H.E.R.R. - 'Fire And Glass: A Norwood Tragedy' MCD (Cold Spring CSR74EP)
This brilliant new four-track EP from the Anglo-Dutch masters of Neoclassical music relates to the incredible story of the Crystal Palace, an architectural jewel in the heart of Victorian London and itself a tragic metaphor for the rise and fall of the British Empire. Welcome to the Pleasuredome!
H.E.R.R. - 'Vondel's Lucifer - First Movement' CD (Cold Spring CSR69CD)
Taken from the Dutch playwright's 17th century opus, 'Lucifer', this release tells of heavenly discontent amid a jealous tale of angelic rebellion in the face of God's love for humankind. Containing half-sung and spoken vocals, a gentle folk-like melody, baroque composition and rich musical arrangements, this album introduces the first three acts in 75 bombastic minutes. Guest appearances from members of Ostara, While Angels Watch, Belborn and Sagittarius.
H.E.R.R. - 'XII Caesars' CD (Cold Spring CSR117CD)
Based on Suetonius' De Vita Caesarum (121 AD), this wonderful new album deals with the notorious lives of a dozen Roman emperors and leads you on a gripping musical adventure through the greed, cruelty, fratricide and excess, which characterised their incomparable lust for power. But this is no run-of-the-mill exercise in historical sycophancy... H.E.R.R. retell the lives of the Emperors with honesty, drama and humour. This release - complete with the compositional and vocal hallmarks for which the group is so widely renowned - is set to become a true classic of the genre. Comes with an elegant 16-page booklet!
HABSYLL - 'MMVIII' CD (Tumult / At War With False Noise / Psychedoomelic / Odio Sonoro / Obskure Sombre Records / Skyr Records)
"Unbelievably heavy and slow amplifier overload from France! Two long tracks of uber-doom which is seemingly devoid of any coherent structure and exists only to open up a black void in your stereo speakers through which to suck out your very soul. Habsyll sound to me like a less happy-go-lucky Khanate, or Monarch without the hipster irony. Totally morbid!" (At War With False Noise). Ltd x 1000 copies in an 8-panel digipak.
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HADIT - 'Arise' CD (Dark Vinyl / Memento Mori)
Ritual / Dark Ambient project of the mastermind behind Mondblut. "An indoctrinated veil of enforced reality, soundscapes and words scattered into subsections. Its ritual Intentions are counterpart and complement of our former releases as MONDBLUT. A resurrection of forgotten manifestations out of the void, and furthermore the revival and re-awakening of ritual musick! Love is the Law, Love under Will."
HAIR POLICE - 'The Empty Quarter' CD (Harbinger Sound)
Recorded in spring 2007 by Mike Connelly (Wolf Eyes), Trevor Tremaine (Death Unit) and Robert Beaty (Burning Star Core). No drums. All electronics. Wave after wave after wave of fractalized & harsh electronics with Gristle-esque walls of sound and normality-disrupting electronic oscillations. For fans of Wolf Eyes, and early Black Dice. Digipak. Ltd x 1000 copies.
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HAIR POLICE - 'Totaled And Stranded' LP (Hundebiss Records)
A 1-sided album of piercing vocals, walls of guitars, precise heavy electronics and thundering drums. A fusion of metal, noise rock, free jazz, industrial, and harsh electronics. "Recorded in a hotel room after we totaled out tour vehicle and became stranded in the worst snowstorm in Ohio history" (Hair Police). hand-cut artwork on black cardboard, with Xeroxed recycled paper and a raw paper inner sleeve. The B side is screenprinted by Serimal. Ltd x 500 hand-numbered copies with no repress.
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HALF MAKESHIFT - 'Omen' CD (Profound Lore Records)
“Omen” is a devastating observation of formidable experimental ambient drone-like subtle mastery. With moments that remind of Nadja, Sunn O))), Godspeed! You Black Emperor and A Silver Mount Zion, “Omen” is an opus of dense and flowing sonic terrain where cinematic sound visions create vast, desperate, and devastating scenarios, almost serving its purpose like a desperate doomsday soundtrack. Working as a 50+ minute track, but separated into four parts, “Omen” subtly shifts through different emotions and moods; soothing and comforting, yet at the same time virulent and uneasy, and ultimately eerie and chilling. The incredible use of melody via light guitar strums and guitar ambience, melded with waves of static bursts and ivory key tappings, create the build-up that will inevitably come in the form of massive drone rumblings. This is the final work of Half Makeshift. Mastered by James Plotkin (Old, Khanate). 6-panel digipak.
Debut full length from Halflings. Essential power electronics on the RRR label. Jeremy Nissan and Ryan Woodhall of Halflings also make up two thirds of intense new American power electronics heroes Yellow Tears. Ltd x 500 copies in a full-colour sleeve, including a glossy insert with some disturbing pictures and lyrics.
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HALGADOM - 'Heimstatt' CD (Sonnenkreuz)
"Heimstatt" ('homestead') is German act Halgadom's fifth album. Beautiful melodies carry the spirit of these nine Neofolk compositions into your consciousness. Listen quietly and dip into Halgadom's homeland, full of charm and their unique style. "Halgadom stands against any uprooting and mass-orientation of man. Against a world of faceless beings that have no past and so no future, too... Spurred by the recollection of our cultural roots, we’d like to show our ancestors and past lineage with Halgadom that the old belief isn’t dead". Digipak.
HALO MANASH - 'rASHnkaRA' LP & DVD (Kaosthetik Konspiration)
Halo Manash, redrobed and clothed in ash, has a completed a helical cycle, r.A.S.H.n.k.a-RA. Archaic sounds and visions from the heights and depths, elemental ambience and primal thundering. Various instruments such as horns, kanglings, bells, cymbals, drums, singing bowls, damaras, rattles, chimes, bones, self-made instruments, vocals, voices, and the elemental sounds themselves give form to a work that is sometimes serene, sometimes fierce and chaotic. "In 4 Elements" (DVD) was realised in 4 circulations of the sun and consists of 4 parts. "In Polardual" (LP) is the dark twin, and was realised in 2 circulations of the sun, consisting of two parts. Ltd x 500 copies in gatefold sleeve with A2 poster.
