The publication formerly known as Grim Humour. 52 A4 pages devoted to interviews with Michael Gira / THE ANGELS OF LIGHT, Frans de Waard, Anthony di Franco / NOVATRON (also of RAMLEH, SKULLFLOWER) and Roger Doyle; a little fiction; the second helping of Amongst The Dust (feature on psychedelic / rock / exotica etc. obscurities) and an extensive reviews section (covering experimental / post-industrial / avant-garde / electronica etc. music, books & films). Recommended.
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DEL - 'Projectionist Please Focus' CD (OHM)
This is a collection of Norwegian improv noise collective DEL's live performances between 1998 and 2000. The seven man unit seems to use all manner of junk, and drums, guitars etc and created vaguely rhythmic experiments, that often combine to create sounds that can be gentle and excellent drifting ambience, or even gel to create SKULLFLOWER / RAMLEH workouts. Remixes from Lasse Marhaug, John Hegre (both members of Jazkamer / Jazzkammer) and Jon Birger Wormdahl (KA).
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HOTOTOGISU & BURNING STAR CORE - 'Volume 1' CD (DroneDisco)
Five tracks, totaling approx 50 minutes, by the time-defying duo of Matthew Bower (Skullflower, Ramleh, Sunroof!, Total) and Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards, Zaimph), collaborating with C. Spencer Yeh, Robert Beatty and Trevor Tremaine (the latter two of Hair Police). Originally released as a tour merch item, this edited and re-sequenced edition begins with an appropriate invocation and from there punches blindly through one stone cloud after another, coughs and gasps from exhaustion, stumbles and lies motionless. The ritual concludes with a moment of naked acoustic / instinctual spasm. Packaged in a square DVD case with inserts and 1 of 5 badges.
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HOTOTOGISU & PRURIENT - 'Snail On A Razor' CD (Hospital Productions)
Live 'in person' collaboration of mid-ranged feedback hell laden with raw human drones of cosmic existential turbulence from Matthew Bower (Total, Skullflower, Ramleh, Pure, Sunroof! etc) Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards, Zäimph etc.) and Dominick Fernow (Vegas Martyrs, Nihilist Assault Group, Ash Pool etc).
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PURE - 'Fetor' CD (Freak Animal)
Re-release of the Pure "Fetor" tape originally on Birthbiter. This UK power electronics outfit was headed by Matthew Bower (Skullflower, Hototogisu, Total etc). Includes bonus live material from a Birmingham gig in 1988 which was not on the original tape. 80's UK power electronics a'la Ramleh meets guitar feedback-drone. Ltd x 300 copies in a square DVD case with blue paper artwork similar to the original tape release.
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RAMLEH - 'We Created It, Let's Take It Over - Vol. I" CD (Pure / RRRecords)
British power electronics act, featuring G. Mundy (SKULLFLOWER) and P. Best (WHITEHOUSE). Volume one of this 3-part blast of electronics, tapes, feedback, and the howling and screaming of a human who feels there is evil in the world which need be commented upon. Dark, droning, and brutal noise assaults. Extreme lo-fi old school power electronics dating back to 1982-83, mostly collected from early tape, vinyl and compilation releases. On the RRR Pure imprint with the usual hand-made and uniquely printed covers.
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RAMLEH - 'We Created It, Let's Take It Over - Vol. II" CD (Pure / RRRecords)
British power electronics act, featuring G. Mundy (SKULLFLOWER) and P. Best (WHITEHOUSE). Volume two of this 3-part blast of electronics, tapes, feedback, and the howling and screaming of a human who feels there is evil in the world which need be commented upon. Extreme lo-fi old school power electronics dating back to 1982-83, mostly collected from early tape, vinyl and compilation releases. On the RRR Pure imprint with the usual hand-made and uniquely printed covers.
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RAMLEH - 'We Created It, Let's Take It Over - Vol. III" CD (Pure / RRRecords)
British power electronics act, featuring G. Mundy (SKULLFLOWER) and P. Best (WHITEHOUSE). Volume three of this 3-part blast of electronics, tapes, and feedback, dating back to 1982-83, mostly collected from early tape, vinyl and compilation releases. Volume III contains the "Hand of Glory" single in its entirety plus live material. On the RRR Pure imprint with the usual hand-made and uniquely printed covers.
