A two part experimental acoustic guitar offering, funneled through a train load of pedals and effect and then ejected from a Marshall 1 D2 stack from Michael Gibbons of Bardo Pond (and all things Philadelphia and psychedelic). Recorded at the Big Jar book store in Philadelphia. This edition comes housed in an outsized sleeve with two colour silk screen work by Alan Sherry of SIWA on a heavyweight card. The front cover is die cut with and inserted picture from the performance printed on vellum, all hand glued and assembled. Graphic work by Demian Johnston. Mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate, Old). Ltd x 500 copies.
UK 11.50£
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ANEMONE TUBE - 'Death Over China' CD (Silken Tofu / Topheth Prophet)
"Death over China" is a retaliation of nature against mankind. It is also a dedication to our untamed curiosity for the essence of death and our secret death wish. In China`s uncompromising economical and social development we see demonstrated, how we - even with the immolation of our health, environment and tradition - are the servants to material progress. Though we are aware of the approaching ecological disaster, we hazard the consequences. Sustainability is sacrificed on the altar of egoist quest for happiness. We consume, we destroy, we thrive, we conjure. Using field recordings, collected in Nanjing and Shanghai,, Anemone Tube creates an unsettling yet intriguing, apocalyptic soundtrack with a sinister atmosphere and a depressive undertone - a unique blend of dark ambient, post industrial and power electronics. Mastered by James Plotkin. Ltd x 731 hand-numbered copies in an A5 10-panel folder with black & gold print.
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ANEMONE TUBE - 'Dream Landscape' CD & DVD (Silken Tofu)
On this new release Anemone Tube creates massive ambient / noise soundscapes. The sounds are pulsating, drowning and floating, tormenting and caressing - all culminating in a haunting sonic experience. ‘Dream Landscape' is the first part of the ‘Suicide Series'. To this field recordings made in China provide a conceptional basis. ‘Dream Landscape' is a concept album of fierce malignant power. Mastered by James Plotkin. The special edition bonus DVD is a collaborative work between the Brazilian video artist Gustavo De Lacerda and Anemone Tube. The work, entitled 1515, is a conceptual experimental film made in Rotterdam. The soundtrack is based on real-time field recordings made in Nanjing and Shanghai. Special limited edition of 200 copies in an A5 10-panel folder with black & gold print.
Artificial Memory Trace is the long standing musical project of Czech artist Slavek Kwi, currently based Ireland. Since 2007 Slavek has assisted Francisco López in his Mamori workshops in the Amazonian forest, which is where some of the source material present on this LP originates. 2 sides of 'decomposed and recomposed' landscapes and details, mostly centred around the Boto, also known as Amazon River Dolphin or Pink Dolphin. Just as the Boto is rumoured to undergo human-like transformations, most of this record is about transformation: sounds are isolated, cut, scaled up or down, modified and finally reassembled in a delicate and quite peaceful collage. At times enigmatic, intimate and pastoral, it is a work that will slowly reveal its nuances. Mastered by James Plotkin. Ltd x 250 numbered copies.
"The doom sound is instantly recognisable, complete with rasping vocals - an ultra-heavy onslaught. That’s the known and well-explored ground. But from here, Batillus moves towards irresistible, heavy riffing psych, while Ryan Fairfield’s Hallowed Butchery project fires a pistol to transcend the mossy caves and to throw fits of shoegazing prog doom. This is a brilliant doom metal split—the Batillus side rules, because the American four-piece works so effectively and freshly within the known framework. The Hallowed Butchery side is even better because he does the same, and much more, transcending the confines of the genre" (Foxy Digitalis). Mastered by James Plotkin and beautifully packaged. Ltd x 400 copies on black vinyl.
UK 12.00£
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BETA CLOUD - 'Lunar Monograph' CD (Laughing Bride Media)
Latest disc of blissed out soft focus dronemusic from this longtime aQ fave. After past collaborations with Lull as well as Aidan Baker, Lunar Monograph is the first disc we've head from BC on his own, and it's definitely a divine bit of ethereal and ephemeral drift. Field recordings are deftly woven into soft swirling shimmering tones, guitars are spidery and delicate, spinning crystalline webs of hushed melody... pealing tones, and barely there melodies, drifting weightlessly through a field of minimal effects, and slow shifting whirs, as well as some mysterious field recordings, that make the end of the record feel like you've just come out of a trance, and found yourself back in the real world, which is not all that far off the mark. So nice." (Aquarius). Mastered by James Plotkin. Digipak.
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COREPHALLISM - 'Corephallism' 3" CD (Apop Records / Lascivious Aesthetics)
Corephallism is the Death Industrial / Power Electronics project of Shane Broderick (Twodeadsluts Onegoodfuck). Corephallism is sourced with the precise use of analogue synths and tape/record player manipulation. On this debut recording Broderick offers a brief glimpse into his struggle with personal demons of hereditary mental illness, sexual addiction and depression, which serve as subject matter. Analogue synth meditation, pulsing ambience and bleak soundscapes lead to relentless monophonic buzz saw worship. Mastered by James Plotkin. Ltd x 300 copies in a mini jewelcase.
