(2006) Debut release from Andromelos - a psychedelic Japanese supergroup formed by guitarist Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple, Nishinihon, Musica Transonic, Mainliner, Gong), electronics genius Yamazaki Maso (Masonna, Space Machine) and drummer Okano Futoshi (Nishinihon, ex Subert Blaze, ex Ghost). Droning organs and relatively calm electronics give way to a fully-fledged cosmic-kraut-rock-lovin-odyssey ala AMT and Space Machine, or 70s analogue-synth masters like Klaus Schulze or early Tangerine Dream. Ektro is the label of Jussi from Finnish legends Circle.
ARCANE DEVICE - 'Devices 1987 - 2007' 2 x CD (Monochrome Vision)
(2007) Anthology of rare and previously unreleased tracks by Arcane Device, recorded within those 20 years and divided into two parts. The first part consists of tracks from compilations issued by Subterranean Records, Tragic Figures, SFCR Tapes, and Generations Unlimited, but also unreleased material remastered and/or remixed in 2007. The second part is subtitled as "Feedback symphony" and is based on various recordings, presented in four movements and finished in 2007. One more chance to approve the exceptional skills and compositional / technical talent of David Myers who controls electrons by will, creating fantastic soundscapes. Ltd x 500.
AUBE - 'Le Syndrome Aquatique' 2 x CD (Silentes / Amplexus)
(2008) Reissue of Aube's 1997 album "Aqua Syndrome" CD (Manifold) with a bonus CD of unreleased live material from Aube's "Aqua Syndrome" tour. Another concept album from Akifumi Nakajima, where all sounds are processed sounds, using only water as source material. 5 lengthy abstract and minimal ambient tracks. Presented in a super jewelbox.
UK 13.50£
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BATCHAS - 'Explorations 85-95' CD (Monochrome Vision)
(2007) Long awaited comeback of this mysterious Swiss-based project, returning with a new album released after ten years of oblivion. This is another masterpiece of minimal analogue synth-sound alchemy, a journey through Batchas acoustic world allocated in the deep space between two acoustic radiators of stereo system. Contains tracks from an old unreleased album as well as totally re-worked and re-mastered material recorded between 1985 and 1995. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
BATTLENOISE! - The Blows Of Martial Industrial - Book (War Office Propaganda / MozgaloM)
(2007) The controversial book about the history and the essence of Martial Industrial music, the philosophy and the bands. "From the 'pioneers of industrial music, the roots of martial industrial'... Throbbing Gristle, SPK, Test Department, Laibach, Delerium, Will, In Slaughter Natives, Autopsia, Death In June etc - through the first wave of genuine martial industrial projects... Les Joyaux De La Princesse, Turbund Sturmwerk, Dawn & Dusk Entwined, Der Blutharsch, Derniere Volonte, Puissance, Von Thronstahl, The Days of the Trumpet Call, Genitor Lvminis, Wappenbund, Tribe of Circle, The Protagonist, Thorn-Agram, Sophia, Karjalan Sissit etc - onto 'The Second Front'... H.E.R.R., Kreuzweg Ost, Leger Des Heils, Arditi, Predella Avant, Toroidh, A Challenge Of Honour, Triarii, Cold Fusion, Rukkanor, Kriegsfall-U, Sturmast, Larrnakh, Bleiburg, Le Testament De La Lumiere, Omnicore, Stahlwerk 9, Levoi Pravoi, Der Feuerkreiner, Westwind, Golgatha, Die Macht, The Well of Sadness, Praetorio, Rome etc - finally onto a summary of the previous texts and the way forward." [Krieglied]. History, backgrounds, reviews, lyrics, photos of more than 30 bands on 330 pages, with very personal points of view from the author! This is the second, enlarged, revised and extended English edition. Hardback, ltd x 500 hand-numbered copies.
UK 20£
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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.
(2008) "The battle between Rome and Jerusalem continues through the ages. Spirituality vs. Materialism, Civitate Dei vs. Sin City. But where is Rome? And where is Jerusalem... and which is which???" Great Power Electronics split from Israeli act Drone Lebanon and well known Italian outfit Wertham (featuring John Murphy of Death In June, SPK, KnifeLadder etc). Outsized sleeve. Ltd x 497 copies. Israeli import.
