This is mainly occult-inspired instrumental music - sacral with hints of great dark temple halls, demons, mystical rites and churches. Instruments like piano, farfisa organ, dark ritualistic drums, harps and various string instruments were used and this sound will appeal to followers of Arcana and the medieval / neo-symphonic genres. Abnocto is Simon Kölle (Musterion, Za Frûmi) and Simon Heath (Atrium Carceri, Za Frûmi). Recorded 60 meters below the centre of Stockholm in a long forgotten chamber among the tunnels.
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ALL MY FAITH LOST - 'In A Sea, In A Lake, In A River... Or In A Teardrop' CD (Infinite Fog Productions)
Reissue of the second album from Italians All My Faith Lost (with the original lineup of 4), originally issued on Sin.Org. This album focuses on the spirits of the water, with stories and tales that tell about faeries, witches, elves and everything else living in the water. Water that can be rain, the water of a river or of a lake but can be also a tear. Acoustic and classic guitars are the main instruments at the base of the compositions, flutes and delicate synths create, light arrangements giving that ethereal mood that would be more present in the following releases of the band (on Cold Meat Industry / Projekt). The vocal parts are equally divided amongst male and female, creating a perfect balance between heavenly/frail and profound/dark atmospheres. Ltd x 1000 copies in a gatefold digisleeve.
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AMON - 'Foundation' 2 x CD (AFE Records / Eibon Records)
"Foundation" features most of the tracks originally contained on the first untitled Amon album (1996), the whole "Mer" limited edition release (2000), and a few unreleased/rare bonus tracks. All tracks were remastered specially for this release. "Wondering why AMON is widely considered a dark ambient legend? This double CD will show you why.... You'll find no deeper nor darker ambient anywhere else." Presented in a gatefold digisleeve with inner sleeves. A very desirable piece from this Italian legend (aka Andrea Marutti).
"Nona" takes inspiration from a case of xenoglossy (the ability to speak in an unlearned and unheard foreign language, often associated with past-life recall, trance or hypnosis) discovered in Great Britain around the early Thirties when a woman in state of trance expressed herself in a language which was recognised as ancient Egyptian. This voice from the past was called "Nona" or "The One Without a Name". This release introduces new elements for Amon and could be filed both under Dark Ambient and Avantgarde. Comes in 10" wallet!
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AMON / NIMH - 'Sator' CD (Eibon Records)
The mystery of the ancient and puzzling magic Sator square is evoked through five dark tracks. Amon (Andrea Marutti) is and established Dark Ambient project and Nimh (Giuseppe Verticchio) is a well-known and eclectic alchemist of electronic-ethnic–acoustic-ambient sound mixtures. Together they have produced massive magmatic sounds mixed with the technologic and synthetic vibrations of oscillating sinewaves and with frosty isolationist timbres programmed through fluxes of information written in binary code… Echoes of breathless and confused human activities falling into decay, the dark and deep sound of earth’s abysses, scoriae of electric buzzes and synthetic microsounds, the warmth of subliminal melodies. Gatefold digisleeve.
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ANNI HOGAN - 'Kickabye' 2 x CD (Cold Spring CSR99CD)
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 is also tracks from the same period, featuring YELLO and with production by BARRY ADAMSON. Digitally remastered with 4 new and exclusive song versions.
On a Friday in September many years ago 3 girls went into a large forest in northern Germany. They never returned. Apoptose followed their path into the woods and listened closely to the voices whispering among the trees. "Bannwald" reflects the girls' journey to a realm of witchcraft, fairy-tales and ancient goddesses. Here in the green twilight of rustling leafs and crackling twigs nothing is as it seems and reality is covered by a thick layer of autumn foliage. The term "Bannwald" bears a double meaning: On one hand it stands for a protected woodland where nobody is allowed to cut trees or even to enter. On the other hand "Bann" is an ancient word for ban or spell. After the urban nightmares of "Schattenmädchen", Apoptose come back to the northern wilderness once more, the home of their first album "Nordland". On "Bannwald" they join forces again to invoke the spirits of moss-covered stones and hidden glades. Comes in a superb spot-varnished 8-panel digisleeve, with a booklet and a separate CD sleeve. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
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ATARAXIA - 'Oil On Canvas' CD / Book (Ultra Mail Prod.)
Highly-anticipated release from the Italian legends over 14 tracks - 12 digitally remastered songs taken from several Ataraxia’s past album and from Vittorio Vandelli’s solo CD, 1 exclusive new track "Rashan" and 1 rare track. 70 minutess of dreamy, fairy, renaissance and Neoclassical atmospheres. "Landscapes inspiring soundscapes. A marriage among visual art, poetry and music... spells pronounced in front of the gates of Myth lead us by hand in the land of Memory where a musical breeze turns into a sacred enchantment..." Limited hand-numbered edition of 800 copies, consisting of a slipcase containing a hardcover book, CD and 3 postcards. The hardcover book contains 96 pages of photos, text and lyrics - 3 different chapters dedicated to three inspired photographers with whom the band shares inspiration and passion for music. The CD is presented in a deluxe 6-panel digipak. A stunning, high-quality item... essential!
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ATAVIST - 'Atavist' 2 x LP (Invada)
Atavist's debut album is already being hailed as a new doom classic. Atavist are a 4 piece band from Manchester who have have recently toured with Khanate and have played with amongst others, Asva, Esoteric and Gonga. "Their riffs aren't just heavy, they're so batteringly, destroyingly crushing that they remain exhilarating even when single notes hang out for an eternity before the next one rams into your ears with the force of an a-bomb" (Kerrang). File next to Earth, Pelican, Boris. Limited edition in a gatefold sleeve.
