After two years Ad Ombra returns with a new album titled ‘Almost Eternity - Handmade Beliefs For The Nostalgic Lambs’. The album presents 10 orchestral compositions. All elements from previous releases - the complex tunes, changes in the pace, dramatic phrases and the beautiful operatic voice - are also presented on ‘Almost Eternity’. The music is perfectly polished, definitely the magic of the third record worked well. The most sophisticated album by Ad Ombra. Digipak.
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AIDAN BAKER - 'Rictus' CD (OHM Records)
A collection of previously released and now out-of-print 3" CDR EPs. "Cicatrice" originally released by Dreamland Recordings (2003), "Blauserk" by Locus Of Assemblage (2004); "The Taste Of Summer On Your Skin" by Taalem (2004); and "Fragile Movements In Slow Motion" by Universal Tongue (2008). Aidan Baker (Nadja): electric/bass guitars, tapeloops, violin. Limited to just 200 copies in a digipak!
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BEEQUEEN - 'Time Waits For No One' CD (Herbal International)
Reissue of this 1994 CD from Beequeen, (Staalplaat, Ltd 1000). "Frans de Waard and Freek Kinkelaar convey many alternatively bleak, if imagistic, soundscapes... drones of catatonia immersed in cryogenic guitar feedback or the steamy smelt of arcane industry. Atonal occasionally, even unearthly, yet strangely accessible, these works are part of an aesthetic wherein the forging of an unfamiliar sound canvas becomes the springboard from which the listener can extract pictures, panoramas, shapes... Engrossing music that subtly leaves the impression to come back and experience it further." (The Wire). Ltd x 1000 copies in a 6-panel digifile. Malaysian import.
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CYCLOTIMIA - 'Algorithms' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
Reissue of Cyclotimia's 2005 album (Irond). Moscow duo Cyclotimia is one of the best recognised, well-known Russian projects in the electronic scene today. On "Algorithms" album Cyclotimia presents apocalyptic version of electronic music, dark ambient sounds supported by bouncing electronic rhythms, religious samples and different effects, all blended in that way which makes this album very intriguing. Cyclotimia's trademark sound proceeds from using a mix of the modern synthesis technologies and cult vintage analogue / Soviet machines. For all who listen into Ulver, Holon or Forma Tadre. Digipak.
Probably the most depressing Deutsch Nepal album, earlier released as a limited edition by Staalplaat (1999), now with new artwork. Genial project author Der General remarked sometime ago that during the recording of "Erosion" there persisted the feeling that this was the last work of Deutsch Nepal after which nothing will remain... perhaps only death. This almost came true as Deutsch Nepal went silent after the recording for nearly 10 years. Now the masterpiece of melancholy clad in an elegant digipak and with an enhanced sound triumphantly opens the golden worlds to the audience again.
The genial album "Tolerance" is one more golden deja vu of industrial culture, originally released by Staalplaat (1994). The new release of this cult album enjoys an enhanced sound and a new package design from the author Lina Baby Doll. Those who do not know Lina Baby Doll’s masterpieces, should be informed that "Tolerance" is an artefact of the early stage of Deutsch Nepal's music. The period is characterised by ritual tribal rhythms, mesmerising loops and indeed suggestive psychedelic atmospheres. Digipak.
DRUGZILLA - 'Siamese Beashts' CD (Human Jigsaw Records)
Drugzilla, from the wild west of Ireland, formed in 2007 and quickly became one of the biggest names in the extreme electronic music scene. Crossing a dark sense of Irish humour with full on speedcore beats and evil sounding trance rhythms mashed with total power electronics chaos. Features guest appearances from Ken Sorceron (Aborted) Alex Boniwell (Leech Woman) and Peter Ganley (i104FM). Mastered by Russ Russell (Napalm Death / The Berzerker), with artwork by Mories (Gnaw Their Tongues). Reissue of a limited release from 2010 with slipcase. Catch Drugzilla on tour this May with Anaal Nathrakh.