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HAMMEMIT - 'Nature Mystic' CD (Todestrieb Records)
"Nature Mystic" is the latest release from England’s Hammemit. Medieval music for modern sensibilities. Penetrating ambience drawing from the natural and historical world. This full-length draws from two distinct eras, "Nature Mystic" (June-November 2008) and "Mysteries of the Church and Surrounding Environs" (A collection of older material as Hammemit and some of the last by Emit, 2006-2007). Despite spanning both Emit and Hammemit the material was carefully chosen for a fluid, consistent listen. Presented in a 6-panel digifile.
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HAPSBURG BRAGANZA - 'Hatchling' CD (Idiosyncratics)
"To the exorcism of the ghosts and escaping from cities". Hatchling is a slow-burning electro-acoustic piece, integrating dense atmospheric collage of field recordings and concrete sound source with highly textural drones and warm subtle harmonics. A very personal and breathtaking piece, both in the heritage of Francisco López and Charlemagne Palestine. "Moving and morphing into various genres, musique concrete, field recordings, minimalist music, this is one solid sound experience. Very nice work!" (Vital Weekly). Ltd x 300 copies in an ekopack.
A great collection of heathen folk music anthems. "Blood Hymns" started during the Winter Solstice of 2002 and continued during the 12 Nights of Yule. The search for Hyperborea and Thule. The search for the 'Most Northerly Midnight'. These Midnight Sessions began after "A Frost Comes with the Wind" and should be considered the follow-up to that album. Includes a special audio reading of a hymn to the Morning Star by Miguel Serrano and participation with Der Arbeiter.
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HATE FOREST - 'The Most Ancient Ones' CD (Supernal Music)
Darker than dark, furiously fast, true Black Metal terror from the Ukraine, without melody or love for human scum. The anxiously-awaited debut album is even nastier than anything you have heard from them before. What makes Hate Forest unique are the grim, barked vocals created by some sort of life-hating monster. A relentless, hateful piece of evil that rips you from your city dwellings and drags you deep into the forest, ravages and defiles you with no mercy.
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HATE-MALE - 'Greatest Hits' CD (Dogbarkssome Discs)
"'Greatest Hits: A Decade of Noise 1999-2009' comes with a health warning printed on the back, advising us ‘This Album Contains No Music’, and his press notes are filled with liberal superlatives and four-letter words from the mouths of overwhelmed music reviewers who express widespread horror mingled with masochistic delight when describing the effects of this extremely extreme brand of noise. To assemble this assaultive torrent of painful filth, Hate-Male judiciously selected elements from albums in his back catalogue (whose titles all rejoice in sex, death, nihilism, destruction and violence) and refashioned them into these mangled, compressed and ultra-intensified remixes. Most of the power comes from the extremely high volume, but even within a few moments of listening it becomes clear that Hate-Male’s compositional skills are also paramount, as we witness him marshalling and assembling his diabolical forces with conviction, controlling his insane dynamic ranges in such ways as to unleash elemental, unholy energies. A remarkable, visceral experience awaits the listener brave enough to purchase this monstrous abomination" (The Sound Projector).
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HATI - 'Die Mechanik, Die!' CD (Beast Of Prey)
The characteristic trance-gong-drone-music in the release "Die Mechanik, Die!" has been saturated with electronic sounds. The album was recorded during the Hati performance at "the Mechanik" club in Gdansk. This time Hati, famous for acoustic sounds, made propably the darkest CD in its discography, enriched with dark ambient tones. Heavy backgrounds are perfectly harmonised with trance and mechanical instrumental variations. From one side - harmonic and perfectly interrelated pieces of music. From the other side - an increasing and intensifying atmosphere of the darkness which, like a rust, conquers more and more parts of urban areas. The title of this release speaks for itself! Digipak. Polish import.
Latest release by the great "trance-gong-drone" project from Torun, Poland - a result of many experiences and evolving artistic landscapes. The album was recorded traditionally - live in a natural acoustic environment, using acoustic instruments and connecting remote industrial echoes with elements of free improvisation and influences of drone / minimal music. Hati's music is mined from the depths of the mysterious and completely instrumental, knowingly using sound as a tool of communication. Presented in a cruciform card envelope with black on silver artwork. Highly recommended!
The Polish duo HATI is a very active live group, using an array of archaic and ethnic instruments such as gongs, cymbals, north-African drums and clarinets, wooden trumpets, horns and flutes. What’s more, their music also includes found objects of scrap metal, plastic or wood. Their first release on vinyl presents two pieces of multi-layered gong drones, nicely processed for full trance effect and enriched with whistling and rattling sounds and delayed percussion. Above all these sounds, there’s a mighty overtune buzz with heavenly droning contemplation wafts. First edition of 300 copies on red vinyl with silk-screened covers and an inlay.
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HAVEN - 'A2982' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
"Let us not be deluded by the spells of this sorcerer; because the first sounds overturn time's acknowledged and safe definition and begin constructions of different, weirder spaces. This is the last chance to resign and turn back. Otherwise, when you listen to the end of first track the only thing left to say is "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore". You begin your own, separate (and the longest?) journey. What do you see on your way? What unknown lands, traditions, incomprehensible rituals and dialects will you discover? I don't know. But I am sure that if David Lynch ever undertook the filming of "Alice in the Wonderland" the soundtrack of the movie will be filled with the music from A2982". Experimental / Electro. Digipak.
