R-A-A-N - 'The Nacrasti' CD (Malignant Antibody / Malignant Records)
The remarkable debut from R-A-A-N (Stig Berg) delivers dark-ambient in it's classic pure-form, at times, conjuring the spirit of "Heresy"-era Lustmord or vintage Raison D'Etre. Heavy ritualistic drones, sporadic rhythmic accents, and deep subsonics that will vibrate your very core. Thematically, "The Nacrasti" explores an ancient desert culture that was advanced beyond its time and yet long forgotten by history. Your dark evolving journey into this lost "Nacrastan" landscape is streaked with the warm hue of sun-bleached rock, sand, gold, and fire. A serenely brooding work with a myriad of nocturnal sub-textures. At times a subtle, almost alien combination of sounds. Dark-drones which intone an element of beauty and power. A critical addition to every dark-ambient collection!
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R.Y.N. - 'Astral Death' CD (Unrest Productions)
RYN is the project of Pete Burn (Marzuraan) and Dean Glaister (Romance). With one 7" on Drone Records to their name this is their first full length. Six long tracks of slowly shifting massive drones created with guitar, bass, metal and effects. Cosmic drift as supenovas explode, dark matter envelops and your psyche slowly dissolves. Fans of early hour come downs and cosmic levels of despair, self-regard and narcosis will be more than happy. "A menacing yet strangely uplifting drone album, simply yet beautifully constructed" (Heathen Harvest).
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R.Y.N. - 'Whistle And I'll Come To You (Psychedelic Cover)' 7" (Drone Records)
R.Y.N. is british duo Dean Glaister (Romance, Feast Of Ishtar) and Pete Burn (Marzuraan). Their drone-style could be described as “power-drone”, using solely field recordings (electric shaver vibration on bits of metal and refrigerator hum) for the two pieces presented here. These energetic sound-sources build masses of heavy clouds in movement that flood your mind away, pure metallic flood-noises that bring a most welcomed void into your head. 1st edition of 300 copies on purple vinyl with insert and hand-printed, silk-screened covers.
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R.Y.N. - 'Whistle And I'll Come To You (Star Cover)' 7" (Drone Records)
R.Y.N. is british duo Dean Glaister (Romance, Feast Of Ishtar) and Pete Burn (Marzuraan). Their drone-style could be described as “power-drone”, using solely field recordings (electric shaver vibration on bits of metal and refrigerator hum) for the two pieces presented here. These energetic sound-sources build masses of heavy clouds in movement that flood your mind away, pure metallic flood-noises that bring a most welcomed void into your head. 1st edition of 300 copies on purple vinyl with insert and hand-printed, silk-screened covers.
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RADIO KUOLEMA - '10050 Cielo Drive' CD (Ars Benevola Mater)
With closed eyes Radio Kuolema attempts a real documentary, where the tragic events linked to the Manson 'family' offer the black humus on which the music ideally sticks the obsessions of homicide mysticism which marked out an enduring trail of blood in the american collective unconscious. "10050 Cielo Drive" is the sound, the image, the memory. In these atmospheres the innocence and the frenzy of a world already on the edge of the abyss find shelter: an abyss where the children stare silent at whole cities devoured by flames, while they are still holding tight long knives in their hands. Ltd x 545 numbered copies in out-sized package.
RADIO KUOLEMA - 'Symphony No. 2 Op. 29 For Cembalo And Dying Children' CD (Ars Benevola Mater)
Radio Kuolema's 2007 album is a journey in seven stages carved in dark ambient landscapes which taste of infinity. Atmospheres suspended in time, true industrial symphonies melting in the sidereal space. Hearts of rust facing the stars. Without possibility of redemption. Ltd x 535 copies in an outsized textured sleeve with artcard.
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RADIOACTIVE PROSTITUTE - 'King Maris Day' LP (Radio Pros)
Two 15+ minute tracks of psychedelic noise-rock, was engineered and mixed by Justin Pizzoferrato (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.) in 2008. Side B documents the first ever Radioactive Prostitute live show (supporting Pine Tree State Mind Control) in 2002. A miasma of guitar feedback, junk percussion and a near endless torrent of abstract epithets. Radioactive Prostitute also appears on several Thomas Nöla Et Son Orchestre releases , including "The Doctor O.S.T." (with Douglas P. / Death In June). Presented in a hand-painted blue & gold on white sleeve, self-released in an edition of 200 hand-numbered copies with insert.
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RAFAEL FLORES - 'Nubes, Cometas, Rumores y Orugas' CD (Monochrome Vision)
First official CD album of Rafael Flores who hails from the depth of the Spanish underground noise scene, known for his early works released under Comando Bruno moniker. This compilation presents the latest decade of his sound experimentation, and shows quite diverse sides of his creative efforts. The music ranges from collaged field recordings to noise ambient loops, and from rhythmic structures to hypnotic electronic passages. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
RALF WEHOWSKY - 'Nameless Victims' 3" CD (Metamkine)
Musique concrète realized in 1994 / 95 in the studio of the composer. Part of the Collection Cinéma pour l’oreille, curated by Jérôme Noetinger. Just over 18 minutes of music. Comes in a cardboard gatefold sleeve with shrinkwrap.
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RAMLEH - 'Valediction' CD (Second Layer Records)
"Valediction" is the first all new Ramleh album since 1997, and the first new Power Electronics recordings from the project for 25 years. And yet "Valediction" is no ordinary power electronics record, nor is it anything as straightforward as simply a return to their roots. "Valediction" is very much an entity of its own - both consolidating and expanding upon everything Ramleh have touched on in the past, but also digging into entirely fresh ground for the band. "Valediction" is, perhaps, Ramleh’s most bleakly psychedelic creation so far. Ltd x 1000 copies in a gatefold sleeve with 8 page booklet containing photos and cut-up lyrics from some of the tracks.
