat is a constant march of distorted and gritty sounds, matched by Mürnau's vocals, screaming of vengeful rage. The lyrics are basic, as much to the point as they are brutal: "your broken fingers are called justice. now inhale this fire it's my gift to you..." Void goes to the most extreme, with a barrage of wall of noise, static, and possibly screeching (but too extreme to be considered lyrics). The void expressed here is not one of sterility or of emptiness, but rather the opposite, with an emotional and physical overload of the void, and the pain and torment of this... With Misanthropy, Mürnau unleashes a raw attack upon humankind, in an attempt to release the demons within not only himself, but the listener as well. Humanity gives us all plenty of reasons to hate it, and music like this can act as a catharsis, allowing us to channel that energy away from creating yet further reasons to hate. [Squid]
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THE NEW MOVEMENT & KH12 QUARTET -- "Nichts Fur Nitsch" -- picture LP -- €23
2017 Psych.KG, Psych.KG 229, (ltd. 90)
Noise. 'Nichts Für Nitsch'? That reeks of The New Blockaders, I would think, but it is not; The New Movement, a duo of Kenny Johansson and Tony Eriksson are however strongly inspired by the Blockaders, as I read on Discogs: "Inspired by anti-'artists' like Marcel Duchamp, Luigi Russolo and The New Blockaders the group emerged from the intention to create a new form of anti-art with a nostalgic feeling but soon moved further into the 'philosophy of nothing' and they wrote the manifesto 'X' even before they ever recorded something in the name of The New Movement. With their manifesto TNM 'stand their ground' to reject and destroy everything for their 'philosophy of nothing' and to be pointless as their weapon of choice", which reads to me like something them Blockaders could have also written. KH12 Quartet is also a duo, Matthias Horn (also the label boss here) and Phillip Zimmermann and in Sweden the four of them recorded this tribute to Hermann Nitsch, the infamous Austrian performance artist, with whom I have absolutely nothing at all. I could launch into a diatribe about performance art, but I will save that for another day. Like I wrote last week about the Blockaders I like a bit of noise, and this is what we get here, as not just the manifesto is copied also their approach to sound is surely a strong source of inspiration. Acoustic objects are hand cranked in front of a microphone and then fed through a bunch of sound effects, while the original bursts of acoustics remain intact. In fact more here than on the latest Blockaders cassette, I would think. No doubt the musicians cringe over me saying this, but it seems to me some thought went into producing these noise pieces, of cracking acoustic objects, loops of metallic rumble and spacing out distortion over the pieces itself. I am not sure, but surely this is music that mister Nitsch would like as a backdrop to his performances as it sounds like the sound of destruction and decay. Me personally, I don't need the performance aspect at all; not even the 'blood' spattered picture disc; the noise that is captured in these grooves is more than enough for me. Stick to what you best and leave out the rest I would say. A bit short this LP, it seems, but quite lovely all around. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
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NIGHTCRAWLER -- "Strange Shadows" -- 2 x 7" -- €35
2015 S7S Records, S7S001, (ltd. 50)
Synthwave / Electro. One of the records has a shape of a saw blade.
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NOCTURNE -- "Le Dernier Jour" -- 7" -- €13
2005 Cold Lands, CLAN 03, (ltd. 146)
Industrial. Single-sided heavy black 7", includes the lost track from 1999. The record comes in a dark green tarpaulin pseudo-military bag.
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NOCTURNE -- "Le Dernier Jour" -- 7" -- €23
2005 Cold Lands, CLAN 03, (ltd. 54)
Industrial. Single-sided heavy milk-clear 7", includes the lost track from 1999. The record comes in a dark green tarpaulin pseudo-military bag.
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NODOLBY -- "Axe Magnitude / Altered Beast" -- 7" -- €6
2007 Dokuro, DK001, (ltd. 66)
Exprerimental. Michele Scariot rides the constant saturation of his deskmix from the bleak moaning of downtuned strings to the yell of the 4tk-cassette-recorder all layered and interlaced with synth detonations, radio interferences and fuzzy echoes. Sonic blazes and drones abuse are the keywords for this new kind of noisy "just intonation". Artwork by Merlo. Limited to 66 copies on amethyst (blue/purple) colored vinyl. [label info]
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:NRRRRK: -- "Bless The Children" -- 7" -- €6
2008 Turgid Animal, TA355, (ltd. 200)
Power Electronics / Industrial / Noise. German power electronics, formerly known as NOISEWERRRRK. Three tracks of almost creepy industrial noise soundscapes with buried, whispered vocals focusing on religious disease and fanatics. [label info]
NYTT LAND -- "Cvlt" -- LP -- €20
2020 Infinite Fog Productions, IF-100LP / Ksenza Records, KSZ 30LP
Nordic Folk / Ritual. Siberian Nordic Fold Ritual Band NYTT LAND opens a new chapter with the 6th album “CVLT” to take you on a mystic travel – path of Shamans... Ritual songs of ancient Siberia and Scandinavia in an atmospheric mix of traditional throat singing, authentic musical instruments, overdriven guitars and electronic music... Tuomas Rounakari and Jonne Järvelä from Korpiklaani were guest musicians and part of “CVLT”... “CVLT” available on limited CD and VINYL with different artworks created by Ungodly Designs and masterings by Anatoly Pakhalenko (Nytt Land)... NYTT LAND's music, skillfully balancing on the brink of ritual ambient and the traditional folk of Northern Europe, is born in the heart of Siberia. Having started as a folk-rock band in a remote Siberian province, NYTT LAND required less than a year to become one of the most prominent and successful Russian folk projects. Focused on ancient Scandinavia, the band rapidly evolved into an authentic music ensemble, thorough yet at the same time innovative. Their music is mostly based on the sources from Poetic Edda, performed on the original Old Islandic. Both male and female voices are used with regards to reflecting the old vocal techniques... The main core of the magical sound of the NYTT LAND is Natasha Pakhalenko’s unique natural vocals, in which clean folklore techniques of Siberia and Saami and low Tuva throat singing easily alternate... Notably outstanding on the Russian scene and largely compared with the legendary Wardruna, NYTT LAND are unique in their devotion to the ritual Northern music and tradition that comes along with great talent. Their almost reenacting approach, genuine native hand-crafted instruments, and colossal enthusiasm help them to grasp the true spirit of ancient Northern music like no one in Eastern Europe has done before... Welcome to The magic of the Ancient North. [label info]
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ONEBOMB>ONETARGET -- "Ich Gegen Mich - Live Sessions 2005" -- 7" -- €6
2005 Hirntrust Grind Media, HIRNTRUST01, (ltd. 290)
Noise / Speedcore. When noisy music experimence go into speedcore dancefloor... Both tracks are taken from two ear-splitting live performances in Vienna, digitally recorded from the mixing desk.
OPHIR -- "Saat & Ernte" -- 10" -- €23
2002 Greyland, GR 10, (ltd. 288)
Martial Industrial. Side-project of WAPPENBUND. The record is pressed on transparent blue vinyl and packaged in a blue closeable cover with banderole. Includes a mini booklet with the lyrics, a few strands of wheat, and 50 pfennig coin.
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ORDER OF NINE ANGELS -- "Mark Of The Beast" -- LP -- €14
2017 Total Black, 84, (ltd. 233)
Dark Ambient / Noise. Doubled sided glued artwork, each copy hand-stamped.
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ORDER OF NINE ANGELS -- "Mark Of The Beast" -- LP + CS -- €30
2017 Total Black, 84, (ltd. 77)
Dark Ambient / Noise. Doubled sided glued artwork, each copy hand-stamped. Special edition includes additional cassette. Artwork printed on red paper, hand numbered edition of 77.
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OTOTSKY QUARTET -- "Stamp a Spot" -- LP -- €20
2021 Fancy Music, H&FANCY169
Free Improvisation / Free Jazz. Moscow. Cold, snowy March 2018. Early morning. Four men are slipping and sliding along Pyatnitskaya Street toward a place whose doors are open to experimental music even before dawn – Cultural Center DOM. The recording Stamp a Spot, is a document from the parallel musical life of Russia and its distinctive Brownian motion of free radicals. The four were Kirill Shirokov on piano, Dmitry Lapshin on double bass, Peter Ototsky on drums, and Ilia Belorukov on saxophone. Try to plot them as four dots on a musical map, and you’ll get something like a bagel, as their positions are unstable and the weight of each is tremendous. A separate text could be devoted to the improv music accomplishments of each... The four didn’t discuss the recording, didn’t rehearse, and didn’t use any prepared materials. All that happened emerged during the process itself. Though there are no well-defined solos (if we do not define pauses as solos), cohesion and focus are guaranteed by the presence of an improvising composer who guides the seething flow of sounds. “A necromancer manipulating zombies adrift in utter ecstasy” is how Ototsky describes Shirokov’s role. Shirokov, for his part, draws attention to the four improvisations’ “complementary (and sometimes mutually exclusive) tendencies that constantly transforms — during the music is being played — its fabric, angles, structures, ‘lighting'” and remarks that he was naturally attracted by a strategy of real-time composing. [Felix Sandalov]
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PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT / ARMENIA -- "Girl On Bicycle / La Mejor Banda De Ecuador, Sin Lugar A Dudas" -- 7" -- €28
2003 Dada Drumming, dd06, (ltd. 200)
Noise. A split between the US act PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT and ARMENIA from Ecuador. Pressed on transparent blue vinyl, packed in transparent printed sleeve.
PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS -- "A Gift to a Dog" -- LP -- €35
2021 Чудесаунд / Soyuz Music, (ltd. 100)
Psychedelic Rock. This is a sort of "Best of" from Pigeons & The Insane Porrigemakers, comprised of the brightest psychedelic gems taken from their first four albums. Pigeons & The Insane Porrigemakers is a St. Petersburg-based surrealistic orchestra performing avantguarde rock music full of paradoxes, adorned with ethnic motives and lingering psychedelic improvisations. Two dozen participants are creating a dense and colourful tapestry of sounds, meanings and images. Their first vinyl release is an author's collection of the most characteristic tracks from the four albums of the band. [label info]
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PRINS, GERT-JAN -- "s/t" -- 10" lathe-cut -- €15
2012 The Spring Press, SP#14, (ltd. 70)
Experimental. A new EP featuring unreleased recordings from this Dutch electronic master. For over twenty years Prins has explored the spatial, textural and compositional possibilities of electronic systems with his custom circutry; both through sound and his arts practice. Reconsidering the technologies of club culture he has defined his own very radical approach to music; having also collaborated with the likes of Christian Fennesz, Lee Ranaldo, Carlos Giffoni as well as being an integral member of MIMEO... The Lathe Edition series is a number of lathe-cut 10" records produced in very restricted runs. Each disc is cut by hand in New York City, packaged in foil stamped tip-on Stoughton sleeves, individually titled and numbered.
PROPERGOL -- "Tormentor" -- 7" -- €7 [-50%]
2003 Nuit Et Brouillard, NB.V.01, (ltd. 1000)
Power Electronics / Industrial. First 7" and vinyl release for this French confirmed project. "Tormentor" is dealing with usual PROPERGOL's intimate obsessions and again music is nothing less than a reflection and an exploration of his confused and chaotic innerworld... Tracks are made of nervous, repetitive and hypnotic pulsations as well as noise injections and vocals in the typical PROPERGOL's style made of anger and despair underlying his personal oversensitivity... With this 7", PROPERGOL takes you both to a trip to places overwhelming with imagination and to a mental journey on the sinuous and unhealthy roads of neurosis when your own imagination is becoming your most intimate enemy. Like a nice musical score on schizophrenia... Deluxe packaging on a glossy fold-out cover plus postcard. [press-release]
PUTREFIER & ROMANCE -- "Live Collaboration Newcastle 2007" -- LP -- €22
2009 Harbinger Sound, HARBINGER 063 / Birthbiter, 011, (ltd. 250)
Getting on with the real work. Captured live in Newcastle during 2007 this set owes more to Durgan's more recent work such as that found on the Pan Records disc and then letting Glaister's workouts run amok across everything as they attempt to dig their way out of the wine-cellars at INA-GRM and surface in some geordie real-ale house. Released by long-term cohort, and the notoriously elusive and stubborn Harbinger Sound label in arms with Putrefier's own Birthbiter imprint. No website, no MySpace, no nothing. [press-release]
RANDY BARRACUDA -- "On The Low Again" -- 12" -- €13
2010 Laton, Laton 053
Laton is proud to announce the groundbreaking new release by enigmatic finnish producer Perttu Eino Hakkinen aka Randy Barracuda (RABA). Randy Baracuda is best known as one of the pioneers of the Skweee-movement - a Scandinavian genre often referred to as a mix of styles like wonky, hip hop and electro funk but has certainly it's own demented twist. Randy Baracuda is also half of Finnish legendary electro bass-outfit-duo Imatran Voima, and he has also releases under various aliases for such labels like Mighty Robot Recordings, Tellektro, Sahko, Sex Tags Mania, Flogsda Dancehall and Harmonia which he co-founded with Mesak in 2006 (Turku, Finnland)... "On The Low Again" (Laton 053) cognates to "On The Low" (Harmonia, HRMN-12) which was previously released in early 2010 containing material from the same Bergweg recording sessions 2009-10, Rotterdam. The trademark sound from the originator of spastic Scandinavian synth-funk style again dominates this 6-track debut for the austrian based Laton label, but this time mighty Randy Barracuda taking it to new levels of super compression, flips and signals away from the Lo-fi / 8-bit sound to slicker production styles, twisted R&B rhythms, layers it with a symphony of bleeps and keys alongside the usual sugar rush melodies and bump-n-grind b-lines to give it a incredible fresh slant... "On The Low Again" is as undeniably catchy as it is speaker rumbling, an unbashed banger over the top and there is little to stop the RABA invasion. [press-release]
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RAPOON -- "Dark Zero" -- 2 LP -- €30
2015 :retortae:, elixir 11.1, (ltd. 150)
"Enigmatic faces stare out from tableaux on walls and caves. Impenetrable and mysterious they haunt the mind. On the last edge of vibration they cross. Unwelcomed and uninvited. A murmur in a shadow. A last breath. They have a tendency to walk through walls. Wheels of fire spit flames into the night. A dark road echoes. The stars vanish. A face in darkness shines. A ribbon on a trace weed. The last curl of smoke. Eyes wide and seeing. They came." The 2LP (elixir 11.1) comes in offset-printed paperbox which contains both vinyls in separate full colour inner sleeves. [label info]
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RAPOON -- "Dark Zero" -- 2 LP + CD -- €45
2015 :retortae:, elixir 11, (ltd. 50)
"Enigmatic faces stare out from tableaux on walls and caves. Impenetrable and mysterious they haunt the mind. On the last edge of vibration they cross. Unwelcomed and uninvited. A murmur in a shadow. A last breath. They have a tendency to walk through walls. Wheels of fire spit flames into the night. A dark road echoes. The stars vanish. A face in darkness shines. A ribbon on a trace weed. The last curl of smoke. Eyes wide and seeing. They came." The special edition (elixir 11) is a stickered black plastic bag containing 2LP (elixir 11.1) in a regular package and CD (elixir 11.2) packed in a different package - an envelope with a sticker. The music on 2LP and CD is totally the same. [label info]
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REFORMED FACTION -- "Save Our Ghohsts Vol. 1" -- LP -- €33
2013 :retortae:, elixir 1, (ltd. 150)
Retortae is proud to present its debut release - Reformed Faction "Save Our Ghohsts" dilogy, the masterpiece from the people who could be considered as ones of the most influential in industrial music, the founders of the legendary Zoviet France Robin Storey (Rapoon) and Mark Spybey (Dead Voices On Air). The sophisticated delicate ritual ambient which is transferring the transcendent nature of some special places, bringing a thin air subtle atmosphere of dawn and dusk foggy moments. The below text is an authors preview of this great sound excursion to the mystical area which should be kept secret to save its ghohsts from noisy people attention... "On one occasion, we received an anonymous letter from someone containing a photograph that included these words, "Save Our Ghohsts". Intrigued by the possibility that we are not alone, and with little else to do during one of our typical damp, cold, windy and generally unpleasant winters, we thought we'd try to explore the phenomena of paranormal activity. We believe that the imagination is a gaping chasm. Further, paranormal activity can be rationally explained. Or so we thought. So, with the aid of a spiritualist medium (who shall remain anonymous), night vision cameras, field recording equipment, EMF meters, flashlights and dowsing rods we set out to several locations in the North of England that have reported high and sustained levels of paranormal activity. In order to investigate Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) we also recorded noise from randomly tuned shortwave radios, between the hours of 2 and 5 am on no less than 10 occasions. We cannot reveal details of the locations that we visited, neither do we wish tell you what we saw or what we experienced. We have made use of the sounds that we recorded during these nocturnal investigations and from the EVP recordings in both Volume 1 and Volume 2 of "Save Our Ghohsts". [press-release] Volume 2 released by Retortae label on a CD (elixir 2).
REGOSPHERE / THE VOMIT ARSONIST -- split -- 7" -- €6
2013 Phage Tapes, PT:203 / Obfuscated Records, OR15 / DumpsterScore, DSC#100, (ltd. 300)
Noise / Power Electronics. Newly relocated back in Oregon, REGOSPHERE brings a heavy dose of his Anxiety-Electronics in a lurching, claustrophobic track that delves further into the off kilter rhythms, oozing synths, bowed metal screech and punishing vocals that have been surfacing on the past few split tapes and recent live shows. Putting aside some of the more psychedelic elements of past works and focusing more on the feeling of pure dread this track is one of his heaviest and most focused to date. Cancer is the new grim reaper... Hailing from Rhode Island and coming hot off the heels of his new full-length on Malignant, THE VOMIT ARSONIST lays down one of the bleakest death-industrial tracks ever committed to vinyl for this split. Andy is well known for his solo work as TVA as well as being a member of the long running power electronics outfit BEREFT and running the Danvers State tape label since 2008. Slow burn bass throbs lay the foundation for somber scorching synths, junk metal abuse and absolutely crushing vocals. Pain is the way... Black vinyl, mastered and plated at Aardvark, pressed at United. Pro-printed glossy b/w covers with black and silver labels. [Phage Tapes]
RENOU, CHRISTIAN -- "Transfer" -- LP -- €20
2009 Waystyx, waystyx 34, (ltd. 198)
Electroacoustic / Drone / Experimental. Very dense & intense soundscapes by the ex- (& now again) BRUME, using bell / metal sounds in a genius way, dark elecro-acoustic drone & almost cinematic atmospheres, powerful & melancholic... just great! Ultra-limited vinyl-only album; special die-cut cover with holes, lim. 198 copies only. The very first RENOU LP! [Drone Records]
REUTOFF -- "ReuTRauM I" -- 7" -- €18
2012 Fronte Nordico, RT I, (ltd. 50)
Formally first release in the ReutRauM series of seven 7”es on seven different labels from seven different countries. This volume made on Estonian label is a kind of a jump into the well which born the spring that influenced the whole series. The adolescent first steps into the unknown, deep into mysteries of Reutov's macabre frightening essence. Some primordial archaic patterns are touched and the journey starts here. Regular edition: fold out cover made of designer grey paper with two photos attached on its front and back sides, rubber-stamped black ink logos, grey vinyl in thick black inner sleeve. [press-release]
REUTOFF -- "ReuTRauM I" -- 7" -- €27
2012 Fronte Nordico, RT I, (ltd. 50)
Advanced edition: sewn fold out cover made of designer special grey paper with two photos attached on its front and back sides, logos done in relief with special technology, grey vinyl in thick black inner sleeve, two cards and embroidered patch. [label info]
REUTOFF -- "ReuTRauM VII" -- 7" -- €14
2012 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 030 V, (ltd. 50)
The very last release in the ReutRauM series of seven 7"es on seven different labels from seven different countries. This volume eventually made on Russian label is a black celebration of the fact that the metaphysics of Reutov is completely vanished away - the process of spiritual destruction gone too far and now metaphysical Reutov is drowned in the pink piggy world of modern consumerist buildings. It remains only in the memories of those witnessed its dark gloomy mysterious grandeur and in the sounds of this vinyl series - RIP! We believe that one day genius loci will make its revenge and all these shiny skyscrapers will be striked with decay so the true essence of this place will return to its throne. But we would never see it most probably. Regular edition: fold out cover made of designer pink paper with two photos attached on its front and back sides, rubber-stamped black ink logos, pink vinyl in thick black inner sleeve. [press-release]
REUTOFF -- "ReuTRauM VII" -- 7" + CD-R -- €27
2012 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 030 V / HHE 030 CDR, (ltd. 50)
Advanced edition: fold out cover made of designer pink paper with two photos attached on its front and back sides, rubber-stamped black ink logos, pink vinyl in thick black inner sleeve, professionally printed and burned CDR with three exclusive bonus tracks. [press-release]
REUTOFF / ANTLERS MULM -- "Kreuzung Eins" -- LP -- €18
2005 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 008 V, (ltd. 330)
This release will start a series of collaborations between Reutoff and other projects. The collaboration with Antlers Mulm includes 6 tracks, 2 different remixes of Antlers Mulm's track "Schau unseren Jubel" made by Reutoff and two different remixes of Reutoff's track "Die Sunden der Vater" made by Antlers Mulm, as well as exclusive track of each of the band. The result turned out to be one of the most melodic and melancholic release for both of the projects. The beauty of eschatological sadness and profound nostalgia of the past revealed by the delicate sounds of this record, atmospheric and fragile but with some inner strength inside. [label info]
REUTOFF feat. DEUTSCH NEPAL -- "Eating The Dust" -- LP -- €33
2018 :retortae:, Venenum 5, (ltd. 100)
New collaboration work of two industrial acts known to everyone into that scene – REUTOFF, one of the oldest internationally acclaimed Russian projects, and DEUTSCH NEPAL, one of the basic milestones of legendary Cold Meat Industry. This album took around a decade to be finished and the result is more than perfect – Lina’s voice added to the distorted rhythmiс patterns dwelled in dark ambient structures which is typical to Reutoff bring us the atmosphere of loss, dystopia and despair with some yearning for escape. At the same time, it’s not pure industrial for fans of noisier abstractions, in most parts it’s very musical and melodic and some tracks like “Flame” could be real hits in alternative charts if such still would be alive. The album exists in three versions – LP, MC and CD - we present LP which contains two tracks unavailable on CD, it comes on a white vinyl in full colour jacket limited to 100 copies. [label info]
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REUTOFF vs. DEUTSCH NEPAL -- "Kreuzung Vier" -- LP -- €22
2009/2018 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 021 V, (ltd. 200)
In addition to the new collaboration from Reutoff and Deutsch Nepal we are happy to present the vinyl version of their first joint release “Kreuzung IV” which has first time appeared in 2009 on CD only. This LP has a new mastering made by Myrrman for it especially, also one track has different edit to its CD version. Musically, it includes 3 tracks from Reutoff based on the source material by Deutsch Nepal and 3 tracks suite called “Jigsaw Puzzeling With A Dismembered Reutoff” created by Deutsch Nepal using the sounds delivered by Reutoff. The release comes in a special "Kreuzung" series package made of brown kraft carton with a full colour artwork/info sticker and is limited to 200 copies. [label info]
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REUTOFF vs. TROUM -- "Kreuzung Zwei" -- 2 LP -- €19
2012 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 019 V, (ltd. 150)
Second vinyl release in Kreuzung series of collaboration between Reutoff and their musical friends. This time the brothers-in-arms were German drone ambient combo Troum. The basic sound sources and samples made by Reutoff especially for this release have been treated, arranged and mixed with an addition of their own instrumental parts by Troum. Dark profound harsh ambient with some occasional rhythmic patterns intertwined with transcendental prepared guitar loops and perfect drone noises - a perfect blend between two project distinctive features and creative manners. The concept of this work is based on cosmology of Hildegard von Bingen. The first three sides of this double LP contain the tracks previously appeared on this album CD version released in 2008 by Ewers Tonkunst / Indiestate Distribution which is now sold out. The fourth side contains two more collaboration tracks made by the bands which are exclusive to this vinyl set. Regular edition: special folder cover made of kraft paper with big full colour sticker attached, transparent green vinyls in white generic inner sleeves. [press-release]
REUTOFF vs. TROUM -- "Kreuzung Zwei" -- 2 LP -- €60
2012 Ewers Tonkunst, HHE 019 V, (ltd. 50)
Advanced edition: canvas bag with band logos embroidered patches attached, golden vinyls in thick kraft paper inner sleeves with big full colour stickers. [label info]
RITUAL FRONT -- "Advayta" -- 7" -- €50
2004 Der Angriff, Angriff Nr. 20, (ltd. 220)
Neofolk / Industrial. Debut vinyl release of the new project from Saint-Petersburg. They blend classic dark-folk guitar passages with electronic background and martial song structures. To be compared with Derniere Volonte, mid-80's Death In June and the best Eis & Licht stuff. [label info]
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RITUAL FRONT -- "Ewiges Feuer" -- LP -- €23
2016 Fronte Nordico, RF I, (ltd. 50)
Neofolk / Martial. Fronte Nordico is proud to present its compilation of one of the best 5Russian neofolk bands. Ritual Front was formed in late 2002 in St. Petersburg, when the founders of the project, Michael A. and Roric, decided to bring their interest in history, metaphysics, religion and ancient beliefs into Music. Released in 2003, the mini CD-R "Two Lightnings" became the first release in Russia produced in neofolk and martial style. In time, following certain critics, the style of the musical duo in which lyrics played the dominant part acquired its name as Combat Folk. The band had a series of successful concerts, released two full albums and participated in several international compilations. In 2008, releasing the album "Strahlungen" and giving performance as headliner at Crivia Aeterna festival, the band broke up. Regular edition - black vinyl and 12" inlay in a black sleeve sealed with sticker. [label info]
RITUAL FRONT -- "Ewiges Feuer" -- LP + DVD -- €37
2016 Fronte Nordico, RF I, (ltd. 50)
Advanced edition. Dark grey wooden box with attached metal plate tied up with a grey ribbon and sealed with a black wax Fronte Nordico logo stamp, black vinyl and 12" inlay in a black inner sleeve sealed with sticker, 8 pages black-on-white booklet (160 x 140 mm), DVD in a black-on-white digipack with "XXIV. VIII. MMIV. Live At Orlandina Club" filmed by Wolfsblood.
SCHWARZ, ROBERT -- "The Scale Of Things" -- LP -- €16
2015 Gruenrekorder, 154, (ltd. 300)
Distantly rooted in musique concrète, "The Scale Of Things" discloses an uncanny, multilayered sonic universe of its own. The seven compositions are based on the exploration of nature recordings for unheard details and hidden layers, focused on patterns of stochastic order and unique chaos created without musical intention. The harmony we hear is the harmony of overwhelming and collective uncertainty, because this nature is chaos. Audio transformations that remain hidden, accompanied by modular synthesizers purposely blur most links to the "real" world, in favor of a strange and poetic realm, following the erratic patterns of nature. Mesmerizing and disturbing at the same time, an ambivalent dualism emerges of a strange world that is dissolving and not dissolving. A world that can only be described by it's surface. Expulsed from nature, as our brain is expulsed from nature. Die Natur ist das einzige immerwährende Menschenunmögliche. [press-release]
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SEMILANCEATA -- "Amsvartne" -- LP -- €16
2015 Darker Than Black, DTB 178, (ltd. 300)
Dark Ambient from the Swedish musician Wagner Ödegård (aka Dughpa, Iætun, Kumulonimbus, Wulkanaz).
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SEMILANCEATA -- "Träd, Svamp Och Stenar" -- 10" lathe-cut -- €55
2021 Nazlo Records, NzR167-II, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Atmospheric Black Metal. Сlear 2-sided stereo 10" lathe-cut records, handmade oversize covers with silkscreened artwork, includes plastic inner sleeve and private download code, only 50 copies made, hand-numbered. Second edition.
SHADOW THEATER -- "Ein Splitter Glas" -- 7" -- €6
2005 Apocalyptic Radio, AR 014, (ltd. 500)
Power Electronics / Rhythmic Noise. Shadow Theater succeed where many others fail. They really go off... The track '33rpm' is angst ridden noise at its best. A merciless barrage of sub-sonic frequencies and post-industrial noise almost bury what may be a human voice. The 'B' side of this excellent study in the long-term effects of too much time alone, 'Ein Splitter Glas', presents a vocal treatment laid over a modulating noise loop... Love it. [Auralpressure]
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SHIELD, ANTHON -- "La Fraternité" -- LP -- €20
1984/2021 Nuit Et Brouillard, NB.V.06, (ltd. 447)
Experimental Electronics. Reissue of the same-titled tape, originally out in 1986 on CPM Records (as CPM 008) in a limited edition of around 50 copies. Anthon SHIELD is the alias Usher (the composer, Synthesizer, Organ player and backing vocalist from the legendary french coldwave band NORMA LOY) used in the 80ies to release his musical creative outputs. Minimal experimental electronic music, sometimes rhythmical, sometimes ambient in the way of NORMA LOY early recordings. The artist himself considers this vinyl edition of “La Fraternité” more as a new release than as a simple reissue. The album was indeed entirely remastered, it comes with new graphic artwork by Reed 013 and of course in a much larger run than the first. Limited edition of 447 copies on white vinyl including a 45x62 cm folded silk-screen poster on 135 g deluxe textured matte black paper. [label info]
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SIGRUN HEID -- "Werkmeister" -- 10" -- €20
2001 Greyland, GR 004, (ltd. 194)
Industrial. "Closest to the main project of the Grayland label - the magnificent Wappenbund - Sigrun Heid, another brainchild of the same Sven Bussler (Wappenbund, Ophir, Sigrun Heid) and Maria Bussler is a more industrial form of that unbending spirit of Teutonic power, which is also present on the Wappenbund albums. The release is also filled with the densest atmosphere of great and terrible sound events, not alien and intelligible melodic line, however, the half-hour album is more rough-noise oriented, there is no pretentious pathos marching, but rather the glorification of the Ruhr labor victories and Krupp quality." [Darkside] Limited to 194 hand-numbered copies in carton black cover bound by a silver chain, comes with a foldout insert with tracking list and photos.
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SILK SAW -- "Parallel Landscapes" -- LP -- €23
2015 Kotä Records, 12, (ltd. 300)
After 9 years of silence, here's the 11th album from the unclassifiable Brussels-based duo. With their usual tamping drums (just mention the two parts of "The Decision to Exist" or "Same Area", led by a ferocious 808), a regular bass guitar hammering, some bare minimum poor voices, threatened violins, skinbound flute and oboe here and there, a distorted furious piano everywhere and finally some tiny cautious optimism (the extra-human guitar in "Enough Slaps"), the whole is carefully assembled in order to obtain an accurate picture of life on Earth. Pain and pleasure are different aspects of the same mental construction... LP comes in lovely sleeve with unique illustrations by Grisha with black inner sleeve, contained selected tracks from the album "Imaginary Landscapes" (CD, Kotä Records). Limited to 300 copies. [label info]
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SKALP -- "Registratur / Ambivalenz" -- 10" -- €17
1998 Tesco Organisation, TESCO 033, (ltd. 600)
Tribal, Industrial, Ambient. Edition of 600 hand numbered copies on milky-white/clear vinyl in a foldout sleeve. [label info]
SLOTH -- "10th Anniversary 7"ep" -- 7" -- €14
2004 Painiac Records, (ltd. 100)
Sludge Metal / Experimental / Noise.
STALNOY PAKT -- "Decima Mas / Il Principe Nero" -- 10" -- €13
2003 Der Angriff Nr. 10 (Prometheus PYRO Delta), (ltd. 400)
The first record of the new Alexander Lebedev-Frontov project named Stalnoy Pakt. Alexander is known for his project Linija Mass, his self-released tapes and Europe made vinyls let him deserve the reputation of one of the most interesting russian industrial artist. Stalnoy Pakt is less futuristic and rhythmic than the previous Linija Mass works, it has more atmospheric sound, but the raw density of noise aggression is still there though it became a kind of a shell for the inner delicate soundscapes, deep and subtle, which lie beyond the harsh constructions. [label info]
THE TALK OF CREATURES -- "Identifications" -- 2 LP -- €25
2018 Le Horla Music Production, (ltd. 100)
Avantgarde / Experimental. A little-known project from France, similar in style to THE RESIDENTS (from whose composition they took their name and to whom they dedicated one track on this album). Double LP: white & transparent red vinyl, limited edition of 100 copies.
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THEATER OF POISON -- "Ray Machines" -- 2 LP -- €40
2001/2021 Destroyed Room Tapes, DRTV-06 / Softunderground, ST-03, (ltd. 250)
Experimental / Darkwave. "Ray Machines" is the long-awaited reissue of the cult Theater Of Poison album, originally released on a small-edition CD-R in 2001 by the label No Music. The psychedelic musical and poetic project Theater Of Poison (pronounced in Russian – "Teatr Yada") was formed in Moscow in 1997. The band's mysterious music, difficult to describe, was characterized by the project participants as "trimelodeclamative suprematism, psychorealism and post-nihilism" and evoked myriads of associations ranging from psychedelia of the 60s, early industrial of the 70s and the gothic scene of the 80s to the work of Coil, Current 93 and Legendary Pink Dots. The otherworldly and unique lyrics of the project leader N.Yan (aka Yan Nikitin), due to the large number of "intertextual quasi-poetic images", makes one remember Rimbaud, Lautreamont and Khlebnikov, but in general, the music of the Theater of Poison most resembles the art of painting. In October 2012 the not-from-this-world poet, musician, vocalist and painter Yan Nikitin passed away, leaving behind a vast creative legacy, which most have yet to figure out... The album "Ray Machines", recorded in 2000, did not become a turning point for Russian independent music only because the group Theater Of Poison had its head in the clouds of the super-underground scene at that time and did not care about its "promotion" at all. However, later this record was firmly established in the audio collections of motivated listeners and music connoisseurs and greatly influenced the Russian experimental indie scene. In 2021, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the album's release, the labels Destroyed Room Types and Softunderground reissued "Ray Machines" on double vinyl. Especially for this purpose, a new remastering of the album was made in the Mosfilm tonstudio, on which sound engineer Anatoly Ryasov worked with the direct participation of musicians of the Theater Of Poison – Pavel Doreuli, Petr Molchanov and Sergei Zaroslov. This version is printed on black vinyl, limited to 100 copies, comes with a set of postcards with collages, photos and drawings. [label info]
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THOROFON -- "1/11 Privat 7/16" -- 10" -- €10
2005 Achtung Baby!, AB 005
Synthetic disco appeared on United Europe ruins, noisy reverberations stinging ruthlessly, static elastic ritual rhythms of dead plants and factories, heart-breaking callous spheres and revelations of the distortion in the vacuum of colorless urbanistic landscapes, painful intrusions into the human soul's anatomy. Thorofon investigate cycles of a human flesh wandering through all circles of the civilized modern Dante's hell scrupulously. The optimistic tragedy. The Death dances in anatomic realities of the well-known theatre Grand Guignol aesthetics. Relax & Drop! ...If you think that knows everything about industrial music, forget it. We're sure that the new project is the unexpected revelation of this musical style. [label info]
THROBBING GRISTLE -- "The Factory, Manchester, UK. May 18th, 1979" -- LP -- €40
1979/2017 East/West, WEST930, (ltd. 349)
Industrial. Limited to 349 copies on blue & red splatter vinyl.
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THROBBING GRISTLE -- "United - The 7"-Singles" -- picture LP -- €110
2009 no label, (ltd. 500)
Industrial. A compilation of all 7" singles from 1978-1980 on one picture LP.
THURNEMANS -- "Punishment As A Reward" -- 7" -- €6
1999 Entartete Musikk, EM 03, (ltd. 300)
TILE -- "Poseidon / Prick Of Misery" -- 7" -- €6
2010 Kult Of Nihilow, (ltd. 308)
Pissed off, feedbacked noiserock. [label info]
TROUM -- "AIWS" -- LP -- €20
2007/2018 Backwards, BW25, (ltd. 300)
AIWS covers studio-recordings composed from 2002-2005. These musicians have compiled some of their most favorable pieces through the years to be placed on this release. Presenting nine analogue (4&8 track) recorded compositions that lead the listener through vast feelings of beautifully deep melancholic and hypnotic states of mind. Composed with guitar-drones and harmonic phrases that are processed in various ways creating an atmosphere of the sublime and emotional meditative states that transcend listener to immerse within themselves. Ingredients: Sufi-songs, old vinyl-crackles, acoustic & e-guitars, e-bow, e-bass, voice & whisperings, accordion & flute. One of the most emotional and profound Troum releases! Dedicated to Eternity. Re-mastered by Thomas Dimuzio. New amazing artwork by Pierre-Ives Girard. 300 copies on black vinyl. [label info]
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TROUM -- "Ryna" -- 2 LP -- €30
1998/2015 :retortae:, elixir 10, (ltd. 150)
This is a remastered vinyl version of Troum very first CD album initially published in October 1998 by Myotis Records (Belgium) and later reissued by Transgredient Records in January 2007. Being recorded just after the split of Maeror Tri this is the darkest and most industrial album of the project. In addition to the original tracklist three bonus tracks have been added here. "Convallamarin" is so far unpublished track recorded June 1998 using basics from Conrad Schnitzler for a never realized remix album on Plate Lunch. "Navis" was recorded in February 1998 and only appeared on the "Behind the Iron Curtain" do-CD (Achtung Baby) so far. "Gebyrd" was recorded in October 1997 for a special occasion and is so far unreleased. The mastering for the vinyl version has been done by Sergey Uak-Kib aka Kshatriy, the visuals used for the artwork have been made by Saint-Petersburg photo artist Oleg Musin. The general edition comes in offset-printed
monochrome paperbox which contains both vinyls in separate monochrome inner sleeves. [label info]
TROUM -- "Ryna" -- 2 LP -- €60
1998/2015 :retortae:, elixir 10.X, (ltd. 50)
Special edition limited to 50 copies contains general edition put inside the wooden case with a full colour picture printed on a metal plate.
UN DEFI D'HONNEUR -- "Le Mort Homme" -- 12" -- €10
2005 Neuropa Records, NRP09, (ltd. 499)
A Challenge of Honour's Francophonic side-project creates an elegant and minimal atmosphere on this neoclassical concept album, a somber requiem for Le Mort Homme. Design by Nikolay Saveliev. [label info]
V. SINCLAIR -- "A Name, For Desire" -- LP -- €24
2019 Total Black, 105, (ltd. 20)
Ambient / Experimental. Active since 2013 with a multitude of acclaimed cassette releases on Summer Isle, Strange Rules, Clandestine Compositions, and our own imprint; "A Name, For Desire" is the debut V. Sinclair LP and vinyl release. Twelve movements composed of piano, synth, and field recordings display significant growth from the earlier works. [label info] Test pressing with alternative covers, hand-numbered edition of 20 copies.
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VAN VELDHOVEN, WOUTER -- "De Arbeid / Труд" -- 11" lathe-cut -- €30
2022 Nazlo Records, NzR182, (ltd. 50)
Experimental / Musique Concrète. "let's get back to serious things - the long-awaited release of mr. veldhoven, which can only be said to be like fake_trailers among those who build their identity around cassette-reel forms of electromagnetic sound manipulation, like papa srapa, only in the netherlands, well, or what kind of earthy comparisons - like alexander nikolaevich scriabin before he became a synthesizer, like yannis xenakis, whose budget was cut off - in general, decide for yourself..." [label info] 11" one-sided lathe-cut records, second side silkscreened as well as 12" transparent sleeves, limited to 50.
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VANARGANDR -- "Dauthaz" -- 7" -- €14
2014 GoatowaRex, Anti Split 001, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient.
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VICE WEARS BLACK HOSE -- "s/t" -- 7" -- €6
2011 Turgid Animal, TA666-01 / GF Noise, GFNoise002, (ltd. 200)
Harsh Noise Wall.
