Re-issue of this classic 1988 release, originally released as a limited LP (Misty Circles, Ltd 1000). "...a proper re-release courtesy of the folks at Hau Ruck SPQR, and well done it is, it has been cleaned up and remastered without losing any of the original integrity... One can say many things about Ain Soph, but one thing is certain; they know how to incorporate different styles of music to their best advantage. For the most part, this release comes across as a ritual for the first free tracks at least. Which on the original vinyl release found closure with 'IAO', then takes a more aggressive tone on the title track 'Kshatriya', which is more a battle cry than an actual song, a post-industrial piece that is discordant as well as melodic. Not short on the esoteric this release finds Ain Soph on the cusp of re-invention, for in the early nineties their sound took a slightly different turn that can be described as folk rock, but we will always have this little gem to remember them" (Heathen Harvest). Digipak with original artwork from the LP and a third introduction made by THX.
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ALIO DIE & MATHIAS GRASSOW - 'Praha Meditations' CD (Hic Sunt Leones)
After a concert in Prague in 2009, these artists spontaneously played acoustic instruments in a stone circle on top of a hill in Troja. Inspired by the special surroundings and the springtime, zithers, tubes, bells, rattles, shells and flutes were used. The recordings were edited in studio by Alio Die, then Mathias Grassow added electronic drones to expand the point of view and enrich the flow and layers of the compositions. The resultant eight tracks show how mostly static and repetitive balanced sounds can interact with our perception during listening, bringing us into an active and intimate quiet mood, softly absorbing us into a dream-like and time-opening experience. 6-panel digipak.
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ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS - 'Caeduceus & Black Sal' LP (Memoirs Of An Aesthete)
The latest in Ashtray Navigations' the ongoing vinylization of their out-of-print catalogue. This amped-up mindbender was originally released in 2007. One side features a thick dinner of swirling tambouras, electric sitars and synths blasting out of tiny battery amp speakers wrapped in buzzing tinfoil (a description of the methodology here and not just the sound). One side of clubfooted samba rhythms and twin guitar sustain overload which offers a key as to why Ashtray Navigations' set at All Tomorrow's Parties a few years ago was roundly condemned as "Santana" in certain circles. Ashtray at its heaviest and most monolithic. Ltd x 250 copies on bubblegum pink vinyl in a PVC sleeve.
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CIRCLE - 'Meronia' CD (Ektro Records)
Reissue of the 1994 album (originally released on Circle's own label Bad Vugum) from Finnish Krautrock heroes Circle. This new release features updated album artwork and has been digitally remastered as well. Meronia's 70+ minutes of simultaneously mesmerizing and crushing songs laid the foundations for future Circle albums to come. Although various incarnations of the band have since created over 20 full length releases, the fundamental things at the heart of Circle were already present on this, their first album.
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CIRCLE - 'Miljard' 2 x CD (Ektro Records)
Exploding walls of psychedelic guitars, "ingenious pop compositions", motorik krautrock, melodic harmonies, intensive riffs and ecstatic vocal performances? This album does NOT contain any of the things previously mentioned! Slow-moving abstract atmospherics, inspiring and determined wandering and a stagnant universe of winter are present on Finnish act Circle's double release "Miljard". New Wave of NWOFHWM! The album was produced by Mika Rättö. Rocking has been traded for some quiet reading on the couch at home. Comes with a 20-page booklet.
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CIRCLE - 'Rautatie' CD (Ektro Records)
Circle is ever changing, ever Circular. On "Rautatie" the Finnish six-piece once again dives into uncharted waters of music, into a miasma of influences that feels vaguely familiar but, in an uncanny way, is not quite real. "Rautatie" is epic hard rock and colossal riffs that corrode into fragments of black metallic atonality over time. Occasionally the album’s majestic elements step aside and let sprinkles of athletic boogie take the center stage. Together the eight tracks on the album form a hard rocking bullet train, speeding ever onwards on a circular railroad to infinity.
