"Carreteras" ("Roads" in English) is the last trip of warm Mediterranean Neofolk act Ô Paradis through secondary roads leading to the unknown. The hardships of fleeing of the wild animal that devours the speech of men. With a sound more electronic than usual for Demian's project, this work invites us to drive without fear to the horizons of our deepest longing. Digipak.
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O PARADIS / ESCAMA SERRADA - 'La Corte Del Rey Pescador / La Reina Est Mala' 2 x CD Set (Tourette)
Spanish artists Sergio (Escama Serrada) and Demian ( Paradis) have a friendship that has culminated in the release of this double work, working together on some tracks. "... Paradis present groovy, Mediterranean Neofolk, with a large assortment of samplers, noises and improvised instruments, and most always caressed by Demians 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 Einstrzende Neubauten... Promising ambient, with ample possibilities and a distinct personality" (Side-Line). Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies with banderole.
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O QUAM TRISTIS - 'Le Rituel Sacr' CD (Palace Of Worms)
A modern interpretation of medieval and ancient folk music, filled with heavenly female vocals and male choirs, as well as a wide range of instrumentation (flutes, bagpipes, tribal drums, dulcimer, and so on). After the great success of their first album, here comes the second album by this outstanding medieval act. "Le Rituel Sacre" (the sacred ritual) is another modern interpretation of medieval and ancient folk music. Their medieval folk will certainly appeal to fans of Dead Can Dance, The Soil Bleeds Black, Ataraxia and similar acts. The heavenly vocals female singers Anna and Katarina combined with selected male chants in Latin will certainly evoke you. 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. Comes with a beautiful 12 page booklet with texts and great funeral artwork made by Curt Emmer.
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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).
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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 - 'Agitation' CD (Tesco Organisation)
Objekt/Urian's sound is a post-industrial old school one, influenced by the early waves of the genre. The music, subject and ambition might have perceivably changed, but Objekt/Urian combine yesterday's and today's music culture within their 2nd release. They stroll down the old paths with self-built instruments, as well as using analogue technology. The result is a quite distinct sound, yet it always reveals a closeness to Power-Electronics and Noise. The incredibly blurred and ugly aspect of social and political issues is almost foist on the listener with the aggressive vocals. "He who attacks first, dies second". Embossed digipak.
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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.
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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.
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ODA RELICTA - 'Holy Alliance' CD (Twilight Records)
The Ukrainian project of Olegh Kolyada (First Human Ferro / In Meditarium) strikes again! "Holy Alliance" is the brand new album of this great act, which creates emotional music combined with martial, epic and sacral elements. "Holy Alliance" is the 2nd martial album by Oda Relicta. An alliance of Military Brass Orchestra marches and Ensemble of Ancient Music epochs. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak with gold lettering.
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ODA RELICTA - 'Leper Mass' CD (Twilight Records)
Ukrainian project Oda Relicta (aka Olegh Kolyada of First Human Ferro and In Meditarium) 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.
ODA RELICTA - 'Lux Aeterna' CD (Twilight Records / Gradual Hate Records)
“Lux Aeterna” is a chamber requiem that follows a classical arrangement with real soprano, bass and tenor vocals, juxtaposed with angelic chants of the Child's Choir of Donetsck Musical School, piano and organ passages of simple composition yet true purifying power. Originally composed in 1988, the tracks were re-recorded, re-engineered and re-arranged in 2010. The CD comes in a grey/black digipak and is limited to 200 copies.
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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.
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OF THE WAND AND THE MOON - 'Sonnenheim' 2 x LP (Heidrunar Myrkrunar)
Deluxe edition of Of The Wand & The Moon's 4th album, "Sonnenheim", on vinyl for the first time and with 5 additional tracks not on CD version. Enchanting Neofolk / Folk Noir from one of Scandinavia's most acclaimed acts within the genre. Featuring, among others, members from Forseti and Sonne Hagal. Includes 5 previously unreleased bonus versions of 'Honour', 'Camouflage', 'My Black Faith', 'Nighttime In Sonnenheim' and 'Wonderful Wonderful Sun'. This collector's edition of 500 copies comes on white vinyl in a gold foilblocked and glossy spot-varnished gatefold cover with spot-varnished vinyl inserts.
