(2007) First full-length from Aluk Todolo, showing the band developing the esoteric theorems established on it's debut 7" and going far deeper in the methodical exploration of the occult powers of musical trance. With the goal to create a timeless, organic mixing of krautrock's strangeness and black metal's coldness, AT conjures rabid obsessive rhythms and abyssal disharmonic guitars, subliminal spiritualist vibrations and bizarre, magick summonings. “Intense and hypnotic, heavy and fucking genius. Ritualistic sounds, both black and brilliant, pulled from the void, a mysterious and sonic netherworld. Definite contender for record of the year" [Aquarius].
(2007) LP edition of first full-length from Aluk Todolo, showing the band developing the esoteric theorems established on it's debut 7" and going far deeper in the methodical exploration of the occult powers of musical trance. With the goal to create a timeless, organic mixing of krautrock's strangeness and black metal's coldness, AT conjures rabid obsessive rhythms and abyssal disharmonic guitars, subliminal spiritualist vibrations and bizarre, magick summonings. “Intense and hypnotic, heavy and fucking genius. Ritualistic sounds, both black and brilliant, pulled from the void, a mysterious and sonic netherworld. Definite contender for record of the year" [Aquarius]. Nicely presented in a silver-inked sleeve. Ltd x 500 copies.
(1999) This influential release from UK experimental musician and writer David Toop contains readings from his book, "Exotica", with musical contributions from different artists, including: Bill Laswell, Paul Schütze, Max Eastley, Scanner, Amelia Cuni, Werner Durand and Talvin Singh. The outer limits of music and consciousness are fearlessly explored here. A captivating extrapolation of estranged literary exoticism, the multiple layers of sound and meaning are sumptously displayed like hallucinatory veils, as a fictitious netherworld is sculpted into a global surreality.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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NADJA / NETHERWORLD - 'Magma To Ice' CD (Fario)
Talented Italian ambient composer Alessandro Tedeschi runs the Glacial Movements label and plays music as Netherworld. His fascination for polar landscapes and soundscapes makes him close to industrial ambient pioneers such as Thomas Köner, Rapoon, Biosphere and Lull. Icy, windy, droning and deeply 'protomelodic' at once, his music is a poetic translation of the ice floe. Nadja is the drone / doom / ambient duo of Canadian musicians Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff. Their behemoth of sound is a construction of heat, weight, loop and vapour. Here, they had to break Netherworld's ice and find a way to the red core of Earth. The common track brings heat onto ice, which warms up, crackles and soon melts. As a conclusion, the long piece by Nadja is total heat. This is Nadja 'unrhythmed', which means pure lava. Artwork by Eyelyft.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
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NETHERWORLD - 'Kall - The Abyss Where Dreams Fall' CD (Mondes Elliptiques)
In a tradition that is anchored in avant-garde, ritual sounds and Dark Ambient, with a typically Italian touch, Netherworld gives an elegantly organic and palpable feel to sounds... as if the sound universe conjured by the magic of Netherworld was strangely… occupied. Netherworld has a tendency for ambiences that are excessively introspective and subdued, but which, at the same time, expand and subtly dilate to occupy an incommensurable space. Upon the first pulses of the opening track, this infinite abyss, envelops us and our dreams sink, dissolve, reinvent themselves. Limited to 441 copies in a deluxe textured foldout sleeve.
"Mørketid" is a Norwegian term that indicates a certain period in the year when the Arctic winter cold encases everything and the sun doesn’t rise over the horizon. It’s a cold and dark period that distinguishes regions and people living in the Artic. The music here is composed using short fragments of sounds found in the Arctic area. These are documented and subsequently sampled and then completely transformed into new forms and therefore a new vision of the Arctic. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
NIKITA GOLYSHEV - 'Solaris' CD (Monochrome Vision)
The debut CD album of one of the most promising Russian underground musicians, presenting his own unique vision of ambient music. Combining the deep layers of machine-like hum and minimal melodic keys, Nikita creates highly emotional and dramatic journey to the netherworld. Dense drones live in strange harmony with micronoises, clicks and glitches, some alien substance, delicate acoustic splendor melodies, hidden in the tracks so deeply that they become almost invisible. An hour-long electronic suite in 2 parts. Ltd x 500. Highly recommended to fans of Necropolis!
Reissue of two rare vinyls, presented on one CD. This is the ritual face of Troum! "Darvê Sh" was released in 2003 as a 10” vinyl on Beta-Lactam Ring Records, as part 10 in the "Lactamase" series. Darvê Sh is the etymological Persian source for "Dervish", meaning "doorway" (a metaphor for being between this world and the netherworld). "Ajin" was released in 2005 as a picture disc 12” vinyl on Equation Records. Ajin is Hebrew for "eye", but also means "colour" or "source" and is the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The right eye looks into the sky for transcendence, the left eye looks to the ground to the word of god (one that dances and the other that speaks) - a balance of contradictions. A5 gatefold package.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
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VA - 'Antibothis - Volume 1' CD / Book (Thisco)
"Antibothis" is a collection of book anthologies featuring texts, interviews showcasing a variety of ideas that are genuine alternative to the dogma of conformity. List of contributors to this volume: Gx Jupitter-Larsen, Kenji Siratori, Corrupt.org, Pentti Linkola, Iona Miller (on Genesis P-Orridge Cut Up Pandrogeny), Wilfried Hou Je Bek, Socialfiction, Jorge Mantas, Edgar Franco, Wulf Zendik, Adel Souto on Tantra and Sztuka Fabryka. Plus interviews with Denny Sargent, Ordo Antichristianus Illuminati and Alex Birch. Comes with a CD of Ambient soundscapes mixed with spoken words from: Rapoon & Christophe Demarthe, Rasal Asad & Jarboe, Andrey Kiritchenko & Fernando Ribeiro, Phil Von, Thermidor, Planetaldol & Wildshores, Netherworld & Kenji Siratori, Martin A Smith & Structura, Alex Tiuniaev & Euthymia. Also comes with a free copy of Merzbow - 'Dust Of Dreams' CD! B5, perfect bound, with full colour cover.
