Cold
Spring Bi-Weekly Newsletter - 15th October 2009
NEW COLD SPRING RELEASES
We're very proud to announce 4 new albums, available to pre-order now!
LIVE EVENT IN ROMA!
Just a quick reminder of this exciting event happening in Rome next weekend.
• 24 Oct 09, Traffic Club, Via Vacuna 98 Rome (IT). With Sala Delle Colonne
IN THE PRESS
The latest issue of Ritual magazine (IT) features interviews with Rose Rovine E Amanti, TenHornedBeast, Sistrenatus
and Bleeding Heart Narrative.
20 YEARS OF COLD SPRING!
To celebrate our 20th Anniversary, we're holding a 2-day festival at Camden Underworld 26th/27th March 2010.
This will be a very exciting weekend featuring the crème de la crème of Cold Spring artists, with some very
special performances!
Full details soon!
THE OFFICE VIBE
Due to a huge amount of requests, we finally got round to taking some pics of our office / private shop!
Click here to have a peek and to make an appointment today!
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| Wicked King Wicker | God Is Busy... Save Yourself CD (CSR125CD) £8 / £9 / £10 |
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Wicked King Wicker is pure doom. Their brand of guttural expression strips away the rock n roll base and leaves nothing for the listener than the caustic reality of the darkest side of life. It is heavy, barbaric and void of hope. Wicked King Wicker has taken the power of doom metal and added noise to mix to make its point. “God Is Busy… Save Yourself” is their 6th album, and their first released outside of the U.S. Wicked King Wicker is unique, and their extreme doom stands alone as the heaviest, most brutal doom imaginable
and it may take you places you don’t want to go.
MP3 | MP3 | Wicked King Wicker
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| Iron Fist Of The Sun | Behavioural Decline CD (CSR116CD) £8 / £9 / £10 |
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Personal obsessions skewed by drug use, codes of behaviour observed by a misanthropic mind.
Bitter and cold. Nihilistic and scornful. Elitist and Pure.
Behavioural Decline documents the rise of treachery and the fall of honour.
Power electronics that sonically takes inspiration from electro-acoustics and ideology akin to black metal / black noise. A deeply personal recording.
MP3 | MP3 | Iron Fist Of The Sun
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| NDE | Krieg Blut Ehre Asche CD (CSR110CD) £8 / £9 / £10 |
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Debut from this Belgian duo. Like the dark solitary figure which adorns the cover, NDE are shrouded in mystery and desolation. No website. No myspace. No contact details. The music speaks loudly and across the centuries. A unique smelting of malevolent, noisy Black Metal, pounding, anthemic martial drums and wretched Death Industrial in eight acts. IN STOCK & SHIPPING! PRE-ORDER PRICE CONTINUES UNTIL 26th OCTOBER!
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| Cages | Folding Space CD (CSR121CD) £8 / £9 / £10 |
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The shaking notes that make up “Folding Space” were recorded by two people holed up in their whole respective imaginations of visions of loops, layers and pleading lyrics. They sought sounds from the same dreams that give fools belief and colourfully punctuate the nights of the sanest. There are elements of dreamy ether and discomfort rather than the easy choruses and catchphrases of the most collected and consumed art form. The visions backing this elaborate music were recorded and are performed for a primary reason: to exist freely. An hour of music set in studios buried by blizzards of the American Great Lakes region. Artwork with gold print.
MP3 | MP3 | Cages
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| Splinterskin | Wayward Souls CD (CSR114CD) £10 / £11 / £12 |
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Harsh, dark folk music. Tales told using an old classical guitar, accompanied by haunting vocals, violin, and soothing whispers. |
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| All Hail The Transcending Ghost | All Hail The Transcending Ghost CD (CSR122CD) £10 / £11 / £12 |
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The debut album from AHTTG (Nordvargr and Tim Bertilsson). One of the most haunting drone-dark-ambient-industrial works in recent years. |
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| H.E.R.R. | Twelve Caesars CD (CSR117CD) £10 / £11 / £12 |
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H.E.R.R. retell the notorious lives of the Emperors with honesty, drama and humour. A classic of the neoclassical genre! |
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RELEASES:
SEHNSUCHT - 'Wüste' CD (CSR124CD)
GOATVARGR - 'Black Snow Epoch' CD (CSR126CD)
FIRE IN THE HEAD - 'Confessions Of A Narcissist' CD (CSR120CD)
EMME YA - 'Atavistic Dreams And Phallic Totems' CD (CSR127CD)
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| VON THRONSTAHL / ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI
• 24 Oct 09, Traffic Club, Via Vacuna 98 Rome (IT). With Sala Delle Colonne
PSYCHIC TV / SUTCLIFFE JÜGEND
• 4-8 Nov 09, Wroclaw Industrial Festival, Various Venues, Wroclaw (PL). With Soisong, Brighter Death Now, Illusion Of Safety, Rapoon
SOL INVICTUS
• 7 Nov 09, La Volpe E L'Uva, Salerno (IT).
