A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR - 'Where No Angels Dare To Come' CD (Vrihaspati / Steinklang)
(2006) Good recording from the very first ACOH live concert! This Dutch act play their early and very Martial Industrial style. The concert was well recorded and was professional mastered at the Steinklang Studios. The sound quality is 100 times better than the Russian bootleg version and the official Vrihaspati version additionally includes 2 live versions of the ACOH hits "Dum pater familias" and "La Legion", both recorded at the Flammenzauber Festival in 2003. An essential document for the ACOH newcomer and collector alike. Ltd x 500.
ATARAXIA / AUTUNNA ET SA ROSE - 'Odos Eis Ouranon - La Via Verso Il Cielo' 2 x CD (Equilibrium Music)
(2005) Following a live performance at the church of St. Michele in Rovigo, Italian artists Ataraxia and Autunna Et Sa Rose release the songs especially arranged for this occasion onto CD, with one disc apiece. Autunna Et Sa Rose use some material from their first 3 albums, as well as interpretations of tracks by Ataraxia and Tuxedo Moon. Ataraxia rearranged a collection of their finest tracks in an entirely acoustic format, revisiting them in a warmer and more intimate form - as well as two previously unreleased songs and material never before issued on CD. Dramatic Neoclassical music, with heavenly voices, ballads and ethereal / medieval touches. Released in a deluxe double digipak with very nice booklets full of artwork, photos and lyrics. Ltd x 2000.
(2006) A concert Baby Dee recorded live at Café Procope, Torino on 1st November 2004, containing songs from all her albums, plus a bit of crazy vaudeville improvisations. Composed of nine tracks made up of voice, piano and acoustic ad intimate environment that is best expressed as essentiality introspective. Baby Dee tells stories of love, identity, family, sorrow and joy, often accompanied by an irreverent irony that breaks and recomposes. A comprehensive overview of Baby Dee, which builds build an emotional language devoid of superstructure - direct and honest. Presented in a 6-panel digipak.
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BAND OF PAIN - 'Que Amiga?' CD (Cold Spring CSR43CD)
(2003) This is the fifth album proper from England's finest cinematic composer (aka Steve Pittis). Cinematic dark soundtracks of the highest calibre - intense passages and bleak anthems in a constant flux, dark emotions and Neoclassical edged intensity. '¿Que Amiga' is possibly the finest work from BAND OF PAIN to date. Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak.
DAS SYNTHETISCHE MISCHGEWEBE - 'The Escape Of The Electrified Dermatologist Epitomises His Dissent With The Compromising Juxtaposition Of The Smell And The Sound Of A Pair Of Wings Injured In The Subdued Romance' 2 x CD (Monochrome Vision)
(2006) DSM's music world appears as the intricate but finest tapestry of microscopic sounds, sophisticated packing of voids with sonic hallucinations, textural interactions and layering effects. Mostly sourced from ordinary life, sounds changed beyond any recognition, the endless flow of electroacoustic treatments and studio engineering. This album includes collaborations with some finest sound artists out there (ERG, Artificial Memory Trace, Jörg Thomasius, The Oval Language, TBC), and is therefore very diverse. Ltd x 500. Russian import.
DAVID JACKMAN - 'Verhalte Dich Ruhig' MCD (Die Stadt)
(2001) Those readers familiar with the world of experimental music will know the name David Jackman, primarily from his work under the name Organum. As Organum, Jackman has created some of the finest, most haunting drone recordings of the last decade. This CD is a reissue of a 1996 cassette-only release that appeared in an edition of only 61 copies. Perhaps slightly similar to the sampling work of John Wall, here Jackman has taken found recordings of orchestras, and overlaid them to create two eerie collections of string ensemble collage. The title seems to translate to "hold you back calmly" and that sentiment certainly matches the music. Two untitled tracks spanning just over 25 minutes. Ltd x 700 copies.
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DUO NOIR - 'Marseilles' CD (Tursa)
(2005) "Marseilles" is part 4 in the Sol Invictus archive series. "Marseilles" features Tony Wakeford (guitar, vocals) and Matt Howden of Sieben (violin, vocals) in an extraordinary live performance, recorded in Marseille in 2000 and comes with a nice selection of some of the most famous songs from Sol Invictus and related projects. The finest Neofolk, as anticipated. Ltd x 1000 copies in a slim card cover.
