Swedish artists Martin Bladh and Erik Jarl, joined by Mikael Oretoft. "Order4" delves into the psyche of the self inflictor - the core of inner regions violently exposed. Comprised of four tracks, each exactly 15 minutes in length, we are thrown into a vortex of feedback, drones, heavy bass, nightmarish piano and irreproachable synthwork. The clinical heaviness of earlier works are now transformed into a pure harsh, static soundwaves. The lyrics here are deeper cuts into personal matters. A man altering between life and death - a calculating and delusional thinker and recluse who has lost his grip of reality, or perhaps found another? The strife for self-control turned into sick dedication, waging war on himself to receive recognition - the end comes nearer. Digipak.
UK 13£
Europe 14£
World 15£
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JARL - 'Akatisi / Somnolens' CD (Tantric Harmonies)
Solo release from Erik Jarl of IRM. Sustained static fields and repetitive patterns construct expressive layers of sound in contrasting colours. Delicately and ambitiously put together to a transcendental cycle. Music for occidental meditation. Presented in an outsized gatefold sleeve. Russian import. Ltd x 500.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
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JARL - 'Fragile Confrontation' CD (Annihilvs)
This Swedish Dark Ambient sound sculptor (who has already shown his mettle as a member of IRM) has also released albums for such noted labels as Malignant Records, Autarkeia and Segerhuva. "Fragile Confrontation" finds Eric Jarl looking back into the sparse, cold isolationist landscapes of "Sealed Void", while instilling an undercurrent of impending violence, like a blade slowly moving toward flesh in tense, scraping frame-by-frame action. Metallic drones and static waves slide against each other as the confrontation between steel and skin comes to a mind-numbing collision. Mastered by Peter Andersson (Raison D'Etre).
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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JARL - 'Turbulence Colour' 2 x CD (Autarkeia)
"Turbulence Colour" is the tenth album of talented Swedish composer Erik Jarl (IRM), containing two and a half hours of new, never released sound material over two CDs. In terms of music, Erik Jarl remains loyal to his original but dismal style. Very long, hypnotic tracks convey unbearable, depressing and morbid states of human psyche. "Turbulence Colour" is at the same time a journey into the grey matrix of anxiety where the listeners are masterfully taken through the sickly labyrinths of the author’s mind. The latest Erik Jarl’s release is the top class drone psycho-collage. Presented in a stunning debossed 6-panel digipak inserted into an embossed slipcase. Extremely high quality product! Ltd x 500. Lithuanian import.
"Vertigo Emission" is the twelfth album of Swedish genius Erik Jarl. The composer remains loyal to the style he propagates. Slow, very heavy and dismal sound waves grip the listeners and take them into the colourless, uncanny and morbid world. Like the previous ones, this album reminds a person who could earlier see the colours but became colour blind and in order to adapt to the new situation has to understand familiar yet irreversibly changed signs anew. The aesthetics of Erik Jarl's sonic decoration is like always very austere and merciless, however, it is marked by endless charm resulting from especially sensitive and subtle construction. Ltd x 200 copies in an embossed glossy digipak.
Vertigo Rebirth is the 14th album from Swedish composer Erik Jarl (IRM) and the third and final part of the Vertigo trilogy. Like the earlier albums, this one generates particularly severe emotions: isolation, intoxication and especially negative, poisonous intuition. The album opens with a track that has a construction uncharacteristic to his previous works. This composition contains quite strange rhythms and is rather dynamic, which generates deceptive elation. But that’s only the first track of the album. The rest fling the audience back to the cold uncompromising space of drone, piercing and crushing all attempts to perceive the phenomenon of Jarl’s impasse. This is one more remarkable album for potential suicides. Ltd x 200 copies in a digipak.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI / PETER ANDERSSON / HENRIK NORDVARGR BJORKK / ERIK JARL - 'S.F.A.G. / S.F.A.G. De-Composed' 2 x CD (Old Europa Cafe)
Reissue of the 1983 cassette on the legendary Broken Flag label. "The modulatory shaking of S.F.A.G is the oxygenating prelude to the irradiating bionic music later developed through works such as “Endometrio” and “Carcinosi” and represents a milestone in my pre-apocalyptic production which later will culminate into the horrid of “Armaghedon”. The exegesis of this work reflects a strong attachment to smooth and round effects of the roughness of the frantic early days, but with a constant preference for the symbiosis between well preordered sound masses and not well defined radio broadcasts, like nebulae drifting in a space in trembling condensation." Digitally remastered by Peter Andersson (Raison D’être). The Original album is accompanied by a second CD with 3 de-compositions using extracts of the original S.F.A.G. recordings, created by 3 well known Nordic industrial artists: Peter Andersson (Raison D'Être), Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (MZ.412) and Erik Jarl (IRM). Gatefold mini LP sleeve with vinyl-look CDs.
The new LP series from Drone Records is dedicated to the Drones of the World, and the Drones of our Minds. A kind of continuation of the Drone 7" series on a more user-friendly format. Each LP features four artists from the international drone-scene. Stunning artwork paintings by British artist Pete Greening. This first volume features: BºTong, Halo Manash, Jarl and Ubeboet. Four projects that differ considerably from each other, but united through the idea of the power of the Drone. Ltd x 125 copies on marbled gold/black vinyl.
The new LP series from Drone Records is dedicated to the Drones of the World, and the Drones of our Minds. A kind of continuation of the Drone 7" series on a more user-friendly format. Each LP features four artists from the international drone-scene. Stunning artwork paintings by British artist Pete Greening. This first volume features: BºTong, Halo Manash, Jarl and Ubeboet. Four projects that differ considerably from each other, but united through the idea of the power of the Drone. Ltd x 125 copies on transparent emerald green vinyl.
The new LP series from Drone Records is dedicated to the Drones of the World, and the Drones of our Minds. A kind of continuation of the Drone 7" series on a more user-friendly format. Each LP features four artists from the international drone-scene. Stunning artwork paintings by British artist Pete Greening. This first volume features: BºTong, Halo Manash, Jarl and Ubeboet. Four projects that differ considerably from each other, but united through the idea of the power of the Drone. Ltd x 125 copies on marbled orange/black vinyl.
The new LP series from Drone Records is dedicated to the Drones of the World, and the Drones of our Minds. A kind of continuation of the Drone 7" series on a more user-friendly format. Each LP features four artists from the international drone-scene. Stunning artwork paintings by British artist Pete Greening. This first volume features: BºTong, Halo Manash, Jarl and Ubeboet. Four projects that differ considerably from each other, but united through the idea of the power of the Drone. Ltd x 125 copies on solid white vinyl.
UK 15.00£
Europe 18.50£
World 22.00£
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VA - 'Sweetness Will Overcome' CD (Segerhuva)
Full-packed (70mins) and well disposed comp filled with high quality noise / industrial / experimental mayhem, mostly from Sweden. Featuring: Barrikad, Blod, Government Alpha, Institut, IRM, Irgun Z'wai Leumi, Jarl, Koeff, Martin Bladh (IRM / Skin Area), MNEM, Moljebka Pvlse, Ochu, Sewer Election, Sharon's Last Party, Skin Area and Treriksroset.