VISIONS -- "Celestial Sphere" -- 10" -- €16 [-50%]
2006 .ANGLE.REC., .A.R.10.02., (ltd. 270)
Visions, or the thousand and one perspectives of the intersidereal infinite, transposed into sounds conjuring spherical images. Frederic Arbour, with his Visions project, released the "Lapse" cd in 2005 on his own label Cyclic Law, and this album stands out as one of our faves of that year in terms of ambient music. So it’s not surprising that we were enchanted by the 2 unreleased tracks Visions submitted to us towards the end of that same year, and that we decided to make a 10" maxi with those tracks. The sound themes and perspectives proposed within the 2 tracks are numerous, and they harmonize in a sublimely complex and thoughtful way. The main backdrop is composed of dark synthetic layers which stretch towards the infinite, and which welcome gradually, among others, sound motifs that are acoustically generated and that echo each other, reinforcing the effect of sound vortex into which the listener is dragged. Ethereal melodies accentuate the epic character of this odyssey into the unfathomable interstellar immensity. A release which will appeal to fans of dark-ambient, of course, but which will also delight fans of atmospheric music in general! [press-release]
VON THRONSTAHL -- "Imperium Internum" -- 2 LP -- €24
2010 Fronte Nordico, VT I, (ltd. 150)
A first volume in Fronte Nordico series of deluxe vinyl reissues of Von Thronstahl's big and glorious legacy which in its most part has never been out on wax before. The aim of the series is to offer best of the main releases of this great martial industrial project in format of 2LP with bonus tracks, special artworks and outstanding packages. The first in the series is "Imperium Internum" (originally by Cold Spring), it includes the complete album program on its three first sides and four bonus tracks from the compilations of the period - "Riefenstahl" (VAWS, 1996), "Thorak" (VAWS, 1998) and "Notre Domicile Est L'Europe" (Thaglasz, 2001) - on side four of this 2LP set. Regular edition: silkscreen printed folder made of special black paper, two black vinyls in original fronte nordico cut-out and embossed inner sleeves made of black special paper, 12" inlay and 3 inserts printed on designer's matte white paper. [press-release]
VON THRONSTAHL -- "E Pluribus Unum" -- 2 LP -- €28
2010 Fronte Nordico, VT II, (ltd. 100)
Fronte Nordico is happy to present its new release - a second volume in a series of deluxe Von Thronstahl's complete albums vinyl reissues. "E Pluribus Unum" (originally by Cold Spring, 2001) is out now, it includes the complete album program on its three first sides and four bonus tracks from the vinyl releases of the period - "Sturmzeit" (Eis&Licht, 1998) and "Leipzig "Lichttaufe" 2000" (Fasci-Nation Recordings, 2001) - on side four of this 2LP set. Silkscreen printed folder made of special black paper, two red vinyls in original fronte nordico cut-out and embossed inner sleeves made of black special paper, 12" inlay and 3 inserts printed on designer's matte white paper. [press-release]
VON THRONSTAHL -- "Sacrificare" -- 2 LP -- €30
2010 Fronte Nordico, VT V, (ltd. 100)
Fronte Nordico continues its Von Thronstahl reissues series. We are proud to announce that the band's fifth album "Sacrificare", which is by right considered as one of the best and strongest band's works ever, has finally got its vinyl incarnation. This milestone of martial industrial (originally by Fasci-Nation Recordings, 2007) is now available as deluxe 2LP set containing the entire album program plus 15 minutes long "Pessoa/Cioran Mix" originally included only in the limited "Collector's Edition" of "Sacrificare" (Cold Spring, 2007). Silkscreen printed folder made of special ultra white paper, two white vinyls in original fronte nordico cut-out and embossed inner sleeves made of white special paper, 12" inlay and 3 inserts printed on designer's matte white paper. [press-release]
VOX POPULI! / VOX 231 -- "Ebats Spirituels" -- LP -- €20
1986/2021 Nuit Et Brouillard, NB.V.05, (ltd. 491)
Ritual Ambient / Industrial / Experimental. Reissue of the same-titled tape, originally out in 1986 on CTHULHU Records (as CR 03). With this release, VOX POPULI! offers, in collaboration with Pierre JOLIVET from PACIFIC 231 (as VOX 231 on this album) some deep dark atmospheres and ritualistic sounds using acoustic instruments such as flutes, cornet, guitar, trumpet, zither, as well as electronics : synthesizer and sequencer, many effects and voices. Lyrics in Persian. All material remastered. LP comes in a limited edition to 491 copies on velvet purple vinyl including a folded 45x62 cm silk-screened poster on 120 g deluxe textured paper. [label info]
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WAGNER ODEGARD -- "Nidvintern" -- LP -- €35
2017 Brugmanziah
Experimental / Dark Ambient from Sweden. Handmade cover.
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WAPPENBUND -- "Preussen" -- LP + CD-R BOX -- €75
2003 Greyland, GR 12A, (ltd. 294)
Martial Industrial. Released in heavy cardboard box with 2 banderoles, metal logo, and various inserts.
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WAPPENBUND -- "Preussen" -- 2 LP + CD-R -- €130
2003 Greyland
Martial Industrial. This edition of "Preußen" was available only directly through the Greyland mailorder. Only a few copies released and including left over LP copies of Wappenbund's previous album "Zeitenwende". Released in heavy folded sleeve with 2 banderoles, metal logo, and various inserts. CD-R contains the album "Schlacht - The Final Chapter".
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WAPPENBUND -- "Zeitenwende" -- LP -- €100
2001 Greyland, GR 07, (ltd. 300)
Martial Industrial. Original Greyland edition from 2001, limited to 300 hand-numbered copies packaged in a closable cover with inner folded sleeve with photo pasted, 5 inserts, banderole and wax.
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WARDEN -- "Krochtenmagii" -- LP -- €75
2018 Skyggeraich, SK011, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Dungeon Synth.
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WHITEHOUSE -- "Erector" -- LP -- €47
1981/2008 Very Friendly, VFSL037
Reissue of an early album by the cult PE/noise UK band.
WOMEN IN TRAGEDY -- "Dark Passenger" -- 12" -- €18
Turgid Animal, TA365, (ltd. 250)
Dark Passenger is Bob McCully's sonic exploration into the death-journey, utilising the full spectrum of eclectica for which Women in Tragedy is known. This is a record you could play to your mom, and conversely this is also one of the most disturbing records I've ever heard. Limited to 250 copies, presented on quality 33rpm black vinyl with full colour labels and sleeves and clocking in at a little under 45mins playing time. Art and layout by the incredibly talented Elijah Funk. [label info]
WOZZECK -- "Fact I" -- LP -- €16
2018 Intonema, int028 / Tawpot, т802т, (ltd. 250)
Experimental Rock / Improvisation. After a long break Wozzeck returns to Intonema with an album called Fact I that opens the next chapter in the group's history. Ilia Belorukov, Mikhail Ershov and Konstantin Samolovov celebrated a decade of the band last year and wrote a piece with the materials collected over several years, transformed them and placed them into a new context. This resulted in a 37-minute composition of math rock, noise, musique concrete and field recordings with a wide dynamic range and sounds throughout the entire frequency spectrum. The unusual package that's made with the help of adhesive tape is worth mentioning, which means that every copy is packed manually and is unique. [label info]
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YRSEL -- "Abraxas" -- 2 LP -- €20 [-50%]
2013 213 Records, 213v31 / Tuguska, TGSK010, (ltd. 500)
The album «Abraxas» is recorded during 2011-2013 and contains some of the bands most challenging and yet accessible music so far. On this album the band has taken in some guests to contribute with sounds. Denis Del Nista (Moon, Burning Emptiness label) appears with sounds on the track «Simon Magus» and Alice Dourlen (Chicaloyoh) contributes with vocals on the tracks «Asat» and «Nequaquam Vacuum»... YRSEL is a collaboration between Julien Louvet (Austrasian Goat, Death To Pigs, 14:13) and CJ Larsgarden (Ondo, APF, Forest City). Though hailing from different musical genres and from France and Sweden respectively, the two artists bonded following a split release on the label Burning Emptiness. YRSEL create complex, multi-layered and atmospheric music that fully explodes the genres of drone, doom and electronica resulting in a glacial melt of sound and texture... Black vinyl, 2 x 180 gr. [label info]
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ZHAVORONSKAYA -- "Gone Beyond / White Half Moon" -- LP -- €16
2020 self-released, (ltd. 100)
Experimental / Ambient / Vaporwave. Lena Zhavoronskaya mixes all kinds of unhurried rave electronics and Middle Eastern ethnics, drone, vaporwave, new age, making it all a single stream of some difficult-to-describe state, similar to a drift along an apparently very cool festival. Seamlessly flowing from one dancefloor to another, the music envelopes in magic waves more and more densely and pleasantly, as if offering to be a caterpillar pupating for the winter in some cozy place in between worlds. [And You Will Never Learn Who Is Pied Paper]
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "Collusion" -- 2 LP -- €35
1992/2020 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 165.11/12, (ltd. 300)
A collection of compilation tracks recorded in 1983-1990 and first published on CD by The Grey Area in 1992. Remastered vinyl reissue.
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "The Decriminalisation Of Country Music" -- 2 LP -- €35
2000/2022 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 172.7/8, (ltd. 300)
An expanded reissue of a work recorded specifically for the Tramway arts center in Glasgow, built from a former tram depot. Contains 7 previously unreleased tracks.
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "The End Of Nothing, The Beginning Of Everything" -- 12" -- €30
2020 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 165.1, (ltd. 300)
Previously unreleased material recorded on November 11, 1984.>br>
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "A Flock Of Rotations" -- LP -- €30
1987/2019 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 155.15, (ltd. 300)
Remastered reissue of Zoviet France's 9th album from 1987.
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "Further Collusion" -- 2 LP -- €35
2020 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 165.16/17, (ltd. 300)
A second collection of compilation tracks recorded in 1984-1994, previously not released together.
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "Garista" -- LP -- €57
1982/2019 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 155.1
Remastered reissue of Zoviet France's debut album from 1982.
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "In.Version" -- 2 LP -- €35
1996/2022 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 172.1/2, (ltd. 300)
Recorded live at Urban Aboriginals XI festival, Ballhaus, Berlin, 26 March 1996. Remastered vinyl reissue.
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "A Long Walk" -- 2 LP -- €35
2011/2022 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 172.9/10, (ltd. 300)
Recorded live at Incubate festival, Tilburg, Netherlands, 18 September 2011. This is the first physical release of this recording (previously issued only in digital format).
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "Look Into Me" -- 2 LP -- €37
1990/2020 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 165.7/8, (ltd. 300)
Remastered reissue of Zoviet France's 12th album from 1990.
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "Mort Aux Vaches: Feedback" -- 2 LP -- €35
1998/2022 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 172.5/6, (ltd. 300)
Live studio recording at VPRO radio in Amsterdam, made in August 1996. Remastered vinyl reissue.
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "Popular Soviet Songs And Youth Music" -- 3 LP + 7" -- €130
1985/2019 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 155.8/9/9B/10
Remastered reissue of Zoviet France's 5th album from 1985.
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "A Third Collusion" -- 2 LP -- €35
2022 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 172.15/16, (ltd. 300)
A third collection of compilation tracks recorded in 1996-2016, previously not released together.
ZOVIET FRANCE -- "Vienna 1990" -- LP -- €30
1991/2020 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 165.13
Remastered reissue of live recordings from Vienna, performed on November 9-10, 1990.
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ZOVIET FRANCE -- "What Is Not True" -- 2 LP -- €37
1993/2020 Vinyl-on-Demand, VOD 165.14/15
Remastered reissue of the recordings from two live gigs, played on March 29-30, 1993 in Sheffield and Nottingham.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Dog Bone" -- 2 x 7" -- €7
2008 Anarchymoon Recordings, anok24, (ltd. 161)
THE CHERRY POINT, OBSTACLE CORPSE, GOD WILLING, PRIVY SEALS.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "In Stahlgewittern (II. Kapitel)" -- 4 LP BOX -- €50 [-50%]
2003 Steinklang Industries, SK25, (ltd. 750)
Phosgen, Neuropathic Force Feedback, Totensonntag, Irikarah, Azoikum, Painslut, Wiener Aktivisten, Stahlwerk 9, Allgrena, Legion Condor, Thorofon, Dawn Project, Operation Cleansweep, Diutesc, Genevieve Pasquier, Operation Julmond, Radio Murmansk, Belial The Sal, Sektion B, Seraphim, SRP, DJK, Nobdrun, PTT, Viron, Industriepalast, Order Of The Werewolf, Rasthof Dachau, Thelema, Allerseelen, Trotzdem Rain, Simon Schall, Dresden 45, Schwadron, Atrox, #define, Drape Excrement, Human Destructure, DKF, Soulcripple, Werkraum, Materialschlacht, Leiche Rustikal, Psychologische Abwehrfront, Tugend Mensch. Box made of steel, 12" booklet.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Record Store Record" -- LP -- €20
2011 RRRecords, RRR-RSR
The LP consists of field recordings of people shopping for records. Comes with a vinyl tote bag with a screen printed image & RRR records catalogue.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Subterfugue (A Compilation Of Industrial Music From Western Pennsylvania)" -- 7" -- €6
1992 SSS Productions, SSS42 / RRRecords, RRR81
Industrial / Noise / Experimental. TELECORPS, MACRONYMPHA, FILET OF FEEDBACK, GRAECOM.
Cassettes
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>O< -- "The Autumn Has Come" -- CS -- €5
2006 YAOP, YAOP 022
Dilettantish improvisations on two acoustic guitars, flute and bells. Primitive anti-rock referring sometimes to pitch dark depression of Joy Division, sometimes to cold autumnal meditativeness of a teenager, sometimes to primeval drive of garage bands of 60-ies, sometimes to "hippie" psychedelics. Anti-rock position here is presented not only in inability to play, but mostly in anti-song and anti-pop-musical form: this album is listened more like something ambient-meditative than like traditional music. Fotocover. [press-release]
>O< -- "Autumnightabyss" -- CS -- €5
2006 YAOP, YAOP 021
Ragged gloom of dark autumn night. Severely minimalistic work - one long improvised track played on old Soviet synthesizer "Yunost-21" and recorded with wild overload. Obscure oppressive pulsations of primitive power electronics gradually transfer to dirty ultra-loud gothic noise ambient and finish with unhealthy collage of high pseudo-symphonic trills and crackling electro-noise. Fotocover. [press-release]
>O< -- "Blossom In A White Night" -- C-34 -- €5 [-50%]
2015 YAOP, YAOP 074, (ltd. 29)
Psychedelic Drone Ambient / New Age, imbued with a spirit of the most beautiful and mysterious season in the North - the white nights. Sounds fly between placid pines and stretch like a smoke over a lake frozen in a mirrorlike peace. Bird songs and night rustles, flutes and gusli, vibraphone and toy rattles, electro organ and harmonica, bells and viking cowhorn, post-dawn twilight filled with flower aromas and ghost sounds heard in a dream... Last piece is a two minute solo on a synthesizer with a gloomy prog sound - a dedication to the favourite band Premiata Forneria Marconi. Handmade and handwritten cover made of cotton paper, cassette with photo-stickers. [label info]
>O< -- "The City Meets The Sea" -- CS -- €5 [-50%]
2015 YAOP, YAOP 070
First 100% Field Recordings release on YAOP. Recordings made on a western border of the Vasilyevskiy island (St. Petersburg), where inded the city meets the city. Tranquil pacifying meditative sound: earge, hum of passing ships, cries of seagulls and echoes of city noise. [label info]
>O< -- "A Spring Morning On Ristisaari" -- C-60 -- €5 [-50%]
2015 Polevoy Dnevnik, P(F)D 001
The recording made on early morning on Krestovsky island (Ristisaari) on a cassette stereo-recorder. Voices of thousands of birds, clucking of hens having breakfast in a mini-zoo, low steps of the first morning passers-by, dog training and distant hum of the awakening metropolis. The recording was done on tape with no digitizing or processing, not to be distributed via bandcamp, copies duplicated directly from the master-tape. Handmade and hand-written cover, cassette with photo-stickers. [label info]
>O< -- "Trucks & Nightingales" -- C-60 -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Polevoy Dnevnik, P(F)D 002
Eine städtische nachtmusik for restless construction areas, frantic nightingales, droning and squeaking cranes, roaring trucks and hissing (like a waves down on the beach) cars, awakening crows and alarmed seagulls. Recorded in one touch to portable cassette recorder in the dawn, June, 02, 2015 on the seashore of Vasilyevsky Island. For all the lovers of honest unprocessed lo-end field recordings. Fully analog cassette release, duplicated directly from the master tape. Not to be ever digitized or uploaded to Internet. Cassette packed into ziplock bag with 2 fullcolour photo cards, cassette shell with photo stickers. [label info]
73! + PUSTOTA -- "Nesterilnost' (Antisterility)" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2016 Biosonar^Lo-End, 053/2016 cdr, (ltd. 20)
Live recording of the collaborative droning / rustling of the two projects, captured at dRЁmA-10 @ ZANZA 19/12/2015. Two parallel soundflows: flying guitar waves by 73! and rugged layered noises of cassette tapes and field rustles by Pustota. Limited edition and DIY artwork in a cardboard sleeve and stuff like that. [label info]
ACCASARI -- "Sunlight" -- CS -- €8
2020 self-released
Drone / Ambient. Accasari have grown up to the duo – but the preciousness of its music remains unchanged and reached the nature of true imagism. The new album holds the power inherent to this lanterne magique étternelle, dedication to which it bears: soundwaves of “Sunlight” sometimes break into smallest but substantial particles, shimmering in dazzling beauty. To play this record is like to wake up in sun-gleaming rambling room full of circling dustgrains, blazing and disappearing in beams coming through windowpane. As though as every shine, the moments of “Sunlight” is blindingly bright: the irregular pulses of “Infinitude” and ”Resist/Resist” capture the focus and do not release it, dissolving the mind in boundless flow of blood solar, circulating into the cosmic aorta inward and back. This trip of Accassari locks into eternal (re)currence, although this circle is opposed to be vicious. Every globe with an orbit returns to one certain point of it, and so the feelings of hearing “Sunlight” remain. [label info]
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ADR_VA -- "Ognezmei" -- C-45 -- €6
2007/2015 Observatoire, obs * myth | 053 cassette, (ltd. 50)
Cassette reissue of a very limited (7 copies) album from 2007. Dungeon ritual music with natural lo-fi touch: rough tape loops, monotonous meloties of the wind oozing out of darkness, bells and torn rustles right over the ear. Frightening lullaby tale.
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ADR-VA -- "Voix De Mythe. Predchuvstvie - Ombre - Parties." -- CS -- €6
2012/2015 Observatoire, obs * i(l65)|myth 039, (ltd. 65)
Now on cassette too! Reissue of two minions released in 2009: "Voix De Mythe" (Abgurd) and "Predchuvstvie (Ombre Parties)" (Der Schöne Hjuler-Memorial-Fond). "Voix De Mythe: A new mini-album from this Russian project which album Cold Sea Week released by Abgurd in 2007 got good acknowledgement. The new material is completely acoustic without usage of any musical instruments. Only field recordings and feedback. Everything melts down into electroacoustic drone ambient of live tension." [label info] "Predchuvstvie (Ombre Parties): One 18-minute track created from the field-recordings made somewhere on military objects. Released in a very limited edition of 14 copies by Komissar Hjuler's label Der Schöne-Hjuler-Memorial-Fond. Slowly droning and hissing sound jelly, wrapping the listener with unnoticeable hypnosis."
AIT-ALI, BENJAMIN -- "Ballet and Other Works" -- C-64 -- €6
2015 Observatoire, obs * acusma | 054 cassette, (ltd. 100)
An album from a young French composer working with found sounds.
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ALFARMANIA -- "At Ulleraker" -- C-30 -- €25
2005 Styggelse, Stygg 02, (ltd. 50)
Power Electronics. A classic in the field of death industrial / power electronics. Post-mortem depravity from northern Sweden's Kristian Olsson (Blood Ov Thee Christ / Survival Unit). A concept release dealing with the personal and collective hell inside Swedish mental asylum Ulleråker. Recorded on a Tascam 244 in Sundsvall & Uppsala.
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ALFARMANIA -- "Disputation Betwyx The Body And Wormes" -- C-25 -- €25
2011 Autarkeia, avi 036, (ltd. 55)
Power Electronics. This tape was released in retrospect as part of the Bottenskrapet Box-set, with 25 copies available separably. One-sided tape is packed into a signature box of Autarkeia.
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ALFARMANIA -- "Iktorevil" -- C-60 -- €25
2008 Styggelse, Styggelse 025, (ltd. 180)
Power Electronics.
ALFARMANIA -- "Knivmördar Sundsvall, Nyårsafton 2008" -- C-30 -- €25
2009 Styggelse, Styggelse Tapes 029
Power Electronics. Private disconcert for invited audience that took place in Sundsvall at new years eve 2008.
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ALFARMANIA -- "Luciavaka A.T. Utmarken" -- C-30 -- €25
2009 Styggelse, Styggelse Tapes 028
Power Electronics. Live recordings from December 12-13, 2008, one track features Jonas Kellagher aka Vehm.
ALFARMANIA -- "LVM" -- C-60 -- €25
2007 Styggelse, Stygg 14, (ltd. 250)
Power Electronics.
ALFARMANIA -- "Skuld" -- C-60 -- €25
2009 Styggelse, Styggelse Tapes 032
Power Electronics. Packed in a plastic A6 sleeve with a folded A4 insert.
ALFARMANIA -- "Vid Somnens Sista Trad" -- CS -- €25
2016 Styggelse, 83
Industrial / Power Electronics. The Styggelse edition of “Vid sömnens sista tråd” from Alfarmania. First released as a ridiculously limited edition lathe cut 7" / double 7" by a Barcelona-based record label. Here presented in a slightly more affordable version, with additional material from the same sessions... The Styggelse cassette version comes with double-sided inlay-card and an A6 postcard. “Atonal modulated synth layers, an underbelly of cavernous junk metal chaos and rough vocals barks from the depths of the asylum… Broadly metallic creaking resonance and interweaving mid- to high-range wailing / droning tones, as stilted bass thumbs bed down the loose structure. More Alfarmania-induced anxiety.” [label info]
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ALFARMANIA -- "Viskan" -- C-35 -- €25
2011 Autarkeia, avi 055, (ltd. 55)
Power Electronics. Viskan tape is a special bonus of Alfarmania Halogd Insikt pic-10inch’’ box. Alfarmania fans may surely expect particularly dirty sound as well as oppressive and dangerous atmosphere pervading the merciless urban jungle of Northern Sweden. In comparison to other records of Alfarmania, this one is a bit slower and more sombre. Viskan tape is dedicated to Sundsvall prison accommodating quite a number of creative and progressive Swedish blokes on holiday, who do not give a fuck about the system and nothing at all. One-sided tape is packed into a signature box of Autarkeia. [label info]
ALFARMANIA -- "The Waiting Grave: Live In Finland 2015/2017" -- C-60 -- €13
2018 Freak Animal
Power Electronics. Two live sets from Finland.
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AMES SANGLANTES -- "The Sum Of Your Disarray" -- C-46 -- €9
2010 Hospital Productions, HOS-295, (ltd. 200)
Industrial / Noise from the Canadian project.
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AMPUTATION THEORY -- "Voyeur" -- CS -- €7
2013 Cipher Productions, (sic 72), (ltd. 50)
Noise. Since 2006 the Institute For Organic Conversations label has serially unleashed a handful of sweaty and sleazy treatises of harsh noise littered with junk metal, grey sexual aesthetics and a heavy fondness for post-Macronympha American noise cassette culture. Now this sordid project has entrusted around 65 minutes of material to a new label, Voyeur a parade of late ‘70s/early’80s VHS adult fixations, unashamed junk noise, late night feedback cleansing, bodily fluid saturation and seedy scrap metal abuse. Edition of 50 copies with full colour fold-out sleeve. [label info]
ANTEZ + MATHIEU CALLEJA + MIGUEL A. GARCIA + ARTUR VIDAL / GREGORY BUTTNER / HECTOR REY -- "Malasana / Kaktus / Myxini" -- CS -- €5
2014/2015 Observatoire, obs * RD#4, (ltd. 100)
Cassette edition. "Malasana": This recording was made in an area of Madrid called Malasana. The name recalls the Spanish struggle against the French troops of Napoleon, which took place at the beginning of the XIX century and is famously represented in the paintings of Goya. Nowadays, despite the increasing gentrification of the area of Malasana, it remains a place well known for night-time unrest and counter-cultural disobedience. This cultural climate draws parallels with the way improvised music relates to confrontation. Many musicians feel that improvised music clashes against, or is at odds with, social institutions, as in the case of Madrid, where modern or contemporary music is almost completely ignored by popular culture. In this recording we can hear a different kind of confrontation. Musicians seem to be trying to fight, both against themselves and against the temptation of presenting what they already know. They seem to be seeking out strategies for creating music collectively, without falling back on cliche, imitation or cultural habits. The listeners of this recording are invited to consider if the musicians have succeeded in this attempt. They are also encouraged to interrogate their own listening, as both a cultural practice shaped by social environment and as an area for a similar internal contest... "Kaktus": For this track I recorded the needles of a cactus played with my fingers. After some digital processings I edited them into a composition in 5 parts. In parts 3 and 5 the cactus recordings are combined and modulated with sinus-waves... "Myxini": Recorded in Bilbao during the summer of 2012. No overdub. [label info]
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ANTI-VERSTAND -- "Radiovoy" -- CS -- €5 [-50%]
2015 YAOP, YAOP 076
Shortwave radio howl with clean sound. Psychoactive. Cassette in a sleeve. [label info]
ANTICHILDLEAGUE & CRONACA NERA -- "Bruises And Bites" -- C-38 -- €9
2017 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM54TAPE
Power Electronics. First collaboration between the obscure and historical London based project ANTIchildLEAGUE / Gaya Donadio (Gaya is also the mind behind the “Hagshadow” label and the London “Hinoeuma the Malediction” Industrial venue) and the Italian P/E combo CRONACA NERA (involving Adrieno Vincenti of MACELLERIA MOBILE DI MEZZANOTTE / Giovanni Mori of LE COSE BIANCHE / Andrea Chiaravalli of IUGULA-THOR). For this release the two projects explore with sadistic pleasure some specific themes devoted to the connections between VIOLENCE and PLEASURE. BRUISES AND BITES contains only unreleased tracks. Gaya was writing all texts and performs all vocals. Tape edition of Bruises & Bites IS housed in a black leather sleeve with postcards and insert. Every image used is exclusive for this release. [label info]
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AODL -- "Stain Scattergun" -- C-46 -- €12
2007 Trash Ritual, trash016, (ltd. 85)
Industrial / Noise from the US. Handmade package in A5 envelope.
ARMA AGHARTA / ELEMENTY NAHERA -- "State of Affairs" -- CS -- €8
2020 RWCDAXAgain, rwcdax001, (ltd. 50)
Experimental / Ritual / Industrial. Split between the Lithuanian musician Arma Agharta, known for his dada-shamanic performances throughout the world, and Russian project ELEMENTY NAHERA (ЭЛЕМЕНТЫ НАХЕРА), founded by close friends of the late musician and journalist Dmitry Tolmatskiy (DMT).
ASHLEY C / LR -- "Angeldust / Shit Comes Out The Same" -- C-20 -- €20
2009 Posh Isolation, Posh Isolation 017, (ltd. 50)
Noise split of two Danish musicians: Ashley C aka Klaus H. Hansen and LR aka Loke Rahbek.
ASHLEY C / LR -- "Early Blossom / Endless Blossom" -- C-30 -- €33
2009 Posh Isolation, Posh Isolation 002, (ltd. 50)
Noise split of two Danish musicians: Ashley C aka Klaus H. Hansen and LR aka Loke Rahbek. Second release of the famous Danish label Posh Isolation, limited to 50 copies.
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ATHIALOWI & RUINS OF MELANCHOLIA -- "Water Circles IX" -- CS -- €9
2021 Psychomor Rec., (ltd. 13)
Dark Ambient / Experimental. "Water Circles" is a series of festivals dedicated to non-standard audio and visual art of industrial and organic origins. During the past four years the events under this name were held in various places: from venues in the center of Moscow to abandoned buildings in the woods of the Leningrad region... This tape contains the live recording of a collaboration gig by ATHIALOWI and RUINS OF MELANCHOLIA, performed on September 29, 2018 at "Moscow Museum of Industrial Culture".
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AURAL HYPNOX -- "Underworld Transmissions II" -- C-20 -- €33
2014 Aural Hypnox, [AHMC06], (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Drone / Experimental. Filmed and captured on tape in the private séances held in our subterranean lodge located in Oulu, Northern Ostrobothnia between March and May, 2014. ‘Underworld Transmissions II’ is the second offering in our label series bringing forth the seasonal currents of the Aural Hypnox Lodge, the undertone of the label and the Helixes artists involved. Two mesmerizing tracks utilizing selected electronic and acoustic instruments harnessed into transmitting and receiving purposes. The cassette is released under our Underworld Editions and is limited to 50 copies. Packed inside a stamped cardboard covers, including a special 10-panel booklet with unique ‘séance’ -stamps. [label info]
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AURAL HYPNOX -- "Underworld Transmissions III" -- C-20 -- €33
2015 Aural Hypnox, [AHMC10], (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Drone / Experimental. Filmed and captured on tape in the private séances held in our subterranean lodge located in Oulu, Northern Ostrobothnia between July 2014 and April 2015. ‘Underworld Transmissions III’ is the third offering in our label series bringing forth the seasonal currents of the Aural Hypnox Lodge, the undertone of the label and the Helixes artists involved. Two mesmerizing tracks utilizing selected electronic and acoustic instruments harnessed into transmitting and receiving purposes. The cassette is released under our Underworld Editions and is limited to 50 copies. Packed inside a stamped cardboard covers, including a special 10-panel booklet with unique ‘séance’ -stamps. [label info]
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BAGMAN -- "For Kenneth McKenna" -- CS -- €9
2008/2014 Crucial Blast, INFERNAL 021, (ltd. 200)
Power Electronics / Noise. Originally released on CDR in 2008 by Skum Rex, this limited edition cassette features five tracks of pitch-black power electronics and vicious harsh noise from UK fiend BAGMAN. Total misanthropy, total disease, total evil. Humanity is a plague. [label info]
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BAGMAN -- "In Their Blood And From The Gutter" -- CS -- €9
2009/2014 Crucial Blast, INFERNAL 022, (ltd. 200)
Power Electronics / Noise. Originally released on CDR in 2009 by Sub Rec, this limited edition cassette features five tracks of pitch-black power electronics and vicious harsh noise from UK fiend BAGMAN. Total misanthropy, total disease, total evil. Humanity is a plague. [label info]
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BAGMAN -- "Welcome To My Fucking Misery" -- CS -- €9
2008/2014 Crucial Blast, INFERNAL 023, (ltd. 200)
Power Electronics / Noise. Originally released on CDR in 2008, this limited edition cassette features five tracks of pitch-black power electronics and vicious harsh noise from UK fiend BAGMAN. Total misanthropy, total disease, total evil. Humanity is a plague. [label info]
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BAILLEAU, CHRISTOPHE -- "Porcelaine" -- C-36 -- €6
2016 Cosmic Winnetou, #36, (ltd. 70)
Ambient. Remember last time you've sit with your banana-beer cocktail in hand at your pool with its orange water? Dippin' your right toe into the fluid you wonder who the hell put those demons right beside your chair. They don't stop making silly faces. But you don't care, because the sun shines with light blue colored beams. An airplane crosss your sight on the bright green sky, you touch it with your finger tip, eyes wide open. Suddenly the music stops. One of the demons turns the tape, you breath out slowly out of relief. Psychedelic and colorful music with an weird edge for your everyday escapism. [label info]
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BALLISTA -- "Wild Blossom Madonna" -- C-34 -- €10
2021 Janushoved, Janushoved no. 137, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Experimental. One of the numerous projects of the Danish musician Mikkel Valentin Dunkerley (INTERNAZIONALE, LACE & COLLAR, ROSEN & SPYDDET, etc.), chef of the Janushoved label. "As the sun sets the forgetting sets in, We lie in fields of golden flowers, Spellbound by the intricacies of long-build trust, A chariot of cobber, Destroyed and burnt, A caravan of bodies, Move as a flock of birds, Trying to catch a star, While champagne glasses collide... Wild blossom for an eternal summer." [label info]
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BELORUKOV, ILIA -- "A Fluteophone In The Forest" -- CS -- €9
2022 Raw Tonk, RT056, (ltd. 75)
Free Improvisation / Free Jazz / Field Recordings. St. Petersburg-based musician and multi-instrumentalist Ilia Belorukov plays alto fluteophone in a forest. Recorded on August 5-10, 2019 in the forest of Vologodskaya Oblast region, selected, mixed and mastered in 2019-2021. Pro-dubbed clear shell cassette, comes in a recycled cardboard case with individual lino-print artwork by Colin Webster.
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BELORUKOV, ILIA / JAON KAHN -- "Studio Album" -- CS -- €9
2020 Notice Recordings, NTR056, (ltd. 100)
Free Improvisation / Experimental / Noise. This studio recording of Jason Kahn (voice) and Ilia Belorukov (modular synthesizer) is tense and taut, as dry, crumbling sonic swathes manifest both as machine and human, facilitating an almost ceremonial liberation. Kahn has historically been known for electronic sounds exhibiting stasis and abrasive, enduring minimalism; as of late his work has been primarily concerned with his own unaltered voice. Belorukov’s work exists within the realm of improvised noise and electroacoustics, as he prioritizes a wide range of collaborations. Kahn's voice provides a stark contrast to Belorukov's jagged synthesis, like examining oneself close-up in a mirror. Here, these prolific musicians share a unique, intimate intensity through drastically different approaches. [label info]
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BELORUKOV, ILIA / VASCO TRILLA -- "Laniakea" -- CS -- €9
2019 Astral Spirits, AS095 / Monofonus Press, MF198, (ltd. 150)
Free Improvisation / Electroacoustic. Ilia Belorukov – alto saxophone, fluteophone, electronics. Vasco Trilla – percussion. Recorded at Vasco’s studio in Barcelona on July 16, 2017.
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BEREFT -- "First Degree Of Separation / Removed From Security" -- 2 CS -- €13
2004/2012 Danvers State Recordings, DSR41, (ltd. 100)
Industrial / Power Electronics / Noise. Reissue of the first two BEREFT releases and a compilation track from the same era... all material is long out of print. Heavy, blackened industrial rumblings and feedback drenched vocal assaults. Nearly two hours of material; a good look into the early works of the band. [label info]
BESTIALIZER -- "Atavistic Aggression" -- C-40 -- €8
2012 Narcolepsia, narco026, (ltd. 81)
Noise. "Remorseless murder pact carved by the legions of the blade. Blood mixed with shit mixed with blood." [Northern Heritage]
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BIANCHI, MAURIZIO -- "Violichte" -- C-54 -- €16
2010 Robert & Leopold, R&L001, (ltd. 100)
Violichte was composed and recorded between 2008 and 2009, using violoops and hertzian waves, and is dedicated to the Italian microtonal sounds sculptor Giacinto Scelsi.
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BIANCHI, MAURIZIO / MDT -- "NHHNMBMDT" -- C-60 -- €8
2013 Angst, ANGST_02 / Scorze Records, scrz025 / Suicide Autoproduzioni, scda003, (ltd. 100)
Industrial. Tape by M.B. (Maurizio Bianchi) in cooperation with M.D.T. (Museo della Tortura). Two industrial, long-lenght, deep-listening tracks from Italy.
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BIZARRE UPROAR -- "Private Show II" -- C-50 -- €12
2015 Filth And Violence, FILTH&VIOLENCE-84
Noise. Live recording made in Turku, Finland on 10.04.2015. Includes a cover of MISTREAT "Must Be Ready". Program repeats on both sides.
BIZARRE UPROAR -- "Propaganda Bizarre" -- C-45 -- €17
2007/2013 Corrosive Art Records, CA-06 RE, (ltd. 100)
Noise / Power Electronics. Finally re-edited now on pro duplicated tape w/bodyprint including new cover. 4 tracks, three from the first edition of the enhanced CDr + the "Gospel Of Flesh 2" track, originally appeared in the same period as Video CDr, added here like bonus. Propaganda Bizarre is pure filth, pure violence, pure Bizarre Uproar! Limited edition of 100 copies. [label info]
BLACK LEATHER JESUS -- "Aural Aversion Therapy" -- C-62 -- €16
1996/2018 Deadline Recordings
Noise. Recorded by Richard Ramirez, Ryan Hunt, Herman Lin, David Gilden & Rick Bailey.
[bandcamp]
BLACK LEATHER JESUS -- "Gauze" -- C-62 -- €16
1996/2018 Deadline Recordings
Noise from Texas, USA.
[bandcamp]
BLACK LEATHER JESUS -- "Handkerchief Code" -- C-32 -- €16
2012 Deadline Recordings
Noise from Texas, USA.
BLACK LEATHER JESUS -- "A Lifestyle Of Sin" -- C-10 -- €12
2010 Dada Drumming, DD36
Noise. Recorded by Kevin Novak, Richard Ramirez, Sean Matzus, Vance Osborne. Packed in a plastic sleeve with cardboard cover.
BLACK LEATHER JESUS -- "Resurrection" -- CS -- €17
1992/???? self-released
Notorious noise project of Richard Ramirez & co. Self-released reissue with paper cover, packed in a ziplock bag.
BLACKFIRE -- "s/t" -- C-30 -- €7
2019 Cipher Productions, (sic 114), (ltd. 75)
Industrial / Noise. Blackfire is the collaborative project of Wyatt Howland (best known for his work as SKIN GRAFT, but also the black heart of about 30 other Cleveland projects) and Andrew Kirschner (long-time experimental raconteur, and also a tentacled contributor to the Cleveland scene), a blurred vision of urban decay which finds a middle ground between Wyatt’s noise misanthropy and Andrew’s dissociative experimental manipulations. Found sound, filthy noise, late night unease, and backlot malaise all coalesce in the duo’s firs release in four years, ‘Blackfire’... Edition of 75 copies in a semi-transparent sleeve of cut-and-paste artwork. [label info]
[soundcloud]
BLADARE -- "Dåndimpen" -- C-60 -- €25
2008 Styggelse, Stygg 16, (ltd. 120)
Power Electronics / Noise / Industrial. A project by Kristian Olsson (Alfarmania, H.K.S.O., Blood Ov Thee Christ, etc.). An all-but-forgotten classic (well...). Extremely dirty, lots of junk abuse, recorded on god-knows-what... In the middle of it all sudden bursts of vocals, enmeshed in the general brutality. It sounds like Survival Unit got at least drunk and recorded a tape, and perhaps there are reasons for that. Great stuff from HKSO. Chaos, violence, dåndimpen. [Yrjö-Koskinen]
BLOOD OV THEE CHRIST -- "Dokuments 1985-1989" -- CS -- €45
2011 Styggelse, Styggelse Kassetter 046, (ltd. 200)
Power Electronics / Noise. For a quick historic recap, Blood Ov Thee Christ was (is?) the project of Harri Honkaniemmi – one of the first Swedish power electronics / industrial noise projects. A sole cassette ‘Master Control’ was issued way back in 1987 before the project disappeared into obscurity. To fast forward almost two decades, ‘Master Control’ was dug up and reissued on CD in 2005, whilst around the same time Harri was coaxed out of hiding through the perseverance of Kristian Olsson (aka Survival Unit & Alfarmania) to reestablish the project, with Kristian joining as a second member. [Noise Receptor] This tape contains early recordings of the project.
BLOOD OV THEE CHRIST -- "Nihler" -- CS -- €25
2007 Styggelse, Stygg 12, (ltd. 200)
Power Electronics / Noise. For a quick historic recap, Blood Ov Thee Christ was (is?) the project of Harri Honkaniemmi – one of the first Swedish power electronics / industrial noise projects. A sole cassette ‘Master Control’ was issued way back in 1987 before the project disappeared into obscurity. To fast forward almost two decades, ‘Master Control’ was dug up and reissued on CD in 2005, whilst around the same time Harri was coaxed out of hiding through the perseverance of Kristian Olsson (aka Survival Unit & Alfarmania) to reestablish the project, with Kristian joining as a second member. [Noise Receptor] This tape is dedicated to the memory of Anders "Rockmanegern" Carlsson. Rest in pieces.
BLOOD OV THEE CHRIST -- "Pisslepra" -- CS -- €35
2006 Styggelse, (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics / Noise. For a quick historic recap, Blood Ov Thee Christ was (is?) the project of Harri Honkaniemmi – one of the first Swedish power electronics / industrial noise projects. A sole cassette ‘Master Control’ was issued way back in 1987 before the project disappeared into obscurity. To fast forward almost two decades, ‘Master Control’ was dug up and reissued on CD in 2005, whilst around the same time Harri was coaxed out of hiding through the perseverance of Kristian Olsson (aka Survival Unit & Alfarmania) to reestablish the project, with Kristian joining as a second member. [Noise Receptor] Recorded in Mazzas Källare, Sundsvall August 19 & 26, 2006.
BLURRED SPIRES -- "Bewildered" -- CS -- €6
2018 New Motion, NM015, (ltd. 16)
Ambient / Experimental. A collaboration project of Greg Weber & Jeff Brown from Seattle, Washington, USA.