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ENGLISH HERETIC - 'Wyrd Tales' CD + Magazine (English Heretic)
(2006) "Visit the haunts of Matthew Hopkins, the parishes of his victims, the desolate and ravenous bays of Daphne Du Maurier. Excavate among the gnostic ruins of M.R. James and drink in the ojas of Austin Spare's London. From our nation's unconscious libraries we unearth hallucinatory and hermetic monographs. Discover the lost reels of a Frazerian horror film and catalogue the fantastic occult pathologies that ferment from a racial memory of zealot's purge and war time trauma." To complement and animate the 92-page, perfect bound magazine (more of a paperback book really), 'Wyrd Tales' comes with a 70 minute CD containing documentary evidence of our imaginal interpenetrations. Culled from phonographic recordings, in situ improvisations and studio distillations, these aural commentaries provide the finest synaesthetic liqueur to accompany your fireside readings of this Albionic Al Azif.
EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH - 'Worn To A Shadow' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
(2005) 'Worn to a Shadow' is the most recent album by Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3 / Spectrum) under his EAR guise. Its artwork, using two op-art designs, is absolutely staggering. Play the album whilst gazing at it and fall back in slow motion. EAR's sound will be instantly recognisable to many, as indistinct soundscapes unfurl (almost in slow-motion) to reveal a real concept of ambient depth. Without doubt, EAR's finest work to date. An exceptional release. CD version in digipak.
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FIN DE SIECLE - 'Patagonie' CD (OPN)
(2006) Stéphane Flauder and Florence Cailleux create very serene and honest ambient, which could sometimes even be labelled classical music. They get their inspiration from a great variety of sources: Lars von Trier, Lewis Carol, David Lynch and Edward Hopper, to name just a few. "Patagonie" offers 15 quiet, fairytale-like musical compositions and has a soothing and calming effect. Features collaborations with Serge Usson (Storm of Capricorn) and Nicolai Moldoveanu (EMPI, Nick Grey). Ltd x 500.
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GRUNTSPLATTER - 'The Aberrant Laboratory' CD (Dark Vinyl)
(2006) The fourth release from Gruntsplatter builds a more transcendent atmosphere, weaving together a sustained darkness that conceals the grimy implements of the taboo nestled in the din. The brooding ambience and cutting frequencies combine with odd melody and an enveloping, fluid mix that lead you through the dirty laboratories and hovels of forbidden science where genius and atrocity meet on level ground. The familiar components of subtle detail, amorphous depth, and seething moods of Gruntsplatter are intact and further evolved here to allow the listeners thoughts to wander. Comparable to Blackhouse, Hunting Lodge, Throbbing Gristle, SPK, Lustmord etc.
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H.H.T.P. & PORTABLEPALACE - 'Cavitation' CD (Monochrome Vision)
(2005) 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.
Absolutely colossal power electronics - in fact, some of the finest power noise heard in quite some time. Like a cross between Con-Dom and old SPK, Hailstorm’s 'Ink Parasite' is a devastating wall of total pain....wonderful stuff. The flipside sees ARMANEN offering a piece titled, 'Ink Parasite' - this still something along the Grey Wolves line, but with a shriller edge, like totally solid Whitehouse or Sutcliffe Jügend. 1st edition of 500 copies.
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HERBST9 - 'From A Dark Chasm Below' CD (Loki Foundation)
(2005) The legendary and long deleted debut album from 1999, now finally available again in a carefully remastered version. Complex, textural ambience, consisting of layer upon layer of kinetic, luminous tones and ephemeral nuances of time. Nearly 70 minutes of finest ritual ambient music, mesmerizing rhythmic percussions with deep and sonorous dronings. Herbst9 construct sonic rituals gleaned from the ruins of minds scraped hollow and left to decay while natural sounds and archaic motives develop visionary sequences.
HUMAN GREED - 'Black Hill: Midnight At The Blighted Star' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
(2008) The third album by Edinburgh's finest exponents of often haunting, yet always touching, ebb and flow. Includes very special guest appearances by Julia Kent (Antony & the Johnsons, Blind Cave Salamander), Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo (Blind Cave Salamander, Larsen), David Tibet (Current 93) and Clodagh Simonds (Fovea Hex). Gathering together material quite possibly amounting to their most accomplished yet, 'Black Hill...' is akin to being caught in the trail of a shooting star heading to the very place where dreams, fears, hopes and an overwhelming sense of helpless abandonment teeter over the periphery of yet another rather enticing void. At once beautiful, melancholic, slightly bruised and foreboding, the music here never fails to captivate.