The second opus of this very interesting Polish act. "Naos" is more mature than their debut album "The Last Breath Of Loneley Buidings (2005). Here we musically travel between Europe and Asia; an oriental atmosphere and raw dark ambient both create visions of the rich history of the Middle East. Digipak.
HEATH YONAITES - 'Rim Of The Sun' CD (Triumvirate)
"Rim of the Sun" is a journey over 4 tracks of abstract, formless, liquid experimental soundscapes that are as engaging as they are confusing. Stopping and starting radio wave glitches over hushed atmospherics demand a certain commitment from the listener to try and understand what Heath Yonaites is trying to ultimately achieve. Voices, which are muffled and distorted, appear then disappear within the blink of an eye whilst a rolling sonic rumbling takes form and abates before renewing itself as something completely different.
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HEAVY WINGED - 'Spreading Center' CD (Release The Bats)
Two new long tracks from Brooklyn's Heavy Winged. Massive sounding stuff, but with more subtle and quiet openings and endings, and without ever losing the abrasive feeling of being dragged in grit and dirt forever. Driving and powerful proto-psych-metal that manages to sound very much improvised and extremely focused and precise at the same time. Both tracks recorded live in California and New York. Limited one-time pressing of 500 copies in a Dual Plover gatefold sleeve with black felt and artwork by Twin Vixen. Play it loud!
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HEAVY WINGED - 'Waking / Shaking' LP (Aurora Borealis)
The vinyl-only "Waking, Shaking" release consists of two lengthy tracks: 'Tidal Blackness' is a 23 minute cloud of improvised guitar and bass drone, underpinned with sparse percussive elements and dappled with the rays of ethereal melodies. This track, recorded live in Oakland in 2008, represents the more gentle side of Heavy Winged in some ways and is largely soothing. The second side harbors 'Morning Flesh'; 18 minutes that veer towards the caveman Krautrock of the recent "Alive In My Mouth" LP, drums pounding, Neanderthal guitar chugging, though with a melodic haze drifting across the musical landscape like a lysergic mistral, leading the listener ever further into the shifting sands of the forbidden zone.. Ltd x 500 copies on transparent grey vinyl.
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HEBOSAGIL - 'Colossal' CD (Kaos Kontrol)
Colossal is the word that is bludgeoned into your mind when Hebosagil's debut album forces itself out of your speakers and 43 minutes later you know you have experienced something colossal. This five-piece from Northern Finland boldly mould their colossus from diverse influences and elements, their approach ranging from slow, crushing doom to violent hardcore bursts and riff-heavy sludge, all forced through unhealthy doses of distortion and performed with fiercely rocking energy. Will cause vibrations to fans of Electric Wizard, Sourvein, Godflesh, Autopsy, Eyehategod and Entombed. Ltd x 1000 copies.
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HEKATE - 'Goddess (Luxus Edition)' 2 x CD (Auerbach Tontrager)
11 tracks mainly inspired by European myths and legends. There's the legend of Europa, based on Cretan and Mycenaean traditions, the bull dance from Minoan culture, Spanish history and the cultural influences of the Moors. The album continues with the German myth of Barbarossa and the Kyffhaeuser, the Grail legend involving the Cathars of Castle Montségur in France, and the wonderful legend of Morgan le Fay, the "Lady of the Lake", symbolizing the Old Way in Celtic myth. Music-wise, they create a successful mixture of classic Folk, medieval melodies, and modern elements, all linked by the drum-parts ranging from magic-ritualistic to classical-orchestral and trance-electronic. The rhythms and the vocals of Susanne Grosche and Axel Menz are the main feature of this mature album recorded with an array of diverse instruments. Lavish deluxe digipak Luxus Edition including a bonus CD featuring remixed versions of various Hekate tracks from Arcana, Beam Team, Chorea Minor, Flatline, Gae Bolg and the Church Of Fand, La Nef Des Fous, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio and Sieben.
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HELL-BORN - 'Legacy Of The Nephilim' CD (Conquer Records)
This is: "HELL FUCKIN METAL warriors know no mercy! The newest Hell-Born full-length album, "Legacy of the Nephilim", is ready to set the heavens on fire and claim the earthly thrones! Nine pieces of living infernal brimstone and ferocious energy, with playing time of over 40 minutes! A real must for every true Black / Death Metal maniac." Once again Hell-Born's work is full-filled with merciless, infernal fury, with a sound production much heavier, sharper and selective than ever before. Comes in a nice digipak.
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HELMOND - 'Frühe Werke' CD (Trutzburg Thule)
Reissue of an extremely limited 2008 release (100 copies, Trutzburg Thule). "Frühe Werke" is a collection of early works by this German Neoclassical / Martial project, showcasing instrumental pieces composed during 2004 and 2006. For fans of The Days Of The Trumpet Call or Von Thronstahl! Ltd x 180 hand-numbered copies (of a total of 300 pressed - the other 120 copies were only available in the Helmond 'Box'). Presented in a square DVD case. ACT FAST!
German act Helmond consists of two artists: Marco M and Sascha B. Their music can best be described as something between neoclassical and dark ambient with a touch of electro. It deals with philosophy, mythology, sorrow and history. Great atmospheres are mixed with pounding drums and sampled speeches. Proud and bombastic orchestral tracks are suddenly possessed by choirs, pianos, nature sounds and martial influences. And these are only some of the ingredients that create Licentia Poetica. Reminds of early A Challenge Of Honour. Recommended!
HELMUT SCHÄFER / ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI - 'Bisskraft' CD (Ytterbium)
Great forceful noise / experimental collaborative work and one of the last surviving pieces involving the late Helmut Schäfer (who died in 2007). The composition actually dates from 2004 but was just released this year. The music is divided into four parts. Comes in a shrinkwrapped card sleeve. Ytterbium is a sub-label of yb70. French import.
