M. KOURIE - 'The Dreams Of M. Kourie' CD (Chrome Peeler)
Solo debut by Californian Nathan Berlinguette of 5/5/2000, The Human Quena Orchestra, and Creation Is Crucifixion. 'The Dreams Of...' sets a course for the heart of a black hole, and takes the scenic sonic route getting there. This is the sound of stargazing, a blackened landscape of warm shimmer that imperceptibly shifts and contorts, each new shape even more abstract and more black than the shape before, tracing a minimal path that simultaneously drifts beneath the sea, through subterranean caverns, amidst the vacuum of space and through the impossibility of alternate universes. Soft rumbles, warm chordal swells, glistening abstract melodies, drifting gauzy shimmer, all falling into one another and making the journey special. Packaged in a simple folded black sleeve, printed with gold foil. Features guest appearances by Tim Green (The Fucking Champs) and Ryan Unks (Creation Is Crucifixion, Circadia).
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M.B. + NIMH - 'Together's Symphony' 4 x CD Boxset (Silentes / Amplexus)
An extraordinary collaboration between the hystorical Italian de-composer Maurizio Bianchi and the eclectic, experimental, ambient artist Nimh (Giuseppe Verticchio). An unmissable 4CD box that's a long and kaleidoscopic journey at the edges of sound; from the dark-industrial feelings of 'Together's Symphony' (the CD that gives the box its title), to experimental-lyric-introspective atmospheres of 'Secluded Truths', to the sonic multicoloured collages of 'Niddah Emmhna', (M.B. solo), and the electronic-acoustic-ambient visionary suggestions of 'Subterranean Thoughts' (Nimh solo). Endocrine insulation for diagnostic firabilities. Ltd x 300 copies only! Silentes is a sub-division of Italian label Amplexus.
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M.B. - 'Neuro Habitat' CD (Abgurd)
Reissue of the 1998 album from Maurizio Bianchi (EEs 'T Records). All 3 tracks date back to 1982. The first two were originally released on limited vinyl (Ltd x 300, Mectpyo Sounds). The third track was culled from the "Für Ilse Koch" compilation (Come Organisation). Over 50 minutes of Industrial / Noise from the Italian legend. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
Reissue of Maurizio Bianchi's extremely rare and influential 1982 LP "Regel" (Mectpyo Sounds). This reissue onto CD comes with the bonus track, 'Acido Prussico', taken from the rare 1982 compilation cassette "Neuengamme" (Broken Flag). One of the milestones in Industrial / Experimental / Electronic music! Ltd x 1200 with brand new artwork.
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M.B. - 'Symphony For A Genocide' CD (Hospital Productions / W.M.O./r)
Tracks 1-7 on this release were first issued on LP in 1981 by Sterile Records, London. Tracks 8-10 are taken from "Compilation Internationale No.2", released in 1980 by Scopa Invisble, France. The moral of this work: the past punishment is the inevitable blindness of the present. A master work of true industrial. Available in a CD edition of 200 W.M.O./r and 700 Hospital Productions.
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MAATH - 'No Survivors For The New World' CD (Eibon Records)
Debut album from this Italian artist. Based upon the concept of coma, sleep and suspended animation, "No Survivors For The New World" gently brings you through a dormant world, where dreams flow freely around you, leaving a coloured trace in the cold and dark void. Melodic dark ambient of the finest kind; round, deep, mesmerizing. Are you ready for your new world? Presented in a beautiful digisleeve.
"...a gorgeously minimal guitar workout that reminds us of another aQ fave, Part Timer, with it's sleep guitar figures, wreathed in digital glitch, bits of crackle and streaks of hiss, every now and then a thick distorted guitar surfaces, only to drift off again, leaving lots of space for that lonely guitar to drift through. Stuttery, skipping, sudden moments of near silence, but all peppered throughout a slowly unfurling expanse of warbly woozy fractured folk, soft and pretty, spacious and minimal, the glitchiness mostly adding texture, rarely interrupting the song's dreamy drift" (Aquarius). Ltd x 381 on black vinyl.
MACHINEFABRIEK - 'Ranonkel' CD (Burning World Records)
'Ranonkel' marks a break in form from the recent output, avoiding all sense of this being another ephemeral transmission from the Machinefabriek hard drive, and instead sounding like a fully formed bonafide album, a worthy follow-up to 'Marijn'. Rutger Zuydervelt combines the very best of his microsound work with an explicitly tuneful instrumental element... an infinitely graceful backdrop of high frequency sine tones, crackle and slow chords. The finest Machinefabriek outing of 2008 by some margin - you'll be returning to the opening piece in particular again and again. Matt digifile.
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MAEROR TRI - 'Language Of Flames And Sound' CD (Old Europa Cafe)
2nd Edition of this album, originally issued by OEC in 1996. Power for the right side of the brain! Our world is dominated by the left brain hemisphere! M.T. is here supporting the theory that it is necessary to stimulate and challenge the right hemisphere in order to get back to an equal activity of the two sides of the brain. This is some of the best Shamanic Meditation music of the industrial era! Maybe the best and most intense Maeror Tri album? Maeror Tri disbanded in 1996, with 2 members going on to form Troum. Comes packed in a special brain-shaped folder in a limited edition of 500 copies. ACT FAST!
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MAINLINER - 'Mellow Out' CD (Riot Season)
Mainliner was started in 1995 by Asahito Nanjo from High Rise and Acid Mothers Temple leader Kawabata Makoto, in order 'to explore new possibilities' which would create 'a completely new type of heavy psychedelic group.' Mainliner introduced the world to the free-jazz drummer, Hajime Koizumi, and Kawabata Makoto's 'Motor Psycho' electric guitar. Japanese Psychedelic Noise at it’s best.
Reissue version of this superb release (originally self-released in an edition of 48 copies). Dark Folk with a touch of Martial Industrial, but its roots go deeply into Russian classical music traditions of 20th century. Gloomy with a portion of romanticism and with a strong reflection of traditional Russian folklore in the lyrics. The CD also includes a video clip directed by the band and filmed by Wolfsblood. 35 minutes of music. Russian import.
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MAJDANEK WALTZ - 'Cold' Enhanced CD (KultFront)
Fifth album from this Russian Neofolk formation. Flute and accordion, guitar and bass are accompanied by smooth industrial noises, casting a feeling of transparent melancholy. This is neither a light nor dark feeling, but closer to cosmic coldness, whirling onto the earth's surface. Features a cover version of a MW song by St Petersburg project Anthesteria and a collaboration piece with Moscow-based project Wolfsblood. Limited to 500 copies in a beautiful textured slipcase and sleeve and enhanced with a photo gallery. Russian import.
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MAJDANEK WALTZ - 'Hamlet's Childhood' CD (The Eastern Front)
Fifth CD release from this cult Russian Neofolk project. Beautiful lyrics in Russian, taken from Symbolist poets Boris Poplavsky 1903-1935, Maximilian Voloshin 1877-1932 and translated poems of German Expressionist poet Georg Heym 1887-1912. The decadent tragic atmosphere of the Russian Silver Age... nostalgic and gloomy music rooted deeply in classical European and Russian musical traditions of XX century, utilising acoustic guitars, violins and bayan (Russian accordion). Israeli edition, limited to 500 copies in a 6-panel outsized gatefold.
MAJDANEK WALTZ / SAL SOLARIS - 'Himmel Des Reichs / Der Himmel Über Berlin' Enhanced CD (KultFront)
This split CD is a remastered edition of one of the most energetic recordings from Russian act Majdanek Waltz (from 2004) with special additional tracks from their friends Sal Solaris. "The release continues the theme of 'Cranes' - the absurdity of the confrontation between two forces of brothers-soldiers. Both poles could be clearly seen here, divided stylistically and ideologically - Majdanek Waltz martial / dark folk hymns expressing one side’s view, while Sal Solaris ambient-industrial tracks are the memories of their recent enemies". The CD also includes the Sal Solaris video "Der Himmel Über Berlin" created by Oleg Potiy, using old archive materials. The artwork contains rare photos from 1939 when future enemies were still allies. Ltd x 500 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
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MALACHI & THE BASTARD NOISE - 'The Immortals' CD (Housepig / Hear More! / 200mg)
This split marks a dedicated continuation of excellence in delivery and concept from Milwaukee's Malachi as well as a change in direction for the Bastard Noise. Malachi surrounds with two uncompromising orchestral compositions that are both stunning in their appeal. The Bastard Noise line up is joined by a debut of l. Rauf and it delivers two altogether delicate compositions that seem an attempt at describing nature on a universal scale with the vast distances between objects only traversed by light itself; a glittering of long-since moribund stars from eons before it was seen by man. Both units strive for the epic in their own manner. Heavy archive sleeve with covers by Thumbprint Press.
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MALEFICIA - 'Maleficia' LP (isounderscore)
"Maleficia is the bay area duo of Andy Way (Orchest, French Radio, Carrion) and Ilysea Viles Sunderman, who crafted this desolate, post-industrial smear of voice, violin, and electronics for the always impressive isounderscore label. With the titles of the two side long pieces being "Making" and "Remaking," Maleficia offers a crucible of elemental sounds being obliterated into a charred dust and rebuilt into ashen constructions of misery and disgust... The industrialized loops that wraps around the voice and violin come across like a slow-motion Maurizio Bianchi on par with the downer records he did with Land Use or the grim power electronic phase in the early '80s. Certainly for fans of Amber Asylum, early Lustmord, and the dark ambient aspects of Broken Flag" (Aquarius). Ltd x 400 copies.