• 27 Nov 09, Poste A Galene, Marseilles (FR).
• 28 Nov 09, Lyon's Hall, Lyon (FR).
SATORI / KRIEGSFALL-U
• 14 Nov 09, Dwaalspoor Festival, Baroeg, Rotterdam (NL). With Der Blaue Reiter, Der Feuerkreiner, Jannerwein
+ COLD SPRING STALL
SUTCLIFFE JÜGEND
• 14 Nov 09, The Underworld, Camden, London (UK). With 6Comm, ACL, Standgericht, Kindermord
INADE
• 14 Nov 09, Phobos I, Sophienkirche, Wuppertal (DE). With Herbst9, Phelios, False Mirror
• 28 Nov 09, TVO, Turku (FI). With Zoät-Aon, Dystopia
SHIP
OF FOOLS CLUB
• 15 Nov 09, Bar & Co, London - SonVer / Human Greed
• 13 Dec 09, Bar & Co, London - Init / Roshi / Alex Monk
IRON FIST OF THE SUN
• 28 Nov 09, Wagon And Horses, Digbeth, Birmingham (UK). With The Grey Wolves, Con-Dom, Slogun, Control, Sickness, Ashtray Navigations, Putrefier
+ COLD SPRING STALL
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Melek-Tha |
Raven's Bane |
Vinterriket |
Wilt
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a limited time only - and limited stock on each - the
4 CDs above are available at the special price of
£30.00 (UK), £32.00 (EU), £34.00 (World)
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ARECIBO - 'Trans Plutonian Transmissions' CD
(Soleilmoon)
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Arecibo’s “Trans Plutonian Transmissions” was first released by German label Atmosphere in 1994. This 2009 edition has been remastered from the ground up, and is presented in completely redesigned packaging. Sources for cosmological activity utilised include: pulsars, quasars, thermal radiation, electron particle interaction, radio galaxies, remains of supernova explosions and background radiation. This activity is monitored by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The command center of NASA’s Deep Space Network, a series of radio telescopes located around the globe. B. Lustmord weaves a deeply haunting and atmospheric album. "The entire album could indeed be the soundtrack to the universe itself, with senses of vast cosmic plains, empty voids, infinite darkness, lonely, ever turning planets and immense large, desolate carpets of stars". Digipak.
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BOYD RICE - 'The Way I Feel' LP
(Caciocavallo)
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This is an album about feelings. Those of you who only know Boyd Rice (NON) from his rather brutish and insensitive noise music will no doubt be surprised to discover the sensitive, at times passionate individual lurking beneath his often gruff exterior. Here, Rice opens up for us. He shares how he feels about a wide range of topics, and we bet you’ll be surprised just how often his thoughts and feelings mirror your own. “The Way I Feel” collects the best of Rice's collaborative tracks onto one album. Whether it’s with Coil or David Tibet, Douglas P. or Tiffiny Anders, every song is special, and the atmosphere is unforgettable. Ltd x 300 copies on red vinyl in a full colour sleeve.
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BOYD RICE - 'The Way I Feel' Picture Disc LP
(Caciocavallo)
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This is an album about feelings. Those of you who only know Boyd Rice (NON) from his rather brutish and insensitive noise music will no doubt be surprised to discover the sensitive, at times passionate individual lurking beneath his often gruff exterior. Here, Rice opens up for us. He shares how he feels about a wide range of topics, and we bet you’ll be surprised just how often his thoughts and feelings mirror your own. “The Way I Feel” collects the best of Rice's collaborative tracks onto one album. Whether it’s with Coil or David Tibet, Douglas P. or Tiffiny Anders, every song is special, and the atmosphere is unforgettable. Ltd x 500 copies on a full colour picture disc in a PVC archive sleeve.