CIRCLE - 'Rautatie' LP (Full Contact Records / Svart Records)
Clear vinyl edition of this 2010 album. Circle is ever changing, ever Circular. On "Rautatie" the Finnish six-piece once again dives into uncharted waters of music, into a miasma of influences that feels vaguely familiar but, in an uncanny way, is not quite real. "Rautatie" is epic hard rock and colossal riffs that corrode into fragments of black metallic atonality over time. Occasionally the album’s majestic elements step aside and let sprinkles of athletic boogie take the center stage. Together the eight tracks on the album form a hard rocking bullet train, speeding ever onwards on a circular railroad to infinity.
This titillating live spectacle of Circle was multitracked at the reputed rock venue The Croft, Bristol, during their UK tour in autumn 2011. Here Circle gives us a one hour rumble of old and new songs, a brisk illustration of the adult-oriented kraut-rock / prog-rock / avantgarde music that they have lately been involved in. Includes a cover of Brian Eno's 'Here Come The Warm Jets'.
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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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CIRCLE - 'Tulikoira' CD (Ektro Records)
The mysterious acronym "NWOFHM" was revealed to the world for the first time in 2005 when this mysterious sequence of letters dominated the centerfold of the booklet of Tulikoira, a studio album by prolific Finnish krautrock band Circle. It is likely that the meaning of NWOFHM was initially nonsensical to most of Circle's listeners, but some of them may have been able to dig up the phrase "New Wave of British Heavy Metal" from the nethermost recesses of their helmets, and to deduct that this variation probably referred to a localised Finnish version of this 80's phenomenon - only over twenty years too late. 2009 edition with slipcase.
CIRCUS JOY - 'Laetitia' CD (Old Europa Cafe / Misty Circles)
Italian cult band featuring 2 ex-members of AIN SOPH as well as other well known musicians of the Roman underground. This CD is not only a sonic tribute to Pop-Art, or to the noise-psychedelic rock of Velvet Underground: it's a tribute to the recent and tragic departure of their friend and poet / singer, Letizia. "Laetitia" displays the two faces of Circus Joy: sensual, sick love ballads on one side and the crazy, electric, rides on the other. Circus Joy is a group of non-musicians, long time friends who come together to produce noise by experimenting and improvising with their instruments. Ltd x 500 copies.
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CORVUZ - 'Invisible Landscapes' CD (Zhelezobeton)
"Invisible Landscapes" is dark ambient created with a typical Russian approach, combining an homage to native traditions, deeply melancholic contemplation and powerful thirst for the beyond. Dark red embers, twilight, wind swaying over tree tops, wandering in forest labyrinths and gradually dissolving in the infinite circle of life and death. Rich sounds are created with Soviet analogue synthesizers, some field recordings, voice samples and digital processing. The music of Corvuz is inspired by the project Staruha Mha, with a cover-version of the 'Thawing In Fog' rounding up the album. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
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DER TOD & DAS MADCHEN - 'D-Moll' CD (Lichterklang)
Der Tod & Das Mädchen started out in 2009. Their debut album "d-Moll“ is a musical anthology of long forgotten lyricists, harking back to the death of Goethe. The elegies, all evolving from the 19th century, reveal the sadness and the pain of the loss of close relatives. Melancholy and transience, deathwish and madness, dream and reality crystallise themselves out of these thoughts and build the centre of "d-Moll“. Inspired by componists of the romantic times, the extict poetry is mainly based on the dark and melancholic tunes of a piano. The closing words by the German imperator Wilhelm II. from 1904 build the end of the album, questioning the human arrogance with his words "the world is so big and we are so small, how come that we expect to circle everything around us?". Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.
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ENEMITE - 'Wuyuan' CD (Dying Art Productions)
Enemite offer angry and dense atmospheres; more of a ceremony, a circle of forming. Lost in the noise of hell, an evil creature wanders up and down forever. “Please close the doors and windows to turn off the light and listen alone!” Dark, gloomy and sinister. Death-inspired Ritual Ambient with an inherent Chinese feel. Comes in a stark A5 B&W gatefold sleeve / "ecopack" with insert and Chinese text throughout. Ltd x 1000 copies.