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RAMONA PONZINI & Z'EV - 'Ankoku' CD (A Silent Place)
Ramona's personal touch is certainly her own particular Japanese chant, together with the use of traditional percussion, bells and cymbals from Japan. Z'EV, enchanted by all those elements, asked Ramona for this cooperation. "Ankoku" is a Japanese word which means "deep darkness". For this debut Ramona's voice and percussion was processed by My Cat Is An Alien in their mysterious studio, placed somewhere in Western Alps, adding some field recordings. Those recordings were then sent to Z'EV who has processed them with some of his typical percussion. Z'EV deconstructed the sweetness of Ramona's chants, enfolding the pieces with a darker atmosphere. 5 obscure tracks, structured on charming vocal melodies moving out from a "haunted house". Digifile.
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RAPE-X - 'False' CD (At War With False Noise)
First full CD album from these USA degenerates. Rape-X play scuzzy, filthy power electronics; all crack dens, backstreet abortions and low-life criminal acts. There's a lot of ridiculously over-the-top Bloodyminded-esque PE going on here, delivered in a very metal style - but they're at their most effective on long, claustrophic passage "Arson" or the harrowing final track, "False". Dark, sub-industrial clanking in the background, behind walls of air-raid siren drones. Powerful, often brutal stuff, and not for the faint of heart! Ltd x 500.
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RAPOON - 'Church Road' CD (Tantric Harmonies)
The trademark dark and ethno-ambient of Rapoon mixed up with surreal electronic textures for an unforgettable experience. "Church Road" was recorded during a private show Robin Storey (ex-Zoviet France) performed in 2005 for friends and contains previously unreleased material plus a bonus track. Jewelcase edition, limited to 500 copies. Russian import.
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RAPOON - 'Dark Rivers' CD (Lens Records)
'Dark Rivers is about a particular area in the North of England which stretches from the Solway Firth into the wastelands of the Northumbrian borders. This area is steeped in history and mystery. In particular, I have focused on the development of Britain's Cold War intercontinental ballistic missile weaponry in the late forties and fifties and which later became the center for Britain's space efforts... Many of the place names reflect the ancient cultural beliefs and superstitions - Black Fell, Black Beck, etc. Even today the place is wild and remote and old superstitions live on. The conflict of the ancient superstitions and the cold war paranoia is essentially what this is about. The older superstitions swallowing whole the newer age which came and went on the same dark, brooding hills. I was lucky enough to be born and grow up here and the darkness of the place is embedded deeply inside me." Digipak.
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RAPOON - 'From Shadows Sleep' CD (Essence Music)
A unique masterwork of mysterious dark and droney sounds! "From Shadows Sleep" sees Rapoon (aka Robin Storey, ex-Zoviet France) visiting ancient temples, moving between shadowy labyrinths of meticulous drones, echoed tones and distant rumblings, building a hypnotic sonic ritual that brings traces from a distant past in form of atmospheric, spiritual mantras of a possessive power. Ominous and bleak, yet wondrous, trance-inducing soundscapes swirl around majestic droning tape loops, patterns, ethnic samples and other secret devices masterfully arranged to mesmerize the listener. There’s no light in here - you will be guided by Rapoon’s brooding and extremely detailed sonic imagery. Ltd x 800 copies in a letterpress embossed package with 11 cards printed on quality recycled paper stock showcasing paintings by Robin Storey!
RAPOON - 'Melancholic Songs Of The Desert' CD (Soleilmoon)
"These songs were composed during the last days of the Bush / Blair era and reflect the feeling of isolation and disconnection from any part of the political process and any sense of identification with the prevailing air of hostility and intolerance generated by this pair of religious xenophobes. The unjustified war in Iraq and the subsequent lies and propaganda engendered a feeling of revulsion and powerlessness. Once again it was “unpatriotic” to criticize or protest against the government’s actions, and there was a rise in nationalism and extrem- ist views. These songs are a retreat into the one place that no government has yet found a way into, the free and open spaces of the mind. They are spontaneous and mediative reflections looking for an inner peace in a world made ugly by hatred and war. They symbolize a kind of “walkabout” and a reconnection with a lost sense of belonging spiritually, intellectually and physically with the world we inhabit. In a broader sense they also re-affirm long held sympathies with the thoughts of writers and philosophers such as Camus, Sartre and Burroughs, and the profound wisdom of eastern philosophies such as Taoism and Zen. The music here looks for a sense of inner being that one can only find in quiet isolation" (Robin Storey). Presented in a hand made, screen printed (metallic) card sleeve and limited to 500 copies. ACT FAST!
RAPOON - 'The Library Of The Dead' CD (Ewers Tonkunst)
The second CD from Robin Storey on Ewers Tonkunst. This time Russian folk singer Tatyana “Toloka” Stepchenko recorded some songs for Rapoon a capella and allowed him to pull apart, re-arrange, cut-up and re-sample her voice into the sounds and arrangements on this album. The result is a very delicate and enlightened work, it is a kind of a sonic travel through clean and vast spaces of Russian North to find some ancient and ancestral recollections, made using typical Rapoon sound tools, the great and unique voice of Toloka and some very fresh and clear ambient tunes. Ltd x 500 copies a stylish digisleeve with artwork by Robin Storey. Russian import.
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RAPOON - 'Wasteland Raga' CD (Aquarellist)
Brand new release from ethno-ambient act Rapoon. "While I was recently traveling through Eastern Europe recently, I passed through an area of industrial decline that reminded me strongly of the devastation of the Industrial heartlands of the UK during the early Thatcher years. The broken windows and twisted metal of the abandoned warehouses, the derelict pit-heads and the ruined factories all brought back memories of that grim time when the divide between rich and poor was never so obvious. Yet amongst the derelict factories and the red-brick estates of the North of England new music and art sprang forth as if driven by the desolate conditions. Out of the darkness came forth beauty in many forms. Wasteland Raga is a remembrance of those times when art and politics held close and intertwined out of a real sense of purpose and unity... Viva revolution!!!". Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak with two artcards.