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ATOMTRAKT - 'Nuklearchetyp' Enhanced CD (Mercenary Musik)
Atomtrakt return with their 2nd full length album. "Grand heroic moments of stark proportion are revealed amidst a haunting melancholic scare. Apocalypse is unfurled in a visionary tapestry of epic chilling magnitude. Cz is to be mentioned amongst the great German composers". File under Militant Ambient / Apocalyptic Industrial. Includes a video clip for the track 'Eisenkerker'. Released in a limited edition of 1000 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
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AUBURN LULL - 'Behind All Curses Of Thought Lies The Ability To Focus On Vacant Spaces' 7" (Zeal Records)
This 7" nods towards more electronically-based space rock / ambient elements of Auburn Lull than heard on prior releases; elements that interweave amongst cascading guitars and droning samples. The band and many others simply refer to this release by the name of it's title track, 'North Territorial'. Nice piece.
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BEEQUEEN - 'Sugarbush' CD (Raum 312)
The legendary third full length CD by Beequeen from 1995, produced by Mark Poysden, breaking away from the older ambient industrial sound and a much richer sound tapestry. Widely acclaimed as a highlight in the Beequeen back catalogue. Features covers of titles like 'Return To Sender' (Elvis Presley) and 'A Beautiful Noise' (Neil Diamond) set to completely different music. As "Sugarbush" featured a lot of processed guitar sounds, Beequeen refer to this as their 'guitar-album'. Dedicated to Joseph Beuys. Ltd x 1000. RARE WAREHOUSE FIND - ACT FAST!
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BLACK ELK - 'Always A Six, Never A Nine' CD (Crucial Blast)
The 2nd album from Portland, OR aggro wreckers Black Elk, whose psychotic brand of crushing, noise-rock influenced heaviosity is a return to the unhinged underground rock force of bands like Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Black Flag and Hammerhead. This album features ten songs of seething weirdness, with the dissonant, crushing riffage, lunging rhythmic push and awesome freaked out, Yow-esque vocals of singer Tom Glose that made their debut a fave among anyone who remembered the days when Amphetamine Reptile ruled the underground rock scene, but with some interesting new elements (bleak, blackened guitar ambience, a smattering of piano, skyreaching guitar harmonies) that add new shadows to Black Elk's ferocious sound. Hardback gatefold digifile.
CARSTEN VOLLMER - 'Arbeit Nummer 7' 7" (Cat Killer)
Released on Vollmer’s own label, this is a release with very little information and minimal artwork. Total relentless lo-fi noise over two tracks. Incomprehensible, dense and murderous screeching amongst thick layers of electronics and violence make this quite a difficult and claustrophobic release! A small note: both sides have the same track name, but are in fact different.
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CHANGES / ALLERSEELEN - 'Men Among The Ruins' CD (Ewers Tonkunst / Indiestate Distribution)
The 2006 split release from Allerseelen and Changes. The Allerseelen track "Tropfen schöner Zeit" is based of a tale from Yukio Mishima. A few tracks from him include Russian singing from Drynwhyl, a member of Svarrogh and Katatonia. The Changes tracks are brilliant old school folk, as we love them. 3 tracks from each artist. Presented in a nice digisleeve. Russian import.
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CHRIS CONNELLY AND THE BELLS - 'Blonde Exodus / The Ultimate Seaside Companion' 2 x CD (Dream Catcher)
"Blonde Exodus is a huge step forward from Connelly's last solo album, the plodding Ultimate Seaside Companion. Here his sound is more fully realized and less self-consciously artistic there are still layers of strings and acoustic guitars, but the mix is leavened by muscular beats, and the derivative nature of his singing (think Nick Cave crossed with David Bowie) is less distracting in the context of these more interesting arrangements. After a bizarre spoken word throwaway ("Generique"), the album gets off to a rousing start with the bruising but pretty "London Fields." "Diamonds Eat Diamonds" is lyrically lumpy, shot through with indigestible lines like "I saw your precious mania diving for pearls/And swan dive like Icarus into the underworld," but "Twilight Shiner," with its chiming guitar and hummable chorus, hits the spot nicely. So far, Connelly has made his best music as a member of the Damage Manual, and some will remember his 1980s work with Ministry with twisted fondness. But this album makes a case for him as a solo artist worth watching". (AMG)
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CIRCLE - 'Triumph' 2 x CD (Fourth Dimension)
This release gathers recordings for a session at WFMU, recorded during their second US tour and captured live on the 25th September 2007. Spread over the four sides are the six cuts which made up Circle’s second session for WFMU, once more capturing the self-proclaimed New Wave of Finnish Heavy Metal outfit proving themselves to be almost everything but ‘Heavy Metal’ despite possessing the only too apparent ability to compete with the best amongst that world. Taking in operatic vocals, unearthly mulch, psychedelic splurge, nods towards folk and krautrock, and mammoth riffs capable of knocking down nearby buildings, avant-rock has rarely arrived both so potent and in dire need of a straitjacket before. Gatefold digisleeve with printed inner sleeves.
