Legions of Darkness know no mercy! The new Abgott full-length album, "Fizala", is ready to open the dimensional gates of Hell to world domination! Seven cosmic hymns of pure soul crushing blasphemy, ferocious blackened energy, with hidden tracks and unexpected revelations! The sound of incredible twilight zone out space evil and Daemons. A real must for every true metal maniac and brave explorer of unconventionality! For fans of Abigor, Akercocke and early Mayhem.
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AKAMATSU / INAMI / ISHIGAMI - 'Split' CD (Electr-Ohm)
An incredible performance of 16 different tracks by three Japanese experimental laptop artists, each one working a piece by themselves. Akamatsu has intriguing, minimalist tableaus, each working off of a pattern of eventual change but from small places. The sounds of each piece are completely different. The Ishigami pieces are similar but even more stripped-down, with greater changes in volume, at times descending into mechanical concrete, like a robot playing with a mechanical cricket. The Inami pieces are thick compared to the previous; drones that begin a slow-motion whirlwind of sound, faraway basso utterances, the slow throbbing of an engine wall, receding, receding into a blank, misty vacuum of clouds. Imaginative and varied.
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ANDREI SUCHILIN & SERGEI TURKO - 'Tenues Sine Corpore Vitae' CD (Objective Music)
This album is a collaboration between leading Moscow independent multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Andrei Suchilin and Krasnoyarsk-based electronic sound-designer Sergei Turko. These two talents draw together the diverse elements of their musical training to conjure up landscapes of modern electro-acoustic and electronic. Warm electronics and textures are woven throughout. The recording is independently produced and published by Suchilin’s own Objective Music record label. Russian import.
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ARTBREAK HOTEL / GRAHAM MOORE - 'Split' CD (Blossoming Noise)
Shattered organic walls of noise. Random splash cut-ups. Curious sounds from Nobuo Yamada & Graham Moore. Artbreakhotel brings manipulated music concrete a la early Merzbow junk sounds, layered overtop of psychedelic ambience. Graham Moores side is cut up glitchy music concrete ambient spastic laptop whatever you want to call it. Quiet then loud, lots of chopping and manipulating. Like a more quiet John Wiese. Housed in a slip case with each artist designing a side.
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BISCLAVERET - 'Vs Bruno - Les Mannequins' CD (Zoharum)
An homage to one of the greatest artists of modern art, Bruno Schulz, released on the date of his birth, 12th July. In the text from his work "Tractate on Mannequins", Schulz presents his aesthetic views about the status of an artist, his relation to his creation, what meaning and importance it has, and what the effects of internal creation are. This work inspired Polish duo Bisclaveret to create this improvised concept album, which combines classical sounds with their more Drone / Dark Ambient side. 40 minutes of music in a digipak.
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BRENDAN MURRAY - 'Wonders Never Cease' CD (Intransitive Recordings)
Four years in the making, the music of Brendan Murray’s latest album of cinematic drone anthems was honed during live concerts around New York and New England. Recorded in situ, each track was painstakingly (re)assembled and embellished back at Murray’s studio. From the laminal scorch of the opening track, through an electric fizz storm and a breathy hymn for what sounds like harmonica and folding chairs (?), the eyes-wide-open bliss of "Wonders" is exhilarating, melodic and intimate. This is electro-acoustic music as gloriously life-affirming and natural as a sunrise.
DEL - 'Projectionist Please Focus' CD (OHM Records)
This is a collection of Norwegian improv noise collective DEL's live performances between 1998 and 2000. The seven man unit seems to use all manner of junk, and drums, guitars etc and created vaguely rhythmic experiments, that often combine to create sounds that can be gentle and excellent drifting ambience, or even gel to create SKULLFLOWER / RAMLEH workouts. Remixes from Lasse Marhaug, John Hegre (both members of Jazkamer / Jazzkammer) and Jon Birger Wormdahl (KA).
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DVT - 'DVT' CD (Cranial Fracture Recordings)
Starting with thick, richly saturated rhythms and bellicose samples, then moving to aggressive "in your face" power electronics from this Australian act. A straight up powerful confrontation with hard vocals; no compromise. Samples burst and crushing noises collide as declarations echo in the distance... then comes the death winds, the obscure voices and the high pitched scraping, testing the eardrums (and speakers)!