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OLDROS - 'Domotic Alert (The I/O Ambulance)' MCD (Nihil Art)
Stunning Industrial noise from the Apennine Peninsula, Italy. Everything seems to be commonplace... but leaves an indelible mark. This EP immerses you into something beautiful and instantly grows on you, leaving only a pleasant feeling of satisfaction. You can talk, but it's better to listen. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
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.
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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.
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OMENYA - 'Ancient Rites' CD (Purple Soil)
Omenyais Mark Davis, a multi-media artist and ritual noise/ambient musician who resides in a remote part of the North Carolina mountains in the USA. Heavily influenced by early Zoviet France and then later Rapoon, his music also reflects and incorporates his interest in the esoteric rituals and ceremonies of various world religions. The mood is rather solemn; the tranquil music invites reflection. The music never becomes wild or spectacular, just minimal, rather distant ritual ambient music. Organic and electronic means together create interesting ethno-ambient soundscapes. Packaged in a 6-panel folder with insert.
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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 DARK EYE - 'Transmissions Of Fistulae Auris' CD (Industrial Recollections / Freak Animal)
Rodger Stella of Macronympha with his obscure experimental, yet crude noise cut-ups. This is the re-issue of One Dark Eye's 1994 Mother Savage Noise Productions tape. Macronympha source materials re-mixed by Rodger Stella 1994, and featuring some material from Mike Tetrault and Onomatopeia.
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ONE FOR JUDE - 'Figures' CD (Infinite Fog Productions)
Reissue of the self-released debut album 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.
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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.
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ONOMATOPOEIA - 'Irrelevant' LP (The 7.17 From West Wittering Is Late Again)
Vinyl reissue of the legendary "Irrelevant" tape originally released by Perverse Series in an edition of 70 copies, back in 1997. Artwork kept similar to the original with the front cover featuring a different national flag. Onomatopoeia (aka Steve Fricker / Cheeses International label) on top form played/produced/mixed/edited the whole album using a different instrument for each track (hunting horn, cymbal, piccolo, bass guitar and a home-made zambomba). The 7.17 From West Wittering... is proud to release its first record with Steve's final edit of this project. Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies.
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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.
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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.
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OOPHOI - 'Hymns To A Silent Sky' CD (Nextera)
An album of epic, deep, evocative space music that stretches out in front of you in its own infinite universe of sounds. The music is deeply connected with the mysteries of the sky: clouds moving slowly, delicate and dramatic colours merging together beyond the line of the horizon, winds carrying voices and sounds from distant times. A remarkable work full of poetry. Ltd x 1025 copies.
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OOPHOI - 'Mare Tranquillitatis' CD (Nextera)
The most mysterious Sea of the Moon inspired this monumental work of Italian droning artist Ophoi. The music leads us through different levels of space ambient music, from vast and resonant alien soundscapes to mystic and solitary drones for bass flute and electronics. At times reminiscing of Robert Rich's first works, with sustained and undulating chords. Mare Tranquillitatis is a masterpiece of slow atmospheric space music. Originally released by Due Acque (2001), now digitally remastered and repackaged for your deep listening pleasure!
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.
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OOPHOI - 'Upuaut' CD (Nextera)
"Upuaut is the unique, 65+ minutes long composition recorded by Italian drone-ambient musician Ophoi featuring Amir Baghiri and Mathias Grassow. For the first time since it was created in 1999, "Upuaut" is finally officially and properly released. Fully re-mastered, repackaged, including the great pyramid chamber updated diagram and liner notes from the Egyptologist Dr. J.J. Hurtak, "Upuaut" is one of the most profound, magical and sonically improved releases from Ophoi's extensive discography.
