R.Y.N. - 'Archaic Techniques Of Ecstacy' LP (Equation Records)
R.Y.N. are a UK-based duo probably best known for their Astral Death CD (Unrest Productions) and an excellent 7" on Drone Records. On this vinyl-only release R.Y.N. present 44 minutes of completely new recordings: a mix of archaic, unsettling, new and melancholy. This album took many months to record as a result of the careful attention paid to the record by the duo. This LP provides both classic R.Y.N. darkness plus even heavier oppressive, dark, soundscapes that can only be fully appreciated on vinyl over the two side-long tracks: Archaic Techniques Of Ecstacy and Provisional Sketch Of The Mind. If you don't know their work then this is definitely worth exploring. If you do know them then this is a must. Ltd x 233 numbered copies in a foldout silkscreened sleeve with spot varnish black on grey card stock and with inserts.
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RACCOO-OO-OON - 'Raccoo-oo-oon' CD (Release The Bats)
The swansong from Iowa City's Raccoo-oo-oon. Following up 2007's critically acclaimed "Behold Secret Kingdom", the final album takes everything up a notch and shows a band taking their last breath and laying down the last bricks in their fairly short history. Doomed, desperate prog-rock flailings decay into hollow purgatories of dimly pulsing ambience, only to re-erupt into percussion firestorms and experimental electricity. There are a few moments of "Behold Secret Kingdom"-style focus, but for the most part the mood remains raw and acidic; four souls on edge, backs to the crowd, channeling everything they have left inside. Nearly 80 minutes of music, mastered by Pete Swanson (Yellow Swans). Ltd x 1000 copies in a mini gatefold sleeve.
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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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RAKHIM - 'Crimson Umbrella' CD (20 Buck Spin)
"What if Z’EV had written the intro to Darkthrone’s “Blaze In The Northern Sky?". With that question in mind Finland’s Rakhim unearth "Crimson Umbrella"; a two-track fit of kraut-noise psychosis, schizophrenic percussive clatter and layers of effects and over-processed vocal chants and screams. The nightmarish deconstruction of the 2 lengthy tracks bare only trace elements of main members Krypt and Rudimentor’s day jobs in Circle and Pharaoh Overlord, with Rakhim indulging in sonic terror too far gone for the aforementioned bands. Although the album’s title makes reference to L.A.’s great Jesters Of Destiny, Rakhim would more aptly call to mind Wolf Eyes filtered through a lengthy Faust tape jam. Best experienced through headphones at appropriately ear-bleeding volume. Silver on black digifile.
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. "Ralf Wehowsky was once the founding father of legendary German post musique concretists P16.D4 and has produced some fine solo CD's under the name RLW. This work, divided in 3 parts, uses the sound of a contra bass, which his intelligently treats with studio techniques. He shifts away from the analog stuff with P16.D4 and now works entirely digital. The result is a strong piece of modern musique concrete. Sometimes the sound is clean and dry and sometimes remote and wrapped" (Vital Weekly). Just over 18 minutes of music. Comes in a cardboard gatefold sleeve with shrinkwrap.
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RAMLEH - 'Switch Hitter / The Machines Of Infinite Joy' 10" (Black Rose Recordings / Broken Flag)
The first new material from the legendary Ramleh since 1998 and it doesn't disappoint. Powerful droning intensity, motorik rhythms and warped guitar riffs dominate these two songs with one containing Ramleh's distinctive distorted vocals weaving in and out of this inventive chemistry. "Switch Hitter" could almost be described as a full on dissonant rock track, but Ramleh's desire for experimentation and improvisation lifts it way above the general rock mindset. Ramleh have not lost any of their energy, excitement and ability to explore all possibilities. A very welcome return for Anthony Di Franco (Novatron, ex-Skullflower), Gary Mundy (Toll, ex-Skullflower). Presented in a j-card sleeve. Ltd x 500 copies. ACT FAST!
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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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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 - 'Dream Circle' CD (Ewers Tonkunst / Indiestate Distribution)
Re-issue of one of the most influential ambient albums of the early 90s, Rapoon's very first album, "Dream Circle" (Death of Vinyl). With its postmodern tribalism, its incessant chanting and dampened percussion and air of dense, subcontinental humidity, "Dream Circle" not only helped establish Robin Storey´s post-Zoviet France solo reputation, but inspired an entire generation of electronic artists fascinated by ritualistic and hypnotic repetition. It is both a transitional and a ground-breaking work, but has not aged a whit in the nearly twenty years since it first saw the light of day. Presented in a stunning embossed / spot-varnished mini-LP outsize sleeve with gold print.