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GOLGATHA & BIRTHE KLEMENTOWSKI - 'Cycles' CD (Midnight Productions)
In 2007 :Ikonen: media published a postcard collection by photographic artist Birthe Klementow called 'Circles'. The limited (x10), cloth-bound and hand-numbered edition was accompanied by an EP featuring dark ambient tracks on the cycles of life and death, inspired by those postcards. 'Cycles' is a completely reworked reincarnation of this exclusive collaborative project and features new artwork and remixes of the original songs. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak with 12-page booklet. Chinese import.
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HAVEN - 'Amity' CD (Zoharum)
The fifth album of one of the most interesting projects on the Polish independent scene is their most accessible to date and could be quite a challenge for the current [haven] fanbase. "Amity" is a bold journey through different soundscapes, linking different musical worlds: elements of ambient and post-industrial electronica soaking in an experimental sauce, spiced up with oriental melodies and the beautiful voice of Magda Glocka. An attractive alternative for listeners from the outside of the independent music circle. 6-panel digipak.
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HEY COLOSSUS - 'Happy Birthday' CD (Riot Season)
From headlong infusions of psychedelic rock to the limitless furrows of doom, in "Happy Birthday" London's Hey Colossus has constructed an all conquering citadel of experimental/metal disrepair. The album is a rampaging fire-cloud of superstoked riffs and ever mounting walls of feedback, a rough house collection of battering new songs driven at sweltering pace by a band with a fearless momentum. The is the record that the band has always threatened to unleash - a pitch black album for our ever scorched earth. For fans of : Unsane, Neu!, Circle, Corrupted, Eyehategod, Fudge Tunnel, Sludge, Doom etc.
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JUSSI LEHTISALO - 'Rotta' LP (Ektro Records / Full Contact Records / Svart Records)
The international heavy metal bass superstar and aspiring Finnish singer-songwriter Jussi Lehtisalo has taken a break from his duties in the hard rock group Circle and gone solo to seek direct means of expression for his inner moods. The resulting vinyl-only album "Rotta" is a touching collection of psych-rock / ambient / experimental tunes, which lead the listener through the sidewalks, back alleys and small corner pubs of Lehtisalo's hometown Pori. Ltd x 500 copies with art by illustrator Jussi S Karjalainen.
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LOTUS CIRCLE / BOSQUE - 'Split' CD (Dunkelheit Produktionen)
Lotus Circle starts this split release with 4 new curses. Their part is full of occult preaches for the Beast, free drone / doom guitars / black metal, combined with extreme screaming vocals full of depression and hate... and noise with the main purpose to abstract you from this place and time. Stories of burned down villages, inner visions of the absurd and deep dark caves. Bosque continues next with the spell "Veneration". This band serves an obscure atmosphere at it's best and leaves you a bitter black taste of depressiveness deep in your thoughts. The abstract doom / black spell of Bosque is a pure dark atmosphere painted with colourless feelings and a raw sound that makes this a priceless result of true funeral doom / black art. Hand-numbered edition of 500 copies.
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LYCIA - 'The Burning Circle And Then Dust' CD (Silber Records)
The classic Ethereal / Darkwave album from 1995, stunningly remastered and released as the definitive version, as intended by Lycia frontman Mike VanPortFleet. "The Burning Circle..." was a groundbreaking point in Lycia's career. It marked a shift from more atmospheric music towards song-oriented tracks and the addition of David Galas' bass / synth and Tara Vanflower's seductive vocals. An hour of stunning music, reminiscent of early Cocteau Twins.