After their acclaimed debut collaboration "Celestial geometries", Italian sound sculptors Oophoi and Tau Ceti are back with the long awaited second CD "Subterranea", inspired by a book about the myth of Agharti, the hidden realm located in central Asia. Vast sonic explorations with synths, flutes, stones and shells, ranging from subtle and mysterious atmospheres to highly dynamic passages, describe this out of reach underworld. The last part of the long suite "The chamber of eternity" features the unique sound of the Tibetan singing bowls of Klaus Wiese. After the outer space adventures of their first CD, "Subterranea" deals with the inner space. Ltd x 1000 copies.
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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.
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OPHIR - 'Opus Operatum' CD (Callithrix Records)
Debut album from this Swedish act who met at EMS studios and started a series of eight sound experiments, which was part of their formal education in electro-acoustic music. An encounter between two very different musical dimensions; Anders Hallengren came from the Medieval Sacral Mass and the Renaissance polyphony of Lassus and suddenly found himself in the world of post-post-modern electro-technology and apocalyptic Death Metal of Stefan stlund. But somehow these apparently conflicting worlds intertwined and the outcome was something new, even recondite and elusive to both. A stunning array of musical instruments is used throughout (violin, piano, horn, flute, bells, drums etc). All female vocals were performed by Julia Hallengren. Digipak.
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OPIUM & SOSTRAH TINNITUS - 'Stain' CD (Silentes Minimal Editions)
Warm, involving, deep and penetrating sounds... Flowing sound patterns, vibrating drones permeated by a discreet sense of tension, evolving into dark, obscure, foggy, nocturnal atmospheres, violated by raven voices, mysterious noises and sounds of metal objects in motion... And then concrete noises, confused and elusive melodies, feeble light flashes, buried echoes of human voices, distant whispers, sudden passages of rough sounds, subliminal and hypnotic sequences, just like a recollection of unreal and dusty sounds from an old carillon... An extraordinary and not to be missed journey in the darkness, lead with great skill by two of the most remarkable artists coming from the Italian ambient/dark-ambient scene of the last decade.
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ORA - 'Morgendammerung' 10" (Die Stadt)
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.
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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!
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ORCHIS - 'A Thousand Winters' CD (Infinite Fog Productions)
Orchis is an English Dark Folk / Neofolk / 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.
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ORCHIS - 'Trait' CD (Brudenia / Cryptanthus)
Rebirth: the end of the beginning. An alchemical allegory. This is a summary of the early career of this English dark folk / Neofolk act. It includes unreleased and compilation tracks, taken from "Terra Serpentes", "the Dancing Sun", "A Thousand Winters", "Mandragora", "Gloria Melancholia" and "The Dark Ages". Also includes a biography in English and Russian. Ltd x 1000 hand-numbered copies with gold-printed artwork.
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ORCRIST - 'Fallen' CD (Sturmklang)
Orcrists new album Fallen combines ice cold riffs with melancholic sounds, which will send a shiver over your backbone and create darkest sadness in your minds. The song Fallen was written by Goblin of ISVIND and is dedicated to his friend Valfar of WINDIR who died in 2004. Goblin composed and recorded guitars and bass for the majority tracks and performed vocals on all tracks besides "Outro/The Return of Silence Part 2 which was written and recorded by Hugin, of the Austrian band URUK-HAI. ORCRIST is the true spirit of pure fucking Underground Black Metal! Slimline DVD case.
Orcrist's new album 'Fallen' combines ice cold riffs with melancholic sounds, which will send a shiver over your backbone and create darkest sadness in your minds. The song 'Fallen' was written by Goblin of ISVIND and is dedicated to his friend Valfar of WINDIR who died in 2004. Goblin composed and recorded guitars and bass for the majority tracks and performed vocals on all tracks besides "Outro/The Return of Silence Part 2" which was written and recorded by Hugin, of the Austrian band URUK-HAI. ORCRIST is the true spirit of pure fucking Underground Black Metal! Ltd x 500 hand-numbered copies with printed inner sleeve and includes a poster.
