O PARADIS & TOTENLIEDER - 'Sin' 10" (Old Europa Cafe)
Collaborative album by those two great Neoolk projects from Spain and Canada respectively. Both projects are well known for their recent releases on Hau Ruck and Aorta and the great collaborations of Ô Paradis with Novy Svet and Allerseelen. Sad songs of love, loneliness & melancholy. All wonderfully sung in Spanish by Demian and accompanied by Sebastien’s heart-breaking Violin. Clear red vinyl, artwork printed on dark-red on quality cardboard in black & gold. Limited edition of 500 only!
UK 10£ Europe 12£
World 14£
QUANTITY
O PARADIS - 'Pequenas Canciones De Amor' CD (Tourette)
Sixth full-length release from our favourite Catalonian troubadour, with a somewhat more light-hearted and poppy spirit than their previous CD. 17 tracks of the stripped-down, lugubrious Latin pop which is the trademark sound of the band Pure Mediterranean sunshine. Also features a cover of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me, Babe". File next to Spiritual Front, Division S, Mushroom's Patience etc. Digipak.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
O PARADIS / ESCAMA SERRADA - 'La Corte Del Rey Pescador / La Reina Está Mala' 2 x CD Set (Tourette)
Spanish artists Sergio (Escama Serrada) and Demian (Ô Paradis) have a friendship that has culminated in the release of this double work, working together on some tracks. "...Ô Paradis present groovy, Mediterranean Neofolk, with a large assortment of samplers, noises and improvised instruments, and most always caressed by Demian’s voice... The fluidity of the record is astounding, and the music has become riper, settled, like a fruit fills with juice in the spring sunlight... A must for true folk, experimental pop and simply great music lovers... Escama Serrada basically presents a sort of dark ambient, adding some martial spice at times and a lot of dark punk attitude at others. Perhaps the music is similar to a modern day nihilistic version of Einstürzende Neubauten... Promising ambient, with ample possibilities and a distinct personality" (Side-Line). Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies with banderole.
UK 22£
Europe 24£
World 26£
QUANTITY
O QUAM TRISTIS - 'Funerailles Des Petit Enfants' CD (Palace Of Worms)
Debut from this French act. "Funérailles des Petits Enfants", provides an eclectic mix between choral chants of deeply religious / ecclesiastical content and ethnic/medieval music with an electronic edge that sets the project in a contemporary setting. Traces of Dead Can Dance pop to mind, as well as Enigma, Rosa Crvx, Opera Multi Steel, Rajna, Bel Canto or Les Sécrets de Morphée. A very original, diverse and refreshing release!
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
O QUAM TRISTIS - 'Les Chants Funestes CD (Palace Of Worms)
French act O Quam Tristis have mastered their art with “Les Chants Funestes” and have delivered an eloquent fourth album of inspiring music. Female and male vocal polyphonies inspired by music going from the Middle Age down to the Baroque Era using acoustic traditional or medieval instrumentation and modern electronics in harmony, without losing the sacral and medieval character of their music. Synths and bass guitar join the electronic rhythms, contributing a rock and liturgical feeling to the compositions, based on ancient secular and liturgical poetries. Features H. Dammarie (Collection d'Arnell-Andrea, Thy Violent Vanities).
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
O QUAM TRISTIS - 'Meditations Ultimes' CD (Palace Of Worms)
Third album by this outstanding medieval act. ?Meditation Ultimes" is another modern interpretation of medieval and ancient folk music. Their medieval folk will certainly appeal to fans of Dead Can Dance, Qntal, Ataraxia and similar acts. The heavenly vocals female singers Anna and Katarina combined with selected male chants in Latin are very moving. The music offers a wide range of variations, from purest folk to sometimes more electronic interferences, tribal drums, bagpipes, flutes, dulcimer and various other natural instruments. One of our most popular titles!
OBJEKT/URIAN - 'Tonfragmente II' CD (Zone De Confusion)
Re-issue of the self-released EP from 2001 (Ltd x 150). Objekt/Urian is a German duo working with self-made instruments and old electronic material. Their music is a great mixture of dark atmospheric soundscapes and power-electronics with a strong old-school industrial touch at one and the same time original, melodic and powerful. Recommended to fans of Haus Arafna. Totally remastered from the original recordings by Hermétique. Ltd x 1000 copies in a spot-varnished digipak.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
OBLIVION ENSEMBLE - 'Seraphim Hallucino' CD (Malignant Records)
Over 11 years in the making (1995-2006), 'Seraphim Hallucino' is widely considered to be Act 2 of the "virtual" opera trilogy begun by Oblivion Ensemble's 1995 release of 'Nightmare: Sinistrotorse'. At Seraphim Hallucino's source are strange, electro-acoustic improvisations of percussion, trumpet, voice, synthesizers and guitar- sculpted and sampled, twisted and turned, shaped into building and diminishing moments, and, at times appearing alone, pure and unmodified. Deeply imbedded in the music and fragmented lyrics are secrets, intertwining themes, voices, and imprinted messages. All come together to create an enormously complex, mercurial mix of surreal, dynamic and dark sounds. To fully appreciate the scope and intricacies of 'Seraphim Hallucino', headphones in a darkened room are highly recommended. Released in a stunning 6-panel digipak.