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HENRIK NORDVARGR BJÖRKK - 'On Broken Wings Towards Victory' CD (Old Europa Cafe)
Following in the steps of "Awaken", this CD explores the dark cellars of Bohult even deeper... This time new elements are thrown into the trademark darkness - using knifes, water and some broken electronics this CD is sure to deliver a new perspective on the way we see and hear our nordic wolf. The best dark and deep sounds from the Swedish underworld by the MZ.412 mastermind!
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HENRIK NORDVARGR BJÖRKK - 'The Dead Never Sleep' CD (Old Europa Cafe)
The undisputed master of Nordic darkness and leading mind of MZ.412 returns once again from his cellar with a new offering! Following the success of the more experimental CD "On Broken Wings Towards Victory", "The Dead Never Sleep" is a massive journey of classic Scandinavian dark ambient, but with added outbursts of more violent layers and haunting electronics. Without comparison, this is the only fix of dark ambient you need to satisfy your needs. Take heed as the dead souls surrounding you slowly twitch and claws to come back to haunt you.
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HENTAI - 'Toy Factory' CD (Vital)
Avant-garde death-electronic label Vital presents it’s first release. As an abstract radio transmission from a hellish toy factory, this nightmare of experimental death electronics is filled with manic rusted toy samples, disturbing natural soundtextures and weird mutating cut-up soundscapes. A chaotic, naïve and childish audio journey through the noisy insane toy factory corridors. Matt digipak with great, disturbing Japanese-inspired mutated doll artwork. Ltd x 500 copies.
HERBST9 - 'From A Dark Chasm Below' CD (Loki Foundation)
The legendary and long deleted debut album from 1999, now finally available again in a carefully remastered version. Complex, textural ambience, consisting of layer upon layer of kinetic, luminous tones and ephemeral nuances of time. Nearly 70 minutes of finest ritual ambient music, mesmerizing rhythmic percussions with deep and sonorous dronings. Herbst9 construct sonic rituals gleaned from the ruins of minds scraped hollow and left to decay while natural sounds and archaic motives develop visionary sequences.
HERBST9 - 'Snake Of Saigon / From Below' 7" (Shortwave Transmission)
Two tracks, originally released on the 1999 album "From A Dark Chasm Below", remixed by Herbst9 in 2006. A heavy-quality slab of Ritual / textural Dark Ambient vinyl, released on Herbst9's own label. Limited hand-numbered edition of 300 copies in a hand-made cover with info sheet. A rare and hard-to-find piece! Highly recommended!
HERBST9 - 'The Gods Are Small Birds, But I Am The Falcon' CD (Loki Foundation)
The latest album of Herbst9 is a step further into the depths of the Assyrian and Asian mythologies, using authentic audio and visual fragments of sacrifices, lamentations, prayers and ancient rituals. The result is a deep labyrinth of sounds with meditative percussions, ghostly vocal fragments and singings which melts with detailed and multi-layered tones of various traditional instruments. All this is constructed around a core of dark and ongoing floating drones creating an atmosphere of true archaic music which has been developed by Herbst9 to perfection. This soundtrack is the secrecy from the deep and hidden places of the sacred earth transcending us beyond the real world to the inner realm of ourselves. The CD is presented in 6-panel digipak.
HERBST9 Vs Z'EV - 'Through Bleak Landscapes' CD (Loki Foundation)
With this stunning collaboration the dark cavernous drones and ethnic-ritual instrumentation of Herbst9 melts with the complex and percussive sounds of industrial pionier and master of rhythmajik Z'EV. Ten tracks of deep spheres and blazing ruminant lightnings abducting you into golden constellations and swirling worlds full of aural effects and demonic resonance. Both projects worked with raw material of each other while the final mix was made by Herbst9. The result is a sombre and meditative soundtrack. An impressive and gripping journey through bleak landscapes and abandoned places accompanied by a 24-page booklet.
HERMANN NITSCH - 'Eighth Symphony' 2 x CD (Tochnit Aleph)
For Choir, Orchestra, And Noise Orchestra. Professionally recorded, extremely dramatic, dynamic, rich, full-blown orchestral music with noise, heavy drones, and Austrian Volksmusik. The first performance of Nitsch's "Eighth Sympony" was on 25 June 1990 at the Museum Für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna. The music was previously released by the Cortical Foundation in 2001 as a 2LP Set limited to a mere 185 copies. The audio has been remastered for this CD edition from the original tapes. The artwork, photos and texts are exclusive to this edition. Ltd x 650 copies in a double size jewelcase including 2 posters with credits, photos, a part of the score, and the text 'Die Gigantische Symphonie' by Günter Brus.
ONE COPY PER CUSTOMER ONLY! If you attempt to purchase more than 1 copy, your order will be refunded.
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HERMANN NITSCH - 'Requiem Für Meine Frau Beate - Musik Der 56. Aktion' 2 x CD Set (Fondazione Morra / Alga Marghen)
This is the first CD documentation of an event which took place in the Chiesa di Santa Lucia in Bologna, Italy in 1977, shortly after Beate Nitsch's death. Until this time Nitsch's music had essentially been a wall of noise: musicians could play anything they liked, but as loud as possible. With the Requiem Nitsch, for the first time, started to work with longer tone clusters, especially for the wind instruments. The perfect acoustics of the church with its wonderful organ suggested a new and much richer direction in his music - to which he has since adhered. 2 CDs in a 6-panel digipak - reproducing the impossible-to-find 3LP gallery edition issued in Naples in 1977. With a 12 page folded insert with drawings and directions from the original LP boxed set. This edition also includes a 32 page (shocking, for those of a sensitive nature) full-colour photo documentation of the aktion, available for the first time. Edition of 1000 copies, only 700 available for distribution. Italian import. ACT FAST!
