Omenyais Mark Davis, a multi-media artist and ritual noise/ambient musician who resides in a remote part of the North Carolina mountains in the USA. Heavily influenced by early Zoviet France and then later Rapoon, his music also reflects and incorporates his interest in the esoteric rituals and ceremonies of various world religions. The mood is rather solemn; the tranquil music invites reflection. The music never becomes wild or spectacular, just minimal, rather distant ritual ambient music. Organic and electronic means together create interesting ethno-ambient soundscapes. Packaged in a 6-panel folder with insert.
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PACIFIC 231 & RAPOON - 'Palestine' CD (Old Europa Cafe)
Palestine is a face-2-face meeting between Pacific 231 and Rapoon, dedicated to the memory of the late Bryn Jones 1961-1999 a.k.a. Muslimgauze. "The production also supports the struggle for a truly free Palestinian nation, a key issue for a liberated middle-east". Ritual, Ethno-Ambient and Experimental music spanning a 20+ minute track from each artist. Ltd x 700 copies in a screen-printed ejector case with black CD.
'Dark Rivers is about a particular area in the North of England which stretches from the Solway Firth into the wastelands of the Northumbrian borders. This area is steeped in history and mystery. In particular, I have focused on the development of Britain's Cold War intercontinental ballistic missile weaponry in the late forties and fifties and which later became the center for Britain's space efforts... Many of the place names reflect the ancient cultural beliefs and superstitions - Black Fell, Black Beck, etc. Even today the place is wild and remote and old superstitions live on. The conflict of the ancient superstitions and the cold war paranoia is essentially what this is about. The older superstitions swallowing whole the newer age which came and went on the same dark, brooding hills. I was lucky enough to be born and grow up here and the darkness of the place is embedded deeply inside me." Digipak.
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RAPOON - 'Disappeared Redux' CD (Zoharum)
Rapoon is the legendary avant-garde project of Robin Storey (Zoviet France). With almost 50 releases under his belt, Rapoon is a household name in the ambient world. 'Disappeared' is not entirely new album. It was first released in 2010 as a download and as an extremely limited edition. It has now been remixed and partly re-recorded especially for this release, now totalling 72 minutes. In its author's words: "This album is a continuation of recurring themes that have been interwoven into the entire recorded output of Rapoon. Oblique and transitory the little stories and spoken words form connections across time and space. This is about those who disappear in strange circumstances and those who just disappear. The passage of time and change. Ghosts from the past and ghosts from the future." 6-panel digipak.
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RAPOON - 'Dream Circle' CD (Ewers Tonkunst / Indiestate Distribution)
Re-issue of one of the most influential ambient albums of the early 90s, Rapoon's very first album, "Dream Circle" (Death of Vinyl). With its postmodern tribalism, its incessant chanting and dampened percussion and air of dense, subcontinental humidity, "Dream Circle" not only helped establish Robin Storey´s post-Zoviet France solo reputation, but inspired an entire generation of electronic artists fascinated by ritualistic and hypnotic repetition. It is both a transitional and a ground-breaking work, but has not aged a whit in the nearly twenty years since it first saw the light of day. Presented in a stunning embossed / spot-varnished mini-LP outsize sleeve with gold print.
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RAPOON - 'From Shadows Sleep' CD (Essence Music)
A unique masterwork of mysterious dark and droney sounds! "From Shadows Sleep" sees Rapoon (aka Robin Storey, ex-Zoviet France) visiting ancient temples, moving between shadowy labyrinths of meticulous drones, echoed tones and distant rumblings, building a hypnotic sonic ritual that brings traces from a distant past in form of atmospheric, spiritual mantras of a possessive power. Ominous and bleak, yet wondrous, trance-inducing soundscapes swirl around majestic droning tape loops, patterns, ethnic samples and other secret devices masterfully arranged to mesmerize the listener. There’s no light in here - you will be guided by Rapoon’s brooding and extremely detailed sonic imagery. Ltd x 800 copies in a letterpress embossed package with 11 cards printed on quality recycled paper stock showcasing paintings by Robin Storey!