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CIRCLE - 'Triumph' 2 x LP (Fourth Dimension)
This release gathers recordings for a session at WFMU, recorded during their second US tour and captured live on the 25th September 2007. Spread over the four sides are the six cuts which made up Circle’s second session for WFMU, once more capturing the self-proclaimed New Wave of Finnish Heavy Metal outfit proving themselves to be almost everything but ‘Heavy Metal’ despite possessing the only too apparent ability to compete with the best amongst that world. Taking in operatic vocals, unearthly mulch, psychedelic splurge, nods towards folk and krautrock, and mammoth riffs capable of knocking down nearby buildings, avant-rock has rarely arrived both so potent and in dire need of a straitjacket before. Presented in a stunning glossy gatefold sleeve!
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DEATH IN JUNE - 'Burial' CD (Leprosy Discs)
Burial was originally released as an LP in 1984 and was the first Death in June record released via Leprosy Discs. The personnel at the time was: Douglas P., Tony Wakeford and Patrick Leagas. After this record, Wakeford left the band. A CD version was released for the first time in 1991 and has remained sold out now for many, many years. Amongst the tracks on this record you'll find a lot of classics and a complete set of brilliant live tracks. Another piece of the puzzle to fill the gaps in the DIJ back catalogue. Simply a must! Comes in nice foil-blocked digipak with embossed images.
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DER BLUTHARSCH - 'Flying High!' 2 x LP (WKN)
On their ninth studio album Der Blutharsch continues travelling in the direction they took back in 2005, when the former gurus of martial industrial / military pop rocketed towards the deep space of psychedelia. If you think of Sunn O))), Guru Guru, Amon Dül, Tangerine Dream or Godspeed You! Black Emperor you aren't too far away... but still inherent is that familiar apocalyptic feeling. Highly influenced by the American West Coast Sound of the late sixties with a small dose of Krautrock. Here's the line-up: Bain Wolfkind, Albin Julius, Gianni Serusi and Patrick Leagas. Der Blutharsch have mutated into a psychedelic rock monster; their motto, "into new territories!", symbolic for this mutation, a battle fought not by marching but by flying, 'Flying high!'. The DLP is housed in a superb gatefold cover and is limited to 750 copies only.
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DER BLUTHARSCH - 'Flying High!' CD (WKN)
On their ninth studio album Der Blutharsch continues travelling in the direction they took back in 2005, when the former gurus of martial industrial / military pop rocketed towards the deep space of psychedelia. If you think of Sunn O))), Guru Guru, Amon Dül, Tangerine Dream or Godspeed You! Black Emperor you aren't too far away... but still inherent is that familiar apocalyptic feeling. Highly influenced by the American West Coast Sound of the late sixties with a small dose of Krautrock. Here's the line-up: Bain Wolfkind, Albin Julius, Gianni Serusi and Patrick Leagas. Der Blutharsch have mutated into a psychedelic rock monster; their motto, "into new territories!", symbolic for this mutation, a battle fought not by marching but by flying, 'Flying high!'. The CD comes in a stunning foilblocked folder with glow in the dark ink and slipcase.
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DREAMCATCHER - 'Prom Night / Eyes Of Leatherface' LP (.ANGLE.REC.)
Dreamcatcher's hot-wired, saturated and hypnotic sound layers, as well as strings and splatters of sonic mess and Power Electronics / old-school / new school aesthetics, have earned them a devoted following in Montreal and beyond. Originally released on cassette in very limited editions on the American Tapes label (run by Wolf Eyes’ John Olson) and Nautical Almanac's Heresee label respectively, "Prom Night " and "Eyes Of Leatherface " are archived here for a larger audience and for posterity. Includes material from their first recorded sessions, and ranks among the favourites of the duo. Without a doubt one of the sickest, most twisted and noisiest releases from ANGLE.REC. so far! Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies on180g clear vinyl in a stickered sleeve. Canadian import.
Part 4 in the Sol Invictus archive series. "Marseilles" features stunning Neofolk / Folk Noir from Tony Wakeford (guitar, vocals) and Matt Howden of Sieben (violin, vocals) in an extraordinary live performance, recorded in Marseille in 2000. Includes the tracks: 'The Fool', 'A Ship Is Burning', 'Amongst The Ruins', 'Against The Modern World', 'Death Of The West'. Ltd x 1000 copies in a slim card cover.
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FIRST HUMAN FERRO - 'Guernica Macrocosmica' CD (Eibon Records)
FHF (aka Olegh Kolyada of Oda Relicta, In Meditarium) combine dark, deep and dense drones with traditional music and melodies. These phenomenal Russian musicians are here to prove there are seemingly undiscovered ways to conceive and create dark ambient. AMON meets Red Army choirs, LUSTMORD meets sad Russian popular music. Digifile.
FUNERARY CALL - 'Dark Waters Stirred' CD (Fall Of Nature Records)
Heralded as one of the progenitors of black ambient music, Funerary Call (aka Harlow MacFarlane of Sistrenatus) returns from dormancy with his darkest release to date. "Dark Waters Stirred" is a ceremonial maelstrom of ominous electronics, doom-laden guitars and dark ambient textures. An audial descent into ritualistic obscurity and misanthropy. Features guest appearances from the likes of Deathlord (Blasphemy, ex-Conqueror), and Troy Southgate (H.E.R.R., Seelenlicht) amongst others. Australian import.
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HEXPEROS - 'The Garden Of The Herperides' CD (Equilibrium Music)
Debut album by Hexperos, the new Gothic / Neoclassical / Chamber project by the soprano Alessandra Santovito (Gothica). Exotic and sensual Mediterranean percussion patterns, together with the low rumble of double bass and the soft keyboard, enriched by violins, set the nocturnal atmosphere for Alessandra’s soaring voice. Instrumentation and arrangements are skillfully mastered to balance grandiose dramatic moments against delicate passages, sparsely colored with a discreet Celtic tone (enhanced with harp). A remarkable debut, deserving a place amongst the best works of Arcana, Ophelia’s Dream or Sopor Aeternus, and Dead Can Dance’s darkest days. Presented in a spot varnished digipak.