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RAPOON / CISFINITUM - 'Mental Travellers' CD (Ewers Tonkunst)
“Mental Travellers" is a collaboration work created by mail during 2006. This record could be considered as an attempt to find the very deep basic background which is common for all the people independent of cultural environment or political barriers between nations and states. The delving into the very depth of the heart exposes these common roots. "Mental Traveller" shows it perfectly with its complex structure and at the same time its simple integrity. It is an excellent blend of both artists’ distinctive features - the esoteric rhythmic patterns and mystical rustles of Robin Storey are intertwined with subtle and beautiful drone ambient waves of Eugene Voronovsky. The result is quite diverse and captivating, reminding more of early Zoviet France than current Rapoon or Cisfinitum works. The final track called "Eurasia" features Russian ethnic female singer Toloka, whose archaic chanting makes a very natural conclusion for this mental travel to humanity's primordial roots. The CD comes in a fold-out digisleeve with artwork by Robin Storey. Russian import.
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RASTHOF DACHAU - 'Blut & Boden' LP (Steinklang)
Reissue of this Ritual-Noise classic album! The music deals about the act of dying from different cultural aspects; Santeria-Rituals, christian mythology, early celtic mysticism and Japanese death rituals. incl. the club-hit "Exitus"! Rhythmic loops and broken fragments, nightmarish sounds of debris and broken machinery, liberal sample usage, and a sense of heightened drama. Limited to 450 copies, on this cult Austrian label.
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RAVEN'S BANE - 'Misery Preserved' CD (Baphomet Records)
Obscure and deep ritual chamber ambient from Demoncy member Ixithra (USA). Eerie midnight dark sounds with endless drones and satanic hallucinations. Raven's Bane is a morbid consummation of rumbling black ambient and ritualistic metamorphosis. Mesmerizing and minimal misery! This is the call from the depths! This is the call from the depths! Digest with Dapnom, Karna, Kerovnian etc.
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RAVEN'S BANE - 'Sorrow Breeds' CD (Baphomet Records)
Reissue of the long-sold out release from 2001 (Ltd x 100 copies, Live Bait Recording Foundation) Obscure and deep ritual chamber ambient from Demoncy member Ixithra (USA). Eerie midnight dark sounds with endless drones and satanic hallucinations. Raven's Bane is a morbid consummation of rumbling black ambient and ritualistic metamorphosis. The halls of your mind will lie grim with fortitude! Digest with Dapnom, Karna, Kerovnian etc. Ltd x 500.
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RE-DRUM - 'S' CD (Zoharum)
An excellent piece of work by Pavel Aleshin, whose drone soundscapes have previously been released by Oophoi's record label Umbra and Slovakia-based Black Orchid Productions. The album explores the area of sacral and infinite, hence the title. "S" can be seen as their symbol. Re-Drum was founded in 2002 by Pavel Aleshin. The sound of Re-Drum variates from deep drone / noise soundscapes, to light, warm, even melodical textures. For fans of Robert Rich, Lustmord, Troum, Maeror Tri, Lull or Yen Pox. Digipak.
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REDROT - 'Deviant' 7" (BloodLust!)
This is the vinyl debut from cult death-industrial powerhouse, Redrot, who also records as Fabrico Incubo, Neuntöter Der Plage and more. "Deviant" straddles an uncomfortable line between death-industrial, power-electronics, crust / sludge and a totally aggressive form of minimal synth. "White Walls" brings to mind "Leichenschrei"-era S.P.K. with its unwholesome mental ward pathology. Pressed in a hand-numbered edition of 200 copies on black vinyl with silver labels. Professionally offset-printed, colour, fold-out sleeves. ACT FAST!
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REFUSE TO DIE - 'Collection Of Agnostic Files' CD (The Eastern Front)
This album is a hidden treasure of the Israeli underground scene. A mix of neo-cabaret, Industrial Dada and Avant-garde music. The futuristic collection of Refuse To Die's music is overshadowed by operatic samples, noisy and heavy sounds, alternated with the cabaret tradition and accompanied by ironical verses in English, German and Hebrew languages. Ltd x 500 hand-numbered copies in a 6-panel outsized folder.
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REHBERG & BAUER - 'Passt' CD (Touch)
Following 'Faßt' and 'Ballt', 'Passt' completes Peter Rehberg and Ramon Bauer's trilogy for Touch. Full of effects, glitches, pulses and interruptions, this music puts you in surprising places as it constantly shifts its gears. Rehberg and Bauer subject their sounds to all manner of effects and run them through the cogs on their laptops, which slice and dice them into multitudes of abstract and often harsh electronic elements. All tracks were recorded live at three venues in Sydney and Melbourne in 2000.
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REPTILJAN - 'The Hellbender Suite' CD (Some Place Else)
Reptiljan combines the blast-beats of grindcore and the broken rhythms of drill'n'bass / breakcore, samples in everything from 1980s heavy metal to modern hip-hop and lets in a good dose of abrasive noise and distortion. Reptiljan is a manic burst of noise, hectic rhythms and splintered guitars, making the listener squirm, laugh uncontrollably and see lizards on the walls. Reptiljan is a mutant radiating energy, related in spirit to artists like Napalm Death, Venetian Snares, Kid606, Painkiller (John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Mick Harris), Beherit, who are breaking the different boundaries of music. Reptiljan is a project by Niko Skorpio.
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REPTILJAN / IBRAHIM TERZIC - 'Pangrenade / Yuck Brij' 7" (Some Place Else)
Reptiljan is Niko Skorpio in his most energetic to date, creating sparkling electronica wherein everything from noise to breaks and glitch to extreme metal meet and explode. On this 7", 'Pangrenade' looks for the point where grindcore and noise become one through violent digital treatments. On the flipside, Ibrahim Terzic examines the beauty within the ugly. 'Yuck Brij' shows Terzic pushing his unique style a few steps further with mind-piercing screeches, manifold rhythms and mutating melodies. Ltd x 300 copies.
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REQUIEM ETERNAM - 'Medieval Times' CD (BloodDivine Records)
Swiss act Requiem Eternam was created around 2004 by Phil R. XP to express his passion for Medieval, Dramatic and Celtic music, with an overtly religious stance. "A real tribute to the Passion of the Christ and the First Christian Martyrs, portrayed through a mix of Medieval, Celtic, Orchestral and Dramatic elements, with a strange and spiritual mood". "Medieval Times" is Requiem Eternam's second release and is a real tribute to Ancient Times.