Rapoon is Robin Storey (Zoviet France). This album is dedicated to the research of mass media’s manipulation of people’s minds. "These recordings include the voice of David Icke. They reflect on the role of the media in shaping and informing opinions (the war in Iraq for example showed the shameless use of the media by a government intent on war whatever the real facts were) and in furthering prejudices and persecution of those who have differing views and dare to express them... Any similarity to any one living or dead is entirely due to Quantum Physics, string theory and parallel universes". Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak with two artcards.
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RAPOON - 'Melancholic Songs Of The Desert' CD (Soleilmoon)
"These songs were composed during the last days of the Bush / Blair era and reflect the feeling of isolation and disconnection from any part of the political process and any sense of identification with the prevailing air of hostility and intolerance generated by this pair of religious xenophobes. The unjustified war in Iraq and the subsequent lies and propaganda engendered a feeling of revulsion and powerlessness. Once again it was “unpatriotic” to criticize or protest against the government’s actions, and there was a rise in nationalism and extrem- ist views. These songs are a retreat into the one place that no government has yet found a way into, the free and open spaces of the mind. They are spontaneous and mediative reflections looking for an inner peace in a world made ugly by hatred and war. They symbolize a kind of “walkabout” and a reconnection with a lost sense of belonging spiritually, intellectually and physically with the world we inhabit. In a broader sense they also re-affirm long held sympathies with the thoughts of writers and philosophers such as Camus, Sartre and Burroughs, and the profound wisdom of eastern philosophies such as Taoism and Zen. The music here looks for a sense of inner being that one can only find in quiet isolation" (Robin Storey). Presented in a hand made, screen printed (metallic) card sleeve and limited to 500 copies. ACT FAST!
Dark / ethno-ambient / drone from Rapoon (aka Robin Storey, ex-Zoviet France). Reissue of a long time lost classic Rapoon album published in 2002 by the Austrian label Klanggalerie. This is a remastered and extended re-release of Rapoon´s CDR-only release "Messianic Ghosts" on Syntactic, plus the Birethen and Amüz 7" tracks from the Syntactic 7" plus two brand new tracks. Ltd x 430 copies in a digipak with 2 cards.
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RAPOON - 'Obscure Objects Of Desire' CD (Vivo Records)
Beautiful album from this dark / ethno-ambient / drone project of Robin Storey (Zoviet France). This album is about yearning. That aching emptiness that still exists when all rational processes have been exhausted. The unobtainable, all consuming and immaterial. The irrelevant and the irrational. The dark torments and the light hearted banter. The victories and the defeats. The achievements and the failures. The loves and the losses. When all are accounted for there remains only the obscure objects of desire. Packed in a hardback 6-panel digisleeve.
This Rapoon work has an accent on more dark, hard and anxious sound constructions than most of its recent albums, it is full of tension and scepticism, but with no lack of inner hope though. Like "Melancholic Songs Of The Desert", it deals with isolationism and the myth of democracy. These songs are a retreat into the one place that no government has yet found a way into, the free and open spaces of the mind. They are spontaneous and meditative reflections looking for an inner peace in a world made ugly by hatred and war. The music here looks for a sense of inner being that one can only find in quiet isolation. Ltd x 500 copies in a digisleeve.
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RAPOON - 'The Library Of The Dead' CD (Ewers Tonkunst)
The second CD from Robin Storey on Ewers Tonkunst. This time Russian folk singer Tatyana “Toloka” Stepchenko recorded some songs for Rapoon a capella and allowed him to pull apart, re-arrange, cut-up and re-sample her voice into the sounds and arrangements on this album. The result is a very delicate and enlightened work, it is a kind of a sonic travel through clean and vast spaces of Russian North to find some ancient and ancestral recollections, made using typical Rapoon sound tools, the great and unique voice of Toloka and some very fresh and clear ambient tunes. Ltd x 500 copies a stylish digisleeve with artwork by Robin Storey. Russian import.
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RAPOON - 'Wasteland Raga' CD (Aquarellist)
Brand new release from ethno-ambient act Rapoon. "While I was recently traveling through Eastern Europe recently, I passed through an area of industrial decline that reminded me strongly of the devastation of the Industrial heartlands of the UK during the early Thatcher years. The broken windows and twisted metal of the abandoned warehouses, the derelict pit-heads and the ruined factories all brought back memories of that grim time when the divide between rich and poor was never so obvious. Yet amongst the derelict factories and the red-brick estates of the North of England new music and art sprang forth as if driven by the desolate conditions. Out of the darkness came forth beauty in many forms. Wasteland Raga is a remembrance of those times when art and politics held close and intertwined out of a real sense of purpose and unity... Viva revolution!!!". Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak with two artcards.