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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 is Robin Storey (Zoviet France). This album is dedicated to the research of mass media’s manipulation of people’s minds. "These recordings include the voice of David Icke. They reflect on the role of the media in shaping and informing opinions (the war in Iraq for example showed the shameless use of the media by a government intent on war whatever the real facts were) and in furthering prejudices and persecution of those who have differing views and dare to express them... Any similarity to any one living or dead is entirely due to Quantum Physics, string theory and parallel universes". Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak with two artcards.
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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 - 'Obscure Objects Of Desire' CD (Vivo Records)
Beautiful album from this dark / ethno-ambient / drone project of Robin Storey (Zoviet France). This album is about yearning. That aching emptiness that still exists when all rational processes have been exhausted. The unobtainable, all consuming and immaterial. The irrelevant and the irrational. The dark torments and the light hearted banter. The victories and the defeats. The achievements and the failures. The loves and the losses. When all are accounted for there remains only the obscure objects of desire. Packed in a hardback 6-panel digisleeve.
This Rapoon work has an accent on more dark, hard and anxious sound constructions than most of its recent albums, it is full of tension and scepticism, but with no lack of inner hope though. Like "Melancholic Songs Of The Desert", it deals with isolationism and the myth of democracy. 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 meditative reflections looking for an inner peace in a world made ugly by hatred and war. The music here looks for a sense of inner being that one can only find in quiet isolation. Ltd x 500 copies in a digisleeve.
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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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RASALHAGUE - 'Rage Inside The Window' CD (Malignant Records)
"Rage Inside The Window" is the astounding debut album from Indiana based dark ambient artist Rasalhague, offering some of the most haunting, dread filled, and yet dynamic atmospheres we've come across in some time. Inspired by the true events of a young girl neglectfully imprisoned in filth and squalor by her thoughtless and uncaring mother. "Rage Inside the Window" takes the listener into the mind of a savagely depraved soul. Don't expect ambient of the spaced out, blissful, and softly textured variety. This is dirty and impenetrably dark, with an intertwining mass of demonic squalls, intense probing, highly ominous tonal drones, distant monolithic pulsations, and bleak isolationism. 6 lengthy tracks of pure psychological horror, progressively getting darker, brooding, and more menacing. Finally, with the final track, some semblance of solace is achieved. Akin to Atrium Carceri or Raison d'Etre. 6 panel DVD Digipak.
"Vorweltschweigen" is completely based on the lyrics and sounds of Sturmpercht, the legendary creators of Alpine Folk music. Rauhnacht is pure Alpine Black Metal, based on the atmosphere of early Norwegian Black Metal, but dealing with Alpine and Celtic mythology, philosophy and tradition. ABM contains a large variety of (ancient) traditional acoustic instruments from Alpine/Celtic areas, such as the Alphorn, the Teufelsgeige, hunter's trumpets and other obscure Alpine instruments, as well as organic/natural field-recordings from black forests, craggy mountains and dark caves. Rauhnacht is the name for the twelve nights between 24th December and 6th January, where the demons of winter and the Perchten celebrate their wild hunt through hidden Alpine villages and forests. 7" foldout sleeve with inserts.
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 (Red Stream)
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.
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RBE - 'Raudive Bunker Experiment' 2 x LP + 7" + CD Boxset (Youdonthavetocallitmusic)
Reissue of the rare LP from 1982, plus additional material from various tapes of that period. Includes two long Industrial tracks in the way of Throbbing Gristle and 22 tracks of experimental minimal synth music, comparable to Cabaret Voltaire and Conrad Schnitzler. The 7" includes two tracks with vocals in best minimal synth style. All composed and recorded in the early 80s by Andy Wilson, who also played with Bourbonese Qualk, released a book about German band Faust and nowadays plays under the names Sunseastar and The Grand Erector. Comes in gatefold cover with special finish print and stamped inner sleeves. Limited and numbered edition of 250 copies in a boxset with silkscreened cover, including the 7", an additional CD of bonus material, two booklets (one with original artwork, the other one including an interview and the complete discograhy), postcards and buttons.
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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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REDRIGHTHAND - 'They Sang And Chanted For Hours, Then The Locked In Hundreds Set Themselves Ablaze' CD (At War With False Noise)
RRH played quite a bit in the UK and built up quite a name for themselves over the years, and this record is a perfect distillation of their sound: incredibly slow, interminably heavy and possessing an atmosphere of complete and utter despair. Recorded in 2004, this is one of the best documents of the UK sludge/doom sound. The band's members were in/went on to be in Hard To Swallow, Narcosis, They Are Cowards, Charger, Ocksen, Like A Kind Of Matador and Gruel. Ltd x 500 copies with 'manifesto' insert.