UK 5£
Europe 6£
World 7£
QUANTITY
OBOZDUR - 'Winter Canabinol Essence' CD (Nihil Art)
First CD proper for this Russian outfit of Vitaly Maklakov, hailing from the Ural region."6 tracks… which will penetrate deeply into your mind and stay there for long time… leaving unique feeling of novelty and at the same time immersing you in depths of style… in a word… noise… free comments…" File next to fellow Russians Reutoff and Cyclotimia. Ltd x 500 copies.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
OCTOBER FALLS - 'Marras' CD (Corvus Records)
The music of the Finnish project October Falls is acoustic and melancholic. Cello, soft piano tones, choir and acoustic guitar weave beautiful melodies about the Nature’s beauty. “Marras” tells a story about withered leaves, autumn rain and mist in the forest. Perfect melodies for the long winter nights. Originally released in a digipak in 2005, this reissue is presented in a jewelcase.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
ODA RELICTA - 'Czarstvo Duhka' CD (Neuropa)
Less then a year after the well-received debut album 'The Crown & The Plough', Olegh Kolyada (First Human Ferro / In Meditarium) presents his sophomore album. 'Czarstvo Dukha' shows us the other side of Oda Relicta. Heavily inspired by archival sacral recordings, this album stands far from the bombastic music presented on the debut. Eleven tranquil Neofolk compositions will take you on a spiritual journey. The entire album is enriched with sopranos, classical instruments and that special Ukrainian local flair. Oda Relicta was assisted on this recording by Albireon, Lonsai Maikov and Dissonant Elephant. Presented in a beautiful 8-panel digipak with gold print. Ltd x 500.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
ODA RELICTA - 'Leper Mass' CD (Twilight Records)
Ukrainian project Oda Relicta (aka Olegh Kolyada of First Human Ferro and In Meditarivm) was created in 2005 with the intention to represent the legacy of the local military orchestra - Zhytomyr Military Brass Orchestra, where Olegh Kolyada's uncle was involved into while serving in the army. Hence the military component of the project is the marches, and improvisations upon classical works performed throughout 1990s - 2005 by said orchestra. This is a masterpiece; very intense, atmospheric and deep. A work and sound unique and very personal. Oda Relicta´s third album will show you the true beauty of the liturgical chants in their more primitive expression. Digipak.
OF SWINE AND SWILL - 'Of Swine And Swill' CD (Live Bait Recording Foundation)
Imagine a unique mix featuring the rock elements of Black Sabbath, Industrial soundscapes ala Deutsch Nepal or In Slaughter Natives, with a touch of Godspeed! You Black Emperor and you're somewhere close to the new project of Murderous Vision members Stephen Petreus and John Potter. Without the constraints or boundaries of one genre, blending their rock and electronic roots, Of Swine And Swill's music is personal, introspective and emotional: aggressive, yet subtle; atmospheric, yet never a passive listen. Ltd x 1000 copies.
UK 10£
Europe 11£
World 12£
QUANTITY
OLDE CRONE - 'Olde Crone' CD (psycheDOOMelic)
Olde Crone are a psychedelic / stoner doom band from Herts born strong and true to each other out of a glorious haze of weed and Sabbath worship. Their music is classic slow riffing doom combined with elements of spaced out psychedelic rock. High heaviness and loudness factors. Seven songs in over 70 minutes of slow doom madness. Get your doom dose now! Olde Crone ended in 2009.
This is the first vinyl release for the collaborative project of Bad Sector and Where! Pure sounds from an abandoned metal water tank located in a forest in Tuscany, Italy (originally used by miners from that region). Both tracks are based entirely on these field recordings, made during a windy September night in 2007, then treated and assembled in the studio during 2008. Lucifugus music for Lucifugus men! Ltd x 500 copies on orange vinyl with stunning artwork from Tilmanna Benninghaus.
UK 12£
Europe 14£
World 16£
QUANTITY
OLHON - 'Underwater Passage' CD (Eibon Records)
"Underwater passage" is based upon underwater recordings taken in 2006 by Zairo (Where), which were then treated by Massimo Magrini (Bad Sector). These recordings were taken using special sensing microphones attached to an abandoned telephone cable running on the seabed at -40m. They were then processed with particular demodulating treatments, resulting in a complex and rich ambiental monument, with strange clicks, impulses and a lot of movements. Definitely far from the usual concept of dark ambient, "Underwater passage" shimmers with cutting mid / high frequencies bursts. Digipak.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
OLIVIER CAPPAROS & LIONEL MARCHETTI - 'Livre Des Morts' CD (Entr'Acte)
Composed in 2002-3 in the studios of Capparos and Marchetti and at Fresnoy National Studio of Contemporary Arts as the soundtrack to the Éric Pellet film "Livre Des Morts" ("The Book Of The Dead"). Olivier Capparos is an instrumental and electro-acoustic composer whose work encompasses philosophy and literature as well as music. Lionel Marchetti was born in France in 1967. His interest in music resides in the qualities of sound. He often refers to his instruments as an ‘electro-acoustic contraption’. Ltd x 300 copies in the usual Entr'Acte heat-sealed sleeve.
