A MINORITY OF ONE - 'Bathe In Fiery Answer' CD (Autumn Wind Productions)
A Minority Of One is Jason H. Craban (Waldteufel), Markus Wolff (Waldteufel, Blood Axis), Arrowyn Craban, Jason O'Neill-Butler and James Woodhead (Blood Of The Black Owl). AMO1 play a unique brand of ambient music... representing feelings of the forest, the wind, natural sounds, your mind wandering, folk of past and peasant lives. "This Collection of recordings is an exploration of decline and sickness, compost and collapse. Facing my own sickness and my relationship to that of close friends and family members. Contained here is the story of Nidhogg, who undermines and fells the world Tree. Gnawing at its roots exposing the rot of every choice made against our higher values and better intentions." Guest appearance from John Murphy (KnifeLadder, SPK, Death In June etc). Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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ANDREW KING - 'Deus Ignotus' CD (Epiphany)
Nine years in the planning and recording! English Folk authority Andrew King’s magnum opus and first true solo album since "The Amfortas Wound". A dark and complex selection of traditional, medieval and own compositions. Tracks include the 13th Century Ballad 'Judas', for which a new edition was prepared from the only known manuscript, the murder ballads 'Edward' & 'Sir Hugh', Oswald von Wolkenstein’s May song 'Fröleichen So Well Wir' and 'Sic Mea Fata Canendo Solor' from the Carmina Burana. Features John Murphy (KnifeLadder, Death In June), Hunter Barr (Knifeladder) and the Choir of Saint Stephen’s Church. Digipak with 24 page booklet.
UK 11.50£
Europe 12.50£
World 13.50£
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ANDREW KING - 'The Harbinger Of The Decaying Mind' 10" (Old Europa Cafe)
Andrew King's personal selection of those live recordings and un-issued tracks that he considers worth preserving from the years following the celebrated album "The Amfortas Wound". This 10" brings together six recordings from four very different occasions. Side one consists of 3 recordings in preparation for King's performance at Hinoeuma in 2001. Side two contains collaborative pieces with noted experimental artist Andrew Liles (Nurse With Wound) and two live pieces. For the majority of these recordings, King was joined by John Murphy (Death In June, KnifeLadder), Andrew Trail (KnifeLadder) and Hunter Barr (KnifeLadder). Ltd x 500 copies only on "traditional" heavy black vinyl.
UK 12.00£
Europe 14.50£
World 17.00£
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BLACK LIGHT ASCENSION - 'Ashes' CD (Hau Ruck!)
Black Light Ascension is the new project of Andrew Trail from KnifeLadder. In a radical move away from the more experimental KnifeLadder, BLA is a song based electro project. Using minimal drum machine/sequences, hand played samples and analogue synth, the result is moody pop songs with a paranoid noir story telling style. This debut album brings ten stunning retro but at the same time refreshing modern tracks. Extremely catchy from the first second till the end. Digipak.
UK 12£
Europe 13£
World 14£
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KNIFELADDER - 'Music/Concrete' CD (Cold Meat Industry)
KnifeLadder have been in existence in one form or another since 1998. Their sound is the culmination of years of experimentation and independent development. The resultant sound is a heavily percussive industrial organic hybrid, a new meshing of electronic loops, live bass and percussion and ethnic instrumentation to form a kind of Organic Industrial Music. "Music/Concrete" is a unique mix of hi-tec and lo-fi sounds, authoritative drums courtesy of John Murphy, and distorted obscure instruments. With shuddering machine loops overlaid with frenetic metal percussion, power ambient soundscapes melting into epic defiant anthems, "Music/Concrete" uses traditional hand played electronics and instrumentation to realise a thoroughly contemporary vision of rebirth and decay. Digipak.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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NAEVUS - 'Relatively Close To The Sea' CD (Hau Ruck!)
For their sixth Naevus album, Londoners Lloyd James and Joanne Owen were joined by their regular drummer John Murphy (Knifeladder, Death In June). The album also features contributions from Greg Ferrari (Womb), Joanna Quail (SonVer), Matt Howden (Sieben) and Arthur Shaw (Cutty Sark). Many of the tracks here have already been performed live at recent Naevus festival appearancese. However, the tracks on offer branch out in a range of other directions; existential pop, murder balladry, slide guitar and lo-fi synths, progressive influences (Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, etc.) and John Cale-esque piano pounding. Packaged in a digipak with 12 page booklet.
UK 11.50£
Europe 12.50£
World 13.50£
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OF THE WAND AND THE MOON - 'The Lone Descent' CD (Heidrunar Myrkrunar)
The long awaited and anticipated 5th album from Denmark's Of The Wand & The Moon. Kim Larsen takes a different road to the previous albums. 60's influenced, where the love for Lee Hazlewood and Serge Gainsbourg shines through. Still keeping the dark Neofolk roots, "The Lone Descent" is without doubt the most bleak and melancholic album from Of The Wand & The Moon, and clearly shows Larsen's brilliant talent as a singer/songwriter. Features guests: Lorenzo Woodrose (Baby Woodrose), Aron, Soma Allpass (Mew, Martin Hall), Bo Rande (The William Blakes, Mew, Blue Foundation), John Murphy (Death In June, Knifeladder, Nico, SPK), John van der Lieth (Sonne Hagal) and Anne Eltard (Solanaceae, OTWATM). CD comes in glossy spotvarnished slipcase and 24 pages booklet. Features the artwork of Alex Rose.
UK 13£
Europe 14£
World 15£
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THE TRIPLE TREE - 'Ghosts' CD (Cold Spring CSR96CD)
The Triple Tree consists of Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus) and Andrew King aided and abetted by M, Autumn Grieve, Kris Force (Amber Asylum), Guy Harries, Renee Rosen and John Murphy (Death In June, SPK, KnifeLadder) and is an homage to the supernatural fiction of M. R. James, the greatest ghost story writer in the English language, and the finest medievalist of his generation. Join Dr Wakeford and the Rev. King as they search for the Three Crowns, attempt to Cast the Runes, purchase The Mezzotint, follow Mr Abney�s remarkable enlightenment in Lost Hearts, and join Count Magnus on the Black Crusade! Winter evenings will never be the same again. Digipak with booklet.
