BODYCHOKE - 'Cold River Songs' CD (Relapse Records)
Formed by members of Sutcliffe Jügend and Whitehouse, Bodychoke was a noisy rock anomaly as powerful and provocative as its name would suggest. Their material was dark, violent, strangely hypnotic and defied categorisation. The band's long out-of-print final album, the bleak and depressing creative apex known as 'Cold River Songs', is now available once again. This unheralded classic has been given the deluxe treatment; the album is remastered to include 3 bonus tracks and repackaged to include first-ever printing of the bands incendiary lyrics. Criminally underrated and underexposed, 'Cold River Songs' is as intense and ground-breaking as you'd expect from a band of legendary industrial / noise / power electronics pioneers.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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CUT HANDS - 'Afro Noise I' CD (Susan Lawly / Very Friendly)
13 tracks of startling afro noise that will blow your fucking mind...an unholy genre unto itself. A bludgeoning mix of machine and vaudou / Central African percussion plus other acoustic instruments combine to create one of the most physically intense musical experiences ever. The songs featured in VBS's films 'Vice Guide To Liberia' and 'Mandingo'. Since 2007's Whitehouse album Racket, and after his original 'Afro Noise' mix became one of the most downloaded experimental mixes ever made, William Bennett's remarkable Cut Hands album has seen 4 long years of meticulously obsessive studio work in the making, notably deploying his special collection of Congolese and Ghanaian percussion instruments. Mastered by Denis Blackham. Comes with a 16-page booklet. Take our word for it, this is one of the best releases of 2011!
UK 13.50£
Europe 14.50£
World 15.50£
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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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SUTCLIFFE JUGEND - 'Live Assault 01' CD (RRRecords)
Recorded at Sutcliffe Jügend's first official live action after 20 years of existence - Hinoeuma Malediction at the Red Rose Club, London, August 2005. 30 minutes of hard and high-pitched Power Electronics, much in the vein of Whitehouse, Consumer Electronics, etc. Latest pressing with cut & paste artwork in a PVC sleeve.
UK 9£
Europe 10£
World 11£
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ULTRA - 'Roman Holiday' 2 x LP & 7" (Dom America)
"Ultra were one of the shadiest of the post-Industrial avant-experimental groups, with next to nada available in terms of info and a deliberately cryptic/parodic stance. They were in fact the brainchild of Jon Carlson with contributions from Christoph Heemann and Achim P Li Khan of HNAS, inspired in part by their response to the early Whitehouse and Come Org releases. But in their attempt to lampoon and amplify the urges behind the most transgressive Industrial noise they went well beyond the remit, birthing a form of subtly psychedelic avant garde that is as beautiful as it is hilarious... hazy drone sunsets that are pure Mirror, elegiac avant piano instrumentals and great barracking Industrial/rock assaults in the mode of Whitehouse/Ramleh. The schizophrenic atmosphere makes for the perfect confusion, lurching from fizzy, melancholy tone-poems to fists full of Industrial brutalism. This deluxe double LP reissue restores their classic 1997 Roman Holiday album complete with additional stray singles and a bonus 7” featuring unreleased material from the Zoll sessions..." (David Keenan). Highly recommended." Ltd x 400 copies on black vinyl.
The 2006 album from British Industrial pioneers Whitehouse yet again transcends the art of music and will be life-changing for the unwary. The follow-up to 2003’s highly-acclaimed “Bird Seed” it is the culmination of three years of obsessively meticulous preparation. Produced by William Bennett “Asceticists 2006” showcases the next generation revolutionary new sound across seven indispensable new tracks. Presented on heavyweight vinyl in a full colour glossy sleeve. Need we say anything else?
UK 15.00£
Europe 18.50£
World 22.00£
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WHITEHOUSE - 'Erector' LP (Very Friendly)
Originally recorded in 1980, 'Erector' was harsher and less 'industrial' sounding than the first two albums and arguably became the seminal influence, along with 'The 150 Murderous Passions' LP, for the subsequent wave in the mid / late 80s of noise projects (in particular Japanese). Also featured for the first time in vinyl format is the originally banned cover art by Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound). Heavy weight vinyl in a glossy sleeve.