This is the first full album from Lithuanian industrial / ambient project Maldur Atai. This hour long album emanates a strong and solid atmosphere that grows, develops and changes during each exquisitely constructed track. All are related to violence in religion and religion as an arcane or masked violator acting in informational reality. This album reveals religion as a system marketed and propagated by invisible conspirators. Checkpoint is a filtration camp where children's souls are met by elitist creatures of the arcane society wearing black mantles and hiding their faces. They lie, they enslave, they manipulate and they involve you in the vicious circle with almost no hope of retreat. Checkpoint is an abstract, universal and purified vision of Maldur Atai in which many will recognise their own very personal experiences and the symbols of the everyday secret war. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI - 'Ludium' CD (Silentes Minimal Editions)
A long and almost solemn track built with reverberated piano notes, a slow and rhythmical flow leaned on a background made of clashing hisses and vague, distant, rustling ambient noises. A brief interval based on obscure drones moving in circles, inexorably entangled on themselves. Then another long piano-based track, this time more dilated, confused, ethereal and prim, so much that it takes the distinguishing features of an indecipherable sonic mass, abstract and booming, estranging, deep and psychedelic. A few and minimal elements, “directed” in a masterly fashion and assembled in an absolutely fundamental work, from the brightest mind of the Italian experimental scene and of all the music “without compromise” of the last thirty years.
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PHARAOH OVERLORD - 'Siluurikaudella' CD (Ektro Records)
Pharaoh Overlord - masters of rigid hypnotic riffing and overlords of rock 'n' roll repetition - surprise everybody on their latest offering by propelling themselves head first into three lengthy surreal partitures. Instead of the familiar avalanche of distortion and metronome-like drumming, "Siluurikaudella" offers a sound that has been stripped of all traces of rock music. Has the ever-present riff disappeared? Is it still buried somewhere beneath the unpredictable textures woven by three guitars, drums and bass? Are the results too obscure for rockers? Too avant-garde for jazz connoisseurs? For fans of Finnish stoner / space / psych rock ala Circle.
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PHASE II - 'Afterglow' CD (Ahnstern)
It has been a little over 32 since the inception and all-too-brief life span of Phase II, the prog-folk band founded by Mark Andrews (Blue Grass) and Nicholas Tesluk (Changes). "Afterglow" introduces modern listeners to Phase II's unique and timeless mixture of varied musical styles. Included in this expansive release are 6 songs from their original repertoire, all recorded here for the very first time. As a special reprise, all songs from their only release (a long out of print 7" blue vinyl) have been enhanced and included on the album. To bring things full-circle, Phase II is also proud to present a recording of its first all-new song of the 21st century on this CD. The 69 minute album concludes with "Candle in the Night", their complete pre-progressive, conceptual radio program from 1978. Digipak with booklet featuring full lyrics, as well as an anecdotal history of the band in text and photos.
A tasteful combination of improvised thrash noise / metal by Pymathon (Topias Tiheäsalo and Jaakko Tolvi - the former known for his collaboration with RLW and solo CD, the latter for banging drums in Rauhan Orkesteri) and harsh noise-driven free jazz (not dissimilar to Merzbow in places) by Gentle Evil (Janne Tuomi and Tommi Keränen - the former known for a solo CD and percussion for Circle, the latter for being the other half of Testicle Hazard). Three tracks from Pymathon and a single, long track from Gentle Evil. "Both kick ass, crush skulls and are loud enough to demolish buildings". A solid improv guitar rant for those of a sturdy disposition! Finnish import.
"What if Z’EV had written the intro to Darkthrone’s “Blaze In The Northern Sky?". With that question in mind Finland’s Rakhim unearth "Crimson Umbrella"; a two-track fit of kraut-noise psychosis, schizophrenic percussive clatter and layers of effects and over-processed vocal chants and screams. The nightmarish deconstruction of the 2 lengthy tracks bare only trace elements of main members Krypt and Rudimentor’s day jobs in Circle and Pharaoh Overlord, with Rakhim indulging in sonic terror too far gone for the aforementioned bands. Although the album’s title makes reference to L.A.’s great Jesters Of Destiny, Rakhim would more aptly call to mind Wolf Eyes filtered through a lengthy Faust tape jam. Best experienced through headphones at appropriately ear-bleeding volume. Silver on black digifile.