OMEI - 'When All Your Ghosts Are Tired' CD (Ninth Circle Music / Misanthrope Studio)
Omei expresses itself through the idea of "one thought for a thousand years." The same memory played over and over. The mind to the grindstone with nothing ahead but hours and hours of empty slow time. Two long pieces of grinding, sometimes turbulent minimalist drone and industrial from this SICKNESS side-project. Features contributions from James Keeler (WILT) and Joe Colley (CRAWL UNIT). Aggressive, negative, empty and burned. Ltd x 500 copies in slimline jewelcase.
UK 5£
Europe 6£
World 7£
QUANTITY
OND - 'Ond' CD (Inner Gravity)
This music of Önd is very much influenced by the power of life. It deals with a lot of low frequencies which is in connection with the breath and chanting work. The mix of science and spirituality. A really good CD for ritual and trance experiences.
UK 5£
Europe 6£
World 7£
QUANTITY
ONDO - 'Mahavishnu' CD (Paradigms Recordings)
The majestic debut full length album from Sweden's Ondo (aka C-J Larsgarden). Intricate, textured doomed drone, blackened ambience and lush nocturnal electronica, delicately crafted into a dark cinematic vision. A shadow dreamscape of overpowering density, akin to an intoxicating fusion of early Earth, Raison D'Etre and a touch of the shimmering haze of Fennesz, perhaps? Presented in a DVD package with insert. Ltd x 500 copies.
ONE FOR JUDE - 'Figures' CD (Infinite Fog Productions)
Reissue of the self-released debut abum from 2001, with 3 extra tracks, taken from their very first EP 'One For Jude' (1999). This remarkable French act have taken part in more than 20 compilations over the years, receiving positive and enthusiastic responses the world over. From the first minutes of "Figures", music full of melancholy and romanticism will transfer you deeply, to the farthest, warmest place and probably for a long time, stirring lost memories... where you will want to come back to again and again. Features Eric Roger (Gae Bolg, Sol Invictus) on trumpet. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
UK 8£
Europe 9£
World 10£
QUANTITY
ONIRIC - 'Cabaret Syndrome' CD (Caustic Records)
Italian project Oniric was founded by Carlo De Filippo and GianVigo (Gianpiero Timbro) in 2005. From the start their first spontaneous and artistic meeting the resulting compositions where ethereal, dreaming and inspirational. The combination of Carlo's Sad Chords and smooth dark sound and GianVigo's sonorous and contemplative melodies in the first works created an intimate and nostalgic feel. The dream like journey now begins with the release of "Cabaret Syndrome". The first album by Oniric is a melodic exploration dressed in a nostalgic style, touched by the penetrating veil of decadence. Both Apocalyptic and futuristic-retro Folk atmospheres combine into the air as if to open celestial gates while passing over them before vanishing into the Ether carried on the air of long forgotten times. A must for fans of Spiritual Front, Argine or Rome.
ONOMATOPOEIA - 'A Marble Holder From Andover' CD-EP (Cheeses International)
Great material from this project of UK noise artist Steve Fricker (Cheeses Intl). One 20-minute piece building from minimalistic ambience to solid experimental sound collage, utilising various instruments and found objects, resulting in their best material so far. One for fans of early Merzbow, Smell & Quim, Putrefier etc.
UK 5£
Europe 6£
World 7£
QUANTITY
ONTAYSO - 'Elochim' CD (Tantric Harmonies)
Second full-length release by this Belgian act. Ontayso have created a special release of manipulated electro-acoustic music in a dark and sensitive way, inspired by the artwork of strip artist Moebius. ("Elochim" is a planet in one of his famous strips). The music is soft and tranquil, but with experimental compositions and a lot of tension underneath. CD comes in a gatefold sleeve. Limited edition of 750 copies. Russian import.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
ONTAYSO - 'Magical Tone Tricks' CD (Silentes)
"Magical Tone Tricks" was created during the silent night hours by the two core members of Ontayso, Koen Lybaert and Esther Santoyo. For this release they mainly focused on electronic manipulations and field recordings. The overall atmosphere spread over the 4 long tracks comes close to the well known early Basic Channel sound, but "Magical Tone Tricks" still keeps it's unique experimental Ontayso sound. It is also their response to Rod Modell's releases on Silentes and shows their mutual love for this early 90's Berlin sound and their joy of working with field recordings and minimal sound manipulations.
UK 9£
Europe 10£
World 11£
QUANTITY
OOPHOI - 'An Aerial View' CD (Glacial Movements)
First offering from the 'Würm Series', based on the world's most recent glaciation (10,000 years ago) and asking each artist to describe this endless Ice Age. "When I’ve been asked to describe the Ice Age with an uninterrupted drone, I knew I wanted to avoid the cliches of the genre: dark rumblings, massive low frequencies, cold atmospheres. I had to describe with sounds the white landscape, the blinding light reflected by the frozen oceans, the abyssal silence. I have imagined myself in flight over this Sleeping Earth, a solitary winged-being surrounded by winds, air, water and ice. This led me to compose an airy drone with minimal variations and delicate tones, an homage to a pure, uncontaminated and remote land" (Oöphoi). A singular 65-minute track presented in a digipak. Ltd x 750.
First ever vinyl by the Italian deep ambient master! Two long contemplative tracks into the centre of holy places (may it be physically or mentally), opening endless spaces with low humming and reverberating meditation-drones! Limited edition of 500 copies on luminous green vinyl, with full-colour artwork by 1000SCHOEN aka ex-Maeror Tri member Helge Siehl.