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FREIBAND - 'Replicas' CD (Monochrome Vision)
(2007) Highly conceptual project that combines features of remix, recycling and plagiarism - the re-interpretation of classic album by Asmus Tietchens “Daseinsverfehlung”. All that can be heard on this CD, as always in case of Frans de Waard framework, is made from music that already existed: every sound, word in titles and even the cover picture - all is just processing and manipulation techniques. Ltd x 500.
GENOCIDE ORGAN - 'Remember' 2 x CD (Tesco Organisation)
(2007) The 10th anniversary of “Remember” sees its re-release, containing an extra of 50 minutes of live material (total time: 139 minutes). This gives an oversight of G.O. performances from the very beginning until the year 2000. Powerful, provocative and subversive Industrial, Noise and Power Electronics. All material was remastered for this release by Jerome Nougaillon (Propergol) and the artwork is completely overworked, now presented in a stunning silver-embossed, gatefold hardcover with booklet.
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.
INFESTATION - 'Bastion Untouchable' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
(2008) Infestation is the martial industrial act of Louis Carrier. The act is best defined by its burning orchestral textures and its violent percussion that give rhythm and life to combative vocal clamours. Evoking subjects concerning the fight for subsistence of cultural heritage, the project covers the unending determination of the minority French-speaking people of Québec that survives through centuries of assimilation and gives the clear indication that struggling is never vain. The project is influenced by the like of Puissance, In Slaughter Natives, Triarii, The Protagonist, Across the Rubicon and Rome. 6-panel digipak.
IONOSPHERE & LAND:FIRE - 'Of Mind And Of Abyss' 12" (Loki Foundation)
(2004) After their well received full length works released via Tesco and Loki both German units now dig deeper into their cosmos of sound with this split EP. A brilliant slice of sonicscape-ambient, like a thick black stream of plasma crawling from places we are not yet ready to go. Places where thoughts and desires, fears and pain manifest in reality. Majestic waves of droning sound and pulsations overlayed by whispering vocal samples, cavernous resonances and dark analogue machine noises. A deep shivering cosmic ambient work beyond the edge of the imaginable. Limited edition of 475 copies.
(2007) The ninth album of Swedish industrial artst Erik Jarl, also known as one half of IRM. Just like his previous albums, this one radiates the remarkably icy, mercilessly depressing and languorous, as well as claustrophobic mood. To reach the effect, Erik simply generates unique industrial sounds. Each accord smacks of unexplainable anxiety, the feeling of a degenerate future, drug-induced reality, poisoning and exceptionally technocratic character. Jarl music can be qualified as psychedelic industrial / drone, while the album is an excellent example of the Scandinavian mastership in creating a persuasive and visionary sonic landscape. Mastered by Peter Andersson (Raison D'Etre). Digipak.
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M. KOURIE - 'The Dreams Of M. Kourie' CD (Chrome Peeler)
Solo debut by Californian Nathan Berlinguette of 5/5/2000, The Human Quena Orchestra, and Creation Is Crucifixion. 'The Dreams Of...' sets a course for the heart of a black hole, and takes the scenic sonic route getting there. This is the sound of stargazing, a blackened landscape of warm shimmer that imperceptibly shifts and contorts, each new shape even more abstract and more black than the shape before, tracing a minimal path that simultaneously drifts beneath the sea, through subterranean caverns, amidst the vacuum of space and through the impossibility of alternate universes. Soft rumbles, warm chordal swells, glistening abstract melodies, drifting gauzy shimmer, all falling into one another and making the journey special. Packaged in a simple folded black sleeve, printed with gold foil. Features guest appearances by Tim Green (The Fucking Champs) and Ryan Unks (Creation Is Crucifixion, Circadia).