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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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REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM - 'Sovmehkastratsiya' CD (Provoloka)
Reductio Ad Absurdum is one of the most interesting and original noise projects emerged from the post-Soviet Russia. "Sovmehkastratsiya" was released on a cassette in 1996 by Ultra as a limited edition of 30 copies. After almost 15 years this album is now available on CD with an additional bonus track taken from the "Zvukoterror" compilation (Ultra, 1996). The musical on this album won't leave untouched the lovers of old school analogue noise, combining the noisy trance of Noizeclot, the aesthetics of Dog As Master's "Conduit" period, the inclination to rhythms of early Esplendor Geometrico. Ltd x 375 copies in a card slip.
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REFORMED FACTION - 'Until...' CD (Greytone)
"Until..." is a new set of dark ambient recordings built around the ideas of abstract compositional instructions similar in meaning and intent to those used by Karlheinz Stockhausen in such works as “From The Seven Days” and the nature of auditory vibrations. Eager to create a diverse and ever changing catalogue of works Reformed Faction here embrace improvisation, a feature fundamental to all their recordings, with a different focus and sensibility allowing sounds to evolve slowly and sub-consciously across a unrestricted timescale. Reformed Faction are Robin Storey and Mark Spybey, both ex-members of zoviet*france and both with long established and productive solo careers as Rapoon and Dead Voices On Air respectively. Digipak.
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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.
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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REQUISITIO SENSUS AETERNUM - 'The Only One Is Dead, Who...' CD (A5 Production)
A young Dark Ambient / Drone / Dark Neoclassical / Experimental Electronics project from Murom, western Russia, formed in 2008. Headed by Malum Torpor, Requisitio Sensus Aeternum bears that inherent in its very title, "the eternal search for meaning". When the meaning is lost, the desire to exist is lost. Therefore, the meaning must be sought in every way.. the meaning is hidden in the search of meaning. Presented in a DVD case. Ukrainian import.
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RETARDER - 'Enquiries' CD (Tourette)
The solo debut of Lloyd James (Naevus). As Retarder, Lloyd sets out on a very edgy and stormy voyage, full of obstacles to overcome. A very experimental album, where no two tracks sound the same... piano improvisation, horns, mechanic riffs, vocal loops, multi-layered ambient, strummed guitar, deranged and distorted sounds, mysterious bleeps, strange effects, deranged vocals and a monologue. Open up all your senses and prepare for a while. Give it a shot. And then another. Ltd x 400 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)
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. A perfect example of the group's ability to build unsettling and sinister dark ambient industrial sounds, with an overall atmosphere of despair and deep melancholy, maybe mirroring today's "Russian soul". There is no light in this darkness, maybe only behind it. 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 / 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 RAMIREZ / BLACK LEATHER JESUS - 'Scrapyard' CD (Phage Tapes / RONF Records)
Re-issue of this classic Harsh Noise picture disc LP, originally released back in 1995 by German label Praxis Dr. Bearmann. Includes the bonus Richard Ramirez track 'Just Like Me', which wasn't on the original vinyl release, making up 51 minutes of music. A rare gem in the American Harsh Noise scene! Ltd x 500 copies with new artwork by Jovan Hernandez.
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RIGOR MORTIS - 'Rigor Mortis' CD (Trips Und Träume)
Rigor Mortis is the Dark Ambient / Experimental solo project of the Grandmaster of Roman electronics Fuzzy. His first effort drives you into a journey through the most obscure sides of your mind. 8 untitled tracks and just under 70 minutes of music! Ltd x 200 copies in an outsize gatefold digisleeve.
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.
RISING SHADOWS - 'Finis Gloriae Mundi' CD (Twilight Records)
"Finis Gloriae Mundi" is the third album from Rising Shadows. Once again the beautiful voice of Linda-li enriches the mysterious and complex musical textures created by Fredrik Klingwall. The Swedish duo now goes well beyond their neoclassical and medieval roots and leave the boundaries of a genre. Together with co-producer Mattias Olsson and several session musicians they explore new layers of instruments and rhythms in their music. "Finis Gloriae Mundi" is the soundtrack to a great finale, inspired by the curiosity of death and transmutations of our reality. The result is yet another haunting melancholic masterpiece.
RISING SHADOWS - 'Found In The Cold' CD (Twilight Records)
With "Found In The Cold", 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 in between. 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 through the mystical world of faeries, wizards and gnomes. Try to search your lost and sad princess into the deep and dark forest of Scandinavia. Imagine a mix of Dead Can Dance, Ennio Morricone and Kate Bush and you'll getting closer to the sound of Rising Shadows! Digipak.
