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Cold Spring Bi-Weekly Newsletter - 2nd November 2006

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ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI INTERVIEW

German webzine Obliveon have just published a great interview with Damiano Mercuri of Rose Rovine e Amanti.
Read the full interview here
(in German)


WALLPAPERS

New wallpapers for John Watermann and Sistrenatus are available for download now.

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MERZBOW Vs NORDVARGR | Partikel II CD (CSR73CD)

Available: November
The second part of the Partikel trilogy is finally here! Another beautifully constructed collaboration from the two noise giants - Japanoise King Masami Akita (aka Merzbow) and Swedish Lord Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (MZ.412, Folkstorm, Toroidh etc). The styles on 'Partikel II' range from total noise barrages to more subtle dark ambient pieces. Essential! Presented in a luxurious matt laminate digipack.

UK: £12 | EU: £13 | World: £14
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SISTRENATUS | Division One CD (CSR61CD)

Available: November
Powerful debut of the Canadian noise project. 'Division One' is harsher and more bombastic than Harlow MacFarlane's now defunct project FUNERARY CALL. A true onslaught of Black Ambient, dark electronics and industrial machinery. This is the much anticipated album, after the well received track on our legendary SWARM sampler.

UK: £10 | EU: £11 | World: £12
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BLEIBURG | Pieces Of A Broken Dream 2CD (CSR68CD)
Available: Now
Industrial / Neofolk feat. Aube, Harvest Rain, Cawatana, A. Baghiri, Cellar Of Rats, The Soil Bleeds Black, Larrnakh, Obscure Resistance, Lonsai Maikov, Thorn Agram, Nocturne, Project Toth, Vidna Obmana, Telepherique
UK: £15 | EU: £16 | World: £17
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JOHN WATERMANN | Calcutta Gas Chamber CD (CSR52CD)
Available: Now
The concept of aurally conveying the horror of a gas chamber, realised through field recordings in an abandoned electrical power station.
UK: £12 | EU: £13 | World: £14
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H.E.R.R. | Vondel's Lucifer - First Movement CD (CSR69CD)
Available: Now
A gentle folk-like melody, rich musical arrangements and baroque composition. Guest appearances by Ostara, While Angels Watch, Belborn & Sagittarius.
UK: £12 | EU: £13 | World: £14
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TOLL | Christ Knows CD (CSR66CD)
Available: Now
Classic old-school British Industrial featuring Tim Gane (Stereolab), Paul Lemos (Controlled Bleeding) and Pacific 231.
UK: £12 | EU: £13 | World: £14
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ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI | Rituale Romanum CD (CSR67CD)
Available: Now
Italian neo-folk with a neoclassical touch. Christianity and old European cabaret sin, love and hate. Feat. Von Thronstahl, Belborn & Pamela Gargiuto.
UK: £12 | EU: £11 | World: £12
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NECROPOLIS | Necrosphere CD (CSR51CD)
Available: Now
An immense Dark Ambient creation from Siberia. Based on field recordings made in Taiga and disused military missile shafts.
UK: £12 | EU: £13 | World: £14
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NEXT PLANNED RELEASES:
H.E.R.R. - 'Fire And Glass: A Norwood Tragedy' MCD (CSR74EP)
Sol Invictus / Rose Rovine e Amanti / Andrew King - 'A Mythological Prospect Of The Citie Of Londinium' CD (CSR75CD)
Shinjuku Thief
- 'The Scribbler' CD (CSR62CD)

Inanna - 'Day Ov Despair' CD (CSR71CD)
Sleep Research Facility - 'Deep Frieze' CD (CSR72CD)

ALL AVAILABLE COLD SPRING TITLES

H.E.R.R. - 'Vondel's Lucifer - First Movement - From Absolute Zero Media, Lichttaufe (DE), Gothic.com.ua

Rose Rovine e Amanti - 'Rituale Romanum' - From Absolute Zero Media, Obliveon (DE) , Musik Terrorverlag (DE)