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RESIGNATION - '1897' CD (205 Recordings)
Icy winds blowing in from the north as a blizzard is approaching. An old 78 rpm acetate record stuck in a scratch. Fading memories of brave men and grand ideas. The relentless beat of a lonely drum machine. All these elements are important parts of the unique soundpalette of Resignation. Consisting of Sweden´s most prolific musician Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (MZ.412, Folkstorm, Toroidh etc) and debutant N-G Ekholm, the newly formed constellation is pushing the boundaries of what both ambient and techno is all about. 1st edition of 500 copies in a digipak.
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REUTOFF - 'Deprivatio' CD (Ewers Tonkunst)
Five years after their 2003 “Gute Nacht Berlin” comes the long-awaited full-length album from this well-known Russian industrial project. “Deprivatio” is a sad story of a person surrendering to the enemy environment. It’s about idle struggle with time and fatigue, about constant withering of passions and imminent vitality deprivation. Being maybe the most hopeless and sad work for Reutoff, this album is paradoxically their most rhythmic and dynamic. There are more noisy drum loops and electro sounds here than martial drum patterns and old school noise, but their unique deep and profound melodic main themes are still remain as the basement for the brilliant new tracks of despair and downfall. Russian import.
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REUTOFF - 'From The Womb' 10" (Der Angriff)
The fifth part in the 'Art Of Prometheus' series offers over 30 minutes of Industrial / Ambient music from Moscow outfit Reutoff. This work is aggressive, frightening and desperate. Authentic dark noise and melodic soundscapes with vocals creating the complex inhuman aura of total degeneration and hate which surrounds a man from birth to death, expressed with irrestible force. Ltd x 400 hand-numbered copies. Front cover printed with bronze on green elite paper, back cover silver embossed on black paper. Russian import.
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REUTOFF - 'Reutraum IV' 7" (Drone Records)
This Russian trio comes from the Moscow suburb of Reutov. This, following some cassette-releases, is their vinyl-debut and first release outside of Russia. As one of the pioneers of the Russian industrial-scene Reutoff create an ultra dark visionary music, using elements of ambient as well as rhythmic industrial. There is no light in this darkness, maybe only behind it. "The space of Reut as the dream of regret". Second edition of 300 copies on brown / black marbled vinyl with full-colour gatefold sleeve and an insert.
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REUTOFF - 'Three Withered Souls' 2 x CD (Ewers Tonkunst)
Reissue of the first two Reutoff albums - “Das Absterben” and “Three Souls For A Reasonable Price” - both originally released as C60 tapes back in 1998 on Reutoff's private label House Of Mirkmoon and later re-issued as very limited editions by Blade Records. This CD edition contains all the original tracks, newly mixed from original sources and carefully mastered. The result sounds quite different from the original mixes, giving the chance to hear finally the full complexity of the initial ideas of this early Reutoff material. The four bonus tracks included are new versions of compilation tracks from same period, including “Black Mirror”. A whole new look at the very roots of the most well-known Russian industrial band. Ltd x 500 copies in a gatefold digisleeve. Russian import.
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RICHARD CHARTIER - 'Archival 1991' CD (Crouton)
Throughout his recent work, Chartier has continued to present sound as design - clean, simple design, implying colors and direct lines and shapes; a spotless, modern room; a series of colored screens. His release on Crouton predates this taste, when things were a bit more complex, a bit more intense. As his recent work sucks the listener into white space, Archival 1991 takes you straight into a black hole, in the most comfortable way imaginable. This is a different kind of clean simplicity. The work is beautiful, stunning, and most of all, complexly powerful. The recording is based on two compositions from 1991, using analogue and digital synthesizers. In 2003, these original pieces were used as source material for this new work, resulting in an extremely intriguing revisit, and aesthetically true to much of his work from the same period. Presented in a 6-panel sleeve in a hand-numbered edition of 500 copies.
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RICHARD CHARTIER / BOCA RATON - 'Kapotte Muziek By Richard Chartier / Boca Raton' CD (Korm Plastics)
The 13th installment in the "Kapotte Muziek by..." series. Chartier's piece takes original recordings of KM from a concert at Garage Festival, Stralsund (August 2004). A quiet, 20-minute low drone piece, with little change. More diversity and adventure comes in with the four tracks by Boca Raton (Martijn Tellinga), who reworks original recordings from a KM concert at Smart Space, Amsterdam (March 2003). Minimal ambient vs atmospheric microsounds, with gentle sensibilities of musique-concrete, electro-acoustics and suchlike.
RICHARD FRANCIS - 'Together Alone, Together Apart' CD (CMR)
"The building blocks of 'Together Alone, Together Apart' by New Zealand's Richard Francis are 'sound moments': sonic interludes of a dozen or so seconds of environmental sound, whose subtle arrangements and cross-contaminations are the springboard for the compositions found here. Given the quiet volumes, sounds at the threshold of audibility are presumably those which have captured his imagination. A soft hiss and variable low end frequency introduce the first untitled track, with small crackles, glitches and echoes sporadically breaking through. The second is considerably more dramatic, with a flapping rhythm emerging from a grounded hiss like a moth's wings beating against glass. The final track is almost undetectable, even with headphones, and strengthens the connections between Francis's work and the reductive strategies of Bernhard Gunter or John Hudak..." [Wire]. Ltd x 300 copies in a digifile with inner sleeve.
RICHARD PINHAS / MERZBOW - 'Keio Line' 3 x LP (Dirter)
An incredible collaboration that sweeps across the generations of electronic music. Richard Pinhas is internationally recognised as one of France's major experimental musicians: the "father" of French electronic music. He was the founder of Heldon, a band whose violent fusion of electronics and guitar in the '70s rivalled the German electronic school. Merzbow is the forerunner of Japanese electronic music, and for the last 20 years plus, has been at the top of his game ploughing more and more extreme sonic territories. This release will surprise a lot of people in its sheer beauty. This is a collaboration that works in the true sense of the word, with each artist complimenting the other over six long sprawling tracks each occupying the whole of a side. Housed in a gloss laminate sleeve and limited to just 1000 copies.
