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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EONIC - 'Secret Land' CD (Zhelezobeton)
Secret land lost in an unknown dimension... Like ancient ruins this place hides the traces of stories, which are told in this new album by the St. Petersburg project Eonic. This is their 6th release and it easily combines different stylistic approaches, making its own way to the listener's heart. Ethno-gothic in vein of Dead Can Dance and Arcana is layered over tout electronic rhythms a la Delerium and Enigma and spiced by pleasant psychedelic arrangements. Musicians don't hesitate to step on the territory of pop-ambient and even new-age, and it just adds more lightness and airiness to their energetic music. A firm and masterful work. Ltd x 333 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve.
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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HELMUT SCHÄFER / ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI - 'Bisskraft' CD (Ytterbium)
Great forceful noise / experimental collaborative work and one of the last surviving pieces involving the late Helmut Schäfer (who died in 2007). The composition actually dates from 2004 but was just released this year. The music is divided into four parts. Comes in a shrinkwrapped card sleeve. Ytterbium is a sub-label of yb70. French import.
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KAZUYA ISHIGAMI - 'Trash, Rubbish, Poor Works' CD (Neus-318)
A collection of 10 unreleased works (2004-2006) from the Osaka musician. "The music of Ishigami can best be described as a computer version of electro-acoustic music, true to the original form of Musique Concrete. Collage like, bouncing up and down, back and forth, jumping, but sometimes also with longer sustaining blocks of sound. All of which dwell heavily in the world of ones and zeros. I am not sure but it seems there is not an analogue machine in sight" (Vital Weekly). Released in a plastic snap case.
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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LUMINOUS - 'Links' CD (Tara Records)
First CD proper for this UK-based electronic / experimental artist, after several self-financed 7"s, EPs and appearances on several limited releases, cassette and MP3 compilations. "Luminous rebuilds his sampler to create a bizarre hybrid of uncomfortable percussion and John Carpenter like atmospheres" (Wax Magazine). Also comparable to Aphex Twin. Presented in a clamshell case.
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MELANCHOHOLICS - 'A Single Act Of Carelessness' CD (Multi National Disaster Records / Deafborn)
Building on the experimentations from their debut CD (with a mix of field-recordings, guitars, electronically manipulated sounds and spoken word fragments), Melanchoholics walk new paths, combining minimal guitars, drones, low-end bass and lo-fi electronic sound collages. The only consensus is to create slow, depressive soundscapes. A soundtrack to personal miserable states of mind, psychotic euphoria and intoxicated wastelands. It is a low-end manifesto for low-end connoisseurs.
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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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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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SRMEIXNER - 'Between The Lines' CD (Dirter)
From the ashes of leading experimental outfit, Contrastate, comes the self-named srmeixner project. Electronic music and field recordings are utilised to create a sonic soundtrack to an apocalyptic world exploring a sense of space and architecture inspired by Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum in Berlin. This is music inspired by the past, but very much of the future. The music resembles minimal modern architecture, and is a perfect aural example of the 'less-is-more' principle. An excellent release.
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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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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 EXTINCT DREAMS - 'Ars Moriendi' CD (Backfire Productions)
Funeral Doom Metal from Russia, with a touch of apocalyptic Death Metal. The sound of "Ars Moriendi" is raw and unpolished, bringing variation and brutality to the record. The great, deep vocals are supplemented by some melodic and melancholic parts, adding another dimension to the sound of total darkness and solitude. For fans of Skepticism, My Shameful, Colosseum etc.
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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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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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TRAJEDESALIVA & CHAOS CONDENSED - 'Ciertos Animales De Costumbres Discretas' CD (Caustic Records / La Defunción)
Collaboration from two of the most revolutionary acts in the Spanish experimental scene: Chaos Condensed and Trajedesaliva. This new work contains four new tracks of each band and two more created in collaboration. Joining the spoken word, complex and disquieting atmospheres, and complicated instrumental developments with abstract poetry, metaphors, social speech and silence itself, "Ciertos Animales De Costumbres Discretas" is a talent combination that will leave an indelible trace in each ear it infects. Ltd x 500.
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VA - 'C.U.E. Compilation 3' CD (C.U.E. Records)
Third compilation from Japanese label C.U.E. On this release, the Noise, Minimal, Ambient, Experimental and Abstract music is again by mostly Japanese artists, and is once more 15 tracks: Scanner, Kissa Big Yodo, Sunao Inami, Kazuya Ishigami, Morgan Fisher , Symphony Space, CARRE, Anla Courtis, Morishige Yasumune, Keitaro Iijima, Funaman, Huguet, Atsunobu Tadatsu, Tadashi Usami and Yow Funahashi. Comes in slimline jewelcase. Extremely rare Japanese import.
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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.
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 - 'Roulette Russe Pour Un Peu De Caviar' CD (Monochrome Vision)
This compilation of contemporary Russian artists was comissioned by Studio Forum (Annecy, France) for presentation at "Bruit de la neige" festival on 20th April 2007 and contains exclusive tracks by: Alexei Borisov, Bardoseneticcube, Cisfinitum, Exit In Grey, Hum, Instant Movie Combinations, Interior Disposition, Kolpakopf, Kryptogen Rundfunk, Moscow Laptop Orchestra and Noises of Russia. An excellent compilation showing the great potential of the Russian experimental music scene in the fields of electro-acoustic, abstract electronic music, drone ambient and noise collages.
Six artists from Six different countries gather around the table and showcase their individual audio art, each one with an exclusive lengthy track of progressive ambience. Program: Tarkatak (DE), Cisfinitum (RU), Civyiu KKliu (USA), Kendo Nagasaki (UK), The [Law-Rah] Collective (NL) and 33 MHZ (BE). Presented in a 7" sleeve and limited to 300 copies.
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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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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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WOMBA - 'Evidence Of Letta' CD (RAIG)
The fascinating allure of sound sculptures, organic and industrial flotsams of the WOMBA origin, catalyzed by the manipulations of the local underground scene's most prolific lunatic Tikhon S. Kubov. It is neither a return to the aggravated sonic assault of the preceding album, nor a reproduction of the kind of noise you would expect nowadays - but somewhat more soft. A refined post-industrial symphony of nostalgia, sentiment and lust. Normally, it works without breaks as one single piece, but the montage specific character allows a listener to spin one's own web of twenty four audio-cells by programming the "Letta" tracks to playback in any order. "Make your own Evidence!". Presented in a stunning cardboard package. Russian import.
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.
