BARDOSENETICCUBE & IGOR V. PETROV - 'The Perpetuum Mobile Space Vehicle' CD (Mechanoise Labs)
(2006) Collaborative material from Bardoseneticcube's recording sessions with St. Petersburg-based saxophonist Igor V. Petrov. Definitely one of Bardoseneticcube's most singular and musical works, with a mixture of irradiated electronics, sedated drones and urban soundscapes. Utilising saxophone as a drone instrument, rather than the usual freeform jazz you'd expect. Ltd x 500 copies in a nice digipak.
(2008) 'Tactio' is the live recording of a Cisfinitum concert at the St. Peter's Cathedral in Bremen, November 24, 2005. The highly favourable acoustics of this environment were consistently used not only as an enhancing effect but as an integral foundation for the performance, making it unmistakeably tied to its context. Presented in the form of six continuous tracks, the album is a contemplative composition of vibrant drones, reverberating bells and synthesized resonance, gracefully evolving from the celestial tones of its start to the tellurian pulses of its climax. This is a piece of work that is elaborate in its simplicity, and it's with much appreciation that it is presented here today. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
(2004) Pulsating drones, low-key rhythms and more importantly, the mass of dense radio noise that has even become incorporated in his own label's domain name, is the definitive sound of Krytpogen Rundfunk. Using gritty radio textures, shuddering digital noise and subdued rhythmic structures, this debut album elegantly combines simplicity with satisfaction. The layered sound hums and sizzles with the soothing quality of a crackling power line, achieving the glowing warmth of an electrical fire. Issued in an A5 foldout sleeve.
SEDAYE MARG - 'Frashogard' CD (Coup D`Etat Communications)
Sedaye Marg returns with its first CD release titled "Frashogard", which literally means "Renewal" in Zoroastrian lore. Fusing its signature processed and distorted percussions with tape loops and strident electronics, "Frashogard" retains key aspects of the project’s previous incarnations while incorporating its Persian influences more visibly, as the focus changes to the events in the last two decades which have shaped its inspirations and its existence. For fans of bands like Vidna Obmana, recent Arcana or Clear Stream Temple. Highly recommended!!
Second album from this collaborative project between Russian activists Nick Soudnick (ZGA) and Alexander Lebedev-Frontov (Linija Mass / Stalnoy Pakt). "While somewhat more accessible than "Simultannostb", "Promzona" carries over much of the same elements but in a more refined form, resulting in what is possibly their best release yet. Oxygen-starved symphonic loops, industrial field recordings, worker's speech samples, the sounds of a gramophone from the workshop and metallic clangs form a soundtrack to a desolate world of slowly sinking tugboats and aborted construction sites." [Mechanoise Labs] True Russian Industrial music! Comes in oversized sleeve.
Sedaye Marg returns with its first CD release titled "Frashogard", which literally means "Renewal" in Zoroastrian lore. Fusing its signature processed and distorted percussions with tape loops and strident electronics, "Frashogard" retains key aspects of the project’s previous incarnations while incorporating its Persian influences more visibly, as the focus changes to the events in the last two decades which have shaped its inspirations and its existence. For fans of bands like Vidna Obmana, recent Arcana or Clear Stream Temple. Highly recommended!!