MAN IS THE BASTARD NOISE & UNICORN - 'Split' CD (Thumbprint Press)
This BN material featuring the Wiese / Wood line-up is some of the best deep space location work to date. Unicorn’s third (and longest) release features founding member(s) of BN as well as SLEESTAK, Carne-A, and MITB. The work here ranges from technological to enrollees tonal dreamscapes to all out noise attacks. Limited edition of 500 copies with hand-Inked letterpress covers and liner note inserts, with vinyl stickers from each unit, inside heavy duty archival poly sleeve.
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MANIA - 'Ultra-Negative' CD (Freak Animal)
4 tracks of heavy and noisy Mania (Keith Brewer of Taint, Sonic Sadist etc) material, with extensive use of metal junk. 2 tracks with analogue Power Electronics contribution from Aaron Dilloway (ex-Wolf Eyes). 1st edition of 250 copies in a square DVD case with full colour inserts.
Debut 'EP' from this French duo containing the two title tracks and two remix tracks. 'Psychoide' is a "gorgeous soft cacophony of epic post rock drift", while 'Participation Shift' has "deep soft swells of shimmering warmth and distant bits of industrial clatter, a slow burning ambient drift that is eventually joined by a simple motorik rhythm". The two remix tracks are: 'Psychoide' remixed by SCANNER (Robin Rimbaud) and Participation Mystic remixed by JESU (Justin Broadrick of Final, Techno Animal, Godflesh). The result is a very cinematic, mesmerising warm piece of music, spanning 43 minutes. Limited to 1000 copies in a nice digipak with sticker.
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MARC BEHRENS - 'Architectural Commentaries 4 & 5' CD (Entr'Acte)
The recording for this Architectural Commentary took place at Resonance FM, London, in June 2004. Patrick McGinley and Behrens recorded the studio equipment itself, the drive noises, ventilation, vibrations in the machines, the studio’s air conditioning, doors… This particular array of sound forms the sole and exclusive basic material for Architectural Commentary 5: Some Models for Resonant Behaviour and links the cycle to earlier music pieces constructed with sounds from computer labs. Loosely based on Luigi Nono’s idea of ‘isole musicali’. "...encyclopaedic variations of themes are generated and often highlighted by silent breaks, like islands, between the individual parts, all different in form and size, but topologically similar.” Ltd x 300 copies a heat sealed medical-type bag.
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MARC BEHRENS / PAULO RAPOSO - 'Hades' CD (and/OAR)
Adorning the cover of this release is a beautiful image of ferry boats on a calm, yet brooding expanse of water; and it's from these ferries that all the original sounds were sourced. They were then reformed, reprocessed and manipulated to make a series of hauntingly beautiful sound sculptures that carry all the hallmarks of menace and darkness that the name would suggest. Resonant textures, high frequencies, noisy punctuations, which are evocative of the original source material. Stark interludes combine to give the listener a very compelling listen indeed. Recommended for fans of the more abstract end of electronic music. Gatefold cover.
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MARCH 15 - 'Our Love Becomes A Funeral Pyre' MCD (Emissary Records)
This is an Industrial / noise project by Sir Albert Witchfinder (Reverend Bizarre) and Vesa Karppinen (Fall of the Idols) created back in 2004 and finally released in 2008. Pain, suicidal depression, desolation and hate in the vein of Abruptum and MZ.412. Ltd x 666 copies. Chilean import.
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MARCH OF HEROES - 'March For Glory' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
Debut album of French martial industrial act March of Heroes. Atmospheric, Neoclassical music inspired by events from World War II, especially the war between Russia and Germany. The concept is to show everything that describes this terrible conflict - heroism, brutality, desolation, propaganda, sadness - something very pronouced in a such conflict. Musicaly MOH is in the vein of Sophia or Karjalan Sissit (with a huge nod to Laibach circa 'Macbeth') and is a must have for fans of military tunes. Digipak.
MARIAE NASCENTI - 'Morituri Te Salutant' CD (Final Muzik)
First full length CD for this Milan-based project, linked to Black Sun Productions. The music is outstanding - ranging from 80s Italian experimental/esoteric sounds to atmospheric soundscapes, implosive Dark Ambient and sick day dreams. For those into COIL and early CMI industrial stuff. Ltd x 500 copies with beautiful artwork by Angelo Viscone and layout by Black Sun Productions.
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MARIÆ NASCENTI - 'Raise Your Paw To The Sky And Break The Truce' Enhanced CD (Final Muzik)
The second album from Italian Mariæ Nascenti was produced by Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo (Larsen), "Raise..." is arguably the best work of Mariæ Nascenti: pain, loneliness, imagination, dreams, blood, souls and flesh collide together in this wonderfully emotional album. It develops though vital energy a devastating tabula rasa of feelings, through other-worldly melodies, "found" songs, silences, sudden spoken texts, obscure nightmare soundtracks and cold nocturnal music for black & white memories. Guests: Larsen, Northgate, Blind Cave Salamander, Femina Faber / Ludmila, DsorDNE and more. Includes a bonus video track. Ltd x 1200 copies in a digipak with booklet.
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MARK O'LEARY - 'Fabrikraum' CD (Creative Sources)
The prolific Mark O'Leary performs an improvised music that covers a wide degree of territory: he describes himself as a post-jazzer, but his music incorporates contemporary classical and electronics. He has worked extensively in all these areas touring as a member of Paul Bley's trio, composing and performing with Cikada String Quartet, as well as in an acoustic / electronic project with Terje Isungset. Born in Cork, Ireland, he started to improvise on guitar age 11, moved to USA to study when he was 17, returned to Ireland and has performed in 26 countries. "Fabrikraum" was recorded at the National Sculpture Factory in Cork, Ireland in November 2007.
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MARK O'LEARY / GUNTER MULLER - 'Skyshifter' CD (Creative Sources)
"...the duo weave a shimmering tapestry of alien drone, scattering bits of harddrive flotsam across squalls of ringing jetsam. "Improvisational" this recording might be, but aesthetically more than a few chronologically cultural links are forged with pioneer soundscapers of yesteryear (Xenakis, Stockhausen, Babbitt, Subotnick) more so than any straightforward diagrammatical connection with post-jazz avant-gardists... the duo delight in erecting a quakebasket quiverfest of extraordinarily well-articulated electronic music: gently warbling pulses course and murmur as they feint between preening tone clusters and software backwash, a bubbling cauldron of intense sonic energy that is factory resistant to pigeonholing." (The Squid's Ear)
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MARK SADGROVE & ANTHONY GUERRA - 'Iron Sand' CD (A Binary Datum / Black Petal)
On this release, Anthony Guerra (Paper Wings) plays electric and acoustic guitar, electronics and vocals, while Sadgrove (MHFS) plays electric guitar, aluminium harp, electronics and vocals. "Recorded in their new homeland Japan, this is the point where improvised music meets singer songwriting. This is 'easy' music, music that makes your mind wander off, into the grey sky, into the desert, or into the deep sea. Blues like emptiness, very empty. Drone like strumming, slide guitar setting the tone. Vocals don't take a big place around here and are more to underline the desolate character of the music. A fine release of sparse sounds. Minimal indeed" (Vital Weekly). Packaged in a hand-made Japanese art paper sleeve.
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MARTIN BLADH - 'Dirge: The Peter Sotos Files' CD (Freak Animal)
Martin Bladh (IRM, Skin Area) says about this Noise album: "While I was working on the Swedish translation of Peter's excellent book Selfish, Little: The Annotated Lesley Ann Downey, I found that i couldn't get enough of this unsafe, highly personal world, and got the ugly idea to make my own piece based upon it... I asked Peter for the permission to do a recording centered on his private universe. He agreed and sent me a load of sound and video clips, which he'd collected and put into context. I guess it's fair to call this album a conceptual piece". Produced by Erik Jarl (IRM).
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MARTYN BATES & TROUM - 'To A Child Dancing In The Wind' CD (Transgredient)
Profound songs inspired by the poems of Irish poet Yeats. The acoustic transformation of the deepest yearning. German duo Troum teamed up with the legendary british singer / songwriter Martyn Bates of Eyeless In Gaza. Beginning with sound structures, drones and minimal loops by Troum, Bates sung and played over this basic material - which was subsequently added to and mastered by Troum. Sensitive, sublime and harmonic. Presented in a beautiful 6-panel digipak with images by Bates.
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MARTYN BATES - 'Mystery Seas (Letters Written #2)' CD (Shayo)
"Mystery Seas" (originaly released in 1995 on A-Scale Recordings and now entirely remastered) is the second of Martyn Bates' (Eyeless In Gaza) "Letters Written" series. On this album he sets his songs into organ based backings, going roght back to the drones of traditional song and more than this, to church music. It's an intensive sound which would appeal to fans of traditional folk and electronic music fans all at once. There is a dream state built up from these songs of drifting minimal chords and layers of vocals. What could sound sparse, sounds full and balanced. Digipak.
MARZURAAN - 'Five Years Worth Of Fuck All' CD (At War With False Noise)
Starting off from now and moving backwards through time to the early bedroom demo days, this CD shows Marzuraan's evolution from simplistic droning minimalism of the two bass lineup to the full-on rock beast of today. The album kicks off with a cover of Loop's "Afterglow", putting it through the post-Ginn blender and coming out with something great. The other cover here is a raging, lo-fi recording of Rollins Band's "Turned Inside Out". Bleak minimal droning walls of sound, controlled experiments into feedback and baws-out "post" rock. Presented in a six-panel chipboard sleeve, with stark black letterpress and clear varnish from Thumbprint Press.