First offering from this new UK label. GODDAM OX supply a single exclusive track; at first reminiscent of latter day Earth, snail's pace ethereal sun-baked drone with subtle guitars picked out over minimal drumming, slowly progressing without over-loading the senses until turning to more bleak funereal dirge-doom, before a torturous crescendo of noise and feedback. HADDONFIELD, ILLINOIS on the other hand offer a completely different prospect, armed with a soundtrack perfect for an undead holocaust, inspired by the likes of Goblin and Carpenter... Four tracks of industrial-tinged horrorscapes and ambience. Mastered by James Plotkin (Old, Khanate). Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies with insert.
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KINIT HER - 'Gratitudes' CD (Small Doses)
"Gratitudes" finds Kinit Her (Nathantiel Ritter of Burial Hex, and Troy Schafer of Wormsblood) doing what they do best - crafting unique compositions and blending influences from all over the map. Elements of doom metal, dark ambient, and early industrial music all work their way into Kinit Her’s eclectic brand of ritual neofolk music. This release reissues their masterful "Divine Names" cassette and includes an unreleased full-length companion recording, bringing their complete vision to fruition. Mastered by James Plotkin and features artwork by Sineater.
Lotus Eaters is Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), KTL), James Plotkin (Khanate, Phantomsmasher) and Aaron Turner (Isis, Old Man Gloom). Previously issued on CD, Plotkin has remixed, remastered and rearranged Wurmwulv for this vinyl edition using alternate takes from the original recording sessions. The 2LP also includes reworked material from Lotus Eaters' self-titled 7" released by Drone Records. 52 minutes and 29 seconds on 3 sides of direct metal mastered 200 gram virgin vinyl, the 2LP has a drawing by Turner etched on side D. Housed in a Stoughton tip-on gatefold jacket designed by O'Malley, Wurmwulv features Stephen Kasner paintings printed on linen-textured woven paper, a spot varnished interior and flooded pockets. The Kasner paintings and Turner drawings included were created specifically for this vinyl edition. Reconfigured for vinyl, Wurmwulv is a solvent-soaked carpet ride into loose soil. Worms writhe over cilia as moist roots lick and graze skin. The dampened howls of wolves reverberate through water freezing into creaking crystals. When oxygen levels reach a critical low, a cacophony of clanging metal provides an inhalation of humid air." Ltd x 600 copies black vinyl. ACT FAST!!
ONE COPY PER CUSTOMER ONLY! If you attempt to purchase more than 1 copy, your order will be refunded.
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PHIL MAGGI - 'Blue Fields In Paramount' CD (Idiosyncratics Records)
Co-founder of Idiosyncratics Records, Phil Maggi is active as a vocalist in different decadent and esoteric combos such as Ultraphallus, Idiosyncrasia or Eve And The Sickness. Inspired by Maggi's visions and errances in eastern countries (especially Zagreb city), "Blue Fields in Paramount" is a very personal and fascinating opus, a beautiful introduction to the style of this talented artist, that could be qualified as 'dark psychedelia for daydream believers'. Mastered by James Plotkin (Khlyst, Khanate, Old). Ltd x 300 copies in an ekopack.
SEKTOR 304 - 'Subliminal Actions' CD (Malignant Records)
The follow-up to the highly acclaimed "Soul Cleansing" CD finds Portugal's 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. "Subliminal Actions" unleashes a cacophonous whirlwind of buzz saw grind, loops, power tools, and scraping, junk metal debris, clashing head on with assertive tribal percussion, clanging oil barrel rhythms, and industrial clamor resonating over a sprawling, post-apocalyptic wasteland. " Subliminal Actions" not only compliments "Soul Cleansing", but takes the Sektor 304 sound to new heights. A delivering yet striking record sure to solidify their standing as one of premier, truly industrial acts in operation today. 6 panel digipak, mastered by James Plotkin.
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WHOURKR - 'Concrete' CD (Crucial Blast)
The 2nd album from French deathtronix duo Whourkr is a whirlwind of electronically processed and treated avant-death/grind that is as violent and brutal as it is complex and obsessively constructed, relying as much on samplers and software as it does on bonecrushing riffs, screaming and hyperspeed blastbeats. Following a similar strategy as James Plotkin's post-production grind experiments on the first Phantomsmasher album, all of the guitars, drums, and vocals are arranged and recorded by Whourkr and then run through a gauntlet of hardcore editing and remixing. Total chaos deathgrind filtered through a futuristic cuisinart of ultra-aggressive electronica, like a freaked-out epileptic mashup of Atari Teenage Riot, Dying Fetus, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Venetian Snares, Blut Aus Nord, and John Zorn. Akin to Drumcorps, Bong-Ra, Dataclast, Noism, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Reptiljan, Mulk and DHR. Digipak.
This album is a musical extension of a soundtrack produced by Y.E.R.M.O. in collaboration with conceptual and visual artists Nadine Hilbert & Gast Bouschet for the Luxembourg Pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennial (running till November 2009). The music is an invocation of the coldness and cruelty of a borderzone between two worlds and a transmutation of fear into euphoria. The album is a unique piece of immersive ritual sounds, dominated by loud, distorted guitars, hypnotic percussion and industrial drones within rain-soaked Mediterranean landscapes. Mastered by James Plotkin. Ltd x 500 copies in an ekopack.