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.
Triple-CD set of 1998 Robert Rich live recordings (from shows in Stanford, Venice, and Pasadena, California). Over three hours of music, utilising some of the techniques of Rich's renowned "Sleep Concerts," as well as some sounds and interpretations of his highly-regarded collaboration with B. Lustmord, "Stalker". The live tapes have been carefully remastered by Robert himself to match the extraordinary standards of his studio recordings. Fans of all phases of Rich's career will want to have this. This is sure to rank among Rich's most important works. Double size jewelcase.
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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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ROBERTO OPALIO - 'The Last Night Of The Angel Of Glass, Vol. I & II' 2 x CD (A Silent Place)
Reissue of the acclaimed "The Last Night Of The Angel Of Glass, Vol.I", original soundtrack to the omonimous film by Roberto Opalio, plus the previously unreleased "Vol.II", representing the second half of a unique recording session. "There is no other cosmic traveller like Roberto Opalio. Best known for his work with his brother as My Cat Is An Alien, this feline twin is slowly building an equally impressive body of solo works. Opalio is on another plane entirely with "The last night of the Angel of Glass." Bypassing the cosmos completely and directing his aim straight to heaven. Using nothing but his guitar and his voice, Opalio sears the stratosphere into orbit. As his voice floats like a ghost into the empty celestial crevices, his guitar falls from the sky like a melted star. This is haunting and magnificent. Roberto Opalio at his best" (Foxy Digitalis).
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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 # 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 #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 #21 Magazine
The 21st edition of this UK magazine features The Mars Volta. There's also interviews with Dinosaur Jr., Khanate, Shrinebuilder, Black Boned Angel, Pissed Jeans, Yob, Minsk and The Orange Man Theory. This month's Label Focus is on Rune Grammofon. 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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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #24 Magazine
The first Rock-A-Rolla of the '10s features Post No-Wave oddballs Liars. There's also interviews with Wicked King Wicker, Mike Watt (Minutemen, Porno For Pyros), Pyramids, Dethscalator, Motorpsycho, Sankt Otten, White Hills, The Tenebrous Liar, Dÿse and These Monsters. This month's Label Focus is on Profound Lore. 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 25 features New York Post-Rockers Kayo Dot. There's also interviews with Red Sparowes, Black Breath, Wold, Errors, Caspian, Ufomammut, Jucifer, Årabrot, Eluvium, Mouse On The Keys. This month's Label Focus is on Public Guilt. 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 #26 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 26 features Mike Patton (Faith No More, Fantômas). There's also interviews with Godflesh, Harvey Milk, Emeralds, Knut, Twilight, Coliseum, Starkweather, Cleric, Celeste and Oneohtrix Point Never. This month's Label Focus is on Crucial Blast. 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 #27 Magazine
R-A-R 27 features Melvins. There's also interviews with Aaron Turner (Isis, Lotus Eaters, Old Man Gloom), The High Confessions (a new 'Supergroup' featuring Chris Connelly of Ministry / Revolting Cocks, Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth, Sanford Parker of Minsk / Twilight and Jeremy Lemos of White / Light), Yakuza, Black Sun & Eugene Robinson (Oxbow), Stian Westerhus (Puma), Monarch!, Edible Woman, Omega Massif and Horseback. This month's Label Focus is on Temporary Residence Limited. 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 #28 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 28 features the legendary Swans, returning after a 13 year hiatus! There are also interviews with Richard Youngs, Helmet, This Heat, Wino, Beehoover, U.S. Christmas, Lawrence English, Chöd, Cuzo, The Secret and Her name Is Calla. This month's Label Focus is on Exile On Mainstream. 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 #29 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 29 features influential Swiss post-industrial / electronic / experimental pioneers The Young Gods. There are also interviews with Electric Wizard, Kyuss, Ehnahre, Salome, Titan, Ultralyd, Ultraphallus, Antimatter, Father Murphy, The Dale Cooper Quarter & The Dictaphones. This month's Label Focus is on Fysisk Format. 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 #30 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 30 features Seattle Doom-Droners Earth. There are also interviews with Machinefabriek, Six Organs Of Admittance, Tim Hecker, OvO, The Skull Defekts, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Mugstar, Iroha and Igorrr. This month's Label Focus is on Riot Season. 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 #31 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 31 features Pittsburg prog-rock / ethereal / experimentalists Zombi. There are also interviews with James Johnston (Faust, Gallon Drunk, Bad Seeds), Blood Ceremony, Explosions In The Sky, Young Widows, Orthodox, Liturgy, Mamiffer, Grayceon, Hexvessel, Weedeater and Bloodiest. This month's Label Focus is on Denovali. 