SHIFT - 'Bulk' CD (Silken Tofu / Unrest Productions)
Swedish artist Shift with the usual dynamics removed. Or as one Unrest employee described it: "Like Planets burning down or the day ten million tons of filthy black shit rained down on the heads of a beaten species". With 3 inserts in full colour, spot varnish print. Limited to 300 copies. Recommended.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
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SHIFT - 'Have No Fury' 7" (Heidenlärm Sounds)
First release from Swedish Noise artist Shift. The title track initiates proceedings with dark ambient soundscapes and strong industrial rhythms, developing into heavy electronics. Flipping over, 'Jag Var I Kulverten' opens into a vast industrial soundscape, carried by a subtle repetitive melody. Heavily distorted low and mid frequency textures dominate the early moments, giving way to confrontational high-pitched abrasions. Heavyweight, clear vinyl presented in a nice outsize sleeve with artwork by Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Khanate etc). Ltd x 500.
UK 6.00£
Europe 7.50
World 8.00£
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SHIFT - 'Sleep Paralysis' CD (Freak Animal)
Re-issue of the 2006 cassette, originally released by Freak Animal. A simply landmark release in Swedish act Shift's discography. Heaviness, slowness, heavily processed vocals, deep throbbing synths... Somewhere between power electronics, death industrial and heavy drone, not fitting exactly to the easy sub-genres, but suitable for anyone appreciating dark and heavy electronics.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
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SHIFT / OPERATIV PERMANENT - 'Battle Ahead / You Won't Always Have Your Friends' 7" (Heidenlarm Sounds)
Two noisy acts collaborate in their battle against “everyday indolence and mass mentality”. Shift is a Swedish Noise artist based in Hampshire, UK and presents grinding and distorted Death Industrial and rhythmic Power Electronics. Operative Permanent is another project of Lirim Cajani (Institut), whose track (mastered by Peter Andersson of Raison D'Etre) is filled with militant vocals and aggressive Power Electronics in the way of Genocide Organ, Whitehouse etc. Limited to 300 hand-numbered copies in a foldout sleeve.
UK 5£
Europe 6£
World 7£
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SKARE - 'Solstice City' CD (Glacial Movements)
Skare is the collaboration of Swedish droners Mathias Josefson (Moljebka Pvlse), Per Åhlund (Diskrepant) and Fredrik Olofsson. The members of Skare are all fascinated by the circulation of water, snow and ice. The metamorphosis from gas to floating liquid to snow to solid ice through freezing, the light reflecting from the snow and filtered through the ice as a prisma and - most of all - the sound of this ever ongoing circle. "Solstice City" is an interpretation of a journey through a shifting landscape where the city meets nature. The vehicles used by Skare on this journey are field recordings, found sounds and treated and manipulated instruments. Digipak.