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HEXPEROS - 'The Garden Of The Herperides' CD (Equilibrium Music)
Debut album by Hexperos, the new Gothic / Neoclassical / Chamber project by the soprano Alessandra Santovito (Gothica). Exotic and sensual Mediterranean percussion patterns, together with the low rumble of double bass and the soft keyboard, enriched by violins, set the nocturnal atmosphere for Alessandra’s soaring voice. Instrumentation and arrangements are skillfully mastered to balance grandiose dramatic moments against delicate passages, sparsely colored with a discreet Celtic tone (enhanced with harp). A remarkable debut, deserving a place amongst the best works of Arcana, Ophelia’s Dream or Sopor Aeternus, and Dead Can Dance’s darkest days. Presented in a spot varnished digipak.
From headlong infusions of psychedelic rock to the limitless furrows of doom, in "Happy Birthday" London's Hey Colossus has constructed an all conquering citadel of experimental/metal disrepair. The album is a rampaging fire-cloud of superstoked riffs and ever mounting walls of feedback, a rough house collection of battering new songs driven at sweltering pace by a band with a fearless momentum. The is the record that the band has always threatened to unleash - a pitch black album for our ever scorched earth. For fans of : Unsane, Neu!, Circle, Corrupted, Eyehategod, Fudge Tunnel, Sludge, Doom etc.
The first release on Black Labs, sister label to UK label Riot Season. Black Labs unites two of Britain's creamiest, shadiest, hell mongers Hey Colossus and Dethscalator, for a split album and you're going to cop it massively in the face till you fall in. Three new long tracks from Hey Colossus (epic dirge space rock, with three sprawling slow-jams, that oozes from slow burning drones, to lurching stumbling blackened crush, to metallic krautrock and back again, rumbling drones - Aquarius) and five from new boys on the chopping block Dethscalator (a gnarled blend of Gore like repetitive heaviness, and lo-slung noise rock - Aquarius). Around 40 mins of music. Ltd x 500 copies.
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HIEROPHANT - 'The Tome' CD (Solitude Productions)
Reissue of the very limited Hierophant release from 2003 (Ltd x 135). This compiles all three releases from Hierophant: the first EP, released in 1994 in it's original version, the remastered version of said EP plus bonus track, called "The Weight Of Winter" from 1996 and the recently remastered "Autumn Dusk" from 2002. A must for fans of Funeral Doom Metal and especially Xathagorra Mlandroth's other project Catacombs. Russian import with all-new artwork.
Debut album from this sick Kentucky trio. This weapon offers one seriously long untitled track (54 minutes) and is a unique mix of Hybrid minimalist Doom, experimental noise and grim Black Metal. Think about a crossbreeding between Burzum, Khanate and Eyehategod and prepare yourself to one of the nastiest pieces of DOOM ever recorded! Ltd x 1000 copies. Israeli import.
In this release the use of electronics is especially wholesome and not used as a mere backdrop. This album has moments of sheer splendour and is more than just an enjoyable excursion of hard electronics. An endless stream of resonating frequencies, swinging from higher harmonics to lower pitches, reflective but totally alien music. A cohesive and enjoyable collection of explicit sadist episodes expressing Industrial talent with lasting potential. A great album in all, with a variety of sounds. Ltd x 500 copies in an outsized textured sleeve with artcard.
HINSIDAN - 'God Is In The Details' 2 x CD Box (Phisteria)
Danish act Hinsidan return with two full albums 'God Is In The Details’ and 'Music For Ghosts' - released as a limited double CD box-set with 10 artprints. A cold, dark unconventional journey, harsh and epic reflecting the eternal / ongoing battle between the darkness and the light sound painted in vivid shades of grey and blue. Love, god, hate and the endless ways to fall apart are issues all dealt with on this piece of work that stands out as a momentual statement of this new millenium. The sophisticated blend of Ambient and Electro make this a must for fans of Autechre and Coil.
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HINSIDAN - 'We're Sick Of Your Violence' 12" (Realler)
4 tracks from this Danish act who first appeared with a remix on Asche's "Distorted DJ" (Ant-Zen). Music according to Hinsidan are sounds, tones and beats that takes you places. The title song straddles between surreal complexity and naïve simplicity... odd and eerie. Tough and distorted beats, analogue bass, hypnotic synths and harsh drum explosions stand this above the average 'Ambient' fare. Nice cinematic melodies throughout. Again, the sophisticated blend of Ambient and Electro make this a must for fans of Autechre and Coil.
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HINSIDIG - 'Bak Og Forbi...' CD (Pest Productions)
This depressive Black Metal act hails from Norway / Germany, with members of Nyktalgia, Sterbend, Total Hate and Armageddon. Hinsidig mixes Northern folk elements along with a great deal of clear back vocals based on the lines of primitive Black Metal, sounding like Ulver from their early era. The inspirational instrumental arrangements and melancholic melodies can also be easily related to Nyktalgia and Wolves In The Throne Room. Ltd x 1000 copies. Chinese import.
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HINTERGEDANKEN - 'Hintergedanken' CD (Barbarian Records)
Prog / Psych-Rock wizardry from metaphysical media gurus Karen Eliot and Clay Ruby. Their message for the faithless faithful takes the form of an infinitely cosmic psych / prog beast, much in the vein of '60's private press killers such as Yahowa 13 and Frolk Haven. Hintergedanken spews non-local quantum froth from the far realms of Zothyria, which blows over the quivering cadavers of their sacred zombie prostitutes used in the eerie twilight rituals of the forbidden bongload. Digipak.
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HIROSHI HASEGAWA - 'Ascension No. 999' CD (Steinklang)
Hiroshi Hasegawa's musical roots go back to the late 80s, where he started as a pioneer of Japanese Experimental Electronic music. Hasegawa is the man behind C.C.C.C., Astro, Galax, South Saturn Delta etc. He released also several works together with Akifumi Nakajima from Aube. Ascension No.999 is his first album under his real name (apart froma split LP from 1988) and is also his very first ultra Noise work! The sounds vary from experimental cut-up noise, over droning sound-walls, to screaming high frequency manipulations. Cover-design by Yoshihiro Nakano. Ltd x 500 copies.