IMMUNDUS - 'Haunted Memories' CD (Hypnotic Dirge Records)
On "Haunted Memories", Norwegian ambient artist "Immundus" draws even nearer to perfecting his signature sound of Mysterious and Haunting dark ambient. Immundus draws into the deepest psyche of his imagination to bring out an album that is both beautiful yet eerie and chilling. A very solid release and recommended to fans of unconventional dark ambient as well as fans of instrumental music or horror soundtracks. Mastered by Andrea Marutti (Amon). Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak. Canadian import. ACT FAST!
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INNFALLEN - 'Three Days Of Darkness' CD (First Fallen Star)
Innfallen offers their vision of the Catholic prophecy of "Three Days of Darkness." Among a myriad of other dark ambient projects presenting scattered releases of abstract sound, in stark contrast Innfallen - consisting of Doyle Finley (Invercauld) and newcomer Kevin Scala - has composed a rich, illustrative tapestry of multi-layered soundscapes that is undeniably the soundtrack to the frightening prophecy of the "Three Days of Darkness." Few dark ambient projects have demonstrated such talent in composing soundscapes so clearly and concretely linked to the themes they claim to represent. Mastered by J. Stillings (Steel Hook Prostheses). Ltd x 1000 copies in a DVD size digipak.
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JOHN DUNCAN - 'Da Sich Die Machtgier...' CD (Die Stadt)
Asmus Tietchens sent processed recordings of himself reading excerpts from two texts by E. M. Cioran. Duncan worked on and manipulated them, creating three pieces. There is little of Tietchens remaining in these abstract creations. Speed-altered voice tracks are stacked, swirling electronic sounds in the background providing proof of deeper processing. "Freih zein hoem macht..." ranks among Duncan's harshest pieces to date, while "Aber..." is more "typical" Duncan: a drone derived from the sound source but from which the sound source has been obliterated, and yet makes its ghostly presence palpable. Presented in a nice digipak with tasteful spot varnish and insert. Ltd x 1000.
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KAAOS IN ECCENTRIS / LIDDIKOATIGHT & LEIF ELGGREN - 'No-One Takes One Too Free / Trapezoid' 7" (Some Place Else)
Kaaos in Eccentris - on this session Mockingwyrd, Ovro, Niko Skorpio and Ibrahim Terzic - create an oddly trance-inducing, almost groovy piece that limps forward powered by the combination of hypnotic bass and crackling rhythms. Liddikoatight is a new Japanese band with Kouhei Matsunaga among others. Leif Elggren, from Sweden, has worked with sound and performance art since 1980 and has a long list of releases, books and live-performances under his belt. For this record, Liddikoatight and Leif Elggren collaborated via telepathy. Mix of the results form the track Trapezoid. Ltd x 500 copies with gatefold sleeve.
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KAZERIA (KZ) / IGNIIS - 'Summoning The Elder Ones' Enhanced CD (Gradual Hate Records)
Kazeria (KZ) & Igniis express the visions, feelings, pleasures and fears that the magnificent opus of H.P. Lovecraft has provoked in mind and spirit thru the years. A work of epic proportions, with mystical ambience that immerses us in the unique cosmology of this fundamental writer. A sonic ritual and an aesthetic tribute to this master of cosmic horror and weird gnosis. From the icy and unknown wastelands of Antarctica, to the forgotten river Skai, from the dark garrets and steeples of Arkham to the sands that burn the Nameless city, Lovecraft's ghost rises over aged ruins and among unspeakable entities, incarnating in the sounds here. Martial, Dark Ambient, Dark Folk music including a mix by Opus Nigrum and a video. Ltd x 500 copies in a gatefold digifile.
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KOUHEI MATSUNAGA / NIKO SKORPIO - 'Split' CD (Deserted Factory)
With 74 minutes of music and numerous collaborations (including Frans De Waard, Phroq, Lasse Marhaug and Mattin amongst others - some 'telepathic'), this split release covers many areas of electronic and experimental music, from chilling ambience to high energy noise freakouts and from trapezoidal rhythms to plain weird alien atmospheres. Comes with a particular magickal vibe and underground spirit. Standard jewelcase with folded Japanese cover design.
Threatening new collaboration taking in parallel worlds of Extreme Computer Music and Black Metal. KTL is Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Gravetemple, Æthenor, Thorr's Hammer) and Peter Rehberg (PITA). A six part collision amongst the increasingly fading presences between the light and the dark. This work came about as the two were composing sound and music for a piece by Gisèle Vienne and Dennis Cooper, entitled 'Kindertotenlieder'. This CD is NOT the soundtrack to said piece, but a separate project. However, elements may appear in the finished piece which is to be premiered in Brest, France, March 2007. Pieces were recorded in a resistance fortress in southern France during a thunderstorm. Others in a wintergarden drenched in the sunlight.
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L'ORCHESTRE NOIR - '11' CD (PREcordings)
The masterpiece by L’Orchestre Noir from 1999, now remastered, remixed and re-released by Italian label Precordings. L'Orchestre Noir is Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus), along with Eric Rogers (Gae Bolg), Nathalie Van Keymeulen and Céline Marleix-Bardeau (amongst others), who contribute to this mainly instrumental project - a vehicle for Wakeford's interest in classical and soundtrack composition - with bass, cello, harp, trumpet and violin building a ritual and magical requiem for the fallen of WWI. Digipak.