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GELSOMINA - 'Pythogenetics: Collection' CD
(Turgid Animal)
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From the early 2000's, up until summer 2008, Gelsomina was the musical outlet of Finnish Harsh Noise fiend, Pekka PT. A brutal mix of junk metal abuse and pedal worship, sometimes resulting in total unflinching chaos and other times resulting in a more structured industrial noise masterwork. Through the critical eyes of the man himself, Pekka has managed to pull together 74 minutes of what he considers the best of his Gelsomina. Featuring liner notes by Mikko Aspa (Grunt / Freak Animal) and Pasi Markkula (Bizarre Uproar/Filth and Violence). And essential Harsh Noise document by the now defunct but legendary project!
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GOVERNMENT ALPHA - 'Resolution Of Remembrance 1992-1999' 4 x CD
Boxset (Pica Disk)
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Yasutoshi Yoshida's Government Alpha project started in 1992 and quickly became one of the leading names in the third generation of Japanese noise music. Government Alpha was characterised by its ferociously intense signature sound. Few artists consistently embodies this better than Government Alpha. "Resolution Of Remembrance 1992-1999" is a selection of 62 tracks from obscure releases in the years 1992 to 1999, released by labels like Harbinger Sound, Mother Savage Noise Productions, Hospital Productions, Utsu Tapes, American Tapes and of course Yoshida's own Xerxes imprint. The first CD also includes previously unreleased tracks from 1992/93. Remastered from the original cassette and DAT-masters by Yasutoshi Yoshida. Ltd x 500 copies in a very high-quality box with silver foil print. Each disc is packaged in an individual wallet cover. Also includes a 24 page booklet with liner notes by Yasutoshi Yoshida and Tommy Carlsson (Segerhuva, Abisko).
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HAMMEMIT - 'Nature Mystic' CD
(Todestrieb Records)
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"Nature Mystic" is the latest release from England’s Hammemit. Medieval music for modern sensibilities. Penetrating ambience drawing from the natural and historical world.
This full-length draws from two distinct eras, "Nature Mystic" (June-November 2008) and "Mysteries of the Church and Surrounding Environs" (A collection of older material as Hammemit and some of the last by Emit, 2006-2007). Despite spanning both Emit and Hammemit the material was carefully chosen for a fluid, consistent listen. Presented in a 6-panel digifile.
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HINSIDIG - 'Bak Og Forbi...' CD
(Pest Productions)
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This depressive Black Metal act hails from Norway / Germany, with members of Nyktalgia, Sterbend, Total Hate and Armageddon. Hinsidig mixes Northern folk elements along with a great deal of clear back vocals based on the lines of primitive Black Metal, sounding like Ulver from their early era. The inspirational instrumental arrangements and melancholic melodies can also be easily related to Nyktalgia and Wolves In The Throne Room. Ltd x 1000 copies. Chinese import.
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HINTERGEDANKEN - 'Hintergedanken' CD
(Barbarian Records)
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Prog / Psych wizardry from metaphysical media gurus Karen Eliot and Clay Ruby. Their message for the faithless faithful takes the form of an infinitely cosmic psych / prog beast, much in the vein of '60's private press killers such as Yahowa 13 and Frolk Haven. Hintergedanken spews non-local quantum froth from the far realms of Zothyria, which blows over the quivering cadavers of their sacred zombie prostitutes used in the eerie twilight rituals of the forbidden bongload. Digipak.