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MASCHINENZIMMER 412 - 'Macht Durch Stimme' CD (Dark Vinyl)
Reissue of the debut album by these Swedish legends - first issued as a 6-track cassette in 1998 (x50), then issued onto CD with 6 extra tracks in 1990. MZ.412 was founded by Kremator Nordvargr and Drakhon, and can be described as the rightful leader of true Swedish Black Industrial. Dark, doomy and challenging.
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MASON JONES - 'International Incident' CD (Charnel Music)
Collected from a couple of tours in Japan, this CD contains live collaborations by Mason Jones with a host of stars from the Japanese Noise / Experimental world: KK Null (Zeni Geva), Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple), Hajime Koizumi (Mainliner), Tsuyama Atsushi (Omoide Hatoba), Jojo Hiroshige (Hijokaidan), Yamamoto Seiichi (Boredoms / Omoide Hatoba) and Nakajima Akifumi (Aube). With over an hour of music, "International Inciden" ranges from atmospheric sounds to noise and psych-improv heavy jams. Digipak with booklet.
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MASONNA With RUNZELSTIRN & GURGELSTOCK - 'Clitoris Projectile Pump Action' CD (Tochnit Aleph)
Reissue of a rare 1995 cassette (Ltd x 33, Schimpfluch / Coquette), finally released onto CD. Executed by extreme Japanese Noise maestro Masonna (Maso Yamazaki) and Runzelstirm & Gurgelstøck (Rudolf Eb.er), this disc contains studio and live action material, with a guest appearance by Joke Lanz (Sudden Infant). Ltd x 600 copies.
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MATHIAS DELPLANQUE - 'Ma Chambre Quant Je N'Y Suis Pas (Montreal)' CD (Mondes Elliptiques)
This is the stereo version of a sound installation presented at Montreal's Studio Cormier in December 2004. The piece is based on the recording of 'silences', i.e. the recording of sound produced in spaces with no human presence. The sound of an 'empty' Studio Cormier was used as the material for the production of this piece. The sound takes were done during the quietest moments of the day, by means of microphones placed strategically throughout the Studio by the artist. The sounds gathered were then amplified and their frequencies accentuated to the extreme. The result of the experiment, as presented here, constitutes a genuine drone odyssey playing on fullness and emptiness, presence and absence, 'speak' and 'non-speak'. One long track full of subtle movement and enlivened with underlying currents. Limited to 500 copies in a textured sleeve with inserts. Mondes Elliptiques is a division of Angle.Rec, Canada.
MATHIAS GRASSOW & THOMAS WEISS - 'Outland' CD (Faria Records)
A reflection from outer spaces in between the universe of our mind. A miniature of the endless space from far behind mankind's tangibility. To understand the real essence of the heart of the matter, often it is necessary to take a look from the distance. Just this distance shows structures and connections, which are otherwise impossible to see and grasp - because everyone himself is part of a certain situation. Therefore “Outland” stands for a journey into an “outer land”, to become an advanced view for realisation. Ltd x 500 copies in an outsized package with inserts. Russian import.
'Namakar' is a description of our different initiation rites; Australian-Aboriginal, Egyptian, Red Indian and Tibetan. Like the four dimensions these are four possible cardinal-points to consider the own psyche, the most fascinating and complex building of the creative genius; "the divine in me is greeting the divine in you... in remembrance to the great sacred spirit testimony of our anchestors". Composed and performed by Mathias Grassow in 1995 utilising various electronic and non-electronic instruments with guest Klaus Wiese on 2 tracks. Limited to 1000 copies in a textured A5 foldout sleeve.
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MATT HOWDEN - 'Voyager' CD (Ars Benevola Mater)
Twenty-one Neoclassical tracks that follow the progress of the Voyager space probe from Jupiter, past Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and out to The Heliopause, the outermost reaches of the Sun’s rays. As the album progresses out through the Solar System, the time signatures, keys, and conventional sounds and phrases mutate - the music becomes wilder and manipulations of conventional sounds, and time elements become more pronounced. The last track, The Heliopause, brings together all the elements of the album in a seventeen minute finale, capturing the relentless journey of Voyager heading out of our Solar System. Presented in beautiful digipak. Ltd x 1077 handnumbered copies.
Simple but appealing electro-industrial. The first full-length album from the Spanish electro-industrial act Mauri presents itself to us with a lot of rhythms, and a lot of dissonant sounds with short fragments of lyrics to top it off. It’s easy, upbeat and almost perfect for the dark dance floor. Especially the initial tracks, "Hide and seek", "I wanna die" and "Deep expansion (Mauri vs H. I. V. +)". Presented in a hard plastic snapcase.
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI & TH26 - 'Arkaeo Planum' CD (Small Voices)
For this release TH26 leave their usual rhythmical attitude, in perfect symbiosis with Maurizio Bianchi, the "father" of Italian industrial music. Sound textures with piano incursions and samples, properly treated by M.B., involved in a magmatic and dark isolationist sonority, made by TH26. This work presents deep obscure minimal soundscapes, moving in the fields of dark ambient music. 5 tracks trip through 5 interlinked themes, togheter with a single special track titled MB Sorrow (dedicated to Maurizio Bianchi) as final sequence of melting melody. CD comes in a digifile.
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI - 'Blut Und Nebel' CD (Slaughter Productions)
This CD is a 'de-compilation' of Maurizio Bianchi's first 10 LPs from the early 1980s. It is an excellent demonstration of Bianchi's skills at dadaistic collage, free-form improvisation and abstract soundsculpting, as accrued over twenty years of electronic manipulation. Noise is employed like an electric guitar to produce solos of manic intensity.
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI - 'Dead Colours' CD (Silentes / Amplexus)
This is the reissue of a limited release, published by Silentes (2005) in an edition of only 120 copies. "Dead Colours" shows the more quite side of MB, with an incredible dark melanchonic though in vein of David Lynch's atmospheres. This CD is part of a trilogy entitled "An Absurd Trilogy". Now finally available on CD with restored artwork by Akifumi Nakajima (Aube), MB and Stefano Gentile.
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI - 'Escape To Bela-Zoar’ CD (L-White Records)
"Stick with it, get it at the right volume, and the latest CD from this established industrial pioneer totally delivers. 3 long tracks of old school atmospheres, full of curdling, pulsating drones, unsettling tonal washes, and strong, black undercurrents. Minimal, but penetrating, with a palpable bleak and grim quality (track two is heart wrenching) that you just don’t get from the newer kids on the scene. Maybe I’m just a sucker for the old school sound, but this sounds great" (Malignant Records). Ltd x 500 copies in a DVD case.
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI - 'Mectpyo Bakterium / Genocide O.T.M.' 2 x CD (Menstrualrecordings)
Re-issue of the MB's early LP "Mectpyo Bakterium" with 2 bonus tracks from rare compilations. Also included in this re-issue is a bonus disc with 55 minutes of ultra rare material (1980s-90s), officially published on CD for the first time here. Ltd x 600 numbered copies in a 6-panel 10" sleeve with original artwork.
Please note that this release is shipped in a 12" mailer!
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI - 'Men's True Hatred' CD (Menstrual Recordings)
2006 album by the Italian underground legend and Industrial / Noise Music pioneer. "Dysmenorrhoeic dissonances for floating keyboards, diagnostic modulations and absorbent strings, discharged during the autumn of 2005." Edition of 278 numbered copies in handmade tri-fold cardboard sleeve with three pasted photos and handstamped MB logo.
MAURIZIO BIANCHI - 'Spiritualis' CD (Kubitsuri Tapes)
"...the duo weave a shimmering tapestry of alien drone, scattering bits of harddrive flotsam across squalls of ringing jetsam. "Improvisational" this recording might be, but aesthetically more than a few chronologically cultural links are forged with pioneer soundscapers of yesteryear (Xenakis, Stockhausen, Babbitt, Subotnick) more so than any straightforward diagrammatical connection with post-jazz avant-gardists... the duo delight in erecting a quakebasket quiverfest of extraordinarily well-articulated electronic music: gently warbling pulses course and murmur as they feint between preening tone clusters and software backwash, a bubbling cauldron of intense sonic energy that is factory resistant to pigeonholing." (The Squid's Ear)
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI - 'The Testamentary Corridor' CD (Silentes / Amplexus)
Three months after the acclaimed "Niddah Emmhna" release, the Silentes label releases a new five track CD of 'suggestive twilight sounds' by MB. Visionary electro-acoustic ambience by the most eclectic Italian decomposer / inventor / manipulator of sounds: Maurizio Bianchi. Alternating between lighter atmosphere, and darker isolationistic moments, Bianchi penetrates deep into the most subtle essence of sound, rearranging it's elemental particles / grains, and creating unbelievable sonic-washes.
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI - 'The Valley Of Deep Shadow' CD (Menstrualrecordings)
The latest recordings by Maurizio Bianchi are based on Psalm 23. MB surprises us again by changing directed and going into new and unexpected sonic territories. A "sacral sonorization for electro-spiritual keyboards, induced and regulated in the present theocratic year with the pressurized elaboration of Siegmar F". Bleak sonic atmospheres, dark ambient and industrial soundscapes, with cold and distant synths. Ltd x 515 hand-numbered copies in a hard plastic snapcase.