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JIM JONES - 'Jonestown - The Peoples Temple' 2 x CD (Dressed To Kill)
(2000) Subtitled 'Genuine Recordings Of The World's Most Horrific Suicide Cult'. In 1978 913 followers of Jim Jones & The Peoples Temple committed a mass suicide. Before doing so, they left behind some truly memorable recordings - all gathered here on a two CD set. Disc 1 consists of Ambient Music with samples of Jim Jones voice. Disc 2 consists of speeches from Jim Jones and recordings of the preparation of the mass suicide in Jonestown.
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LINGUA FUNGI & SHRINE - 'Strange Growths / Wander' CD (Corvus Records)
The long awaited split album from ambient masters Lingua Fungi (Finland) and Shrine (Bulgaria). Two different artists, two different points of view. Lingua Fungi’s sound is calm, soft and tasty - enriched with acoustic instruments and brilliant percussion. Long and mature compositions with clear sound drifting in a timeless trance. Shrine’s sound is more ambient / industrial, darker, with more samples and a bit noisy. Ltd x 500 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
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MAATH - 'No Survivors For The New World' CD (Eibon Records)
Debut album from this Italian artist. Based upon the concept of coma, sleep and suspended animation, "No Survivors For The New World" gently brings you through a dormant world, where dreams flow freely around you, leaving a coloured trace in the cold and dark void. Melodic dark ambient of the finest kind; round, deep, mesmerizing. Are you ready for your new world? Presented in a beautiful digisleeve.
MACHINEFABRIEK - 'Ranonkel' CD (Burning World Records)
'Ranonkel' marks a break in form from the recent output, avoiding all sense of this being another ephemeral transmission from the Machinefabriek hard drive, and instead sounding like a fully formed bonafide album, a worthy follow-up to 'Marijn'. Rutger Zuydervelt combines the very best of his microsound work with an explicitly tuneful instrumental element... an infinitely graceful backdrop of high frequency sine tones, crackle and slow chords. The finest Machinefabriek outing of 2008 by some margin - you'll be returning to the opening piece in particular again and again. Matt digifile.
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MELEK-THA - 'Acclaim Hell' CD (Dark Vinyl)
Symphonic Black Industrial legends MELEK-THA celebrate their 10th Anniversary with their final descent into the abyss : "Acclaim Hell". Bombastic Black Industrial and Apocalyptic Death Music at its finest. Prepare to be buried under an unstoppable wall of sound where Orchestral elements dual with symphonic chants and rhythmic beats. An infernal apocalypse and possibly their best album since sonic masterpiece "Evil Is Too Strong"...
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METHADRONE - 'Sterility' CD (Foreshadow Productions)
US-based one-man project Methadrone is spearheaded by Craig Pillard (ex-Incantation), also known as bass player of doom metal band Evoken. Under the moniker of Methadrone, Pillard dives into murky waters of impenetrable sonic depth created by heavy and torturous guitar sounds. From the very first tunes of the title track “Sterility” you are taken down to witness the perfect musical desolation and dryness entrapped in eight inches of the silver plate. Methadrone's sound has evolved into more organic and original entity, defining Craig’s style and maturity as an independent musician. "With lights out and headphones on enter into the world of sound where no life dwells". Features guest vocals from David Galas (Lycia).
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MIRROR - 'Still Valley' CD (Die Stadt)
Re-release of the LP version of "Still Valley", including one extra track. One of Mirror's finest works recorded by Andrew Chalk (Ora, Ferial Confine), Christoph Heemann (HNAS) and Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth, Gastr Del Sol, Illusion Of Safety) between May 2002 - January 2005. This album is a beautiful study of slowly changing drones, like a film shot in slow motion. One noticeable difference between this and other quiet Mirror affairs is the presence of oscillating pulses. These analog tones occasionaly accentuate the constant guitar drones, adding a shimmery quality, rather than becoming a competing element. Edition of 1000 copies in dye-cut cover.
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MONOS - 'Nightfall Sunshine' CD (Die Stadt)
Monos is Darren Tate (ORA) and Colin Potter (who besides also being a member of ORA collaborated with Steven Stapleton on several Nurse With Wound albums). Five tracks based on field recordings by Darren Tate which were then electronically processed in the studio by Colin Potter. Dark and sometimes dense soundscapes, all displaying a strange spelling beauty. Both artists regard this as their finest work so far. Limited edition of 700 copies in a nice, full colour digipak.