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ISOLRUBIN BK - 'Crash Injury Trauma' CD
(Soleilmoon)
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B. Lustmord released “Crash Injury Trauma” in 1993, as a side project, under the pseudonym Isolrubin BK. “Crash Injury Trauma” is a shocking and disturbing album, unflinching and relentless in its fascination with violent car accidents. Tires skid and horns blare, followed by the sickening sounds of crashing metal and shattering glass, screams, sirens and heart-pounding bass. It’s a cruel, sadistic and horrifying tour de force in the ambient and power electronics genre. Following “Heresy” and “The Monstrous Soul”, and preceding “The Place Where The Black Stars Hang”, the album was recorded during what is now considered a pivotal period in the British artist’s career. Out of print for nearly a decade, this new 2009 edition has been remastered from the ground up, and is presented in completely redesigned packaging. |
L'ACEPHALE - 'Malefeasance' 2 x LP
(Aurora Borealis)
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"Malefeasance" is a lengthy and complex affair that further explores L'Acephale's fascinations and strikes headlong into the darkest of musical vistas. The journey this time is perhaps even more academic than the debut "Mord Und Totsclag": further ethnographic audio elements are now present, more spacious passages, a deeper approach. A mix of ambient, warping tones, black metal, chanting, ethereal keyboards, drones, acoustic guitars, noise, field recordings and Tibetan ritual music. The last two tracks best show the nature of Set Sothis' collaborations with Markus Wolff (Waldteufel, Crash Worship), sharing some of his vocal and percussive styles. By no means do L'Acephale make music for the casual listener. In many ways they transcend the preconceived ideas of what may be expected: L'Acephale are most successful at operating beyond the constraints of genre altogether, and 'Malefeasance', with its dark, dreamlike and harrowing atmospheres, is their testament. Ltd x 500 copies on heavyweight vinyl in a matt sleeve with A1 poster and booklet.
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L'EFFET C'EST MOI - 'Les Voix De L'Apocalypse' CD
(Midnight Productions)
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The brand new album from the Italian Medieval-Martial-Neoclassical project! Greatly invoked by romanticism as well as a martial spirit, "Les Voix De L'Apocalypse" is more epic sounding music-wise than their last full-length "Tomber En Heroes" (War Office Propaganda), with a great mix of more medieval melodies. CD Reissue of the 2008 release on SkullLine (100 copies). Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak. Chinese import.
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LUSTMORD - 'Beyond' CD
(Vaultworks)
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The second (and last) disc of extended dark ambient remixes from the Lustmord album [O T H E R]. A stellar release from this legend, on a par with 2009 album 'The Dark Places Of The Earth'. 60 minutes in total. Tracks: 'Er Eb Os', 'Plateau', 'Trinity', 'Atoll', 'Er Eb Es'. Limited edition of 1000 copies in a digipak. Act fast!
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MAJA S. K. RATKJE / LASSE MARHAUG - 'Music For Gardening' CD
(Pica Disk)
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The forth entry in Ratkje and Marhaug's "Music For"-collaborative series. After "Shopping" (2002), "Loving" (2004) and "Faking" (2005) comes... "Gardening". The title is inspired by Ratkje's new life in the countryside. The seven tracks on this CD are meant to inspire the listener to spend more time in their garden taking care of their plants. "...nestled somewhere in the nether-regions between harsh noise, electro-acoustic improvisation and plunderphonic collage-work, the two are obviously having a blast running the proverbial gamut... great stuff!" (Mimarolglu)
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METHADRONE - 'Better Living (Through Chemistry)' CD
(ConSouling Sounds)
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Methadrone has come a long way since its conception as a 2-bassed sludge / drone monolith. Craig Pillard (Evoken, Incantation) gradually expanded his sound through experiment with acoustic guitars and other vocal collaborations. "Better Living (Through Chemistry)" pushes beyond the boundaries of traditional doom music, resulting in well balanced atmospheric pieces which make this third full album the apogee of Methadrone's oeuvre this far.
On this innovative journey, that bridges the gaps between doom, drone, dark ambient, wave and neofolk, Pillard sided with Jason Wallach (The Unquiet Void), Tara Vanflower (Lycia) and Thierry Arnal (fragment.) present their next step in the evolution of gloomy music. Ltd x 2000 copies in an outsized 6-panel sleeve.
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OREN AMBARCHI / LASSE MARHAUG - 'Devil Wolf Men' 7"
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""Devil Wolf Men" is a tapestry of location recordings and studio collaborations made during Ambarchi and Marhaug's tour of China in 2005. Your world will not be the same. "... great plunderphonic construct from Oren & Lasse, based on location recordings (recorded from hotel-room television?) during a joint tour of Asia back in 2005 ... absolutely 180º away from anything either have done on their own, much closer to the sound-world(s) of John Wiese & Aaron Dilloway" (Mimaroglu)
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OREN AMBARCHI / LASSE MARHAUG - 'Worried Friends B/W Nervous Enemies' 7"
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"A pair of “piano music” pieces, acting as the debut collaborative single from two of contemporary experimental music’s most prolific/consistently rewarding practitioners; Oren Ambarchi and Lasse Marhaug... fierce 12+ minute inside-piano scrape-fest, hedged with bursts of live-electronic feedback and a “hot” fidelity familiar from any number of David Tudor recordings... yet at the same time not too far removed from The New Blockaders’ whole gesamtnichswerk... definitely one for those whose preferences fall in the noisier end of the electro-acoustic composition / improv spectrum..." (Mimaroglu). Second edition of 200 copies.