RAPOON - 'Dream Circle' CD (Ewers Tonkunst / Indiestate Distribution)
Re-issue of one of the most influential ambient albums of the early 90s, Rapoon's very first album, "Dream Circle" (Death of Vinyl). With its postmodern tribalism, its incessant chanting and dampened percussion and air of dense, subcontinental humidity, "Dream Circle" not only helped establish Robin Storey´s post-Zoviet France solo reputation, but inspired an entire generation of electronic artists fascinated by ritualistic and hypnotic repetition. It is both a transitional and a ground-breaking work, but has not aged a whit in the nearly twenty years since it first saw the light of day. Presented in a stunning embossed / spot-varnished mini-LP outsize sleeve with gold print.
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #34 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 34 features Wolves In The Throne Room. There are also interviews with Aun, Cathedral, The Atlas Moth, Anla (Alan) Courtis, Russian Circles, Rwake, Graeme Ronald, Killl, Black Tusk, Morkobot, Farewell Poetry, The Drift. This month's Label Focus is on Aagoo. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
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SECOND FAMILY BAND - 'Good Blood' LP (Altvinyl)
Second Family Band is a musical collective from Madison, Wisconsin, which rose from the ashes of legendary free-folk outfit Davenport. 'Good Blood' is an absolutely necessary slice of bold psychedelic absurdism from a tribe of musician-magicians operating at the very peak of their dark powers. A beautiful and essential document of this seminal US band. 'Good Blood' is a a towering piece of psych-prog-folk ritualism. File next to Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Circle, Wooden Shjips. Ltd x 300 copies in a deluxe hand-screened sleeve.
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SENMUTH - 'Weird' CD (Casus Belli Musica)
Highly prolific one-man Russian act. "Weird" features Egyptian-inspired Ethno-Ambient / dark Industrial music. Nine runes are nine tracks. Senmuth is well-known due to his musical investigations of Ancient Egyptian and Mezo-American civilizations, as well as due to his musical trips into the Far East atmosphere, so “Weird” album is rather unique for Senmuth, because he pays attention to the Nordic esotericism for the first time. "When your life situation becomes aggravated, you take the path and break new ground hardly in order to dispose of your inner conflict. You begin to have both a rough time and face the force of various circumstances even more... but in the course of it your affairs get more expressed value, and you begin to grow, develop… You go being full of energy, and you are illumed by the Light existing from the beginning of Everything, and this Reason is the Great Secret... Passing the last circle, you widen your consciousness, uniting your opposites… And you remain only with something you have just inscribed on your tabula rasa."
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SKARE - 'Solstice City' CD (Glacial Movements)
Skare is the collaboration of Swedish droners Mathias Josefson (Moljebka Pvlse), Per Åhlund (Diskrepant) and Fredrik Olofsson. The members of Skare are all fascinated by the circulation of water, snow and ice. The metamorphosis from gas to floating liquid to snow to solid ice through freezing, the light reflecting from the snow and filtered through the ice as a prisma and - most of all - the sound of this ever ongoing circle. "Solstice City" is an interpretation of a journey through a shifting landscape where the city meets nature. The vehicles used by Skare on this journey are field recordings, found sounds and treated and manipulated instruments. Digipak.
SLOGUN - 'Days Of Agony' CD (BloodLust! / Circle Of Shit)
"Days Of Agony", which was originally released as a cassette on the Italian label, Murder Release, in 1997, continues the year-long re-release of the 'History Of Violence' series (this being No. 5). Like the previous CDs in the series, "Days of Agony" comes in a standard jewel case with a four page booklet. The audio for this re-mastered version was prepared in Lille, France, by Jerome Nougaillon (Propergol), while John Balistreri's graphic design follows the standard that he has created for the ongoing series. For all you sick lovers of True Crime Power Electronics!
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SLOGUN - 'Glory Of Murder' CD (BloodLust! / Circle Of Shit)
"Glory Of Murder" is the re-release of the early Slogun cassette (ltd x 100) released on the Italian label Soffitta Macabra in 1997. This cassette was a major entry in the evolving world of true crime subject matter, which Slogun was already immersed in, and it was also the last cassette released by Slogun prior to a notable switch-over to CD. This completes the reissue series. Like the first five re-issue CDs in the set, the audio for this re-mastered version was expertly prepared in Lille, France, by Jerome Nougaillon (Propergol), while John Balistreri's bold graphic design follows the standard that he created for the ongoing series. True Crime Electronics!