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MIGUEL A. RUIZ - 'Grosor' CD (Monochrome Vision)
This is the new, remastered version of classic material recorded back in 80s, next to postindustrial aesthetics priority in electronic music. Rigorous and austere, ascetic but dynamic, this music rearranges everyday being into mindchallenging imagination, reserving the leading parts for the habitual processes and domestic objects. From the deep underground of Spanish industrial music, it comes to be rediscovered after 15 years. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
NADJA - 'Bliss From The Emptiness' CD (Profound Lore Records)
Reissue of the extremely limited (60 copies) release on Fargone Records (2005) from the Toronto duo of Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff. The original release consisted of just one track. This special re-release has been given the ultimate facelift. Still characteristically (and aesthetically) seen as one long track (here stretched out to more than 51 minutes), this time though broken down into three segments / parts / tracks respectively. This Doom / Dark Ambient / Drone creation was mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate). Presented in a stunning 8-panel digipak with sticker.
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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!
An extraordinary, mystic journey into musical world of these two long-running, legendary French projects. This album was composed from old, but also completely new material (1986-2007) and includes both studio and live recordings, re-arranged and reworked for your listening pleasure. The first ever Vox Populi! CD after many vinyls and tapes produced in 80-90s. Acoustics and electronics, lyricism and dramatics, traditions and avantgarde. Ltd x 500.
PANTHEON LEGIO MUSICA - 'Per Aspera Ad Astra' CD (Thonar Records)
(2008) Marching Drums, enchanting Flutes and Harps, epic Chorals and the strange feeling to live inside a movie which takes place in ancient Rome, somewhere between the legion’s march and the worship of a god, somewhere between Caesar and Marc Aurel, somewhere between the will for absolute power and the intuition of total decay, somewhere between history and imagination, somewhere between here and there is the Elysium of Pantheon Legio Musica and their house for all gods. Digipak.
The first offering from this Rome outfit. Originally conceived in 2005, Passione Nera has evolved from a folk-pop creature into a fully-fledged chamber-pop ensemble. The band keeps one watery alcoholic eye fixed on the cinematic tradition, with melodic landscapes that are dusty and melancholy. These scenes are then wrapped up in lush, orchestrated songs with acoustic and electric guitars taking the centre stage, and enhanced by a large array of additional instruments. It is as if the songs were written on the back of 1960s postcards brought back from some imaginary journey into “Americana”, then bred with French-pop, cross-fertilized with baroque-pop, and finally molded into a soundtrack for the broken-hearted, the disenchanted and the misunderstood. Features guest vocals from Simone and Piergiorgio of Spiritual Front. Digipak.
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POST SCRIPTVM - 'Raspad' CD (Tesco Organisation)
"Raspad" (Russian for disintegration-zerfall) is the third full length album by Post Scriptvm. Dense, thickly-layered industrial ambient music, exploring the abysmal pathology of modernity - illusion of progress, dissolution of memory, abandonment of higher meaning and paralysis of the will - the advanced lethargy of human spirit. The rich structure of music plays subtle tricks on the listener's subconsciousness and the mood slowly drifts from quiet melancholy to visceral intensity. An example on how to use analogue and digital equipment in creating a special way of sound. Mastered by Jerome Nougaillon (Propergol) and presented in a digipak.
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RAFAEL FLORES - 'Nubes, Cometas, Rumores y Orugas' CD (Monochrome Vision)
First official CD album of Rafael Flores who hails from the depth of the Spanish underground noise scene, known for his early works released under Comando Bruno moniker. This compilation presents the latest decade of his sound experimentation, and shows quite diverse sides of his creative efforts. The music ranges from collaged field recordings to noise ambient loops, and from rhythmic structures to hypnotic electronic passages. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
The fifth part in the 'Art Of Prometheus' series offers over 30 minutes of Industrial / Ambient music from Moscow outfit Reutoff. This work is aggressive, frightening and desperate. Authentic dark noise and melodic soundscapes with vocals creating the complex inhuman aura of total degeneration and hate which surrounds a man from birth to death, expressed with irrestible force. Ltd x 400 hand-numbered copies. Front cover printed with bronze on green elite paper, back cover silver embossed on black paper. Russian import.