UK 10£ Europe 12£
World 14£
QUANTITY
OOPHOI - 'The Spirals Of Time - Deluxe Edition' 3 x CD (Faria Records)
"The Spirals of Time" is considered the best of Oophoi's albums and has been recognised as one of the best drone-ambient projects of all time. Now this legendary album has been reissued in a deluxe 3-CD set! This record was initially created to become the finishing disk of this trilogy. Here you will find new ideas and new development of the concept. However the "classical" sound of "The Spirals of Time" is kept. Ltd x 500 copies in an outsized package with inserts. Russian import.
The Northern nations of Siberia use the term “Oorchach” to define a very specific archaic artefact of the household - an iron ring attached to new-born domestic animals to prevent them from sucking their mother’s milk. It is a powerful archaic symbol embodying the encounter with remorseless reality in early childhood. The signs and sounds of these shamanic cultures extinguished in times immemorial are revived in the ritual ambient / industrial project Oorchach (Lithuanian artist PoPo). Monotonic powerful loops, tribal rhythms, coarse sound quality, and the composing methods remind of the aesthetics of old school industrial / ambient and generate a strong, archaic atmosphere, the vitality of shamanic rituals and the intoxicating trance of primeval eternal nature. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
OPAQUE - 'New Ways To Criticise' CD (Consume / 8M)
Scottish guitar noise monsters OPAQUE (aka Lea Cummings of Kylie Minoise and Murray Johnston) have been active since 1998 and manage to walk a fine line between delicate improvisation and all out noise onslaught. "New Ways To Criticise" is the culmination of a years worth of recordings and is their most varied and challenging work to date. It is also their first full-length release as a 2 piece and sees them pushing the OPAQUE sound into new, extreme sonic territories. Limited to 500 copies, this CD comes in a unique cardboard gatefold sleeve.
UK 5£
Europe 6£
World 7£
QUANTITY
OPUS FINIS - 'Penance' 7" (SDM)
Second hard to find release by the Miami-based duo of Ramiro Jeancarlo and Carlos E. Oni (after a release limited to just 50 copies). This EP features lyrics "...extracted in piecemeal from Liber Al Vel Legis and King James". Dark and cold minimal electro, reminding of Galakthorrö, Black Sun Productions, Haus Arafna and TG's "United" in places. Recorded August 2006 / March 2007. Presented with full colour sleeve and insert, with strangely discordant artwork for this style of release.
UK 6£
Europe 7£
World 8£
QUANTITY
OPUS NIGRUM - 'Journey In The Dark' CD (Twilight Records)
Opus Nigrum offers a magical experience, with a sound that is characterised by impressive compositions and enigmatic melodies; atmospheric and dark, with choral and orchestral arrangements. Ritual, neoclassical, epic passages with a strong hermetic alchemical symbolism. Based on three stages in the alchemical process by which the soul passes through many incarnations in its evolution to achieve a state of perfection: Nigredo, Albedo and Rubedo. Opus Nigrum is "dark" of the human psyche, emotions, intuitions, perceptions and thoughts buried in the denial of mind. A cinematographic opus, where battles, temples, warriors are looming, where sacrifices are offer to honor of the ancient gods. Bears an uncanny resemblance to Arcana! Digipak.
This vinyl only release by Ora features two hauntingly atmospheric tracks from their rare "New Movements In G" release (150 copies) originally released on Darren Tate's own Gnome Records label in 1998, and were not included on the two Ora retrospective CD compilations "Final" and "After The Rainfall" (both on Colin Potter's own ICR label). For these recordings Ora were: Darren Tate, Colin Potter, Lol Coxhill, Daisuke Suzuki on the A-Side 'The Sun Sheds A Golden Tear', and Darren Tate & Colin Potter on the B-Side 'The Impregnable'. A beautiful piece. Ltd x 400 copies on clear vinyl.
UK 12.50£
Europe 14.50£
World 16.50£
QUANTITY
ORAISON - 'Au Commencement…' CD (VAWS)
Oraison is a French Neofolk band who have supported Sol Invictus during their French shows. “Au commencement…” contains songs from their demo “Life+death=Love=Burden” plus some live tracks and some earlier songs. Catchy Neofolk, with nice melody, powerful percussion and acoustic guitars. Especially nice are the songs which contain an alternation of the low male and angelic female vocals. The general mood here is warm and a little romantic. The songs were recorded between 1996 and 2000.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
ORCHESTRA NOIR - 'The Affordable Holmes EP' MCD (Extremocidente)
A tribute to Jeremy Brett's performance as Sherlock Holmes and the soundtrack of that series, by this new incarnation of the Tony Wakeford / Guy Harries chamber / classical music project, which now holds a somewhat more experimental approach. Ltd x 999 copies in a textured sleeve with printed inner sleeve and insert. Recommended!
UK 9£
Europe 10£
World 11£
QUANTITY
ORCHIS - 'A Thousand Winters' CD (Infinite Fog Productions)
Orchis is an English Dark Folk / Esoteric band. Originally released in 1997 (Cryptanthus), "A Thousand Winters" is an alchemical album based around the themes of life, death and the transmutation of the soul. The story of one part of Europe is extraordinarily like every other part; a thriving pagan culture that at first laughs in derision at the priests of the desert messiah, and then is slowly submerged by the rising tide of christianity until all that remains is folk memory and old tales and songs. The music is mystical dark folk with a touch of late 60s English psychedelia, and one can probably draw parallels with the early works of In Gowan Ring or Psychic TV's "Allegory and Self" / "Trip Reset". Presented in a 6-panel digipak with bronze print. Russian import.