Necropolis - 'Necrosphere' - From Gothtronic, Absolute Zero Magazine, Necroweb (DE), Neo-Form (DE)

Archon Satani - 'Mind Of Flesh And Bones' - From Heathen Harvest

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2nd Dec 06, Water Rats, London (UK)

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24th Nov 06, Vooruit Concertzall, Gent (BE)
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14th Dec 06, Backstage Werk, Munich (DE)
15th Dec 06, Innsbruck, Salzburg (AT)
16th Dec 06, Estragon, Bologna (IT)

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25th Nov 06, Haus Dresdensia-Rugia, Gießen, (DE)

SJ (SUTCLIFFE JÜGEND)
4th Nov 06, Heliogabal Club, Barcelona (ES)

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3rd Nov 2006, Audio Art Festival, Kryzsztofory Gallery, Krakow, PL
4th Nov 2006, Aurora, Warsaw, PL
5th Nov 2006, Piwnica Pod Aniolem, Torun, PL
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BARDOSENETICCUBE - 'Toyz-z-z’ CDR (Black Arts Productions) - £8 / £9 / £10
Latest release by the Russian Industrial / Dark Ambient master - this time on obscure Finnish label Black Arts Productions. This is a 5-track album full of nightmarish soundscapes. The inspiration for this recording is described by the artist himself: "Free associations in a sound on a theme of the childhood of sexual maniacs". In a slimline DVD case with colour sleeve and insert. Ltd x 100 - act fast!

BUNKER - 'The First Document’ CDR (UFA Muzak) - £8 / £9 / £10
Ultra limited, ultra obscure release from this Russian label. "Heavy / Power Electronics sinking into the dense and gloomy atmosphere of the damp bunker.... impregnated with the smell of death, violence and attrocity... Atonal electronics, dark melodies, hypnotic loops. Monuments of fear and stress. Themes of military genocide, anti-selection to some sexual deviations, motivation for the war, death and folly". For worshippers of Genocide Organ and Operation Cleansweep. Released in a slimline jewelcase, encased in a red envelope. Limited to 101 hand-numbered copies. *** Very, very hard to find! First come, first served! ***

CHOP SHOP - 'Discrete Emission’ 7" (Banned Production) - £6 / £7 / £8
Two tracks of dense, organic, improv, electrical noise from Scott Konzelmann, appropriately titled 'In' and 'Out'. One side plays outside to inside with no end groove so it ends up in the middle the other side plays from the inside to the outside and the needle falls off the record (many of you will have to trick your turntable into playing this side). Sealed in rivited tar paper sleeve including tim daguerreotype of one of the speaker constructions used on this recording. Limited to 450 copies. Rare piece!

BUNKER / RYR - 'Dust’ CDR (UFA Muzak) - £8 / £9 / £10
Ultra limited, ultra obscure release from this Russian label. "Cold Heavy Electronics / Martial Avantgarde war as way to the internal devastation and the dependence. Incomprehensible hatred, erected into new discipline, detailed and which frightens. Detailed in the abominably heavy sound from the Bunker, releasing blood through prayer of tank tracks and mud, mixed with fury... Winding barbed wire on the interior continues project RYR, 2 steps toward the abyss...". Released in a foldout cover and fastened with wire. Limited to 91 hand-numbered copies. *** Very, very hard to find! First come, first served! ***

CRISIS - 'Holocaust Hymns’ CD (Apop Records) - £12 / £13 / £14
RESTOCK! Crisis came into existence in the late '70s amidst the British hardcore punk movement. They took the same energy that came from the youthful, raw anger of the Oi! movement, but with restrained lyrical phrasing and strict rhythms. Members include Douglas P. and Tony Wakeford who would later expand upon some of the Crisis material for their Neofolk group DEATH IN JUNE. Wakeford later went on to form SOL INVICTUS, whilst Luke Rendall and Lester Jones would later find involvement in Theatre Of Hate and Sex Gang Children, respectively. This is Crisis' entire remastered discography from 1978-1980, complete with a 12 page booklet featuring exclusive photos from Douglas P.'s private archives.