[bandcamp]
BOAR / CIRCUIT WOUND / SKIN GRAFT / A SNAKE IN THE GARDEN -- split -- 2 x C-30 -- €13
2011 Phage Tapes, PT:163, (ltd. 100)
4 sides of harsh noise. Each artist has a different take on harsh noise so this release is really well rounded and is a good representation of the breadth of what can be accomplished. Edition of 100 in tall Norelco 2x cs case. Cover image by Simon Clark. [label info]
BODY CARGO -- "Conspiracy Of Containers" -- C-80 -- €9
2011 Autarkeia, acd 057, (ltd. 100)
Industrial / Noise / Power Electronics. Conspiracy of Containers is the latest release of Lithuanian postmortem artist Body Cargo. War crimes are committed each and every second and the impassable jungle of Papua New Guinea remains cannibal Bermuda triangle where all ends and witnesses of war crimes vanish into thin air and the pyramids of sleek skulls are growing fast. Where do the abducted Muslims disappear from the US concentration camps? Perhaps you truly believe they come back or are deported home? What do the containers, transported by the latest B52 to the territory of Papua New Guinea, contain? Why do the fiercest cannibal tribe wars take place in those locations of Papua New Guinea above which the unregistered CIA aircrafts are observed? You will find all answers in the newest Body Cargo conspiratorial tape released in a signature pack of Autarkeia. [press-release]
[bandcamp]
BODY CARGO -- "Posthum" -- C-30 -- €9
2010 Autarkeia, acd 051, (ltd. 100)
Industrial / Noise / Power Electronics. The same end awaits all the human efforts to create or achieve anything positive, good or harmonious. The evolution of all human ideas, works or plans collides with the concentration of illusions, pain, suffering, torture, slaughter and, finally, corpses that need to be discarded. The major architectural achievement of the human race is also related to concentration. It is a concentration camp, of course. Even after being taken down it does not abandon human conscious. Thus, the concentration is the supreme characteristic inherent to human civilisation and realm that can be defined as POSTHUM, while a human being that has perceived it becomes its supreme realisation form. He or she then is POSTHOMO. Dead or alive, he/she represents the same superbeing - POSTHOMO or a corpse. Gloomy, aggressive, low & dirty quality postmortem record of Body Cargo is dedicated to the concentration of civilisation dusthole posthum and its product posthomo. [press-release]
[bandcamp]
BODY CARGO -- "Secret Domain" -- C-25 -- €9
2011 Obscurex, OBS008
Lo-fi power electronics / postmortem / industrial noise project from Vilnius, Lithuania. Heavily layered power electronics digging deep into the cargo cults of Papua New Guinea. [label info]
[bandcamp]
BODY COLLECTOR -- "New Eden" -- C-30 -- €7
2010 Brave Mysteries, CQBL003, (ltd. 100)
Noise / Experimental. From beyond the other side of great lake Michigan transmits Khristopher Reinshagen; aka Scorpio & Glass aka Khurst aka Nurse Etiquette aka Nuhrst. It has been rumored that this may be the final BC release ever, and if so, this project ends with just as much unsettling fury and disgust as when it began. Using bleak themes and imagery to drive the manipulation of industrial elements into the accumulation of brooding noise walls and filthy tape grime, Body Collector has released twenty or more focused and intense installments of sonic nausea over the last three years of his short life. This cassette sets you off into another strange aryan-voodoo nightmare dimension, haunted by an always tense, menacing presence, calling out through the hiss and hum of the threshold between our dimension and the New Eden. Broken tape systems consume every sound, encrusting them with analog waste. Metal vomit gushes between each gasp of sickly feedback. Every motion of sound seems like it is trying to force it's way past the other sounds and flop out of the speakers, onto the floor, to hemorrhage and die right there before you. Despite the generous mutations of all the machinery, you can always hear Khurst himself underneath it all, conducting the steel, slowly churning and mashing his ritual tools of scrap metal and material decay. A formidable requiem to such a morbid project, if ever there was one. [label info]
[bandcamp]
BOEVYE CIKADY -- "Pryamohozhdeniye" -- C-90 -- €8
2016 Biosonar^Lo-End, 058/2016 (ltd. 18)
This cassette opens the series of live recordings by the drone artists from St. Petersburg. The project Boevye Cikady was self-created in 2004 as a documentation of acousmatic and electro-acoustic exercises while working in ambient formation Lunar Abyss Quartet. Since 2007 the project has turned into actionism, oriented towards sound performances with the involvement of wide circle of friends in synthesis. This cassette presents four fragments of live recordings from various years, mostly of experimental noise and drone ambient, analogue texture. Ultra-limited edition and DIY-artwork in cardboard box with fragments of postcards and pocket calendars. [label info]
BOTCHER, DANIEL S. -- "Another Red" -- C-36 -- €10
2013 Posh Isolation, Posh Isolation 114, (ltd. 90)
Noise from Denmark.
BRANDKOMMANDO -- "NOW!" -- C-56 -- €7
2011 Phage Tapes – PT:138, (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics from Poland.
[bandcamp]
BRANDKOMMANDO -- "Two Sides Of Violence" -- C-36 -- €7
2014 Phage Tapes, PT:209, (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics. Six tracks of power electronics from this long time Polish project.
[bandcamp]
BRANDKOMMANDO / DAO DE NOIZE -- split -- C-42 -- €7
2013 Maniacal Hatred, MH08, (ltd. 50)
Noise / Power Electronics. Churning and throbbing split between these Polish and Ukrainian artists. [label info]
[bandcamp]
BRUME -- "The Dark Tapes" -- C-60 -- €30
1997 Altered States Recordings, A.S.R. 004, (ltd. 129)
Experimental / Tribal. Composed, recorded and mixed at Brume Rec. from 1983 to 1991. Re-mastered at Brume Rec. May 1995 from forgotten / other versions or unreleased tracks. No overdub / no remix. Tape comes packaged inside a red A5 sleeve, with a b/w photo and fold-out poster.
[bandcamp]
CAMINAUTA -- "Extinct" -- C-24 -- €10 [-50%]
2017 Delta Shock, DSCS02, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Electronics. "Caminauta's 'Extinct' is a great follow-up for the new awesome Ukrainian-based cassette label Delta Shock. After just a few listens, the care and detail put into the sounds and project as a whole is evident. There's nothing completely unique here in terms of style but there doesn't need to be. It's a beautiful cassette that is given good context (if you need it) by it's accompanied artwork. I know that each time when I play this cassette I'll be in a special place, if not physically than mentally..." [midnight_cowboy]
[bandcamp]
CANADY, JONATHAN -- "Am I Dreaming? Yellow" -- C-60 -- €7
2011/2013 Chondritic Sound, CH-266, (ltd. 100)
Experimental / Noise. The music on this album consists of two different soundtracks for the video "Am I Dreaming? : Yellow" (edited by Isaac Williams) to be performed live in Philadelphia, PA and Denver, CO. Recorded live to cassette 10.22.11. Track one instruments: Octave The Cat and Moog Prodigy synthesizers. Track two instruments: DAED Feedback and Super DAED Overdrive synthesizers. Effects for both tracks: Boss HM-1 and DF-2 distortion into MXR Carbon Copy delay pedals. [label info]
[bandcamp]
CAPERS / ARKHE -- "Detta Är Inte Spel Det Är Mord" -- C-30 -- €9
2015 Teeth Tapes / Kafé Kaos
Noise / Industrial. Capers - "Stabs". Thick nasty noise, somewhere in between mid '00s Troniks and Gothenburg Blood Cult. Recorded live straight to tape. Arkhe - "Silence, gravel and rust". Negative death electronics recorded directly to tape during winter solstice 2014. No overdubs. [label info]
CHERNOBYL ROSE -- "Slavic Water Porn" -- C-20 -- €7
2012 Red Light Sound, RLS20, (ltd. 35)
Harsh Noise / Power Electronics. Synth driven harsh noise/p.e. art brut from the man behind Family Smut and the Pissflowers blog. [label info]
[bandcamp]
COCK COBRA -- "Zink Een Niew Lied" -- C-10 -- €5
2007 Monopolka / Emerson Lake & Headache
CC is all dressed up, screaming and shouting through a dutch catholic religious service on tape, chanting and yelling crazy fucked up lyrics with a lot of feedback and harsh noise power! Made with contactmic’s, tapedecks and a small synth. [press-release]
CODEX OCCVLTA -- "Porta" -- CS -- €8
2020 self-released, (ltd. 30)
Dark Ambient. The first release of the long-existing and often performing St. Petersburg project Codex Occulta. "The material was recorded in different periods between 2008 and 2019, each track was inspired by an internal search under the influence of ancient dark cults, the main goal is to convey a meditative state and mood, when the sound becomes a kind of portal to another realm of images and archetypes, into the world behind the looking-glass of our reality." [from the author]
[bandcamp]
THE COLD SEEPS -- "New Darkness" -- CS -- €7
2020 Perspex Icon, PI-02
Noise Rock / Garage Rock. Griff (Cough Suppressant Alcoholics, Robot Dicks, Pennsylvania Connection, Sollubi/The Disease Concept) is a big fan of homestucking, paying the rent once a year, huge drinking and massacring the neighborhood with his guitar. He’s the best man in these things for more than twenty-five years. Earlier Griff terrorized Philadelphian and then Vancouver fellas with various hardcore punk, sludge and other brown music. Now he cuts out from his strings post-punk/noise rock with crusty country edge, which walk into the air definitely Spanish. We are ok with this – we love crunchy toxic songs about daily disorders, drugs and the Devil... “New Darkness” was recorded about a year ago, when no one knew what he will do during the next half-year of straight sitting on his ass. Congratulations - now everyone has time to think about it. And besides, the musical accompaniment to this process from a long-term veteran of obduracy, grunting and nerdiness. Until they don’t lock you home yet, play this shit, run out and buy cans and tins, comics and all the ammo you need. Only Hell knows, how heavy you’ll press the sofa this time, and how rude the new neighbors will be. [label info]
[bandcamp]
CONCRETE MASCARA -- "History Of Ruin" -- C-46 -- €9
2015 Trapdoor Tapes, TT084, (ltd. 50)
Power Electronics from the US. Original 2015 edition with b/w artwork, limited to 50 copies.
[youtube]
CONQUERORS -- "History Navy" -- C-40 -- €6
2010 Second Sleep, SS027
Industrial / Noise / Dark Ambient from the cult Italian label Second Sleep. "If you're looking for a great, murky post-industrial cassette that sits below the threshold in a similar way to projects like UMBRA and LUNUS to listen to — you've come to the right place. Also, the packaging rules." [signaldreams, Discogs]
CRANIOPAGUS -- "Terrace" -- C-62 -- €10
2008 Trash Ritual, trash038, (ltd. 75)
Noise / Power Electronics. US-PE, industrial noise, noise with screaming. That sort of stuff with heavily reverb drenched, massive wall. The most I like when this calms down a bit, into dark and gloomy industrial soundscapes what dominate big part of A-side. It appears like short lived project did have slight own touch how they do things, but being active just couple years, barely made its mark... [Freak Animal]
[youtube]
CREATION THROUGH DESTRUCTION vs. NUNDATA -- "2213: Decomposed Circuits" -- C-60 -- €5
2013 Impulsy Stetoskopu, 036, (ltd. 100)
Noise. Collaboration of two Serbian noise projects. Constructed + deconstructed on 2nd February, 2013 by A. N. and Srdjan Eftimovski. No mastering, no editing, no overdubs, just pure live noise! [label info]
[bandcamp]
CREEPING -- "Wish You Cared Like I Do" -- C-47 -- €9
2017 Bacteria Field, Bacteria Field 047, (ltd. 75)
Power Electronics from the US. A project of Jeff Plummer aka IMMACULATE:GROTESQUE.
CREMATION LILY -- "April 21" -- CS -- €12
2012/2015 Strange Rules, RULE-043, (ltd. 50)
Industrial / Power Electronics from the UK. Second edition with foldout cover.
[bandcamp]
CREMATION LILY -- "A Body Of One's Own" -- C-30 -- €10
2013/2015 Strange Rules, RULE-082, (ltd. 72)
Industrial / Noise. Reissue of a self-released cassette from 2013.
[bandcamp]
CREMATION LILY -- "Christening Summer" -- 2 x C-12 -- €20
2014 Strange Rules, RULE-070, (ltd. 48)
Synthwave / Dark Ambient / Field Recordings. With this release Zen Zsigo moved from harsh electronics (as bookended on Alter Records’ fabulous Fires Frame The Silhouette LP) to lo-fi shimmering ambience. [tape headz]
[bandcamp]
CREMATION LILY -- "Drug Trafficking Case Histories Greek Island Yellow Sand" -- C-25 -- €17
2013 Strange Rules, RULE-045, (ltd. 54)
Industrial / Noise / Power Electronics.
[youtube]
CREMATION LILY -- "Funeral Home" -- 2 x C-10 -- €20
2011/2014 Strange Rules
Industrial / Power Electronics from the UK. Second edition.
CREMATION LILY -- "It's OK To Say No" -- 2 x C-20 -- €26
2013 Strange Rules, Rule-035, (ltd. 21)
Power Electronics / Experimental from the UK. Two cassettes + small insert + big foldout poster.
[youtube]
CREMATION LILY -- "Lines Of Golden Light" -- 5 x C-10 BOX -- €60
2014 Strange Rules, RULE-079, (ltd. 72)
Synth Ambient / Experimental. Two tracks contain additional source material by False Moniker. Housed in an oversize vinyl case with an insert and a booklet.
[youtube]
CREMATION LILY -- "Sexless Merit" -- C-30 -- €10
2011/2014 Strange Rules, RULE-006
Industrial / Power Electronics from the UK. Third edition.
CREMATION LILY -- "Uncomplicated Explanations" -- 2 x C-12 -- €20
2013 Strange Rules, RULE-044, (ltd. 44)
Industrial / Power Electronics from the UK.
CREMATION LILY -- "Votive Mirror" -- C-20 -- €14
2012 Strange Rules, RULE-027, (ltd. 39)
Industrial / Noise / Power Electronics.
[youtube]
CTRL D / TESLA AIRLINES -- "Stepnoi Split" -- CS -- €10
2021 TAKOE, TAK020E
Dub / Techno / Ambient. Split-cassette of two projects from the Moscow musician Dmitriy Nozdrin: dub techno from CTRL D and deep atmospheric ambient from TESLA AIRLINES.
[bandcamp]
CYBER SURFER 3D -- "Biosphere 0.2" -- CS -- €7
2022 Global Pattern, glo124, (ltd. 25)
Ambient / New Age / Vaporwave. New album from the project based in Portland, OR. Cyber Surfer 3D draws inspiration from the local nature - the Willamette and Columbia rivers. Slowed down samples, soundscapes and space synths.
[bandcamp]
CYCLOFILLYDEA feat. ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI -- "Stanotte M'e' Dolce Morire / Love Supreme" -- CS -- €9
2022 Hvedrungrsmil Records
Neofolk / Industrial. Two tracks recorded by the Russian project CYCLOFILLYDEA with the participation of the Italian maestro Damiano Mercuri, the creator of the famous European dark neo-folk band ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI. The track "Stanotte m'e' Dolce Morire" was previously released on the CD-album "Do you remember the melody of light?" "Love Supreme" is an absolutely new material, which was recorded with the participation of many famous personalities, such as Sergey Letov, Alexey Sheptunov (MOON FAR AWAY) and others. This composition is the first single for the forthcoming new album of the band... Golden cassettes with foamed silk-screen printing.
[bandcamp]
DA-SEIN -- "Mirror Touch" -- CS -- €25
2019 Galakthorrö, Galakthorrö 047, (ltd. 150)
With their latest album, Da-Sein are well on their way, have made some live appearances in front of diverse audiences, and have been gathering experience. Experience can be seen to have flowed significantly into Da-Sein’s second long-player Mirror Touch. An exceedingly organic work – the opposite of sterile and digital – which lends, with masterfully applied distortion and lo-fi effects, additional complexity and depth to the analogue foundation. Kas Vision’s lyrics also add a sensation of depth, marking highlights, and are enhanced by her darkling vocal intonation. And Darkness is also the slogan – within which type of format frequencies take shape, fractured music arises and rhythm drives: It pushes from within the Darkness, and takes us with it into the Darkness. A potem będziemy razem spada... Black cassette in snapbox, Cover with one flap. [label info]
[youtube]
DADHIKRA -- "The Silver Forest" -- C-28 -- €7 [-50%]
2021 Dödens Kultur, DK№10, (ltd. 20)
Pagan Lo-Fi Noise Ambient / Drone, dedicated to the mysterious forest atmosphere in early summer, in anticipation of the solstice. Bird voices and buzz of insects are gleaming, solar ultraviolet is palpating the copper pine trunks, light wind is permeating everything with its silver rustle – the indistinct gasping mythical organic sound of this album paints the picture of a mystical, living forest of Pan, satyrs and nymphs of Ancient Greece, and spirits from animistic cosmogonies with rough, but small strokes. This is the first part of the dilogy, the continuation is already on the way. Cover and cassette body stickers are made of silver cardboard. [label info]
DANNAGOISCHD -- "Emm Dichda Ondrholz" -- CS -- €7
2011 YAOP, YAOP 054, (ltd. 36)
Dannagoischd - the ghost of the dark forest - is a project coming directly out of the deep Alpine and Swabian woods. "Emm dichda Ondrholz" (in the dense brush-wood) features 16 tracks of Alpine Forest Folk, telling tales in ancient Swabian language about creatures living in darkest fir woods. Dreamy songs, dark atmospheric tracks and folk tunes played with a vast variety of instruments. The rustling of trees, mysterious fires, ghosts and wild animals - the real forest atmosphere. A project by Waldwuudz, alias Cz (Vinterriket / Atomtrakt / Nebelkorona / Battle Dagorath / Nocternity / Sturmpercht). Mastered by Axel Frank (Werkraum/ Sturmpercht). A cassette version of album previously released by Percht. Only 36 copies in handmade cardboard double box with fullcolour stickers. [press-release]
DARK GLASS -- "Cocoon" -- CS -- €8
2019 Eonian Autumn Records
IDM / Glitch / Experimental. Cocoon - a story that tells about the sound and information flows surrounding each city dweller... This album reflects experiments with the distortion of ordinary sound forms, their repeated repetition, the displacement of individual fragments with the addition of subtle noise structures, showing the reflection of the interaction of the ecology of the modern world and the sound environment... This album helps to comprehend the global environmental catastrophe by interweaving thin sound structures into the space surrounding us, which gives the key to understanding the current situation, with the possibility of understanding what we have done and how to fix it. [label info]
[bandcamp]
DEAD BODY COLLECTION -- "The Night" -- C-30 -- €7
2014 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM41TAPE, (ltd. 120)
Harsh Noise Wall.
[youtube]
DEAD BODY COLLECTION -- "The Rostov Ripper" -- С-60 -- €8
2012/2013 Terror, TR-23, (ltd. 53)
Harsh Noise Wall. Rereleasing recent HNW release might seem like quite a weird action, but since the first edition was only 12 copies and the material is truly interesting, it's truly worth it. Material on the tape is not purely static as you could expect from Dead Body Collection. Two sides with half an hour of material on each different approaches to sounds. I think there's no need to talk about A. Chikatilo, who was the main inspiration for this record for it would be difficult to find a person who doesn't know about his crimes. 53 victims and 53 tapes. Instead of numeration you get separate photo with short description of the killing etc. (there are a few sheets without photos since they don't seem to exist). [press-release]
[bandcamp]
DEAD BODY COLLECTION / PLACENTA LYPOSUCTION -- split -- C-60 -- €9
2014 Narcolepsia, narco034, (ltd. 55)
Harsh Noise Wall. Dead Body Collection provides infinite darkness through an unmoving static hole, while Placenta Lyposuction devotes itself to severe, arid decay. True balcanic hell. [label info]
DEAD BOOMERS -- "Outcalls" -- C-11 -- €10
2013 Cipher Productions, (sic 79), (ltd. 60)
Power Electronics. Two highlights from Dead Boomers' pre-2014 live set find their outlet in the studio and now onto this tape, detailed power electronics sermons which are the obvious follow-up to the acclaimed 'Pig In The Python' LP. That LP's ruminations on Australia's aging population tentacle into 'Outcalls' via fascinations with post-patriarchal feuds and pharmaceutical dispensation, provoking a grim terminality to Dead Boomers' familiar industrial layerings. Specially packaged in a painted rubberised material pouch with two inserts and a dogtag. Edition of 60 copies. [label info]
[mp3]
DEATHKEY -- "Segmented God Plane Extrapolation" -- 2 CS BOX -- €75
2013 Deathangle Absolution Records, (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics. 2 cassettes in oversized box. This release that compiles the rare and long out of circulation demos "Operation 14 f 13" and "Gateway: Cygnus X-1", along with the previously unreleased demo "Throne Of Blood". Finishing up the boxset are 3 unreleased tracks, including the collaboration with 88MM titled "Barrage Of Sickness". This release marks the 12 year anniversary of DEATHKEY. [label info]
[youtube]
DECEMBER MAGIC -- "Could The Web Be Re-Spun" -- C-10 -- €16
2011 Hospital Productions, HOS-333, (ltd. 63)
Noise / Power Electronics. One of the numerous projects of Dominick Fernow aka PRURIENT.
[youtube]
DEDICATED TO BOB FLANAGAN -- "s/t" -- C-50 -- €7
2011 Untergeschoss, UNTER08
Noise. Minimal electronic noise dirt for bondage and humiliation sessions. Not wall of noise but Wall Of Pain. Dedicated to late S/M Superman. Explicit artwork. Professionally duplicated tapes. [Terror]
DEEP THROAT -- "Nylons Nailed To A Concrete Floor" -- C-20 -- €7
2016 Bacteria Field, Bacteria Field 034, (ltd. 100)
Harsh Noise.
[bandcamp]
DEPRIVATION -- "s/t" -- C-30 -- €6
2011 Diazepam, dzp 04
Industrial / Power Electronics. A project of the Italian musician Mauro Sciaccaluga, also chef of the Diazepam label.
[bandcamp]
DERMA -- "1995" -- C-25 -- €10
2018 Luce Sia, 063, (ltd. 100)
BAD SECTOR side-project. During 1995 Massimo Magrini (electronics) and Riccardo Bianchi (voice) made some rehearsals together, trying to create a minimal electronic duo. A collection of songs was recorded live on cassette during one of those rehearsals, without any mixing and editing. Its raw audio quality is therefore not comparable to a modern professional studio production. This recording is the only remaining documentation of a potentially corrosive project. [label info]
[youtube]
DEVILLOCK -- "Cold Brood" -- CS -- €7
2005 Tone Filth, TF26, (ltd. 45)
Noise project of the US-based artist Justin Chris Meyers (aka Panther Skull), boss of now defunct noise music label Tone Filth and then computer music label Sympathy Limited. Two short tracks, silk-screened covers, limited to 45 copies.
DEVILLOCK -- "Righteous Blood / Dead Cult" -- 2 CS -- €7
2004/2008 Chondritic Sound, CH-218, (ltd. 100)
Noise. Reissue of two mini-albums by the US artist Justin Chris Meyers aka Devillock: "Righteous Blood" C-22 (Tuskie Skull, 2007) and "Dead Cult" C-30 (Tone Filth, 2004).
DIAGRAM: A -- "No Spirit In Massachusetts" -- C-20 -- €7
2010 Friendship Bracelet
Noise. Dan Greenwood has operated as Diagram: A for nearly two decades. Long before his home, Western Massachusetts, had anything resembling an active noise scene, Greenwood was altering old telephones, constructing masks and sleeves with built-in contact mics, amplifying tin cans, and fashioning an insular world of noise, obsessing over his own carefully-crafted systems of failure... [Matt Krefting]
DISHARMONY -- "Cloned III" -- CS -- €9 [-50%]
2022 Aliens Production, APT007, (ltd. 50)
IDM / Electro / Industrial from Slovakia. The third generation of cloned objects and their disharmonic deformations. Full of unreleased dust and exclusive material. An exotic oasis of industrial tastes and electronic positions. [label info]
[bandcamp]
DISHARMONY -- "dark:Live:fest" -- CS -- €9 [-50%]
2022 Aliens Production, APT006, (ltd. 50)
IDM / Electro / Industrial from Slovakia. This live recording is not any sonic sound shot or a professionally lined live set under the baton of a producer and his monkeys. It's a piece of our history and a recording from the evening when a real underground was made. Kladno was the city that welcomed us into its bowels. The winter atmosphere echoed, tensions prevailed, hunger for bold tones and rolling darkness. We also forgot that something stayed in us in such an authentic mood. Raw, screamed and alive. Sounds and combinations that were harmonized and improvised only at that moment and for that evening. Noise and melodies in one. Time travelling. A journey into the past, but still in the present... [label info]
[bandcamp]
DISHARMONY -- "Resonance" -- CS -- €9 [-50%]
2021 Aliens Production, AP 53, (ltd. 150)
IDM / Industrial / Electro. Dark, poetic, dreamy deep and melancholic. Hybrid structures in fragments of chaos. Some time has passed since the last stop of these two human soul engineers. And that is the main source of motivation and sound structures that the project conquered and decomposed into its current form. The world in which we wake up every morning is changing and rotting. We are in it like figures who often travel through the unknown and rotate in the bowels of ignorance. The sound balm that the new album brings is full of reality and industrial bandages strewn with electronic dust. Beautiful atmospheres in broken tons press on your auditory canals. Listen carefully and maybe you can also find your story of truth or illusion? [label info]
[bandcamp]
DOGS BITE BACK -- "Back? Forward!" -- CS -- €10
2021 White Paper Records, (ltd. 50)
Free Improvisation / Free Jazz / Noise. DOGS BITE BACK is an improvising trio which accumulates the experimental music forces from two Russian cities.
Dmitriy Lapshin is a BROM band leader, the one of key persons of Moscow scene; he is equally good at bass guitar and double-bass playing, that is not so often.
Ilia Belorukov runs INTONEMA label known far beyond Saint-Petersburg and has played with a huge number of musicians in Russia and abroad. Dmitriy and Ilia started playing together as an acoustic duo years ago. In the end of 2018 they decided to change the acoustic instruments to bass guitar and modular synthesizer and after the first session they got an idea to invite the drummer. Konstantin Samolovov is also based in Saint-Petersburg, his interests extend from home low-fi and field recordings to concept rock and free improv (WOZZECK, «Ilia, Konstantin & me»), so he became a third element in this spicy mix. [label info]
[bandcamp]
DORO BENGALA -- "s/t" -- C-8 -- €5
2010 Presto!?, P!?013, (ltd. 250)
Field Recordings / Experimental. Doro Bengala are Francesco Cavaliere and Dracula Lewis. "Doro Bengala propose a fireworks display, we use explosions as sounds and sounds as explosions of colours. We practise the art of sense stimulation through the use of coloured flames, of shrieks and low frequencies. Our group carry out a practice from Bengal founded by Mrs. Subhash Chandra Doro in the late 1895. Thank you for your attention. It was a pleasure." [label info]
[youtube]
DRAHEIM, CHARLIE -- "Sexual Dyslexia" -- CS -- €7
2007 Gods Of Tundra
Noise / Experimental from the US.
DRAHEIM, CHARLIE & DEVILLOCK -- "Four Corners" -- 2 CS -- €7
2006 Tone Filth, TF13, (ltd. 100)
Experimental / Noise.
DRY VALLEYS -- "Music For Cosmic Nights" -- C-34 -- €6
2017 Cosmic Winnetou, #40, (ltd. 70)
Dark Ambient / Drone. With Music for Cosmic Nights, Dry Valleys continues deeper into the vibrantly lucid ambient daydreams explored earlier through tapes on Sacred Phrases, 2:00AM Tapes, Hooker Vision, and Hobo Cult. It's an eerie but inviting set of blurred drone music that hits like aural dopamine. [label info]
[bandcamp]
E.E.M. -- "As Father Told Me To" -- C-20 -- €7
2013 Narcolepsia, narco024, (ltd. 61)
Power Electronics / Noise. Heavy discipline for anonymous victims. Orgies of power, orgies of crime. [label info]
ECHO COMA -- "s/t" -- C-91 -- €8
2021 RWCDAX Again, rwcdax 002, (ltd. 30)
Dark Ambient / Experimental / Industrial. The debut album of the St. Petersburg project Echo Coma. 81 minutes 40 seconds of psychoactive electronics, noise and drone, ghostly voices and rustles. Four improvised tracks. 30 black cassettes. [label info]
[bandcamp]
ECHO COMA -- "Electrostatic Forrest" -- C-90 -- €8
2021 Metamodernoise, MMN05, (ltd. 25)
Ritual / Dark Ambient / Drone from the Russian underground. Recorded at The Red Triangle Factory, St. Petersburg, May 31, 2021. Hand-painted cassette shell.
[bandcamp]
EDGE OF DECAY -- "Halogeeni Helvetti" -- C-20 -- €9
2015 Freak Animal
Noise. Freak Animal is proud to present this release of a less known Finnish harsh noise artist from Joensuu city. Some small profile releases and excellent live gigs have proven the project to be worth keeping an eye on. His style could be described to be somewhere near KNURL and RICHARD RAMIREZ type of direct and raw harsh noise without much editing or gimmicks. Harsh and fierce noise! [label info]
[bandcamp]
EDGE OF DECAY -- "Kiihko" -- C-20 -- €9
2017 Freak Animal
Noise. Freak Animal is proud to present first EOD tape showing their two-man line-up, with material closer to power of Edge Of Decay live assults. 20 minutes of vile Finnish harsh noise. [label info]
[bandcamp]
EDGE OF DECAY -- "Koneiden Kultti" -- C-30 -- €9
2015 Narcolepsia, narco071, (ltd. 100)
Noise / Industrial. Another fine effort from one of the rising forces in the ever tireless Finnish subsoil, this time with a less Harsh Noise oriented release, more focused on slow rusty Industrial and on true magnetic death reverence. “Cold and windy room with metal and machines. Human with different kind of lust. Feel the flesh hitting on an oiled machine. Hear the metallic penetration. Kneel down and worship. Let the animal instinct take control. Become one with the cult of machines.” [label info]
[bandcamp]
EDGE OF DECAY -- "The Whores Of New Age" -- C-34 -- €9
2015 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM46TAPE, (ltd. 120)
Noise. ”The Whores of New Age” is cruel and filthy soundtrack from the endless wastelands of junk. It is never ending story from the dirtiest and darkest thoughts of mankind. A world filled with tortured souls and lies bigger than human itself. End result from this agony and frustration is something more than unspeakable. Where man meets metal there is always space for uncontrollable art creation. Meet your maker and worship the ugly sound of metal and junk. [label info]
[bandcamp]
EINLEITUNGSZEIT -- "Menschliche Destruktive Zivilisation" -- CS -- €17
1996 Crewzine, CREW T08
Industrial. A great example of classic raw industrial sound of 90s from Slovakia.
[youtube]
EKRAN -- "Vintage Voyage" -- C-32 -- €9
2021 [electrotapes archive], [ETA-TAPE-05], (ltd. 50)
Analogue Synth / Minimal / Space Ambient. EKRAN was a collaboration project by the electronic musicians from St. Petersburg, Russia: M.M. (KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK) and G.D. (ANTHESTERIA), drawing inspiration from Soviet science fiction, space travel and the enthusiasm for scientific progress. The recording, made in 2004, has long waited for the opportunity to go on an interstellar journey. And now the countdown signal is given. Analogue sound of vintage synthesizers, nostalgia for the mid 20th century sci-fi aesthetics, atmospheric design using works by Taisia Korotkova. A vintage journey to the stars... [label info]
[bandcamp]
ELISHA MORNINGSTAR -- "Axioms" -- C-30 -- €9
2013 Second Sleep, SS051
Experimental / Noise. Elisha Morningstar produces abstract sound pieces through manipulation of different kind of sources. Tape loops, concrete parts, harsh noise .. if the elements of this release have been widely developed in a myriad of outputs, what makes this one unique is the way in which these elements are used to tell a story, the project of Francesco Tignola (Joy de Vivre, Drug Age) has in fact a unique approach and is highly cinematic in assembling and relating these elements... Born and raised in Naples the project finds its reason to be in the place where it is located, a chaotic city, with strong contrasts but also a tragic and romantic soul, these are in fact the most profound aspects that help to fully understand the music on this project. [SoundOhm]
[youtube]
EMACIATOR -- "Possessive" -- C-30 -- €8
2006 Hanson Records, HN161
Industrial / Noise. Emaciator proves that sleep can be a horrible experience. Hypnotic, dark and scuzzy synth industrial noise in the vein of early Maurizio Bianchi that is guaranteed to put you to sleep and then terrify you. [Bulletproof Socks]
[youtube]
EMAZTEGAIAK / PHLGZ -- split -- CS -- €7 [-50%]
2021 E.C.T., #25, (ltd. 50)
Industrial / Power Electronics / Noise. Emaztegaiak is a power electronics duo from Euskal Herria, entirely sung in Basque, integrated by two classics of Iberian noise: XEDH and TUBE TENTACLES. PHLGZ is the solo drone / ambient noise project of the vocalist from the band WORMED. [label info]
[youtube]
ENTERTAINMENT -- "Biology Of Desire" -- CS -- €13
2008 Total Black, 110, (ltd. 49)
Industrial / Minimal. Featuring DEATH KNEEL and V. SINCLAIR on one track.
ESTINTE FORME & BLVCKVOLGA -- "s/t" -- CS -- €7
2018 ∞, , (ltd. 11)
At the very edge of the city plants are standing like a guards, black in the warm darkness, working day and night, erecting a protective barrier of metal noise and smog. Dark giants of factory buildings. Stretched out arms of the cranes. Trembling factory outskirts covered in a dim haze. But what is hidden behind them? The forest... Warm, soft, lulling, patiently waiting. Never in a hurry. Beckoning from early childhood to the very old age, the ancient guardian of tranquility and life itself. You're feeling the smell of rain and slowly moving deeper. The brances are bowing behind your back... Green cassette, printed insert with two dried leaves, wrapped in hand-dyed fabric, limited to 11 copies. [label info]
[bandcamp]
EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT / PLANTATION -- "Creation.Destruction.Genocide" -- C-20 -- €9
2015 Vanguard Productions, VP32, (ltd. 80)
Power Electronics / Noise. Collaboration cassette, featuring 3 tracks ~17 mins. EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT laid the base noise tracks and PLANTATION provided vocals and additional noise layers. Pro CS limited to 80 copies. [label info]
EXIT IN GREY -- "Peaceful Landscape / Environment Despair" -- CS -- €5 [-50%]
2011 YAOP, YAOP 051, (ltd. 71)
Psychedelic Drone Ambient, sometimes peaceful, sometimes oppressive. Colour cardboard box. [label info]
EXISTENCE IN DECLINE -- "Kunlangeta" -- C-46 -- €7
2013 Cipher Productions, (sic 76), (ltd. 60)
Noise. I can’t do better than quote Anthony Saunders himself on this one: “Kunlangeta was initially recorded at the request of Nolan/Kakerlak for Thorax Harsh Cassettes. It is 46 minutes of long-form fast-paced relentless harsh noise in the vein of K2, Pain Jerk, and Ahlzagailzehguh, painstakingly recorded and constructed over the course of a full year from late 2008 to late 2009. It is the first release under the new meaning of E.I.D.: Existence in Decline”.
Another release in my line of specially packaged cassettes, electrical wiring and cable ties securing a sleeved cassette to artwork-adorned Corflute. [label info]
EXOTERIC CONTINENT -- "Moviments / Oposicio" -- 2 CS -- €17
2014 Second Sleep, SS064
Rhythmic Electronics. Barcelona's Arnau Sala Saez offers four sides of foggy and minimal industrial slabs for analog synth and magnetic tapes tension, exploring the territory which is constricted between ambient soundscapes and dry beat research. [SoundOhm]
[youtube]
EXOTERIC CONTINENT -- "Referendum Volume One" -- CS -- €33
2014 Hospital Productions, HOS-430, (ltd. 48)
Experimental Electronics from Spain. Cassette copies limited to 48 copies and only sold at the Hospital Productions showcase in Los Angeles 09/20/2014.
[bandcamp]
EXOTERIC CONTINENT -- "Referendum Volume Two" -- CS -- €33
2014 Hospital Productions, HOS-430, (ltd. 48)
Experimental Electronics from Spain. Cassette copies limited to 48 copies and only sold at the Hospital Productions showcase in Los Angeles 09/20/2014.
[bandcamp]
EXOTERIC CONTINENT / PRIMORJE -- split -- C-34 -- €9
2015 Second Sleep, SS072
Experimental / Industrial. Four dry beat explorations for Arnau Sala's project, a piece for tape loops and dub echoes for the Italian duo Primorje. Arnau Sala’s Exoteric Continent project began in 2010, and allows him to experiment with structured and sequenced abstract sounds. Sala connects the dots between dub and deep techno, to musique concrete, ambient, and the electro acoustic sounds of Bernard Parmigiani in unusual new ways – and he does not shy away from political commentary and social context. After his material reached Dominick Fernow, the Hospital Productions maverick released the Primera Norma EP and the Referendum LP, and the two have become regular accomplices. While Sala has also released on Opal Tapes, Second Sleep and Silvox Recordings, he also manages to run his own label, Anòmia. Despite all these activities, Sala also has time to collaborate on two other ongoing projects: Vactor, with his partner Ivy Barkakati, and Veiled, with Robert Francisco of Dexter Industries. [Soundohm]
[mp3]
EXPLORING JEZEBEL -- "Performs For Her And Her Bulls" -- C-20 -- €35
2014 Hospital Productions, HOS-431, (ltd. 75)
Industrial / Noise. Side project of PRURIENT / VATICAN SHADOW. Chrome tape.
EXPLORING JEZEBEL -- "She Extracts The Last Drop Of Torture Out Of The Penance And Will Add An Hour Or Two If I Make Even The Least Awkward Movement On Account Of The Acute Discomfort I'm In From The Hair Shirt And Says That She Is Being Kind To Me Because I'm Being Discouraged From The Immorality And Self Abuse Of Masterbation And She's The One Really Paying Penance Because She Daren't Take Her Eyes Off Me In Case I Somehow Avoid The Full Punishment" -- C-20 -- €24
2010 Hospital Productions, HOS-256, (ltd. 100)
Industrial / Noise. Side project of PRURIENT / VATICAN SHADOW.
FÄKALIEN -- ":Untitled:" -- C-40 -- €7
2013 Diazepam, dzp 019
Death Industrial / Power Electronics from Sweden. Harsh blasts and eerie noisescapes. [label info]
[bandcamp]
FEBERDROM -- "Intrusion Of Mortality" -- C-42 -- €7
2014 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM43TAPE, (ltd. 120)
Industrial. The intrusion of death finds its veritable expression through the pernicious sounds of this tape, which follows the other tapes released by Utmarken, Ominous and Jartecknet and the brief appearance on the “Sverige” compilation out on Release The Bats. Six tracks for a 40 minutes length: dark industrial dances, a gloomy serenade played with grief and sorrow by an orchestra of white-dressed corpses. Horror atmospheres, ghoulish elegance and a special handmade packaging with a set of 5 postcards with mournful black ribbon. [Terror]
[bandcamp]
FECALOVE / FUKTE / MUTANT APE / INDCH LIBERTINE -- "Behind The Pink Door" -- CS -- €15
2013 Toxic Industries, T+039, (ltd. 54)
Bruises, stingy farts and hangovers are long gone. This is the only trace left from a disastrous Turgid Animal Italian tour in 2010. Live sets from Mutant Ape, Fukte, Fecalove and Indch Libertine, recorded at Second Sleep's headquarters in rural Veneto... Comes in special package: pink cassette painted with white drops in plastic case with stickers, artwork is printed on pink paper with an original 80s sexy poker playing card glued on it (each one is different), the whole release comes with a thong (each one is different too). Limited to 54 hand-numbered copies. Recorded live on 25 February 2010 at Vida Loca, San Vendemiano (TV), Italy. [label info]
[soundcloud]
FECALOVE / MDT -- "La Merda" -- C-60 -- €7
2012 Santos Productions, SNTST12
Experimental / Noise. Split by two Italian noise projects. Entirely recorded while sitting on the toilet. Shit field recordings and synth tweaking from the white throne. [Turgid Animal]
FELLIRIUM -- "Changes" -- CS -- €8
2021 Noyade Records
Ambient. Melodic & soothing guitar & keyboards ambient from the Moscow-based project Fellirium.