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EXSANGUINATE / [L-I-T-D-N-A] - 'Allegory of Death' CD (Misanthrope Studio)
Each band presents it's own sonic 'Allegories of Death'... meditations on that inevitability we all fear and at the same time are fascinated by. Exsanguinate (Thomas Garrison of Control) starts with a commanding and urgent track, flush with militaristic undercurrents in it's opening moments. From there the material evolves into something more abstract and steeped in dread with tendrils stretching into elements of clinical drone and throbbing frequencies to a more introspective ambient chaos. [L-I-T-D-N-A] round out the disc with their unique blend of deep tones, harsh frequencies, gentle pulses against an almost ambient feedback. Squalls, static, interjecting beats, distortions and vocals accentuate an anxious, looming reality. For fans of Death Industrial.
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FORMS OF THINGS UNKNOWN - 'Cross Purposes' CD (Panaxis)
The debut of Forms Of Things Unknown is a five-track, 30-minute EP of music ranging from dark ambient dirge to medieval sacred song to jazz-inflected art rock. Forms Of Things Unknown is the delinquent brainchild of San Francisco multi-instrumentalist Ferrara Brain Pan. His musical career includes early collaborations with noise music pioneer Boyd Rice (NON), and a fortuitous uncredited appearance on 1994's 'Rien' by Krautrock legends Faust (produced by Jim O’Rourke). 'Cross Purposes' was mixed and produced from material played entirely by Ferrara Brain Pan, excepting vocal performances by Bob Ayres and Shannon Wolfe and a cameo guest appearance by 'Babs Santini' aka Steven Stapleton of renowned musical subversives Nurse With Wound.
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FRANCESCO PALADINO & SEAN BREADIN - 'Musica Fivto' CD (Hic Sunt Leones)
Elaborated from the same basic 'voices' for "NoseSoul" made by Francesco Paladino, and then mixed, processed and integrated by Sean Breadin. 'Musica Fivto' contains totally acoustic improvisations with pocket corner, crwth, viola, gusle, voice, bendhir. A very original combination of improvisational music, drones and weird folk. On the label of Stefano Musso (Alio Die).
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H.H.T.P. & PORTABLEPALACE - 'Cavitation' CD (Monochrome Vision)
The interaction between computer science technology and freeform musical creative process becomes a central point in this international collaboration of three artists from Belarus and USA. The abstract soundscapes are obscured by intricate structures, acoustic phenomena and electronic effects, it's going to infinity and never repeat itself. The finest harmony of soundfield is credited to the principles of intuitive simulation, realised through the system of computer-aided instruments. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
HEATH YONAITES - 'Rim Of The Sun' CD (Triumvirate)
"Rim of the Sun" is a journey over 4 tracks of abstract, formless, liquid experimental soundscapes that are as engaging as they are confusing. Stopping and starting radio wave glitches over hushed atmospherics demand a certain commitment from the listener to try and understand what Heath Yonaites is trying to ultimately achieve. Voices, which are muffled and distorted, appear then disappear within the blink of an eye whilst a rolling sonic rumbling takes form and abates before renewing itself as something completely different.
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HELL-BORN - 'Legacy Of The Nephilim' CD (Conquer Records)
This is: "HELL FUCKIN METAL warriors know no mercy! The newest Hell-Born full-length album, "Legacy of the Nephilim", is ready to set the heavens on fire and claim the earthly thrones! Nine pieces of living infernal brimstone and ferocious energy, with playing time of over 40 minutes! A real must for every true Black / Death Metal maniac." Once again Hell-Born's work is full-filled with merciless, infernal fury, with a sound production much heavier, sharper and selective than ever before. Comes in a nice digipak.