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #11 Magazine
The Festival Issue of UK bi-monthly magazine Rock-A-Rolla, featuring Super Sonic, Input and Green Man festivals. Features interviews with Michael Gira (Swans), High On Fire, Chrome Hoof, Les Savy Fav, Orthodox, Odd Nosdam, Qui, Walter & Sabrina, Eyvine Kang - and a Q&A with Odd Nosdam (Clouddead). Plus a special on "Classic Label" Load Records and the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Always highly recommended!
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ROME - 'Confessions: d'Un Voleur d'Ames' CD (Cold Meat Industry)
"Confessions..." is a call from a world where love and despair are locked in an embrace. A black craving in the fangs of war, the joys of stealth in a riot of blossoms. This second album is much calmer and rather more personal than "Nera". These confessions are often dark and poetic, sometimes brutal, but most of all intimate. Again you will find traces of all kinds of genres of obscure music; Ambient, Neoclassical, Dark Wave, Apocalyptic Folk, Military Pop and Martial Industrial. The tone is less militant, the main themes being treachery and sacrifice, temperance and composure. First 3000 copies in a digipak with silver print.
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ROME - 'Masse Mensch Material' CD (Cold Meat Industry)
Rome’s particular brand of post-industrial folk, combined with new-wave song-writing and neo-classical arrangements, takes on a new and poppy twist. But these outstanding songs have way too much depth to be dismissed as mere pop music. This third album is of a more subtle darkness and probably Rome’s best work to date. A work of art of extreme sincerity, "Masse Mensch Material" revolves around the themes of love, faith and endurance. Rome has created a fascinating world of contradictions which each song lays out with clarity and with all the cruelty and kindness intact. Presented in an embossed digipak.
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ROME - 'Nera' CD (Cold Meat Industry)
The black atmosphere of 'Nera' weighs heavily on the soul. However, Rome manages to include warmth and affection in its cold world of steel. The songs are full of citations, abstractions and ideals. The marching and counter-marching of doubtful armies luring our love away, with icy and bitter irony. These are some of Nera's interlocking themes in a world scorched by the wastefulness and cruelty of war. Less martial and post-Industrial than their debut EP, 'Nera' is a much more accessible, almost new wave offering, though there is still a sprinkling of Neoclassical added for good measure. Presented in a debossed digipak.
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SLOGUN - 'Days Of Agony' CD (BloodLust! / Circle Of Shit)
"Days Of Agony", which was originally released as a cassette on the Italian label, Murder Release, in 1997, continues the year-long re-release of the 'History Of Violence' series (this being No. 5). Like the previous CDs in the series, "Days of Agony" comes in a standard jewel case with a four page booklet. The audio for this re-mastered version was prepared in Lille, France, by Jerome Nougaillon (Propergol), while John Balistreri's graphic design follows the standard that he has created for the ongoing series. For all you sick lovers of True Crime Power Electronics!
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SLOGUN - 'Glory Of Murder' CD (BloodLust! / Circle Of Shit)
"Glory Of Murder" is the re-release of the early Slogun cassette (ltd x 100) released on the Italian label Soffitta Macabra in 1997. This cassette was a major entry in the evolving world of true crime subject matter, which Slogun was already immersed in, and it was also the last cassette released by Slogun prior to a notable switch-over to CD. This completes the reissue series. Like the first five re-issue CDs in the set, the audio for this re-mastered version was expertly prepared in Lille, France, by Jerome Nougaillon (Propergol), while John Balistreri's bold graphic design follows the standard that he created for the ongoing series. True Crime Electronics!
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SLOGUN - 'Hunting Humans' CD (BloodLust! / Circle Of Shit)
The fourth release in the "History of Violence" re-issue campaign. "Hunting Humans" was originally released on cassette in 1996, by the now-defunct Italian label, Less Than Zero. Like the first three re-issue CDs, the audio for this re-mastered version was prepared in Lille, France, by Jerome Nougaillon (Propergol), while John Balistreri's graphic design follows the standard that he has created for the ongoing series. For all you sick lovers of True Crime Power Electronics!