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ROSE KEMP - 'Unholy Majesty' LP
(Aurora Borealis)
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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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THE BOYD RICE EXPERIENCE - 'Hatesville!' CD
(Caciocavallo)
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“Hatesville!” is a collection of songs by The Boyd Rice Experience, The Partridge in the Pear Tree, Adam Parfrey and Jim Goad. It was originally released in 1995. This new edition has been completely remastered and features three new songs. Best of all, it’s available for the first time on vinyl. Famed hot rod artist Coop, whose black & white artwork appeared on the 1995 version, added color to the artwork for the new edition. A must for any Boyd Rice (NON) fan! Unlimited CD edition, presented in a sturdy 6-panel outsized folder.
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THE BOYD RICE EXPERIENCE - 'Hatesville!' Black Vinyl LP
(Caciocavallo)
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“Hatesville!” is a collection of songs by The Boyd Rice Experience, The Partridge in the Pear Tree, Adam Parfrey and Jim Goad. It was originally released in 1995. This new edition has been completely remastered and features three new songs. Best of all, it’s available for the first time on vinyl. Famed hot rod artist Coop, whose black & white artwork appeared on the 1995 version, added color to the artwork for the new edition. A must for any Boyd Rice (NON) fan! Ltd x 1000 copies on black vinyl in a sturdy old-school tip-on cover.
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THE BOYD RICE EXPERIENCE - 'Hatesville!' Picture Disc LP
(Caciocavallo)
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“Hatesville!” is a collection of songs by The Boyd Rice Experience, The Partridge in the Pear Tree, Adam Parfrey and Jim Goad. It was originally released in 1995. This new edition has been completely remastered and features three new songs. Best of all, it’s available for the first time on vinyl. Famed hot rod artist Coop, whose black & white artwork appeared on the 1995 version, added color to the artwork for the new edition. A must for any Boyd Rice (NON) fan! Ltd x 500 copies on a full-colour picture disc in a PVC archive sleeve.
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THE INFANT CYCLE - 'The Sand Rays'
CD (Diophantine Discs)
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"The Sand Rays" is pinball rhythm reverberations from sliced vinyl record playout grooves, gravelly surface vibrations. "The Sand Rays" exploits broken cords, near-empty batteries, half-broken equipment. Be prepared to be a bit more confused when it is all over, but don't worry: you'll be too busy wiping that silly grin off your face because you had such a fun time. File under experimental / ambient. Ltd x 500 copies in a special custom printed wallet.
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THE PSYCHOGEOGRAPHICAL COMMISSION - 'Genius Loci'
CD (Acrobiotic Records)
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Reissue of a limited self-release 'map book' edition (Ltd 250). Named after the Roman mythological 'Spirit of the Place' the Psychogeographical Commission's debut album attempts to explore further the psycho-geographical nature of our built environment and the people who inhabit it through dérive, magick and sonic experimentation. It is therefore written to be played whilst interacting with a city - London to be precise . "Fans of Coil and Nurse with Wound may stumble upon a familiar brilliance here and would do well to pick this one up if you can find it" (Zero Tolerance). Slimline DVD case with insert. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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TROUM - 'Ljubimaya / Daur'
CD (Abgurd)
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Reissue of two 10" from the years 1998 and 2003. "Daur" (was the very first release of Troum (Ltd x 300, Cohort Records) and it presents very post-rock sounding material with a lot of decipherable guitar parts and a good drive. "Ljubimaya" was released by the Russian label Waystyx (Ltd x 455) and carries you towards a lyrical and touchy eternity of ever-beginning melodies without an end, into the emptiness of existence with all the uterine roar provided by Yen Pox on one of the tracks. The cover features psychedelic image manipulations by Dmitri Chistov (Hum). Ltd x 500 copies.