[bandcamp]
FLATGREY -- "s/t" -- C-30 -- €7
2006 rundownsun, No.18, (ltd. 50)
Noise. "Finally we have the scum punk noise fiend Flatgrey with a self-titled c30. Although a number of cool self-released discs exist, this is apparently the first label effort for Flatgrey with those who dare being rewarded with "blistering, face-melting, sheets of white-hot noise" contained within silk-screened cases. Hand stamped and wax sealed bands (shrug?) and spray painted and labeled high-bias tapes round out the bling for this run of 50 copies. Flatgrey has slayed each and everytime I have seen him live so if you have the equipment, check this sucker out." [industrial.org]
[bandcamp]
FLATGREY -- "Tombs" -- C-26 -- €7
2017 Absurd Exposition, (ltd. 100)
Noise. Currently located on the west coast and active since the mid-2000s with time served in both Vancouver and Montreal, FLATGREY continues to launch assaults of pure harsh noise. Plain and simple. This is the first document since 2012's split tape with GRKZGL and comes 11 years after the premiere releases on noteworthy Vancouver label rundownsun. [label info]
[bandcamp]
FLATLINE CONSTRUCT -- "They Think They've Found The Terror" -- C-20 -- €7
2016 Absurd Exposition, (ltd. 100)
Noise. Recently reactivated project, first incarnation 1997-2009. As fierce and harsh as ever. This is the soundtrack to accompany the carnage of a total systems overload. Recorded live to disc in September 2016. No edits, no overdubs. No mercy. No remorse... Aside from performing under his own name - and doing noise in the final years of THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE - other former projects include: PISS HORN, RIDE AT DAWN, STEGM (which featured collaborations with Dominic Fernow / PRURIENT), and ZENTA SUSTAINED (with Sam McKinlay / THE RITA). He currently does time in INTENSIVE CARE and SCALP ELEVATOR. [label info]
[bandcamp]
FLOWERDAY -- "Girl on Film" -- C-30 -- €7
2009 Cathartic Process, CP-20
Noise. Blaring, rumbling, crackling loud-as-fuck wall noise from RE Fontainbleau's second cassette on CP. "Girl On Film" is more extreme than "Snuff Victim" in every sense. I can't bring myself to upload mp3 samples, because it was recorded to tape, mastered on tape, and no digital file can capture the saturation and hiss that comes from your VUs slammed in the red with violent harsh walls tearing through the speakers. [label info]
FLUCTUATING GUITAR TRIO -- "Stress Field" -- CS -- €8
2021 Extra Notes, EN 002
Free Improvisation / Guitar Noise from St. Petersburg, Russia. In their initial form rock masses are stressed – this state is called natural state of stress and is determined by the action of two independent forces inside the Earth’s crust – gravitational and tectonic. Gravitational force is quite homogeneous, while tectonic is more complicated, due to uneven spreading of speeds of tectonic movements and deformations of Earth’s crust in space. Parameters of fields of tectonic tensions may greatly vary both in space and time. Natural state of stress and its changings lead to deformations, displacements and destructions of different elements of rock masses in the depth and on the surface. [label info]
[bandcamp]
THE FORTIETH DAY + SSHE RETINA STIMULANTS -- "s/t" -- C-60 -- €10
2007 BloodLust!, B!075, (ltd. 50)
Industrial / Noise / Experimental. The original recordings were from a live show on WLUW 88.7 FM Chicago. This was the very first live outing by The Fortieth Day, who performed at the radio station in collaboration with P.NG5361.B [AKA Sshe Retina Stimulants]. The live recordings were then processed in Milan by P.NG5361.B [who is also a founding member of Sigillum S]. The Fortieth Day is the duo of Isidro Reyes and Mark Solotroff, both key players in the power-electronics outfit BLOODYMINDED, a unit known for its confrontational live shows. The two also record primitive minimal-synth music, exclusively for Wierd Records [NYC], as A Vague Disquiet. In The Fortieth Day, Reyes and Solotroff utilize guitar, bass, and synth to improvise "sustained, withering blasts of high-pitched noise that are as distinct from one another as spotlights sweeping across the night sky; jackhammer clatter, jet-engine whines, and forlorn keyboard melodies dart in and out of those huge sounds with the grace and impunity of plovers picking a crocodile's teeth." [Bill Meyer, Chicago Reader]
[bandcamp]
FROM THE MOUTH OF THE SUN -- "A Broken House" -- CS -- €12
2021 Dronarivm, DR-80, (ltd. 75)
Ambient. From the Mouth of the Sun return to film music with the original score for the documentary short “A Broken House” (directed by Jimmy Goldblum) about Syrian architect and artist Mohamad Hafez. DAG ROSENQVIST and AARON MARTIN evoke the feeling of a person attempting to recapture a home that no longer exists with their core instruments of piano, cello, pump organ, bowed banjo, and others. This release features the complete film score along with additional tracks only available on the soundtrack. [label info]
[bandcamp]
GE-STELL -- "Seizure" -- CS -- €7 [-50%]
2017 Marbre Negre, MN068, (ltd. 40)
Industrial / Experimental. "Seizure" is a concept album wich explores tools, development and political / social implications of the early modern psychiatric movement. Released on blue cassettes, package includes a disposable medical mask.
[bandcamp]
GHOST REFLECTION -- "A Selection Of Binomena: Towards A Phenomenology of Abyss-Gazing" -- CS -- €8
2020 Noyade Records, NR-48
Dark Ambient / Drone / Experimental. Еxcellent cassette-only release of "intoxication drones" from this Russian project, there are 15 different (partly mysterious) titles, or passages, this album goes through, all of in a great way amorph and evoke lots of suction, and wash your mind away... "Carefully crafted sound impulses bombard the space of the unconscious, revealing its structure, currents and morphologies - and also flora & fauna - based on the picture of registered reflections." - very lim. handpainted MC, highly recommended! [Stefan Knappe, Drone Records]
[bandcamp]
GOHAN -- "Peur" -- CS -- €7
2016 ∞, , (ltd. 30)
Soft soil, the path hardly could be seen in the darkness of night. The air is getting thicker, light is dripping on the humid leaves; ghost lights are gleaming through the tangle of branches. Shadows sticking the fingertips. Your eyes, slowly opening and closing. Hypnotic vibe of the traffic lights and glowing windows of the megacity is circulating, remaining constant, but changing a little every single time. The intense feeling of something happening wrong. Reality is blurring. And in the end of the journey you found yourself again in the dark woods... Black cassette wrapped in hand-dyed fabric. [label info]
[soundcloud]
GOLDEN GEISSEL -- "Die Herrin Und Ihr Sklave" -- C-45 -- €13
2009 Institute Of Paraphilia Studies
Noise. Studio live guitar orgy. Guitar treated like perverse ladies treat their slave-dog. Harshness and fierce brutality. Black chrome tape in a soft tape shell with J-card. [label info]
[youtube]
GORDON, DALE -- "Sex in the Family" -- C-20 -- €15
2007 Institute Of Paraphilia Studies, (ltd. 50)
Noise / Power Electronics. More immoral yuck from Finnish singer/songwriter Mikko Aspa, again using sleazy paperback art as a cover for paraphilic prurience. Aspa's name is nowhere on the tape, though. Instead, this is by "Dale Gordon, Ph.D" and it's not simply a c10 of rough aural abrasion, it's a "study". It must be science! [Bleak Bliss]
[youtube]
GRIEFER -- "Egress Report" -- C-30 -- €7
2017 Absurd Exposition, (ltd. 100)
Power electronics for the online age. Check the integrity of your security net. Recently featured on Tesco's massive 'Projekt Neue Ordnung II' compilation, but no stranger to the game. Active since the early 2000s, GRIEFER has been a staple in the harsh noise stronghold of the Canadian west coast and was the key figure behind the 10-year-run of the Noise! festival in Victoria, BC. 'Egress Report' is the first full-length document in a decade, since 2007's 'Brute Force', and comes 7 years after the split 12" with BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER. [label info]
[bandcamp]
GRIEFER -- "Russian Business Network" -- C-22 -- €7
2007 Negation Is Freedom, NEGATE 06, (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics from Canada.
[bandcamp]
GRIM -- "Divine Music For Sleeping + Field 1987" -- C-62 -- €37
2014 Lust Vessel, LV#017, (ltd. 200)
Grim is one of the primal projects in the history and the realms of Industrial Music in Japan. Originally founded in early 80's as a solo moniker by Jun Konagaya, one half of the founding member for WHITE HOSPITAL, as well as a mastermind of the label Eskimo Records... "Divine Music for Sleeping + Field 1987" features the best kept secret material on 10 tracks in total, strictly selected from two cassettes "Divine Music For Sleeping" and "Field 1987" both contains initially released on Eskimo Records in 1987 confidentially; All material/moments has never appeared in public before... This archival album is a solid condensate of naked live recordings performed with some participants played full of junk metal percussion in various unconventional situations; The most distinctive dokument of Grim tribe... Professionally duplicated Chrome Extra tape. Comes with b/w xerox 5 panel heavy card stock and professionally b/w printed & bound 12 pages A5 size booklet. [label info]
[youtube]
GRIM MACHINE / H.C.N. -- "Begotten / Metastases" -- C-22 -- €7 [-50%]
2019 E.C.T., #14, (ltd. 50)
Begotten by Grim Machine is a soundtrack libation to the powers of nature against human arrogance and stupidity. The source material comes from a 30-minutes-long live recording of a noise performance / video work, based on the film Begotten (1990) by E. Elias Mehrige, that took place at the 1st edition of KINO-BRUITISM festival in Athens, Greece in January 2018. Grim Machine is a free impro noise entity using sound as a magnetic stick to unearth relations between universal primitivism, coexistence rituals and outsider art impulse... HCN began as a project of sonic and philosophical exploration in the beginnings of 2017 in Athens. Its first public performance took place in January 2018 at the 1st Kino-Bruitism festival... "Metastases" was presented for the first time in the (Kino-Bruitism) Festival, in a version about 25 minutes long. This “studio” version lasts about 08:40 minutes. This track is the result of sound manipulations, affected by the same-titled short film (1984) of Igor Aleinikov (1962–1994)... Released in 50 numbered copies. Comes with 3 inserts in an A5 black cover. [label info]
[bandcamp]
GRUNT -- "Dance For The Genocide: Live 2012 Helsinki / London" -- C-60 -- €9
2012 Freak Animal Records
Power Electronics / Noise. Two live gigs recorded in May 2012 in London and Helsinki. Six-panel foldout cover, type II chrome tape.
[youtube]
GUTTURAL STRAP-ON -- "Vargavinterns Annalkande" -- CS -- €7 [-50%]
Smell the Stench
Grim Swedish Death Industrial performed on analogue electronics, sometimes resembling Anenzephalia and projects of Ryan Oppermann. Recorded in 2003. [YAO]
HAARE -- "Forward to Insanity" -- CS -- €9
2012 Terror, TR-15, (ltd. 100)
Finnish psychedelic noise, inspired by madness and daily drawing towards it in delayed, almost post-mortem-like tape. No reason to enjoy noise when you can simply writhe in it. 40 minutes. [label info]
HANGD -- "Intimt" -- C-20 -- €7
2016 Forever United, UTD 09, (ltd. 20)
Industrial / Power Electronics. Obscure Gothenburg / Copenhagen based group with close connections to the Utmarken / Nattmaran scene. Highly recommended! [label info]
HANNUM, TERENCE -- "Burning Impurities" -- C-60 -- €7
2012 Beläten, n
Dark Ambient / Experimental / Noise. "Being one third of the avant metal drone collective of LOCRIAN, the sole perpetrator Terence Hannum embark on a rough journey between industrialism and meditative unconsciousness..." [Repartiseraren]
[youtube]
HARSHCORE & DER EINZIGE -- "Live Bujun Dokument | Graz | June 11th 2009" -- CS -- €7
2013 Old Bicycle Records, Crash #09
Harshcore is a duo of Tommaso Clerico and Luca Sigurta, and there is a bunch of trumpet sounds, effects, electronics, theremin, rhythms, voices and objects among them. I think much of what they do find it's origins in improvisation around some sounds and effects. Not really noise based and at its best, mainly due to the extended trumpet with echo sound, not too dissimilar to the old Throbbing Gristle sound (Heathen Earth era). There is a fine sense of drama in the sounds here, and towards the end also a bit of humor. Der Einzige is the solo project of Matteo Uggeri, who also uses trumpet, but also laptop, percussions, aerosol and screams. Here everything is a bit more monolithic in approach, single minded towards the full on noise. Many screams indeed, much more echo on the trumpet and perhaps as such a bit more alike the wave of power electronics that followed in Throbbing Gristle's footsteps, but with a some what cleaner sound. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
[bandcamp]
HEINZ HOPF -- "Dedicated To Yvonne Schaloske" -- C-20 -- €17
2016 White Centipede Noise
Noise. Erik Nystrand of Capers/Team Boro Tapes joins up with this duo of distinguished noise enthusiasts, assembling the primitiv harsh noise sources into more refined studio structures. Originally self-released by the band in an addition of 10 copies. My favorite work from these guys to date. [label info]
[bandcamp]
HERR PENSCHUCK -- "Unfalle Im Haushalt / Domestic Desasters" -- CS -- €7 [-50%]
2016 Attenuation Circuit, ACT 1035, (ltd. 50)
Herr Penscchuck plays sampler and wavedrum on his 'Unfälle Im Haushalt / Domestic Desasters' and that is not my mistake (this time) but it says so on the cover. I read on the cover that this is 'based upon lecture performances with texts taken from German safety dictionaries for private households published in the late 1960s - human safety that also ran out of control again on march 11th in 2011.' I was thinking of Die Tödliche Doris who had a 7" with more or less the same title, but there is no relation I think. Throughout we hear crackles of what could come from an old record, or an Ableton Live plug in, and on top of that Penschuck plays a string instrument in 'Gefühlsecht', a bit of synth and what could be a clock in 'Bedenklich'. In 'Katastrofal' everything goes down the sewer, with lots of low-end sound, a rumble, a rainstorm or a cart down the street. The final piece is a 'song', with voices and sounds that are hard to define. It all sounded to me like a 80s home taper release, which is of course isn't a bad thing, but it also didn't blow me away either. [FdW, Vital Weekly]
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HOSTAGE PAGEANT / MANNEQUIN HOLLOWCAUST -- split -- C-30 -- €7
2011 Hooker Vision, HIV076, (ltd. 50)
Noise. Hostage Pageant leads an all-out assault on stereo speakers and eardrums across the world with the in-the-red, sonic sensibilities of a nail bomb. Mannequin Hollowcaust creeps out hard on the B side with some lo-fidelity cemetery crawls and stalker answering machine messages. [label info]
[bandcamp]
HUTCHINSON, HAL / MUTANT APE -- "H.H.-M.A." -- CS -- €7
2009 Turgid Animal, T437
Harsh Noise split from two UK monsters.
HYENA HIVE -- "⦰" -- C-20 -- €7
2011 NSN, NSN00, (ltd. 100)
Industrial / Power Electronics. Marc A. Reinhardt and Bruno R. Julian work and live in Montreal, they have been performing together as Hyena Hive since 2005. Blending elements of noise, power electronics, musique concrète and industrial unruly behavior, the intensity of their sonic assault relies on volume and sheer embodied presence. [Discogs]
HYMENAL OPENING -- "May Appear To Wink" -- C-32 -- €9
2017 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM53TAPE, (ltd. 70)
Noise / Power Electronics. Morbid and raw harsh electronics, sick and repulsive noise. Blades, illness, nausea and harsh noise. Comes in a large insert, a xerox B&W sleeve and scalpel. Limited edition of 70 copies. [label info]
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IAETUN -- "Älloffwo" -- C-36 -- €10
2022 self-released
Dark Ambient / Dungeon Synth. Side-project of WAGNER ÖDEGÅRD.
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IAETUN -- "Glámur Helblár" -- C-34 -- €10
2022 self-released
Dark Ambient / Dungeon Synth. Side-project of WAGNER ÖDEGÅRD.
[bandcamp]
ICHOROUS -- "Drift Of Sanity" -- C-40 -- €9
2007 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM04TAPE, (ltd. 100)
Noise. Conceptual and dynamic analog harsh noise. Loops, cut-ups, and walls of pounding feedback/metal/vocals all collide on this excursion into the realms of serious mental illness and its grisly aftermath. Crashes of metal and screeching microphone feedback crush the listener while screaming vocals pan in and out adding to the atmosphere of the recording, with lyrics only seldom explored (accompanying narrations set the mood parallel to the audio tracks themselves) throughout the trip. Prepare your psyche... White box with cover on the top, 2 coloured inserts, 1 A4 poster xeroxed quality in red paper, black cassette with chrome tape. Limited edition of 100 copies. [label info]
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ICHOROUS vs. BROKEN DIODE -- "Malevolence Vol. I" -- C-24 -- €6
2008 Cipher Productions, (sic 48), (ltd. 100)
Noise. Finessed, vibrant, active noise from both Ichorous and Broken Diode (aka Daniel Burfoot of Human Larvae) on this one. 'Malevolence Vol. 1' is nothing more, and nothing less, than a commitment of harsh noise intended for, and vested in, the split cassette format. For its 22 minute playing time this one just never lets up or shuts up, a furnaced maelstrom from each. Edition of 100 copies with full-colour A5 covers and tape labels all designed by Andy Phelps (Ichorous). [label info]
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ICHTYOR TIDES -- "Antapices Qadrant" -- C-50 -- €6
2016 Cosmic Winnetou, #37, (ltd. 70)
Dark Ambient / Field Recordings. "Industrial drone tempered with natural field recordings, this composition harbors sounds of future mankind with the sparse remains of the natural world... Majestically "Antapices Qadrant" lifts above the atmosphere and recharges from stars energy as the world below is secluded from light... Appropriate tones for the cold winter and sunless skies." [Lost In A Sea Of Sound]
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II:II -- "π" -- CS -- €9
2021 Psychomor Rec.
Industrial / Techno / Experimental. Solo project of the St. Petersburg-based musician Andrey Vorobyov (EGREGOROS, ECHO COMA, ex-RUINS OF MELANCHOLIA, organizer of the "Water Circles" festival series).
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II:II -- "Haunted Techno" -- CS -- €9
2021 Psychomor Rec.
Industrial / Techno / Experimental. Solo project of the St. Petersburg-based musician Andrey Vorobyov (EGREGOROS, ECHO COMA, ex-RUINS OF MELANCHOLIA, organizer of the "Water Circles" festival series).
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II:II & ZLO -- "Baclosan Self-Isolated" -- CS -- €9
2021 Psychomor Rec., (ltd. 13)
Industrial / Experimental / Techno. A collaboration of two Russian musicians: Andrey Vorobyov (II:II, EGREGOROS, ex-RUINS OF MELANCHOLIA) and Marina ZLO, made at 11:11 am on Ferbuary 20, 2020 in St. Petersburg during their baclosan isolation.
[bandcamp]
IMYABOGA -- "𒋀𒀊𒆠" -- CS -- €9 [-50%]
2020 Melomaniac Zlo Records, 000
Experimental / Noise from the Moscow-based project. All material played and recorded in Ugreshka Garage at 25/07/20 on 3 mixers only.
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INIZIAZIONI -- "Cosmo!" -- C-26 -- €8 [-50%]
2022 Dödens Kultur, DK№11, (ltd. 23)
Dark Ambient / Drone / Lo-Fi. The second full-length of the enigmatic fundamentalist project Iniziazioni sounds nothing like their first cassette, released a month earlier by Moscow-based label Invisible Animals. Here, in five canvases of the symphonically aristocratic cosmological Lo-End Space Dark Ambient / Drone, megalomaniacally openeing up are cold cosmic overflow, deafeningly psychedelic songs of the planets, the holy madness of Jakob Boehme and Otto Rahn. Iniziaizioni mystically travel through the bottomlessly deep and mercilessly fair Universe, through the damp moan of the planets in the porthole and the insane crackle of docking blocks, drowning in the madness of the total Solaris vacuum in search of the Grail, whose name is eternal life in the endless cosmic chaos... Limited edition cassette in a standard box + two A3 posters. [label info]
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AN INNOCENT YOUNG THROAT-CUTTER -- "Black Novel" -- C-10 -- €8
2015 The Level Of Vulnerability, TLV-TAPE010, (ltd. 55)
Harsh Noise Wall from Richard Ramirez & co.
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INOCYBE GEOPHYLLA -- "s/t" -- C-25 -- €10
2016 III Arms, IIIA010
Dark Ambient / Drone. Inocybe Geophylla is a one-man dark ambient experience inspired on the entheogenic path of sacred funghi, the sideral vastness of spurious magic and the strange language of moss and lichen. [label info]
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INSTINCT PRIMAL / PURBA -- "Forest Ritual" -- C-20 -- €15
2018 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM52TAPE
Experimental / Ritual. Reaching Kutna Hora by Prague I had the chance to travel the countryside of Bohemia. Trees, forest, and finally the bones of Sedlec. A sort of ritual, walking among the trees to find the glacial white Kutna Hora ossuary. "Forest Ritual" is an aural testament of a place where death and life becomes a single entity. Instinct Primal and Purba join this dark walk to create an aural experience of bones, cosmic connections, trees, stones and ancient spirituality... Side one was recorded during the day in a snow storm, side two was recorded over midnight during a full moon in a silent forest. Fire and ice, day and night, light and dark, white and black... C20 clear gold tape with 2 large inserts and 8 postcards, all the photos are conceived for this release. Everything is wrapped around by a shroud. [label info]
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JARL -- "Intensive Fracture" -- C-42 -- €16
2005 Abisko, Abisko 01, (ltd. 99)
Drone / Noise / Experimental. An exquisite mix of static ambient with strong influence of drone, noise or post-industrial electronica in general. Improvised psychedelic floating noise. Recorded with analogue synthesizers and analogue effects on a Fostex 8-track recorder. [Zoharum]
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JARL -- "Negative Rotation" -- C-65 -- €9
2007 Abisko, Abisko 13, (ltd. 150)
Drone / Experimental. An exquisite mix of static ambient with strong influence of drone, noise or post-industrial electronica in general. Cold and monotonous, but with some changes in sounds that repeats themselves. Recorded with analogue synthesizers and analogue effects on a Fostex 8-track recorder. [Zoharum]
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JARL -- "Phonophobia" -- CS -- €9 [-50%]
2021 Zoharum, ZOHAR 240-2, (ltd. 30)
Experimental / Drone. "Phonophobia" is a kind of continuation of the subject matter of the previous release. While "Hyperacusis" was an attempt to explore this phenomenon and has shown it through the sound and final composition of songs directly influencing the peculiar nature of the album, "Phonophobia" refers directly to the issue of psychology and clinical psychiatry, where, thanks to methodically developed sound structures, arranged and marked appropriately on the scale of impact i ntensity with numbers 1-3, it recreates the world of sounds, closed in the mind of a person suffering from this ailment. Here, the space is suddenly filled with high-intensity sound waves, stimulating the listener to active reception and strongly influencing his psyche (at the same time). The feeling of rising does not disappear here even for a moment and accompanies the last sound on the album. After it, there is absolute silence, becoming a counterpoint to the music that resounds in the head for some time... Once again, Erik Jarl takes an interesting topic into his workshop and realizes it in a peculiar and extraordinary way, providing his listeners with coherent, intriguing material and giving the opportunity to discover it multiple times with each subsequent listening session. [label info]
[bandcamp]
JARL -- "Tunnel Vision Mind Reaper" -- 2 CS -- €10
2008 Autarkeia, acd 031, (ltd. 200)
Drone / Experimental. Tunnel Vision/Mind Reaper, the eleventh album of Swedish artist Erik Jarl, is undoubtedly the most suggestive music recorded by the author under the flag of JARL logo. Although in terms of style the sound reminds previous albums, the tracks are characterised by very long duration and deep hypnotic effect. Each album composition separately and the album as a whole that are marked by special completeness create very strong and specific mood. In short, Tunnel Vision/Mind Reaper can be described as an alien hostile space: still unknown and undiscovered abyss where staying too long is dangerous. This album is the radiation disrupting the inner world of the audience silently and uncompromisingly. [label info]
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JASH TEUA -- "Amentia" -- CS -- €9 [-50%]
2019/2020 Aliens Production, APT003, (ltd. 50)
IDM / Ambient / Neoclassical. From far Nalchik we got this talented artist by the real name Zalim Bekulov, whose Caucasian roots and Russian nature armed him with both unusual producer perceptions and creative breakings of all kinds of dark styles that this artist is creating. In his sound visions, Zalim distributes his production loops into the waters of industrial down tempo trip hop or ambient. Often will bring every listener to uncertainties since the songs often unpacks and mingles in seminal stories and styles. All this sound delight is enriched with movie blocks in beautiful emotions on hypnotic waves. Industrial idm and pulsing electronics. Tribal corners in ambient dress and trip hop beat? I really can't choose. Bright palette of moods and styles. Clear sound and strong musical legacy. That's the debut album of this one man project that is worth a lot of attention! [label info]
[bandcamp]
JUM-JUM -- "Ways and Waves" -- CS -- €9
2022 Utrovortu
Ambient / Drone. Second album of the Russian project Jum-Jum is released on cassettes with handmade artwork. This is what we know about this work: "Water surrounds us. It’s our constant companion and the biggest part of us. It’s in human weins, in tears, in wet air in the lungs, flows like continuous river from our birth to death. And so it is in outer world, where water has its own life in many cycles. Water vapors and clouds transform to rain drops, gather in tiny brooks and then in wide loud streams. Groundwater faces the surface by million murmuring springs. World ocean holds planet Earth in a tremendous and caring embrace..." [label info]
[bandcamp]
K.N.N.T. -- "s/t" -- C-20 -- €7 [-50%]
2017 Krapp's Tapes, krapp07, (ltd. 50)
Industrial from Thessaloniki, Greece.
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K2 / NRYY -- "No More N.P.P." -- C-60 -- €7
2012 Phage Tapes, PT:159, (ltd. 100)
Noise. Split of two Japanese harsh noise projects. Full-colour foldout j-card, semi-transparent yellow cassettes with silk-screen printing. Limited to 100 copies.
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KADEF -- "Open Grave And Rotten Face" -- CS -- €18
1995 Kadef, Kadef 002, (ltd. 21)
Experimental / Noise from the German musician Kalojan Witanski. The cassette is packed in a foldout poster with an insert.
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KAHN, JASON & ILIA BELORUKOV -- "Live Album" -- C-60 -- €7
2021 Fort Evil Fruit, FEF107, (ltd. 60)
Experimental. New York born, Zürich based Jason Kahn and Saint Petersburg's Ilia Belorukov are both improv veterans who boast the staggering cast of collaborators that goes with the territory. Though perhaps more often associated with percussion and saxophone respectively, their duo explores a harsh, austere palette of voice and modular synth. Live Album is the self-explanatory counterpart to the studio sessions released last year on Kingston, NY label Notice Recordings, and features a set recorded in each of their current home cities. Kahn employs a quietly abrasive vocabulary of groans, growls and wheezes, occasionally erupting into melodramatic crooning and quasi-operatic bellowing, with Belorukov providing trebly drones, atonal trills and blasts of distortion. Voice and electronics seem to conspire and mimic each other as if navigating a common terrain. [label info]
[bandcamp]
KARMANJAKAN INTONARUMORI -- "Sociopatopian Orgasmic" -- C-62 -- €20
2006 Trash Ritual, trash006, (ltd. 56)
Industrial / Power Electronics from the Swedish artist Joakim Karlsson Kurén aka BESTIALIZER. Packed in a hand-sprayed VHS box with inserts.
KEEPSLEEP -- "Textures Surround Me" -- CS -- €7
2020 Global Pattern, glo089, (ltd. 25)
Ambient. The album was recorded in a difficult period - when the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19 began in China. On the one hand, this is peaceful ambient, but on the other, it conveys some restless feelings around what is happening. One track was partially recorded during an examination in the infectious ward of the Beijing Hospital. I always believe the good, bright thoughts remain with me. Listen to these sound notes that have home, industrial, and natural noises and textures. [from the artist]
[bandcamp]
KEEPSLEEP -- "Time for Bed" -- CS -- €7
2020 Pantheon, PAN141, (ltd. 30)
Ambient / Drone. KeepSleep is the ASMR / Ambient project from China. The release includes four tracks and consists of recordings of various objects on a 3D microphone, light background electronic textures and processing all sounds on the computer. Hypnotic works are well suited for sleep. The tunes will help you unwind and get rid of worries. But make sure to listen to them in your earphones! [label info] "I tried to record the most sleepy and tactile landscapes and light textures. Pleasant noise is the basis for this work. You will be relaxed by the spatial phonetic whisper and echo effects. In the background, you can hear some of my sound fantasies: the sea wave, gentle tapping on wooden dishes, typing on the keyboard and pencil drawings". [from the author]
[bandcamp]
KINBAKUSHI -- "Rope Master" -- CS -- €9
2014 Institute Of Paraphilia Studies
Noise Rock. Noise made with instruments and vocals. Heavy loud feedback, steady rock drum beat and fierce noise. No riffs, no music beyond drum rhythm. Black chrome tape with j-card in clear polycase. [Freak Animal]
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KOHNEN PANDI DUO -- "Darkness Comes In Two's" -- CS -- €10
2017 Dark Jazz Records, DJR 003, (ltd. 50)
Dark Jazz / Dark Ambient / Improvisation. Dutch artist Jason Köhnen (Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation) joins forces with the Hungarian drummer Balazs Pandí, best known in the last five or six years for his work with Merzbow. The duo’s first album, 'Darkness Comes in Two’s' was recorded live in Auróra, Budapest, Hungary, 23.11.16. Conducting itself with the gravity of a symphony, its 45-minute duration is divided into three roughly equal movements, each in their own way an attempt to grapple with the implications of their ideas within an infinite, yet all-enveloping, claustrophobic soundworld. [5:4] Chrome tapes, hand-dubbed, numbered edition of 50 copies.
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KORSAKOVA, KAROLINA & TERVAINK -- "Старшая Сестра (Older Sister)" -- C-64 -- €9
2019 Pantheon, ПAN120, (ltd. 50)
Drone / Folk / Noise. Steady bass guitar feedback roaring in the amplifier's throat and a matrix of analog drones by St. Petersburg based tervaink forms a watercourse here ~ to carry the voice of folk singer Karolina Korsakova who performs an old Russian folk song in the unique style... On the waves of the river which is frozen in time, along the threads of the stream, in a frame which is a circle. The endless energy of sound and the flexibility of the human voice connected into a repeating cycle, a simple yet boundless scene of dynamic changes of shadows and lights, capturing a short piece of infinity. [label info]
[bandcamp]
KROM-Y -- "Déchéances électroniques 2003-2017" -- CS -- €7 [-50%]
2018 La Nouvelle Audience, LNA-E-003, (ltd. 40)
Electro / Industrial. A less known project of Soldat Arnaud aka Nada-Negator from ICK and NIHILTRONIX. 100% pure analogue minimal electro with industrial touch. A compilation of 7 unreleased works recorded during the period of 2003 and 2017.
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KRUELECO -- "Broken Rites" -- CS -- €5 [-50%]
2018 YAOP, YAOP 094, (ltd. 32)
Diabolical True Black Harsh Noise from the Italian artist known for his underground releases on 8EMINIS and Stupro Rituale, and also by his collaboration project with Davide Tozzoli from N. - Carcinogenesi, which had a release in the cult fetishist series Tavole Anatomiche. "Broken Rites" presents 7 tracks of bleak satanic music. Death Industrial / Power Electronics, slowly but fatally approaching with a firm excavator-like tread, with fierce harsh noise sound, blackest ritualism and sick necrotic motives in the spirit of the Italian school. The album lasts not for too long, but contains all creams of deadened and sickly gloomy noise. Full-coloured cover with mystic/graveyard graphics in the style of the expressionist blackened art brute a la Georg Groß from a 9-year-old young talent. [label info]
KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK -- "22.SZ" -- C-46 -- €7
2004/2021 E.C.T., #22, (ltd. 50)
Noise / Drone / Experimental. Cassette reissue of the debut album by this Russian project on Greek label. The music is mainly built from manipulations with radio noises. Pulsating rhythms, melodic elements, samples and dense noise attacks lie on a substrate of plangent drone layers extracted from electrified depths of radio receivers.
[bandcamp]
KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK / II:II -- "Cymatics Resonance" -- C-18 -- €9
2020 Psychomor Rec., (ltd. 26)
Industrial / Experimental / Rhythmic Noise. Split of two projects from St. Petersburg, Russia, with one 9-min track from each one. KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK slowly unfolds a calibrated rhythmic structure, gradually saturating it with fragments of radionoises and drone waves, and then switches to broadcasting sharply outlined distorted bursts, turning into a radionoise frenziness... II:II builds up a multi-layered stream of analogue sound with smooth techno-industrial rhythm, slowly pulling the listener into the oneiric quagmire... Black cassettes, black and white folding covers.
[bandcamp]
KSHATRIY -- "Samantabhadra" -- CS -- €7 [-50%]
2015/2016 Attenuation Circuit, ACT 1042, (ltd. 50)
Kshatriy is solo musical project founded on June 19, 2004 in Vsevolozhsk, Russia by Bulychev Sergey. The first step was a live gig in ESG-21. The name of the project reflects only memories of ancient society in which spiritual values were no less important than material ones. The music of 'Kshatriy' is based on drone style with ambient and noise elements, with no certain frames and accept any necessary sound sources... with delicate touch. [label info]
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LACE & COLLAR -- "Rapture" -- C-34 -- €10
2021 Janushoved, Janushoved no. 138, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Techno / Experimental. One of the numerous projects of the Danish musician Mikkel Valentin Dunkerley (INTERNAZIONALE, ROSEN & SPYDDET, OLYMPISK LØFT, etc.), chef of the Janushoved label. "The sun disappears over the mountainous riverside, Dark plasters of obscure creatures and silhouettes of branches, Lit up by headlamps and torches, Crowds walking up and around the bend... In this place, A rapture of communion unfolds." [label info]
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LASKOVOE ECHO -- "Waterland" -- CS -- €5 [-50%]
2019 YAOP, YAOP 096, (ltd. 20)
Experimental. laskovoe echo continues their exploration of the Universe and the elements prevailing in it with an album inspired by water. Sparkling, iridescent and transparent, it is abstract, like the surrealistic films of Man Ray - abstract as if you were in some kind of aquatic civilization that is completely different from our terrestrial one. At the same time, contrary to expectations, “waterland” is far from the drone style of the previous works of the project, it is not at all malleable. It is filled with chased, chopped, yet melodic sounds, arranged freely from each other in the stream of tracks, and lining up in clear structures resembling sometimes techno, sometimes dub or academic avant-garde. The bizarre beauty of deserted shores, mysterious shallows and unknown forms of marine life. [label info]
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LASKOVOE ECHO & YAO 91404 D -- "Comfortable Noise Pressure" -- C-90 -- €5 [-50%]
2020 YAOP, YAOP 097, (ltd. 29)
Noise / Experimental. The album, which immediately will become a classic of the St. Petersburg noise school. The very first laskovoe echo record, made in the autumn evening of 2016 in one touch with the participation of yao 91404 d. Analogue psychedelic noise, rammed by rough, almost power electronic pulsations and resonances, mesmerizing with atonal parts of live instruments and programming by dusty old samples. Fascinating. [label info]
LAST DOMINION LOST -- "Mort Aux Chiens" -- C-30 -- €8
2016 Trapdoor Tapes, TT098
Industrial. A live document recorded at Epicurean Escapism Festival 2016. Pro-duplicated cassette w/black shells and double sided xerox parchment card inlays.
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LAXATIVE SOULS (LXSS) -- "Twist And Decease" -- C-65 -- €20
1982 Multiple Configuration, LXSS A, (ltd. 400)
Experimental / Noise. Laxative Souls (also known as LXSS, only due to the front cover of the first two releases on cassette) is one of the first industrial power-electronics projects appeared at the beginning of 1980, in Italy second to M.B. only. He mainly worked with raw electronics, distorted vocals, concrete sounds, self assembled electronic circuits, and sample sources, such as news broadcasts, documentaries and recordings. 2 LPs and a certain amount of cassette tapes were released via his personal label Multiple Configuration, each of them being an exquisite art object, enriched by art inserts, photos, texts and strange items attached to the tape boxes and LP jackets... This is LXSS's debut album. The cassette comes with an attached cotton-bud (ear cleaner stick) and an insert featuring a small-sized reproduction of the poster announcing the murder of the king.
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LE COSE BIANCHE -- "Aesthetics Of A Good Pornographer" -- C-40 -- €7
2013 Industrial-Culture, ixc-mc-0006, (ltd. 25)
Power Electronics.
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LE COSE BIANCHE -- "Copkiller" -- C-60 -- €10
2015 Custom Body Records, CBR21, (ltd. 20)
Power Electronics. Work inspired by the movie of Faenza, contains two tracks: A side featuring pure improvisation analog, while the B side contains an old track of the first demo of LCB "Attraversovagina" (Spell - 2007, self released) reworked, re-assembled and re-treated with analog synthesizer. Realized for the X CONGRESSO POST INDUSTRIALE. Tape (various colors tapes) inside a cardboard envelope with info insert.
LE COSE BIANCHE / LYKE WAKE -- "Exhale." -- CS -- €8
2014 Custom Body Records, CBR16
Industrial / Noise from Italy.
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LE COSE BIANCHE + SSHE RETINA STIMULANTS -- "X Congresso Post Industriale" -- C-40 -- €8
2017 Old Europa Cafe, OEC113 / SoundScape 713, SS713-LIVE2, (ltd. 50)
Power Electronics. Recorded live at "X Congresso Post Industriale", 31.10.2015 at Der Kindergarten Club, Bologna, Italy.
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LE COSE BIANCHE / WERTHAM -- "Contempt" -- C-50 -- €8
2015 Angst, ANGST_21, (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics. Split / collab of two Italian projects.
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LE SYNDICAT -- "Mars" -- C-46 -- €9
1987/2017 Aussaat, 02, (ltd. 150)
Noise. Recorded in 1984 by Zorin in our Noisecraft Workshop, Enghien, France. First released on C-46 cassette by La Procédure, 1987.
LE SYNDICAT FACTION VIVANTE -- "The CPH Sessions" -- C-62 -- €14
2018 Bacteria Field, Bacteria Field 059, (ltd. 100)
Industrial / Noise / Sound Collage from the French electronic duo.
LEXES -- "Crickets" -- C-40 -- €7
2007 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM07TAPE, (ltd. 75)
Noise project by the Italian artist Francesco Raucci aka KNUNN. Special cardboard package.
LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Cut" -- C-60 -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Torga Amun, Amun-105, (ltd. 10)
Harsh noise / HNW. A sincere and uncompromising album of Urals project. [label info]
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LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Da-Da Tape" -- CS -- €16 [-50%]
2021 Zaimka, (ltd. 10)
Sound Collage. Finely chopped random tapes, glued in a chaotic manner and subjected to mechanical deformation and speed distortion during further rewriting. The final collage was also randomly glued together. This album celebrates the mechanical reproduction of meaning and the reuse of raw materials. The release includes a sleeve and an insert made of thick paper, a pile of tape and a small sticker. Each copy is exclusive. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY -- "Red Album (L’Album Pour Enfants)" -- C-40 -- €4 [-50%]
2020 Paper Moon Republic, PMR_56, (ltd. 17)
Noise / Experimental / Sound Collage. Lo-Fi sound collage from the yard boy's childhood, passed through the schizophrenic noosphere of the present. Sultry summer days and war games. Dedicated to THAT MOST ARMAGEDONIAN TOAD. [label info]
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LITVIN, ARSENY / VITALY MAKLAKOV -- split -- C-60 -- €30 [-50%]
2020 Zaimka, (ltd. 10)
Ambient / Drone. Side A contains one long track by Arseny Litvin, inspired by a specific poem of A. Tarkovsky. Side B has three dreamy drone pieces by Vitaly Maklakov. Each copy is an A5-sized handpainted board with unique artwork made in the original technique.
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LITVIN, ARSENY / VYAZKIY SHARAB / KONSTANTIN KOZLOV -- "Winter Noise Sessions" -- CS -- €4
2013 Salmon Peoples Records, SPR-004, (ltd. 30)
Two improvised noise sessions including radio noise elements recorded to a cassette recorder. Recorded on used cassettes. [label info]
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LIVER MORTIS -- "Cut-Rate" -- C-40 -- €23
2009 Erratic Sporadicism Tapes, EST.009, (ltd. 155)
Liver Mortis (and the related label TF/PE) is one of the few newer American artists that has this truly twisted, perverted and violent aura radiating around them. Since the already great startup of the project in 2006 it has shown constant improvement. “Cut-rate” is again a step forward. Only two long tracks, but skillfully built up from short chapters in cut-up style. So there is actually a huge amount of material and sounds sinked into the tracks and composed to float forward. Low-end rumble, crackling synth, nasty feedback, dirty junk abuse, occasional buried vocals etc... High bias chrome tape with pro-printed covers. Also comes with 2-sided cardboard art insert. All this is sealed with special wrap covers and metal band. Handnumbered and limited to 155 copies. [press-release]
LIVER MORTIS -- "Scissored Out" -- CS -- €35
2008 Styggelse, Stygg 19, (ltd. 150)
Power Electronics from the US artist Kyle Prescott on the cult Swedish label Styggelse, run by Alfarmania.
