One of the most interesting and promising albums this year. Ritual sounds and a mystical atmosphere, which infected those present on their Torun gigs, were captured and transferred perfectly on 'Heart Of A Wolf'. This is the second collaborative album by the industrial legend Z'EV and Hati, the Polish duo from Torun, but it's the first one showing their interaction on stage during their 3rd Polish tour in May 2011. The tour itself was the continuation and development of their new sound project initiated by the joint gig on Unsound Festival in New York Labs in April 2011. This double set also includes the recording of their Gdansk gig and is limited to 423 copies in a stunning 6-panel digipak.
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Z'EV - 'Forwaard' CD (Korm Plastics)
For almost forty years Z'EV has been at the absolute forefront of experimental music. Throught playing percussive ritual music he gained a lot of well-earned attention, but in more recent years he has returned to working with electronic tape manipulation. On 'Forwaard' he uses field recordings made by Frans De Waard, which are 'recoded' by Z'EV into a 40-minute, densely layered pattern of musique concrete. Many of the water-like sounds disappear in the recoded version and makes a particularly strong work. Outsized sleeve.
Since the late 70's underground music movement in Southern California, Z'EV has made his name as one of the most unique musicians out there. In how he sees his boundaries, he is as punk as any. His musical creativity is boundless and as the sounds he creates are truly "free" from all labels, classification, and direction. There are composers that have also attatined this level with their art, but there is only one Z'EV. "Outer Bounds Of Sound" is an experimental LP series from Noiseville. Each release is pressed in an edition of just 300 copies with a hand-made cover. US import.
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Z'EV - 'Outwaard' CD (Korm Plastics)
Beginning with the 2007 release 'Forwaard', rhythmajikal percussionist Z'EV continues his collaborations with Frans De Waard in the form of the latest installment, 'Outwaard'. Whereas the sound sources used on 'Forwaard' where of a varying nature, on 'Outwaard' they were all made at a petting zoo in Kleve, Germany. These recordings which are 'recoded' by Z'EV into a 40-minute, densely layered pattern of musique concrete. Many of the animal call like sounds disappear in the 'recoded' version and makes a particular strong work, but occasionally one returns and leaves a no less than haunting listening experience. Ltd x 300 in outsized sleeve.
Shamanic drumming and ritual percussion performed live at the Kulturbunker, Cologne by this pioneer of Industrial music. The natural reverb and resonance of the room gives this recording a very special sound. Z'EV himself says: "the sound is so colossal and ... the instruments are so sparse - it blows peoples minds." "Normal edition" of 443 copies fixed on a metal plate with sticker on the back. This is a heavy item!
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Z'EV - 'Rhythmajik' CD (Small Voices)
One of the forefathers of Industrial music, Z’EV presents an original approach to the energies released via the rhythmic process. “Rhythmajik” comprehensively and clearly explains an easily applied system allowing anyone to harness the semantics of number to the power of sounded rhythms. “Rhythmajik” is not about music but spells out the use of rhythm, sound and proportion for Trance, Healing, etc. It features a unique Numerical Encyclopedia and two Numerical dictionaries comprising over 5000 beat patterns with their semantic meanings encompassing both healing and ritual vocabularies. Released in a special cardboard wallet with spot varnishing.
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Z'EV - 'Sum Things' CD (Cold Spring CSR101CD)
Through an element darkly... In the fall of 2005 Z'EV began dipping deep into his archives and selecting recordings to produce 'sum things / a possible form for cold dark matter', a project reflecting his take on the 'dark ambience' genre. Composed between December 2005 and March 2006, these 6 pieces endeavour to transport the listener deep into their long forgotten memories of the primal forces at the dawn of creation. Each piece is based on a single sound source. Absolutely no effects of any kind, not even equalization, were applied to the source recordings. Instead Z'EV relied solely on the stretching of the duration and pitch of the samples and then edited and mixed the results down into the heart of space. Hear then, the state of the art in elemental musics. Not to forget the beautiful packaging by artist Abby Helasdottir.