"Weird dudes jamming synths. Alone. Social Problems. Problems. Recorded late into the night. Fucking A. That is the business, right there. Shit is just creepy-gets under your skin. While most noise youth get their chocolate fingers lost in gadgetry and posturing-something about a synth jam that's just... Human... humanly wrong. But fucking right. Right on Hive Mind". One epic, disturbing 43-min drone-noise-ambient track. File beside Prurient, Emeralds, Robedoor etc.
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HJARNIDAUDI - 'Psykostarevoid' CD (Music Fear Satan)
Second album from Norwegian Drone / Funeral Doom / Experimental band Hjaridaudi (headed by Vida Ermesjø, ex-Hlidolf), after a notable first release "Pain:Noise:March" on Paradigms Recordings. A 40-minute long musical track with four cold and muffled parts in a kind of Jesu and Burzum mix, from funeral doom to metallic drone. File next to Methadrone and Nadja. Presented in a nice digisleeve.
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HKY - 'HKY' CD (Music Fear Satan)
French act HKY unleash their first effort: four-long-tracks recorded by Julien Lamorille in Bethune (April 2008). The result sounds like dark and cold doom metal with a lots of programming, samples and keyboards which give the record a very particular gloomy atmosphere. All the members are part of other bands and musical projects but the strength of HKY is their massive own universe beyond each track and their musical block between Jesu, Isis, Gnaw and Darkspace. Ltd x 1000 copies in a digisleeve.
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HKY - 'HKY' LP (Music Fear Satan)
French act HKY unleash their first effort: four-long-tracks recorded by Julien Lamorille in Bethune (April 2008). The result sounds like dark and cold doom metal with a lots of programming, samples and keyboards which give the record a very particular gloomy atmosphere. All the members are part of other bands and musical projects but the strength of HKY is their massive own universe beyond each track and their musical block between Jesu, Isis, Gnaw and Darkspace. Ltd x 500 copies on black vinyl in a gatefold, die-cut, matt sleeve.
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HLADNA - 'Melting Water' CD (Aquarellist)
Very raw ritual ambient / noise saturated with ultra mundane drones and metal rattles. Mostly meditative but sometimes brutal. This is primordial music. Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies in an outsized folder with stunning photography by Vladimir Manevtsov. Russian import.
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HOARFROST - 'Ground Zero' Enhanced CD (Zoharum)
The debut from this Silesian Dark Ambient project. "Ground Zero" is a landscape developing from an unknown cataclysm presenting ruins and debris of steel, dust flying in the air, rust and sliver, tumbling down construction, where steel structures bend and fold like a pack of cards. A 37-minute story about the destruction of the concrete world is presented in 6 pieces in a dark ambient / industrial climate. Also contains a video clip for 'From Here To Ruins'. Presented in a 6-panel digipak.
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HOARFROST Vs INNER VISION LABORATORY - 'Decline' CD (Zoharum)
Both Hoarfrost and Inner Vision Laboratory are young Polish projects, but it would be an understatement to call them 'new comers', with each project already having a few releases under their belt. "Decline" is a tale of descending into the pits of madness in 8 parts. Inspired by two poems, 'Madman' and 'Modern Icarus,' "Decline: takes you on a journey into the realms of dark thoughts. With such a clear concept, it's no wonder that the music is cinematic, slowly building images in the listener's head. Face the stillness, but remember: something is lingering in the corner. For fans of cinematic ambient like Moljebka Pvlse, Inade, Lambwool, Tho-So-Aa, Land etc. Released in a 6-panel digipak.
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HOEDH - 'Universum' CD (Dark Vinyl)
"Universum" is the last studio album and musical testament of T.H. Thiel (founder of Ordo Catharsis Templi), who died in April 2003, only few days after putting the final touches to this impressive album. Like only few ambient artists, Hoedh succeed to awake a feeling of longing and melancholy within every listener and at the same time Hoedh create a feeling of inner silence: a spiritual drowning into your soul. "Universum" is released as official In Memoriam album in collaboration with Ordo Catharsis Templi.
"Collaborating Torture" is one of the last known recordings made by Matt Gibney (Hollowing), who died in January 2006. Gibney, a member of SOIHADTOSHOOTHIM and label boss of the Rectrix label, was joined here by the prolific Maor Appelbaum (Grave in the Sky, Poochaltz, Vectorscope) to create a brooding and massive 54-minute track of dark, pitch-black ambient, hypnagogic swirls and industrialised drones. Sometimes subtle, yet mostly haunted and delirious, this is highly recommended if you like Wilt, Aidan Baker, Z'EV, Daniel Menche and John Duncan. Israeli import.
"Penfield Mood Organ" is about a device from Philip K. Dick's book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" - a box designed to induce emotions and feelings in people. This release is definitely the coldest to date for Horologium or Moljebka Pvlse. Divided into three evolutive parts (along with an opening piece) and quickly diving into lurking sadness, "Penfield Mood Organ" initiates the feeling of something tragic soon to be unleashed. Ltd x 500 copies in a digifile.
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HOROLOGIUM - 'A Handful Of Dust And Ashes' CD (Zoharum)
"A Handful of Dust and Ashes” is a collection of tracks recorded during various occasions, but united here by a peculiar sediment of dust and rust; it’s a journey in time from the strictly limited “A Handful of Dust” (Cynfeirdd, 2005) to “Opium” (Void Rekordz, 2005), both long out of print. The (re)collection is crowned by three tracks performed live in Barcelona and Bologna in 2008 and 2009. Includes a collaboration with Artefactum. The artwork by Fab and Sophie embody fin de siècle that has never been that convincing and tangible. 6-panel digipak.