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #13 Magazine
The 13th edition of UK bi-monthly magazine Rock-A-Rolla features fantastic interviews with stoner doom artists Earth, drone ambient masters Stars Of The Lid, guitar drone heroes Skullflower, Burial Hex and Atlas Sound. All this, plus a special on "Classic Label" Important Records. We're also treated to the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
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SKULLFLOWER - 'Desire For A Holy War' CD (Utech Records)
"Desire for a Holy War" is mayhem piled on top of mayhem piled on top of squalls of caustic feedback. Furies spitting oaths of shrouded vengeance from ancient tongues. Plague riders dealing death on mounts of venomous ether, hooves pounding the wild earth. Matthew Bower may have reached a watershed with last year's "Abyssic Lowland Hiss" (Heavy Blossom) but it is with "Desire for a Holy War" that he has come to conquer. Never has Skullflower sounded so severe or remorseless. Presented in a 6-panel sleeve with artwork by Circle-9 and Stephen Kasner.
SKULLFLOWER - 'Exquisite Fucking Boredom' CD (Tumult)
After a hiatus of 7 years, Matthew Bower resurrects his slumbering free-noise behemoth with this gorgeous blast of hypnotic, pummelling, droning crush, equal parts shimmering skree, damaged motorik rhythms, murky and druggy psych-rock riffs and swirling fuzzed-out guitars. Packaged in a gorgeous digipak, and featuring sonic contributions from Neil Campbell (Vibracathedral Orchestra). Produced by Colin Potter (Nurse With Wound, Ora etc).
SKULLFLOWER - 'IIIrd Gatekeeper' CD (Crucial Blast)
Reissue of Skullflowers 1992 album 'IIIrd Gatekeeper' (originally on Justin Broadrick's Headdirt label), featuring the lineup of Matthew Bower, Stuart Dennison and Anthony DiFranco. This is Skullflower at their heaviest, grinding out slow, sludgy riffs and crushing, almost industrial rhythms amid a tempest of psychedelic guitar noise and dense sheets of feedback - easily the most crushing, rock-based music that Skullflower ever produced. A skulldozing dose of post-industrial dirge rock that sat comfortably next to Godflesh, Swans, and Ramleh. Gatefold digifile (retaining much of the original artwork), with new liner notes and a complete remastering.
SKULLFLOWER - 'Pure Imperial Reform' CD (Turgid Animal)
Recorded last year live on an Antwerpen radio station comes this new guitar wall "composition" from Matthew Bower and Lee Stokoe. This is a seriously solid release for fans of modern Skullflower recordings and anyone who just loves a good harsh drone / noise racket! Artwork by Matthew Bower. Turgid Animal is the label of George Proctor (Mutant Ape). Ltd x 1000.
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SKULLFLOWER - 'Tribulation' CD (Crucial Blast)
A black-void beaming of utterly destroyed drone rock and crushing amplifier obliteration that rains down black ash and punishing blasts of feedback skree on the listener. A dynamic, bleary-eyed meditation. An avalanche of powerdrone that threatens to take your cranium apart and transport your grey matter into filthy new dimensions infested with melodic razor cuts and submerged mantras. A triumphant eruption of apocalyptic meta-metal and radioactive raga swarms, guaranteed to loosen eardrums. This album is one of the heaviest, harshest slabs of guitar armageddon from Matthew Bower since the glory days of Total, and bridges the void between the krautrock / celestial free drone influence of the last few Skullflower albums, and the blackened molten death of his Mirag material.
TOTAL - 'Exploded Star Sad Servent' CD (Self Abuse Records)
Formed by Matthew Bower (Skullflower / Sunroof!), Total was a noise and industrial oriented project, often with help from members of Ramleh and Ake. Bowers went on to form Skullflower, which ended Total. This album is representative of the really, really loud and noisy side of Total - violent guitar expression and pure noise.
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TOTAL - 'Glassy Warhead' CD (RRRecords / Pure)
2nd edition of this crucial 1995 artifact from Total, another killer project from Matthew Bower (Skullflower, Hototogisu, Sunroof!). This full length sports four looong tracks of sky rupturing freeform guitar noise and chunky ear-shredding amp feedback that swirl together into thick, churning, blackened drones, dreamy hums and harsh noise storms. This definitely ranks among Bower's more brutal jams, with much of the album sounding like a gang of massively distorted electric guitars battling mutant vacuum cleaners in a brutal, cathartic mass of crushing jet-engine roar. Awesome seminal guitar / feedback noise that shakes buildings. Features Philip Best (Whitehouse) on violin for one track. On the RRR Pure imprint with cut & paste artwork in a PVC sleeve.
This is a collection of Norwegian improv noise collective DEL's live performances between 1998 and 2000. The seven man unit seems to use all manner of junk, and drums, guitars etc and created vaguely rhythmic experiments, that often combine to create sounds that can be gentle and excellent drifting ambience, or even gel to create SKULLFLOWER / RAMLEH workouts. Remixes from Lasse Marhaug, John Hegre (both members of Jazkamer / Jazzkammer) and Jon Birger Wormdahl (KA).