A monumental album featuring three impressive tracks in which Z'EV (mythical avant-garde experimental artist, percussion master and world wide performer), collects and exhibits brave and incredible sonic solutions, mixing and alternating enormous, deep and sometimes exploding and devastating sound masses based on low frequencies, to noisy metallic sounds, gongs and cymbal stratification... all oriented in temporary resounding "tunnels", where sonic elements are mixed through suggestive cyclic echoes and reverberations, infinite pauses, joining and integrating to other sonic tracks, for an important and unique listening experience. An unmissable masterpiece!
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Z'EV / DAVID LINTON - 'Untitled' CD (Die Stadt)
Released in conjunction with a concert on the 11th November 2006 at the Lagerhaus in Bremen. This CD features exclusive tracks by Industrial music legend Z'EV and New York based percussionist and multi media artist David Linton, who has worked with among others Lee Ranaldo, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Diamanda Galas, Christian Marclay and Elliot Sharp. Each artist appears with a solo track plus a remix of the other artist.
Four exclusive tracks, released in conjunction with a live performance at the 'Lagerhaus' Bremen, April 2004. Record One features two very dynamic untitled tracks by legendary 'industrial' percussionist Z'EV, while record Two features 'Zerfall_Gebiete' a new collaborative project by Thomas Köner and Ulrich Krieger (Zeitkratzer / Text Of Light with Lee Ranaldo). The two atmospheric tracks mark the very beginning of their mutual work and are a promise of more great work to come. Ltd x 500 handnumbered copies on thick vinyl in a very smart textured fold out sleeve.
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ZA FRUMI - 'Barrow Wights' CD (Tom Bombadil's Collectors)
A Za Frûmi collection featuring remastered versions of songs from their first four releases, plus two unreleased, new songs, "Barrow Wights" is the newest conceptual strike from the creativity pool of Swedish duo of Simon Kölle (Musterion, Abnocto) and Simon Heath (Atrium Carceri). Specially made to unravel a story, but amazingly suitable for an exciting audio experience, "Barrow Wights" is dark fantasy ambient music with martial and cinematic aspects, based on the darkest aspects of Tolkien's Middle Earth. Lavishly packed in a 24-page fully illustrated hardcover book, a slipcase rounds up this deluxe edition of 1000 numbered copies. A treat for all followers of Za Frûmi. All tracks were remastered in 2007.
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ZA FRUMI - 'Legends - Act 1' CD (Waerloga)
Act 1 in the instrumental 'Legends' series by the duo of Simon Kölle (Musterion, Abnocto) and Simon Heath (Atrium Carceri). This album, filled with medieval, dark orchestral and fantasy atmospheres, tells music from the majestic dwarven wars to the great cleansing lead by the dark order Vasilievich. With the Legends series Za Frûmi take a step away from the dialogue-driven albums in the "Za Frûmi Saga", yet still reminds of the good old days of early Mortiis.
ZA FRUMI - 'Legends - Act 2 - Vampires' CD (Waerloga)
Act 2 in the instrumental Legends series by the duo of Simon Kölle (Musterion, Abnocto) and Simon Heath (Atrium Carceri). This album is inspired by the legends of two vampires (Jakesh and Rianji) and tells of the blood rituals and killing of mortals as a means of freeing themselves from the earth. Well-played mystical, dark fantasy and medieval music, as to be expected. The booklet is rich with beautiful artwork and texts. Za Frûmi have really outdone themselves with this masterpiece!
ZA FRUMI - 'Legends - Act 3 - Cults' CD (Waerloga)
This full length CD with 10 Tracks forms Act 3 in the instrumental 'Legends' series from Za Frûmi (Simon Kölle (Musterion, Abnocto) and Simon Heath (Atrium Carceri). This album is inspired by the Cults in the world of Za Frûmi. An outstanding album of murderous, primitive, dark, mystical and breathtaking fantasy music. This album redifines and reinvent the genre of dark ambient and fantasy music. Presented in a digipak.