A collaborative release by two prolific artists. Maurizio Bianchi is one of the forefathers of Industrial music and a major influence to a whole generation of musicians. Maor Appelbaum is an experimental and adventurous musical composer, and is known for underground Israeli projects Poochlatz, Screening and Vectorscope.
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI / MUSEO DELLA TORTURA - 'Genologic Technocide' CD (Spatter / Pagan Moon)
Collaborative work by Maurizio Bianchi with Davide Femia of Museo della Tortura. These recordings show the most extreme side of M.B.: not at all ambient oriented, but instead a strong industrial noise opera reminding us the masterpiece from 1981 "Symphony for a Genocide". Limited edition of 500 copies.
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MECHA / ORGA - '56:24' CD (Absurd)
Mecha / Orga is the name chosen by Yiorgis Sakellariou from Greece. This work, indicated by it's length, was created one afternoon in February 2006, and played live thereafter a couple of times. The length becomes the title, and the listener can come up with his or her own story. Over the course of the fifty-six minutes and twenty-four seconds Sakellariou plays a slowly unfolding piece of Drone music, which grows in intensity throughout. When you think nothing more can be added, he adds another layer. And another. And another. Most suitable to play in the dark, at night. Or during the day, outside, watching plants grow. Multi-purpose music, I'd say. Great stuff. Powerful music. [FDW / Vital Weekly]. Presented in a full-colour wallet.
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MEGAPTERA - 'Extended Chaos' 2 x CD (Autarkeia)
Another release to celebrate 15 years of Megaptera! "Extended Chaos" consists of two old releases, "Near Death" and "Beautiful Chaos". "Near Death" (cassette, Sound Source 1991) was Megaptera's first official release and is the only release with all 3 members (Peter Nyström, Magnus Pettersson, Mikael Svensson). Using drum machine, various synths, movies, TV, radio and microphone they created a totally analogue and dirty death theme. On this CD, 3 bonus tracks are added from the same period. Get prepared for old school! "Beautiful Chaos" (MCD, Fever Pitch 1998), has been extended to 10 tracks. The extra material is the two classic tracks 'Shadowland' and 'Sodom' from the "Death Odors" compilation, the two tracks from the "In the Butchers Backyard" compilation, a bombastic remix of the apocalyptic 'Final Day' (by The Protagonist) and an extended version of 'Shadowland', remixed by Peter Nyström and Magnus Sundström. The sound of "Beautiful Chaos" is structured and heavy with an "end of the world" theme, using sampled and mixed sounds. Mastered by Magnus Sundström. Ltd x 500 hand-numbered copies in a stunning foldout digipak, with an embossed slipcase. Highly recommended!
MEGAPTERA - 'Staring Back At You' CD (Malignant Records)
The definitive last statement from this prominent and highly influential Death Industrial project. "Staring Back At You" collects demo versions, outtakes, and rare songs from various arenas, including the rare compilations "Zyklon B", "Beating the Meat", "Slaughter Age '95", "The Book Ov Shadowz", "Death Odors II", as well as material from the "Deep Inside" MLP and more - all remastered for this release. These tracks capture Megaptera at their grittiest, creepiest, and most horrifying... a grinding, lurching monstrosity fueled by the madness, violence, lies, wars, and disease that plague the world. 'Staring Back At You' is final nail in the coffin for Megaptera, and may they rest in peace, but continue to deliver nightmares, maddening thoughts, and the darkest of obsessions. Limited to 800 copies in a beautiful 6-panel digipak.
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MELANCHOHOLICS - 'A Single Act Of Carelessness' CD (Multi National Disaster Records / Deafborn)
Building on the experimentations from their debut CD (with a mix of field-recordings, guitars, electronically manipulated sounds and spoken word fragments), Melanchoholics walk new paths, combining minimal guitars, drones, low-end bass and lo-fi electronic sound collages. The only consensus is to create slow, depressive soundscapes. A soundtrack to personal miserable states of mind, psychotic euphoria and intoxicated wastelands. It is a low-end manifesto for low-end connoisseurs.
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MELEK-THA - 'Acclaim Hell' CD (Dark Vinyl)
Symphonic Black Industrial legends MELEK-THA celebrate their 10th Anniversary with their final descent into the abyss : "Acclaim Hell". Bombastic Black Industrial and Apocalyptic Death Music at its finest. Prepare to be buried under an unstoppable wall of sound where Orchestral elements dual with symphonic chants and rhythmic beats. An infernal apocalypse and possibly their best album since sonic masterpiece "Evil Is Too Strong"...
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MELEK-THA - 'Apokalypsia' CD (Necrocosm)
The new offering from the apocalyptic war machine rumbles into view - Kult Evil Dark Ritualistic Industrial projekt Melek-Tha continue their descent into and deep fascination with Satanic imagery, war, death and overall human damnation. Omnipresent opression and despair permeate every aural second expressed through music somewhere between apocalyptic orchestral and dark ambient sonics. This is supreme symphonic Occult Black Industrial at its very best. Six tracks of sonic pain and dense, obscure glimmers from the abyss.
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MELEK-THA - 'Gloriam Demondi' CD (Dark Vinyl)
Following in the obscure steps of 'Evil Is Too Strong', the French apocalyptic war machine is back with more supreme symphonic and occult death music, more memorable destructive rhythms and entangled mentally insane orchestrations. Melek-Tha stands for extremely monumental, orchestral and bombastic Black Industrial, with symphonic chants.
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MELEK-THA - 'Perfect World Eradication' CD (Kubernoise)
Utterly disturbing and disconcerting, whipping up a fury of hallucinatory dark noise that can be spoken in the same breath as bands such as Lustmord, Brighter Death Now and Kerovnian. A supreme Apocalyptic Dark Ritual! A perfect mixture of obscure orchestrations mixed together with nihilistic industrialised sonorities... more abrasive than ever! Destructive death musick!
MELEK-THA - 'The Decimation World' CD (Dark Vinyl)
Once again the apocalyptic war machine is back! With more supreme symphonic and occult death music... more memorable destructive rhythmns and entangled mentally insane orchestrations... but this time with more concentration on his industrial roots. This means pure impressive Industrial power in combination with apocalyptic black doom.
French act Melek-Tha still stands for bombastic Black Industrial and Apocalyptic Death Music, accompanied by symphonic chants. The only difference to his earlier releases are the much more aggressive and rhythmical beats and the more doomy guitars, which will blow you away! Armageddon is near and the fusion / melting between death industrial and black metal has reached a new zenith under the leadership of Melek-Tha.
New from Plutonium Records (The home of Morticians) debut artists Meltown present "White", a pummeling barrage of harsh noise, hypnotic arrangements with a rhythmic approach and high-tec mechanical sound. This first edition is presented in a cool milky white jewelbox limited x 100 hand-numbered copies only!
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MEPHI - 'Morganium Ad Aylaniu' CD (Midnight Productions)
The debut album from the Swedish Neoclassical project Mephi, sparkling like a crystal, melancholy like in a moon-night. Two souls of solitude present you this sorrowful love poem which is interweaved with the full moon and numerous stars. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak. Chinese import.
Merrell/Baker/Jordan long playing ambient dronescape pitting the combined efforts of Todd Merrell on shortwave radio and electronics, Patrick Jordan on shortwave radio and processing and Aidan Baker (Nadja) on guitar. Recorded live at Real Art Ways, Hartford CT, November 12, 2004. Comes packed in heavy stock centre open sleeve with environmental mirror image landscape artwork courtesy of Seldon Hunt. Pressing of 600 copies.
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MERZBOW & EMIL BEAULIEAU - 'Merzbow Loves Emil Beaulieau' CD (Pure / RRRecords)
Composed using two BEAULIEAU pieces as source material, MASAMI AKITA harks back to his days of music concrete. A mood of extreme tension is masterfully created by combining unpredictable volume bursts of overwhelming harshness with moments of uneasy calm. On the RRR Pure imprint with the usual hand-made and uniquely printed covers.
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MERZBOW - 'Anicca' CD (Cold Spring CSR107CD)
The first track on Merzbow's latest opus was recorded at Tin Pan Alley studios, London, on 20th April 2008 - the day after his momentous performance at ULU. Akita created an astounding and very unique 20-minute track, playing freestyle drums over his trademark noise. The final 2 tracks were created at Munemi House in Tokyo. Another fine example of why Merzbow is the undisputed King of Japanese Noise! 58 minutes in total.
We salute the ferocious torrents of abused, imploding and exploding electronics, the sharp, pulverizing and abrasive high frequencies and the unrelenting punishment of frenzied throbbing machine-screams witnessed in the controlled cacophonic environment of the latest Merzbow offering! "Camouflage" plays by the straight MERZBOW rules, going back to his comfort zone of audio barbarism. Ltd x 800 copies in a deluxe gatefold hardback sleeve.
One of the earlier lap top style releases from Merzbow, more gentle than many of his releases. "Collapse 12 Floors" is a blistering, hypnotic float down a river of scrap metal. Three long tracks recorded in early 1999 of digital computer sound manipulation, with more emphasis on ambient and mysterious sounds then harsh noise.
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MERZBOW - 'Dead Leaves (Kareha)' CD (Punk Kein Rock)
Another fine release by Japanese Noise King Masami Akita! Not much info about this one. Possibly a reworking of the same-titled track 'Kareha' from the "Collapse 12 Floors" (OHM Records, 1999) album? Who knows! Not as harsh as the old analogue days, but has a sense of structure without beat - controlled feed back etc. Recorded and Mixed at Munemi House in January 2008 with artwork by Jenny Akita. Just under an hour of music. Released in a beautiful 6-panel digipak.