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RICHARD RAMIREZ - 'Identity Amnesia' CD (Chi Omega Institute)
A new work of Richard Ramirez (Black Leather Jesus, Priest In Shit, Werewolf Jerusalem etc), a man of influence from Texas, USA. His continuing sound is deepening - always the dry sound that seems to hark back to the desolate earth of Texas. His theme this time is of "loneliness." Three tracks of harsh, dynamic noise. One track pays tribute to Incapacitants / Hijokaidan. 53 minutes of music. Japanese import.
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RICHARD RAMIREZ - 'Start Again' CD (Unrest Productions)
"Twisted scrap iron wreckage meshing violently with fatal force. Crushing and ear splitting noise barrage from this Texas legend. Hauntingly violent passages drag you into the hollow murk, fingers buried muscle deep. Eyes once blind now envision the end... and witness perverse ferocity. Ramirez in familiar territory. A deathride through sickness and disease, chaos and inferno at breakneck speed". Artwork by Pete Burn (Marzuraan/RYN). Ltd x 500 copies.
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RIGOR SARDONICOUS - 'Vallis Ex Umbra De Mortuus' LP (Paragon Records)
Rigor Sardonicous offers eight funeral doom monuments. Pure heaviness and spine-chilling dread. "The return of ultra doomlords Rigor Sardonicous, they of the monstrous glacial downtuned crawl, the 'evil' cymbal, the growled demonic vox, the lugubrious slow motion trudge, all that stuff we love, and all the stuff that can usually only be described by a whole handful of extra 'o's in doooooooooom... If it's even possible, this is the most extreme Rigor record yet." (Aquarius). "No Hope. No Future, No Survivors". Comes with a bonus vinyl-only track. US import.
RIHARC SMILES - 'The Last Green Days Of Summer' CD (Ahnstern / Steinklang)
One of the most successful releases on the Ahnstern label. ''The Last Green Days of Summer'' is an ingenious album of Medieval inspired progressive Folk perfectly recorded and produced, with a large variety of uncommon instruments fantastic male vocals. Limited to 500 numbered copies in a wooden slip-box.
***Album of the month June 2008 (Julian Cope / Head Heritage).***
RIHARC SMILES - 'The Last Green Days Of Summer' LP (Ahnstern / Steinklang)
One of the most successful releases on the Ahnstern label. ''The Last Green Days of Summer'' is an ingenious album of Medieval inspired progressive Folk perfectly recorded and produced, with a large variety of uncommon instruments fantastic male vocals. Limited to just 500 copies with full colour inlay!
***Album of the month June 2008 (Julian Cope / Head Heritage).***
RISING SHADOWS - 'Found In The Cold' CD (Twilight Records)
With their new album, Rising Shadows explores a colder and more distorted, harsh landscape than before, yet still holding up the ethereal beauty with the voice of Linda-li. Lyrically and musically the album is a continuation of the themes from "Falling Deep Within". The dreamy, folk inspired songs are still there with the dark lyrics of a journey through life into death and the catharsis inbetween. Rising Shadows speak about the world of imagination all of us have in mind; a possible world, full of tales, fantastic creatures and beautiful landscapes. A fantastic journey trought the mystical world of faeries, wizards and gnomes. Try to search for your lost and sad princess in the deep and dark forest of Scandinavia. Imagine a mix of Dead Can Dance, Ennio Morricone and Kate Bush and you'll get close to the sound of Rising Shadows! Digipak.
After more than two years of work, Russian dark folk act Ritual Front return with a more mature, professional and carefully produced work. Seven tracks about the difficult questions of honour and pride, choice and liability, death and rebirth sang in Russian. Ltd x 500 copies in an outsized, silver-embossed sleeve containing a CD in card sleeve and 32-page booklet with lyrics in Russian and German (translations by Gerhard of Allerseelen). Russian import. Very nice piece!
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RIZ ORTOLANI - 'Cannibal Holocaust O.S.T.' Enhanced CD (Red Stream)
The complete available score for this cult Italian horror film, in lovingly remastered sound. This is the creepy soundtrack to Ruggero Deodato's bloody, eye-gouging death fest from 1980. The soundtrack houses a myriad of interesting styles-from gentle acoustic melodies to over-the-top synth excursions and even lounge, jazz and disco influenced tracks. There is a certain moog sound repeated through the CD that will eventually get under your skin like a school of leeches in the amazon. There is a full range of styles and arrangements which take you a sanguine jungle journey of emotions... Come back....to Cannibal Holocaust! This enhanced CD contains the original theatrical trailer and an interview with Riz Ortolani (Italian with subtitles). Digipak.
Terrific 3-track 10" by the prolific German composer Ralf Wehowsky. The whole composition is based on only few seconds of piano sounds and vocals (the rest is imagination). The track titles and pieces offer strong inter-relations in a complex way. The sounds develop through imagination and decay and appear in the pieces with different emphases. The classical piano sounds and its highly processed permutations are set in contrast with the highly emotional voice material, like entering a convoluted labyrinth of voice frazzles, drones and fragmented, strange micro-sounds. Are these the memories of single cells? The shadow of abrasion processes? The slow decay of imaginations? A fantastic work where conceptual thoughts and emotionally driven acoustics merge in a perfect way. First edition of 500 copies on amber / black marbled vinyl with an inlay.
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RLW - 'The Pleasure Of Burning Down Churches' CD (Black Rose Recordings)
The title of the CD dates back to the mid 90s when RLW was travelling around Vietnam and met an American veteran soldier. He talked about the churches he bombed during the War, with great enthusiasm and was extremely pleased to show him some of the ruins... leading to the title of this work. RLW utilises his trademark electro-acoustic sounds alongside field recordings, musique concrete, industrial, microsounds and improv. Features Kouhei Matsunaga. Digipak.
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RLW - 'Views' CD (Anomalous Records)
In the 25th year of Ralf Wehowsky's recording career, this is his first truly solo release featuring four new compositions based on instrumental improvisations. Using simple devices played in unusual ways, he builds up layers of each sound to create a suite of textural pieces. Each of the four tracks takes on an identity unique from the others, as the first three each focus on one of the sound sources while the last combines elements from the previous three to make something else. The disc opens with a 20-minute piece of mysterious and drifting electronic tones. Other tracks highlight very tactile sounds and bring a much more 'live' element to his work, while retaining his skillful use of dynamics and placement of silence which have gained him so many fans.