LR -- "Excerpts From A Divorce" -- C-20 -- €18
2011 Posh Isolation, Posh Isolation 073, (ltd. 100)
Experimental / Noise / Power Electronics from Denmark.
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LR -- "Rosenmunde" -- 2 CS -- €28
2010 Posh Isolation, posh isolation_036, (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics / Noise from Denmark.
LUNAR ABYSS / DVORY -- "Ynyqay / Crystal Mind" -- C-90 -- €7
2013 BioSonar^Lo-End, 037, (ltd. 37)
Split of drone projects from St. Petersburg and Tver'. Multi-layered psychedelic ambient from Lunar Abyss, a live recording. Classical drone-ambient from Dvory, expanding space with guitar waves and a trumpet, quite velvety sound. Artwork consists of handmade exercise book with various fetishes attached, all info handwritten, each copy is unique. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS + KROMESHNA -- "Kopalhen" -- C-60 -- €15
2014/2020 Zaimka
Two Russian project from St. Petersburg and Kamensk-Uralsky. This collaboration album is like diving into an old northern tale. Tale that has no beginning and no end. Discussions with mushrooms and endless wandering between worlds... The album is dressed in a cardboard sleeve covered with acrylic monotype. The cassette is also covered with acrylic. Two photo inserts and a sheet with information for the album. Each copy is unique. [label info]
[bandcamp]
LUNAR ABYSS / KROMESHNA -- "Nagadvipa / Tropic of Cancer" -- C-90 -- €7
2013 BioSonar^Lo-End, 036, (ltd. 23)
Two Russian drone projects from St. Petersburg and Kamensk-Uralsk, two visions of hypnotic drone ambient. Waves of northern lights, vibrations of Earth, electronic manifestations of static sound. Packed in a cardboard DIY-box with Soviet postcards depicting rivers, lakes, mountains, etc., all info handwritten, each copy is unique. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS / MYKORIZA -- "Solar Mixture" -- C-90 -- €8
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 102/2019, (ltd. 15)
Drone / Experimental. Split of two related projects, intermingling in mixed and parallel forms. Side A presents the DJ set by LUNAR ABYSS from the Solar Systo 2017 festival, these are fragments of tracks, mixed in a rhythmic hypno-kaleidoscope, with tribal and sometimes techno foundation. Side B is from Solar Systo 2018, one of the sets by MYKORIZA, minimalistic drone ambient, saturated with analog-synthesized insects and alien callsigns. A phonogram for home trips and kitchen gatherings, walks in evening semisomnolesce. Artwork – cardboard sleeve with applique work, hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS + MYKORIZA + 73! -- "Topographonothylamine" -- C-60 -- €8
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 101/2019 tape, (ltd. 21)
One hour long split/collab of related friendly projects. Side A features the mix of live recordings: LUNAR ABYSS from 2015, touring in the Volga region, and MYKORIZA from 2019 in a factory building of an arsenal. These recordings differ so much in the type of sound, that combining them gave a specific kind of expansion in feelings, parallel worlds of drone and rattling, a piece of intermediate existence. Side B presents a collab recorded live by LUNAR ABYSS and 73! at Solar Systo 2019 forest festival: suspended guitar ambient mixed with natural-industrial rustle and drone. These recordings are made in totally different conditions and mixed in a single narrative fabric, a cohesive feeling is completed by the overall electronic-acoustic form of sound. A phonogram for solo walks and kitchen gatherings, may be useful in easy level trips. Artwork – envelopes made of white and black fabric with sewn-in elements of branches. The inscriptions and numbering are made by hand. [label info]
LUNAR ABYSS DEUS ORGANUM -- "Zemlyanka" -- C-60 -- €10
2015 Aquarellist, aquarel 30-15, (ltd. 50)
"Zemlyanka" is the extended reissue of the work previously published in a very limited edition (23 copies) by the author's label BioSonar^Labirint under the name of "Huonus" (which means "dugout hut" in Finnish, same as "zemlaynka" in Russian). The material was seriously remixed, re-mastered and complemented with two new tracks. Ritualistic psychedelic ambient resembling early period of Lunar Abyss. 50 cassettes on chrome tape in white linen bags.
LUNDE, ERIC -- "Neither Lot Nor Sums" -- C-20 -- €9
2011 Banned Production, bp191
Experimental / Noise. Sharp and electric sound, repeating rhythmic patterns what makes it almost like industrial/p.e. even if it certainly fits to artistic experimental category. B-side hits harder on tape, while A-side is based more on vocal manipulations. Surprisingly one could recommend this to even fans of IFOTS in some ways. [Freak Animal]
[bandcamp]
LUNDE, ERIC -- "Separtion" -- C-30 -- €10
2010 TraitMediaWorks, (ltd. 35)
Experimental / Field Recordings. My sum total of information about this release comes from the release itself (Eric Lunde, after all, practically bathes in obscurity). He here strays from his traditionally noisy musique concrète to instead present a pair of decidedly minimal pieces. 'Ambient' is apparently an almost straight field recording of the HVAC components pictured above, while 'Piezo' produces a metallic haze with wavering overtones that verges on the melodic (using the same source material as the former). [vehscle] Handmade painted cardboard sleeve / bradpack + booklet.
MAAAA -- "Kello On Soinut" -- CS -- €24 [-50%]
2008 B-Rush, [B-33], (ltd. 20)
First side of this cassette was recorded in 2007 and sent to Belgian musique concrete label Kourlyk which was closed soon after releasing because of serious desease of it's owner. A year later the project decided to put out this release on a small Karelian label with some new material for the B-side. The release has been delayed for several times because of strange events happening with project members and the publisher during the work on this release. Musically this differs a lot from what Maaaa has been doing before - the A-sise contains one long YAOP-like track composed from concrete samples of squeaking doors, ticking clocks, sirens, etc. Second part is more multi-layered: field recordings, occasional sounds, voice mantras, screams - all this merges into whole obscurely bewitching picture in vein of early works of :Zoviet France:. Artwork - orange cover, all information is typewritten, similar insert - everything is packed in a sewn mitten with attached hand bell. [press-release]
MACRONYMPHA -- "Purulent Recollections" -- C-60 -- €12
2016 White Centipede Noise
Noise. Two brand new long-form tracks from THE essential American Harsh Noise horde. A continuous blast of industrial filth and rotting flesh that flows forth like pressurized viscous matter being expressed through a small hole. Classic Macro dense mass that keeps coming and coming... All noise by Roemer/LS. [label info]
[soundcloud]
MACRONYMPHA / DIN-I-ILAHI -- split -- C-60 -- €10
2018 Bizarre Audio Arts, (ltd. 50)
Harsh Noise split between the US and Japanese projects.
[bandcamp]
MAIM -- "Codeine Enema" -- CS -- €4
2005 BTR, BT009
Noise project of Jonas Lindberg (aka BLACK POPE, MÖRKERMÄNNEN).
MAJDANEK WALTZ -- "Hamlet's Childhood" -- CS -- €9
2007/2021 kultFRONT, KF-VIII, (ltd. 30)
Neofolk. Special cassette reissue of the most important album in Majdanek Waltz' discography, prepared for the double gig of MAJDANEK WALTZ / THE NOKTULIANS which happened on April 23-24, 2021 at "The Place", St. Petersburg, Russia. The original press-release: "Born in "the soul of all Russia" - the city of Ryazan' - musicians of Majdanek Waltz are carried away by the most mysterious, so called Siver Age of Russian poerty and prose. They appeal to decadence and withered roses weaving them into the "heavenly tragedy" of European expressionism. On a dark stage, among silence, appears death... Without time, like a paradoxical-permanent attribute of the eternal in human soul. "Hamleth's Childhood" is the first in last 3 years, new and long-awaited full-length album of Majdanek Waltz. It's name is taken after a poem by Boris Poplavsky, who was called "a distant violin between close balalaikas" by Vladimir Nabokov... The musicians themselves say that this album reveals the band's sound at most. They have used their classical instruments: guitar, bass, bayan (accordion), violin, keyboards and human voices. For the first time here's female voice - of Larisa Archipetskaya - "precticing witch in third generation" - as the musicians say. Guest appearances also include Anthesteria, Misery and Wolfsblood. The new album emphasizes the emotional saturation, it immerses the listener in melancholy and light autumnal sorrow. Fading, freezing cold and the beauty of death. Besides Boris Poplavsky's poems, "Hamlet's Childhood" is based upon the works of mystic symbolists Georg Heim and Maximilian Voloshin." [label info]
[bandcamp]
MARIFA -- "Qumrah" -- C-90 -- €9
2019 Pantheon, ПAN50, (ltd. 50)
Drone. Being one of the most praised albums in our catalog for its meditational & sleeping aid abilities, Qumrah is now out at cassette with a brand-new opening track to make it a full 90-minute experience. Whether you'll use it for those purposes or simply enjoy long-form drones, this tape may turn handy at your place... The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night ~ Rumi. Qumrah – the beauty and the magical charm of the moonlight. Light, that unveils secrets of the night, still leaving everything untouched. A petal in the hand of God, eye of the nightsky, a blooming face of your beloved one... In memory of Klaus Wiese (1942-2009), drone music pioneer and wise soul with exceptional feeling of Sound. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MARIFA -- "Ru'yah Al-Qalb" -- C-60 -- €7
2018 Pahtheon, PAN099, (ltd. 50)
Drone. "Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it clean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets" (Al-Ghazali). Wide fields of blooming meanderings, slowly convergent in perspective. Quiet song of the air, flowing through the body. All-pervading sound vanishes somewhere above the head but returns again vibrating beneath the feet. Eyes closed, but the vision is clear. There's no horizon, only an endless movement to the center of everything. No words can describe the meaning of it. But it's the only real thing now... In memory of Klaus Wiese (1942-2009), explorer of spiritual expanses. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MASKHEAD -- "Anonymous Sadism" -- C-20 -- €10
2017 Gutter Disease, GD09, (ltd. 50)
Noise. Does the world needs more perverted Finnish Harsh Noise? Of course it does! Maskhead returns with a C20, this time more minimalistic and pedal based, spiced with some samples and a nice cover picture. [label info]
[soundcloud]
MASONNA -- "Exploring Self-Corrosive Noise With Coquette" -- 7 CS BOX -- €125
2018 Urashima, URA 037-043, (ltd. 99)
Along with Merzbow and Hijokaidan, Masonna is one of the best (known) Japanese noise projects. A psychedelic touch, cascades of electronic noise and vocal belching mixed together constitute the ingredients of Mademoiselle Anne Sanglante Ou Notre Nymphomanie Auréolé, the double-barrelled named for Masonna. Yamazaki “Maso” Takushi created Masonna in 1987. He started recordings on cassette tapes for his own label: Coquette. His plentiful productions were presented in a ultra limited edition, sometime totally confidential (one sole copy), and contributed to create a mythology based above all on the astonishing intensity with which "Maso" devastates and reprocesses the vocal cords, in a true total electronic song... In his impressive live performances he created and electrically overcharged universe, punctuating the electric and vocal sonorous power with some quite moments and brief interruptions, conferring a very particular dynamic to his pieces. Studio recordings are making full use skillfully editing how to edit cut-up, in which elaborate lump-sum making has been performed, the psychedelic taste for each track of time is taken into consideration, Yamazaki extends musical width. Masonna is an emblematic figure of Japanoise, who shines by a personal approach and an immediately recognizable style. A zenith in the noisy Japanese landscape... Wooden box (limited to 99 copies) comes with reissue of seven ultra rare tapes released on legendary Coquette: "Like A Vagina" (1988), "All Live Recording At My Room" (1989), "Mad Onna" (1989), "Maso + Onna = Masonna" (1989), "Hate" (1995), "Freak" (1995), "Filled With Unquestionable Feelings" (1995). Includes seven black shell cassettes, comes with A5 booklet, 2xA5 size inserts, A4 sized insert xerox collage, letter-sized numbered Urashima insert and a set of 'natural-colored' earplugs. [label info]
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MASTURBATORY DYSFUNCTION -- "Water Bondage" -- C-30 -- €10
2018 Cipher Productions, (sic 101), (ltd. 75)
Industrial / Noise. Water Bondage treads a fine line between Masturbatory Dysfunction's static constructs and Felicia's darker clouds of smogged finesse, its 30 minutes carefully layering and tightening streams of smothering industrial noise with no permitted alleviation. Its tracks choke with insistence, and seem to be realised from a state of oxygen-less semi-consciousness and inhibition. Edition of 75 copies comes in an A5 ziplock bag with double-sided collage artwork from Luke Holland (Trapdoor Tapes), accompanied by some rope and netting for added inspiration. [label info]
[soundcloud]
MAW -- "s/t" -- C-46 -- €15
2002 Ultra Low Fidelity 4
Industrial / Drone. The debut work of one of the projects of the Russian musician Dmitry Chistov (aka Hum), recorded with the participation of Roman Sidorov (STARUHA MHA, DER GOLEM) in 1999-2001. The eponymous track from side B was later released as a separate 3"CDR release. The cover is printed on thick paper, high quality cassettes with chrome tape.
MAZAKON TACTICS -- "Epitomes Of Carnal Despoilment" -- C-40 -- €7
2011 Obscurex, OBS010
Power Electronics from Sascha Mandler aka IZANAMI'S LABOUR PAINS.
ME & MARTA -- "The Nightmarish Stories that a 9-Year Old Girl Narrated to Her Pimp" -- CS -- €6
2006 YAOP, YAOP 024, (ltd. 173)
20 minutes of schizophrenic collaged noise extracted from broken Soviet "Melodia" vinyls. Sick side of Brezhnev's pop scene and childish songs. Easily recognizable typical Leningrad sound. Necrorealistic. [label info]
MELODIE DES VERGESSENS -- "Die Kunst Der Leere" -- CS -- €8
2017 Eternal Turns, ET004, (ltd. 50)
Dark Ambient / Abstract / Accordion. We present the cassette release of Melodie Des Vergessens. "Die Kunst Der Leere" is the last opus written by the author. As a description of this album, a single phrase was given: "Oblivion is the purest thing we have. Oblivion is God." — I. Tumanniy (1988–2017). [label info]
[bandcamp]
MERCURY RIBBON -- "Songs Of The Retina" -- C-30 -- €10
2021 Janushoved, Janushoved no. 139, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Experimental. "We spend these last days of the summer by the water, Mornings with piel de sapo melons and ginger tea, Sharing dreams by the dockhouse, Sour drinks and skinny-dipping, A thousand memories contained, In this vivid harlequin opal, Kissed by each one of us in turn." [label info]
[bandcamp]
MESSER CHUPS -- "Don't Say Cheese" -- CS -- €15
2020/2021 Perspex Icon, PI-04
Surf Rock. Cassette version of the 2020 album by the masters of zombie driven surf-a-billy from St. Petersburg.
[bandcamp]
METADEVICE -- "Aesthetics of Disappearance" -- C-40 -- €8 [-50%]
2020 Narcolepsia, narco private #2, (ltd. 60)
Industrial. "Aesthetics of Disappearance" consists of two exhaustive and rough granitic tracks, slow and obsessive pulsating synth drones and dirty industrial textures saturated to the point of an alienating bleakness suitable for the cancelled-armageddon fetishist: there is no reality, no meaning, rather the inertia of this time-halt, the dead-end of History... Synthesized cyclical waves of distortion invoke the irreversible technological "progression”, a blurred soundtrack to abandon all hope and subjugate completely to the simulated existence. Sounds for dormant dominance. [label info]
MEYERS, JUSTIN -- "The Sound From The Other Room" -- C-26 -- €6
2005 Tone Filth, TF37, (ltd. 98)
Experimental / Field Recordings. Justin Meyers is an experimental musician and visual artist residing in Minneapolis. His work spans the formats of video, sound, screen, & print, but maintains a strong minimal approach across all mediums while confronting the expectations shared amongst the performer and audience. Instruments and processes used in his sound work include commercial and home-built modular synthesizers, reel-to-reel tape machines, computer algorithms and arrangement, obfuscated natural sound events and field recordings.
[bandcamp]
MILITARY POSITION -- "Black Noise" -- C-30 -- €16
2016 Trapdoor Tapes, TT088
Power Electronics. So who is Military Position? Well, for starters, the project hails from Australia and is primarily associated (for cassette releases) with the excellent, Trapdoor Tapes. In existence since 2011, the act consists of one sole member, Harriet Kate Morgan... Today we're talking about Military Position's third cassette release titled, Black Noise (Trapdoor Tapes 2016). The first thing you will probably notice (if you're an old-school industrial nerd like myself) is the sound. It is raw, unpolished and effective - like it should be! Not that the polished, high-tech stuff is all bad, but the sound of Military Position just REALLY proves it's genuineness. It would be completely accurate to compare it to Throbbing Gristle, Sleep Chamber (including a cover of Sleep Chamber's "Babes of Babylon"), Master/Slave Relationship and Anenzaphalia for starters. It's industrial like mom made it, with all the right aesthetic ingredients as well. So is Military Position just following the recipe? Absolutely not!.. Morgan's experimental, progressive approach is all in the recordings. Her sound masterfully jumps from one murky style to the next. From punishing death-industrial, throbbing post-punk, cold electronics and sexual whip slashing death-disco! Black Noise is a heavily evolved, claustrophobic industrial-noise experience, with lots of raw bricks of brutal density! To top things off, the album's cover art shows an artsy photo of a young Suzie Quatro, your all time favorite leatherclad glam/disco-queen... Black Noise is another great release from one of the best new artists practicing in the post-industrial/noise genre(s). Trapdoor Tapes also continues to be one of the most impressive cassette labels not enough people are talking about. As a fan I REALLY like her older stuff, but heck... this shit is getting better! [Per Najbjerg Odderskov, The Brvtalist]
[youtube]
MIZI -- "Music Behind Music" -- C-37 -- €10 [-50%]
2022 TOPOT, T709T, (ltd. 20)
Experimental / Sound Collage. I met the Greek sound experimentalist Yorgos Mizi in Lebanon in 2019. MIZI performed that evening at the Irtijal experimental music festival as part of the Trigger Happy quartet, a group that includes three Yorgoses and one Manthos. It was a daring, incomparable concert! The band's setup included hundreds of sounding items - from music boxes and clockwork machines to homemade turntables and ringing alarm clocks. Complement this wow-sound with Yorgos Stavridis’ drum hooks and you have got a crazy collage of free jazz, plunderphonics, musique concrete and rock-and-roll. I haven't experienced such a drive for a long time! The next day, we were already walking with the whole band around Beirut, and in the dead of night we stumbled upon Rabih Beahni’s heroic DJ-set. Some time later, I contacted Yorgos, and he sent me the album that you are holding in your hands. Listening to the album's deep yet insanely collaged sound, I began to explore MIZI's creative method. Yorgos creates his music by hacking and dissecting old vinyl and cassette players, manipulating tape and deforming digital files. "Music Behind Music" is an album-journey through the deepest nooks and crannies of the playback medium and its content: from the Athens Polytechnic University, besieged by the Greek army in November 1973, to the dark spaces and chiming bells of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia. This is a collection of three distinct pieces exploring the hidden sounds, stories, sonic fragments, mechanisms and artifacts of the storage and playback medium. This hidden assemblage of sonic events is recomposed by MIZI in an attempt to shed some light on the “Music Behind Music”. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MLEHST -- "Cookmaid With Still Life Of Vegetables And Fruit" -- 2 x C-30 BOX -- €27
2013 Belief Recordings, (ltd. 23)
Experimental / Noise from the UK artist All Brentnall working under the moniker of Mlehst since 1991.
[bandcamp]
MLEHST -- "Dolly Catcher" -- C-30 -- €17
2013 Belief Recordings, (ltd. 23)
Experimental / Noise from the UK artist All Brentnall working under the moniker of Mlehst since 1991.
[bandcamp]
MLEHST -- "The Longest Lie" -- 3 CS -- €20
2007 Black Horizons, BH-09, (ltd. 89)
Experimental / Noise. Now back in full force from an extended hibernation, Mlehst brings you 2 hours of material from prior to said absence. A sort of best of, most tracks previously released, but worked over to varying degrees, as well as some new material. The sounds wander through a desolate and cold world, occupied by snippets of voices and other field recording manipulated via reel to reel tape, sterile sheets of white noise, and silence. Offset printed silver and black on charcoal linen cardstock covers, xeroxed charcoal and black linen cardstock insert, in a black vinyl box. Hi-bias chrome tapes in an edition of 89. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MLEHST -- "This Is Your Master Calling" -- 3 x C-30 BOX -- €30
2013 Belief Recordings, (ltd. 23)
Experimental / Noise from the UK artist All Brentnall working under the moniker of Mlehst since 1991.
[bandcamp]
MOLD OMEN -- "Dead Man at the Zoo" -- CS -- €8
2021 Perspex Icon, PI-05
No Wave / Noise. Unusual and at times confusing mixture of noise and no wave... Painted by Byron Coley as having a “grasp of form either highly advanced or non-existent”, Mold Omen have pitched their tent into the weird woods of the Baltimore wilds since their inception in 2010(ish). Bound together by amateur techniques, academic studies into Pierre Schaeffer and an overall dank bent, MO have released albums on House of Alchemy, Spleencoffin, Steep Gloss, Cavern Brew, and Anticipating Nowhere Records. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MON.ARK AMMO -- "Retribution Current" -- CS -- €9
2016 Bacteria Field, Bacteria Field 035, (ltd. 100)
Noise. Debut cassette from this collaboration between Dan Greenwood (DIAGRAM: A, PROOF OF THE SHOOTING) and Erik Brown (SCALD HYMN, WISH FOR SKIN, STRIEBER). This project features home made electronics from both Erik and Dan. Sounds of anxiety and worship. Essential work from these two artists based out of western Massachusetts. Limited to 100. [Analog Worship]
MONOFAKTURA / ULYBKOYSLOMA -- "11.06.2015 / Gnoymekhanizmu" -- C-85 -- €20 [-50%]
2015 Heart-Shaped Box Prod., HSB-096, (ltd. 10)
Two experimental-noise project from Russia. MONOFAKTURA - expressive abstract noise. Live session from the archive. ULYBKOYSLOMA (УЛЫБКОЙСЛОМА) - stream of consciousness sinking in the depths of hum and noise. Unique design with 11 cards with experimental graphics by Vitaly Maklakov. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MORGIA, NINNI -- "Ladyboy Sonata" -- C-30 -- €7
2011 Ultramarine, UM013, (ltd. 100)
Thirty minutes of guitar delirium from Italy's finest avant guitarist. Morgia starts off in his own unique warped way, with a noise psych intro filled with fiery bendings and his signature wild distortion. Then the guitar gets modulated until it's filtered and thinned out to a hammering, hypnotic cicada chant. It's a kafkian nightmare, and when the guitar is reduced to bits, it feels like it's emitting its last cries of help, like Solmania's face-cutting licks, or better, like a windy February night walk in NY. Morgia's guitar work resembles the extended techniques applied to trumpet by Peter Evans and Axel Doerner, both in terms of dynamics and research, especially in richness, clarity and overtones, and also in a beyond-limits live performance (there are no overdubs on any of his recordings). Pro-dubbed imprinted black tapes with a foxxy ninni on the cover. [label info]
[youtube]
MOROSE MONTHS OF MELANCHOLY -- "Skorbotniy Schlyakh" -- CS -- €6 [-50%]
2020 SwordArm Production, SA02
A compilation of the archival recordings from 2000-2005 from the Ukrainian Dungeon Synth project from the city of Kharkiv. Classic tracks in the best traditions of the genre are diluted with the interludes played on folk instruments and rare inclusions of Black Metal. Black & white cover. [YAOP]
[vk.com]
MOXOMEX -- "Liquid Golden Fur" -- C-90 -- €9
2019 UtrovortU, I-03
Drone / Experimental. MOXOMEX = W I I + UHUSHUHU. A retro-futuristic duo from St. Petersburg, Russia. Improvised analogue stream of sound combined unhurried melodies played on Soviet synthesizers with guitar tunes deeply drowned in reverb. The variety comes from field recordings and hardly audible hisses and rustles that merge in homogenous, at times almost tropical white noise. Cassettes are packed in special cardboard boxes.
[bandcamp]
MOYA81 -- "Sensoria" -- CS -- €8 [-50%]
2020 Winter Solstice, WS 007 / ScentAir Records, SA 002, (ltd. 20)
Minimal Electro / Synth Pop. Sensoria is the second release by MOYA81 on Scentair Records (Moscow). This rare release is a crossover of old school Synth music; Italo Disco, New Beat and EBM on a unique, perfect and simple creation. This album works marvellously for synth music lovers, dancefloor or sci-fi movies. [label info]
[bandcamp]
MURDEROUS VISION / NYODENE D -- "Kirkebrennen" -- C-30 -- €7
2010 Phage Tapes, PT:114, (ltd. 100)
Industrial / Noise Power Electronics. Split of two Amerian projects.
MUSLIMGAUZE -- "Kaliskinazure" -- CS -- €20
2021 Staalplaat, Muslimgauze Tape 5, (ltd. 150)
Tribal / Dub / Experimental. Material from the Muslimgauze sound sketchbook. Seven short but vibrant rhythmic tracks ranging from one to four minutes long. Available in two versions: on white and silver cassettes.
[bandcamp]
MUTANT APE -- "Institutional Pressure" -- C-24 -- €9
2022 Rokot, RKT-25, (ltd. 40)
Noise. MUTANT APE is a well-known Harsh Noise project from the UK that was active in 2006-2016. «Institutional Pressure» track was recorded in 2014 and intended for a split with some Russian project which didn't happen. About twelve minutes of dense rattling noise with occasional glimpses of synth harmonies. The work is reminiscent of some of Matthew Bower's recordings (SKULLFLOWER & The Yllustrous Forger Of Dreams). [label info]
[soundcloud]
MYKORIZA -- "Koagula" -- C-90 -- €8
2018 Biosonar^Lo-End, 076/2018-tape, (ltd. 31)
This album consisting of two streams/mixes refers to the multi-layered sound blankets of the project LUNAR ABYSS, from which actually Mykoriza derived. This means half-dreams and visions on the boundaries of sensations are also here. The nature of tens of parallel streams varies from strange loops and analog synthesis to tape mushes and hardware glitches with trills of invisible creatures. Soft ambient noises, lava flows, slow and saturated. Artwork - textured paper sleeve marked by hand... [label info]
MYKORIZA -- "Laagskikt" -- C-60 -- €7
2017 Biosonar^Lo-End, 064/2017 tape, (ltd. 11)
Mykoriza is an additional embranchment of the magistral sound-combining processes of Evgeniy Savenko, an embranchment and an intermixture. Artistic and technical methods of such projects as Pustota / Lunar Abyss / Radiostalking / Boevye Cikady are mixed to the average state, these are the interlayers between these projects, something implicit yet recognizable. Project's title and concept postulate some sensual interdependence of sonic phenomena distinguished in noise, and this noise doesn't oppress, it is the moss and the fog, the background and the scenario at the same time. Mycorhiza in nature is a symbiotic organ of a mushroom and a plant. The project symbolically transfers the idea of symbiosis in such pairs as culture and art, nature and human, human and city, city and industry as interdependent structures. Ultra-limited edition and DIY-artwork in cardboard box with urban collages. [label info]
MYKORIZA / CHISTO POLE -- "Okolo" -- C-90 -- €8
2020 BioSonar^Lo-End, 113/2020, (ltd. 23)
A split-tape by two St. Petersburg projects in the genre of post-industrial surrealism. Two views of electronic artists, two different approaches and interpretations describing the cooling outskirts of industrial post-reality. Sleepers going into the horizon, glass electrical isolators and a rusty sign saying "Caution – Gas". Ultra-limited edition in an envelope made of a rubber sleeper-rail separator. [label info]
MYKORIZA / KURUM -- "Armillaria" -- C-90 -- €7
2019 Asemic Sound Letters, (ltd. 30)
Experimental / Drone. Split release of two Russian drone projects, dedicated to mushroom theme. Mykoriza is Evgenii Savenko also known for LUNAR ABYSS, HATTIFNATTER, PUSTOTA, etc. One 45-min long track of slowly evolving electronic drones and pulsations created with analogue equipment. Kurum is Vitaly Maklakov (KROMESHNA, LIGHT COLLAPSE, OBOZDUR, etc.). Three long tracks on side B, very abstract atmospheric drones & field recordings. 30 copies on hand-painted brown-gray cassettes. Cover is a multifolded A4 sized double-sided sheet of paper with abstract images and inscriptions.
[bandcamp]
MYKORIZA / PUSTOTA -- "Urbanhyfer" -- C-60 -- €7 [-50%]
2017 Biosonar^Lo-End, 063/2017 tape, (ltd. 11)
Mykoriza is an embranchment and an intermixture of the projects Pustota / Lunar Abyss / Radiostalking / Boevye Cikady - drones and rustles covered with ashes of tape interference and noises, radio signals break through frosty smoky lenses, rotting boards and flabby canvas. Mycorhiza in nature is a symbiotic organ of a mushroom and a plant, mycorhiza as an artistic idea is a symbolic name for the symbiosis of culture and art, nature and human, etc. First side of the cassette features 5 pieces by Mykoriza. Second side contains a track by the Pustota project with a multilayered fixation made from various city windows in different seasons and times of day. Ultra-limited edition and DIY artwork in cardboard box with cuts of architectural magazines. [label info]
MYKORIZA / SVETLO111 -- "Stanciya" -- C-90 -- €8
2018 Biosonar^Lo-End, 085/2018, (ltd. 23)
The second split from the series of five. Queen of noise from St. Petersburg, Svetlana is a longtime activist of the noise scene, but she never sought to publish her works preferring live performances. We took a recording of one of her gigs and placed on one side of a cassette. Austere analogue synth drone noise - this is the side of Svetlo111. Mykoriza side contains a mixed homemade set of slightly naive amateur noise ambient, made also with the use of mostly analogue setup. Artwork - paper sleeve with a unique drawing by Lilia, the painter from the city of Vyatka, hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
MYKORIZA / W I I -- "Marsaturn" -- C-90 -- €8
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 089/2019, (ltd. 23)
The third in the series of five split-releases of Mykoriza and friends. This time the first side contains the live recording made in the "Mars" gallery in Moscow in the summer of 2017. Profound drone and layered field recordings form dense flow. Second side is presented by two tracks of the w i i project – tape drone, detached but tube-warm, a good background for painstaking work and creative stirrings. Packed in a pouch made of wallpaper with a unique handmade card for each copy, the work of a caring painter Lilia. Hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
MYKORIZA / YUDOL -- "st. Komarovo" -- C-90 -- €8
2021 Noyade Records
Drone / Ambient / Experimental. st. Komarovo – split release of the forest projects Mykoriza and Yudol. Mykoriza was recorded live in the village area Komarovo of St. Petersburg, Russia, witnessed by Evgeny Savenko, Alexey Korablin and Georgy Orlov-Davydovsky. The part of Yudol was recorded in the Koptevo district of Moscow, following the spirit of a joint improvisation.
[bandcamp]
N. -- "s/t" -- C-45 -- €10
1997/2015 Angst, [Angst_26]
Industrial / Noise. Reissue of the untitled N. tape originally released on Slaughter Productions in 1997.
NACRAPTOR, ALEXANDER -- "Videodrome" -- C-32 -- €7
2019 [electrotapes archive], [ETA-TAPE-01], (ltd. 20)
Experimental / Techno / Rhythmic Industrial. Strange, unsteady collages from the wrong side, in which vague images of culture and counterculture are mixed with noises, distortions and abstract rhythms. In the end, all this is only Videodrome. A place where the reality of what is happening is questionable, and the openness of perception is the only condition of existence. [label info]
[vk.com]
NASTY SO NASTY -- "Passive" -- CS -- €10
2022 [electrotapes archive], [ETA-TAPE-07], (ltd. 20)
Dark Ambient / Drone. The time of upheaval is piling up with a feverish string of days sticking together into a ball. The roots of dark thoughts entwine the consciousness, paralyze the will, introduce into a stupor, into passivity, into catalepsy. It seems that there is nothing, only emptiness around and inside. But somewhere there are other worlds that can offer new strange sensations and stir the senses. If you listen carefully, you can catch their quietest sounds, heard through the thinnings of the film separating reality... In the debut album of media artist Anastasia Zhilinskaya, recorded using modular synthesizers, a breakthrough of one of these thinnings was made. Through it, a clot of rough drone ambient, full of disturbing textures and organic entries into industrial noise music, entered our world. The sound stream was recorded on film as a single work, comprehending disparate thoughts about the nightmarish reality in which we suddenly found ourselves. Terrifying to shiver, but at the same time beautiful in its otherworldly appeal... [label info]
[bandcamp]
NAVIA -- "Interzone Report / Among Two Edges" -- CS -- €10 [-50%]
1998/2019 COD Noizes, SHUM22, (ltd. 97)
Lo-Fi / Industrial / Dark Ambient. The 90-ies was very hard times for Russian land. The country in a ruin without any war. The same ruin possessed the disoriented minds of Russian people. And from this illed ruined minds very special musical projects have been grown. One of these projects was Navia (Ънавь in Russian) started as a collaboration of friends later became a solo project of Evgeniy Savenko (nowadays known for its projects Lunar Abyss, Ritualnaya Bioingeneria, Boevye Cikady, Pustota and others)... In different times many famous personalities took their part in the Navia forges - from Hladna, Blazebirth Hall, Dreved, Blackdeath and other obscure and cult Russian acts. The music they played was like the time they existed: dark, desperate, lost and disoriented. All compositions, semi-improvised, was recorded live on magnetic tape without any electronic effects and post-production in the absolutely darkness in the catacombes of a half ruined in the 90-ies Konstantin Palace near old imperial capital of Russia Saint-Petersburg... Reverence towards the British Esoteric Underground of 80-ies with a Black Metal esthetics multiplied by the chthonic Russian spirit, raw and sometimes ritual black industrial, black metal without black metal... We proudly present the first release of the cycle issued by the agreement with Evgeniy Savenko - "Interzone Report / Among Two Edges". Very first time on a professional physical format. First time ever published digitally. The pure historical document as it is. [label info]
[bandcamp]
NAVIA -- "Krovosmesheniye (Incest)" -- CS -- €10
1999/2020 COD Noizes, SHUM28MC, (ltd. 43)
Ugly times give rise to beautiful forms. We continue to exhume the underground of the experimental scene of the Northern Russian capital of the nineties and again turn our eyes to one of its most interesting layers. Evgeny Savenko (Lunar Abyss, Ritual Bioengineering [Ритуальная Биоинженерия]), Nikolai Kalmykov (Hladna) and Vasily Rusetskiy (Njard, Blazebirth Hall), acting as part of the Navia [Ънавь] collaboration, recorded an album that was extremely characteristic for that time. Twenty-three compositions from thirteen nonexistent projects, in which there was a place for both the basement raw black metal, and noise rock, ritual industrial, and the spirit of the British esoteric underground. But intentional eclecticism does not violate the integrity of the perception of the sound canvas, all is moved by a single Idea, a single Aspiration. Only Hail Darkness! Only Never Stop The Madness! Enjoy. Collector's audio cassette in cardboard bradpak packaging with insert. Limited edition of 43 handnumbered copies. [label info]
[bandcamp]
NAVIA -- "Smert' Rozy (Death of a Rose)" -- C-60 -- €8
2016 BioSonar^Lo-End, 054, (ltd. 13)
From the dusty sacks of nonexistence we've put out this recording, checked it's level of uselessness and decided to make an edition of 13 copies. There is very little artistic component in these tracks, and nothing from the original sound of the project: no catacomb clangor and howls, only tape drone fainted with time... maybe it was a backing tape prepared for future mixdown, maybe some failed re-recording of endlessly processed, reverbed and distorted cassettes, but around half of it's time there are mostly magnetic tape artifacts. There is a whole box of similar cassettes with reversed tapes, distorted and delayed sounds of classical music and new age, but this is all intermediate material, which later has been turned into some layers of early Lunar Abyss recordings. The recording is dubbed on Soviet cassettes "Svema MK-60", cardboard box is decorated with Soviet pocket calendars. [label info]
NAVICON TORTURE TECHNOLOGIES -- "Bottomfeeder" -- C-40 -- €20
2009 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM20TAPE, (ltd. 120)
Dark Ambient / Power Electronics. With BOTTOMFEEDER, Navicon Torture Technologies spins a twisted, noirish tale of obsession, sexual addiction and perversion. BOTTOMFEEDER contains a collaboration track with German power electronics master [BLEED], as well as a collaborative cover version of the song UP IN FLAMES, recorded with BAIN WOLFKIND and flame performer Paula Kaiser. UP IN FLAMES, written by David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, was originally performed by Koko Taylor in David Lynch's film, WILD AT HEART. Also included are one previously unreleased track, and an extended version of the track, BLACK VOMIT OF CONTEMPT, the original version of which was featured on the ADDICTION cassette compilation released in 2008 by EN.MI.TY RECORDS. Large cristal clear plastic case with postcard. Blue cassette with chrome tape. [label info]
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NECROPHONIE -- "s/t" -- CS -- €10
2009 self-released, (ltd. 99)
Industrial / Noise. Necrophonie was the last name used by the ceased-to-exist noise duo formed by M. Nothing (aka M. Corbelli / ATRAX MORGUE) & Devis G. (TEATRO SATANICO). Ceased to exist since M. Nothing passed away in 2007. Side A contains 9 tracks recorded bt the duo live in Tokyo on 03.12.2006, side B contains 11 tracks recorded by Devis G. solo on purpose for Necrophonia in April-May 2006.
NORMA REAKTSII -- "Vartman / Sled Kolesa" -- C-44 -- €5 [-50%]
2016 YAOP, YAOP 088, (ltd. 48)
The album of Norma Reaktsii recorded in 2006, exctracted from archives and published ten years after. Esoteric Radionoise performed on vintage gear from the same era as "Tectonic Charge Condensation" and "Telluric Energy". Blizzards of Nordic technomagic. Artwork made by the author. [label info]
NRYY / WORMHEAD -- "Part 2" -- C-60 -- €6
2011 Puzzle Records, Number 77, (ltd. 20)
Harsh Noise split of Japanese and German projects.
[bandcamp]
NURTURE ABUSE -- "s/t" -- C-12 -- €10
2010 Razors And Medicine, Razors And Medicine 24, (ltd. 75)
Power Electronics. Nurture Abuse is Chris Potenza and Mike Cardoso also of the legendary Providence grindcore band Suffering Bastard. Nurture Abuse create seething walls of power electronics with hateful vocals and an often subversive live performance. [Existence Establishment]
NUNNAUUNI / SSRI -- split -- C-38 -- €7
2014 Untergeschoss, UNTER27
Noise / Free Improvisation. Nunnauuni (nun oven) is a "free jazz drummer meets cut-up noise" project of Pentti Dassum (known from Umpio) and Jaakko Tolvi (known from various Finnish underground bands). Wild and crazy stuff to be filed under spastic electroacoustics and microsounds on speed. SSRI presents again three tracks, first two showing the project's more spastic, restless, edited and even playful cut-up/fuck-up noise side, and a closer that is a monotonous dark piece of death meditation. Professionally dubbed tapes. [label info]
OBOZDUR -- "Subconscious Cuntscamera" -- C-90 BOX -- €47 [-50%]
2020 Zaimka, (ltd. 10)
Experimental / Noise. "All the most creepy and unpredictable from your head. The catacomb side of the project. Archival compositions from the period since 2013." The cassette is packed in a hand-made art object 17 x 23 cm, comes with a 28-page photocopied booklet containing author's collages.
[bandcamp]
OBOZDUR / PASTUHAMOVCI -- split -- C-90 -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Asemic Sound Letters, (ltd. 30)
Noise / Experimental. Quite raw noise tracks from Obozdur and more tricky looped / collaged tracks from Pastuhamovci. 30 copies on hand-painted gray cassettes. Cover is a multifolded A4 sized double-sided sheet of paper with abstract images and inscriptions.
[bandcamp]
OKAY FINE -- "Digitize Self" -- CS -- €10
2021 TAKOE, TAK019E
Techno / Electro from Moscow.