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JANKO, KRUL' ALBANSKAJ - 'Ekezhhm, Gyuvel Pyuganlahkh Aektspyud?' CD (Some Place Else)
"Janko Krul Albanskaj is the work of the late Heikki Huhtanen a.k.a. Henry Zalkin. Utilizing a collage of disparate sound sources (samples galore: from third world ambience to classical diversions to radio noise... to noise itself, and more!), Janko Krul Albanskaj manipulated the sounds into brittle sonic texts of confusion and chaos... At about the 25-minute mark, classical music slips into focus, the turbulence held at bay. The remainder of the track balances noise and sporadic classical music, masterfully so" (Side-Line).
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KOAN - 'Frontiers' CD (Red Stream)
Koan effectively deliver ambient and atmospheric songs which shall relinquish your soul entranced, perhaps as if it were caught in a pitch black forest. Their music will unfold the spaces in your intellect through a phenomenon of neon underwater dreams. Human voices, delayed rhythms, keyboards, and didgeridoos liquefy together to propel your brain's subliminal regions into the stratosphere. Koan is the mind expanding ritual of Zahaah (Himinbjorg) and Christop Pion-Chozenon (Spher). Track titles include Forest Transe-in, Neon Dreams,Chaos, and Rain. Godly and effective design by Steve "Los Osos" Miller.
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KOUHEI MATSUNAGA / NIKO SKORPIO - 'Split' CD (Deserted Factory)
With 74 minutes of music and numerous collaborations (including Frans De Waard, Phroq, Lasse Marhaug and Mattin amongst others - some 'telepathic'), this split release covers many areas of electronic and experimental music, from chilling ambience to high energy noise freakouts and from trapezoidal rhythms to plain weird alien atmospheres. Comes with a particular magickal vibe and underground spirit. Standard jewelcase with folded Japanese cover design.
LAW - 'Our Life Through Your Death' CD (Triumvirate)
LAW, the creative vehicle in which Mitchell Altum employs his experimental endeavours, has a niche fusion, in terms of technique, between Noise Ambient and Power Electronics - both of which usually sit on opposite sides of the fence, having it's own set of rules to play out. ‘Our Life…” has an open-ended but "governed" approach, whereby the already established rules of Noise Ambient and Power Electronics are reversed, meshed and re-constructed through the use of a regimentally structured, but eclectic mode of assembly.
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MATHIAS DELPLANQUE - 'Ma Chambre Quant Je N'Y Suis Pas (Montreal)' CD (Mondes Elliptiques)
This is the stereo version of a sound installation presented at Montreal's Studio Cormier in December 2004. The piece is based on the recording of 'silences', i.e. the recording of sound produced in spaces with no human presence. The sound of an 'empty' Studio Cormier was used as the material for the production of this piece. The sound takes were done during the quietest moments of the day, by means of microphones placed strategically throughout the Studio by the artist. The sounds gathered were then amplified and their frequencies accentuated to the extreme. The result of the experiment, as presented here, constitutes a genuine drone odyssey playing on fullness and emptiness, presence and absence, 'speak' and 'non-speak'. One long track full of subtle movement and enlivened with underlying currents. Limited to 500 copies in a textured sleeve with inserts. Mondes Elliptiques is a division of Angle.Rec, Canada.
Simple but appealing electro-industrial. The first full-length album from the Spanish electro-industrial act Mauri presents itself to us with a lot of rhythms, and a lot of dissonant sounds with short fragments of lyrics to top it off. It’s easy, upbeat and almost perfect for the dark dance floor. Especially the initial tracks, "Hide and seek", "I wanna die" and "Deep expansion (Mauri vs H. I. V. +)". Presented in a hard plastic snapcase.
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NASOPHARYNGEAL - 'Endless' CD (Crowd Control Activities)
"Endless", the initial offering by Nasopharyngeal consists of one 74-minute improv piece performed by Brenden Krause (Metropolis Records) and his enigmatic partner 'The Priest'. Refreshingly old school electro-industrial beats and constant sonic flux make this an impressive listen capable of drawing you further and further into its madness. For those who loved The Anti Group's legendary "Burning Water" release, "Endless" is a must have.
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NICK SOUDNICK - 'AKHE Music Part II' CD (Ultra)
Ritual-industrial soundtrack for the AKHE Engineer Theatre installation. Nick Soudnick (Vetrophonia, ZGA) mixes acoustic music to TV and PC for a final black magic and alchemical ritual with an old Russian touch. Ltd x 500. Nice piece on this obscure Russian label.
