BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL - 'Gunpowder Temple Of Heaven' CD (Pica Disk)
(2008) Birchville Cat Motel is the project of New Zealander Campbell Kneale, who many of you will know from his doom / drone project Black Boned Angel. "Gunpowder Temple of Heaven" is a 40 minute long-form piece that keeps building and unfolding; heaven for drone-noise enthusiasts. The CD comes in a digifile containing a booklet with a complete Birchville discography as well as liner-notes by Bruce Russell.
(2008) "Polar Nights Live" documents the historical and astonishing performances from this Japanese Noise duo at All Ears festival in Oslo Norway, January 2006, made all the more significant as the duo rarely perform outside Japan. The duo of Jojo and Junko performed as Hijokaidan on the opening night. On the second evening they were joined by Norwegian guitarist Per Gisle Galåen (DEL, The Birds), unleashing thick layers of psychedelic and distorted guitar fog. The final night saw Junko hooking up with noise-nik Sten Ove Toft (Ryfylke) for a hellish collaboration of twisted electronics and the most intense voice in music. Unlike most other noise acts Hijokaidan has not spoiled their fans with a huge number of releases, which makes "Polar Nights Live" an even more unique statement of pure noise sound. Presented in a digifile.
(2008) Incapacitants need no introduction. The duo of Fumio Kosakai and T.Mikawa are veterans and originators of Japanese noise music and are cult band number one for noise fanatics worldwide. In January 2007 Incapacitants performed live, for only the second time in Europe in 25 years, at the All Ears festival in Oslo Norway (the band later described the two shows as highlights of their career). "Burning Orange" documents these concerts. The CD consists of two complete sets; one Incapacitants as a duo and on the second joined by Finnish noise connoisseur Tommi Keränen (Testicle Hazard, Gentle Evil), who describes incapacitants in the liner notes as "...an inspiring, pure, all-encompassing, ecstatic storm of sound that has a power of near-religious proportions". Presented in a nice digifile.