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LDRTFS / MIGUEL PRADO - 'Aurum Nostrum Non Est Aurum Vulgi' CD (Black Mass Records)
Split CD featuring the Australian Ritual-Drone-Doom entity LDRTFS ("Like Drone Razors Through Flesh Sphere") and Spanish noisician Miguel Prado, who previously collaborated with Stephen O'Malley and Julien Skrobek, among others. Includes LDRTFS's 'Synthetic Hybridization' recording, Miguel Prado's 'Descripción de un Combate' and a collaboration track recorded by both acts. Presented in a printed gold envelope with insert.
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LIHOLESIE - 'Boundless Thirst For The Outside' CD (Assault Rex)
The transient serenity of Liholesie's previous album has gone. More Angst, more drums, more thrilling tunes! Go ahead! Beyond horizons! This is the fourth album of the Russian project Liholesie. More Industrial-Neofolk with barbaric drum patterns but keeping to the previous melodic / lyrical lines this time. Enigmatic, dark and mysterious, with atmospheric ambience, industrial layers and drones. Amid debris of a bygone civilization. "This album is dedicated to all the wanderers of the cursed forests and men amongst ruins."
LOCRIAN - 'Territories' LP (At War With False Noise / Basses Frequences / BloodLust! / Small Doses)
André Foisy and Terence Hannum have spent the last several years honing the Locrian sound. They've taken elements from noise, power electronics, drone, and black metal to come up with a truly unique sound reflecting the sprawling urban decay surrounding them in Chicago. For this release, Locrian has pulled out all the stops and fleshed out the band with the help of Mark Solotroff (Bloodyminded), Blake Judd (Nachtmystium), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza) and Andrew Scherer (Velnias). The results of this massive collaborative effort are apparent from the moment the album starts. The textures run darker and deeper; the vocals - sometimes three layers deep - seem to be conjured from the decrepit muck of a failed civilisation; the feedback takes on a more pronounced presence; and the big band allows for full-on black metal assaults that burst out of the tortured drones Locrian have come to be known for. "Territories" may well be the most fully realised form of Locrian's dystopic vision. Ltd x 500 copies on black vinyl.
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LUASA RAELON - 'Season Of The Witch' CD (Snip-Snip)
"Season Of The Witch is a horrifying and spine tingling collection of drifting dread scapes. Using dark ambient, horror filmatic work, noise elements, death breath and bone brittle drifting rhythmic thuds. Which all builds a really creepy haunted house or dead black wood of an album" (Musique Machine). Conception, production, execution and capture in the Variax Crypt and among Celestial Tombs in the year of your lord, January through April, 2006.
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LUSTMORD - 'The Place Where The Black Stars Hang' CD (Soleilmoon / Side Effects)
"The Place Where the Black Stars Hang” was first released in 1994 on Side Effects, and while the earlier Lustmord album "Heresy" gave birth to the "Dark Ambient" genre, it is “The Place Where the Black Stars Hang” that defines it. It’s a work regularly cited by critics, audiences and musicians as being amongst the very best and most influential albums of its decade. This new edition has been re-mastered and given new artwork. The differences are subtle yet powerful, giving the album a more nuanced feeling of space and detail than ever before. Oft imitated, but never equalled, Lustmord: The Power of Sound.
MATT SHOEMAKER - 'Tropical Amnesia One' CD (Ferns Recordings)
"More field recordings here, this time around taken from the Amazonas, Brazil, to precise the Mamori Lake. Shoemaker taped the sounds there and treats the whole thing into one piece of music that lasts 64 minutes. If I was to imagine how the Amazonian rainforest would sound like, I think it would sound like this. A fairly thick mass of busy buzzing insect sounds, birds and wind like sounds. Shoemaker opts for a dramatic approach in this work: things start out relatively quiet and moody, but over the course of those 60 some minutes grows with some violent intention. Shoemaker uses strong equalisation, adding low end sounds to the piece, that makes the earth tremble among the heavy weight of this piece. Yet he never loses the clarity of the sounds, birds and insects are always to be recognised here. An excellent piece along the lines of the best of Francisco Lopez (who organises the annual Mamori Sound Project. Shoemaker delivers a great work, perhaps his best so far" (Vital Weekly). Ltd x 300 copies in a 6-panel sleeve held in place with a metal clip.
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MICHAEL MANTRA - 'Amanita Lake' 2 x CD & DVD (Silentes)
Two hours and a half of music collected on a double CD set that also contains a DVD entitled "Amanita Furniture". 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. Presented in a stunning 6-panel digisleeve.
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MICHAEL PRIME - 'Requiem' LP (Die Stadt)
A prolific sound composer and an active member of Morphogenesis, Prime has also collaborated with (among others) David Jackman/Organum, Jim O'Rourke, Eddie Prevost, David Toop and Adam Bohman. He's also one half of Negative Entropy (with G. Feyton of Noise Makers Fifes). "Requiem" is one of his most intense works so far and quite different from his more environmental studies. Limited edition of 700 copies on thick vinyl, in a stunning gatefold sleeve with a textured insert.
