FIRST HUMAN FERRO - 'Homo Shargey' CD (New Nihilism / Requiem Records / Triangle)
Alexander Shargey (Yuriy Kondratyuk) is a representative of passionate enthusiastic inventors who put their lives at stake to accomplish the mission for the future good of the whole mankind. Shargey belongs to a cohort of scientists who were the first to foresee the conquering of space. They were great, yet mocked-at, dreamers and had to fight against all odds twice as hard. Shargey is a recognised space theoretic of unique unconventional genius, yet passed away in 1942 - a generation before Apollo. Ukrainians First Human Ferro pay a long overdue tribute to its compatriot, composing a well-crafted vintage dark ambient album with both poignant and mesmerising layers of sidereal voyage. Mastered by Italian ambient magician Vestigial. Ltd x 500 copies in an A5 silver varnished digipak.
Continuing the celebration of their recent 30-year anniversary, iconic Japanese band Incapacitants present a new gift for their devotees. Their latest CD contains 60 minutes of exhausting psychedelic noise. Inedible mush made up of whistling feedback and drilling high frequencies. Cumbersome, nasty debris of harsh noise! Ltd x 500 copies in a digisleeve.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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MAAAA & K2 - 'Split' CD (Triangle)
New compositions by a Warsaw duo and a Japanese surgeon are presented on this 50-minute album. MAAAA buzzes using the Korg MS-20 and Polivoks synthesizers, and they clink damaging iron pieces and coil springs. Dr. Kusafuka (K2) handles his stylus like a scalpel. Having decided not to employ metal garbage, he turns to extensive use of his analogue synth, creating loud and sharp pieces of work reminiscent of a surgical knife cutting flesh. All in all, be prepared for the heavy analogue modulations, drilling feedback, rich bass, pulsations, biting high frequencies and the hazardous loudness of the record. Extreme Harsh Noise! Ltd x 300 copies in a card slip.
UK 9£
Europe 10£
World 11£
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SPHERE REX - 'For Electronics And Piano' CD (Shadowplay Release / Monopoly Records / Muzyka Voln)
Sphere Rex is the solo project of MK (Cyclotimia), playing ambient in a traditional vein (uncommon for today), combining minimalism and a background style of electronic music a la Brian Eno and piano improvisations based on proto-ambient ideas of Erik Satie. This music is able to calm down and lull to sleep like alpha-wave rhythms or paint weird images guided by the surreal titles of compositions in one's imagination. For the goals of complete authenticity only analogue devices were used in recordings, as well as tube pre-amps and compressors from 60s-70s. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