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ROBERT MILLIS - '120' CD (Etude Records)
Reissue of Millis' extremely limited 2008 release (Ltd x 120). Despite his many activities, Millis' recorded output has almost entirely been by way of collaboration, making this gem of a solo album all the more special. Psychedelic smear pocked with snippets of conversation, poetic extracts from his collection of 78s and a judicious amount of vinyl crackling. Blissed out shimmers constructed from loops and drones from guitar, bells, and glass harmonica, where haunted melodies from times long gone whisper through the mix. As if Millis were tapping into some stream of consciousness that subcutaneously connects all of these intermingling sounds. Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak.
ROBERT SCOTT THOMPSON - 'Poesis Athesis (Music From The Flying Phoenix Films Of Terence Dunn)' CD (Lens Records)
Having originally worked together in the mid-80s, Chi Kung master Terrence Dunn once again contacted Robert Scott Thompson to compose music for his current series of video releases. Thompson composed the music to work specifically with the pace, mood and dynamics of the Flying Phoenix form of Chi Kung. The collaboration eventually spanned ten films and Thompson composed more than ten hours worth of music over a two year period. The thirteen tracks on "Poesis Athesis" are rooted in Thompson's ambient style but also blend with elements of electronica, ethnic influences and a personal homage to French composer Erik Satie. Thompson creates an atmosphere of calm and relaxation suitable for both introspective and meditative moments as well as chill out regeneration. Digipak.
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ROBERT TURMAN & AARON DILLOWAY - 'Blizzard' CD (Hanson Records)
Collaboration between Aaron Dilloway (ex-Wolf Eyes) and Robert Turman (ex-NON, Z.O. Voider). Recorded in January 2009 during a horrible Ohio snowstorm. Dilloway on synthesizer and tape delays and Turman on tapes and effects. Very minimal, very slow, very cold. Frozen and stuck in the snow. Ltd x 500 copies.
Nice little fanzine from Turkey (not sure we've ever stocked any fanzines from Turkey before!). English language apart from one Turkish interview. 34 pages of interviews with Einstürzende Neubauten, Richard Ramirez, Guilty Connector, C-Drik, Sikhara, Niko Skorpio, Ovro, Joe Colley, Kazuya Ishigami, Penyynep, Hermit, Defektro, and articles on Grunt and Sunao Inami. A5 xerox zine, hence the price.
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue # 2 Magazine
Second issue of this exciting UK magazine, crammed with interviews and features on: Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Final), Whitehouse, Dälek, Liars, Mike Patton (Faith No More, Fantomas), Mudhoney, Guapo, Earth, Eyesburn, Atavist, Black Flag label – plus lots of reviews. Perfect-bound and full colour.
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue # 3 Magazine
Third issue of this already cult UK magazine. This glossy issue contains interviews with Melvins (12 pages!), Boris, Todd, The Mass, Ufomammut and Cult Of Luna. Articles on Swans, Alternative Tentacles label and the usual ton of reviews and live reports. Perfect-bound and full colour. Always highly recommended.
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue # 4 Magazine
Fourth edition of this bi-monthly UK mag. Features interviews with Subtle, Chris McGrail ( Slomo - who recently toured the UK with Sunn O))) ), Ghostigital, Big Business, Kaada, Lords, Zombi, Sika Redem. Plus great articles on Southern Lord and The New Blockaders and a big bunch of album/live reviews. Always highly recommended.
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue # 7 Magazine
Wolf Eyes embellish the cover of the 7th edition of UK mag Rock-A-Rolla, and are also interviewed along with Lasse Marhaug (Jazzkammer), Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple), Yellow Swans, KK Null, Burning Star Core, Æethenor and Made Out Of Babies. Issue 7 also features a rather good article on the influential Sub Pop label, and includes the usual vast array of music, DVD and live reviews. Always highly recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue # 8 Magazine
Edition #8 of UK mag Rock-A-Rolla features New Jersey duo Dälek, along with our very own Nordvargr, Prurient, The Locust, Big Business, Hella, The Hidden Hand and Black Sun. We're also treated to articles on "Innovators" The Residents, "Classic Label" Earache and a great selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews. Always highly recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #11 Magazine
The Festival Issue of UK bi-monthly magazine Rock-A-Rolla, featuring Super Sonic, Input and Green Man festivals. Features interviews with Michael Gira (Swans), High On Fire, Chrome Hoof, Les Savy Fav, Orthodox, Odd Nosdam, Qui, Walter & Sabrina, Eyvine Kang - and a Q&A with Odd Nosdam (Clouddead). Plus a special on "Classic Label" Load Records and the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Always highly recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #12 Magazine
Dillinger Escape Plan are the main attraction of UK bi-monthly magazine Rock-A-Rolla #12. Interviews this time around: TenHornedBeast, OM, Magik Markers, Maninkari, VIbracathedral Orchestra, Miasma, Lento, Fog, - and a Q&A with Sunburned Hand Of The Man. Plus a special on "Classic Label" American Tapes. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Always highly recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #13 Magazine
The 13th edition of UK bi-monthly magazine Rock-A-Rolla features fantastic interviews with stoner doom artists Earth, drone ambient masters Stars Of The Lid, guitar drone heroes Skullflower, Burial Hex and Atlas Sound. All this, plus a special on "Classic Label" Important Records. We're also treated to the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #16 Magazine
Scottish prog-rockers Mogwai feature on the 16th edition of UK bi-monthly magazine Rock-A-Rolla. #16 also features interviews with Lustmord, Jazzfinger, Creature With The Atom Brain, Kayo Dot, Mothlite, Umlaut, Ascend ( Greg Anderson of Sunn O))) ), Triclops!, Caïna, Hey Colossus and a Q&A with Racebannon. This month's Label Focus is on Thurston Moore's (Sonic Youth) Ecstatic Peace! Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #17 Magazine
Portland act Grails are the cover band for the final Rock-A-Rolla issue of 2008. #17 also features interviews with Hair Police, Aaron Dilloway (ex-Wolf Eyes), Deerhoof, Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, Porn, MoHa!, Helms Alee, Mustard Gas & Roses (M.G.R.), Akimbo, Zach Hill, and a Q&A with Ten East. This month's Label Focus is on Southern Records. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #18 Magazine