UK 13£
Europe 14£
World 15£
QUANTITY
ORDEAL - 'Malan' CD (Eibon Records)
Drastically, dramatically, completely, extremely different from its predecessor "Traumende". ORDEAL year 2002 are offering dark, sparse, in a way sober, in another way ponderous ambiences. Somewhere between dark ambient and a certain kind of post-rock, seldom introducing minimal rhythms over creeping atmospheres. Hard to explain how this album sounds like - just try it by yourself........ "Malan" is music for a post-nuclear cabaret. Music After A Nuclear dawn....
ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO - 'ONANI (Practice Makes Perfect)' Picture Disc LP (Cold Meat Industry)
Imagine the force of countless orgasms focused into a single purpose, a single vision made flesh - and you have Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio's 8th full-length album: O N A N I - [Practice makes Perfect]. This release, inspired partly by la petit mort (the little death achieved by one's own hands or by the hands of others) continues in the O.R.E. tradition of opulent depravity and decadent beauty. The music is seductive and somber, with a more "pop" orientation, which makes the songs all the more poignant. Lush guitars, pounding percussion, humming organs and pianos, church choirs, subtle moans, female vocals by Rose-Marie Larsen, a softly throbbing drum machine and the alluring voice of the visionary behind O.R.E., Tomas Pettersson (ex-Archon Satani). Sexual magic made manifest, or merely dandy decadence for the an erotic eschatology, or both - you decide. Ltd x 444 copies on a full-colour picture disc with A2 poster.
ONE COPY PER CUSTOMER ONLY! If you attempt to purchase more than 1 copy, your order will be refunded.
UK 16£
Europe 19£
World 22£
QUANTITY
OREN AMBARCHI & MARTIN NG - 'Reconnaissance' CD (Staubgold)
Reconnaissance is the first duo release by Australian composers Oren Ambarchi and Martin Ng from Sydney - a trilogy of pieces based upon the fluid architectural modulation of harmonics and resonances. Recalling the landmark experiments of the Sonic Arts Union (Robert Ashley, David Behrman, Alvin Lucier and Gordon Mumma), Ambarchi and Ng create an enigmatic tapestry of pulsing, shimmering and shifting sound which represents a subtle and compelling realignment of Eastern and Western minimalist traditions.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
OREN AMBARCHI / LASSE MARHAUG - 'Devil Wolf Men' 7" (Pica Disk)
""Devil Wolf Men" is a tapestry of location recordings and studio collaborations made during Ambarchi and Marhaug's tour of China in 2005. Your world will not be the same. "... great plunderphonic construct from Oren & Lasse, based on location recordings (recorded from hotel-room television?) during a joint tour of Asia back in 2005 ... absolutely 180º away from anything either have done on their own, much closer to the sound-world(s) of John Wiese & Aaron Dilloway" (Mimaroglu)
"A pair of “piano music” pieces, acting as the debut collaborative single from two of contemporary experimental music’s most prolific/consistently rewarding practitioners; Oren Ambarchi and Lasse Marhaug... fierce 12+ minute inside-piano scrape-fest, hedged with bursts of live-electronic feedback and a “hot” fidelity familiar from any number of David Tudor recordings... yet at the same time not too far removed from The New Blockaders’ whole gesamtnichswerk... definitely one for those whose preferences fall in the noisier end of the electro-acoustic composition / improv spectrum..." (Mimaroglu). Second edition of 200 copies.
UK 6£
Europe 7£
World 8£
QUANTITY
ORGANISATION TOTH - 'Presents... Gloria Victis!' CD (War Office Propaganda)
Eight black anthems dedicated to the struggle for Light and Truth. This French act (with previous releases on Athanor and Old Europa Cafe) combine dark and ritual sounds with martial rhythms, choirs, piano and cryptic chants. A sweet indoctrination. Faith is Everywhere! Digipak.
ORGANISATION TOTH - 'The Voice Of T.err.o.r' 10" (Athanor)
Nice 10" of uneasy listening, ritual muzak from Marseille. The music mostly incorporates noise loops, vocal loops and crashing metal. The perfect soundtrack for your red magick experiments. Full colour glossy sleeve, pressed into red vinyl and limited to just 350 copies.
UK 9£
Europe 11£
World 13£
QUANTITY
ORGANUM - 'Amen' CD (Die Stadt)
The second installment of a short series, which began with the "Sanctus" album issued by Robot Records in January 2006. "Amen - Unto the Aeon of Aeons", is a work of two parts (each track is exactly 20:04 long), using grand piano, Hammond organ, tower bells, gong and voices. This first edition of 600 copies in a nice digipak with stark artwork.