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MERZBOW - 'F.I.D.' 2 x CD (Fourth Dimension)
F.I.D. (Fur Is Dead) is a double album from Japan's King Of Noise, released in collaboration with the UK's PETA organisation. It includes information about animals affected by the fur trade and £1.00 from each sale made with be donated to PETA. Three powerful electronics recordings from December 2005 and January 2006 on each disc.
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MERZBOW - 'Here' CD (L-White Records)
The undeniably premier Japanoise artist Masami Akita with 54 minutes of brand new noise manipulations and audio deconstructions. Three lengthy tracks blistering walls of relentless noise from the heat of this summer. Stand back for a disc full of ultra heavy and brutal electronic assaults! A worthy addition to the astronomical Merzbow catalogue. Limited to 500 copies in a digipak.
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MERZBOW - 'Metamorphism' CD (Very Friendly)
"Metamorphism" is a powerfully emotional, violently painful, and strangely ambient work - ungodly deep and loud pulses, around which is wrapped all sorts of whistling and buzzing. There is also abstract guitar strumming throughout chaotic sheets of static and ear-splitting metallic scrapes overwhelming the carefully constructed rhythm. Pocket-friendly reissue of the legendary marble box, in a slimline jewel case. Ltd x 500.
"The basis of this work was recorded in a radiostation in Oslo and later reworked in Merzbow's bedroom studio. I must admit I don't know where Masami's love for chickens comes from, but a whole chicken chorus is present on this work. They are their in the form loops, and on top Merzbow improves with computers. A dense, cloudy swirl of sound is what the result... Despite the work done later on in the studio, the 'live' element is still present here" (Vital). Comes in a little gatefold digifile.
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MERZBOW - 'Peace For Animals' CD (Quasi Pop)
Three long pieces from Akira, full of ice-breaking analogue feedback over dense overdriven textures, pulsing rhythmic background elements and rollercoaster LFO spasms of analogue synth. This is the shining example of the modern “post-analogue-post-laptop era” sound of Merzbow. These compositions are wild at heart, as wild nature is. This hour-long CD is dedicated to wildlife and calls to fight for the animals rights. "Don't send animals to war! Meat is murder! Fur is murder! Peace for Animals!" Limited to 500 copies in a digipak. Ukrainian import. Sold out from source!
Limited edition vinyl only release from the King of Japanese Noise! Total Merzbow genius, as you'd expect. Brilliantly powerful noise that leaves the unprepared in ashes. What he does and has done since the early 80's is define the boundaries of music, and with every release, that line is pushed to a new home. His vision and disipline for the limits of musicial freedom of expression changes with each new release. Merzbow is pure devastation. May 2008 recordings from Tokyo; Masami Akita on "noise and drums." Ltd x 700 copies on black vinyl. US import.
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MERZBOW - 'Puroland' CD (OHM Records)
This disc from the Japanese master builds after many minutes into noise, but this is structured, rhythmic, surging blasts of localised power. Reminds of old Skullflower, Holland Skin Tunnel, a loud Nurse With Wound. This is because it feels so instrumental, almost as if a guitar or two are involved in this. From there we return to Akita's early style where the walls of noise were not so loud and thick. There are very obvious variations and mechanical changes within the piece, creating patterns and moods. Digipak.
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MERZBOW - 'Scene' CD (Waystyx)
"Scene" contains four long pieces, recorded and mixed in November 2004. This material is not remarkable for it's brutality, rather on the contrary. The album is filled with straight rhythmic moments and ambient diffusions, but of course Masami Akita couldn't do it without good noise flavouring even here. Comes in a slipcase with artwork by Masami Akita himself. Ltd x 500 copies! Russian import.
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MERZBOW - 'Somei...' CD (Low Impedance Records)
Masami Akita is really one of those people that need no introduction. ‘Somei’ is a 55-minute trip into rhythmic hell, sure to please devoted Merzbow followers as well as bring new members to the ongoing cult of noise that he has built throughout the last 20+ years. Featuring live drums that wouldn’t sound out of place in a grindcore or thrash-jazz album, as well as the obligatory full-on sonic assault, this is Merzbow at his finest and heaviest. Digipak. Greek import.
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MERZBOW - 'Tombo' CD (Fellacoustic)
Masami Akita is back with his newest offering of early era Merzbow (it appears Masami went back in time and brought his EMS synth back to accompany his current eco friendly stance). "Tombo" is 3 tracks of sheering high frequency psychedelic sound experimentations proving once again why Masami Akita is the king of all noise musicians. Digipak.
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MERZBOW / SUTCLIFFE JUGEND / SATORI - 'Split' CD (Cold Spring CSR102CD)
Released on the occasion of Merzbow, Sutcliffe Jügend and Satori at ULU, London, 19th April 2008. Japanese Noise, Power Electronics and Fortean Electronics from these 3 giants of the Noise / Industrial scene, with one exclusive studio track from each act. This CD is presented in a full colour card slip and is shrinkwrapped. Limited to 1000 copies only - act fast!
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METHADRONE - 'Retrogression' Enhanced CD (Subdrone Recordings)
Re-release of the ‘Retrogression’ EP (Nothingness), now on professional CD. Death / doom metal with industrial influences and a touch of sludge, based around two bass guitars. Reminds of ISIS. With Craig Pillard (Womb, Incantation). The bonus material consists of two video clips and a cover of SWANS’ ‘Sex, God, Sex’. The CD comes in a slimline DVD-case with full colour cover and is limited to 1000 copies.
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METHADRONE - 'Sterility' CD (Foreshadow Productions)
US-based one-man project Methadrone is spearheaded by Craig Pillard (ex-Incantation), also known as bass player of doom metal band Evoken. Under the moniker of Methadrone, Pillard dives into murky waters of impenetrable sonic depth created by heavy and torturous guitar sounds. From the very first tunes of the title track “Sterility” you are taken down to witness the perfect musical desolation and dryness entrapped in eight inches of the silver plate. Methadrone's sound has evolved into more organic and original entity, defining Craig’s style and maturity as an independent musician. "With lights out and headphones on enter into the world of sound where no life dwells". Features guest vocals from David Galas (Lycia).
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MICHAEL GIRA - 'Songs For A Dog' LP (Lumberton Trading Company)
Over the years, Michael Gira (Angels Of Light, ex-SWANS etc) has honed his craft into something more sophisticated without actually having lost sight of the power, emotional tugs, or even the simplicity of his earlier works. On 'Songs for a Dog', he has collected ten tracks (mostly culled from releases only available via his website, plus three unreleased tracks), that catch him in his purest form. Mostly built around his guitar and voice in a home studio environment, the songs here expose perfectly how he can function without the layers of sound he's also often fond of exploring. These songs capture an artist who seems forever capable of pushing himself into new avenues. Ltd x 2000 copies in textured packaging, complete with insert and pressed on heavy vinyl.
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MICHAEL MANTRA - 'A/B' CD (Silentes / Amplexus)
Two long tracks of obscure and haunting drone-based atmospheres. Layers of slowly morphing sound-streams, electronic waves, natural ambient feedback, deep rumbles and distant echoes of metallic clattering masses in motion. An unbelievable sonic trip into the deepest darkness. Composed to be listened to using headphones, as a way of isolating yourself from the world. A work of epic ambient majesty.
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MICHAEL MANTRA - 'Boolean Languages' CD (Silentes / Amplexus)
“Boolean Languages” is a Dark Ambient album that is sombre in approach and mysterious in overtones. A combination of digital and analogue synthesizers, musique concrete and drones creates an album that is an ambiedelic brew of sonic excursions into the dark unknown lands within. This album is dedicated to world peace and the end of all suffering for all sentient beings.
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MICHAEL MANTRA - 'Mobius Logic' CD (Silentes)
Evocative and crepuscular atmospheres, tenuous sounds from the ink colour pastel, minimalistic melodies acclimatised on a background of discreet but wrapping field recordings. Surrealistic soft sonorous landscapes with warm synthetic sounds, mixed to crystalline natural noises, concrete sounds, breaths. "Mobius Logic" is a fascinating, classic and quiet album of ambient music, and a work of one of the greatest and historical masters of the genre.
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MICHAEL NINE - 'Empathy / Apathy' 7" (Neural Operations / Maruta)
Rare white vinyl from this artist formerly known as Death Squad. Mostly spoken words and samples with some sinister background sounds, always threatening. 500 of this vinyl were pressed but according to Maruta Records, 250 were lost during shipping, leaving only 250 in circulation.
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MICHAEL NORTHAM - 'Suhina' 10" (Substantia Innominata / Drone Records)
"Suhina" is a notion for the sound of the wind moving through the trees. Instead of capturing field recordings of wind, Michael Northam tried to capture this feeling and the essence of this process through instrumental recordings from Indonesian flute and keyboard. Natural phenomena seen as the true manifestation of the Unknown. Stunning full colour artwork by Indian artist Rohini Devasher. Ltd x 500 copies on white vinyl.
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MICHAEL PRIME - 'Requiem' LP (Die Stadt)
A prolific sound composer and an active member of Morphogenesis, Prime has also collaborated with (among others) David Jackman/Organum, Jim O'Rourke, Eddie Prevost, David Toop and Adam Bohman. He's also one half of Negative Entropy (with G. Feyton of Noise Makers Fifes). "Requiem" is one of his most intense works so far and quite different from his more environmental studies. Limited edition of 700 copies on thick vinyl, in a stunning gatefold sleeve with a textured insert.