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OBLIVION ENSEMBLE - 'Seraphim Hallucino' CD (Malignant Records)
Over 11 years in the making (1995-2006), 'Seraphim Hallucino' is widely considered to be Act 2 of the "virtual" opera trilogy begun by Oblivion Ensemble's 1995 release of 'Nightmare: Sinistrotorse'. At Seraphim Hallucino's source are strange, electro-acoustic improvisations of percussion, trumpet, voice, synthesizers and guitar- sculpted and sampled, twisted and turned, shaped into building and diminishing moments, and, at times appearing alone, pure and unmodified. Deeply imbedded in the music and fragmented lyrics are secrets, intertwining themes, voices, and imprinted messages. All come together to create an enormously complex, mercurial mix of surreal, dynamic and dark sounds. To fully appreciate the scope and intricacies of 'Seraphim Hallucino', headphones in a darkened room are highly recommended. Released in a stunning 6-panel digipak.
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OMEI - 'When All Your Ghosts Are Tired' CD (Ninth Circle Music / Misanthrope Studio)
Omei expresses itself through the idea of "one thought for a thousand years." The same memory played over and over. The mind to the grindstone with nothing ahead but hours and hours of empty slow time. Two long pieces of grinding, sometimes turbulent minimalist drone and industrial from this SICKNESS side-project. Features contributions from James Keeler (WILT) and Joe Colley (CRAWL UNIT). Aggressive, negative, empty and burned. Ltd x 500 copies in slimline jewelcase.
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OND - 'Ond' CD (Inner Gravity)
This music of Önd is very much influenced by the power of life. It deals with a lot of low frequencies which is in connection with the breath and chanting work. The mix of science and spirituality. A really good CD for ritual and trance experiences.
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OPAQUE - 'New Ways To Criticise' CD (Consume / 8M)
Scottish guitar noise monsters OPAQUE (aka Lea Cummings of Kylie Minoise and Murray Johnston) have been active since 1998 and manage to walk a fine line between delicate improvisation and all out noise onslaught. "New Ways To Criticise" is the culmination of a years worth of recordings and is their most varied and challenging work to date. It is also their first full-length release as a 2 piece and sees them pushing the OPAQUE sound into new, extreme sonic territories. Limited to 500 copies, this CD comes in a unique cardboard gatefold sleeve.
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ORDEAL - 'Malan' CD (Eibon Records)
Drastically, dramatically, completely, extremely different from its predecessor "Traumende". ORDEAL year 2002 are offering dark, sparse, in a way sober, in another way ponderous ambiences. Somewhere between dark ambient and a certain kind of post-rock, seldom introducing minimal rhythms over creeping atmospheres. Hard to explain how this album sounds like - just try it by yourself........ "Malan" is music for a post-nuclear cabaret. Music After A Nuclear dawn....
PRAYING FOR OBLIVION / LAVA - 'Space Is The Place' CD (Bar La Muerte)
'Praying For Oblivion' is the well known harsh noise industrial hero from USA, and this was their last recording. Lava is a young ambient noise Italian project formed by A034 and by Bruno Dorella (OvO , Ronin , Daniele brusaschetto and other experimental projects on Bar La Muerte records).´ Harsh noise in a PVC slip. Italian import.
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PYLONE - 'Black Grains' CD (Sound On Probation)
First album by this Zonk't side project, resolutely ambient and more experimental. “Black Grains” takes the listener on a one-hour long journey through subtle frequencies, very grainy (of course) clicks and blips, a little noise, and very deep drones (reminding of The [law-rah] Collective). Atmospheric in the truest sense of the word, this debut is a success, being a well produced and intelligently executed album which sets Pylône aside as an interesting project.