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MY CAT IS AN ALIEN / STEVE RODEN - 'Cosmic Debris Volume II' CD (A Silent Place)
CD re-issue of the second installment in the "Cosmic Debris" split ART-LP series set up by Maurizio and Roberto Opalio, aka My Cat Is An Alien, on their own Opax Records. California visual / sound artist Steve Roden's contribution represents the unique experience of hearing him literally 'playing' guitar chords. MCIAA deliver another piece of 'cosmic debris', centered on multilayered echoes of voice, toy piano, space drones raising from a distant horizon, and their own physical gestures performed during the recording, which reproduce themselves through the air, re-play and give birth to echoes of real time that overcomes its own essence, becoming field recording itself, mirror and spectre of its immutability. Their track entitled also features Ramona Ponzini's Japanese bells contribution. Digisleeve.
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NEVER KNOWN - 'On The Edge Of Forever' CD (Eibon Records)
The Dark Ambient (and earliest) project of Andrea Marutti (Amon). The 4th full-length in the Never Known saga, and this time it's even better than before... Deep melodies, rumbling drones, the new edge of forever... Digipak.
NICK CASTRO & THE POISON TREE - 'Further From Grace' CD (Strange Attractors Audio House)
"Further From Grace" bewitches with an intoxicating mood sustained throughout. The instrumentation is lush and exotic - flugelhorn, lap dulcimer and mijwiz are deftly melded into a pan-cultural elixir comprised of American and British folk traditions, classical balladry and Middle Eastern. Masterful songwriting, ornamented by Castro's ardent vocals and dreamlike lyrics, are relieved by hypnotic instrumental passages. Induced by flourishes of psychedelic 60's folk bards like Tom Rapp (Pearls Before Swine) and Bert Jansch, laced with flashes of Amon Düül-like acoustic communal atmosphere, "Further From Grace" is an acid-folk masterpiece advancing today's sound into sparkling new frontiers.
PAINTING PETALS ON PLANET GHOST - 'Fallen Camellias' CD (A Silent Place)
Second full-length album from Italian brothers Maurizio & Roberto Opalio (My Cat Is An Alien) and vocalist Ramona Ponzini (Praxinoscope). 'Fallen Camellias' is a tribute to one of the greatest poetess ever, Japanese Yosano Akiko, whose work in literature in the early 1900's is considered as manifesto of the Japanese Romanticism. Imagine a Vashti Bunyan or a early Marianne Faithful singing sweet melodies in Japanese language, and you can have an idea of the musical and poetical universe of PPOPG. The songs of 'Fallen Camellias' are built on acoustic guitar melodies and are made of the same pure, melancholy of the legendary Nick Drake. Let 'Fallen Camellias' be your warm blanket, as well as the promise of a new future spring. 6-panel digipak.
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PENITENT - 'Among The Sleepless' CD (Hydra)
11th official release from Norwegian act Penitent (aka Karsten Hamre) since 1994. Penitent continues with very varied ambient puzzles, creating a pure dark collage, based around the themes of graveyards and death. An orchestral touch appears now and than while a few other cuts move into more explicit experimental fields. Diverse ambient soundscapes are lead by a repetitive rhythmic background. Overall, agreat illustration of all the knowledge and maturity of this project. Penitent remains quite faithful to its established style and sound. Hydra is a division of the Salvation Group.
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PRAXINOSCOPE - 'Praxinoscope' Picture Disc LP (A Silent Place)
Praxinoscope is a project which unites the duo Roberto Opalio (one-half of My Cat Is An Alien) and Ramona Ponzini. Here Ponzini plays little Japanese percussions and wind chimes, creating a resonant texture over Roberto's alien wordless vocals and space electronics. The material comes from a whole session recorded in a mysterious location of the Western Alps, directly transferred to CD using neither overdubs nor outtakes. For the entire length of its 40 minutes, the piece will stifle your breath because of its pure essence and intimate mood; a mystic, suffocated chant reminding the silence of ancient rituals, the ultimate exorcism to avert the Infinite Pain. Ltd x 500 copies on a full-colour picture disc with psychedelic artwork in a printed PVC sleeve.
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RAMONA PONZINI & Z'EV - 'Ankoku' CD (A Silent Place)
Ramona's personal touch is certainly her own particular Japanese chant, together with the use of traditional percussion, bells and cymbals from Japan. Z'EV, enchanted by all those elements, asked Ramona for this cooperation. "Ankoku" is a Japanese word which means "deep darkness". For this debut Ramona's voice and percussion was processed by My Cat Is An Alien in their mysterious studio, placed somewhere in Western Alps, adding some field recordings. Those recordings were then sent to Z'EV who has processed them with some of his typical percussion. Z'EV deconstructed the sweetness of Ramona's chants, enfolding the pieces with a darker atmosphere. 5 obscure tracks, structured on charming vocal melodies moving out from a "haunted house". Digifile.
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RAPOON - 'Wasteland Raga' CD (Aquarellist)
Brand new release from ethno-ambient act Rapoon. "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... Viva revolution!!!". Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak with two artcards.
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REHBERG & BAUER - 'Passt' CD (Touch)
Following 'Faßt' and 'Ballt', 'Passt' completes Peter Rehberg and Ramon Bauer's trilogy for Touch. Full of effects, glitches, pulses and interruptions, this music puts you in surprising places as it constantly shifts its gears. Rehberg and Bauer subject their sounds to all manner of effects and run them through the cogs on their laptops, which slice and dice them into multitudes of abstract and often harsh electronic elements. All tracks were recorded live at three venues in Sydney and Melbourne in 2000.