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MICHEL CHION - 'Dix Sept Minutes' 3" CD (Metamkine)
Musique concrète realised in 2000. Commissioned by the Group de Recherches Musicales de l'INA and realised in its studios. Dedicated to Lionel Marchetti. Part of the Collection Cinéma pour l’oreille, curated by Jérôme Noetinger. As the title would suggest, just over 17 minutes of music. Comes in a cardboard gatefold sleeve with shrinkwrap.
Ultra minimal drones and textures from Russia. Originally released as an MP3 file on the obscure label Quietzone, now given the CD treatment. The packaging is as minimal as the music, with basic text printed onto the CD, and coming in a PVC sleeve. Everything about this release makes you focus on the music within. This is tranquil, isolationist listening for followers of labels like Mego or Touch. Two tracks with 26 minutes of music. Russian import.
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MIEL NOIR - 'Der Honigflügel' CD (The Eastern Front)
"Apocalyptic Chanson Doctrine". Another, completely different project from Bulgarian artist Dimo Dimov (Svarrogh, Sturmpercht, Allerseelen, Sagittarius). A brilliant piano symphony with industrial elements and samples from Russian movies, inspired by classical Russian novel "Crime and Punishment" written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Goncharov novels. Ltd x 500 hand-numbered copies in a gatefold outsized folder.
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MIGUEL A. RUIZ & BARDOSENETICCUBE - 'Exclusion Zone' CD (Aquarellist)
A collaboration work of Spanish musician Miguel A. Ruiz (Orpheon Gagarin, Efficient Refineries) and Russian project Bardoseneticcube. "Dangerous zones of sonic landscapes painted with the help of analogue synths and sequences, all sorts of samples, vinyl records and even folk instruments (percussion, gusli, penny whistles and pipes). Schizophrenically twisted ambiental collage of the fragments of the modern soundsphere. Rhythmic excursions into contaminated areas. Industrial psychedelia". Ltd x 500 copies in a digisleeve. Russian import.
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MIGUEL A. RUIZ - 'Grosor' CD (Monochrome Vision)
This is the new, remastered version of classic material recorded back in 80s, next to postindustrial aesthetics priority in electronic music. Rigorous and austere, ascetic but dynamic, this music rearranges everyday being into mindchallenging imagination, reserving the leading parts for the habitual processes and domestic objects. From the deep underground of Spanish industrial music, it comes to be rediscovered after 15 years. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
The first solo release from Fire In The Head's protagonist Mike Page is finally issued on Scottish label At War With False Noise. This is one long and untitled U.S. Noise / Power Electronics piece, clocking it at almost 44 minutes and is fucking brutal! Ltd x 500 copies only!
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MINAMATA - 'Cyclator' CD & DVD (Les Nouvelles Propagandes)
"Cyclator" is the 2009 release for this pioneer of the French industrial scene. It includes a full-length CD containing material recorded from 2002-2007 and a DVD offering the complete Minamata performance recorded live on 21st April 2007 in Antwerp, plus the video of this show. Massive waves of Power-electronics are perfectly mixed with metal sounds and percussion and heavily processed vocals, reflecting the agony of the Japanese city of Minamata in the 1950s-60s. This concept release comes in a 6-panel digipak and is limited to 500 copies.
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MINAMATA - 'Niigata' CD (Zone De Confusion)
Re-issue of this legendary French group's third tape, originally released in 1985 (Les Nouvelles Propagandes). Contains two bonus tracks from compilations from the same period, plus one unreleased 17 minute-track recorded in 2002. Pure old-school industrial and hardcore electronics with lots of metal sounds and percussion and echoed screams. This is truely the sound of agony. 70 minutes of music. Digipak.
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MIRROR - 'Still Valley' CD (Die Stadt)
Re-release of the LP version of "Still Valley", including one extra track. One of Mirror's finest works recorded by Andrew Chalk (Ora, Ferial Confine), Christoph Heemann (HNAS) and Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth, Gastr Del Sol, Illusion Of Safety) between May 2002 - January 2005. This album is a beautiful study of slowly changing drones, like a film shot in slow motion. One noticeable difference between this and other quiet Mirror affairs is the presence of oscillating pulses. These analog tones occasionaly accentuate the constant guitar drones, adding a shimmery quality, rather than becoming a competing element. Edition of 1000 copies in dye-cut cover.
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MISTRESS OF THE DEAD - 'White Roses, White Coffins' CD (Epidemie)
Funeral Doom Metal from the Czech Republic. Mistress Of The Dead is one-man project covered with mystery, which produces mystical funeral esoteric doom metal of extra high quality. Delicacy for admirers of Esoteric, Mournful Congregation, Until Death Overtakes Me and Nortt. A 76 minutes excursion over 4 massive compositions!
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MOLJEBKA PVLSE & HOROLOGIUM - 'Kaukasus' CD (Beast Of Prey)
The highest mountains in Europe have been a place of constant national conflicts ever since. 'Kaukasus' by Moljebka Pvlse and Horologium is an album devoted to this magical and spellbound region, known for its natural beauty and cultural variety. 45 minutes of experimental ambient music on a limited to 555 copies CD edition, which, as always, comes in a splendid packaging - a folded 60 x 360 cm poster, with a printed outer linen cloth for your aesthetical pleasure.
With the seventh album from Moljebka Pvlse, Mathias Josefson is joined by Karin Jakobson. Together they craft three lengthy tracks of deep, droney and surreal Dark Ambient soundscapes out of field recordings and manipulated voices. The sound is rich; carefully layered, very intense and oddly nightmarish. A highly meditative, almost hypnotic recording. Ltd x 500 copies in a beautiful, handmade A5 foldout package with silkscreen cover and opaque sleeve. Highly recommended!
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MOLJEBKA PVLSE - 'Lode Lvx' 7" (Drone Records)
For some years now Stockholm based artist Mathias Josefson has delighted the drone scene with his highly minimal excursions into drone territory. From harsh noise to soft and gentle ambience, the aim is to reach a basic level of sound conscience. In doing so the "human mind" and the "sound mind" interact to build a symbiotic entity. "Lode" and "Lvx" are great examples of breathing drone structures which seem to be derived from real string or wind instruments. Harmonic and mysterious, dense and aspiring... this is indeed music like a lode of illumination. First edition of 300 copies on black vinyl with silk-screened, embossed covers and an inlay.
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MOLJEBKA PVLSE - 'Sadalsuud' CD (Some Place Else)
For this album, Mathias Josefson collaborated with colleagues from the Royal University Of Arts, Stockholm, who provided him with various sound sources. "Sadalsuud" refers to a star of the same name in the constellation of Aquarius. The name comes from an Arabic phrase meaning "the luckiest of them all". Nevertheless the album is rather earthy-sounding, yet mystical and surreal, almost claustrophobic at times. The sound is quite reminiscent of some works by Nurse With Wound, Maeror Tri or The Hafler Trio, but carries the trademark Moljebka Pvlse feel. Digipak, Finnish import.
MOLJEBKA PVLSE / SEVENTEEN MIGS OF SPRING - 'Ravha / Electricity Gardens' CD (Topheth Prophet)
A split / collaboration disc, with one 27-minute track by the Swedish trio Moljebka Pvlse, five tracks by the Israeli duo Seventeen Migs of Spring and one shared piece. Both acts are known for their unique approach to drone ambient sounds - with processed field electronics, quiet metallic rumbles, dark brooding ambience and drones - with a more aggressive approach by SMOS. Limited to 500 copies in a digifile, with artwork and design by Niko Skorpio.
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MOLR DRAMMAZ - 'Neutrop' 7" (Obuh)
Heavy tribal rhythms with post-industrial notes. Debut of the Polish project known before as "Bebniarze z kraju Molr" (Drummers from the land called Molr). Reminds us of the strongest efforts of Crash Worship. Full colour cover printed on the maps. Limited to 333.
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MONARCH! - 'Dead Men Tell No Tales' 2 x CD (Crucial Blast)
A colossal collection of two full length albums, previously released on vinyl only, plus unreleased songs exclusive to this release. French act Monarch! unleash a slow motion avalanche of impossibly glacial, blackened sludge and hypnotic feedback, each song a series of epic tarpit riffage, stretched out eternally over lumbering drums and cavernous rumbles. Over these yawning expanses of black void appears the demonic, throat-shredding shrieks and ghostly singing of Emilie, whose petite appearance belies one of the harshest throats in the underground Doom spectrum. Presented in an offset-printed, gatefold digifile with all new artwork. North American edition.
Dense, abstract, challenging, and confrontational. Monno stands out from the legacy of doomsayers that includes Throbbing Gristle, Suicide, Whitehouse, and more recently Wolf Eyes and Lightning Bolt. Monno are impressively abrasive in sending atomic blasts of fury, but beneath the shock value of these overwhelming sonic miasmas are throat-grappling melodies evoking a dense, brutal trance. The CD is presented in a very nice silver outsized booklet.
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MONNO - 'Ghosts' CD (Conspiracy Records)
Monno have come a long way, extending their malignant nature through thick layers of fog. For this new burial they've built a soundtrack like creeper with traces of gargling glass and atonal spheres that swing through the tracks like unidentified floating objects in the sky. At times you get the feeling your brain is attached to a mechanical beehive suffering various degrees of degradation resulting from the ingress of water and salt attacks. Without doubt their most brutal and menacing album to date, etheric yet droning vocals covered in doom frost... An impaired psychomotor as troublesome as the stars that hang above us, with the reeking odor of a thousand corpses. Think along the abandoned shores of Corrupted, Burning Witch, Ulver or Godflesh. Digipak.