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MORPHEUS - 'Elohim' CD (Drama Company)
Spain's finest dark symphonic project presents its most complex work to date. "Elohim", a succession of passages where magical rituals, tribal beats, chants, drums and machinery draw the listener into the most imquietant darkness! Dark Ambient / Ritual sonorities bringing to mind the likes of Endvra or Hekate. In a special A5 booklet, printed on special photography paper, in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies.
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NAVICON TORTURE TECHNOLOGIES - 'The Church Of Dead Girls' 2 x CD (Malignant Records)
Having coined the term “Power Romance”, Leech now seeks to refine and solidify the idea into a true sound and vision of his own, once again combining the volatile, highly charged delirium of power electronics with the claustrophobically heavy atmospheres of dark ambient. “The Church of Dead Girls” is a darker and more disturbing journey than any previous NTT release, but is nevertheless rife with the brutal honesty which has begun to permeate every facet of the NTT mindset. The ultimate expression of Power Romance sensibilities, spanning more than two hours of sonic self-evisceration. Packaged in a unique hi-rise digipak.
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NEST - 'Trail Of The Unwary' CD (Corvus Records)
Eerie, acoustic, calm Nordic ambient/folk music played on the kantele, giving the music a medieval touch. Beautiful sounds dedicated to nature and inspired by her beauty… and of legends untold. "A hidden pool amidst the woods where the otters come to play, an owl's faint call echoing through the woods, sparkling waterfalls and vast snow-covered landscapes where the reindeer folk and wolves hold their domain. These are only some of the things with the atmosphere Nest strives to capture.” Though Finnish, the music of Nest has a Celtic feel and even reminds of Clannad in places!
NEW RISEN THRONE - 'Whispers Of The Approaching Wastefulness' Enhanced CD (Cyclic Law)
The latest offering from one of Italy's finest Black Ambient masters. The main concept and feeling of this album can best be described as the "steps" or "journey" leading to the acknowledgment of the approaching end of all things. "Whispers" represent doubts and thoughts about the prevalent decadence that is around and deep within us and "wastefulness" translates to the imminent, definitive end of all things, to oblivion. A bleak and sorrow filled soundtrack celebrating death with little hope for rebirth. This enhanced CD features an exclusive bonus video clip of the unreleased track "Unknown (II)". File next to Megaptera, Kerovnian etc. First 1000 copies come in a 6 panel textured digifile.
O QUAM TRISTIS - 'Les Chants Funestes CD (Palace Of Worms)
(2008) French act O Quam Tristis have mastered their art with “Les Chants Funestes” and have delivered an eloquent fourth album of inspiring music. Female and male vocal polyphonies inspired by music going from the Middle Age down to the Baroque Era using acoustic traditional or medieval instrumentation and modern electronics in harmony, without losing the sacral and medieval character of their music. Synths and bass guitar join the electronic rhythms, contributing a rock and liturgical feeling to the compositions, based on ancient secular and liturgical poetries. Features H. Dammarie (Collection d'Arnell-Andrea, Thy Violent Vanities).
2nd edition of this 1995 album. Pain Jerk (Kohei Gomi) has been one of Japan's most lethal figures in the harsh noise underground throughout the 1990's, and this 4-track, hour-long exercise in extreme electronic blast cut-up and constantly shifting, dynamic textures is one of his all-time finest works. A hyperspeed collage of spastic feedback, detailed distortion, and seizure-inducing rhythms. Absolutely essential for all acolytes of the Japanese noise movement and fans of fellow psychedelic junk-destruction units Incapacitants, Monde Bruits and Merzbow. On the RRR Pure imprint with cut & paste artwork in a PVC sleeve.
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PICK-UP - 'Loop End' LP (Plinkity Plonk)
(2008) Martin Luiten and Frans de Waard are both from Nijmegen and both part of the same musical 'scene'. They played together in 2003 when their bands Girlfriends and Beequeen played a collaborative concert, and the two met on the Sunday afternoon improvisation concerts. Yet its not been until this year that they decided to work together, Martin on guitar and electronics and Frans picking the sound up with his laptop. Five pieces of repeating guitars, swirling electronics and the finest drones. Ltd x 150 copies.