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SLOGUN - 'Hunting Humans' CD (BloodLust! / Circle Of Shit)
The fourth release in the "History of Violence" re-issue campaign. "Hunting Humans" was originally released on cassette in 1996, by the now-defunct Italian label, Less Than Zero. Like the first three re-issue CDs, the audio for this re-mastered version was prepared in Lille, France, by Jerome Nougaillon (Propergol), while John Balistreri's graphic design follows the standard that he has created for the ongoing series. For all you sick lovers of True Crime Power Electronics!
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SLOGUN - 'Sacrifice Unto Me' CD (BloodLust! / Circle Of Shit)
This is the first of the "History Of Violence" CD re-release series documenting the first seven Slogun cassette full-lengths. "Sacrifice Unto Me" was the first Slogun release, issued as a limited personal edition of 10 just for friends on Slogun's own Circle Of Shit label in May, 1996, shortly followed by an edition of 50 copies on the BloodLust! label in June of 1996. The CD design was executed by John Balistreri (Slogun), while the mastering was completed by Jerome Nougaillon (Hermetique / Propergol).
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SLOGUN - 'We Human Animal' CD (Circle Of Shit)
A welcome release of brand new material from Slogun, and what a beast it is. "We Human Animal" is a scathing attack on humanity, delivered with precise, focused energy and contempt. Musically, this is a darker release, with a more restrained approach. But let's get this straight, that's strictly in comparison to some of John's other works. In reality, this is incredibly intense and sonically violent - swirling textured distortion and turbine charged electronics, with screamed, in your face vocals delivered in the classic Slogun style. Still, there's more variation here than a lot of previous works, with claustrophobically atmospheric, layered passages that make for a very complete release. Killer Power Electronics... but then, what did you expect? Ltd x 300 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
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SLOGUN - 'Will To Kill' CD (BloodLust! / Circle Of Shit)
"Will To Kill" is the second release in the "History of Violence" re-issue campaign, and it quickly follows on the heels of "Sacrifice Unto Me". "Will To Kill" was originally co-released by BloodLust! and Circle of Shit in August 1996, as a casette in an edition of 100 copies. This re-mastered version was prepared in Lille, France, by Jerome Nougaillon (Propergol), while John Balistreri's graphic design follows the standard that he created for the complete re-issue series. Powerful True Crime Electronics.
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THE JOY OF NATURE - 'The Empty Circle Part I: Swirling Lands Of Disquiet And Catharsis' CD (Ahnstern / Steinklang)
The Joy of Nature is a project from the Azores (a group of 9 islands between Europe and North America, belonging to Portugal). Musically, "The Joy of Nature" is like a serpent - always renewing itself, never resting in one shape, changing form but keeping the same essence. 'Swirling Lands of Disquiet and Catharsis' is the first part of a trilogy entitled 'The Empty Circle'. This first part corresponds to Nigredo. This album is about a world of disquiet, in which a catharsis should be done. To gather the impurities, realise their nature and build something pure from there. The music follows the concept - there are elements of Folk, Ambient, Psychedelic and Experimental music, mixed in a coherent way, creating a unique sound and a breathtaking atmosphere, predominantly acoustic and with dark tones.
THE JOY OF NATURE - 'The Empty Circle Part II: Rastos De Sangue E Fragmentos Da Tradicao' CD (Ahnstern)
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 Última), Triarca, Mara Neves and M.J. Over an hour of music.
THE JOY OF NATURE - 'The Empty Circle Part III: Anitya' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
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, in various places, like ritual music. The structures of the tracks owe as much to classical as to psychedelic music. Digipak.
VA - 'A Tribute To The Wor(l)ds Of Johnn Balance' 2 x CD (Creative Fields Rec.)