[bandcamp]
ONE DARK EYE -- "Brave New World" -- C-48 -- €9
2019 Detachment Programs, Program 4, (ltd. 69)
Noise / Experimental. Joe Roemer (MACRONYMPHA) solo, utilizing sources from comrades new and old. Psyched out experimental tape noise / heavy weird concrete. Part 1 of a trilogy. [Analog Worship]
ONE DARK EYE -- "The Road Well Traveled" -- C-42 -- €9
2019 Detachment Programs, Program 8, (ltd. 69)
Noise / Experimental. Joe Roemer (MACRONYMPHA) solo. Dynamic sound journey from the Monroeville man. What the volume knob was made for. Part 2 of the trilogy. [Analog Worship]
ONEIRINE -- "Ability to Shuffle" -- CS -- €8
2021 Metamodernoise, MMN04, (ltd. 20)
Drone / Noise. Hand-painted cassette shell.
[bandcamp]
ONEIRINE -- "New Void" -- C-60 -- €8
2020 Noyade Records, NR-50
Drone / Noise / Psychedelic Doom Metal. A duo divided between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg (sometimes spontaneously growing up for trio and even quartet), Oneirine usually lives on the crossroads of drone noise, psychedelic metal and (non)free improvisation. By all standards of this team, “New Void” is quite mild work. Here the main staff of this noisy squad lies at very bottom of their powers. Anyway, be right assured: even in this incarnation, they will scratch the walls of your absent soul masterfully. From Thomas Pynchon-inspired “Byron the Bulb” to the final half-hour jam, Oneirine will ask you for all the dark thoughts that come to our minds. Which not everyone can voice to themselves. An excellent album for lying in the dark with blanket pulled up to your nose, and thinking about everything that scares and delights at the same time... Hand-painted black / blue cassettes and full-colour j-card. [label info]
[bandcamp]
ONEIRINE -- "Pressure Perfect" -- C-90 -- €8
2020 Noyade Records, NR-49
Drone / Noise / Psychedelic Doom Metal. A duo divided between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg (sometimes spontaneously growing up for trio and even quartet), Oneirine usually lives on the crossroads of drone noise, psychedelic metal and (non)free improvisation. "Pressure Perfect" is the brightest studio capture of the project's live actions. A squeezed rage, erupting from every crevice of the used apparatus. The gradually releasing tension of modern life, compressed into an hour and a half of structured ravage. Some people say that it is high time to stop intellectualizing the noise. Maybe so, but it's good that so far no one is going to take away the emotionality of suchlike loud furious sound. As for "Pressure Perfect", it’s one of the best nervous breakdown music you can imagine... Hand-painted black / green cassettes and full-colour j-card. [label info]
[bandcamp]
ONEIRINE + TERVAINK -- "Live at Tenb" -- C-60 -- €8
2021 Metamodernoise, MMN08, (ltd. 25)
Drone / Noise / Experimental. Recorded at Faust Bar, Moscow, on December 28, 2019. Hand-painted cassette shell.
[bandcamp]
ONEIRINE / ZEMLEDELIA -- split -- CS -- €8
2021 Metamodernoise, MMN02, (ltd. 40)
Psychedelic Drone / Experimental / Noise Rock from two Russian projects with live and studio recordings. Hand-painted cassette shell.
[bandcamp]
ORD -- "Avalokitesvara" -- C-60 -- €7 [-50%]
2020/2021 Glasir Cassette Series, GS01
Ritual / Drone. Cassette reissue of the new album of Voronezh ritual / dark ambient project ORD "Avalokiteśvara". Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva, the embodiment of infinite compassion of all Buddhas. The Dalai Lama is considered his incarnation and regularly conducts Avalokiteshvara initiations. The material was recorded on 06.07.2019, the Dalai Lama's Birthday, at a private session at the "Yunost" music center, and was finalized with field recordings and modular synthesizers in the winter of 2020. As a result, there were 5 compositions united by a common meaning, a meditative-trance sound, opening new facets of sound shamanism... [Status Prod.]
OTTAVEN -- "Endless Loops From Morocco" -- 2 CS -- €10
2010 Second Sleep, SS028
Field Recordings / Sound Collage. Giovanni Donadini is one of the most “young” prolific musician in italy today. For over a decade he do lots of great things. Touring the entire Europa, Japan and USA, putting out tones of shirts, prints, zines, cloths and working 24h a day in his silkscreen studio close to Alps (canedicoda.com). If you know Giovanni personaly, and see how he plays and paints, you can simply understand how everything is connected to his being and how everything results as a private experience. Ottaven in this box, works with collages of field recordings taken during a trip he did in Morocco, in 2001. No kind of editing but the creation of small loops that perfectly joins with longer ones. This simple structure captures listener's immagination and leave him free of taking a visual trip, as if he were watching to a documentary. [Soundohm]
[bandcamp]
PAIN APPENDIX / BLACK LEATHER JESUS -- split -- C-50 -- €9
2019 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM60TAPE
Noise / Power Electronics. Pain Appendix (Upstate NY) meets the master of US harsh noise, Black Leather Jesus (Texas)! What happens when you mix fierce power electronics with raw 90's-style harsh noise? Pure, annhilated atmospheres; crushing, pummeling noise rendered in the spirit of violent perversion, extreme sex, hardcore degenerate drug-abuse; anxiety and disease. Virulent blasts and brandishing walls of harsh noise. Menacing, daunting power electronics. All mixed with rough industrial elements respective of the genres finest predecessors. Fans of BLJ's classic 90's junk abuse mastery will be very pleased with project's new material, done with comparable execution. Fans of Pain Appendix will be pleased to hear some of project's best work to-date. Grey metalizzed cassette comes in a special cardboard sleeve professional printed with tons of small postcards. [label info]
[youtube]
PARAGON BELIAL -- "Unholy Resonance" -- C-45 -- €5 [-50%]
2016 YAOP, YAOP 087, (ltd. 33)
Flowing like clouds and shining with primordial darkness, meditative Droning Black Ambient performed on vintage analogue electronics. The album will impress the lovers of Drone and fans of Dungeon Synth. White cassette with hand-painted stickers. [label info]
PIAG3T -- "Showing You Things" -- CS -- €9
2020 Janushoved, Janushoved no. 123
Ambient / Experimental. Music about daydreaming and second thoughts. Impressive debut release by Piag3t following recent compilation tracks out on Petrola 80 and Posh Isolation. First appearance on Janushoved by Piag3t. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PO.NO.(I)ZA. -- "... And died from pleasure..." -- C-90 -- €5 [-50%]
2015 YAOP, YAOP 078, (ltd. 15)
Hysterical extasy of distorted voice samples. Squeals, screams, statements and monologues, all chopped into a 1.5 hour long dadaist vinaigrette. The cassette is packed in two vintage art photographs of A5 size unique for each copy, all information is handwritten on old Soviet postcard. [label info]
PO.NO.(I)ZA. -- "Bite A Horizon" -- C-90 -- €5
2013 YAOP, YAOP 064, (ltd. 13)
Continuation of psychedelic opus magnum of this underground Russian artist. The cassette is packen in vintage promotional materials of "Aeroflot" from 70-ies, each copy has unique peculiarities. [label info]
PO.NO.(I)ZA. -- "Collagenaut" -- C-90 -- €5 [-50%]
2015 YAOP, YAOP 079, (ltd. 20)
A sort of art manifesto of the author. Mid-frequency cyclic collaged futuro-noise with retrograde lo-fi sound. Collaged artwork, cassette is wrapped in the documentation from the vintage Soviet audio devices. [label info]
POLYGON -- "Mental Border" -- CS -- €9 [-50%]
2001/2020 Aliens Production, APT002, (ltd. 50)
IDM / Experimental. Originally never officially released album of this German top of minimalistic approaches and cold atmospheres. Now, after a long silence, appears under our label in the new audio set. Minimalist procedures in which melancholic moods and experimental blocks weave. Strong melodies and flesh tones that can be stabbed directly into your perceptual apparatus are a great part of this rare material that has been resting in the darkness of the tomb for a long time. Fourteen stories of light and darkness. Dark opus of chimes and hypnotic structures. Dark ambient surfaces encased in electronic transfusions and cold blocks. This album is as a big rarity and also a piece of atmospheric storm of emotions and complex sound experiences. [label info]
[bandcamp]
PRAYING FOR OBLIVION -- "Facade" -- C-35 -- €7
2011 Cipher Productions, (sic 54), (ltd. 50)
Praying For Oblivion is a name stretching back into the deepest noise/industrial subculture of this century and ther last. I never know quite what to expect from Andrew Seal, which is always the exciting part of finding something new - or old - from him to sink into... Façade's first side is a lengthy live track recorded in Kaisterslautern folding undigestible feedback into crude industrial machinations and bursts of nasty vocals. The second side meanwhile blasts what seems like a more chaotic noise rasp, but within that hides eliding, subtle repetitions and a surprising compositional restraint. Two sides to a truly multi-faceted project... Façade marks the first release in my new sub-series of specially packaged cassettes dedicated to the obliqueness of 1990s cassette culture packaging from the likes of Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers, MSBR, Sound Probe, GROSS, SHMF, Uncut and the like... This cassette is in an edition of 50 copies, strapped by wire mesh to a 5" square collage/mixed mess of papier mache, video tape, more mesh and paint. [label info]
PRAYING FOR OBLIVION -- "The Technology Of Mass Extermination" -- C-60 -- €9
1998 Android Productions, AP004, (ltd. 245)
Power Electronics. Praying For Oblivion is the long running Industrial Noise / Power Electronics project of Andrew-Jonathan Seal. Founded in 1997 in Buffalo N.Y., Praying For Oblivion is active in Europe since 2000, and residing in Europe since 2009.
PRI DOLINE MAK -- "s/t" -- C-90 -- €5 [-50%]
2016 YAOP, YAOP 082, (ltd. 28)
Second full-length from the new magnificos of the St. Petersburg noise school. Classical old school Drone Ambient with psychedelic folk twists. The album was recorded in mono on tape during one night in smoke in one live take using only authentic re-patched Soviet analogue devices, string, percussion and wind instruments and electro-acoustic DIY stuff fed through mixing desks and analogue portastudios. The work represents the destructive aggression of the harsh reality against a beautiful tree and excellent grass that breathes and sounds in the recording. Cassette with coloured photo-stickers packed in ziplock bag 10 x 15 cm with black and white hand-numbered cover. [label info]
PRI DOLINE MAK -- "Minotaurism" -- C-90 -- €5 [-50%]
2016 YAOP, YAOP 086, (ltd. 32)
Fifth full-length album by Pri Doline Mak was recorded as a trio at the same evening as "Ingria". Here the project reaches the culmination of Drone Ambient, touching some more experimental, near-industrial and even sort of theatrical areas, forestalling the project's move into other directions. Catacomb analogue sound, typical for St. Petersburg scene, with lots of instruments and tape loops, and spiraling, wandering and somewhat psychoanalytic dramatism of this work turn it into a monumental canvas causing persistent associations with the myth of Knossos labyrinth and the Minotaur. [label info]
PROSHCHAYU -- "Kalpa" -- C-34 -- €9
2021 [electrotapes archive], [ETA-TAPE-06], (ltd. 20)
Ambient. "Kalpa" is a fragile and tender story, passing through morning, day, evening and night. The delicate music of PROSHCHAYU describes an atmospheric and touching world filled with memories of childhood and observation of the everyday secrets of a child's mind. Airy, soft ambient envelops the constantly changing sound passages, creating a whole and eventful universe on the verge of dream and reality. The works of Alio Die and Michael Tanner come to mind, which cannot but serve as a recommendation for listening... [label info]
[bandcamp]
PROSTITUTE FINGER / RELIC -- split -- C-46 -- €35
2008 Styggelse, Stygg 20, (ltd. 150)
Noise split from two underground Swedish projects. PROSTITUTE FINGER = Stefan Joansson (aka YURI GAGARIN) and Thomas Ekelund (aka TREPANERINGSRITUALEN). RELIC is one of the projects of Dan Johansson (aka SEWER ELECTION).
PRURIENT -- "Pleasure Of Ruins" -- C-30 -- €125
2012 self-released, (ltd. 24)
Noise. Rehearsal session for Prurient live performance NYC July 21, 2012. "Listen inside alone during midday desert hours."
PRURIENT -- "Unknown Rains" -- C-40 -- €33
2016 Hospital Productions, HOS-465, (ltd. 250)
Power Electronics / Noise / Industrial. Utterly destructive and heart-wrenching power noise and catharsis from the don gorgon of Hospital Productions, making his first album confession since the release of the stunning Frozen Niagara Falls. [boomkat] Comes in hand-painted envelope bound in twine with four double-sided 3.5" x 4" inserts.
[bandcamp]
PRURIENT & KEVIN DRUMM -- "All Are Guests In The House Of The Lord" -- C-42 -- €27
2007 Hospital Productions, HOS-201
Power Electronics from the US.
[youtube]
PRURIENT + SICKNESS -- "Sick Silent Summer Slum" -- C-12 -- €47
2006 Ninth Circle Music, (ltd. 50)
Noise. Sounds in left channel by Prurient while sounds in right channel by Sickness. Prurient sound sources taken from Point And Void master CD. Sickness sound sources recorded live to Minidisc.
PSYCHOSADIST -- "Crawlspace" -- C-20 -- €9
2014 Hiisi Productions, hiisi 003, (ltd. 50)
Power Electronics. Impressive debut release from a new deutsche pe/noise artist. Crawlspace is great mixture of noise and power electronics with all crushing sound and screaming vocals. Professionally dubbed orange tape with color cover art. Limited to 50! [label info]
[youtube]
PURPUREAL DAYSTAR -- "Shabti Dollz" -- C-46 -- €7
2020 self-released
Techno / Experimental. A project from Switzerland closely related to Rumour Rest label. Side A presents 6 tracks of experimental techno / bassline music recorded in Paris, Belgrade and Lausanne. Side B contains a 23 min. live recording done with ASMR (Autonomous sensory meridian response) tecniques.
[bandcamp]
PUSTOTA -- "Bespechno-1" -- C-80 -- €6 [-50%]
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 088/2019, (ltd. 10)
PUSTOTA goes deep into the world of tape re-recording and trite magnetophone manipulations. Tape noises, fed through the chain cassette-recorder-cassette over and over again, are getting distorted and saturated with the traces of equipment imperfections, the traces of careless handling of the material reveal aesthetic depth. Packed in a paper box with a piece of a ballet card, hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Cinemaslyshaniye" -- C-40 -- €6 [-50%]
2021 BioSonar^Lo-End, 118/2021, (ltd. 10)
Minimal / Noise. A new trend of sound invasion of words and text into the natural / technical noise of tapes. This phonogram is a re-recording of a found tape which contained a recording of an unknown cinema about a blind poet... quite surreal by itself, yet primarily interesting for the big amount of soundless parts and specific concrete sound of the plot. Limited edition in paper sleeve. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Dachniy Sezon" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2018 Biosonar^Lo-End, 079/2018, (ltd. 11)
We continue the series of audio fixations, the beginning of summer house season has started with drilling of a well, sawing timber and hammering of nails, simultaneously from various sides of the area, with children and dogs....) The packaging consists of a bulky envelope made of warped corrugated plastic and a fragment of wallpaper. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "DommoD" -- C-90 -- €8 [-50%]
2016 Biosonar^Lo-End, 061/2016 tape (ltd. 11)
Two sides of the tape - two sides of emptiness. First side contains field incarnation of the project. Unusual and very common street and home noises, the result of meticulous registration lasted for several years using digital recorder and later re-recorded to cassette master tape. Second side - registration of the technical malfunction: "Cometa" reel-to-reel tape recorder temporarily broke down during transportation and manipulations (probably valves partly went out of joints), so the playback came with discrete tremolo-like racket distorting the recording to the state of rock drill - this effect was also fixated with a dictaphone, and later the breakdown disappeared (probably valves somehow fit back in joints because of jolting). The reel tape used for the fixation of this effect was marked as "Dom Mod" ("fashoin house"), probably previously was used for defile. Ultra limited edition with DIY artwork in cardboard box with fragments of postcards and patterns. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Driver Bug (Bag Draivera)" -- CS -- €6 [-50%]
2021 BioSonar^Lo-End, 121/2021, (ltd. 6)
Noise / Minimal. This material was obtained by the fixation of a PC glitch happened during the re-recording of background noises, probably because of a power surge. A fragment of noise gut stuck in endless repetition, while algorithmic effects were smoothly sliding along the loop structure. This recording has a high aesthetic value and can be used as a background for a wide range of activities, playing with pets, feeding birds and domestic relaxation. Limited edition in paper wrapping. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Fields T-15" -- C-46 -- €6 [-50%]
2015 Biosonar^Lo-End, 052, (ltd. 11)
PUSTOTA project presents the new point of view on the phenomenon of the natural noise. Fields: magnetic, radio fields, psycho-social... everything that can affect the sonic texture is used and documented. To maximize the natural effects of the magnetic tape recordings we utilize chains of consequently connected devices of various purpose and feed the recording of tape noise through them. The project intentionally skips the description of technologic nuances, not to drag listener's attention from the aesthetic component of the given sonic field. We also don't use the art strategy of compositional and dramatic character - this program of recording can be used as a background for home activities, playing with children and just relaxation. Unlike the tiresome street noise it contains exclusively the artifacts of electro-magnetic oscillating process. Cardboard box with a cassette comes with Soviet pocket calendars from the collection found in a dump in Sevastopol (all different, don't be surprised)). [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "FON-12" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2013 Biosonar^Lo-End, 035, (ltd. 12)
Random numbers in "FON" series, random effects of multi-layered mixdowns of tape noise appeared as a result of repeated re-recordings with the use of apparatus of various classes. Extracted from the depths of magnetic spattering, that noise which was fought against during the whole history of using magnetic tape as data storage media. Ultra-limited edition and DIY fetish-package in a cardboard box. [press-release]
PUSTOTA -- "FON-31" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2013 Biosonar^Lo-End, 030, (ltd. 11)
Another variant of "FON" ("background") series imprints - potentially endless series of multilayered mixdowns of noise material recorded earlier and based completely on tape noise and equipment artifacts manifested as a result of repeated re-recordings with the use of apparatus of various classes. Tape distortion noise, the very same that was earlier avoided, now it's put on the forefront and plays the leading role in this piece. Ultra-limited edition and DIY fetish-package in a cardboard box. [press-release]
PUSTOTA -- "FON-38" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 103/2019, (ltd. 13)
Noise / Minimal. Random numeration of the "FON" ("Background") series, random effects of multi-layered mixing of tape noises, resulted from multiple re-recordings with the use of different classes of equipment. Extracted from the depths of magnetic deposition, that very noise, which was fought against during the entire history of using magnetic tape as a carrier of information. In certain circles the phonograms of this series are used for sound design of psycho-training and divinations. Ultra-limited edition in cardboard box, painted and signed by hand. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Hyperventilation" -- C-45 -- €6 [-50%]
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 090/2019, (ltd. 14)
This cassette could become the beginning of a series of phonograms with the concept like "everyone can do it". Recording of two different ventilation systems of the premises was made on an old tape recorder with an age-old tape, so the result can be hardly used for identifying the type of fans, but more as a statement of monotonous mechanical air noise. Packed in a cardboard envelope with pasted strips, hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Magnitofakt" -- C-45 -- €6 [-50%]
2019 Biosonar^Lo-End, 087/2019, (ltd. 12)
Once again PUSTOTA goes deep into the world of tape noises, re-recording and other magnetophone manipulations. Repeatedly re-recorded tape "cavities" are saturated with the imperfection of equipment and the entropy of material media: tapes from 70s-80s and reels. Four pieces are full of non-interference in the technical process and yet they have a special romantic spirit, an unaffected atmosphere. Artwork - paper pouch with inserts. Hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Mikrorayon" -- C-46 -- €6 [-50%]
2015 Biosonar^Lo-End, 047, (ltd. 13)
PUSTOTA presents field recordings from the basing sites. Summer 2013, St. Petersburg, a walk in the yards of the Khrushchev-time buildings with a recorder and unprejudiced documenting of sonic flow... main thing is to catch the right moment. On the edge of worries and rest, full of emptiness, life in a neighbourhood. Cardboard box with a cassette comes with Soviet pocket calendars from the collection found in a dump in Sevastopol (all different, don't be surprised). [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "MK-60 Svema" -- 2 x C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2013 Biosonar^Lo-End, 032, (ltd. 13)
This release is the complete apotheosis of the concept of tape noises implemented by the Pustota project. The cardboard box, habitual to the fans of the project, contains two white cassettes of MK-60 trademark, produced by "Svema" factory in 1991. First off, the concept is maintained by the fact that the cassettes have been kept at a warehouse since 1991, sealed in boxes, their cosmetic condition is ideal, but some interesting changes happened to magnetic tape - static pink noise and polyrhythmic clicks appeared. As an interactive element, the listeners are suggested to make some re-recordings themselves while listening, from tape 1 to tape 2, adjusting the sound to the concept. Recommended amount of re-recordings is 13. [press-release]
PUSTOTA -- "Niska Skrost" -- C-61 -- €6 [-50%]
2012 Biosonar^Lo-End, 024/2012, (ltd. 11)
The author's dedication to tape noises turned into a multi-purpose practical research. This cassette release features technical re-recording of tape noise on low speed from the dictaphone through the tube cascade of a pre-amp to old usual cassettes. Ultra limited edition and DIY fetish design in cardboard box with a set of useless inserts. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Nochnoy (The Night One)" -- C-46 -- €6 [-50%]
2018 BioSonar^Lo-End, 077/2018, (ltd. 11)
Field Recordings. This cassette opens the field recording series of the PUSTOTA project. Just as in the technogical series, the main criterion for the material is the maximum "non-presence" of the author, strictly limited to the points of starting / stopping the process of recording. This phonogram contains the background sounds picked in an economy class carriage of a night train. The artwork is a cardboard sleeve covered with coarse transparent polyethylene, containing minor inserts. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Optimal Level" -- C-40 -- €6 [-50%]
2014 Biosonar^Lo-End, 043, (ltd. 13)
Another fact of manipulation with the cassettes. Playing back and re-recording on various types of devices, various speeds and other manipulations. The search for an optimum monotonous hiss for low key background listening in a kitchen or a garage. Extracted from the depths of magnetic spattering, that noise which was fought against during the whole history of using magnetic tape as data storage media. Ultra-limited edition on second-hand cassettes and DIY fetish-package in a cardboard box. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "p03a" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 094/2019, (ltd. 11)
We remember that tape noise can be different or it can be very similar, the same during the entire playback time. This noise is somewhat in between these variations, it's monotonous and it's even always noise. One channel features the phonogram of flat tape noise, while the other channel is filled with a strange stretched resemblance of slowed down rock music, and this music can't even be identified because of the entropy and deformation of sound. Wonderful postcards from opera theaters adorn cardboard packages. Inscriptions and numeration are hand-written. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Pasmurniy Ruchey (Murky Stream)" -- C-46 -- €6 [-50%]
2020 BioSonar^Lo-End, 111/2020, (ltd. 11)
Field Recordings. Emptiness ("pustota" in Russian) is form, form is emptiness. Emptiness of nearby spaces, forms of manifestation of a stream in fir-tree valleys and marshy lowlands. Field recordings of springtime manifestations of a stream in murky weather, recorded on a cassette dictaphone on a recycled tape. Ultra-limited edition in a paper sleeve with an art leaflet of watercolor sketches of water elements and flowers. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Proba TK-140" -- C-55 -- €6 [-50%]
2012 Biosonar^Lo-End, 025/2012, (ltd. 11)
Expansion of the field of tape noise research. Testing of the newly acquired reel-to-reel tape machine Grundig TK 140 Deluxe with a tube cascade. Re-recording of tape noise, sometimes amplified to overload, onto a reel tape of class A. When copying from the tape various specific sonic artifacts appeared, including recognizable tube tone, and also drop-out crunch typical for old crumbling reel tapes. Ultra limited edition and DIY fetish design in cardboard box. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Polkorridora"-- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2018 Biosonar^Lo-End, 075/2018, (ltd. 11)
A combined concept of non-participation and choice. Two dictaphone recordings of three sources of different noisy contents: overcompressed tape distortions, hardware glitches and recordings of street rumblings. The resulting sound resembles the "noise wall" style, but retains the tactical features of this project. Artwork - cardboard sleeve covered with coarse black polyethylene. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Polumery" -- C-46 -- €6 [-50%]
2015 Biosonar^Lo-End, 051, (ltd. 13)
Another field recording from the home stations. October 2014, St. Petersburg, Kirovskiy district, Knyazhevo area, in a yard of Khruschev-era quarter - dying cassette recorder and unbiased documenting of the sonic flow... old half-dead cassette for the master recording, microphone "hears" the rumbling of dictaphone's motor. On the edge of field and broken sonorities... Cardboard box with cassette decorated with small Soviet calendars from the collection found in a dump in Sevastopol (all different, don't be surprised)) [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Postconcept" -- C-40 -- €6 [-50%]
2021 Biosonar^Lo-End, 116/2021 (ltd. 9)
Minimal / Noise / Harsh Noise Wall. A conceptual one-time re-recording from a highly worn-out tape, of a phonogram of static background wall of noise produced by a custom white noise generator built on stabilitrons. Even a single-shot copying on tape filled the phonogram with multiple artifacts of the magnetic re-recording. Limited edition in a paper envelope. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Pro Eto" -- C-45 -- €6 [-50%]
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 091/2019, (ltd. 12)
Tape noise can be different, can be very different, from time to time. This phonogram represents noise obtained from a fatally deformed tape, the wrinkled surface of which previously contained recordings of romantic pop music performers from the 20th century, which however didn't affect the quality of the noise flow. Artwork – cardboard painted by a brush, hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Pylevoy Paz (Dust Groove)" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 096/2019, (ltd. 11)
Soft noise. Gentle noise. An the brink of field recordings and tape noise. The rustle of wind re-recorded through various kinds of tape, already lost its structure and dynamics, almost melted in tape interference. Like dust on the glass, transparent layer of rustle. Artwork – fragments of various leftovers attachet to a cardboard sleeve. Inscriptions and numerations are made by hand. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Radiopostanovka" -- C-40 -- €6 [-50%]
2021 BioSonar^Lo-End, 117/2021, (ltd. 13)
Radio / Field Recordings. Something new and unusual for the project: an accidental audio recording of a radio show depicting the life of St. Petersburg "black helmet astronauts" who were cleaning the streets of the city from "alien agents and their accomplices" in the end of January. Completely technological recording without any semantic content, but full of noise signals imitating digital interference, encoded transmissions and speech. Limited edition in paper sleeve. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Region" -- C-46 -- €6 [-50%]
2021 BioSonar^Lo-End, 124/2021, (ltd. 10)
Minimal / Noise. Return to the theme of tape noises, parsing of reel tapes, erasing and recording electromagnetic traces of devices working in a chain without input signal, only power grid noises and atmospheric magnetic field phenomena processed by microcircuits and manipulations with tape recorders. Limited edition in cardboard box with paint. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Rezervnaya" -- C-50 -- €6 [-50%]
2014 Biosonar^Lo-End, 040, (ltd. 10)
Continuation of the series of releases with the results of manipulations with magnetophone cassettes. This recording is a reserve copy of an intermediate mixdown of various tape noises, played back with various speeds. The initial sound source was an empty tape treated with powerful electric magnets and physical destruction (rumpled). It was played back and re-recorded on various types of apparatus, with various speeds, etc. and this made the sound multi-layered and full of events, although still quite raw and simple. Amazingly, no other processing and effects, only interaction between tapes and tape recorders. Extracted from the depths of magnetic spattering, that noise which was fought against during the whole history of using magnetic tape as data storage media. Ultra-limited edition and DIY fetish-package in a cardboard box. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Simpheropol - Zelenogorsk" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2018 Biosonar^Lo-End, 078/2018, (ltd. 13)
This cassette continues the field recording series of the PUSTOTA project. Just as in the technogical series, the main criterion for the material is the maximum "non-presence" of the author. This phonogram illustrates two rain phenomena, or rather the sounds of droplets being smashed against surfaces. Side A was recorded in October 2010 in Simpheropol, side B - in July 2018 in Zelenogorsk. Pure fixation that however has some aesthetic flavour. Packed in a cardboard box artistically painted by the author. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Stabilitron" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2020 BioSonar^Lo-End, 109/2020, (ltd. 8)
Noise / Minimal. Emptiness or void ("pustota" in Russian) is a linguistic concept, a formulation based on ideas. Philosophy has methods for the logical justification of emptiness and fullness, as well as their identity. Radio electronics has its own methods for converting a signal into a void, electricity into white noise, and controlling frequency characteristics. This fixation is a broadcast of the operation of a noise generator built on stabilitrons or zener diodes, which differs radically from modern digital generation in microchips or a retro version on transistors. Cassettes were recorded directly from the device, bypassing the stage of the mastertape and copying. Ultra-limited edition in cardboard boxes with hand-written info. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Svema 375" -- C-47 -- €6 [-50%]
2012 Biosonar^Lo-End, 026/2012, (ltd. 13)
Continuation of the series of reel tape noise research. Multiple re-recording of the empty tapes of "Svema 375" brand resulted in characteristic crunch/drone ground. Recorded using reel-to-reel tube tape machine Grundig Deluxe and cassete machine Vega-122. Ultra limited edition and DIY fetish design in cardboard box. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "System Search" -- C-40 -- €6 [-50%]
2021 Biosonar^Lo-End, 115/2021 (ltd. 9)
Minimal / Noise / Field Recordings. Triply re-recorded fixation of a working test of a forced ventilation system in a timber-frame housing. Minimal presence of the adjustment artifacts, maximum of artifacts of the magnetic re-recording. Limited edition in a paper envelope with metallized adhesive tape. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Tekhnicheskiy Pereryv (Technical Brake)" -- C-70 -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Biosonar^Lo-End, 070/2017, (ltd. 17)
Another portion of tapes found in our storage - the result of revision of audio cassettes recorded 5 years ago. Playing back and re-recording on various types of devices, various speeds and other manipulations. Extracted from the depths of magnetic spattering, that very noise which was fought against during the whole history of using magnetic tape as data storage media. If you fall in love with crystal-clear sound - this is a perfect tool to fall out of this love! Ultra-limited edition, DIY fetish artwork in cardboard boxes covered with tape and who knows what else. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Tokarka" -- C-40 -- €6 [-50%]
2020 BioSonar^Lo-End, 114/2020, (ltd. 14)
Field Recording. The recording of a turning work of wooden products. In addition to technological properties and the concept of total field-recording, such a tape has a strongly pronounced aesthetic character and can be used for listening within a circle of friends or family. Limited edition in a paper envelope with an attachment of a wooden element. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Tretya Smena (Third Shift)" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Biosonar^Lo-End, 066/2017, (ltd. 10)
Another object of manipulations with reel-to-reel tapes which were stored in a garage. Deteriorated, they turn into distortions themselves and enter the path of sonic deformations. Re-recording on various types of devices, extracted from the depths of magnetic spattering, that very noise which was fought against during the whole history of using magnetic tape as data storage media. If you know for sure why you need a whole tape of abrasive noise - this is your choice! Ultra-limited edition on Soviet MK-60 tapes and DIY fetish artwork in cardboard box. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Ul. Yablochkova d.0" -- C-70 -- €6 [-50%]
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 092/2019, (ltd. 12)
A fragment of city / field recordings made with cassette equipment. A pair of condenser microphones was put near an open window on Yablochkova street (St. Petersburg, Petrogradskaya district) on a dreary March morning. However the urban rumble is diluted by vigorous sparrows tweets. Design – cardboard envelope with attached art, hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Veter V Sosnah (Wind in Pine Trees)" -- C-90 -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Biosonar^Lo-End, 072/2017, (ltd. 15)
90-min cassette. First September winds, clear air and rare sounds of summer house activities. The recording of master-tape was done right on a cassette dictaphone from the last century, on a not very fresh tape which became a fatal turn of events for the sound, as did the re-recording completely downgraded the reality of sounds in tape noise and playback artifacts. No stitching, no mixing, no mastering. Packed in a box covered in tarpaulin, bark and pine needles. [label info]
PUSTOTA -- "Vognutye Steny (Concave Walls)" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2017 Biosonar^Lo-End, 065/2017, (ltd. 10)
Tapes found in the storage - the result of revision of audio cassettes recorded 5 years ago. Playing back and re-recording on various types of devices, various speeds and other manipulations. Extracted from the depths of magnetic spattering, that very noise which was fought against during the whole history of using magnetic tape as data storage media. If you love crystal-clear sound - this is a perfect tool to spoil your mood! Ultra-limited edition on Soviet MK-60 tapes and DIY fetish artwork in cardboard box. [label info]
PUSTOTA vs. LUNAR ABYSS -- "Shlyuz (Flood-Gate)" -- C-90 -- €8 [-50%]
2016 Biosonar^Lo-End, 060/2016 tape (ltd. 11)
Here's the new line of manifestation of the project devoted to technological processes. Hollow-noise reregistration of sonic processes, multiple cyclic rerecording using defective and outdated tapes, no artistic reinterpretation, all aesthetic processes happening in listeners' minds. This release contains two dictaphone registrations of Lunar Abyss gigs from various years, three rerecording cycles on various kinds of tapes, something resembling Lunar Abyss still sounds there in the depths of interference and tape hiss. Ultra-limited edition with DIY artwork in cardboard foil-coated box. [label info]
RADIOSON / LIGHT COLLAPSE -- "Chisla / Kudyka" -- C-85 -- €12 [-50%]
2016 Ostroga, OTR-060, (ltd. 20)
Radioson - a maze of wave networks of Moscow region. Fixation of human society reeking inside out with aural parabolas. Fragments of police frequencies and suicidal talks with one's one mirror reflection. Conspirological binaural strokes on the body of society flowing in metro. Sweaty antennas too tired to broadcast... Light Collapse - a picnic near an electrical substation with chattering cicadas. A radio that was forgotten on a garden table pours into the grass iridescence of pictures from previous lives and rings of silver stratospheric drone. Exit to the beginning... C85 cassette, 20 copies. Unique collector's edition featuring pocket size 24-page booklet of graphic works. [label info]
[bandcamp]
RADIOSTALKING -- "Pionerlager' - Yacheiki"-- C-90 -- €8
2018 Biosonar^Lo-End, 074/2018-tape, (ltd. 11)
Ninety-minute cassette of radio-fixations of summer nocturnal ether in the north of the Leningrad region. Side A - a recording of the search of abrasive radionoises on the territory of an abandoned Soviet pioneer camp. Side B - broadband reception of distorted codenames of ham operators and radio control services. This edition has all the signs of artistic differentiation of noises and can be used for aesthetic compensation of energy loss. Artwork - kraft-cardboard envelope. [label info]
RADIOSTALKING -- "Usad'ba Prof. Lyagushinskogo" -- C-60 -- €7
2018 Biosonar^Lo-End, 084/2018, (ltd. 15)
In the wilderness of provincial abandonments secret secrets are secreted. Professor Lyagushinskiy, who fled to Berlin, had buried a golden treasure under an age-old fur tree, trying to save his wealth from the Bolshevists. Radio interceptions and scanning the ether may probably become a better finding, for the aesthetic treasures warm our soul no less then golden bars. Artwork - wallpaper pouch with strange inserts, hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
RAMIREZ, RICHARD -- "Certain Cruelty" -- C-60 -- €45
1995 Slaughter Productions, T034
Noise. Two live tracks recorded in January 1995 + one studio track. Packaged in an A5 paper sleeve with a noose.
[bandcamp]
RAMIREZ, RICHARD -- "Lafitte Filth" -- CS -- €8
2013 Deadline Recordings, (ltd. 20)
Harsh Noise. Volume 1 in Hellfire Series, named after the gay biker/S&M organization Hellfire Club.
RAMIREZ, RICHARD -- "The Joys Of Self Abuse" -- CS -- €8
2013 Deadline Recordings, (ltd. 20)
Harsh Noise. Volume 2 in Hellfire Series, named after the gay biker/S&M organization Hellfire Club.
RAMIREZ, RICHARD -- "Learning The Ropes" -- CS -- €8
2013 Deadline Recordings, (ltd. 20)
Harsh Noise. Volume 3 in Hellfire Series, named after the gay biker/S&M organization Hellfire Club.
RAMIREZ, RICHARD -- "Perverse Territory" -- C-20 -- €10
2012 WGM Tapes & Vinyl
Noise.
RAMIREZ, RICHARD -- "Without Option" -- CS -- €8
2014 Room 2A, (ltd. 20)
Harsh Noise. Volume 4 in Hellfire Series, named after the gay biker/S&M organization Hellfire Club.
RAMIREZ, RICHARD -- "Without Consent" -- CS -- €8
2014 Room 2A, (ltd. 20)
Harsh Noise. Volume 5 in Hellfire Series, named after the gay biker/S&M organization Hellfire Club.
RAMIREZ, RICHARD -- "Without Consern" -- CS -- €8
2014 Room 2A, (ltd. 20)
Harsh Noise. Volume 6 in Hellfire Series, named after the gay biker/S&M organization Hellfire Club.
RAPERIES (LIKE DRAPERIES) -- "Four Corners" -- 2 CS -- €16
2007 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM12TAPE
Noise. "Although it may seem to be redundant, for morality to exist, it has to actually exist (consider it a reflexive concept). Since morality resides completely within the abstract realm, there is no way of proving whether it exists or not, yet all of us live in a culture where moral values and structures run our day to day lives. The majority, in any shape or form, uses morality as a means of verifying their likes and dislikes, making opinion into an objective quality. Deviance is not an immoral act, but one merely of the minority. This is for those forced into the corners, dunce caps on their heads, plotting their next move. This is for everyone." Heavy frequencies, powerful noise attack and painful vocals. Double vinyl case with cover, a large insert with notes and 4 postcards. [label info]
RED HOOK GRAIN TERMINAL -- "Inorganic" -- C-26 -- €6
2018 Panatype, PTYP003
Ambient / House / Experimental. The Red Hook Grain Terminal is an abandoned grain elevator in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City that’s been left to ruin since 1965. This post-industrial behemoth, a battered and degraded skeleton of a building, serves as a fundamental inspiration for the recent work of sound artist Jordan Edge, his latest project named after the structure itself... This crumbling edifice is the perfect metaphor for Edge’s compositional process, which bases itself on the manipulation of once-pristine audio recordings and synthesized noise, deprived of their original meaning and function through a process of sonic degradation, thus transformed into something entirely other. His latest record for Panatype, “Inorganic”, situates the listener in “world of dampened acoustics, half destroyed spaces, dead room tones and manipulated environmental surroundings… where the deterioration of sound is equal to the creation of the content itself.” [Inverted Audio]
[youtube]
RED LIGHT -- "s/t" -- C-47 -- €10
2015 Institute Of Paraphilia Studies
Power Electronics. Anonymous project issued as an ultra limited 3" CD some years ago. Now IOPS got the opportunity to reissue this on cassette for a bigger audience. Vocals, raw noise, piercing high pitched feedback and heavy distortion. Sound on one side only. Black chrome tape packaged in soft poly case.
[youtube]
REGOSPHERE -- "Insomnia" -- C-30 -- €9
2014 Danvers State Recordings, DSR55, (ltd. 50)
Death Industrial / Power Electronics. REGOSPHERE creates "anxiety electronics", and that description could not be more appropriate here. Two side long tracks full of panic and terror, American death industrial/PE at it's finest. Heavy synths, screeching noise, clanging metal and manic vocals. There is no release from insomnia... only recurring nightmares. Limited to 50 copies. Lyrics included. [Freak Animal]
[bandcamp]
REUTOFF / BAD SECTOR -- "21.11.14" -- C-93 -- €50
2015 kultFRONT, KF-XXV, (ltd. 75)
The 25th release by kultFRONT is a live concert split by the exemplary dark ambient projects from Russia and Italy, Reutoff and Bad Sector respectively. The show took place in the very late autumn of 2014 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The venue initially planned for this event was suddenly shut down and the show was urgently and successfully moved to one of the best clubs for this kind of music - The Place. Also from a technical point of view the concert was flawless so all musicians agreed to publish it. This fact is remarkable because "21.11.14" is the first live release in Reutoff's longstanding history. And in fact the first live album for Bad Sector in its 20 years of existence. The earlier "live" release by Bad Sector was "Xela" published in Russia 14 years ago (Waystyx 01, 2001), however it doesn't really meet the criteria of a "live album". It featured studio materials prepared especially for one of the early live shows of Bad Sector. The Reutoff side consists of live versions of compositions from the "ZugZwang IV", "Eigengrau", "No One's Lullabies" albums and some unreleased material. The Bad Sector side includes live versions of tracks from "Storage Disk 2", "Reset / Rebis Periferiche", "Unification", "Kosmodrom" and "Dolmen Factory". The album is published in a very limited edition of 75 white cassettes. A symbolic glance in the past, as both projects had their first recordings on cassettes too. This release is not planned to be distributed on other media or digitally. [press-release]
[bandcamp]
RIVER MAGIC -- "Spring Thaw Brings The Fever" -- CS -- €22
2010 Hospital Productions, HOS-263, (ltd. 100)
Power Electronics / Noise. More cheery niceness from Dominick Fernow (PRURIENT), here for a one-off as RIVER MAGIC. Needy, needling noise claws at your ankles before sputtering diseased electronic phlegm on your crotch with 'Spring Thaw Brings The Fever'; 'Perished In The Jungle' is shock and awe power electronics; 'I Just Couldn't Get Thin' is the most dynamic, lashing the senses with keening distortion and unholy vocals for nine minutes. [Boomkat]
[youtube]
RNA -- "No New Tokyo" -- 2 CS -- €10
2015 Phage Tapes, PT:222, (ltd. 125)
Noise. RNA is a noise group made up of Eiko Ishibashi, Fumio Kosakai (INCAPACITANTS) and Kimihide Kusafuka (K2). No New Tokyo was recorded live September 2014 as part of an event titled "Technology Hour Returns". The four tracks on this release total 1 hr and 40 mins of harsh noise produced by electronics, drums and guitar. [label info]
[bandcamp]
ROPE SOCIETY -- "Dissolve" -- C-30 -- €10
2015 Trapdoor Tapes, TT082
The first release for Trapdoor Tapes in 2015 comes from David Tonkin’s new solo project Rope Society. Known for his work as ISOMER and in the group BORDEL MILITAIRE releasing on labels Tesco Germany, Cipher Productions, Neuropa Records amongst others. Rope Society’s Dissolve is 30 Minutes of Dark and unrelenting Power Electronics/Death Industrial from the depths of Australia. [label info]
ROPE SOCIETY -- "One Word Definition" -- CS -- €10
2013 Cipher Productions, (sic 80), (ltd. 50)
Power Electronics from Australia. The cassette is packaged in folded polypropylene covers with a screenprinted reflector banderole and teethed metal holding the tape in place.