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MONOS - 'Generators' 2 x CD (Die Stadt)
Long announced drone release by Colin Potter (Ora, Nurse With Wound) & Darren Tate (Ora). This double album consists of two different works recorded between 2002-2003 at IC studio. Disc one features 3 tracks that are loosely based on processed field recordings in the 'classic' Monos style, exploring internal spaces. Disc two has one long track of organic & electronic tones which combine to give a dense cloud of flowing sound. Full colour digisleeve. Artwork by Darren Tate & Helen Potter. Design by Jonathan Coleclough. First edition of 600 copies in a double gatefold pack.
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MONSTRARE - 'Novum Ott' CD (Force Of Nature)
Cordell Klier's second Monstrare release was a surprise blast of originality in the dark ambient genre when it was released in 2003. This release largely continues the frozen drone theme with bleak, Dark Ambient soundscapes and horrifying moments of intense terror-filled drone. 10 tracks of seething darkness and demonic / ritualistic overtones.
Split release between Monstrare (aka Cordell Klier) and Wilt. Monstrare feeds us with new-school sonorities as Wilt opts for old-school sounds, each using the source sound material of the other to crystallize his own visions, and vice versa. One will easily recognise the traditional ambient and subtle black noise of Wilt, with Monstrare doing the dark-clicked drone he is renowned for. Ltd x 500 in deluxe cardboard digifile sleeve.
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MOON FAR AWAY - 'Lado World / Anti-Lado World' 2 x CD (Shadowplay Release)
'Lado World' was the debut CD by cult ritual / neo-folk act Moon Far Away (often compared to Dead Can Dance). As the label states "Lado World' [was the] corner stone on which Russian dark scene was built." This release includes two discs. The first is a new and remastered version of the 'Lado World' album (1996 on Russian label Exotica Records). The second is called 'Anti-Lado World' and presents 17 exclusive remixes and cover-versions of the Moon Far Away, by artists as diverse as: Hybryds, Ritual Front, Alexei Borisov, Dreams In Exile, Theodor Bastard, Necro Stellar etc. This is a hymn to the eternity of nature and it's reflection in human existence. Comes with beautiful dark gold artwork and is finished with a slipcase. Russian import.
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MOON FAR AWAY - 'New Hymn Of Russia' Enhanced MCD (Shadowplay Release)
This long-awaited work from Russian apocalyptic folk / darkwave act Moon Far Away is a 7-track maxi-single which makes a lyrical dedication to its country with the song "Mama Rus": a "New National Anthem of Russia". Moon Far Away stress that far from any existing political currents today, the word "anthem" is used in the original sense of the word - as a sublime love song and ecstatic religious text. The disc also includes a multi-media section, including a clip of the song "Zhito Zhala", the movie "You Vzoydi, Krasno sun" and a photo gallery of MFA over the years. Includes mixes / versions from Requiem For FM, Tit/IO, Six Dead Bulgarians (aka Six Dead Bulgars), Severe Illusion, Astralasia and E-Sex-T. Russian import.
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MOON FAR AWAY - 'Sator' CD (Brudenia)
The second album from this cult ritual / neofolk / ethereal act. "Sator" expands the boundaries of MFA's sound image even more, going deeper into the ethno-esoteric genre and using symbols of early Christianity. The experiments with folk instruments and with the structure of the musical pieces, and the unprecedented atmosphere and ritual orientation of the rhythm structures make "Sator" a complete musical pattern dedicated to the mystery of eternal return lived through over and over again. Moon Far Away sing of the harmony of man’s material outer space and the unexplored spiritual inner space". Rare 1st Edition! Russian import.
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MOONLIGHT SHADOWS magazine Issue #2
Stunning B&W, 52-page, A4 magazine (Greek magazine, but all text in English) featuring interviews with ARCANA, ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO, DAEMONIA NYMPHE, SEPTIC FLESH, GOTHICA, WELTSCHMERZ, ANTIMATTER, SENSE OF LOSS, NIGHTFALL, FUNERAL PROCESSION. Hundreds of reviews are included here as well, though most being on Black/Doom metal.
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MORTIIS - 'Anden Som Gjorde Oppror' CD (Projekt)
2007 reissue of the Mortiis classic Ånden Som Gjorde Opprør', originally released on Cold Meat Industry in 1995. As a member of Emperor, Mortiis was one of the notorious members of the fanatic Norwegian Black-metal scene. Through a natural evolution, Mortiis made his way into the Scandinavian dark-electronic scene. These lengthy pieces present a regal yet ancient mood; as if the soundtrack for ancient castles filled with forlorn kings looking out upon their lost kingdoms. Words are spoken in Norwegian, drifting into the background ambience. Mortiis at his very best, crafting dark synth-orchestral journeys into an enchanted world of medieval fantasy. Digipak with new artwork.
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MORTIIS - 'Keiser Av En Dimensjon Ukjent' CD (Projekt)
2007 reissue of the Mortiis classic 'Keiser Av En Dimensjon Ukjnet ("Emperor of a Dimension Unknown"), originally released on Cold Meat Industry in 1995. The Norwegian troll (founding member of notorious Black Metal act Emperor) presents 2 long tracks of medieval fantasy music, not unlike Za Frumi or a stripped down, synth version of Dronolan's Tower. The soundtrack for ancient castles filled with forlorn kings looking out upon their lost kingdoms. Mortiis' threatening Norwegian tongue drifts over dark synth-orchestral journeys into an enchanted world of medieval fantasy. Digipak with new artwork.
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MOST OF THE TACITURN - 'History Of Iron And Blood' CD (Dying Art Productions)
Just six short months after their debut 'Silent Accuser', Chinese act Most Of The Taciturn has evolved into a huge war machine. The latest album "History Of Iron And Blood" is an Asian perspective of the "Second World War European history of the rise and fall of three empires". Excellent centralized Industrial revelations! Influences cited are Puissance and Sophia, but we are sure this will appeal to all fans of the Martial symphonic / bombastic genre (A Challenge Of Honour, Cold Fusion etc). Strong political artwork. Comes in nice digipak with insert. Recommended!
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MOST OF THE TACITURN - 'Nan King - Special Edition' CD & T-Shirt - Large Size (Dying Art Productions)
With the 71st anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, Most of The Taciturn release their third album. "Let the victims of the Massacre be remembered but not buried in lies". 13 tracks of dark, solemn, sorrow ambient with martial atmospheres. Ltd x 100 copies in a B5 digipak with a black t-shirt ("Don't Forget The History - Forgetting It Means Betrayal") with front and back print and a poster. ACT FAST!
Please note that we do not accept returns on items of clothing! Chest measurement has been provided.
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MOTHRA - 'Doom Engine' CD (Three Plugs Records)
2nd album from this Tokyo quartet. Mothra create heavy industrial music with junk percussion and distorted vocals. This album utilises more metal percussion than the 1st album "The Remains Of Life" and sometimes takes on a Power Electronics feel ala Anenzephalia, Sektion-B or Con-Dom. Japanese import.
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MOURMANSK 150 - 'Le Guerre, L'Anarchie Et Le Chaos' CD (Nil By Mouth Recordings)
Brand new disc from this controversial French Industrial / Experimental / Power Electronics / Noise act. Over 50 minutes of music and 14 tracks, two of which are inspired by French writers / philosophers Antonin Artaud and Léo Ferré. "MOURMANSK 150 bare to all the ailments and side-effects inflicted from subsisting in this bizarre, perverse and spiritually desecrating - cramped and confined cell that is western society!". Comes with booklet containing all lyrics.
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MOURMANSK 150 - 'Triumphant Over Your Remains' CD (Eibon Records)
Power Electronics / Harsh Noise at its highest, most violent, intense and roughest levels. Take the roots of good, healthy, sane old-school industrial and mix them up with a modern approach to power noise. These ingredients define what long-standing French act MOURMANSK 150 will harm, kill, topple and destroy. And they shall stand, triumphant over your remains. 13 untitled slabs of violence. Digifile.
The ultimate East coast / West coast soundclash as Oregon’s Yellow Swans and Brooklyn’s Mouthus present a smouldering document from their onstage interactions on their 2006 US tour. The sound of Mouthus’s splat&clatter percussion and sheets of severely altered guitar and voice noise paired with Yellow Swans’ raucous axe-mangling and sublime noise processing make for a gargantuan oil tanker of sound that can’t avoid enveloping the listener. ‘Live On Conan Island’ is a range of monstrous caverns of free electro skronk, alt-percussion and wailing guitars. Gigantic!
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MULK - 'Putriologie' CD (Dan's Crypt Records / Suprachaotic Records)
Hyper speed and aggressive, brutal Death Metal with some breakcore electronic parts. Really original stuff from this one-man project, whose style has evolved since its conception in 2006. An incredible sound that will make your head explode. "The slithery breakcore beats and jungle rhythms and explosion of percussive glitch are fucking devestating, and the whole thing is just brutally heavy. Way heavier than any of Bong-Ra's death metal/jungle mashups, or Avulsion's drum n bass remixes... So fucking awesome! Like Suffocation fused with Shitmat, or Venetian Snares crossed with Deeds Of Flesh... highly recommended!" (Crucial Blast). Around 30 minutes of pure brutality from France.