Industrial, Noise, Experimental and Ambient compilation dedicated to the late Jhonn Balance (Coil), featuring (predominantly Italian artists): Black Sun Productions, Corpoarassita, Cropcircle, DBMG/RAF, Deviated Sister TV, Endtransmission, In Broken Shields, Mariae Nascenti, Mekhate, PostmoRder(n)XS, Selaxon Lutberg, Snuff 066 and Wertham, with covers of well-known Coil tracks such as Amethyst Deceivers, A Cold Cell, Ostia, Blood From The Air, Broccoli, The Sea Priestess etc. Ltd x 500 copies.
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VA - 'Balanced' CD (Circlesandlines Recordings)
Stunnng Russian-only ambient / experimental compilation. The concept and main theme is ambient music and variable substyles which depict completeness and perfection of nature around and also put you in special state of mind observing it. Features: Alexander DAF, Arex, Chris Tenz, Cyclofillydea, Harmash, I/DEX, Jukeen, Kshatriy, Lunar Abyss Deus Organum vs. Kadegu, and Places. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.
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VA - 'With Eyes Wide Open For A Brighter Future' CD (House Of The Last Light)
Subtitled "9/11 - In Memory And In Myth", these 11 tracks are offered both in memory and in doubt of the events of 11 September 2001. Industrial, Noise, Ambient, Power Electronics and Experimental from international artists: 15 Degrees Below Zero, As All Die, Brainquake, Circle Six, Clear Stream Temple, Ctephin, .cut & One Figure, Kadaver, Thee Virginal Brides & Cheerleader69, MichaelThomasJackson, Sound 00. "History Has To Repeat Itself. In Memory Of In Myth". Ltd x 500.
UK 5£
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VA - 'Zu Neuen Ufern In Alter Frische!' CD (Hau Ruck!)
Reissue of the Hau Ruck! compilation that originally came with the Greek magazine L'ame Electrique. New artwork and cover with mostly unreleased material from: C.O. Caspar, Changes, Decadence, Dérniere Volontè, His Divine Grace, I-C-K, La Maison Moderne, Lucisferrato, Novy Svet, Novo Homo, Of The Wand And The Moon, Reutoff and Tribe Of Circle. Slimline jewelcase.
UK 9£
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VOIDWORK - 'Horror/Forsaken' CD (Black Drone)
A beautiful release by VoidWork featuring vocals from Ann-Mari Thim (Arcana, Seventh Harmonic). "Horror/Forsaken" is a double-headed album based loosely on the concepts of fear, abandonment and mankind's meaningless place in an impersonal Universe. "Horror", the first half of the release, is relatively song oriented and was inspired musically by 90s darkwave, as well as traditional melodies of both Eastern and Western culture. "Forsaken" mainly carries traditional dark ambient influences and focuses on atmosphere rather than on conventional song structure or sound. Both dark halves come together to make a black whole that is organic in its origin and purpose. From waking to sleep, birth to death. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak. Australian import.
Vresnit is solo project of the man behind the Kerpg label. A vibrating flow of crudely woven Shamanic Drone Ambient atmospheres. "Tunvet" appears as a 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. Ltd x 484 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve.
WHISPER ROOM - 'Birch White' CD (Elevation Recordings)
Whisper Room is a trio based in Toronto, Canada and Berlin, Germany featuring Aidan Baker (Nadja), Neil Wiernik (NAW) and Jakob Thiesen (Students). These three creative minds had moved in similar musical circles in Toronto and Montreal for years sporadically sharing stages but did not actively come together to play as a trio until Dec 2006. Since then they have worked as a improv unit and combined their disparate musical backgrounds to create music which explores the conjunction of electronic rhythms and textures with the pulsations and psychedelics and shoegaze and krautrock music. Ltd x 2000 copies in a digipak.
Subtitled "9/11 - In Memory And In Myth", these 11 tracks are offered both in memory and in doubt of the events of 11 September 2001. Industrial, Noise, Ambient, Power Electronics and Experimental from international artists: 15 Degrees Below Zero, As All Die, Brainquake, Circle Six, Clear Stream Temple, Ctephin, .cut & One Figure, Kadaver, Thee Virginal Brides & Cheerleader69, MichaelThomasJackson, Sound 00. "History Has To Repeat Itself. In Memory Of In Myth". Ltd x 500.