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ZA FRUMI - 'Legends - Act 4 - Orders' CD (Waerloga)
Fourth full length album in Za Frumi's instrumental 'Legends' series. This album is inspired by the Orders in the world of Za Frumi (Simon Kölle of Musterion / Abnocto and Simon Heath of Atrium Carceri). An outstanding album with esoteric, deep, mysterious traditions, highly cinematic, dark, magical and breathtaking fantasy music. A True Masterpiece! Digipak.
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ZA FRUMI - 'Shrak Ishi Za Migul' CD (Waerloga)
Za Frûmi is Simon Kölle (Musterion, Abnocto) and Simon Heath (Atrium Carceri). "Gathering In The Mist" is the third chapter in the Za Frûmi saga. This is Dark Ambient / Dark Folk / Fantasy music, with dialog in orcish and the language of the elves. A 20-page booklet contains the manuscript (with a helpful English translation) and the story, including what happened in chapter 1 and 2. More than 20 'actors' helped out creating this unique dark fantasy experience. This CD is a step back to 'Za Shum Ushatar Uglakh' but also a great step forward in production. All that love dark fantasy, orcs, elves (Lord Of The Rings) and atmosphere (early Mortiis etc) should own this highly recomended CD!
ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI & TETSUO FURUDATE - 'World As Will IV' CD (OHM Records)
"IV" in the 'World As Will' series ("III" Sub Rosa, "II' 23five, "I" Staalplaat). "‘World As Will’ is a work in which Zbigniew Karkowski and Tetsuo Furudate combine orchestral music with computer music - read: noise. At the basis here lie two performances, one for sax, trombone, flute and sine waves and the other for a small ensemble called Sonic Boom. These recordings are slaughtered by the composers during a concert in Tokyo and turned into a racket of noise. Another heavy weight release, with lots of cascading noise samples of orchestral origin spliced on the spot together, fed through the lions of granular synthesis - and who knows what else. Its however in the power of these hands that they know, somewhere in the middle how to pull back and go deeper and deeper into what seems to be the crackling of surfaces with contact microphones, before returning to the world of crashing noise and only to return once more to that somewhat dark underworld, going back up after for a cascading finale. Noise indeed and perhaps I should have left this in the capable hands of Jliat, but this is actually noise of the more intelligent kind" (Vital Weekly). Limited to just 200 copies in a digipak!
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ZENI GEVA - 'Maximum Money Monster' CD (Cold Spring CSR78CD)
Re-issue of the legendary debut CD by Zeni Geva. Prepare yourself for the pounding, monolithic Japanese noise / doom / post-rock barrage that is Zeni Geva. For fans of early Swans. Zeni Geva is Kazuyuki K. Null, Mitsuru Tabata (ex-Boredoms), Ikuo Taketani and Tatsuya Yoshida.Comes with 3 bonus, previously unreleased tracks, recorded live in Tokyo 1988-1989.
Experimental electronica, tribal, musique concrete, ambient, drone, cut up noise by the young Polish sound experimentator Zenial. Features 15 tracks including some collaborative pieces with: Andrew Duke, Andrew Lagowski, Amir Baghiri, Jason Wietlespach & Jon Mueller, Kasper Toeplitz, KK Null, Maciek Szymczuk, Tetsuo Furudate, Vidna Obmana and Zbigniew Karkowski. Packaged in a hardback 6-panel digisleeve.
ZENITH - 'Aedipus - Rimotion Of The Fragment 23' CD (Aphelion Productions)
"The music of Zenith collects Black Metal, Dark Ambient, Noise and Doom influences blending them with a perverse and sick idea of musical sound” is how the band describe their sound. Zenith leans heavier on the experimental side of very dark and unique strangeness. Like a soundtrack to the worst horror film ever made, but in a good way. Ltd x 500.
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ZHURONG - 'Zhurong's Anger' MCD (Dying Art Productions)
Reissue of the great fantastic debut from this Chinese act (Ltd x 100 copies, 2005). "Zhurong's Anger" ("Anger Of The Fire God") is a Cathay Martial, dark ambient epic about the Qin Dynasty's invincible legion. 4 tracks of dark, solemn and despotic music. Ltd x 500 copies in a card sleeve with printed paper inner sleeve and insert. Chinese import.