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MURDEROUS VISION - 'Ghosts Of The Soul Long Lost' 2 x CD (Live Bait Recording Foundation)
This double CD retrospective is a testament to the productive career of this maleficent Post-Industrial beast. This album shows the changing face of Murderous Vision: Dark Ambient, Death Industrial and Power Electronics. Clocking in at 160 minutes, 'Ghosts...' is packed to the brim with rare and unreleased work spanning the years 1996-2004 .Included in this collection are every compilation appearance to this date as well as all material from split releases with Kuru. Acclimate and Black Mayonnaise. This is the definitive Murderous Vision release! Limited to 1000 copies.
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MURMER - 'In Their Homes And In Their Heads' 7" (Drone Records)
The man behind Murmer is the US field recording specialist Patrick McGinley, who is also responsible for the 'Framework' radio programme on London’s Resonance 104.4FM. The two pieces on this "Drone" captivate the listener with intelligently assembled and multi-layered recordings of a garden in London (i.e. tree bark, water, footsteps, a creaking gate), processer and ventilation sounds of an old computer, and beads of a broken necklace. All sounds were left un-processed. Combined, they take you on a trip into an other world of low drones and high-pitched noises, crunching and gritting microsounds, surprising cut-ups, all very near and clear. First edition of 300 copies on opaque white vinyl with hand-assembled covers (made up of scarf, notebook and hair) and an inlay.
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MURNAU - 'Recoil' 7" (Deafborn)
Angry distorted rhythms on the very edge of power electronics and rhythmic noise. Aggressive vocals full of hate and desperation. A soundtrack for the mental asylum and fuel for the ambitious industrial dancefloor alike. Powerful new material from Mürnau (ex Eisengrau) - not to be missed. Presented on sumptuously thick vinyl and limited to just 330 hand-numbered copies with insert.
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MUSHROOM'S PATIENCE + OUTOFSIGHT - 'Split' CD (War Office Propaganda)
This long awaited album is an excellent split release from the legends of Italian avantgarde - Mushroom's Patience - and a very promising Polish project Outofsight (who appeared on the stunning "Gloria Victis Vae Victis" compilation). 50 minutes of interesting ambient, industrial sounds and rhythms, with 5 tracks apiece. Presented in a matt digipak.
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MUSLIMGAUZE - 'Nadir Of Purdah' CD (Tantric Harmonies)
A great collection of tracks recorded by the late Bryn Jones for the Jara Discs label in the mid-1990s, including the "Nile Quartra" 7", "Nadir of Purdah" 12". Also included as a bonus is the extremely rare "Thief Severed Hand" track, which appeared on a cassette compilation, available only with Impulse Magazine #4 (1994). 44 minutes of music. Regular limited edition of 500 copies in a jewelcase. Russian import.
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MUSLIMGAUZE - 'Sulaymaniyah’ CD (Staalplaat)
Part of Staalplaat's ongoing Muslimgauze archive series, with masters originally submitted in 1997, then “replaced” by what became "Vampire of Tehran" released early in 1998. Short of two tracks ( “Fez Tishan” and “Hamas Pulse of Revenge”), this is "Vampire of Tehran" with nine additional, unreleased tracks. "Sulaymaniyah" is stylistically varied... ethno-electro, ethno-breakbeat, dub cuts, catchy, distortion ridden breaks and heavily edited ethnic music, cut-up and reassembled into Frankenstein hybrids. Wanton mixtures of styles are one of many defining qualities of Muslimgauze music. For those who appreciate the latter, rhythmic ethno-breaks and dub phase of Muslimgauze circa "Tandoori Dog", "Sulaymaniyah" is a must have. Text by Ibrahim Khider, author of “Muslimgauze: Chasing the Shadow of Bryn Jones". Ltd x 700 copies in a digipak.
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MUSLIMGAUZE - 'Sycophant Of Purdah' CD (Staalplaat)
Part of Staalplaat's ongoing Muslimgauze archive series, "Sycophant of Purdah" was submitted in 1994 then “replaced” by another master Bryn Jones felt more fit for release. "Sycophant" then languished in the vaults until present, nearly a decade after Jones' passing. Despite being of the same sub-genre as the old-school Industrial stylings of "Zealot", "Blue Mosque" etc, "Sycophant" could be considered a 'missing link' that ties them together - with ethno-breaks added for variance. None of the track listings, handwritten by Jones, are repeated on any other release, hence "Sycophant of Purdah" is a must have for fans and collectors. Text by Ibrahim Khider, author of “Muslimgauze: Chasing the Shadow of Bryn Jones". Ltd x 700 copies in a digipak.
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MUSLIMGAUZE Vs SPECIES OF FISHES - 'Muslimgauze Vs Species Of Fishes' CD (Tourette)
Previously released in 1999 on Species Of Fishes (FCD 01). The original tracks from Species Of Fishes albums "Songs Of A Dumb World" and "Trip Trap" were used for this remix project, created in summer/autumn 1998. More than a simple remix album, this is a beautiful and haunting addition to the catalogue. Instantly appealing to those seeking a mellower sound, there is enough complexity and edge to keep everyone happy. Comes with 4 new tracks! Digipak.
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MUSTERION - 'The Black Lodge' CD (Horus Cyclic Daemon)
The mysterious Dark Ambient solo project of Simon Kölle (Za Frûmi). "The Black Lodge" is centred around the exploits of Agent Dale Cooper (from the cult TV series Twin Peaks). Musterion delves into a chaos of esoteric sounds influenced by memories, dreams, the works of H. P.Lovecraft and more. Enter "The Black Lodge": a place of murder, mystery, darkness, ancient machines, old memories and horror. This deluxe limited edition comes presented as 500 numbered copies housed in a special A5 sized embossed folder with a nice booklet.
MUTANT APE / SEPPUKU - 'Split' 7" (Turgid Animal / At War With False Noise)
Mutant Ape punish with a six minute lesson in harsh noise brutality. It sounds like a large collection of faulty electric appliances being launched down the stairs of a building on fire. On the flipside is a couple of tracks by the band formerly known as Tetsuo. This side sees a change of direction from the previous lo-fi clatterings and contains two mercilessly heavy tracks of full-on noise doom! Ltd x 220 copies with hand-made sleeves and insert.
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MUTANT APE / THE RITA - 'Kings Of Violence / Murky By The Sand Bar' 7" (Unrest Productions / Turgid Animal)
Total harsh noise with one side apiece from Mutant Ape (aka prolific UK noise artist George Proctor of Wolfguts, etc) and The Rita (aka Canadian noise artist Sam McKinlay). Mastered by Andy Ortmann (Panicsville). Ltd x 220 hand-numbered copies in a folded card sleeve. A nice collectable piece.
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MUX - 'The Second Confession' CD (RAIG)
Another great discovery from the St Petersburg scene. Using analogue synthesizers, assorted instruments and digital processing, this duo churns out sludgy, rhythmic tracks with scraping sounds and rusty textures that wouldn't sound out of place on a Mental Destruction album. Handmade cardboard packaging. Russian import.
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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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MY CAT IS AN ALIEN / TEXT OF LIGHT - 'Cosmic Debris Volume 1' CD (A Silent Place)
CD re-issue of the first instalment in the "Cosmic Debris" split ART-LP series. This volume sees My Cat Is An Alien (Maurizio and Roberto Opalio) alongside Text Of Light (Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Alan Licht, DJ Olive, Ulrich Krieger and Tim Barnes). Text Of Light's track was recorded live at Centre Georges Pompidou in 2003 and mixed in dual mono by Ranaldo & Licht in NYC. MCIAA's piece is a conceptual ouverture to the whole series, performed in April 2006 at their secret recording space called Alien Zone, located up the Italian Western Alps. The CD comes in a textured digisleeve with reproductions of the original LP artwork. A Silent Place is a sub-division of Small Voices, Italy.
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MÖSE - 'Halfway To Nowhere' CD (Solitude Procuctions)
Möse translates to Sludge in south-west Flemish. No coincidence. After a self-titled single and a split with Hog Mountin, Möse now release their first full-length album after many years of work. High quality sludge / Doom from the Belgian project featuring members of Neuthrone and Thee Plague of Gentlemen. The powerful sound is ensured by professional mastering and the crushing compositions of "Halfway to Nowhere" proclaim the appearance of a new serious representative of the style in Europe.
Alabama-based Hog Mountin are a pissed off sludge doom band that lie somewhere in between Grief, Crowbar and Eyehategod. You can expect pretty heavy "scream the lungs out" sludge throughout most of the music. On the second part of the split you get a couple of killer tunes by the Belgians Möse (featuring members of Neuthrone, Thee Plague Of Gentlemen and Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat...), a misanthropic sludge-metal outfit with one previous 7". Heavy and crushing, yet uniquely weird.
Solo debut by Californian Nathan Berlinguette of 5/5/2000, The Human Quena Orchestra, and Creation Is Crucifixion. 'The Dreams Of...' sets a course for the heart of a black hole, and takes the scenic sonic route getting there. This is the sound of stargazing, a blackened landscape of warm shimmer that imperceptibly shifts and contorts, each new shape even more abstract and more black than the shape before, tracing a minimal path that simultaneously drifts beneath the sea, through subterranean caverns, amidst the vacuum of space and through the impossibility of alternate universes. Soft rumbles, warm chordal swells, glistening abstract melodies, drifting gauzy shimmer, all falling into one another and making the journey special. Packaged in a simple folded black sleeve, printed with gold foil. Features guest appearances by Tim Green (The Fucking Champs) and Ryan Unks (Creation Is Crucifixion, Circadia).
