BAD SECTOR - 'The Harrow' CD (Ewers Tonkunst / Indiestate Distribution)
Reissue of the 2001 release (Ltd x 584 copies, AVA/ES1-Reset) from this Italian legend. Maybe the most dark and obscure work of Bad Sector, this is an absolutely brilliant masterpiece of anxious claustrophobic dark ambient with a touch of radio noise, digital Geiger counter sounds and some sparks of subtle melodic threads, inspired by Kafka's work. Released in a digifile with all new artwork.
This 6-track release continues in the same vein as "Wasteland", but is less rhythmic and more deep and meditative, being maybe the most dark and melancholic Cyclotimia release to date. Analogue electronic layers submerge listener to an atmosphere of uneasy hallucinatory reverie. Subtle clear sound and sad melodies unite to create the unique mix of cold psychedelia and soulful grief. Reminds of Controlled Bleeding, Raison D'etre and Reutoff in places. Ltd x 300 copies in a silver on black print deluxe card sleeve.
UK 10.00£
Europe 12.50£
World 15.00£
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NORTHAUNT - 'The Ominous Silence' CD (Cyclic Law / Ewers Tonkunst / Indiestate Distribution)
Re-issue of a long sold out Dark Ambient milestone - the debut Northaunt album which first saw the light of day back in 2001 (Fluttering Dragon). "The Ominous Silence" is more musical album than its followers, with a lot of piano, guitar and synth melodic parts, like in the classical tracks 'De Sorte Trær' and 'Pain Is Better', but the typical Northaunt melancholy and dark gloomy Nordic ambient soundscapes are still there. This edition has completely new artwork, new mastering by Hæleif Langås and the bonus track 'Funeral Inside' (audio version). Ltd x 470 copies in a stunning embossed / spot-varnished mini-LP outsize sleeve with 3 inserts.
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.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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SVARTSINN - 'Of Darkness And Re-Creation' CD (Cyclic Law / Ewers Tonkunst / Indiestate Distribution)
The second chapter from Norway's Svartsinn. Gloomy and dark soundscapes collide with sad and dark melodic compositions. A collection of stories based on heavy mind struggles, emotional complicity or elegies which either leads to emptiness or dark places for a re-creation of the self image. Darkness is all around us or inside each and every one of us, let’s not fear it. 2010 reissue. Ltd x 500 copies in a stunning / spot-varnished mini-LP outsize sleeve with spot-varnished inner sleeve.
VA - 'Heilige Feuer 6' 2 x CD (Der Angriff / Indiestate Distribution)
The new release in the series commemorates Heilige Feuer 6 festival which was held in December 2006 in Moscow and is dedicated to Eduard Chernyshov whose enthusiasm, energy, activity and creativity once gave birth to Heilige Feuer festival and who sadly passed away in late 2005. 2 tracks apiece from: A Challenge Of Honour, Anthesteria, Des Esseintes, ICK, Kryptogen Rundfunk, Leiche Rustikal, Radio Murmansk and The Protagonist. Limited to just 400 copies in a gatefold digisleeve with bronze print, inside an embossed slipcase - ACT FAST!