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HOROLOGIUM - 'Der Volksmund Sagt Pt. 1' 7" (La Esencia)
This is the first part of the "Der Volksmund Sagt" trilogy, inspired by traditional Polish music. Is there anything more enriching than a pastime in the countryside? And yet, has there ever been more grief and misery than in the countryside? Horologium's postmodern-folkish adventure will be followed by 10" and 12" releases to complete the trilogy. Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies.
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HOROLOGIUM - 'Earthbound' CD (Old Europa Cafe)
The 3rd full-length album from Horologium, who offer 43 minutes of monumental, fierce, yet listenable music. Aided by Troy and Maria Southgate (H.E.R.R.), Merissa D'Arlette and Eustacia Vye on vocals, Grzegorz Siedlecki takes you on a Nietzschean trip once again. Postindustrial dirt meets martial drums, opera arias and neoclassical sublimity. 'Earthbound' may be perceived as an antidote to a slowly emerging neo-christian scene within the postindustrial / martial paradigm. Horologium scorn fanatics. Digipak with booklet, designed by K. Meizter.
HOROLOGIUM - 'Le Paradis Des Chasseurs' CD (Twilight Records)
"Le Paradis des Chasseurs” contains material from two 3" MCDs: "Songs For Hunters” (Ltd x 100, Bunkier Productions) and "Paradise Inverted” (Ltd x 150, Old Europa Cafe) - both of which embody Polish act Horologium’s most bombastic recordings to date. We believe that this sonic output needs much more recognition! An additional bonus track was recorded with the wonderful assistance from Juan A. (Der Arbeiter). Digipak.
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HOROLOGIUM - 'The Fire Sermon' CD (Divine Comedy)
"The Fire Sermon" is based upon pessimistic views on history, fate of human kind and T.S. Elliot's poetry ("The Waste land"). This release combines the darkest side of traditional symphonic industrial (from SPK "Leichenschrei" to CMI acts such as Memorandum or Heid) with heavy and desperate tensions similar to Aghiatrias and Omnicore. With the addition of some folkish and liturgical elements from Eastern Europe, "The Fire Season" presents a very serious and impressive opus from this Polish act in a completely nihilistic way. Ltd x 500 copies in a beautiful sepia 6-panel fold-out card envelope.
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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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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HOWDEN / WAKEFORD - 'Wormwood' CD (Tursa)
Second collaborative project of Matt Howden (Sieben) and Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus), inspired by the Book Of Revelation. This album examines events contingent on the opening of the Seventh Seal when a star called Wormwood immolates the earth turning a third part of its waters to wormwood (the psychoactive ingredient in absinthe). Apocalyptic and dark tales told through Howden's violin and Tony's bass, with sparse vocal parts from both artists. Experimental and surreal, yet "Wormwood" is a very accessible album rich with dark folk and ritual elements. Ltd x 1000 copies.
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HROSSHARSGRANI - 'Pro Liberate Dimicandum Est' CD (Steinklang)
"Pro Liberate Dimicandum Est" was released specially for the 2000 years anniversary of the "Varusschlacht" (also known as the Battle Of Teutoburg Forest and immortalised by Ridley Scott in the film "Gladiator"). Classical melodies combined with the iron rough edges of Martial Industrial on a crusade through the ages. A musical journey far off the trampled paths of industrial art was the basis for each single Hrossharsgrani track! Hrossharsgrani is Alex Hugin Wieser, the man behind Uruk-Hai, Bonemachine etc. DVD case packaging.
HROSSHARSGRANI - 'Sanguis' CD (Beverina & WAR Productions)
In the cold winter of 1998 a.d. the Austrian battle machine Hrossharsgrani formed for their first release in shape of the demo “Blut”. In the beginning Hrossharsgrani (feat Hugin of Uruk-Hai) wandered the worlds of dark ambient music to tell stories of creatures that walked by night, the undead, the vampyres. He paid tribute to the bloody heritage of Lord Byron and Bram Stoker. On the 10 year anniversary of "Blut", this gem, which was lost for a decade, is now digitally remastered and released once again. Prepare for the birth of a new Hrossharsgrani era! Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
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HROSSHARSGRANI / DEAD MAN'S HILL - 'Dead Meat' CD (Steinklang)
Two-way split album - a great mix between Martial / Industrial / Ambient / Electronic and more. Five new Hrossharsgrani anthems featuring vocals by Bart Piette from D.M.H. and Pr. Sergiy from Moloch, as well as five new monumental epics from the master of Dark Ambient, Dead Man's Hill - this time a lot more intense and song-oriented than on earlier releases. "Dead Meat" is the so far most mature and complex album of both artists. Composition, interpretation and design feel like a smack in the face and leave no room for compromise! Morbidity meets iron avant-garde, romanticism encounters the frozen coldness of metal! When will people finally realize: if you want to feel you MUST listen! Slimline DVD case.
The first factory-pressed, full-length CD from this Russian Dark Ambient / Drone act. Nine long-form pieces, wrought between 2001 and 2003. The album is filled with majestic, transcendental melancholy; clear and soothing with veiled melodies and celestial harmonies hidden inside its simple sound structures. It sounds a bit nostalgic as Dmitry uses only old-fashioned tape-techniques and analogue synth loops, utilising digital devices just for the final mastering. The atmosphere is very special, reminding of early Zoviet France, Maeror Tri, Tesendalo or Aidan Baker. Ltd x 300 copies in an outsize gatefold sleeve with silver on black print.