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GOLGATHA AND DAWN & DUSK ENTWINED - 'Sang Graal' CD (Cold Meat Industry)
’Sang Graal’ is an opus magnum, built in symbiotic collaboration during the last two years by the French masters of martial neo-classic Dawn and Dusk Entwined and the German Ritual-folk-band Golgatha. Both bands worked on all tracks together, combining their styles and forces to create a powerful neo-classical-folk-opera with occasional glimpses of soundtrack pathos and dark ambience. Martial tunes like ’The Messiah’ or ’Cross of Lorraine’ and majestic folk hymns like ’Crusade’ and ’A Seeker Divine’ will rule the darkest dance floors worldwide, while introspective ballads invite those interested in a deep listening experience. The title refers to the myth of the Saint Graal, the ’holy grail’, and the ’sang réal’, the bloodline of Jesus Christ. ’Sang Graal’ is true aural mythology! Digipak.
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HOSTIA - 'All Is One' LP (Dark Vinyl)
First solo-release by Hostia, whose tracks so far have appeared on the first two Ordo Catharis Templi compilations. Darkest melancholic ambient, drifting drones and solemn ritual music. Limited edition of 449 copies, heavy 180g vinyl, in a glossy sleeve. Nice piece, and now rare.
Please note that all remaining copies have a little bit of wear at top of sleeve from storage, hence reduced price!
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INANNA - 'Day Ov Torment' CD (Cold Spring CSR71CD)
Reissue of the massive Death Industrial album from this ARCHON SATANI side-project, originally issued by Staalplaat in 1993. INANNA were at the forefront of a new force in Doom Ambience way back in the early '90s. This is stunningly re-mastered and re-packaged album brings alive one of the classic scene albums - a milestone in ultra grim and crushing death sonics, that paved the way for many Drone and Ritual Industrial bands around today. Mixed by J Havukainen (IN SLAUGHTER NATIVES).
"Ergosphere" was recorded live during Kazuyuki Kishino’s (Zeni Geva, etc.) tour of Russia in late 2005, specifically on his only two solo dates, live at Moscow Palace of Youth in Moscow Russia October 5, 2005 and “Festival Hea Uus Heli” Kanuti Gildi Saal in Tallinn Estonia on October 7, 2005. An uneasy balance of lull and divide.
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MICHAEL MANTRA - 'A.L.B.E.' CD (Silentes)
Soft and dilated ambient atmospheres, minimal sonorities, floating electronic carpets… A new, “classic” and fascinating album in the typical and unmistakable Michael Mantra style... Four long and suggestive tracks, to be listened at low volume relaxing in the half-light, just like a discreet and refined sonic background, or at an higher volume for a “full immersion” into warm and wrapping electronic soundwaves, to the discovery of intriguing and evocative sonic landscapes...
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MUSLIMGAUZE - 'Damascus' 2 x LP (Staalplaat)
Mainly unreleased tracks from the late Bryn Jones - a prolific British ethno-ambient, ethnic electronica and experimental musician, influenced by conflicts in the Muslim world with an emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Tracks: A1. Khan Younis (previously featured on "Hamas Arc"), A2. Cairopraktur, B1. Kfar Chouba, B2. Sleeping Fundamentalist, C1. The Fazur Dome, C2. Islamicistswarm, D1 Ummqasr. Ltd x 700 copies in a stunning B&W gatefold sleeve. Act fast!
ONE COPY PER CUSTOMER ONLY! If you attempt to purchase more than 1 copy, your order will be refunded.
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MUSLIMGAUZE - 'Lazhareem Ul Leper' CD (Staalplaat)
The music on "Lazhareem Ul Leper" ranges from percussion instruments to atypical electronics and the skillful de-construction of ethno-traditional music. Stylistically Lazhareem straddles the line between ethno-electro releases like Silknoose for its pervasive use of Indo-Pak music melded with Persian and Mid-East; along with more Industrial releases like Izlamaphobia and Blue Mosque for its occasionally tight, near-mechanical loops. Since 1995, the masters for Lazhareem Ul Leper languished in Staalplaat's vaults when it should have been put out for immediate appreciation by fans. This work of art is now available on CD, and not a moment too soon! Ltd x 700 copies in a digipak.
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MY CAT IS AN ALIEN - 'Mort Aux Vaches' CD (Mort Aux Vaches / Staalplaat)
The latest release in the Mort Aux Vaches series from Staalplaat. Space Rock, Noise and Experimental music from the Italian duo Maurizio and Roberto Opalio. Ltd x 500 copies in a fantastic 6-panel lenticular sleeve (i.e. 4 layered images which only appear at different angles).