PRURIENT - 'The Black Post Society' CD (Cold Spring CSR85CD)
(2008) "The Black Post Society" embraces and accepts the depression of not having anything left to hunt. The mask without a face to hold. The depression of the hunter after the deer is killed. It is better to be hungry than to have eaten. As fantasy shatters under the whip of reality, erotic malaise settles in the nest of the mind inverting this dormant fuel to rekindle the endless cycle of sexual chaos. Black Industrial / Power Noise from this highly respected US act!
SCHLOSS TEGAL - 'Black Static Transmission' CD (Cold Spring CSR25CD)
On this, their fifth album, SCHLOSS TEGAL explore the realms of the dead, within the phenomena known as evp (electronic voice phenomena). Though hailed as one of the greatest dark ambient acts around today, this is considered to be their finest outing to date. Extreme dark ambient mixes effortlessly with 'dead voices on air' - voices that have been recorded by the band themselves, and with help from electronic voice phenomena specialist and mortician, EN LLEWELLYN. These voices claim to be the spirits of people who once lived on this planet. The concept of this album focuses totally on the world beyond our reality - a peek into areas of darkness populated by the dead. An enthralling and genuinely unique album.
Limited restock - act fast!
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SOUTH SATURN DELTA - 'Experience The Concreteness' CD (Cold Spring CSR80CD)
This is South Saturn Delta's debut album, featuring their finest live recordings from between 2003-2005, in Osaka and Tokyo. SSD is a kind of Japanoise supergroup, formed in 2003, with guitar and voice from Maso Yamazaki (Masonna), synth and voice from Hiroshi Hasegawa (Astro, C.C.C.C., YBO2) and drums from Nobuko Emi (Tsurubami). An extreme psychedelic noise trip over 4 lengthy tracks.
STREICHER - 'War Without End' CD (Cold Spring CSR41CD)
STREICHER are one of the Industrial underground legends - starting in Australia in the mid 80s, Ulex Xane began a number of extreme noise projects released mostly on cassette and distributed through the tape networks up to the early 90s. The original cassettes are now sought after collectors items. STREICHER utilise a mix of total noise / power noise with covert military recordings, military equipment, radar signals, military telecommunication signals. It is a stark comment on the current war against terrorism - literally, a war without end. This is the first time the finest recordings of STREICHER have been digitally remastered and presented to you on CD.
STROM.EC - 'Divine Legions Beyond Psyche' CD (Malignant Records)
With their fifth full length CD, Finland’s STROM.ec continue to further explore the far regions of power electronics, challenging the confines and stretching the boundary of the genre, sculpting new and innovative creations that are uniquely their own. Having been under construction for over 7 years, "Divine Legions" shows STROM.ec with a majestic control of their craft, offering 8 tracks of powerful and explosive industrial music, full of volatile frequencies, brain bending, enigmatic atmospheres, hallucinatory noise, and the trademark vocal assault that few acts can rival. Presented in an 8-panel DVD-size digipak, designed by Jerome Nougaillon (Propergol), "Divine Legions" represents STROM.ec at their finest, most creative form, having reached a pinnacle in an already illustrious discography.
THE CARETAKER - 'Deleted Scenes / Forgotten Dreams' 2 x LP (Weme Records)
Stunning release from the highly-acclaimed project of Jim Kirby (V/VM). Four long and untitled tracks - one piece aside - with an average time of 23 minutes each! With faint memories and a ghostly residue from the earlier sounds of haunted ballrooms, this is melancholic ambient at its finest. "Cut at low volume to allow for additional stylus crackle to form part of each release over a period of time." Limited to just 300 copies. Highly recommended!! Act fast - The Caretaker waits for no man...
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THE HAFLER TRIO - 'Kill The King' CD (Korm Plastics)
(2003) The first in the Hafler Trio reissue series. "...Kill The King reads as a unique and incredibly personal form of communication through the physicality of sound, which holds its own peculiar set of of nuances and neologisms. During the ensuing 70 minutes, McKenzie in occasional collaboration with John Duncan and Zbigniew Karkowski, recontextualises a huge wealth of synthetic and found sounds to form the basis of this aural language. Here, data crunched drones are suspended within an electrified ether, the noxious rasp of a modem nestles against corroded pulsations, and oxygenated whispers reverberate through and eerie ambience" [The Wire]. Originally released in 1991 by Staalplaat and Silent Records, this is one of the most sought after classic Hafler Trio releases. Heavy packaging with booklet and poster.
(2005) 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.