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STALNOY PAKT - 'Decima Mas / Il Principe Nero' 10" (Der Angriff)
Part 4 in the 'Art Of Prometheus' series. Less futuristic and rhythmic than previous works as Linija Mass. More atmospheric, yet still containing the raw density of noise aggression, though this acts as a kind of a shell for the inner delicate soundscapes, which lie beyond the harshness. Stylistically similar to the death-ambient of Archon Satani, or early Ain Soph. Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies. Front cover printed with silver on black elite paper, back cover silver embossed on black paper. Russian import.
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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.
A dusty old computer which spits out elaborate electronic solutions through a trembling screen which will show a city in black and white. An entity full of chrome metal covered with a futuristic loneliness, crossed piercing gloomy ambient passages distorted by a turmoil of electro rhythms. A work for the most delicate and passionate palates and for those who are looking for an avant-garde sound. From Poland a duet who offers a complex but interesting electronic carpet with a thrilling remix featuring their more famous mates CH District. Ltd x 535 numbered copies in an outsized textured sleeve with artcard.
TOROIDH - 'The Final Testament' CD (Eternal Pride)
TOROIDH is the cult project by Swedish genius Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (MZ.412, Folkstorm, Goatvargr etc). "Testament" was released on Nordvargr's own 205 Recordings label (CD & LP) in 2003 and has now been resurrected with two bonus tracks - "The Final Testament" and "Hail Wermland II". A potent mix of strident Martial Industrial, Death Ambient, wartime fanfare and Neofolk. The more accessible side of Toroidh will delight the legion of followers of this monumental act. Comes with an 8-page monochrome booklet, with striking imagery. Russian import. Exclusively distributed in the UK by Cold Spring!
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TRAVIS RYAN / DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS - 'Split' CD (Chrome Peeler)
Split release from two US acts: Travis Ryan (Cattle Decapitation, 5/5/2000) and Death By A Thousand Cuts. Travis Ryan's four tracks open the disc with an edgy, paranoid ambience that mixes environmental buzzes and electronic hum with blurry theremin melodies and hushed buzzsaw tones, evoking the faint but discernible hum of electricity you feel when standing at the edge of an urban landscape in the middle of the night. Death By A Thousand Cut's nightmarish free electronic designs are conjured from noxious bass sinewaves and cloudy keyboard drones, curling upwards out of metal-on-metal carnage and blasts of laser-beam effects-pedal violence, and the music becomes strangely beautiful, especially with the cosmic Troum-meets-Bastard Noise insectoid frequencies of final track "Approach Of The Black Claw". Ltd x 300 copies in cut & paste artwork (similar to RRRecords' Pure Series).
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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.
VA - 'The Old Europa Cafe' 7 x CD Boxset (Old Europa Cafe)
(2008) 101 artists help Italian label Old Europa Cafe celebrate its 100th release! 7 CDs in a glossy boxset with booklet, featuring: A Challenge of Honour, Aesthetic Meat Front, Ain Soph, Albireon, Alessandro Pacciani, All My Faith Lost, Argine, Artefactum, Asianova, Astro, Autopsia & K.Rossmann, Bad Sector, Beyond Sensory Experience, Black Sun Productions, Bleiburg, Camerata Mediolanense, Circus Joy, Claustrum, Cristian Renou, Cropcircle, D.B.P.I.T., David E. Williams, Dawn & Dusk Entwined, Dead Man’s Hill, Deutsch Nepal, Discordance, Division S, Dogs Hate Monet, Dream Weapon Ritual, Egida Aurea, Folkstorm, Foreign Trade, Foresta di Ferro, Furvus, Gerechtigkeits Liga, Grey Wolves, GX Jupitter-Larsen, H.E.R.R., Horologium, Hybryds, Jerome Deppe & Gentlemen Oscura, K. Meizter, Kallabris, Kenji Siratori, Knifeladder, Lark Blames, Lonsai Maikov & Dissonant Elephant, Lt. Caramel, Macelleria Mobile di Mezzanotte, Malato, Mauro G
(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.