[soundcloud]
RUINS OF MELANCHOLIA -- "Heaviness Requiem" -- 2 C-90 -- €16
2021 Psychomor Rec., (ltd. 7)
Dark Ambient / Drone. Archival recordings of the project run by the Russian musician Andrey Vorobyov, now transformed into ἐγρήγορος and II:II. Two C90 cassettes in handmade packaging, three hour of hypnotic lo-fi drone music, only 7 copies made.
[bandcamp]
RUPPERT, FREDDY -- "Wait" -- C-20 -- €6
2012 NNA Tapes, NNA047
Experimental / Dark Ambient. Deviating stylistically from his previous work with FORMER GHOSTS and THIS SONG IS A MESS AND SO AM I, Los Angeles-based musician Freddy Ruppert has constructed a forboding collage of churning industrial soundscapes. "Wait" is a highly personal collection of deliberately anti-climactic processed acoustics, from glassy piano fragments to deep, rumbling bells. While remaining bestial and dark, the sounds on "Wait" retain an emotionally complex and organic energy; a calculated exercise in tension and restraint, existing intimately in a place of no resolution. [label info]
[bandcamp]
RUST ON THE AX -- "By Eternity Of Non Existence" -- CS -- €6 [-50%]
2015 Heerwegen Tod Production, HTP-MC 015 / Werewolf Promotion, WP391, (ltd. 100)
Dark Ambient / Black Metal. The debut release of a project from Lower Silesia is mixture of atmospheric music and ritual black ambient. Gloomy, keyboard composition, built on raw old school of 90s with screaming demonic vocals, devil apocalyptic lyrics which hit the sense of being, buried by religious dogmas. Horryfing, psychedelic and mysterious atmosphere, which full of emotions and freedom of compositions. [label info]
[bandcamp]
SACHER-PELZ -- "Erschepzal" -- CS -- €10
2012 My Dance The Skull, Hill Devil Drum 01, (ltd. 100)
Experimental / noise project of Maurizio Bianchi (M.B.).
SACRESTIA DEL SANTISSIMO SANGUE -- "Trancesubstantiation" -- C-20 -- €7
2019 Rumour Rest, RR-3, (ltd. 100)
Esoteric / Electro / Synthwave from Italy.
[bandcamp]
SADOGIPNOZ -- "WhyNotNotNot" -- C-90 -- €7
2021 BioSonar^Lo-End, 122/2021, (ltd. 15)
Noise / Experimental. This edition is not a reissue of archives and/or reconstruction of a mossy sound project, but only a publication delayed in years. The first side is a recording of a spontaneous live gig happened at the forest festival "Why Not? 2015". The flip side contains a spontaneous home set from the same year. The recognizable structure and intensity of the sound stream will not leave indifferent both listeners familiar with the work of this project, and young lovers of noise exposure. Limited edition in paper bag. [label info]
SANCTIMONIOUS -- "Hypocritical Sages" -- C-24 -- €9
2011 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM29TAPE, (ltd. 100)
Feedback power electronics and filthy sounds inspired by hypocritical religions. 100 copies limited edition in cardboard box with poster. [label info]
[youtube]
SATORI -- "The Brutal Truth" -- CS -- €10 [-50%]
2020 COD noizes, SHUM36, (ltd. 47)
Industrial. New album by the legends of the British industrial scene. Cassette in a cardboard bradpak strictly limited to 47 handnumbered copies. [label info]
[bandcamp]
SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "Cable" -- C-66 -- €17
2021 Flip-Flap, 00/175, (ltd. 27)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009. Pro-dubbed cassettes, limited to 27 copies, hand-numbered.
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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "FlipFlapFlupFlop" -- C-66 -- €17
2021 Flip-Flap, 00/590, (ltd. 27)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009. Pro-dubbed cassettes, limited to 27 copies, hand-numbered.
[youtube]
SCHNITZLER, CONRAD -- "Red Area" -- C-60 -- €17
2021 Flip-Flap, 00/125, (ltd. 27)
Experimental. Flip-Flap label was started in 2021 for releasing a limited edition series of select works, personally chosen by Conrad Schnitzler in 2008-2009. Pro-dubbed cassettes, limited to 27 copies, hand-numbered.
SCORPIO & GLASS -- "How To Treat Your Shill Irresponsibly" -- C-30 -- €7
2012 Second Sleep, SS042, (ltd. 100)
Crude low-key electronic and cruel atmosphere from the project of Khristopher Reinshagen (Body Сollector / Nostilevo). [label info]
SEWER ELECTION & SCHAKALENS BROR -- "Guitarred And Feathered" -- C-20 -- €17
2016 Team Boro Tapes
Noise. Dan Johansson (SEWER ELECTION) and David Valleryd (SCHAKALENS BROR) grab their six-stringed electric rifles and together they tear you a new one. Love like this hurts. [label info]
SHAPEDNOISE -- "The Day Of Revenge" -- CS -- €13
2013 Hospital Productions, HOS-370, (ltd. 100)
Industrial / Techno. The Day Of Revenge sees Shapednoise exploring all sides of his sound, ranging from throbbing techno to ambient collages and distorted synth experiments. [Resident Advisor]
[youtube]
SHARPWAIST -- "The Night Of And The Morning After" -- C-22 -- €9
2008 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM15TAPE
Power Electronics. Highway girl kissed the bricks... She said her daughter told her she loved her twice before leaving that evening. The next time she saw her, she was dead under a sheet on a hospital gurney... "Her eyes were open," she said, remembering the warmth of her daughter's body. "She had the most beautiful blue eyes. I sat there for 45 minutes touching, hugging her... I'm still numb," she said. "She was the center of my life. That day has changed my life forever..." Devastating new release from Boston's Sharpwaist. Processed radio transmissions layered on top of boiling low-end synth dirges and phlegm choked vocals. The sound of a car radio playing your favorite flavor of the month as you crash head on into a brick wall at 60 miles per hour... Normal cristal case, 6 panels j-card, plastic printed sleeve. [label info]
SHINKIRO -- "No Man's Land" -- C-30 -- €7 [-50%]
2019 Rumour Rest, RR-04, (ltd. 50)
Experimental Electronics / Dark Ambient from the Japanese musician Manabu Hiramoto.
[bandcamp]
SHIVER -- "The Light Within Has Turned Into Darkness" -- C-20 -- €6
2012 Diazepam, dzp 08
Industrial / Noise. Distorted percussions and tape loops manipulation. Throbbing drones and field recordings. Pissed off lyrics/vocals. [label info]
[bandcamp]
SHIVER -- "The Taste Of Repent" -- C-30 -- €6
2011 Prairie Fire, PF027, (ltd. 40)
Noise. "The Taste Of Repent" is two tracks and 30 minutes of heavy psychological terror. "Breeding" is a dark dark thundering, feedback soundscape. It builds and builds – heaping pain upon pain until the inevitable breaking point hits with screams of torment. "Conscience is a Mutilation" takes half a step away from its soul-shattering predecessor. The addition of a sense of beauty to the proceedings makes the aural torture seem even crueler. Much like being dragged out of a dungeon and into the most visually stunning cathedral in order to receive a most vicious round of torture. [label info]
[bandcamp]
SICK SEED -- "Live + 1" -- CS -- €7
2012 Filth And Violence, FILTH&VIOLENCE-78, (ltd. 200)
Power Electronics / Noise. Includes cover versions of the songs by AUTOPSY and GODFLESH. Pro duplicated tape in polycase with xerox insert.
SIJ & PAUL MINESWEEPER -- "Message" -- CS -- €10
2015 Aquarellist, aquarel 32-15, (ltd. 50)
"In ambient music, space is often perceived as something inspiringly scientific or uncompromising, cold and cruel. In this work the authors intended to combine all impressions that an observer of the limitless expanse can feel. "Thick jelly" of nebulae turns into a relentless blackness of a black hole and lonely celestial bodies send us sonic messages unfathomable to the run of mankind. What will the listener find in this work depends only on him." [label info] Chrome tape, packed in a linen bag.
SILENCE OF VACUUM -- "2: Atomage Rubber Influence" -- C-10 -- €15
2007 Institute Of Paraphilia Studies, (ltd. 50)
Noise / Drone / Minimal. One of the many projects of Mikko Aspa (GRUNT, Freak Animal label), decidated to rubber & latex fetishism. Black chrome tape with full color j-card in clear polycase.
SILENCE OF VACUUM -- "3: Heavy Rubber Discipline" -- C-45 -- €15
2007 Institute Of Paraphilia Studies, (ltd. 50)
Noise / Drone / Minimal. One of the many projects of Mikko Aspa (GRUNT, Freak Animal label), decidated to rubber & latex fetishism. Black chrome tape with full color j-card in clear polycase.
SILENCE OF VACUUM -- "4: Sealwear / Chains & Heartbeat" -- C-30 -- €15
2007 Institute Of Paraphilia Studies, (ltd. 50)
Noise / Drone / Minimal. One of the many projects of Mikko Aspa (GRUNT, Freak Animal label), decidated to rubber & latex fetishism. Black chrome tape with full color j-card in clear polycase.
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SILENCE OF VACUUM -- "5: Under Three Layers" -- C-30 -- €15
2007 Institute Of Paraphilia Studies, (ltd. 50)
Noise / Drone / Minimal. One of the many projects of Mikko Aspa (GRUNT, Freak Animal label), decidated to rubber & latex fetishism. Black chrome tape with full color j-card in clear polycase.
[youtube]
SKIN GRAFT -- "In Cracked Cement" -- C-19 -- €11
2011 Thirdsex, 3rd/nine
Noise from the USA. Recorded in Cleveland, Ohio in March 2011.
SKIN GRAFT -- "Magnetic Resonance Images" -- C-40 -- €9
2014 Narcolepsia, narco033, (ltd. 85)
Noise. Abrasive basement electronics, combining massive power with rusty outbursts of psychedelic ash. [label info]
SKWATS -- "Angst, Lust And Dreams" -- CS -- €7
2021 Perspex Icon
Garage Rock. The Filipino quartet of Skwats doesn't like to toss words and sounds to the wind. They really don't play their music, but squat it. They occupy dusty rooms of post-punk, ironic uncomplicated psychedelia and synth-driven motorik pulses to put them in proper order... "Angst, Lust and Dreams" is an album of catchy melodies and devilish loudness at the same time. It’s could lift even the most plodding man from the couch. Skwats so easily manage to create the feeling of a decent party right in your head that you immediately wonder how these people behave outside the studio and without their instruments. Their music has a completely appropriate sense of fun, which you get into from the very first minutes. And really, what interests every person if not angst, lust and dreams? [label info]
[bandcamp]
SLOW BURNING -- "Apostasy" -- C-44 -- €9
2021 Rokot, (ltd. 35)
Noise. Project of Jonas Lindberg (MAIM / MORKERMANEN) who has been silent for almost 15 years now. Brain-melting rotnoise and swampdeath-style industrial ambience from the cold and damp urban North. It is the sound of putrefying minds and decaying bodies in damp cellars of torment and hate. Essence of despair and foulness. Recorded in 2003-2004. [label info]
[soundcloud]
SMEHOPILORAMA -- "2sarado" -- C-45 -- €7
2018 Biosonar^Lo-End, 082/2018, (ltd. 11)
Harsh noise project from the Leningrad land, surprisingly manifested in the lacunae of Petrograd Drone Gathering as a festive and carousing element of a noise discourse. Total discordianism in the spirit of hometaping age and early japanoise. Extensive semantic ideas proclaimed in indigestible sound combinations and declamations devoid of textual intelligibility. Artwork - paper sleeve wrapped in duct tape & screws, hand-written info. [label info]
SMEHOPILORAMA -- "Bird Rabies Is Transmitted Through Milk" -- C-60 -- €7
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 093/2019, (ltd. 14)
Harsh Noise. The third cassette release from the low-fi harsh noise collective from the Kurortniy District of Leningrad. Fucked up by varnish and oyster sause, those loafers decided to deafen the neighbors by a portion of overdriven daddy-noise and dumped the thick black paste of sound from their guitar/synth channels. The recording lasted for about an hour and is presented here on two sides of the cassette in chronological order. Artwork – black waxed paper and kraft with white duct tape, hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
SMEHOPILORAMA -- "Opyleno Shmelyami" -- C-45 -- €7
2018 Biosonar^Lo-End, 086/2018, (ltd. 11)
The new page of the Leningrad noise underground. This time the comrades, armed with overdrives and other distortions, pour down the wall of noise of characteristic dispersive content on a listener; guitars, voices and other instruments are subjected to such destructive processing that they are no longer heard as something separate from each other. Harsh noise in low-fi mode of production. Artwork - rubberized paper sleeve wrapped in yellow duct tape. Hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
SODOMY FROM BEYOND -- "Dead Fluids Baptism" -- C-55 -- €12
2018 Nil By Mouth Recordings, NBM55TAPE, (ltd. 70)
Power Electronics. Corpses, necrophiliac instincts, catacombs, open graves and heavy electronics. Under strong influences of the death tunes from Slaughter Productions, new album from Sodomy From Beyond shows another effort of deadly power electronics and rotten death industrial. Everything combined with the corrupted atmospheres of Alarma! and the putried stench of mexican decomposed corpses... Comes in a black bag with inserts, limited edition of 70 copies. [label info]
[youtube]
SONM -- "赤" -- CS -- €7
2018 Pearly Snowdrift, PS06
Ambient / Drone / Experimental. The idea of recording was originally conceived as a soundtrack to an experimental theatrical performance in the summer of 2017. As a result, a series of sound improvisations took shape of independent work, which slightly differs from the previous releases of the SONM duo in its sound and visual design. Transparent tape cassette, hand painted in marbling technique. A full-color cardboard slipcase with the author's collages. [label info]
[bandcamp]
SSHE RETINA STIMULANTS + LE COSE BIANCHE -- "Carnaliter Development" -- 2 x С-60 -- €15
2015 Spatter, SP031, (ltd. 67)
Power Electronics. New and unreleased material coplayed by Paolo Bandera and Giovanni Mori. Black & white xeroxed paper cover, A4 insert, hand-numbered.
STANDAR -- "In Kommer Gösta" -- CS -- €30
2008 Styggelse, Stygg 18
Power Electronics. One of the projects of the Swedish musician Kristian Olsson (Alfarmania, Blådåre, Blood Ov Thee Christ, Survival Unit, Styggelse label).
STARK -- "s/t" -- CS -- €9
2014/2016 Black Psychosis, BLACK06, (ltd. 50)
Power Electronics. Side-project of BAGMAN.
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STREETMEAT / ASHLEY C -- "s/t" -- C-30 -- €7
2012 WGM Tapes & Vinyl
Power Electronics / Noise split of the projects coming from Texas, US and Denmark.
STREETMEAT + RESPIRATOR -- "s/t" -- C-10 -- €6
2012 WGM Tapes & Vinyl
Power Electronics / Noise.
STRINGERE GULAM -- "4YDF" -- CS -- €12
2015 Zaetraom, ZAETRAOM 013, (ltd. 100)
On their first release this German project attends you on a surreal psychonautic rollercoaster trip through the debris fields of human civilization. Dark alienated sound collages blended with fragments of mainstream culture build an ambience of dadaistic oppression. [Tesco Organisation] Rhythmic industrial, perhaps somewhere between Ke/hil & Dogpop. [Freak Animal]
STRUMPFEL, KONRAD & THE SET -- "Refrescoscopio" -- C-18 -- €7
2020 Music A La Coque, COQ-013
Avantgarde / Experimental / Dada. Born in the first half of the 70's in Ergoldsbach, a small village in the Bavarian countryside, Konrad Strumpfel attends the music laboratory of the local Gymnasium and begins to familiarize with keyboards, synthesizers and electronic instruments. He becomes a skilled composer and arranger, records several compositions in his bedroom and sets aside the study of piano and violin. His first productions on tape reach two young Czechoslovakian musicians, Herbert Lukùndra and Josif Afkak, who contact him with great enthusiasm to seek his collaboration on a new project. In 1988, the Iron Curtain divides Europe in two, therefore the collaboration between Konrad and the two young Czechoslovaks is strewn with numerous difficulties. The final tape, complete with voices and percussions recorded by Lukùndra and Afkak, will not cross the border and will never reach Konrad's hands. After 32 years, the lost and never released recordings of Konrad Strumpfel & The Set, see the light thanks to Music a la Coque. [label info] "There is a great naive quality to this music, reminding me of Der Plan and The Residents, that very early Holger Hiller/Thomas Fehlmann cassette. Coupled with the keyboards by Strumpfel, chaotic, controlled, stabbing, melodic, mildly distorted with tapes spun backwards (on all the sources at any time in these pieces) and with the short period, it all adds to punky energy of the music. It is funny, strange, wild, raw and mellow and as such the perfect addition to the catalogue of this label." [Vital Weekly]
[bandcamp]
STRUP / YAO 91404 D -- "Working Day" -- CS -- €5
2012 YAOP, YAOP 057, (ltd. 66)
Slavery routine of Kali-Yuga, endless senseless work, dirty politics, business schizophrenia, everyday life satanism, degradation, decay, rootlessness and unsightliness of the modern world in 50+ minutes of wry avantguard post-Throbbing Gristle old school industrial with the elements of ancient power electronics and disruptive noise. For multiple listening during the working day. [press-release]
SUDARIA -- "Live at the Temple of Flesh" -- C-60 -- €7 [-50%]
2018 Marbre Negre, MN087, (ltd. 25)
Dark Ambient / Noise. Excellent document of the concert that Sudaria made last year. Unsettling, dense, dark and disturbing. Magnificent recording, without a doubt one of the best projects of the current dark panorama. [label info]
[bandcamp]
SUDARIA -- "The Syncretic Labyrinth" -- CS -- €5 [-50%]
2017 Attenuation Circuit, ACT 1045 / Sphingidae, PUPAE 001, (ltd. 100)
Black Ambient / Industrial / Drone. Sudaria opens up the gates of (un)reality to unveil the true shapes behind the mirror of the illusory self; 9 mantras to break the illusion, 9 keys to open the holographic seals of Maya. «Following in somnambulism the invertebrate steps of a primary Art. Drowned into the ascetic syncretism of silence and noise. The pulse of necro-mechanical cannibalism. Rising beyond Catharsis in transfiguration; devouring the corpse of the illusory self. 9 Keys to the Gate; 9 mantras to break the holographic seals of Maya. Dressed with the shrouds of Malediction. The Immortal Binary Clock.» [label info]
[bandcamp]
SUGIMOTO, SHINYA & JESSE PERLSTEIN -- "I Confess" -- C-47 -- €6
2019 Muzan Editions, MEDS035, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Field Recordings. “I Confess”, a collaborative work by Jesse Perlstein (Sontag Shogun; US) & Shinya Sugimoto (JP) sees both artists, after performing live together on many occasions, combining their musical forces for the first time on an official recording. Perlstein, responsible for tape manipulation and field recordings and piano virtuoso Sugimoto, have created a sonic adventure, initially leading us through a wide range of disparate urban environments with their seemingly endless cacophony. Halfway through we escape the concrete jungle, searching for a way to put our mind at ease. While being surrounded by the soothing sound of nature itself that lets us dwell in a well-deserved moment of contemplation, Perlstein’s haunting voice and Sugimoto’s subtle piano play enter the scene, just to make way for the listener to get caught up in a final maelstrom of swirling tapestries of sound. [label info]
[bandcamp]
SUKINY SNY / ROSE SOBCHAK -- "Krik Usilivaet Naslazhdeniye (Scream Enhances Pleasure)" -- C-30 -- €7 [-50%]
2018 Torga Amun, Amun-129, (ltd. 20)
Russian experimental cut-up harsh noise. Here you'll find relieving ambiental moments, fragments of romantic songs, samples of pop music, but mainly harsh noisy structures. Cassette shells are hand-painted, comes with full-colour cover. [YAOP]
[bandcamp]
SUNHIILOW -- "Whispers Of A Dream Wind" -- CS -- €7
2020 Pantheon, PAN145, (ltd. 30)
Ambient. «Sunhiilow is exploring the sounds from the lost cultures, creating new stories from the oldest collective imaginary» ~ and by doing that Valerie Magisson, the dreaming force behind the alias, creates an exquisite world full of gentle warmth and iridescent forms, an imaginary flora and fauna living its own ways of universal evolution. Known for her releases on some of the best cassette labels out there, Sunhiilow is a storyteller whose voice might not be familiar to many, but for those who once heard it stays forever as a special feeling somewhere deep inside their hearts... «Whispers of a Dream Wind» is a fairy tale, a diary of explorations of the world usually not seen or noticed, quiet nuances hidden in the textures of our world and glowing through the tiny sparkles on the surfaces of waters or crystals or leaves... This wind is always changing but at the same time it stays intact, it may whisper and sing through the knobs and wires, it may enter your dreams at night and give pleasant views of the world which is yet to come. [label info]
[bandcamp]
SUTURE -- "Audio Stress" -- C-42 -- €5 [-50%]
2019 YAOP, YAOP 095, (ltd. 20)
Fresh full-length from the young Italian project which has already put out a split with Macronympha, a cassette on the iconic Phage Tapes label and several other successful releases. Powerful rattling Old-School Harsh Noise / Power Electronics, full of screeching magnetic tapes, feedbacks and seismic bass. Cassette packed in a ziplock bag. [label info]
[bandcamp]
SUURI-PIEKSA -- "Luchshiy Kust / Fitolampa" -- CS -- €9
2021 Triangle & The Snitches, TATS002, (ltd. 70)
Ambient. Named after the Finnish lake Suuri-Pieksä, the St. Petersburg project explores the themes of nostalgia and chontology, dispensing with recognizable samples from old TV ads and retro hits. The EP "Luchshiy Kust" ("The Best Bush" in Russian), according to the musician, was based on reflections on his near-death experience, while the compositions bear names like "Fitolamp" and "Music for growing cucumbers and tomatoes" - the interpretation of this remains with the listener after all. Musically, this is warm, peaceful ambient, in which simple melodies, tape "scratches" and various natural sounds make their way through the low-fidelity hum. The album really manages to evoke a feeling of vague nostalgia for something indefinite - each listener will have his own associative array. And despite the slight touch of melancholy and the effect of empty lonely space created by the music, the work as a whole turned out to be quite light. This is beautiful atmospheric music that is not limited to just a single emotion. [label info]
[bandcamp]
SVETLO111 -- "Gladebuzz" -- C-90 -- €7
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 106/2019, (ltd. 13)
Experimental / Noise / Drone. Svetlo111 is one of the elders of the St. Petersburg noise underground, she plays a lot of gigs with teeth-crushing forms of drone and noise, however has just a few releases. In order to fill this gap we release this 1.5 hour long tape with two live recordings from the festivals Solar Systo Togathering 2017 and 2018. Furious buzzing, rattling and roaring intersperse with cosmic interferences in a phenylethylamine forest. Ultra-limited edition in rubberized paper with hand-written info. [label info]
SYMPHOCAT -- "Hear Waterfalls / Inner Waterfalls" -- 2 CS -- €14
2020 Pantheon, PAN158, (ltd. 30)
Ambient. Symphocat is a moniker of Ilia Pucheglazov, Russian ambient music composer and live gigs curator, working with numerous electronic and experimental music initiatives, institutions and festivals in St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and other cities. Ilia is also known for his netlabel SSI [Simphonic Silence Inside], keeping a prolific catalog of electronic & ambient music... The album is interpreting the theme of internal, spiritual waterfalls and a philosophical discussion about water element through ambient and meditative music. "...In this album, I wanted to show internal currents, streams that flow into rivers, and then flow through rapids and waterfalls. The album includes a wide variety of compositions and combinations, where melancholic, lyrical ambient, composed together with atonal and chaotic minimalism and separating this invisible border piece of field recordings making possible to rebuild the perception..." ~ Symphocat. Double cassette release with o-card envelope dubbed in real-time on hi-quality type I tapes. [label info]
[bandcamp]
T_ERROR 404 -- "Buddha 2.0" -- 2 CS -- €15
2017 ∞, , (ltd. 18)
Megacity is still vibrating with neon signs and carstreams, that turned the streets into a glowing web by headlights, while you're connecting to the Net. Night here is always bright. But among all this, far from the noisy streets there are temples and sanctuaries, hidden in the virtual subspaces and modified brains, on flash drives and cloud storages, outside of time and physical territories. Cybermonks are uncovering new boundaries of fractal areas here, practicing and working out their karmas in an accelerated mode. Knowledge is flowing through the neon skies. Forms are changing, consciousness is tuning to a feedback channels, encoded in rhythmic patterns. And, disconnecting from the network once again, you're feeling a whiff of incense... Set of 2 blue cassettes wrapped in hand-dyed fabric. [label info]
[soundcloud]
TAIGA REMAINS -- "Beehive Sutra" -- C-20 -- €10
2006 Tone Filth, TF44, (ltd. 100)
Experimental / Drone from Alex Cobb. Chrome cassette with hand screened covers, cases and tapes.
TAKUYA DAIRIKI -- "A Floating Medaka And Two People" -- CS -- €5 [-50%]
2015 YAOP, YAOP 071, (ltd. 48)
Debute noise album by the Japanese cinema director, participant of Rome cinema festival, grand prix winner of Image Forum cinema festival in Tokyo. Experimental psychedelic art of noise of the highest caliber, a symphony of cosmoc psychoactive signals and crackles. Takuya Dairiki is also known as a children books illustrator, he also works with wooden engravings. One of his engravings is on the cover of this cassette. [label info]
TANCE SNU -- "Meander" -- CD -- €10 [-50%]
2018 Zoharum, ZOHAR 171-2, (ltd. 500)
Neoclassical / Medieval. "Meander" is the second album of Tańce Snu, an intriguing troupe created several years ago by India Czajkowska and Sebastian Madejski, and now extended with a guitarist Christoph Matyaschek - passionate about jazz-blues sounds and a percussionist Adam Rozenman. On this new album the artists invite us on a musical journey inspired by the sounds of the past, often interwoven with avant-garde sounds of neoclassical improvisation. In the maze of melodies, cymbals and zither, a vocal duel takes place, a kind of dialogue of voices repeatedly quarreling and discussing in order to finally combine in harmony. This peculiar dance between the vocalisations of India and Sebastian, characteristic for the work of this project, fits in perfectly with the story which seems to be an extraordinary journey between the worlds. Like slides, we can hear the echoes of early music, sometimes flirting with modern sounds and a hint of psychedelia. "Meander" is a journey to the mysterious realms of musical imagination; to the lands where time goes by with its own course... The album was released in an ecopak and is limited to 500 copies only. [label info]
[bandcamp]
TCHERNOBLYAD -- "Atomophobia" -- CS -- €7 [-50%]
2009/2021 Glasir Cassette Series, GS02
Noise / Industrial. One of the side-projects of YAO 91404 D, reissue of a cassette album released in 2009 in ultra-limited edition of 3 copies. "Experimental noise from Russia. Nuclear technology and the problem of its use. Atoms for Peace and nuclear weapons. During the Cold War. Historical notes and sad picture of the future..."
TCHERNOBLYAD -- "KBHZ" -- C-45 -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Garðarsk Uruz, (ltd. 24)
Technogenic Power Electronics / Industrial, decicated to the history and demise of the giant of the microbiological industry – Kirishi Biochemical Factory. Rough electronic pulsations and laboratory crunches. Full-colour cover and stickers on the cassette. [label info]
THEOROTH -- "Nights Shine In The Five Towers" -- CS -- €6 [-50%]
2020 SwordArm Production, SA07
Dark Neoclassic / Dungeon Synth from the Russian project coming from the Urals. "In the five towers of the Forgotten Lands, the avatars of the Ancient God sleep in impenetrable darkness. The highest vampires, representing a single personality. Rather demons than old bloodsuckers, they fly out to the call of the night and sweep through the sky. Over the dried, lifeless forests, where burn the fires of the dead gods rituals. Scarred by billions of swords of hundreds of nations, they await their hour of incarnation into a single entity. In their eyes are the ghosts of many moons of dead worlds, and the madness of one of them, who almost completely fell into a necrotic coma, makes them suffer at every awakening..." [from the author]
[bandcamp]
THISCLOSE –- "I Woke Up" -- CS -- €9
2012 Abgurd, AB-63, (ltd. 50)
Russian duo performs beautiful guitar based Post Rock / Ambient. Fragile melodies, endless arpeggios, and poweful crescendo. Three tracks lead you through emotional quest of loss, love and dissolution. For the adorers of EXPO '70, YELLOW6, LABRADFORD, BOSCH'S WITH YOU, etc. [label info]
[soundcloud]
THURSO -- "ISowilo" -- C-45 -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Gardarsk Uruz, URUZ 01, (ltd. 24)
Burning ice and frosty flames in two tracks of Thursian Black Industrial Electronics from the new project hailing from the banks of Volkhov river. ThUrSo (= Thurisaz Uruz Sowilo) pierce with such powerful, raw and dank synthesizer sound that it's better to compare it with the works of Ildjarn, Wulkanaz and Arckanum rather than any electronic producers. Stalactites are flaming, volcanic lava is poured on a glacier and freezes still... the opposites merge in one in anticipation of Ragnarök. White cassettes with hand-painted stickers. [label info]
[bandcamp]
TIM SIX -- "Dialectica" -- C-60 -- €9
2019 Pantheon, ПAN120, (ltd. 50)
Drone. Continuing the explorations of infinite possibilities of the continuous sound forms, yours truly presents two more compositions of statics and dynamics developed around simple tonal clusters. Using tape loops, sine waves, and different approaches to treat them, Dialectica tape is made for the same reason as any other Tim Six' album ~ to approach the totality of sound experience... The experience of totality can be perceived but not narrated. It will fill your mind with words, concepts, even ideas about how to realize that state again, how to recreate it. It will be a narrative, storytelling or even just an emotional exclamation, but essentially it all simply an endlessly flowing form, disappearing in the singular state of the totality. The same way as with black holes, we can articulate asymptotically, but only silence will tell the whole truth. A special kind of silence, which is always there, behind any sound. As Kasimir Malevich stated: the purpose of music is silence. But silence is also its root. That mutual duality is probably just one of the many which can be applied to that matter. Yet, it's also the cornerstone of drone music or any music in general. To get inside that "stone", to experience it as the thing-in-itself there's a dual way as well – through constant consciousness evolution conjoined with belief that asymptotic approaching has its end there; or though the ascension, an immediate connection with the essence of that thing through intuition which transcends dualities, denying all the categories of rational thinking, merging the consciousness with any thing and all the things in one. Both ways are exquisitely intertwined in our mind and through them it exists. The initial duality of Being, the only answer to which is silent emptiness. [label info]
[bandcamp]
TIM SIX -- "Drones of Passage" -- C-60 -- €7
2020 Global Pattern, glo052, (ltd. 25)
Drone / Ambient. A live recording by Tim Six (aka CREATION VI) made on November 22, 2019, at Serdce Club in Saint Petersburg, supporting Bird of Passage (NZ) European Tour.
[bandcamp]
TIM SIX & EGREGOROS -- "River's Other Side" -- CS -- €9
2021 Psychomor Rec.
Dark Ambient / Drone. Live collaboration of two St. Petersburg-based musician: Tim Six (founder of CREATION VI and chef of the ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ and Global Pattern labels) and Andrey Vorobyov (aka ἐγρήγορος, also II:II, ECHO COMA, ex-RUINS OF MELANCHOLIA).
[bandcamp]
TOTENTOTEM -- "Vraznoboys" -- CS -- €9
2021 Lonely In Records, LIR-02, (ltd. 20)
Spoken Word / Experimental. Totentotem was created in 2020 by the Moscow poet, impresario, clubmaker, kulturjaeger & publisher Ilya Odinokov (Lonely In Records). The basis of the project is the texts by I. Odinokov with musical adaptation by the adepts and leaders of the Russian underground scene. This album was recorded by: Ilya Odinokov (words, worlds, lyrics, recitation, produced), Alexei Borisov (electronics, mixed, mastered), Alex Kervi (recitation), Sergey Letov (aerophone, bass clarinet), Alexander Alexandrov (bassoon), Katya Rekk (electronics), Olga Nosova (vocal), Ilya Kudrin (field recordings). The artwork contains additional tiny booklet with all the lyrics in Russian language.
TOWER OF FROZEN RAVENS (BASHNYA LEDYANYKH VORONOV) -- "Death Is Not Afraid Of The Cold" -- C-60 -- €5 [-50%]
2016 YAOP, YAOP 089, (ltd. 48)
Both demos of Tower Of Frozen Ravens (Bashnya Ledyanykh Voronov) released together on one C-60 cassette. This is a project with unusual style, modern neo-pagan folklore. Meditative tracks with winds, mouth harp, gusli, singing and mild noises, recorded in winter forest. Absolutely live and unpretentious, natural music. As a breath of fresh frosty air in the world permeated with deceipt. Artwork made by the author. [label info]
TREMORKIKIMOR -- "Grunt" -- CS BOX -- €13
2020 Pantheon / Utrovortu, (ltd. 25)
Drone / Folk / Psychedelic. The debut release of this Russian project relating to UHUSHUHU and ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ label. Handmade box with a herbarium... "The first album of the combined girl's drone-noise ensemble is dedicated to the soil and everything that is hidden in it. "Grűnt" is comprised of a home session with a little further refinement and a seasonal lullaby with a tender name "Lunaria". This release is a joint publication of the labels "ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ" and "Utrovortu", it has a beneficial effect on the cultivation of aloe, hibiscus cuttings, as well as mulching wormwood. Each copy is designed by hand." [from the authors]
UHUSHUHU -- "Waves of the Northern Wind (Live In Hamburg 03.12.2015)" -- C-60 -- €10
2016 Aquarellist, aquarel 36-16, (ltd. 50)
Recorded live in Hamburg + live bonus track from St. Petersburg. Chrome tape, cassette packed in a linen bag.
UHUSHUHU / MYKORIZA -- "Zoa / Oats" -- C-60 -- €8
2018 Biosonar^Lo-End, 083/2018, (ltd. 23)
First in the series of five split-releases with the friends of the MYKORIZA project. This one is with UHUSHUHU from St. Petersburg, each project takes a half-hour side of the cassette. Both projects have droned finely dispersed ambiental noise. Multilayered fabric woven from digital and analogue threads, ringing harnesses ofbark beetles and strawy guitars. Artwork - paper sleeve with a unique painting made by Lilia, the graphic artist from the city of Vyatka, hand-written info and numeration. [label info]
UHUSHUHU & W I I -- "Snegi / Reki" -- CS -- €7
2020 Pantheon, PAN143, (ltd. 50)
Drone / Ambient / Field Recordings. "Snegi" is a collaborative album by two St. Petersburg-based projects, which brings a perfect enveloping curtain for the upcoming snowy days and long winter nights. Recorded live at a summer festival it captures not just the longing to the different seasons, but to the different places and states, far away from the earthly plane. Nature, Cosmos, the human inner space – everything came into the connection on these streams of sound... Continuing the moods of the previous collaborative record "snegi" (snows in Russian), "Reki" shifts from the crystalline beauty of the frozen fields and forests towards the next manifestation of the water element ~ rivers (in Russian: reki). With the same formula of improvised guitar ambience spiraling freely over the deep torrents of analog synth drone and decorated with many exquisite details such as flutes, voices, occasional tape manipulations & field recordings. The best sides of both St. Petersburg-based projects intertwined into an inward excursion through the psychic landscapes, both well-trodden and many still pathless ones. [label info]
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UMPIO / CREATION THROUGH DESTRUCTION -- split -- C-40 -- €7
2015 Antipatik Records, [Antpk.01], (ltd. 100)
Noise. Split cassette including Creation Through Destruction brutal, loud and experimental harsh noise from Serbia and UMPIO Finnish anti-music artist for which all can be describe in this ligne: “All starts from metal junk and a contact microphone, and ends in electronic abuse.”
[bandcamp]
UMPIO vs. MAAAA -- split -- C-40 -- €7
2016 Nekorekords, NEKO-29, (ltd. 50)
Akustik junk destruction, mostly. MAAAA material vulturized from “Burning Kukkovka's Cock” tape. Umpio material from a session without contact mics, but with a foot switch muting/opening one channel of feedbacks. Chrome tape. [label info]
UNION KARBIDE -- "Bubonic Playground" -- CS -- €10 [-50%]
2019 COD noizes, SHUM24, (ltd. 97)
Noise Rock. Debut EP by insane and explosive noise-rock / black metal project from members of Russian famous death folk band MAJDANEk WALTZ... You know. You want. You want it. You know you want it. You are unable to exist without it. Many times you tried to say: "No! Stop! Enough!" But all times you failed. Because you want. You want Union Karbide. It wil eat your brain and collapse your mind which will explode with rainbow streams of your pity life and drop as a dew on cheeks of a tired whore. This is how with Union Karbide. That's fucked up!... Exclusive cassette in glossy laminated cardboard bradpak packaging strictly limited to 47 handnumbered copies. [label info]
[bandcamp]
UOLTAM -- "Tarchna" -- C-14 -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Marbre Negre, MN127, (ltd. 20)
Ritual Dark Ambient / Noise. A secret project born from the mind of Adriano Vincenti, the mind of MACELLERIA MOBILE DI MEZZANOTTE, SENKETSU NO NIGHT CLUB, DETOUR DOOM PROJECT, etc. Dark ambient drones with black metal veins inspired by the sounds dear to the Aurora Borealis Records and some bands of the Italian occult psychedelia. Inspired by Etruscan mythology and Etruscan necropolises.