Two great new pieces by this Russian artist, most sensible and emotional drone-ambience, a graceful dance of acoustic reflections and resonances. "Spectral Ship" and "Tidal Fire" appear like universal mantras, revealing the basic HUM of the universe. These works seem to represent perfectly the concept of the "Substantia" series: Sound that exists but which is not originating from the impact of two subjects in contact. Sound that is simply "there", with no beginning or ending. Limited to 500 copies on silver coloured vinyl, with a full colour sleeve designed by Daniel Crokaert / Mystery Sea.
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HUMAN GREED - 'Black Hill: Midnight At The Blighted Star' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
The third album by Edinburgh's finest exponents of often haunting, yet always touching, ebb and flow. Michael Begg (Fovea Hex) with very special guest appearances by Julia Kent (Antony & the Johnsons, Blind Cave Salamander), Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo (Blind Cave Salamander, Larsen), David Tibet (Current 93) and Clodagh Simonds (Fovea Hex). Gathering together material quite possibly amounting to their most accomplished yet, 'Black Hill...' is akin to being caught in the trail of a shooting star heading to the very place where dreams, fears, hopes and an overwhelming sense of helpless abandonment teeter over the periphery of yet another rather enticing void. At once beautiful, melancholic, slightly bruised and foreboding, the music here never fails to captivate.
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HUMAN LARVAE - 'Home Is Where The Hurt Is' CD (Existence Establishment)
Debut album from this Dresden-based heavy industrial/power electronics unit. Taking cues from styles as diverse as the cinematic Navicon Torture Technologies and lo-fi ...Today I'm Dead, Human Larvae delivers an emotional torrent of self-destructive force. Spanning a running time of over an hour, styles range from rhythmic orchestral industrial to bleak passages of black noise with a good dosage of throbbing feedback and scathing vocals. There is some sick twisted narrative to be found here but the search for these mysterious happenings will bring you to places you may never return from. Ltd x 500 copies in a hand-numbered gatefold digisleeve.
"Dreambient" is based on exploration of the female characters from the Pagan past: archetypes of the seducer, the demon, the girl, the whore, the slave, the mistress, the priest, the mother... The music of the project has become more accessible for uninitiated listeners: traditional ambient-ritual basis is enriched with rhythmic electronics, melodic synthesizer tunes and even guitar parts. Vocals are now delivered by Madeline Arndt from the German darkwave / gothic band Schattenkinder. The DVD contains a visualisation of the subconscious flow of religious and erotic archetypes. Ltd x 1000 copies in a 6-panel digipak with booklet.
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HYBRYDS - 'Tryptykh' CD (Tantric Harmonies)
Subtitled "Live recorded fragments of frozen time", this collection of live recordings (Belgium 1991/1993 and Germany 1996) present the Belgian duo in the dark ritualistic mood. Very meditative and deep, but also rhythmic, exhausting and captivating! 3rd edition of 888 copies, with the CD housed between 2 printed card covers. Russian import.
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HYENA HIVE - 'See Saw Sav Ann Ah!' 7" (.ANGLE.REC.)
Until now, Hyena Hive’s sonic imprint has been rarely captured on disc. In the beginning, they delivered a very intense, rich and most honest noise-rock sound… but after that, percussion vanished to give way to a sound with a more Power Electronics colour, whose presence is now well affirmed in Hyena Hive’s audio universe. To document this phase, the flamboyant and demented "See Saw Sav Ann Ah!" is issued in 7" format. Two relentless tracks, and by far one of the most abrasive releases from the .ANGLE.REC. camp. This is in the image of all their most recent live performances! Lots of intensity to spare for fearless ears! Ltd x 250 hand-numbered copies in a deluxe cardboard envelope sleeve.
The alluring debut from Leipzig Germany’s Hyios offers 7 lengthy compositions of cold ritual drones, arching trajectories, and visceral descents into subterranean caverns, where rich, kinetic textures and deep resonant tones move and morph in a fluid, serpentine fashion, sprinkled with the debris of an ancient culture and something more otherworldly and primordial. Leipzig has historically proven to be fertile ground for dark ambient and "Consuetudines" continues in the fine tradition set forth by such notable acts as Inade and Herbst9. Presented in a 6 panel digipak, mastered by Secret Lab. A great new discovery!
Berlin artist [-Hyph-] (aka Nicolas Wiese) composes his electro-acoustic music using instruments played by others. There is xylophone, double bass, alto saxophone, bass clarinet as well as field recordings from Canada, police helicopter and human voices. There is always something happening here. No second silence seems to be permitted. Wiese uses the computer to treat his sounds beyond belief, or rather: beyond recognition. Very vibrant music, very free in approach and result. Composed from the original ideas of musique concrete, but with a strong touch of his own. Perhaps not entirely new (either), but it's all done with great care and style. Comparable to Brume. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.
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HYPNOZ - 'Breath Of Earth' CD (Zhelezobeton)
Hypnoz is a project of Dmitry Zubov, a Moscow musician, who endowed lovers of post-industrial music with such names as Hum and Staruha Mha. Since 1993 Hypnoz has released one CD on Russian label Insofar Vapour Bulk, which gathered tracks from different periods and a couple of very limited editions. The basis of most of the tracks for "Breath of Earth" was recorded by Dmitry together with Evgeny Voronovsky (Cisfinitum) during their joint night psychedelic sessions, and this is evidently felt in their mood. Stylistically this can be called tranquil electronic ambient with a remarkable experimental touch. Slowly twisting sound helixes, drawing inside the astral subspaces, pulsating rhythms, cosmic sounds of old analogue synths. Outsize package. Ltd x 500 copies.
"Rim of the Sun" is a journey over 4 tracks of abstract, formless, liquid experimental soundscapes that are as engaging as they are confusing. Stopping and starting radio wave glitches over hushed atmospherics demand a certain commitment from the listener to try and understand what Heath Yonaites is trying to ultimately achieve. Voices, which are muffled and distorted, appear then disappear within the blink of an eye whilst a rolling sonic rumbling takes form and abates before renewing itself as something completely different.