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VICKI BROWN - 'Seas & Trees' CD
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Vicki's 2nd release pulls together material laid down over the past 2 years, pieces that have found their rightful home. Hypnotic and transporting ambient, electro-acoustic psycho-sonic visualisations captured in ephemeral movements and fortunate organic folds with violin, keys, bass, guitar, theremin and vinyl. "Seas & Trees" is filled with the spaciousness of desert expanses, moving at a glacial pace, yet filled with momentum at the same time. Presented in a matt digipak.
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VINTERRIKET - 'Landschaften Ewiger Einsamkeit' CD
(Frostscald Records)
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2008 edition of the classic Vinterriket album, originally issued in 2003 and with various subsequent pressings. The cult one-man act had produced 6 tracks of black ambient / black metal / cold synth and melancholic passages, with images of dark forests. Ltd x 1000 copies. Russian import with new artwork and expanded booklet.
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VINTERRIKET - 'Winterschatten' CD
(Frostscald Records)
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2008 edition of the classic Vinterriket album, originally issued in 2003 and with various subsequent pressings. 6 tracks of dark, cold, melancholic and timeless Black Ambient synth-soundscapes. A tribute to the dark side of nature from this cult German entity. Ltd x 1000 copies. Russian import with new artwork.
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WHISPER OF GHOSTS - 'The Coldest Place' CD
(Twilight Records)
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“This morning I opened my eyes
thinking my ghosts were still sleeping,
I wake up and wait till I hear their whispers,
which make me look for the coldest place…”. Come into “The Coldest Place”, the debut album of the new act Whispers Of Ghosts. From Mexico comes a new and fresh Ethereal-Gothic-Neoclassical band. 8 tracks from the deepest places of the world, from the abyss of the blue oceans, melancholic and sad music where the falling angels are still crying and are asking for our attention. Remember: “Always listen to your ghosts ...” |
WOLFMANGLER - 'Dwelling In A Dead Raven For The Glory Of Crucified Wolves' 2 x LP
(Aurora Borealis)
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Wolfmangler is the musical vision of D Smolken, a Polish political émigré, formerly of Dead Raven Choir. His music is slow, grim, noisy, black and shambling; a deconstructed hybrid of twisted folk and hinterland doom metal. Bowed double bass, electric bass and violin merge with sinister growls and whispered lyrics as Wolfmangler improvise dissonant doom riffs around lyrics taken from Hank Williams Jr, Georg Trakl and others, rich with the symbolism of life and decay. Wolfmangler create a listening experience at once unsettling, twisted and darkly beautiful. Comes with 2 vinyl-only bonus, previously-unreleased tracks! Heavyweight vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with 2 posters.
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WORMSBLOOD - 'Mastery Of Creation Demos' CD
(Barbarian Records)
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An album of outsider metal, it's sparse and bleak, but rumblings, clanging and tortured cries erupt violently throughout. Unhinged and dangerous. Comparisons could be drawn to Armanenschaft, Blood of the Black Owl and The True Werewolf, both musically, as well as in the sense those bands also use Black Metal as a foundation to explore darker, more experimental avenues.
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WORMSBLOOD - 'Mastery Of Creation Demos' LP
(Barbarian Records)
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An album of outsider metal, it's sparse and bleak, but rumblings, clanging and tortured cries erupt violently throughout. Unhinged and dangerous. Comparisons could be drawn to Armanenschaft, Blood of the Black Owl and The True Werewolf, both musically, as well as in the sense those bands also use Black Metal as a foundation to explore darker, more experimental avenues.
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WRAITHS - 'Oriflamme' LP
(Aurora Borealis)
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Wraiths are the wretched sound of the plague-ridden, the unclean and the befouled. Wraiths are the dead in their lime-pits and the dying in their beds. Wraiths are the horror of infection. Wraiths exclusively utilise found & re-structured equipment, location acoustics and human vocals. No computers or synthesizers are used in any Wraiths recording or live event. "The death ambient textures and shifting, acidic tones stretch across a punishing forty minutes, maintaining an evolving narrative of painful, cumulous distortion. Wraiths dispense sounds from the very darkest recesses of doom metal but with all the defined edges of conventional instrumentation smudged and corroded, leaving only a vast, looming shadow in their place" (Boomkat). Ltd x 500 copies in a gatefold sleeve with 2 inserts.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'The Ghost Orchid: An Introduction To EVP' CD
(Ash International /
Parapsychic Acoustic Research Cooperative)
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This CD is the first ever fully comprehensive (and digitally remastered) investigation into the paranormal phenomenon of EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena), an unexplained mystery related to ufology, life after death and poltergeist activity.