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RAFAEL FLORES - 'Nubes, Cometas, Rumores y Orugas' CD (Monochrome Vision)
First official CD album of Rafael Flores who hails from the depth of the Spanish underground noise scene, known for his early works released under Comando Bruno moniker. This compilation presents the latest decade of his sound experimentation, and shows quite diverse sides of his creative efforts. The music ranges from collaged field recordings to noise ambient loops, and from rhythmic structures to hypnotic electronic passages. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
First full CD album from these USA degenerates. Rape-X play scuzzy, filthy power electronics; all crack dens, backstreet abortions and low-life criminal acts. There's a lot of ridiculously over-the-top Bloodyminded-esque PE going on here, delivered in a very metal style - but they're at their most effective on long, claustrophic passage "Arson" or the harrowing final track, "False". Dark, sub-industrial clanking in the background, behind walls of air-raid siren drones. Powerful, often brutal stuff, and not for the faint of heart! Ltd x 500.
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REQUIEM ETERNAM - 'Medieval Times' CD (BloodDivine Records)
Swiss act Requiem Eternam was created around 2004 by Phil R. XP to express his passion for Medieval, Dramatic and Celtic music, with an overtly religious stance. "A real tribute to the Passion of the Christ and the First Christian Martyrs, portrayed through a mix of Medieval, Celtic, Orchestral and Dramatic elements, with a strange and spiritual mood". "Medieval Times" is Requiem Eternam's second release and is a real tribute to Ancient Times.
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SLEEPING WITH THE EARTH / COMBAT ASTRONOMY - 'Split Compact Disc' CD (Troniks)
The title explains exactly what this is - both bands sharing a single compact disc. SLEEPING WITH EARTH give us five huge slabs of prime crunching Death Industrial (some of the best stuff I've heard in a while), while COMBAT ASTRONOMY offer 8 pieces of gritty, distorted noise, cut-up and smashed around - metals and electronics and generally fucked-up noise assaults - some of which sounds almost Japanese Noise-esque. Heavy duty. Ltd x 500 only!
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SON-DHA - 'RED SECTOR A speeds up ALIO DIE' CD (Release Entertainment)
Strange project where RED SECTOR A have sampled and completely remixed works by Italian entho-ambient artists ALIO DIE, and created a hybrid of strange atmopheres and intelligent dancey (though laid-back) rhythms. Nice packaging, US import.
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STIAN SKAGEN / MNH / STEN OVE TOFT - 'H5N1' CD (Roggbif)
Three long tracks from three Norwegian artists: Stian Skagen (half of Ryfylke), Morten Halvorsen and the other part of Ryfylke; Sten Ove Toft. An intriguing trio of tracks spanning rythmic noise to meditative drone / ambient. Skagan presents aggressive ambient, with escalating noise levels. Morten Norbye Halvorsen pursues steady pitches of volume, noise and intensity ala Mego / Microsound. Toft's imput is more of a deathly drone, spewing forth aural lava before suddenly cooling to a placid whisper. Presented in a standard PVC sleeve.
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STILLBORN - 'Satanas El Grande' CD (Pagan Records)
"An unholy gathering of old school blackened Death Metal darkness.Ten hymns of blasphemy and disgrace from superb Polish newcomer. This is in the vein of TRUE Death Metal bands, but not a mere carbon copy. 'Satanas El Grande' stands for wrath, death and destruction!". File next to Behemoth, Shub-Niggurath and Incantation.
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SUNAO INAMI - 'An Impulse Of Acoustic' CD (Electr-Ohm)
Inami mines a unique vein of exploratory ambience here, dipping occasionally into throbbing, masterful beats. The fourth track, a 21 minute piece titled 'Denomination', flowers out from throbbing waves of drone, into mechanical power, rumbling and straining, overflowing against the prettier beginning. Other tracks are strict drone, deep and grey, with the occasional passing of a distant train or phantom. Then other works explore this same feel but then pull rhythm out from the darkness, and suddenly it's crunchy beats, like Ocosi or Quoit, ripsawing against a textural, floral background, both swirling around the other. Japanese experimental is known mostly for Noise, but Inami is into chilled Darkhop, Avant-Garde expressions in a very unique way.