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 #32 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 32 features Japanese heavyweights Boris. There are also interviews with Killing Joke, Master Musicians Of Bukkake, Across Tundras, A Storm Of Light, Tombs, Bill Gould (Faith No More) & Jared Blum, Indian, Terminal Sound System, Mombu, Knifeworld, End Of Level Boss. This month's Label Focus is on Ad Noiseam. 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 #33 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 33 features San Francisco quartet Wooden Shjips. There are also interviews with Barn Owl, Caïna, Necro Deathmort, Secret Chiefs 3, The Book Of Knots, Bee Mask, Hella, Next Life, Cave In, Retox, Blueneck and Dead Elephant. This month's Label Focus is on Spectrum Spools. 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 #34 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 34 features Wolves In The Throne Room. There are also interviews with Aun, Cathedral, The Atlas Moth, Anla (Alan) Courtis, Russian Circles, Rwake, Graeme Ronald, Killl, Black Tusk, Morkobot, Farewell Poetry, The Drift. This month's Label Focus is on Aagoo. 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 #35 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 35 features Japanese psych legends Acid Mothers Temple. There are also interviews with Sunn O))), ThisQuietArmy, Black Cobra, Zechs Marquise, Alog, Birds Of Passage, Dub Trio, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Bitch Magnet. This month's Label Focus is on Rocket 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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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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ROME - 'L'Assassin' MCD (Trisol)
The Assassin - Murder? Crime of passion? Rome's new 'Chanson Noir' speaks of man's enslavement in a world of constant transformation. The traditions of (French) Chanson and (American) Folk are becoming more influential in their current work. Chansonniers like Léo Ferré, Jacques Brel and singer / songwriter heroes like Cave, Cash and Cohen are obvious influences. This is the darker side of singer / songwriter tradition: post-industrial-folk with elements of Electro-Pop, complex arrangements of breathtaking melodies, mesmerising ballads of lyrical beauty, underlining Rome's ethos of never faltering or remaining uninvolved. Features four songs, among which the exclusive and intimate track "One Flesh", along with reinvented, "stringed" versions of two classic tracks "Der Erscheinungen Flucht' and 'Der Brandtaucher' (from "Masse Mensch Material"). Rome: unmasked, honest and authentic! Digipak.
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ROME - 'Masse Mensch Material' CD (Trisol)
Re-issue of Rome's 3rd album, originally released on Cold Meat Industry in 2008. Rome's particular brand of post-industrial folk, combined with new-wave song-writing and neoclassical arrangements, takes on a new and poppy twist. But these outstanding songs have way too much depth to be dismissed as mere pop music. This third album is of a more subtle darkness and probably Rome's best work to date. A work of art of extreme sincerity, "Masse Mensch Material" revolves around the themes of love, faith and endurance. Rome has created a fascinating world of contradictions which each song lays out with clarity and with all the cruelty and kindness intact. Presented in an embossed digipak.
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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.
Russian psychedelic dada-electronics and spacey post-rock. The Russian duo consisting of Eugene & Julica make spacey, abstract instrumentals. Heavily delayed guitar strumming, accompanied by random sounds and minimal hand percussion. Light and airy ambient guitars with subtle rhythms playing alongside synths. Very relaxing yet propagates passion. This is the definition of quirky. Indescribable stylistically. More strangeness, more quality, more inventiveness with a very unique sound! Beautiful noise... a chaotic dream of drones and distortion with ambient, multidimensional, psychedelic and hypnotic guitars. Fans of electronics will be pleased by this dada-like music from the very north of Siberia. 6-panel digipak.
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ROSE LAND - 'Au Mont Des Soupirs' CD (Frozen Wing Records)
The debut album from this French act. "Au Mont Des Soupirs" is a 14-track journey through dreamy, nostalgic, intimate and melancholic ambient / neoclassical / ethereal music from another world. Explore wonderful landscapes created from piano parts, synths, strings and whispers. A journey beyond the eternal horizon. Digipak sleeve with artwork dedicated to nature.
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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 - 'Noi Vi Odiamo' MCD (Skuld)
RARE ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI RELEASE FROM 2004! 6 tracks of dark Italian Neofolk from the talented Rome artist Damiano Mercuri. "Noi Vi Odiamo" is a conceptual release about "Hate and Punishment". The material here moves towards a more Neo-renaissance and Neoclassical mood, but without forgetting the dark-Folk roots of the project. Ltd x 726 copies in a card sleeve with booklet.
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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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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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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.