The listener is guided through a collection of strange and mysterious voices that have appeared without explanation onto the tapes of EVP researchers. The CD also includes a commentary by the artist Leif Elggren (in English), and recordings of the work of Raymond Cass, England’s leading EVP researcher, and original member of the Fortean Group, and the Latvian EVP researcher, Dr. Konstanin Raudive. The 24 page booklet contains essays regarding EVP by Mike Harding, Jürgen Heinzerling, Johannes Hagel & Margot Tschapke, J. Banks and Raymond Cass. The audio has been copied from cassette tapes, some of which were recorded over 35 years ago, and so may be of an inferior quality compared to standard CD releases.
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BOYD RICE - 'The Way I Feel' CD
(Caciocavallo)
- £12 / £13 / £14
This is an album about feelings. Those of you who only know Boyd Rice (NON) from his rather brutish and insensitive noise music will no doubt be surprised to discover the sensitive, at times passionate individual lurking beneath his often gruff exterior. Here, Rice opens up for us. He shares how he feels about a wide range of topics, and we bet you’ll be surprised just how often his thoughts and feelings mirror your own. “The Way I Feel” collects the best of Rice's collaborative tracks onto one album. Whether it’s with Coil or David Tibet, Douglas P. or Tiffiny Anders, every song is special, and the atmosphere is unforgettable. Comes with bonus CD-only track. |
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COELACANTH & KEITH EVANS - 'Wrack Light In Copper Ruin' CD & DVD
(Seal Pool)
- £16 / £17 / £18
Jim Haynes & Loren Chasse collaborate with Keith Evans to create Coelacanth's 4th and most complex record. Culled from two performances, 'Wrack Light in Copper Ruin' meditates on the space of performance, the tactile nature of the creation of sound, and its ephemeral, elusive and entirely subjective character. The visuals of Keith Evans further the exploration with their organic, nocturnal, energy. More delicate than Coelacanth's previous recordings, 'Wrack Light' inhabits a space where artists such as Jonathan Coleclough, Andrew Chalk, Mirror, and MNortham can be found, yet it maintains the mysterious, oceanic nature its name implies. CD & DVD in a jewel case.
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COLD FUSION - 'Occupatria' CD
(Steinklang)
- £11 / £12 / £13
The oppressive atmosphere of an occupied country; illusory freedom - no freedom. “Occupatria” is musical journey on the thin line between the urge of freedom and the lack of its realisation. 45 minutes of critically acclaimed music, comparable to A Challenge Of Honour, Les Joyaux de la Princesse. Presented in a stunning textured digipak, ltd x 1000 copies only! |
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COLD FUSION - 'Simmetria' CD
(War Office Propaganda)
- £11 / £12 / £13
Symmetry perceived as some kind of balance and harmony. Symmetry between surrounding world and its "mirror reflection", which sticks in our minds. Symmetry of left and right side, day and night, birth and death. Symmetry of buildings, objects, bodies. The fifth album from Cold Fusion reflects this theme with dynamic, marching atmospheres on one side, and melancholy and reverie on the other. A lack of symmetry or rather its confirmation? 11 tracks overall, presented in a nice digipak. |
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DEAD RAVEN CHOIR - 'My Firstborn Will Surely Be Blind' LP
(Aurora Borealis)
- £14 / £16 / £18
Recorded in Poland on archaic Soviet Bloc technology,"My Firstborn Will Surely Be Blind" sees Dead Raven Choir in full throttle audio assault with total disregard for all conventions of audio fidelity, with great songs of the 20th Century by artists diverse as Townes Van Zandt, Richard Thompson and Cole Porter torn limb from limb and dragged through Smolken's forest home. Curiously upbeat in parts, though with harrowing and bizarre artwork. "A ghostly fog. A hollow sonic death rattle: Doom with pneumonia" (The Wire). Ltd x 300 copies on 'smoke' coloured vinyl with printed inner sleeve. |
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KRIEGSFALL-U / AUTOPSIA - 'Split' 10"
(MozgaloM)
- £13 / £15 / £17
After 9 years of silence, Industrial legends Autopsia present 2 brand new songs! Hungarian Martial Industrial act Kriegsfall-U also bring two new pieces to the table. Ltd x 298 hand-numbered copies on clear vinyl, in a full colour sleeve with full-size double insert and special limited postcard. |
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LUSTMORD - 'Heresy’ CD (Soleilmoon) - £12 / £13 / £14
A cherished but long unavailable classic has been remastered, repackaged and re-issued. "Heresy", the album that launched and defined the dark ambient genre when it was first released in 1990, has been hailed by critics and fans as one of the most important works of its time. “Heresy” was recorded in various subterranean locations and manipulated in the studio with Andrew Lagowski providing engineering and additional programming. It was the first Lustmord album to feature extensive sampling and computer assisted sound design. Improvements in sound technology permitted Lustmord to re-master and significantly improve on the original recordings for this new version. Digipak. |
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LUSTMORD - 'The Place Where The Black Stars Hang’ CD (Soleilmoon /
Side
Effects) - £12 / £13 / £14
"The Place Where the Black Stars Hang” was first
released in 1994 on Side Effects, and while the earlier
Lustmord album "Heresy" gave birth to the "Dark
Ambient" genre, it is “The Place Where the Black
Stars Hang” that defines it. It’s a work regularly
cited by critics, audiences and musicians as being amongst
the very best and most influential albums of its decade.