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ORTHODOX - 'Baal - Clear' LP (Alone Records)
4th album from the Spanish Avant-Doom trio. Like previous efforts, the new Orthodox album moves again towards a search of spirituality and the sense of innovation that is part of their music. This time the band has concentrated all its strength and sound imagery into these 5 pieces. The band explores its roots to leave behind the search for alterations in their musical language and the emerging psychedelic and progressive atmospheres that appeared in their previous work "Sentencia". This work sums up all the attributes picked by the band during their career, places them in a new starting point and gives them a spectacular projection because their sound and musical ideas have yet to travel far beyond. "Orthodox were a metal band once, but they have become much bigger. At this point, everything they have in common with doom music or any other style of metal music is the sense of spirituality and their search of catharsis through rites" (The Wire). Limited clear vinyl edition.
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ORTHODOX - 'Baal' CD (Alone Records)
4th album from the Spanish Avant-Doom trio. Like previous efforts, the new Orthodox album moves again towards a search of spirituality and the sense of innovation that is part of their music. This time the band has concentrated all its strength and sound imagery into these 5 pieces. The band explores its roots to leave behind the search for alterations in their musical language and the emerging psychedelic and progressive atmospheres that appeared in their previous work "Sentencia". This work sums up all the attributes picked by the band during their career, places them in a new starting point and gives them a spectacular projection because their sound and musical ideas have yet to travel far beyond. "Orthodox were a metal band once, but they have become much bigger. At this point, everything they have in common with doom music or any other style of metal music is the sense of spirituality and their search of catharsis through rites" (The Wire).
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PETER REHBERG - 'Kapotte Muziek By Peter Rehberg' MCD (Korm Plastics)
The fourteenth installment in this series is a mini CD by Peter Rehberg (Pita / KTL). For his rework, Rehberg used the recordings of the very first Kapotte Muziek workshop (and concert) held in september 1997, as part of Staalplaat's 'Masterclass' event at the Korzo Theatre, in Den Haag. Moving away from digital computer noise for this work, Rehberg crafted a beautifully soft but outspoken piece of music. Low rumbles at micro levels and moments of silence are interspersed with isolated throbs and shimmering mid-frequency drones. A total playing time of 17:30.
The first LP by Dutch act Staplerfahrer and also the first LP released by Heilskabaal Records. The A side is the soundtrack to "Treetops for the New Millenium (a film by Mahatma LeRoi)". A 15 minute long Stars of the Lid-esque track - slowly building with lots of hidden tension. On the flipside you'll find "Lullaby (for my Dad)", also a slowly arising, captivating piece, but more staccato. Finally there is "Lover's Breath" - a very open and clear collage-piece of field recordings. Shrinkwrapped, with beautiful artwork.
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THE HAFLER TRIO - 'Dislocation' CD (Korm Plastics)
Another of the 14 H3O reissues on Korm Plastics, this is to be the definitive handling of the Hafler Trio legacy, completely approved and overseen by the Hafler Trio personally. "Travel! It's the drug of the common man! why, it keeps the wheels of industry flowing to make sure that he has a home to come to, earned and paid for by his labours! why dont you, the rich, privileged, indulge in a journey that (trust me) money can't buy! and send a postcard to your friends! X marks the spot!" Originally released by Staalplaat as a cassette in 1986 then as a CD in 1990. Presented with all new luxury gatefold packaging, with opaque wrap and a nice wallet containing a book of maps.
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ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI & TETSUO FURUDATE - 'World As Will IV' CD (OHM Records)
"IV" in the 'World As Will' series ("III" Sub Rosa, "II' 23five, "I" Staalplaat). "‘World As Will’ is a work in which Zbigniew Karkowski and Tetsuo Furudate combine orchestral music with computer music - read: noise. At the basis here lie two performances, one for sax, trombone, flute and sine waves and the other for a small ensemble called Sonic Boom. These recordings are slaughtered by the composers during a concert in Tokyo and turned into a racket of noise. Another heavy weight release, with lots of cascading noise samples of orchestral origin spliced on the spot together, fed through the lions of granular synthesis - and who knows what else. Its however in the power of these hands that they know, somewhere in the middle how to pull back and go deeper and deeper into what seems to be the crackling of surfaces with contact microphones, before returning to the world of crashing noise and only to return once more to that somewhat dark underworld, going back up after for a cascading finale. Noise indeed and perhaps I should have left this in the capable hands of Jliat, but this is actually noise of the more intelligent kind" (Vital Weekly). Limited to just 200 copies in a digipak!