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REFORMED FACTION - 'Until...' CD (Greytone)
"Until..." is a new set of dark ambient recordings built around the ideas of abstract compositional instructions similar in meaning and intent to those used by Karlheinz Stockhausen in such works as “From The Seven Days” and the nature of auditory vibrations. Eager to create a diverse and ever changing catalogue of works Reformed Faction here embrace improvisation, a feature fundamental to all their recordings, with a different focus and sensibility allowing sounds to evolve slowly and sub-consciously across a unrestricted timescale. Reformed Faction are Robin Storey and Mark Spybey, both ex-members of zoviet*france and both with long established and productive solo careers as Rapoon and Dead Voices On Air respectively. Digipak.
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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.
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VA - 'Escaping From Color - Rapoon Recomposed & Remixed' CD (Quasi Pop)
The conception, the idea, realisation and sound sources of this CD are all based on original sound material (loops and sounds) from Rapoon's “Tribal Sci Fi” release. Not the entire original Rapoon's tracks have been re-mixed or re-composed, but the general “sound” (or the sound aesthetic of Rapoon's music) instead. All the artists have provided their own original compositions, more or less based on the audio-sources from Rapoon: Aidan Baker, Anla Courtis, Cisfinitum & Rapoon, Family Underground, Francisco Lopez, Gert-Jan Prins, Heimir Bjorgulfsson, Jorge Castro, Machinefabriek, Mike Shiflet, Paulo Raposo, Ronnie Sundin, Steve Roden, Troum and TV Pow. Ltd x 500 copies in a very nice digifile.
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VA - 'From Earth To Sirius' 2 x CD (Zoharum)
A form of message sent from the Earth to the brightest star, composed of 20 exclusive tracks prepared especially for this compilation. Sirius is the canine planet, the brightest star of the northern sky. Known since the ancient times, it has left an imprint on forming outlooks, beliefs, religious centres in many cultures. Even the ancient Egyptians worshipped Sirius as a deity, built their calendar on Sirius' cycle closely connected to the Nile tides before the summer solstice. In the 20th century the interest in the magical aspect of Sirius did not die out. Thanks to the Discordian groups with R.A. Wilson (the great philosopher to whom the compilation is dedicated) and T. Leary at the head, it is still being revived. The music on the album oscillates between psychedelic drone, dark ambient, tribal and down-tempo. Some of the projects approach the theme in the vein of ritualistic music; others realise their ideas through the sounds of universe and deep dark infinite space. Features: Ah Cama-Sotz, Apocalyptic Visions, Atomine Elektrine, Christblood, Different State, Electric Uranus, Emme Ya, Expo '70, Hybryds, Kallee, Kia Karma, Nordvargr, Ouroboros, Phelios, Rapoon, S.E.T.I., Therion Trismegistos, Unknown Caller, X-NAVI:ET and Zenial. Presented in a beautiful 6-panel digipak with silver print. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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VA - 'Listen To Something Different' CD (Ars Macabre)
Fascinating collection of Dark Ambient, avant-garde, minimal and experimental tracks, released for the 10th anniversary of German shop / mailorder / concert organiser Ars Macabre. Features exclusive tracks from: Asmus Tietchens, Aube, Beequeen, Column One, Controlled Bleeding, Ditterich Von Euler-Donnersperg, Etant Donnes, Inade, Rapoon, The Hafler Trio, Troum and Windfahnenamt. Presented in a foldout digipak.
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VAZHES - 'Deep Komis' CD (Nadeln Prod.)
New album by this project of anthropologist and documentary director Sergey Gabbasov, dedicated to authentic Ethnic music of the Permian Komis. "Deep Komis" dips into the hidden world of ancient and primordial nature, of secret and mysterious rituals. Features collaborations with Rapoon, Northaunt and Fanum. Ltd x 500 copies. Very few copies in stock!