This new edition has been re-mastered and given new artwork.
The differences are subtle yet powerful, giving the album
a more nuanced feeling of space and detail than ever before.
Oft imitated, but never equalled, Lustmord: The Power of
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MELEK-THA / DAPNOM - 'Omnium Finis Imminent' 2 x CD (Fire Of Fire Records)
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French Satanic black ambient masters Melek-Tha and Dapnom combine forces, each with their own full length CD, to bring you a two CD set entitled 'Omnium Finis Imminent'.
These two CDs (70 minutes apiece) each bear the same song titles and the tracks link up second for second in an experiment in which you have the option of creating your own mix of the album to your specifications. |
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VERGISSMEINNICHT - 'Whispering Solitude' CD (Midnight Productions /
Pest Productions)
- £11 / £12 / £13
This is the debut album from depressive / Dark folk project from Shandong, China. Silent and dark, like crying in the dark night and whisper of the dead. Every word and note echos like sounds in your dreams. The memory still remains. Is that the past betrayed you, or may just the opposite? A melancholic album, for all fans of Empyrium and Ulver…!!! Vergissmeinnicht is a side project of Lu, the only member of the depressive Black Metal band Heartless. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak. Chinese import. |
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VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Hermon - Waning And Exaltations' 2 x 3" CD Boxset
(MozgaloM)
- £14 / £16 / £18
Four Hungarian artists - Cawatana, Dark Water Memories, Lautrec and Our God Weeps - contribute with 2 songs apiece, written exclusively for this release. 32 minutes of post-industrial, dark ambient, apocalyptic, dark folk and neoclassical music. Presented in a sumptuous gold foiled box containing 2 mini gatefold digisleeves, booklet, sticker and poster. Ltd x 480 hand-numbered copies.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Infernal Proteus' 4 x CD
Book (The Ajna Offensive)
- £40 / £43 / £46
A massive 4CD collection packaged beautifully in an oversized hardcover book. Featuring a who's who of underground experimental ambient noise-icians, each doing a song about a different flower, with 2 pages per artist. Features: Ah Cama-Sotz, Alio Die, Allerseelen, Alraune (Michael Moynihan & Annabel Lee of Blood Axis), Amber Asylum, Apoptose, Aube, Baradelan, Chaos As Shelter Circe, Dave Knott, David Woodard, Endvra (Christopher Walton of TenHornedBeast and Stephen Pennick of Ontario Blue), Hekate, HU, Igor18 (Igor Krutogolov), In Gowan Ring, Inade, Isafel In Necropolis, Jason H. Craban, Jonathan Coleclough & Tim Hill, Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple), Kern And Van Pelt, Lotus Eaters (Stephen O'Malley, James Plotkin & Aaron Turner), Mania, Michael Northam, Nerthiagh, Numinosum, Ô Paradis, Rain, Seth Nehil, Steve Roden, The Red King, Troum, Ultra, Unto Ashes, Venereum Arvum, Waldteufel (Markus Wolff of L'Acephale, A Minority Of One etc), Wolfskin and Yannick Dauby. Absolutely essential! |
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