SUPREME LORD - 'X99.9 Kill Your Enemies' Enhanced CD (Conquer Records)
First official release from cult Polish act Supreme Lord (features members / ex-members of Witchmaster and Christ Agony). This album consists of 8 completely new and uncompromising tracks, plus a special bonus of a '95 remastered demo "At the Black Moon Night". The disc also includes two video clips "Death Metal Beast" and "Terrorzone". Old school Black Metal. File next to Nile, Immolation, Behemoth etc.
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TETSUO FURUDATE - 'Autrement Qu’Etre II' CD (Les Disques du Soleil et de L’Acher)
Tetsuo Furudate has a great interest in European classical music of the late 19th century as well as in contemporary music. The AUTREMENT QU’ÉTRE project is a kind of link between Gustav Mahler and Kristoff Penderecki. This album is a noise opera based on William Shakespeare’s "Othello", with swedish composer Leif Elggren as Othello. Recorded in Tokyo, Yokohama, Berlin, Stockholm 1996/1998. With Pneuma and Sumishisa Arima and guests Yoshiko Matsuo (violin), Atau Tanaka (narration).
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THE DOMESTIC FRONT - 'Having Achieved Balance, You Cannot Be Moved Sideways' CD (Belsona Strategic)
"Having Achieved Balance..." consists of 4 epic-length tracks of electrified beauty and brutality, recorded and composed in various locations in urbanized Japan and the deserted American plains. The music of TDF (aka Thomas Bey William Bailey) is a mesh of heavily camouflaged, processed electronics and similarly obscured environmental noises. Issues of insecurity, isolationism and private/public dichotomy are also at the center of this psycho-acoustic sound project. A concentrated attack on 'anthropocentrism'. A pure sensation.
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THE SLAVESTATE SOUND SYSTEM - 'Ritual Musick To End Christianity' CD (Enochian)
Sound designer Jason J. Bundy's experimental noise project - a political and spiritual catalyst for the evolution of humankind while liberating the mind, body and spirit through noise. Inspired by the likes of John Cage, Merzbow and Yasunao Tone, “Ritual Musick To End Christianity” consists of one part of blissful Silence and four parts of mind bending noise movements. “Ritual Musick To End Christianity” is set to liberate the Spirit from the shackles of religion. CD comes packaged in an opaque black CD clamshell case.
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TIBURCE - 'Accords Perdus' CD (Multimediart - Les Nouvelles Propagandes)
Side project from the French mastermind behind LA NOMENKLATUR, Philippe Escartin. Quieter and more melodic than the usual works of the band, with elements of Dark Ambient, simplistic classical music and cut-up pieces.
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TODD FLETCHER - 'Star' CD (Arya / Amplexus)
Beautifully crafted, richly executed - TODD FLETCHERs only album is something of a gem, bring together dark rumbles of bass frequencies, together will delicate thumps of percussion that give it all a slight order. A great album of carefully woven soundscapes, brought to life with an excellent production. Nice piece.
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TOMAS KORBER / KAZUYA ISHIGAMI - 'Mistakes' CD (Neus-318)
Swiss improviser and composer Tomas Korber works with sounds created by Japanese laptop artist Kazuya Ishigami and vice versa. Utilizing Korber’s guitar sounds Ishigami crafts an intriguing electronic world over two pieces - austere electrics, frenzied digitalia, high pitches, bass drones, melodic waves of feedback and rhythmic pulses. Korber meanwhile begins his piece with a static piercing tone that dissipates suddenly into silence. A strategy he continues throughout the piece, building towards crescendos and the then dropping in a block of silence, only to startle with a single resonating tone.
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VA - 'Convergence' CD (FullDozer)
Despite their different musical styles, (Glitch, IDM, Dark Ambient, Neoclassical, Power Noise etc) these artists turn out to have a lot in common - all united by an experiment, an attempt to break through the defined borders of direction. Convergence (a strong coming together) and its many uses in language, is the inspiration of this collection. Feat: Andrey Kiritchenko, Brain Fork, Brompton's Cocktail, Fizzarum, Hladna, Noises Of Russia, Notchnoi Prospekt, PalSecam, Porch Nap, Spies Boys, Theodor Bastard, Vishudha Kali and Volga - plus a bonus track from S.P.U.L.