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ROBERT RICH - 'Humidity' 3 x CD (Hypnos)
Triple-CD set of 1998 Robert Rich live recordings (from shows in Stanford, Venice, and Pasadena, California). Over three hours of music, utilising some of the techniques of Rich's renowned "Sleep Concerts," as well as some sounds and interpretations of his highly-regarded collaboration with B. Lustmord, "Stalker". The live tapes have been carefully remastered by Robert himself to match the extraordinary standards of his studio recordings. Fans of all phases of Rich's career will want to have this. This is sure to rank among Rich's most important works. Double size jewelcase.
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ROME - 'L'Assassin' MCD (Trisol)
The Assassin - Murder? Crime of passion? Rome's new 'Chanson Noir' speaks of man's enslavement in a world of constant transformation. The traditions of (French) Chanson and (American) Folk are becoming more influential in their current work. Chansonniers like Léo Ferré, Jacques Brel and singer / songwriter heroes like Cave, Cash and Cohen are obvious influences. This is the darker side of singer / songwriter tradition: post-industrial-folk with elements of Electro-Pop, complex arrangements of breathtaking melodies, mesmerising ballads of lyrical beauty, underlining Rome's ethos of never faltering or remaining uninvolved. Features four songs, among which the exclusive and intimate track "One Flesh", along with reinvented, "stringed" versions of two classic tracks "Der Erscheinungen Flucht' and 'Der Brandtaucher' (from "Masse Mensch Material"). Rome: unmasked, honest and authentic! Digipak.
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SALLY DOHERTY & THE SUMACS - 'Edge Of Spring: A Collection Of Songs (1995 - 2005)' CD (Shayo)
"The Edge of Spring" is a collection of 17 songs by Sally Doherty - a "best of" spanning the years 1995 - 2005, with 3 previously unreleased tracks. Doherty is a Sheffield-based artist, who has worked in the past with dark folk acts Sieben and Sol Invictus, amongst others. With her warm, angelic and intimate voice, soaring and operatic at times, and accompanied by a variety of instruments from gentle piano to baroque string ensembles to Spanish guitar and percussion, Sally Doherty is one of the most outstanding singer / songwriters and will appeal to anybody who enjoys the music of Kate Bush, Lhasa or Antony and the Johnsons. The CD comes in a deluxe digipak. Swiss import.
Both ethnic and ambient, sometimes low and harsh or even psychedelic, Sigma Octantis's music is always melancholic and quite strange. As musical influence, Sigma Octantis will quote Spindrift of Morthond. Amongst other things Sigma Octantis takes ideas from: Surrealism, dark and melancholic writers such as Bataille, Artaud, Shakespeare, Proust, Bernhard; dark humour ala Ambrose Bierce. Musicaly speaking... amongst others Blue Oyster Cult, MB, Militia, Mandible Chatter, Thiefaine, Haus Arafna, Paul Roland, Megaptera or Brighter Death Now. Ltd x 500 copies in a digifile.
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SIL MUIR - 'Sil Muir' CD (Diophantine Discs)
Italy's Sil Muir present their debut full-length solo work. It is a beautiful, yet melancholic, hour-long recording carrying us along that sleepless journey from dusk 'til dawn. Powerful and gentle drones shudder and shimmer through these four dense and amazing tracks. Sil Muir is the collaboration between Andrea Marutti (Amon, Never Known, Afe Records) and Andrea "Ics" Ferraris (Ur, Airchamber3, Ulna). Ltd x 500 copies in a special printed wallet.
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SUNSET WINGS - 'Covering For Solace' CD (Wrotycz)
The debut album of a Königsberg band Sunset Wings is a wide opened window to the world of Neofolk music. Inspired by pearls of English romantic poetry together with traditional ballads of the British isles and the art of Pre-Raphaelites, this album takes you to a marvelous journey in the land of childhood dreams, sweet sorrow and melancholy. Despite the sorrow of lyrics the music of this album more often than not is rather bright and filled with sweet nostalgic melancholy. With it's particular sound and temperament, Sunset Wings takes it's place among famous Russian dark-folk bands, such as Neutral and Romowe Rikoito. Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak including booklet with all lyrics.
SVARTSINN - 'Devouring Consciousness' CD (Eibon Records)
Debut album from this Norwegian Dark Ambient legend. Imagine a crossing between Amon and Lustmord, enriched with some dreadful melodies here and there. An orgy of bass frequencies, an apocalypse of drones, a black resounding monolith. Those who are in love with gloomy ambiences won't be put to bread and water. Experience the depths, if you're brave enough... Digifile.
TABATA - 'La Vie Electrique: Last Exit To Brainsville' CD (Elsie & Jack Recordings)
The second solo cd from Mitsuru Tabata, founding member of the Boredoms, guitarist in Zeni Geva and now bassist / vocalist in Acid Mothers Temple amongst others, Tabata has once again sprinkled his own brand of moondust all over these recordings. Heavily influenced by memories of Ultraman, this is a trip inside the speeding mind of a 70�s child. Not that this is an exercise in charming nostalgia! Tabata strikes a delicate balance between instrumental technique + raw sound manipulation to exorcise the sounds of his past. Liner notes from Tabata himself. Ltd x 500.
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TERVAHÄÄT - 'Tervahäät' CD (Anima Arctica)
Melancholic / gloomy Finnish ambient with folk textures. "Tervahäät is a mixture completely of its own: there are elements of progressive rock, black and stoner metal, dark folk, ritual dark ambient as well as drone. Yet it is none of these. Often I think this is a combination of the sluggish tempo of Earth meeting the wintry sound of Burzum... The end result almost makes me taste the humid wood of a forgotten cabin in the woods, hear the ghostly humming of the trees and feel the cold wind carrying spirits of the dead through the wall springs. Tervahäät is a very successful and original mixture, which should find friends among fans of both dark ambient and gloomy metal. For a debut album it is amazingly mature and whole" (KMY). Ltd x 500 copies.