UK 14.50£
Europe 15.50£
World 16.50£
QUANTITY
ORGANUM - 'Die Hennen Zahne' 3" CD (Die Stadt)
A four track mini CD combining the never released two 10" vinyl 'Maus' and 'Die Hennen Zähne'. 'Die Hennen Zähne' opens with 'Die Kralle', actually a David Jackman track from his archive, recorded in the early 1980's. Next is the title track 'Die Hennen Zähne', a joyful noise not unlike some of the The New Blockaders / Organum material including the sound of broken glass and tibetan horns. 'Maus' is the centre piece of this mini album and typical 'old school' Organum. The album closes with the more quiet and haunting 'Kazi', a live improvisation featuring collaborator's Michael Prime and Emma O'Bong. Nice lttle 3" digipak. Ltd x 600 copies.
UK 10£
Europe 11£
World 12£
QUANTITY
ORGANUM - 'Die Letzte Musik Vor Dem Krieg' 7" (Die Stadt)
"Two tracks recorded in 2003 with only a vague hint of the classic Organum sound. The drone material is there, but the sound is slightly similar to The New Blockaders, with the addition of random piano chords. On side two, there is the distorted sound of Tibetan horns added on a similar bed of sounds. It's a distinct break away from the pure Organum drone sound, with an interesting addition of new sounds that especially in 'Happy' works well. David Jackman/Organum still knows how to surprise his followers and is a remarkable conceptualist" [FdW]. Regular edition of 400 copies.
The two tracks featured here are a further development from the "Die letzte Musik vor dem Krieg" 7". Jackman offers a stately cluster of looped piano chords, with the sustain pedal firmly depressed. Behind this arrangement, very subtle drones flutter in the distance. One of the best works of Organum yet! Limited edition of 500 copies in a minimalist white sleeve with spot varnishing.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
ORGANUM - 'Omega' CD (Die Stadt)
The third and final part of the Organum trilogy that started with 'Sanctus' (Robot Records) and 'Amen' (Die Stadt). 'Omega' is a further continuation of those first two parts and "...comes to form in the use of a church organ like sound, some highly processed chime like sound and a deep drone of rusty metal in the background. Just as on 'Sanctus' and 'Amen' - and much true to the form of Organum mystery, there are three pieces here, which all sound quite similar - or perhaps they are similar? ... just enjoy that crazy genius Organum. I am long converted to his belief" (FdW). First edition of 600 copies in digipak.
Following "Tinnitus Vu" (Touch, 2004), "Tocsin" is the first full length album by these two renowned sound artists. Whereas Z'EV simply reworked already existing work by Jackman for "Tinnitus Vu", this time the artists agreed to both meet in the studio for "Tocsin". They created and recorded sounds from a piano and a stainless steel piece built by Z'EV circa 1989, over the course of several hours, took the recordings home, and after a period of each one mixing these sounds by themselves came up with what can be heard on this CD. Two distinctively different works by both artists which form a multilayered and fascinating album. Design by Jonathan Coleclough. Edition of 600 copies in full colour 4 panel digisleeve.
UK 14.50£
Europe 15.50£
World 16.50£
QUANTITY
ORIGAMI REPLIKA / KAPOTTE MUZIEK - 'Metamusikk' CD (Ichor)
Dissections of directions abound, and this disc is well named: what do you do after music is out there? Try ripping its heart out. Live recordings by Lasse Marhaug (Jazzkammer) and Tore H Bøe (Origami Republika / Galaktika etc) torn apart, with no overdubs. The music ranges from dense, 'old school' noise to raw, fundamental noise. Kapotte Muziek, brings proceedings to a heady close - remixes, cut-ups and experiments. A great noisy assault on the senses!
Orn are a new three piece doom metal band from Toronto, one drummer, two guitarists and a wall of amplifiers. Orn's doom is heaving and raw, the drone is delivered in snarling unapologetic straight shots. The intensity is built up and torn down with minimal structures with guttural screams, sustaining guitars and punishing insistent rhythms. With extended listening the music becomes impossibly heavy and hypnotic hitting you with wave after wave of hard charging, supremely gratifying, destroyed noise. 24 mins of snarling doom in the tradition of Ocean, Burning Witch, Graves At Sea. Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak.
UK 9.50£
Europe 10.50£
World 11.50£
QUANTITY
ORODRUIN - 'Epicurean Mass' CD (psycheDOOMelic)
"Now this is more like it! Serious doom / classic rock vibe coming from Orodruin... If you are a fan of Saint Vitus, Candlemass, Sabbath then check out their latest: Epicurean Mass. It's been a while since I have heard a band that really drives it home like Orodruin, their sound is doom and blues based, at times reminding me of Solitude Aeturnus crossed with Sour Vein...there is a hardcore edge there for sure. This CD is a doom new fave of mine and will get played often for a while..." (stonerrock.com). 2009 reissue. Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak with new artwork and 2 bonus tracks from their split 12" with Reverend Bizarre.
The long awaited 1st full-length LP by American vital slugger Gordon Ashworth is finally out. Two long tracks documented in Portland, Oregon 2006-2007. Fierce and solid bursts of shrill metal junk roar, high-frequency feedback and brutal vocals. A circumspect composition of heavy drone / noise assaults and depressive electronics. Explosions break the silence, the silence erodes the explosion. When you look up at the horizon, your blood will remember "Grey Variables". Hand-numbered edition of 280 copies on clear vinyl in a heavy polysleeve with a silkscreened obi strip and a postcard. Japanese import.