Four Black Ambient injections of utter darkness and mind raping waves of chaos created by Meldkhwis of Dapnom, EWE and Luc Mertz under the guise of ZBT and Stigma Diabolicum and his daughter Karen Mertz. Originally released in 2005 on ZBT production, now re-released onto CD with professional artwork and an additional track. Australian import.
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VA - 'Mutations Of A Dream' CD (MOAD)
"Mutations of a Dream" is a compilation released independently by ten Finnish noise / industrial / ambient artists. Appearing on the album are: THE 4TH FLOOR, DIVERSAEON, HAAVA, HOMBRE MUERTO, MAELSTROM, KOJE, KONEMESSIAS, LÖYLY, NYRJÄ and VASEMMAN RAAJAN HALVAUS. Professionally pressed and ltd x 300 copies.
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VA - 'Nite Mare Slo Motion' CD (Some Place Else)
Compilation showcasing many of the bands on the SOME PLACE ELSE label roster. All acts work in a experi-electronic field, some very much along similar lines to PAN SONIC, or some of the acts on the German SELEKTION label. All exclusive tracks, and I believe all the acts are from Scandinavia: CLOP NEPLAT, AUGUSTUS M, NIKO SKORPIO, AH, MNEM, ANAPTHERGAL, JANKO 'KRUL' ALBANSKAJ and LASSE MARHAUG. Nicely designed book and tray.
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VA - 'Noise.iL' CD (Topheth Prophet)
Noise.il features nine exclusive tracks by the new generation of Israel's power electronics brigades. The birth of noise.il was at the Tel Aviv Noise Fest in July 2005. Noise.il features: MortalManifest, Drone Lebanon, Gedem, Gaop Vs Aboolele, Wreck&Drool, and Barzel. Igor Krutogolov mastered this release and designed the artwork. A fine example of Israeli power electronics and noise released to date. Ltd x 550 copies in a black digifile.
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VA - 'Salon Decadence' CD (Neo-Form)
Released on the occasion of Neo-Form's Salon Décadence festival at the Absintherie Sixtina in Leipzig, June 2006. This special compilation features eleven, mostly rare and unreleased tracks from SAGITTARIUS, ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI, THO-SO-AA, SHAVA SADHANA and ECHO WEST. Great Neofolk and Darkfolk from all these internationally renowned acts!
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VA - 'Six Doors' CD (Housepig)
"Six Doors" features six fantastic tracks ranging from the single-source sorcery of AUBE, the caveman electronics of BASTARD NOISE, guitar versus electronics dronework from GUILTY CONNECTOR & TABATA, submerged synths from LUASA RAELON, lonesome Rhodes from UNICORN, and dank atmospheric creepout from OBLONG BOX. Nice collection!
VA - 'With Eyes Wide Open For A Brighter Future' CD (House Of The Last Light)
Subtitled "9/11 - In Memory And In Myth", these 11 tracks are offered both in memory and in doubt of the events of 11 September 2001. Industrial, Noise, Ambient, Power Electronics and Experimental from international artists: 15 Degrees Below Zero, As All Die, Brainquake, Circle Six, Clear Stream Temple, Ctephin, .cut & One Figure, Kadaver, Thee Virginal Brides & Cheerleader69, MichaelThomasJackson, Sound 00. "History Has To Repeat Itself. In Memory Of In Myth". Ltd x 500.
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VA - 'World End Broadcasting' CD (Apocalyptic Radio)
Great compilation with artists from Germany, Japan, Finland & Italy. From Power Electronics and Harsh Noise to Ambient Industrial and Martial Sounds. Featuring: Gelsomina, Mortal Fraktal, Flutwacht, Monokontrast, 2nd Satellite Left, Crossbred, Sindrome and Monumental Westwall. The CD is presented in an A5 booklet and is limited to 300 hand-numbered copies.
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VEILED ALLUSIONS - 'Vision Of The World' CD (Trinity Records)
Re-release of the Veiled Allusions debut album with 4 bonus tracks. 70 minutes of minimal dark ambient with noise and industrial touches. Low sounds produce uneasy, ominously melancholic feelings. A view upon the grim, suicidal future of the world! Another great release from the prolific Karsten Hamre (Penitent / Dense Vision Shrine). One for fans of Vinterriket etc. Comes in a very nice digipak.