2nd edition of this crucial 1995 artifact from Total, another killer project from Matthew Bower (Skullflower, Hototogisu, Sunroof!). This full length sports four looong tracks of sky rupturing freeform guitar noise and chunky ear-shredding amp feedback that swirl together into thick, churning, blackened drones, dreamy hums and harsh noise storms. This definitely ranks among Bower's more brutal jams, with much of the album sounding like a gang of massively distorted electric guitars battling mutant vacuum cleaners in a brutal, cathartic mass of crushing jet-engine roar. Awesome seminal guitar / feedback noise that shakes buildings. Features Philip Best (Whitehouse) on violin for one track. On the RRR Pure imprint with cut & paste artwork in a PVC sleeve.
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VA - 'Epitaph For John' CD (Korm Plastics)
Compilation with Asmus Tietchens, RLW (Ralf Wehowsky), Merzbow, Freiband (Frans De Waard) and John Watermann. "On April 2nd 2002 John Watermann died suddenly of an infection resulting from his ongoing treatment for cancer. Having in the final year of his life returned to artistic pursuits, he still had vast plans for future projects. Among these unfulfilled projects were plans to collaborate with Frans de Waard on a new release. Although only preliminary discussions on the collaboration took place and Watermann never completed any work towards the project, Watermann's source material that was to be the basis of the work now serves as a basis for this tribute release. This release serves as a record of Watermann and his influence, documenting the respect he reserved from his peers and, hopefully, introducing his work to a new audience." [Frans De Waard] Outsized sleeve with inserts.
VA - 'The End Of The Fear Of God' CD (Tochnit Aleph)
An amazing 69-track Noise / Avant-Garde / Experimental collection, with all source material by Swiss Hardcore / Noise legends Fear Of God (1987-88). Features (amongst others): Evil Moisture, Genetic Transmission, Hecker, Jim O'Rourke, K2, Kevin Drumm, Kouhei Matsunaga, Merzbow, Mike Patton & Kid606, Norbert M�slang, Pita, Raionbashi, R.H.Y. Yau, RLW (Ralf Wehowsky), RM74, Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock, Russell Haswell, Sudden Infant, The Haters, The Idealist (Joachim Nordwall of The Skull Defekts), Thomas Ankersmit, Voice Crack and Zbigniew Karkowski.
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VON THRONSTAHL - 'Imperium Internum' CD (Cold Spring CSR32CD)
After huge demand we are repressing this title. The incredible orchestral power of Von Thronstahl has finally been released! "Imperium Internum" is an instant classic of the scene - massive orchestral power and military anthems, akin to the finest moments of In Slaughter Natives, Turbund Sturmwerk and Blood Axis! Recommended as among the finest releases we've handled! Now in a stunning digipak.
WAZ HOOLA - 'Multiply Reality By Infinity' CD (Red Guard Records)
Waz is an active member of the Newcastle underground noise scene and collaborator with Bong and Culver amongst others and credited as 'Sound Purifier' on Bong's "Gilgamesh Lives" album. Two epic tracks (31:16 and 22:58) from the North East's premier master or throbbing drone, with elements of Doom and Psych-Prog-Rock. Reminiscent Kevin Drumm's recent Drone work. Ltd x 297 numbered copies in a card envelope with wax seal.
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WHERE - 'Wererat' CD (Eibon Records)
7 years after their acclaimed debut 'The Creatures Of The Wind', Where (Zario of organic ambient project Olhon and Darvulia) return with 'Wererat'. Utilising field recordings taken in sewers, this release revolves around the idea of rats conquering the earth. Hyper-obscure, deep, cavernous Dark Ambient and Drone for followers of Lustmord, Thomas Köner, Kerovnian or Amon. Highly recommended!
YAHOWHA 13 - 'I'm Gonna Take You Home' CD (Swordfish)
By 1974 psychedelia's first wave may have been on the wane, but in the garage at the Source Family's commune in California, they could not have cared less. Another amazing long-player from Father Yod's vaults, "I'm Gonna Take You Home", finds his house band, the Ya Ho Wha 13, in splendidly miasmic form improvising their way through deeply lysergic side trips that merit comparison with anything in the Can or Amon Duul catalogues. With artwork that depicts the Zeus-bearded Father Yod posing as various Tarot card icons with naked lovers, the album works both as an outrageously Aquarian time capsule and as enduring and unfettered guitar psych. Father Yod yelps and whistles sensual come-ons in what must have been his cult's answer to baby-making slow jams.
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Z'EV / DAVID LINTON - 'Untitled' CD (Die Stadt)
Released in conjunction with a concert on the 11th November 2006 at the Lagerhaus in Bremen. This CD features exclusive tracks by Industrial music legend Z'EV and New York based percussionist and multi media artist David Linton, who has worked with among others Lee Ranaldo, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Diamanda Galas, Christian Marclay and Elliot Sharp. Each artist appears with a solo track plus a remix of the other artist.
With 74 minutes of music and numerous collaborations (including Frans De Waard, Phroq, Lasse Marhaug and Mattin amongst others - some 'telepathic'), this split release covers many areas of electronic and experimental music, from chilling ambience to high energy noise freakouts and from trapezoidal rhythms to plain weird alien atmospheres. Comes with a particular magickal vibe and underground spirit. Standard jewelcase with folded Japanese cover design.