The latest edition of UK mag Rock-A-Rolla features Italian avant-rockers Zu. There's also interviews with Dälek, Gnaw (former Khanate frontman Alan Dubin), Glacial Movements, Ocean, Enablers, Randall Dunn, Ephel Duath, Glissando, and a Q&A with Zombi. This month's Label Focus is on Alone Records. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #19 Magazine
Issue 19 of UK mag Rock-A-Rolla features the legendary Isis. There's also interviews with Fennesz, Nadja, Wolves In The Throne Room, Mono, Black Dice, Cobalt, Stinking Lizaveta, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Zippo, Inferno, Crippled Black Phoenix and Reigns. This month's Label Focus is on Editions Mego. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #20 Magazine
A real collector's issue, with no less than 10 pages of Rock-A-Rolla 20 dedicated to the duo of Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson's Sunn O))) and Thorr's Hammer projects. There's also interviews with Sonic Youth, Head Of David, The Jesus Lizard, Les Claypool, Altar Of Plagues, The Paper Chase and a Q&A with Tartufi. This month's Label Focus is on Ipecac Recordings. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #22 Magazine
The 22nd edition of this UK magazine features punk anti-hero Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys, Lard) and his new band The Guantanamo School Of Medicine. There's also interviews with MadLove (Trevor Dunn of Fantômas), The Accüsed, Chuck Moseley, Celan, Marachi El Bronx, Eagle Twin, and Incoming Cerebral Overdrive. This month's Label Focus is on Kranky. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #23 Magazine
The final R-A-R of 2009 features Chicago quartet Pelican. There's also interviews with Greg Anderson's resurrected Goatsnake, Subarachnoid Space, Todd, Junius, Kodiak, Majeure, Part Chimp, Krallice, Supersilent, Beak and Dr. Slaggleberry. This month's Label Focus is on Conspiracy. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
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ROD MODELL & MICHAEL MANTRA - 'Radio Fore' CD (Silentes)
The long awaited reissue of this classic album originally released by Weird Amplexus in 2003. Radio Fore is a psycho-acoustic journey into a deep swirling pool of 40hZ tones and binaural beats. The two extended length atmospheric soundscapes explore the mysterious sonic phenomenon that has been documented at hundreds of UFO sightings. Track 1 takes you for an overnight stay in N/NW Puerto Rico, at the Arecibo observatory, while track 2 takes you to the sandy shores of gulf-breeze Florida in the middle of the night. Two places of high UFO activity.
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ROEL MEELKOP & GIUSEPPE IELASI & HOWARD STELZER & FRANS DE WAARD - 'Zondag' CD (Port)
Recorded on the very Sunday after finishing their 2005 album "Brombron", Ielasi and Stelzer hooked up with Roel Meelkop and Frans de Waard to record a delicate work of improvisation, using the studio's old analogue synthesizers, cassette tapes, guitars and electronics. The session was recorded on multi-track and mixed by Frans de Waard shortly after, with some minor revisions by Roel Meelkop much later. Comes with a remix by Evala, Port's in-house composer of all delicate delights. Japanese import in a cardboard sleeve with 'lot number'.
ROEL MEELKOP - '5(Zwischenfälle)' CD (Auf Abwegen)
The latest release by Dutch electronic musician Roel Meelkop (THU20, Kapotte Muziek, Goem) is a special release in his catalogue because it is consists of five pieces, originally used in the context of sound installations. Meelkop set himself the task to compress these soundscapes into five dense and still minimal audio pieces that could work outside the context of the original installations. 5(zwischenfälle) makes for concentrated unpolished ultra minimal listening with maximum effect. For fans of Bernhard Gunter, Francisco Lopez or Marc Behrens. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak, with artwork by Akifumi Nakajima (Aube).
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ROMA AMOR - 'Roma Amor' CD (Old Europa Cafe)
Charming Italian Neo Cabaret’n’Folk band with intense deep female voice, poignant accordion, essential guitar, tough bass and velvety percussion. An eleven-cut debut including an amazing cover version of Jacques Brel’s Next. Romantic songs with a taste of Italian folk tradition and rough cabaret stuff from nostalgia up to present. For those who rely on traditional love songs, retro tavern music and noir cabaret.
RONNIE SUNDIN - 'Seven Year Silence' CD (Fang Bomb)
By releasing "Seven Year Silence" Ronnie Sundin (once heralded "Sweden's most silent man") announces his departure from the realms of silence with an intelligent noise freak-out of massive proportions. This recording impresses with an innovative take on noise, an immensely deep and detailed interpretation that, just possibly, could help redefine parts of the genre. "The densest, most dynamic and near-impenetrable blasters I’ve yet heard to be issued in the name of electro-acoustic noise" and "A gorgeous release fit to accompany anxieties and emotions of the jet-black variety" (The Sound Projector). Presented in an A5, 12-page booklet with artwork by Sundin.
Vinyl edition of the latest Rose Kemp album. This is truly a great record as Rose follows her nose and steps out into new territory, and all becomes clear... This album pays hommage to all of rock history, past, present and future, as Rose's sublime and powerful voice cajoles, propels and hounds the listener across a sonic landscape of hushed folk, English prog, Eastern vocal melody and metallic crunch. In our humble opinion, this album is mandatory for anyone who likes the sound of a guitar and a powerful voice. Ltd x 700 copies on heavyweight black vinyl in a heavyweight gatefold sleeve designed by Glyn of Scrawled, with a printed inner sleeve with all lyrics.
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ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI - 'Demian' CD (Cold Spring CSR112CD)
Cold Spring proudly presents the brand new album from Rose Rovine E Amanti. "Demian" is a powerful mixture of Neo-Folk-Rock with a Mediterranean sensibility. 10 tracks presenting the new, unique sound from this great Italian project. Comes with an outstanding 14-page booklet containing exclusive drawings by Bulgarian artist Emil Ivanov Saparevski, which illustrate each song and its lyrics. Highly recommended!
ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI - 'Rituale Romanum' CD (Cold Spring CSR67CD)
Rose Rovine e Amanti is the solo project of Damiano Mercuri from Roma, which began life in 2002. Italian Neofolk with a Neoclassical touch. Christianity and old European cabaret sin, Love and Hate. 'Rituale Romanum' features guest appearances from Josef K (Von Thronstahl), Belborn and Pamela Gargiuto.
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ROTHKO - '291' 7" (Zeal Records)
Rothko are a UK 3-piece who employ a unique approach to ambient music. All three members play electric bass and often utilise a handful of effects to alter the bass guitar sound to otherworldly rumbles and pulses. Their songs wander between intertwining bass melodies and washes of sound. "291," is comprised of simple meandering bass melodies, with a set verse, chorus, verse structure. The parts themselves sound very open and freeform, which gives the song a spacious feel, like their tone collages, despite the absence of any ambient noises. The B-side, "St. Seno" combines soundscape with melody. The end result is fairly similar to the A-side but much easier to grab onto. Droning waves of sound provide a full backdrop for the simple harmonies of the two bass guitar parts. Faint clinking of bells and sound loops playing backwards create a dream-like ambience which smears the song into a short, to the point, bliss out.
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ROTO VISAGE - 'Where The Mandrakes Grow' CD (Autumn Wind Productions)
"Where the Mandrakes Grow" is conceptualized around autoerotic asphyxiation, forming an abstract narrative into a singular autoerotic experience. A singular moment in flux within the body. The sound compositions consist of consciousness cut ups - flashes of memory and anomalies of the moment interweaving. Dark drone and experimental ambience. Mastered by the legendary Robert Rich. Truly a great Dark Ambient work. Ltd x 1000 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
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RUHR HUNTER - 'Moss & Memory' CD (Glass Throat Recordings)
In the spirit of shamanic transcendence through ritual composition, an epic and surreal audible journey unfolds. Marking Ruhr Hunter's 10 year anniversary and 3rd full length album. The "Moss And Memory" collection features an archive of personal cleansing and inner growth, sharing six eclectic and deeply personal rituals, that keeps Ruhr Hunter's heart ever closer to Nature! Presented in a stunning outsized, embossed, 6-panel digifile. Ltd x 1000.
RUKKANOR - 'Deora (2nd Edition)' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
The second full-length release by these Polish masters, originally released in 2005 - now reissued for 2007 with new artwork by Michal Karcz. Oriental melodies and rhythms meet live percussion, synthetic beats, ethereal sounds and electro-military marches. Gregorian and Muezzin chants mix with symphonic instruments and jazzy clarinet to make catchy tunes with a touch of darkness. “Faith, religion wars, treason, homicide, all in the name of god.” Digipak.
RUKKANOR - 'Despartica - Face One' CD (War Office Propaganda)
Despartica is a collection of impressions, situations and moments in life. The particular parallel between lyrics based on old poetry (Blake, Yeats, Rosetti etc), and all that happens nowadays, often creates an atmosphere of bitter reflection and irony. Desires, beliefs, dreams, emotions, experiences, the beauty of life and the sight of inevitable death in 19th and 20th Century poems "framed" by varied music - from strong industrial rhythms to romantic ballads with melancholic recitations and singing. Guest vocals from Reinhard Hopfe (Stahlwerk 9). Very different to the usual Rukkanor sound! Digipak.
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RUKKANOR - 'Despartica - Face Two' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
A mixture of styles and musical ages. Echoes of 70's electronic, 80's new romantic (OMD, Numan, Heaven 17, Visage), a bit of industrial, a pinch of EBM, a touch of synth-pop. The second part of the specific interpretation of 19th and 20th Century poetr, this time in a more gothic and electromantic "musical sauce". Achtung! No martial nor neo-folk songs. This is the very last album of Rukkanor. CD in digipak designed by Michal Karcz. "...Only by breaking with what is already achieved, man can create the space for new events."
"Ende" is a retrospective compilation of unpublished tracks from Rukkanor. Five tracks composed during the period of the "Scontum act IV", "Triumvire" and "Despartica" sessions are supplemented with a live track 'Virus Dei' in a new and interesting arrangement. War themes and military atmospheres - this is the face of Rukkanor on this EP. Ltd x 400 copies in a digipak. Highly recommended to all fans of Martial Industrial!
RUSSELL HASWELL - 'Wild Tracks' CD (Editions Mego)
Russell Haswell returns with a complete departure from his real-time computer generated improvisations. "Wild Tracks" is a collection of ‘deliberate recordings’ made with other multimedia / film projects in mind. These recordings do not contain any overdubs or compression, and document a wide variety of audio experiences: a blowhole in Jamaica, an ant colony, a wasp nest, a helicopter ride and waterfalls, as well as the sound of freshly fallen snow, flies being electrocuted, various military tactical airlift planes, air defence fighters and attack helicopters. The recordings on "Wild Tracks" were realised using a variety of techniques including using hydrophones to record falling snow, recording gamekeepers many fields away with a parabolic dish, as well as binaural, ‘near-field’ & ‘direct’. Reputedly the first commercially released CD to be packaged in a KIDZBOX containing a full colour A2 poster with photographs and detailed recording notes.
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RYKE - 'Resuscitation' CD (Blossoming Noise)
Collaborative work started in 1998 between R.H.Y. Yau (Auscultare & 23Five Inc.) and Kazumoto Endo (Killer Bug), finally completed in 2006. Harsh spastic action concrete noise. Housed in a digipak and limited to 360 copies worldwide.
First official CD album of Rafael Flores who hails from the depth of the Spanish underground noise scene, known for his early works released under Comando Bruno moniker. This compilation presents the latest decade of his sound experimentation, and shows quite diverse sides of his creative efforts. The music ranges from collaged field recordings to noise ambient loops, and from rhythmic structures to hypnotic electronic passages. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