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VIRIDIAN GREEN - 'Night' CD (CAPP)
Very nice, smooth, ambient treatments - mostly utilising methods akin to NIGHTMARE LODGE - that is deep, dark moments, punctuated with beats and the occasional vocal sample, which, for some reason, reminds me of CURRENT 93 in places. A solid and well executed album. Stefano Glaufx the frontman of Viridian Green created CAPP Productions. Greek import.
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VITRIOL - 'Randonee 0.06' CD (Sirr)
This CD assembles pieces performed during the Internet event "Le Placard: Headphone Room", organised by the Buro association (Paris) and transmitted from the art gallery ZDB in Lisbon. Proposing a vast series of concerts, performances and real-time diffusions. 'Randonee 0.06' departs with a series of digital manipulative processes over field recordings from familiar open spaces to crate an intricate and organic soundscape. Nice piece from this act of Portuguese sound artist Paolo Raposo.
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VLASTISLAV MATOUSEK - 'Shapes Of Silence' CD (Nextera)
An electro-acoustic composition for Tibetan bowls, pipes, percussion, Singing Fountain of The Royal Summer Palace Of Queen Anne in Prague and sound objects. “As the bones of creatures that lived in the past have left their imprints in stones and we can only think and dream of their resemblance, sounds can also leave their imprints in various real and imaginary “spaces” around us. Although the sounds have faded out before our time, they may still be present as reflections of the past, as Shapes of Silence.” Ltd x 1035 copies.
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XENO VOLCANO / ELEKTRA STURMSCHNELL - 'Die Organik' CD (Hardpresse)
"Die Organik" is the second joint release by Xeno Volcano and poet Elektra Sturmschnell. Like their other release, "Wasserleichentraume", the album is a fusion of sound and spoken word. The sound sources for the album are orchestrated noise, instruments, and recordings. The result is soft, complex noise and harmonies. Elektra’s voice is treated into the sound as an instrument, and at times is manipulated beyond recognition. The mood of the album is of bleakness; the desert. Sound sources include: field recordings of the Grand Canyon, destruction of humboldt, CA Redwood trees, the N Judah where it meets the ocean, Berlin traffic at Alexanderplatz, Arizona desert silence, overhead air traffic, Zürich traffic at Hardbrücke, drills and other power tools instrumentation, microwave antennae pickup, human voice,etc. A fascinating excursion.
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ZFK - 'Rabochiy Kontrol' CD (Teito Sound Company)
A 45-minute blast of harsh noise from this Russian outfit, recorded in July 2004. Originally released in a very limited edition (x 37) on cult Russian label Abgurd Subdivision, this is a worthy CD re-release on Japanese label Teito. "Rabochiy Kontrol" features steady walls of distortion, rumbling and feedback. Industrial soundscapes with rhythmic noise reflect a powerful live performance. Reminiscent of Russian Industrial acts Stalnoy Pakt and Linija Mass.
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ZONK'T - 'Purr' CD (Sound On Probation)
Third full album for Zonk't, following his remarkable "Itching" on Brume Records. This French act (former member of Nox) presents another very well-written album made of ultra-deep basses, flowing atmospheres, small clicks'n'cuts, and a rather massive sound. Ranging from smooth, minimal dub pulses to drone-oriented, ultra-deep bass, "Purr" takes distilled techno under the microscope and well below freezing with its infinitesimal examination of slow-motion electronic minimalism. It is a work of astonishingly deep character, with an undeniable undercurrent of unease.
Legions of Darkness know no mercy! The new Abgott full-length album, "Fizala", is ready to open the dimensional gates of Hell to world domination! Seven cosmic hymns of pure soul crushing blasphemy, ferocious blackened energy, with hidden tracks and unexpected revelations! The sound of incredible twilight zone out space evil and Daemons. A real must for every true metal maniac and brave explorer of unconventionality! For fans of Abigor, Akercocke and early Mayhem.