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ORDO FUNEBRIS - 'Cantar A La Morte: Fabula Triste' CD (Morningside Records)
Reissue of this fantastic 2002 debut release from Spanish Neoclassical / Ethereal / Medieval legends Ordo Funebris. A powerful blend of dreamy, medieval ambience with occasional percussive, symphonic moments, and featuring subtle Celtic influences throughout. Lady Nott and Sathorys Elenorth are now known as Der Blaue Reiter and Narsilion, whilst Lady Morte is the founder of Trobar De Morte. Presented in a stunning 6-panel digipak with sticker.
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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.
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ORGANISATION TOTH - 'The Voice Of T.err.o.r' 10" (Athanor)
Nice 10" of uneasy listening, ritual ambient muzak from Marseille. The music mostly incorporates noise loops, vocal loops and crashing metal, but also minimal ambient pieces and Layey-ian church organ music. The perfect soundtrack for your red magick experiments. Full colour glossy sleeve, pressed into red vinyl and limited to just 350 copies. Collectable piece from this French label!
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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.
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ORGANUM - 'Die Hennen Zahne' 3" CD (Die Stadt)
A four track mini CD combining the never released two 10" vinyl 'Maus' and 'Die Hennen Zhne'. 'Die Hennen Zhne' 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 Zhne', 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.
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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.
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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.
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ORGANUM - 'Sorow' CD (Siren Records)
"Sorow" is a new work by David Jackman aka Organum after completing the recent "Holy" trilogy ("Sanctus", "Amen" and "Omega"). "Sorow" is not an album that expands the trilogy still farther, but opens a new chapter in Organum's career. On the basis of the European organ drones and the Indian Tanpura foundation, the gentle Japanese temple bell compliments the piece. It is neither of European Middle Age by a revisionist nor Oriental music composed from a European viewpoint. Its actions are of international minimalism and "Sorow: is 'Universal Music' in the true sense of the word. Ltd x 500 copies in a stunning digibook designed by Jonathan Coleclough. Japanese import.
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.
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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 Be (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.
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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.
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ORTHODOX - 'Baal - Clear' LP (Alone Records)
4th album from the Spanish Avant-Doom trio. Like previous efforts, the new Orthodox album moves again towards a search of spirituality and the sense of innovation that is part of their music. This time the band has concentrated all its strength and sound imagery into these 5 pieces. The band explores its roots to leave behind the search for alterations in their musical language and the emerging psychedelic and progressive atmospheres that appeared in their previous work "Sentencia". This work sums up all the attributes picked by the band during their career, places them in a new starting point and gives them a spectacular projection because their sound and musical ideas have yet to travel far beyond. "Orthodox were a metal band once, but they have become much bigger. At this point, everything they have in common with doom music or any other style of metal music is the sense of spirituality and their search of catharsis through rites" (The Wire). Limited clear vinyl edition.
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ORTHODOX - 'Baal' CD (Alone Records)
4th album from the Spanish Avant-Doom trio. Like previous efforts, the new Orthodox album moves again towards a search of spirituality and the sense of innovation that is part of their music. This time the band has concentrated all its strength and sound imagery into these 5 pieces. The band explores its roots to leave behind the search for alterations in their musical language and the emerging psychedelic and progressive atmospheres that appeared in their previous work "Sentencia". This work sums up all the attributes picked by the band during their career, places them in a new starting point and gives them a spectacular projection because their sound and musical ideas have yet to travel far beyond. "Orthodox were a metal band once, but they have become much bigger. At this point, everything they have in common with doom music or any other style of metal music is the sense of spirituality and their search of catharsis through rites" (The Wire).