UK 15£
Europe 18£
World 21£
QUANTITY
OSMAN ARABI - 'Burning Sigils' CD (Fractured Spaces)
Solo project of Lebanese artist Osman Arabi (20.SV / Seeker). "Burning Sigils" is a single 38-minute track of deeply hypnotic ethno-ambience tinged with a cold darkness; a forgotten text written in the blood of generations, a story of long-buried secrets and civilisations that worshipped dark gods in the hidden kingdoms, lost to time and memory, becoming covered by both sand and the unforgiving ravages of time. This languid and hip-swayingly sinister piece builds slowly, unfolding its narrative unhurriedly, in the same way that the ages-old deserts themselves have been around forever, in the process resurrecting the shades of aeons-dead peoples and blowing cold winds across the heat-ridden sandy wastes. Delve with us into the black heart of a now-vanished civilisation and visit the incense-filled temples of the gods of the arid places. Digipak.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
OSOKA - 'Caustic Smoke' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
The debut album of Russian experimental post-rock group Osoka, based in Rostov-on-Don. Their sound draws from influences ranging from sludge and doom metal, with stoner rock background to dark ambient and industrial music on the other pole. The band's inspirations are Cult of Luna, Neurosis, Isis, Meatjack, Khanate, Nadja, Sunn O))), Halo. "Caustic Smoke" is one expanded track, 45 minutes long, slow, repetitive and crushing, with heavy sections of distorted guitars often interspersed with dark ambient and industrial interludes. CD in 6-panel digipak.
Portuguese avant-garde ensemble Osso Exótico have created a stunning body of work since 1989 (current members being André Maranha, David Maranha and Patricia Machás). With very little history to be found about the band, the music speaks for itself. Percussionist Z’EV, who has spent the better part of 40 years finding ways to coax sound out of material, and then creating a mystic cacaphony out of it, also uses sound as communication. Together, this grouping produces quite a statement, as sound becomes something unexplained by words, yet shared as an experience. This isn’t glassine drone music. It spews the grit of Tony Conrad and the trance of Terry Riley, while radiating the experience of a sweat lodge in a behemoth explosion of tribal minimalism. With no sound processing, the result is a highly natural, grossly enigmatic, and deeply energised recording. The power is yours for the taking. Released in an edition of 500 and packaged in an offset printed chipboard envelope.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
OSTARA - 'Immaculate Destruction' 2 x CD (Trisol)
Richard Leviathan founded Ostara in 1999 after having worked and toured with Death in June in the late 1990s. The band has been making a name for itself ever since the release of their first album, "Secret Homeland," in 2000. Now, in 2005, comes the most definitive release to date: "Immaculate Destruction". A profound and visionary work delivered with a perfect blend of passion, aggression and intimacy. Esoteric, poetic, apocalyptic but consistently inventive and contemporary, Ostara has achieved a unique fusion of lyrical complexity and musical accessibility with songs that appeal to the head and the heart. The album features new band members including Dave Renwick (ex-Bronski Beat & The Communards). A highly polished and professional production gives "Immaculate Destruction" a cutting edge sound that will win Ostara many more admirers. Released in a deluxe double CD limited edition with exclusive material.
UK 16£
Europe 17£
World 18£
QUANTITY
OTESANEK - 'Final Recordings' LP (Nancy Jo / Reification Of Misery Productions)
Two track featuring the final recordings of the mighty beast from Philadelphia, OTESANEK. Very slow, hypnotic, filthy, crushing, merciless doom. Tortured addictions turned into sound. Overpowering, intense, frightening music. Ltd x 500 copies on a thick 180g slab. Screen printed chipboard covers, featuring the gorgeous art of Pippi Zornoza. The Ten of Swords on the cover represents a worst case scenario wherein everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. At the same time, it also represents a victim mentality. One sword could kill a man, ten swords point to embellishment (and the implication of self-fulfilling prophecy).
UK 13£
Europe 16£
World 19£
QUANTITY
OTHILA - 'Continents' CD (Divine Comedy)
Second full length opus by this French act. Othila celebrate Mother Earth from continent to continent. Sharing, opening, discovering, and respecting are the words to describe this new album. The music, after the much more martial "Yula" 10" is darker and lurking. Eight long pieces for five continents and Atlantis. Comparisons have been made to Hybryds, with some incursions in the more modern and still filmographic darkness of Godspeed You Black Emperor! or Biosphere. This gem is packed in a triple fold out digifile and is limited to 500 copies.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
OUR GOD WEEPS - 'Prodromus' 7" (Ars Benevola Mater)
Beautiful release from this Hungarian act, known for their quality material on Hau Ruck! and MozgaloM, and live member of Kriegsfall-U. Melancholic black and white atmospheres accompanied by distant echoes of battles already forgotten. Epic Neo-Classical aria cross elegant musical ornaments of Mitteuropean source for an opera characterised by sounds which are marble-like in their form and brave in their spirit. Ltd x 479 thick vinyl copies in an elegant textured gatefold.
OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON US - 'Painful Stories Told With A Passion For Life' CD (psycheDOOMelic)
The Austrian sludge masters´ second full length album, 6 new songs, over 40 minutes playing time. Our Survival Depends On Us is an excellent Austrian Sludge Doom band with post core influences. Wonderful acoustic sounds, pitch-black sound samples, and the mourning and conjuring vocals of the two singers. Rage, sadness, bitterness, suffering and hate are only a part of the emotions that are processed and thus channelled with OSDOU.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
OUTOFSIGHT - 'Vodka Likes Smoke (The Damned Poets)' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
Poor alcohol and the smoky interior of a pub. The common despair shouted out in rare moments of sobriety. The terrible, absurd atmosphere of Poland in 50s and 60s of last century. Young people, poets, writers, painters and musicians thrown out of the "happy and ideal" society created by communistic authorities. People sinking their dreams in vodka. The works of those damned: Kazimierz Raton (1942-1983), Marek Hlasko (1934-1969) and Edward Stachura (1937-1979) was inspiration for this moving album. Musically it is perfectly blended mix of cold wave, Neofolk, pop and even echoes of decadent cabaret with different guest vocals. Digipak.
This 40-minute epic moves from pulverizing industrial dirge blanketed with heavily textured layers of processed guitar and fearsome guttural roars intermixed with captivating female vocals, to passages of haunting dark ambience and bottom-heavy churn, and a magisterial finale that stretches gloom-ridden moody riffage, vaporous electronics and dramatic male / female singing across the song's final fifteen minutes, a tense, slow buildup that erupts into an earth-shaking crescendo of super heavy riffage. Immensely bleak and heavy, "Born Again" brings together elements of Godflesh's industrial pummel, black metal, tribal dirge , the violent nihilism of Swans, doomy death metal, and even some black strains of psychedelia into a monumental metallic black hole. Digipak.
OVRO & NIKO SKORPIO - 'Live In Placard #7' CD (Some Place Else)
One hour of unsettling and unrestrained Uneasy Listening. Recorded live in Placard #7 Headphone Festival, Helsinki, Finland, 22th May 2004. This is musick to shrink skulls to. "...a well-done, well varied bunch of electronic music by two of the more promising artists from Finland" (Vital Weekly). Ltd x 500 copies, hand-numbered by the artists themselves.
UK 10£
Europe 11£
World 12£
QUANTITY
OVRO - 'Gegendurchgangenzeit' CD (Some Place Else)
“An exercise in aural pathworking. Cinematic isolationist dark-ambient soundscapes, very evocative... you are taken through rainy seas, soaked, shipwrecked, underwater, underground... and what sights you see, what beings you meet on the way is left for your subconscious to reveal. Deep listening for small hours. Sit back, relax and let your mind go.” Finnish import.
UK 10£
Europe 11£
World 12£
QUANTITY
OVRO - 'Horizontal / Vertical' 7" (Drone Records)
On "Horizonal / Vertical" "the wondergirl of Finnish experimental music" presents deep waving droning noises, set against vortexing echoes and swirling digital effects, derived from what could be instrumental sources or object recordings, moving the willing listener into a surrealistic subconscious dimension. On the second side the contrasting conrete material fills your imagination with "something" that "happens", so captivating and condensed! This music spreads like an unconscious aural travelogue in different spatial directions (horizontal and vertical). Cinematographic and narrative drone atmospheres, with great care for even tiniest details. First edition of 300 copies on white vinyl with handpainted sleeve pasted up with pieces of newspaper and filmstrips. Includes an insert.
UK 7£
Europe 8£
World 9£
QUANTITY
OVRO - 'Mosaick the Serpent / Vipera Aurea' CD (Some Place Else)
This album consists of two distinct parts, each independent yet linked to each other. Originally intended as two companion EPs, they support and compliment each other and form a new whole, a third being that contains both its makers and in itself is something more. These two EPs, Mosaick and Vipera are twins – independent yet entwined like the snakes of a caduceus. Vipera Aurea is "coagula" to Mosaick the Serpent's "solve". Calm yet intense, vocal-flavoured Dark Ambient mindscapes in the distinct Ovrian style. Features contributions from Massimo (Black Sun Productions), NIko Skorpio and Mockingwyrd. Standard PVC slip.
UK 9£
Europe 10£
World 11£
QUANTITY
OXYD Meets SUMAD - 'Mysterious Places Of Dead Souls' CD (Ars Benevola Mater)
Dark ambient soundscapes accompanied by the restless breath of drones and samples overwhelmed with typically distressing Scandinavian atmospheres. "Mysterious Places Of Dead Souls" gloomy horizons reflect upon landscapes of sombre uneasiness delivering the ideal soundscape to new and unknown dimensions. Ltd x 545 copies in out-sized package.
Over 11 years in the making (1995-2006), 'Seraphim Hallucino' is widely considered to be Act 2 of the "virtual" opera trilogy begun by Oblivion Ensemble's 1995 release of 'Nightmare: Sinistrotorse'. At Seraphim Hallucino's source are strange, electro-acoustic improvisations of percussion, trumpet, voice, synthesizers and guitar- sculpted and sampled, twisted and turned, shaped into building and diminishing moments, and, at times appearing alone, pure and unmodified. Deeply imbedded in the music and fragmented lyrics are secrets, intertwining themes, voices, and imprinted messages. All come together to create an enormously complex, mercurial mix of surreal, dynamic and dark sounds. To fully appreciate the scope and intricacies of 'Seraphim Hallucino', headphones in a darkened room are highly recommended. Released in a stunning 6-panel digipak.