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ZILVERHILL - 'Eotvos' CD (Adeptsound / Blind Shouter)
Zilverhill is an integration of Schuster and Present Day Buna - two longstanding experimental collaborators, whose work emerges from a shared understanding. Both first appeared in the early 1980's as IBF. Incorporating elemental contrasting themes of inertia and movement, the shifting sounds presented here encompass a many-layered evocation of somewhere else. A third period... the 11th house... the day's end. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak. Australian import.
ZILVERHILL - 'Latent-Active-Descent' CD (Adeptsound / Blind Shouter)
These new Zilverhill recordings are informed by both the art of August Natterer (Specifically ‘Axle of the World, with Rabbit’ and the “uncertainty of good fortune” depicted therein) and Lewis Carroll’s ‘Looking Glass’ (Nobody/Somebody). Nixon’s portentous voice and actions are intuitively fractured, reappraised and manipulated to form the spine of the pieces; the desolation of drunkenness and schizophrenia, cold, sarcasm, and distant / past / fleeting recollections provide the flesh. Thus the next idiom in the Zilverhill discourse is borne. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak. The first 250 copies of which come with a hand-numbered postcard.
First official album by this unique Russian Folk band, based in Jerusalem. Dreamingly beautiful, sad and at the same time weird and progressive Folk songs with a gentle early 70's touch. The powerful and empathetic (Russian) vocals give a very personal and unique touch to the music of Zlye Kukly. This band is hard to compare to other artists; maybe reminding of the best Folk from Gae Bolg, or the best ballads of Boyd Rice, but mainly the great early 70's era of Yugoslavian folk artists, such as Kladivo Konj in Voda, Svremena na Vreme, Drugi Nacin and others.
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ZSOLT SORES AHAD - 'Ahad's Master's Garden III (22007 - 2009): The Harmonian Blues' 2 x CD (Fourth Dimension / AudioTong)
A fantastic double CD by Zsolt Sorés (aka Ahad), Budapest-based sound artist and improviser. These two discs capture the prolific and versatile musician in a fully tranced-out fug that draws not only from his background in rock music but also his strong leanings towards the avant-garde and improvisation partly formed by being classically-trained yet never content to remain as such. In turn, we are treated to some near-mystical and transcendental journeys... contemporary psychedelia, spaceward-bound forays, expansive and drone-bound guitar textures. Inspired by Fourier's Harmonian Opera and several quotations by Hakim Bey, Sores' has created an album that resonates with depth of a nature rarely found these days. Ltd x 500 copies in a gatefold digisleeve.
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ZU - 'Carboniferous' LP (Trips Und Traume)
Originally released on CD in 2009 (Ipecac), this monstrous album now gets a well deserved vinyl makeover. Highly intricate, experimental / metal / math / no-wave / free / noise / punk / jazz inspired work, breaking from the narrow confines of given music genres and incorporating a wide array of influences into a unique sound. Features contributions from Mike Patton (Faith No More) and King Buzzo (Melvins), with whom the Italian duo spent a year touring with as a quartet. Ltd x 500 copies on grey vinyl in a heavy gatefold sleeve with artwork by Scarful. ACT FAST!!
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ZYRTAX - 'Aloka' 7" (Dead Mind Records)
After the successful collaboration CDs with Contagious Orgasm and Government Alpha, noise giants DAVE PHILLIPS, GX JUPITTER-LARSEN (Haters), ODAL & SUDDEN INFANT were asked to send in raw material to be decomposed and rearranged for the first Zyrtax 7". These 4 tracks were carefully built over the last year and while being very different (Power Electronics, Experimental, Improv), they fit together perfectly on this nice little record. Silver and black sleeve.
This tidy little 7" from Dutch act Zyrtax (aka Johnny Van e Kookwijk of Dead Husbands, Masonic Youth etc) could be inspired by the good old-school Industrial / Experimental of SPK, Esplendor Geometrico and Maurizio Bianchi - representing a constant evolution of 80s loop based industrial into the new millennium. Ltd x 450 copies.