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OSEWOUDT - 'Gelag Van Zwartgeklede Kraaien' CD (Lichterklang)
A cold summer night at a cosy campfire that makes us forget the wind, and then... The sun rises behind enigmatic ancient rocks on the sea coast, the sound of drums, from the distance the wind carries an accordion, and then, guitars follow the rhythm, we stand up and start to sing. There is a new hope for Neofolk! The longing for pure, original and fresh folklore is now being answered. Dutch act Osewoudt bring straightforward melodies, martial drums, mellow accordion, strong, male vocals, dreamy and bold acoustic guitars. Their mixture of intense songs, passionate and poetic lyrics, raw and sober song structures, alluring melodies and their devotion to the the sublime, is exactly the kind of Neofolk we have all been waiting for. Artwork by Pitch Black (Anemone Tube). Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak with booklet.
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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.
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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.
OSSASERPIA - 'Music For Solve Et Coagula' CD + Book + Poster (Horus Cyclic Daemon)
Vladimir Igoshin (Ossaserpia) has created an Opus alchymicum; a spectacular account of the work of the musickal alchemists who developed a symbolic kind of psychochemistry, aimed at producing the gold of mystical illumination through celestial musick. Very unique drone and dark ambient with chamber musick and some strange industrial elements that will appeal to fans of Coil etc. Presented in a stunning, very high-quality, full colour, A5 embossed hardback book, which is lovingly printed onto 170g paper. The CD itself is also presented in an embossed sleeve and the whole set is accompanied by a hand-numbered A3 poster. A very rare print for all fans of the occult and alchemy. Limited edition of 500 copies. Highly recommended! Czech import.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
Dark Neoclassical music from Hungary. "Unity features beautifully constructed tracks where solemn keyboard passages combine with sweeping orchestrations against an ongoing undercurrent of martial percussion. The vocals are delivered in their native Hungarian tongue, and are particularly commanding. The lyrics are reproduced in an English translation within the booklet, which is graphically excellent. It's a particularly mature piece representing the third release from this solo-project commanded by Madura Jnos, which could at points elicit comparison with Der Blutharsch, In The Nursery, Arcana and other Neoclassical outfits. There is spiritual beauty in the works of Our God Weeps" (Compulsion). Digipak.
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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.
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OUROBOROS - 'Opus Tartari' CD (Zoharum)
"Opus Tartari" is the latest album from the Italian dark ambient project which, after years of esoteric and alchemist studies, decided to transfer personal experiences into music. The compositions on the album lead the listener into the world of antique and medieval times due to their tunes and the singing in Latin. The mystical, slightly sacral character of the tracks has become the leitmotif of the band. "Opus Tartari' is an intriguing, emotional, beautiful and esoteric journey. The album can be likened to early releases of Diamanda Galas, The Moon and the Nightspirit and The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud. 6-panel digipak.
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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.
OUTOFSIGHT / HOTEL DE PRUSSE - 'Forgotten Taste Of The Province' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
An album from 2 Polish acts, with a bit of decadence. A short essay about the past and declining relationships between what is now and what has gone in the past. The songs are about broken relationships between friends who unexpectedly appear in our lives once more. We are connected by one thing - where we come from. Outofsight present a mix of folk, electro, neofolk 'n' pop and experimental sounds. Hotel De Prusse have created more atmospheric music, though use electric guitar and exotic effects. Digipak.
OVMN - 'Optimum Volume Maximum Noise' CD (Industrial Recollections / Freak Animal)
Another side project from Macronympha, this time from Joseph Roemer. For this first tape he re-mixed the harshest sounds from Japan's renowned Thirdorgan and added the crunching equivalent of low-end noise from Macronympha. The result is relentless non-stop assault of excessive pain and damage. OVMN were one of the early protagonists of Harsh Noise Walls (HNW). Re-issue of the 1996 cassette (Mother Savage Noise Productions).
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OVRO & NIKO SKORPIO - 'Live In Placard #7' CD (Some Place Else)
One hour of unsettling and unrestrained Uneasy Listening (Noise, Experimental, Ambient). 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