[bandcamp]
UTROVORTU -- "Captains Are Waiting For Dawn" -- C-90 -- €10
2016/2021 UtrovortU, u-03-mc, (ltd. 150)
Psychedelic Rock / Experimental. UTROVORTU is an art collective from St. Petersburg, mostly known for their musical projects, such as psychedelic neofolk band PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS and an electronic project UHUSHUHU, performing textural forest dark ambient. But eveything is different on this album: laid-back drone-folk gives a hand to droning old synthesizers, memories of pipes and violins float out of the darkness, we hear some voices - on this disc the musicians approach morning images seriously and play as if they're trying not to disturb any sleeping person without need... The celebratory edition is made on 90-minute cassettes, packed in hand-made cardboard boxes, hand-painted. Each copy is unique. The album, identical to the digital version, is located on the first side of the cassette. The second side contains alternative and extended takes of the songs of the original album + several previously unreleased tracks recorded during the work on the disc. [label info]
[bandcamp]
VASSBOTN -- "Besok Fra Italia" -- C-45 -- €7
2015 Terror, TR-30, (ltd. 100)
Noise. "Besok fra Italia" is the second full tape release from Norwegian/Italian Vassbotn. 45 minutes of rich, dynamic and enjoyable old school harsh noise recorded straight to tape and dubbed from tape. Vassbotn is a continuosly changing and evolving noise animal so you never know who or what is standing behind the name, what these noises mean and what is the purpose of it (tension shoots through the roof). A tape for purists who does not care about the names, titles and medals, but cares about noise and it's quality. [label info]
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VAUPEL, O. -- "Syv Begyndelser" -- CS -- €9
2020 Janushoved, Janushoved no. 116, (ltd. 140)
Experimental / Industrial. Danish musician who is also responsible for such projects as MANON LESCAUT, TELLURIC CURRENT and TRUCE. "We chased a silver Moon, bound by chains of air. An intention trails before her like translucent vaporous hair." [label info]
[bandcamp]
VENERENCE -- "Beyond The Kingdom Of Sleep" -- C-30 -- €9
2017 Old Europa Cafe, OEC 114, (ltd. 111)
Industrial / Experimental. VENERENCE is the solo project by Sean Ragon, the front man of CULT OF YOUTH. A project with many influences ranging from electronic-noise to dark-ambient... This album is a woderful Industrial and rythmic ritual. The album was recorded between Queens / Boston & Berlin in July 2017. Limited and hand-numberededition of 111 copies. One long track per side. [label info]
VIOLENCE OF THE FAUVE -- "Sketch Everything You Gaze Upon" -- C-22 -- €9
2021 Janushoved, Janushoved no. 126, (ltd. 100)
Ambient / Synth. "Count the waves in threes, immutable shapes of skin, glistening in shallow colours of red and green. A massive blue looks up and envies the stars of their distance..." [label info]
[bandcamp]
VIPCANCRO / ANDREA BORGHI -- split -- C-46 -- €9
2013 Cipher Productions, (sic74), (ltd. 60)
Industrial / Noise. Split tape of VipCancro's organic ensemble noiseisambient and Andrea Borghi's more harrowing, angular noise constructs. VipCancro have an almost calmative effect, every tone mannered as their tightly-woven layers of sound slowly loosen. Andrea (one quarter of VipCancro) paces more forcefully, but his constructs ultimately prove more brittle, bareing glimpses of well-worn source material between cobbled processing. This is another in my line of specially packaged cassettes, this time the tape is housed in a cut, folded and stickered vinyl records, all held in place with velcro. [label info]
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WEREWOLF JERUSALEM -- "Eye Of The Spider: Tribute To Kiyoshi Kurosawa" -- 4 x C-30 BOX -- €65
2008 Dead Audio Tapes, DAT61, (ltd. 10)
WHITESWAN -- "Bestial" -- C-20 -- €9
2017 Hiisi Productions, Hiisi 011, (ltd. 50)
Power Electronics / Noise. Raw and filthy finnish Whiteswan offers 20 minutes of pure PE/HN bliss. Professionally dubbed tape comes with full-color cover art. [label info]
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WILT / PRURIENT -- "Bottomfeeding Whore" -- C-10 -- €17
2007 Turgid Animal, TA096, (ltd. 70)
Power Electronics. A collaboration of two prominent US noisemakers.
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WINCE / SSRI -- split -- C-40 -- €8
2012 Untergeschoss, UNTER09, (ltd. 99)
Noise split wetween the US act WINCE (Oskar Brummel from the bands DEATH JENK, GRAIN BELT, PROSTATE) and the Finnish project SSRI (Pekka PT of GELSOMINA / SICK SEED and Toni Kandelin).
[bandcamp]
WISH FOR SKIN -- "Clay Ritual" -- C-31 -- €7
2013 Unseen Force, FORCE_XVIII, (ltd. 50)
Power Electronics from the US artist Erik Brown aka SCALD HYMN.
[bandcamp]
WONDERLAND CLUB -- "Pageant" -- C-30 -- €25
2018 Institute Of Paraphilia Studies
Power Electronics. Comes in a special package of pink cardboard sleeve, a badge and a bow-knot.
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XURI -- "Bedlam Of Salt" -- CS -- €14
2021 Janushoved, Janushoved no. 129
Dark Ambient / Experimental / Industrial. “Bedlam of Salt” marks the fourth full-length album by Xuri (formerly known as Yuri), a product of the desire to connect and collaborate in a year of absence. From pulsing club ready tracks to contemplative arrangements, Xuri displays her signature sound of playful industrial in a new shared exploration, featuring the dramatic vocals of Lueurs Nocturnes, along with cellist Oliver Vaupel and drummer Hasse Bruun. The listener is transported to a gallery of chimeric illusion, always moving between confinement and release. Travelling through a number of contrasting soundscapes, the album forms an intriguing kaleidoscope of emotive states in a time of disruption... From the repetitious trance-inducing opening ‘Datura, Luciferin’s Trumpet’ to the high intensity club-fitting anthemic ‘Kali’s Dance’ and the uneasy but tender landing of ‘A Scene of Calx’, the album provides a steady journey into the multifarious unknown, agitating and engaging in an encompassing and dramatic movement... For the past few years Xuri has made note of herself as one of the clearest new voices in the Copenhagen experimental scene, known for her playful style as well as her techno output as Parietal Eye (out on Mama Snake’s Amniote Editions label) and various collaborations with Internazionale. This latest outing sees her venturing even further into a collaborative space. [label info]
[bandcamp]
YADOKHIMIKATY -- "Motor" -- C-45 -- €5 [-50%]
2020 YAOP, YAOP 099, (ltd. 22)
The first full-length album of the underground project Yadokhimikaty after the 11-year hiatus. Rough raw Lo-Fi Industrial / Noise with super-dirty sound, plenty of overdrive and tons of industrial samples. Fuel, smoke, oil and soot of emergency workshops, penetrated by the feverish-scaled dynamics of the overclocked motor. Handmade slipcase, double-sided A4 leaflet. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Aallot" -- CS -- €5
2010 YAO, YAO 035А, (ltd. 19)
Monumental atmospheric droning noise, meditation over waves. Played with the use of vod (vod - vaďďalain - a small Finno-Ugric people of just about 70 persons, indigenous population of western Ingermanland) traditional instrument - a wooden double-bass "puspele", also with radionoise, sounds of sea wash, and sounds of grinding machine working in a factory floor. The power of nature. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Hydrostahl" -- CS -- €5 [-50%]
2015 YAOP, YAOP 077, (ltd. 124)
Raw and powerful Old-School Industrial from Ingria! Full-length album recorded in 2015. Machine rhythms, depressive drones, cold watery atmosphere and tons of metal clanks and rasps! Packed in two unique analogue industrial photographs from the archives of "Lengidrostal" construction bureau. Sleeve. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Key to Abyss" -- C-60 -- €6 [-50%]
2004 YAOP, YAOP 0122
Industrial / Noise / Sound Collage. Unlimited edition of an audiotape (YAOP 012), initially released as a limited to 5 copies friends edition in May 2004. The album is inspired by a poem "Key to Abyss" written by Russian writer Ilya Masodov. Machine industrial-noise in vein of Alexander Lebedev-Frontov's projects LINIJA MASS and VETROPHONIA. Lots of rhythmical mechanopercussion, radionoise, musical quotations, industrial and spoken concretics. Apocalypse as Revolution. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Les Rails Chantent" -- CS -- €7 [-50%]
2015 YAOP, YAOP 072
Old school Musique Concrete, woven from field recordings of droning rails after passing trains with the use of four tape loops, mixing console and five tape recorders. Mild hypnotizing analogue sound, simple and honest technology in vein of sonic experiments by Pierre Schaeffer from 50-ies. Mysterious life of familiar urban environment. Cassette version released by YAOP, disc version by Operator Produkzion. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Motorized Aurigas" -- C-24 -- €7 [-50%]
2020 Luxury Terrace, LuxTer 03, (ltd. 18)
Auriga is the Latin name for a chariot driver in ancient Roman chariot races. In the 20th century, this ancient sport was revived in a new quality, armed with a motorcycle engine. Motorsport also served as inspiration for new futuristic experience by YAO 91404 D: this is a Industrial Noise / Musique Concrète suite in three parts, imbued with roar of engines, squeal of brakes and noise of grandstands, mechanical aggression and dynamism. The cassette is packed in a handmade cardboard box with a set of 8 postcards. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Sjelens Justering" -- C-30 -- €5 [-50%]
2020 Garðarsk Uruz, (ltd. 24)
Radionoise. An hour of wandering in the radio ether of Volkhov region, through noise, interference, pulsations, distortions and voices from distant stations from around the world, from Ukraine to the Islamic East - an endless tuning of not only the receiver, but also the soul, enriching with moods, impressions and associations. Not just radionoise, but a bright psychedelic carpet created with the use of radio ether and magnetic tape. Limited to 24 handnumbered copies packet in 8-paged A5 booklet with a series of the author's abstact photograms. [label info]
YAO 91404 D -- "Sportfront" -- C-36 -- €6 [-50%]
2020 Luxury Terrace, LuxTer 02, (ltd. 22)
Industrial. The sports theme is not very spoiled by attention of musicians, and in the field of experimental music it is completely exotic. Some of the examples that can be recalled offhand are the prog-ambient "Ode to the Good Messenger" by Eduard Artemiev, the Musique Concrète canvas "Iranian Female Olympic Table Tennis Team Theme" by Muslimgauze and the industrial album "Jačati Tijelo Sportom" by the great Croatian act SAT Stoicizmo, although there is not so much sport as one might expect from the title. The new cassette of the industrial project YAO 91404 D released by Luxury Terrace is intended to continue this list. Based on a solid foundation of futuristic ideas from the second quarter of the 20th century, this work is made in the style of the old-school Mechano-Industrial: it boils with a heavy, thick and powerful machine sound - matching the rough blackness of the album artwork. The resilient dynamism of groovy machine rhythms is saturated with excerpts from old football broadcasts, tearing apart the dynamics of antediluvian radio receivers with a roar of jubilant stadiums. Truly fighting work, once again confirming the immutable dogma that sport is, first of all, a sublimation of war, no matter what conclusions are drawn from this. Limited edition of 22 hand-numbered copies. Black and white cassette covers and stickers. Extra photo sticker included. [label info]
YAO 91404 D & INDRA -- "Nachtschicht 2004" -- C-90 -- €5 [-50%]
2016 Polevoy Dnevnik, P(F)D 008
Live recording of a night shift in a factory workshop, where masterminds of YAO 91404 D and Indra were working together in 2004. The tape presents an ordinary factory production process without any embellishments, additional record layers or intentionally made sounds. However, the sound atmosphere absolutely usual for that factory, sounds with a powerful harsh noise drive, comparable to works by Government Alpha, Merzbow or early analog Comforter. The sound sources are a big CNC router, an industrial vacuum pump, an industrial vacuum cleaner, a big industrial fan, a palm sander and a jig saw. The recording has not been digitized, and is not to be ever uploaded to Bandcamp. Cassette in a ziplock bag. [label info]
YAO 91404 D / YADOHIMIKATY -- "Weltstromen" -- C-45 -- €5
2003 YAOP, YAOP 004
Dirtily recorded neoritualistic shaman's rites. Two long tracks: YAO 91404 D - chtonic bass noise-loops + crystal chimes, Yadohimikaty - looped organ sample used as a background for lines of voice, percussion, metal and brass. Primordial psychedelia of Ice and Sun. [label info]
YGGDRASIL / ANEMONE TUBE -- "Wald" -- C-55 -- €16
1998 Transfixional Entertainment, fix003 / Darkness Productions, P&V 008, (ltd. 150)
Ambient / Noise split & collaboration between two German projects. Cassette is packed in an oversized sleeve covered with an attached fabric net.
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ZGA -- "Kinderalbum" -- CS -- €9
2003 HOR Music, HCD-079
Industrial Chanson / Experimental. Recorded in ZGA Studio. Mixed at Lenfilm Studio. Sept. 2002. Seventeen people took part in the recording of this album, among them Nick Soudnick (author of almost all lyrics, voice, accordion, sounds, loops, clarinet, keyboards, etc.), Ekaterina Fyodorova (drums, voice), Valeria Kildeeva (violin), Natalia Kordyukova (vocals) and many more.
[bandcamp]
ZHERTVOPRINOSHENIYA -- "Nastupila Pustota (The Emptiness Has Come)" -- CS -- €8
2021 NEN Records, NEN52 / Akt-Produkt, AP 47, (ltd. 33)
Noise Rock / Doom Metal. NEN Records and Akt-Produkt present a second studio album by Zhertvoprinoshenya. In music it reproduces the crushing black metal atmosphere by means of a heavy improvisational orchestra. In ideas the album is dedicated to the political depression, which has particularly escalated in Russia lately... According to the vocalist and author of lyrics Max Stropov, Zhertvoprinoshenya is closely connected to another political and artistic project — Party of the Dead. However, the Party is charged with the paradoxical positive idea of universal justice and, therefore, is alien to the mesmerized stare at death and decay. For Zhertvoprinoshenya, such a stare is intrinsic. It is a fascination in the face of death, not personal death, but the death of others... Zhertvoprinoshenya do not tell us all what to do — those of us who stare face-to-face, but they do pose a kind of agonizing question... The album is dedicated to right-conservative turns and the gloomy timelessness of reaction. [label info]
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ZUBOFF SEX SHOP -- "Magic of Personality" -- CS -- €8
2001/2021 Iconic Promo, 056 / Destroyed Room Tapes, DRT-16, (ltd. 30)
New Wave / Psychedelic Rock. First cassette edition of the recordings made by late Dmitry Zuboff (HYPNOZ, DER GOLEM, ZUBOFF SEX STAR, OTZEPENEVSHIYE) in 1996-2001. The release is dedicated to Dmitry's 45th birthday. Side B contains special bonus tracks only available on this cassette. [label info]
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ZUBOFF SEX STAR -- "Ty (You)" -- CS -- €8
1999/2021 Iconic Promo, 038, (ltd. 50)
New Wave. The album "You" by ZUBOFF SEX STAR was recorded in the summer of 1999 in the basement of the Children's Art House in Fryazino, Moscow region. The bands line-up was formed by Dmitry Zubov after the tragic collapse of one of the leading bands in Fryazino at that time – INTERESTED PERSONS, whose vocalist was killed by street bandits the day before. The drummer Dmitry Lantukh and the guitarist Dmitry Generalov were recruited by Zubov in SEX STAR, and the bass player Evgeny Solovyov went with Roman Sidorov to play trip-hop in FATAL... This cassette contains a number of hits and demonstrates Zubov's potential as a singer-songwriter, and also tells a bit about the future music of ZUBOFF SEX SHOP. The cassette is also interesting as evidence of the stormy musical activity that took place in the Fryazino Basement at that time... Dmitry Zubov's debut album is a unique artifact, marker and evidence of the creative activity of the Fryazino music community of the late nineties and will take an honorable place in your collection. [Evgeny Solovyov]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "1945" -- CS -- €28
2016 Teito Sound Company, TEITO-012, (ltd. 150)
Power Electronics / Noise / Industrial. A compilation dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of WW2 with previously unreleased tracks by ANENZEPHALIA, LINEKRAFT, CAZZOKRAFT, SCRELOMA, THO-SO-AA, NOISEUSE, GENOCIDE ORGAN and EREHWON.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Война (Vojna)" -- C-80 -- €8
2022 Topos, TOPOS 14, (ltd. 100)
Noise / Industrial / Experimental. "This is a collective manifesto by Russian artists from the underground experimental & noise scene, speaking up against Putin's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. We are incredibly hurt by these actions and ashamed of the villainous crimes committed by our country. While we don't have the power to stop the war, we can use our music to express our disgust for what is happening and the pain we feel for our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. This music is our message to them and to the world." [label info] KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK, IVAN NAPREENKO, MAJDANEK WALTZ, ALESSA RISING, ŌPHANNĪM, BLVMKIN feat. МАРИЯ ЛЮБИЧЕВА, CHERVI, MYRRMAN, TCHERNOBLYAD, SAL SOLARIS, RITUALNAYA BIOINGENERIA, GANZER, G.O.D. feat. MC PROROK, VIKTOR MAZIN.
[bandcamp]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Aciem / Flectere" -- CS -- €8
2016 Noyade Records, NR-14, (ltd. 50)
New compilation cassette by Noyade Records continues the line of the previous "Eintauchen" compilation - it presents tracks from drone artists throughout the world, united by a common idea. Two parts of the title match two sides of the cassette. First is textural and meandering side of the genre. Mild, hypnotically vibrating track by LUNAR ABYSS reflects - or maybe is a reflection itself - in a ringing frozen moment by GHOST REFLECTION. Bells and voices, spaces yet to be visited and experienced. Second part is the Line. Like any line, you can follow it. Well, THISQUIETARMY's "Hydrocution" is rather a flow: but the one carried by it has some time to look around. Repeating guitar fingerpickings of SYSTEM MORGUE take one further and further, however not on a quite Roman road. These are other locations, and everyone can choose where to stay. [label info]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Baltic Inkasso Tour 2007" -- 2 x C-46 -- €25
2007 Autarkeia, acd 026, (ltd. 250)
Double cassette released for the Icetodiron gig in Vilnius, Lithuania 2007.12.01. Featuring: Alfarmania & Proiekt Hat (collaboration), Sewer Election, Blood Ov Thee Christ & Jarl. Pro-printed tapes, colour covers and packaged in a cardboard box.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Den Noiser Memorial Compilation: Selected Den's Tracks Remixed By His Friends" -- CS -- €6
2020/2021 Glasir Cassette Series, GS03
A collection of remixed made on various tracks by the Karelian musician Den Noiser (1985-2019), which was premiered by Den Noiser Memorial Archive bandcamp page as a web-only release for Den's 35th birthday, and now released on cassette by the Russian label Glasir Cassette Series. Tribute members are: ASHLESHA IX, HANUDATA 8, TIFOSI BARRACK 303, TCHERNOBLYAD, LIGHT COLLAPSE, NORMA REAKTSII, BASHNYA LEDYANYKH VORONOV, KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK.
[bandcamp]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Electricity: David Lynch Tribute Live" -- C-90 -- €10
2019 kultFRONT, KF-XXXIV, (ltd. 50)
Recording of the live gig presenting the two-part tribute to the cinema director and musician David Lynch frorm the kultFRONT label. The unique audio-visual show was presented on September 26th, 2017 in the very heart of St. Petersburg – Angleterre Cinema Lounge in the eponymous hotel on St. Isaac's Square. The musicians were playing against the video background that wa created live on a big cinema screen... The night was divided in two parts, each of them presenting main components of the tribute – dark rhythmical near-techno patterns and forestal drone depths. First part featured RELIC RADIATION and IVAN NAPREENKO (SAL SOLARIS, OTZEPENEVSHIYE, KRUGOM16). Second part – SVETLO111, UHUSHUHU and LUNAR ABYSS... The recording of each set took one part of the cassette. Just like the Black Lodge is the embodiment of the White Lodge, the place where live the spirits who rule over man and nature on Earth, so both musical reincarnations of that evening, constantly in contact, now share the same mysterious space. The space in this case is embodied in a magnetic tape. It is impossible to guess exactly where the listener will encounter his own shadow in this sonic journey. Not everything depends on the direction in which the tape will roll against the magnetic head of every new cassette deck. One can get stuck in the ring of 12 sycamore trees at any second of these 88 minutes of mystery... The edition is complemented by a bonus-track – a remix by SVETLO111 on the track "Lynch" by DMT, which started the whole idea of the tribute 10 years ago. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Fundamental Dispanser Kaleidoscope" -- C-74 -- €10
1999/2022 Garbage Maneuver
Experimental / Ritual / Industrial. One of the rare documents of the Russian experimental scene from the 90ies! The reissue of a compilation of early underground projects from Fryazino, Moscow region, previously released by Dmitry Chistov's label Shuher Audio in 1999. EROGENA ZONA, SOK MAGWAMPA, GEKATOMBIC, V.A.D., DANILA PLAYED GUITAR, BELY TANEC, SACRIFICIUM INTELLECTUS. All material was recorded in 1996-1999 by Artyom Grechko, Danila Shliteris, Yuri Olikhov, Dmitry Chistov (HUM, MAW), Alexander Nechitaev, Roman Sidorov (STARUHA MHA, DER GOLEM)... Cover printed on metallic paper, comes with a Garbage Maneuver label sticker.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Lo-End 100" -- C-90 -- €6
2019 BioSonar^Lo-End, 100/2019 tape
Ambient / Noise / Experimental. BioSonar^Lo-End 100th anniversary release. The 100th release is of course a formality, but it was decided to celebrate it with the most saturated medley of the projects once published by this department of noise-drone-cooperation. Escaping tracklists and order, you will here two astounding mixes from PUSTOTA, RADIOSTALKING, MYKORIZA, 73!, LUNAR ABYSS, NAVIA, BOEVYE CIKADY, GOVORIT RADIO KOSMOS, KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK, ARSENY LITVIN, UHUSHUHU, W I I, SVETLO111, SMEHOPIL0RAMA. Of course, these all are the fragments describing the broad range of this publisher, but it's not a simple boring compilation, not a dry catalogue listing, but a fascinating journey through the corridors and squares of noise sound. And traditionally, DIY artwork. Every copy is unique in it's own way of packaging, and the edition is unlimited, meaning that if you're a design fetish maniac, you can purchase more and more copies endlessly)) [label info]
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Perdo Omnis" -- CS -- €7
2013 self-released
Noise. ALCHEMY OF THE 21ST CENTURY, DIAGRAM: A, KSNK, SF GROUP, UMPIO.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Sonno Ferrum" -- C-60 -- €9
2011 self-released
Junk metal Finnish noise compilation featuring GRUNT, BIZARRE UPROAR, SICK SEED, UMPIO, KSNK and MANIA.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Synchronicity" -- C-26 -- €8
2021 [electrotapes archive], [ETA-TAPE-03], (ltd. 20)
Experimental. "Memory is like dust on the mirror of doubt... the synchronicity of events of the past and the present. Everything repeats itself like a four-dimensional spiral winding in loops the brief flashes of our lives. We carry the memory of things and ideas. Those that were, those that influence what is happening through viscous time. Signals from the past bear evidence of the future... "Synchronicity" is a collection of forgotten and newfound pieces, recorded here and there, in different states and for different purposes. Different from birth, almost lost, they synchronized in their thirst for being and sounding, reinforcing each other many times over. From scattered and lonely elements a new wholeness has appeared, spontaneous naturalness, which cannot wait to declare itself... 20 copies with a piece of paper containing a mysterious number, a code to the doors to the Inside Out." ALEXANDER NACRAPTOR, ELECTROSON, GREZYASCHIY GOROD, AUTISM & WINE. [label info]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Tanzender Besofenner Kryptogen Rindfunk" -- CS -- €10
2021 kultFRONT, KF-XXXVII, (ltd. 60)
Experimental / Industrial / Techno / Psytrance. From a medical point of view, 2020 has been a bone-fracturing time for the St. Petersburg drone community. When the world is dying from other viral and psychic horrors, the soldiers of the electro-shamanic front, which stretches from Ryazan through Moscow and St. Petersburg to Berlin, have literally passed the test of strength. After another bone fracture happened to a well-known "distributor of sound streams", familiar to all connoisseurs of electro-shamanic music through his project KRYPTOGEN RUNDFUNK ("hidden radio broadcasting" in German), this album was spontaneously born. A musical amulet for all experimenters and discoverers of spaces and territories for proper leisure. Dance leisure. Whatever one may say – this is an album of dance remixes. Remixes of their comrade's compositions created by his friends. Named in a typical manner of the author of the original tracks, the album "Tanzender Besoffener Kryptogen Rindfunk" sends one in a well-defined direction of a personal dancefloor with a slight touch of emotional distortion and a corresponding preset. Musically, this is a disco lasting for an hour and a half, which has its own laws of development. Linear laws. For this knowledge it's enough to have only one button on the player – "play". At most, another – "fast forward". But let's rather dance to our secret radio program! The album is released on 60 white audiocassettes. Remixes were made by: BLVMKIN (MAJDANEK WALTZ), DRONE LIBERATION FRONT, PSYCHOACTIVITY (EJECT / SONOZERO), Miroslav Shumov (NEZNAMO), SVETLO111, MIRA DREVO, Sergey Sukhovik (EXIT IN GREY / RADIOSON), HLADNA, Paul Begge (MIRUM FATUM / FORGTTN) & MC Prorok (NOISES OF RUSSIA), LUNAR ABYSS, NEURONAUT (PLACES), KSHATRIY, NOTUM, UHUSHUHU & D.I.Abigor. [press-release]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Voyeurs Of Modern Decay" -- C-30 -- €7
2014 Cursed Tapes, CURSE006, (ltd. 100)
Noise / Power Electronics. UNCLEAN, WHITESWAN, EDGE OF DECAY, KRITIKAL OVERLOAD.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "The Wild Menagerie Of The Country Grew Mute" -- CS -- €9
2020 Janushoved, Janushoved no. 121
Ambient / Experimental. "The wild menagerie of the country grew mute, And the black birds ceased their song..." Contributing artists are: PIAG3T, ROMANCE RELIC, VICTOR ESPASANDÍN, XURI. [label info]
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Video
BLEIBURG -- "Open Wound" -- DVD-R -- €5 [-50%]
2008 The Eastern Front, Front 017, (ltd. 300)
Martial / Industrial / Electronic. The recording of Bleiburg live performance in Kassel, Germany on 23.06.2007. German-Croatian legendary project Bleiburg does not need to be presented. This year we introduce an unique document - a record of live performance of Bleiburg in Kassel, Germany at Panoptikum club in June 2007. Live performances of Bleiburg take place seldom, all the more this release witnessing Bleiburg on stage may represent the particular interest. "Open Wound" is a collection of well-known Bleiburg songs like "Gulag Good-bye", "Na Rad!", "Nezdrava Tvorba", "Good evening, Zagreb" and more... Released in video format - DVD-R, edition counts 300 copies and comes in glossy high quality 3-folded hard paper packing with Croatia themed artwork. [label info]
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER -- "Insane For You" -- DVD -- €9 [-50%]
2011 Monopolrecords, 015, (ltd. 250)
The DVD includes a full recording, fifteen live tracks, filmed at the FAVAL music circus in Brno 2011, beautifully recorded on high-quality cameras. 70 minutes of live material + interview and two video clips. DEPRESSIVE DISORDER offer us a wide range of styles almost all based on different EBM/Electro themes but still with an own identity. Outstanding feature of DEPPRESSIVE DISORDER are without any doubt the marvelous performed vocals which can range from tremendous whispers to aggressive screams. [label info]
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HLADNA -- "Magicgame" -- DVD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2012 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT100, (ltd. 31)
A jubilee hundredth release on Operator Produkzion in a rare genre - conceptual video album made of 10 videoclips / art films by renowned St. Petersburg's project Hladna. This work in retro space psychedelic aesthetics typical for Hladna was made in June 2004 and had to wait long 8 years for publication. Slim-case, completely handmade unique covers with technical stickers. [label info]
ID M THEFT ABLE & CRANK STURGEON -- "@ Gallery 119" -- DVD -- €14
2007 Statuory Tape
Two famous representatives of American noise scene. Live show from 2007 filled with the spirit of local Massachusetts patriotism :) [YAOP]
KARINI, MARIA ASSUNTA / FRANCESCO PALADINO / SIMON FISHER TURNER -- "Ghosts Of Industrial Sunday" -- DVD + CD -- €13 [-50%]
2014 13, sps1303
Here comes a new welcome entry in the ‘private sounds’ series of the now growing 13 catalogue. "Ghosts of Industrial Sunday" is a short film by Maria Assunta Karini and Francesco Paolo Paladino, whose music were composed by Simon Fisher Turner. This release consists of a video DVD, which contains the film, and a audio CD that features the original soundtrack and other compositions inspired by this project that Turner created on purpose; they are accompanied by an oversize 20 pages booklet that offers some images taken from the film and delves more into the concept behind it... As a film, “Ghosts of Industrial Sunday” portrays those places attended by human beings in order to carry out their profession, while they are empty, for a limited period of time, during a break, on a Saturday or Sunday. These are places where the human presence, fatigue, pain, hope are palpable presences, where silence seizes the humble labor objects almost by magic and where things talk and expose without having to necessarily utter any words. The path chosen by the directors relates to a sort of secular “via crucis”, it is an objective progress through the human work’s granted moment of interruption in order to analyze it, to describe it and to underscore its dramatic sense, through the exclusive aid of inanimate objects... The music created by Turner as a soundtrack to the film expresses a delicate tranquillity through notes of piano which are just mottled by the electronic elements in the background, while an unspoken sense of drama hovers in the air and the circular motion of the composition gradually absorbs the listener. Among the remaining tracks, is worth mentioning the evocative and intense soliloquy of "Piano For Double Lesson" and the hanging drones of the first part of "Some Lost Music". [label info]
KICKGUITARSINRUN -- "There & Back" -- DVD-R -- €7
2017 Intonema, int022, (ltd. 100)
KickGuitarSinRun is the title of audio-visual composition for electric guitar, sine wave and electronic bass drum written by Ilia Belorukov. Guitarist Pavel Medvedev, known to Intonema's listeners for the release of Moweton project, choreographers Anna Antipova, noted earlier on the disc of Stefan Thut, and Daria Plokhova participated in the creation of the work. This composition consists of two large parts, There & Back. Each of these parts is divided into four more. The main interest of the composer lies in the field of interaction of the frequencies of different sound sources and human movements during running due to changes in tempo. A distinctive feature of the play is the monotony of the material, which contributes to the concentration of the listener in the smallest shades of sound and movement. [label info]
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MINAMATA -- "KombaTour" -- DVD-R -- €10 [-50%]
2010 Les Nouvelles Propagandes, NP.024
DVD from the Kombat Tour Autumn 2010: one track from each performances in Lille (La Rumeur & CCL), Paris, Gent, Bruxelles, Dresden, Darmstadt & Tours.
MORTIIS -- "Soul In A Hole" -- DVD -- €7
2005 Earache, MOSH 298 DVD
First-ever DVD from Mortiis, containing a live set recorded in London (Hackney The Ocean, 24.09.2004), plus promotional videos, an interview in London and the making of "The Grudge" video. Release comes in standard DVD case with 8-pages booklet.
OCTOBER 14 1964 -- "Kino-Glaz - Music During Cinema" -- DVD-R -- €7
2007 self-released
October 14 1964 is a Russian experimental rock band consisting of Sergey Milushkin (VIR', bass guitar), Alexey Chunikhin (GREY MOUSE, bass guitar), Kirill Chunikhin (GREY MOUSE, drums) and Alexey Krupa (ALTЭRA, theremin). This DVDR features their performance at the Moscow cinema club "ArtKino" while making a live soundtrack for the film by Dziga Vertov "Kino-Glaz" (1924). Cult historical silent film with modern experimental soundtrack! The video features English subtitles for the Russian text.
SIROTEK / SINDRE BJERGA -- "Live in Yaroslavl, June, 26, 2010" -- DVD-R -- €8 [-50%]
2010 Operator Produkzion, OPERPRODUKT71, (ltd. 26)
A video document of one day of noise life in Yaroslavl, Russia. Local project Sirotek (aka DOR) performs in darkness on analogue synths and devices. Existential splash on the border of Power Electronics and Art Noise, and sociopathic vocal hysteria. Guest Norvegian musician Sindre Bjerga performs for a bunch of fans behind the garages near railroad station. A mixture of psychedelic Ambient and Industrial with the use of cassette and digital players and live ocarina. Half DVD-box with an insert - a cut of cartoon on 8mm film. Completely handmade and handwritten artwork with the use of vintage psy-stickers, unique for each copy. [press-release]
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA -- "Abuse" -- DVD-R -- €6 [-50%]
2007 Thonar Records, TR 05, (ltd. 50)
This DVD-R is a re-release of Tardive Dyskinesia's debut-LP, originally appearing in 2004 under the identical labelling "Abuse" on Dystonia Recordings/Steinklang Industries. All now existant video clips occurred over the year 2006, partially forming the backdrop of Tardive Dyskinesias only appearance at "Tonwellen Konferenz" (Erlangen/Germany) up to now. Aditionally to its musicial content this DVD-R makes the attempt to pick up the concept of "Abuse", narrating consecutively the story of a man. Out of his sheltered childhood, by way of mental and corporal violence and due to the abuse of drugs respectively psychotropics he gets driven into an addiction to religious delusions or rather constructs them by himself. Side A (Songs 1-3) treats the growing up of character. Side B (Songs 4-6) deals with his delusions of power and greed, furthermore the getaway out of his life up to his final waste away in the asylum. Tune 7 is a remix of the composition "Dein Leben/your life", which was created by Heimstatt Yipotash. This song has never been completed by Tardive Dyskinesia. [label info]
Z'EV -- "Heart Beat Ear Drum" -- DVD -- €15 [-50%]
2020 Cold Spring, CSR262DVD
“Heart Beat Ear Drum” is a feature length documentary about the late artist and musician Z’EV (1951-2017), known for his punk era scrap metal music – an extraordinary range of acoustic phenomena resulting in trance-inducing sounds... This documentary shows how his music changed and grew and how his personal journey led him to the margins of art and the depths of heart. From 2007-2015, director Ellen Zweig followed Z’EV, shooting concerts and interviews, and collecting archival footage. In addition to interviews with Z’EV, there are interviews with a community of artists who have known him since the 1970’s, curators who have encountered him in the 1990’s, and younger people who have only heard his recorded music or read his philosophical texts (Bob Bellerue, Bow Gamelan Ensemble, HATI, Barbara Stevini, Simone Forti, Zach Layton, Carl Stone, Ned Sublette, Johanna Went and more)... Z’EV began with a “wild style”, crashing and throwing pieces of metal to make sound. He collected the materials for his art at scrap yards. 30 years later, almost all the scrap yards are closed. Z’EV now uses mallet percussion to explore acoustic phenomena. Z’EV was a crusader: for art, for trance meditation, and for living a thoughtful life. His found object aesthetic made us see art in all of the objects around us. His art activities included drumming, sculpture, gardening, even cooking... This film is divided in chapters and organised with both a narrative and a digressive structure. The structure is topic based, not strictly chronological. The first half of the film uses archival concert footage and interviews to establish Z’EV’s place in the world of art and music. The second half uses contemporary concert footage and interviews to explore the changes that led Z’EV to a more contemplative style. The film ends with an extended concert... There is music throughout the film, but at the end, you are immersed in the music and in Z’EV’s exploration of resonance. [label info]
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ZINCHENKO, DANIIL -- "Tinnitus" -- VHS -- €8
2020 Iconic Promo, 038
Daniil Zinchenko's film looks at industrial music as a way to talk about death. The plot is triggered by a conversation between composer EVGENY VORONOVSKY (Cisfinitum) and music researcher DMITRY VASILIEV, in which they talk about musicians of the 1990s and 2000s, who worked with the theme of death. Those who worked, as many of them are no longer alive (suicide, drugs and other mysterious circumstances). The perilous area of action which these sound artists chose for themselves consumed them and destroyed them. Against this background, one of the characters of the film dies under highly controversial circumstances. Real death materializes from talking about it, and the film begins to change, acquiring new characters, stories and meanings. Russian language, English subtitles. [afisha.ru]
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VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Filmwerk Flammenzauber" -- 2 DVD -- €11 [-50%]
2005 Ahnstern, Ahnstern 13
Live documentation from the 4th Flammenzauber Festival on the Wasserburg Heldrungen in 2004. Featuring MERCY DESIGN / AXON NEURON/VAGWA / ECHO WEST / WALDTEUFEL / IN GOWAN RING / CHANGES / OSTARA plus interviews and a exclusive video-clip by Ostara. The video-recordings were made by 3 TV-cameras and the sound was directly recorded from the mixing-desk to get the very best quality.
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "Secret Assembly @ Canyon Club (Zhytomyr, Ukraine) 16th May, 2009" -- DVD -- €10
2010 OMS Records, OMSDVD01, (ltd. 500)
A live document of a gathering of fine post industrial projects met in Ukrainian city Zhytomyr in May 2009. Camaraderie of Swedish Deutsch Nepal, Russian Noises of Russia, and Ukrainian First Human Ferro and Filivs Macrocosmi assembled for an old school dark ambient/death industrial/experimental deja vu. Deep isolationism, misanthropist & sociopath dark industrial, religious noise mantra, and erotic mechanica crisscrossed to form an unforgettable pattern of the night to remember. [press-release]
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Second hand
Here you can download the list of second hand CDs, cassettes and vinyls as an Excel spread sheet file. Contact us if you can't read it: mm (at) radionoise (dot) ru.
Fields marked with green colour may be added to [-50%] summer sale!
T-shirts
DLAN' -- t-shirt -- €27
2021 self-released
Black t-shirt with colour print on chest. Made for the "Dlan'" festival, designed by Pavel Dombrovskiy (UHUSHUHU). Image. Sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, unisex or female.
EJECT -- "Instead of us there was rustle heard" -- t-shirt -- €16
2019 self-released
Black t-shirt from the EJECT project (St. Petersburg, Russia). The print is based on a cover of the CD "Instead of us there was rustle heard". Sizes M and L are available. Image.
GUDELNAYA ARTEL' -- t-shirt -- €27
2021 self-released
Black t-shirt with white print on chest. Logo of Gudelnaya Artel' - the community of St. Petersburg-based ambient, drone & noise artists of PETROGRAD DRONE GATHERING and other projects. Image. Sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, unisex or female.
LIHOLESIE -- t-shirt -- €13
2014 Liholesie
Black t-shirt with white print on a chest. See image. Size XXL.
OTZEPENEVSHIYE -- t-shirt -- €15
2018 NEN Records
Black t-shirt with white logo of the band. Pic 1 + pic 2. Sizes M.
PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS -- "Pigeons-Skeletons" -- t-shirt -- €27
2021 self-released
Black t-shirt with colour print on chest. Image. Sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, unisex or female.
PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS -- "Very Wicked Carousel" -- t-shirt -- €27
2021 self-released
White t-shirt with colour print on chest. Image. Sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, unisex or female.
PIGEONS & THE INSANE PORRIGEMAKERS -- "With a Bee" -- t-shirt -- €27
2021 self-released
Black t-shirt with white print on chest. Image. Sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, unisex or female.
UHUSHUHU -- "Hands / Branches" -- t-shirt -- €27
2021 self-released
Black t-shirt with colour print on chest. Image. Sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, unisex or female.
UHUSHUHU -- "Nose" -- t-shirt -- €27
2021 self-released
Black t-shirt with colour print on chest. Image. Sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, unisex or female.
UHUSHUHU -- "Zoa" -- t-shirt -- €27
2019 self-released
Black t-shirt with the cover of "Zoa" mini-album. Pic 1 + Pic 2. Sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, unisex or female.
UHUSHUHU / AOOM / MOXOMEX / W I I -- t-shirt -- €27
2021 self-released
Black t-shirt with colour print on chest. Image. Sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, unisex or female.
Other
ANENZEPHALIA -- pin -- €10 [-50%]
Tesco Organisation
Metal pin with Anenzephalia logo. Glossy enamel, fastening on a spike. The dimensions are 42 x 25 mm. Image.
HUMANS -- "Obsolete Medicine" -- 3.5" floppy -- €7
2012 Auris Apothecary, AAX-070, (ltd. 280)
Over 50 releases ago, we helped introduce the debut of HUMANS with one of the shortest albums we’ve ever worked on, the 8-minute Are Dead cassette. Since then they’ve evolved & matured, added a member, lost a member, recorded & released 2 more EP’s and toured America in a van. With Obsolete Medicine, HUMANS have outdone their previous record, with 3 songs clocking in at exactly one and a half minutes, each song being written by one of the individual members then bit-crushed down to add a lo-fidelity digital degradation. This assortment of composers & purposeful reduction of quality leads to a uniquely-varied display of HUMANS’ signature weirdo punk sound filtered straight from the brains of each piece of the puzzle. Ultra minimal in design & length, Obsolete Medicines is an amped-up postcard of HUMANS in their rawest prime... Black laser-jet printing on white cardstock sleeves with eyes cut out, sealed inside clear bag by a white circle sticker with black laser-jet printing. 9 colors of floppy disks rubber stamped in black ink, containing MP3’s + PNG files of artwork. Digital download code & serial hand-numbered in black ink. [label info]
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"ICELAND HITS YOU" -- magazine -- €5
2010 Laton
Hildur Gudnadottir & BJ Nilsen, Ghostigital & Finnbogi Petursson, Reptilicus, AUXPAN, Stilluppsteypa, Hubert Noi, Pomassl, etc. The publication allows to look at Iceland through the eyes of Islandic musicians and artists, at Pomassl's view of Sigur Ros studio and sleeping Johann Johannsson. In one word, Iceland hits you! [label info]
KSHATRIY -- "Discography" -- USB Stick -- €95
2022 self-released, (ltd. 15)
Full digital discography from 2004 to 2022 — 27 High-End mastered albums on Crystal USB Flash Drive — luminous with blue light! Packed in a black leather box. Image 1 | Image 2.
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