DARK AGES - 'A Chronicle Of The Plague’ CD (Supernal) - £12 / £13 / £14
Dark Age's second album continues offering us minimalist Dark Ambient, this time more melodic than before, and inspired on the horrors of the Middle Ages. Between the fall of the Western Roman empire in A.D. 476 and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Europe was ravaged by plagues and superstition. Greek was largely forgotten, and with it much of the learned texts of antiquity. 'A Chronicle of the Plague' is a musical tale of the terror of 1349, which depopulated entire villages and decimated Europe's human population; the disease was not understood at the time, and therefore it was assumed to have been the wrathful punishment from the Judaeochristian Deity. Alas, prayers were of no avail... Project from member of Ukrainian BM act Hate Forest.

GIANFRANCO GRILLI - 'Come To The Light Of Day!’ Pro-CDR (Tantric Harmonies) - £10 / £11 / £12
"Somewhere between light and darkness... between life and death... Close your eyes, open your mind... go beyond... towards new life!" This five part sound ourney was inspired by The Egyptian Book Of The Dead. File Under: Ambient, New Age, Experimental. Ltd x 230 numbered copies. Pro-duplicated CDR, nicely presented in an outsized gatefold sleeve. Russian import.

HÆRETICI 7o74 - 'Hæretici, Schismatici, Excommunicati’ CDR-EP (Some Place Else)
- £6 / £7 / £8
Hæretici 7o74 is a joint project of Ovro and Niko Skorpio. These artists bring together the more meditative and ritualistic elements of their solo works, blending it to create something completely new. 'Haeretici, Schismatici, Excommunicati' is the band's first release, and contains the recording of the group's performance at club Syntesia in Tampere, Finland, January 2006. Deep dark ambient soundscapes meet creeping rhythms and ecstatic oriental vibes. 25 mins of music. CDR in a PVC slip.

HÆRETICI 7o74 - 'Heard Flayings’ CDR-EP (Some Place Else) - £6 / £7 / £8
'Heard Flayings' is the second live-EP from Hæretici 7o74, the dark-ambient ritual-musick collaboration of Ovro and Niko Skorpio. Their previous live-EP 'Haeretici, Schismatici, Excommunicati' received stunningly positive reviews. 'Heard Flayings' is even better as it succeeds in capturing the magickal atmosphere created by the duo's powerful performance at Club Depo in Riga, Latvia in May 2006. 25 mins of music. Pro-duplicated CDR in a PVC slip.

IEROFANIYA - 'Ierofaniya’ CDR (UFA Muzak) - £8 / £9 / £10
Ultra limited, ultra obscure release from this Russian label. "Traditonality, Authority and Weapon in "athanor" of this post-industrial project from Rostov. Special admiration of the highest authority creates confrontation against the banal NWO... we must conquer. People of the other 'type' enter into the fight with the enemy, battling by his weapon... Industrial culture confirms its existence as bases of an opposition to the 'present' and existence of struggle." 8 tracks of martial backgrounds, metal percussion and aggressive vocals create an atmosphere of damnation, hatred and force. Released in a silver foldout package with insert. Limited to 131 hand-numbered copies. *** Very, very hard to find! First come, first served! ***

LINIJA MASS - 'Triumph Stali’ 10" (Der Angriff) - £10 / £12 / £14
One of the best and the oldest Russian industrial projects. Repetitive, mechanical patterns with voice samples. Abrasive analogue sounds are used to create an aura of futuristic art revolt. File next to Vetrophonia, Stalnoy Pakt, Dagda Mor, Grey Wolves etc. Ltd x 330 numbered copies in a textured foldout sleeve. Naturally, this is a very desirable piece. Russian import.

MERZBOW & THE HATERS - 'Merzbow & The Haters’ CD (Banned Production) - £12 / £13 / £14
CD reissue of this Noise classic from 1987. Features one track by Merzbow, one track by The Haters (a remixed version by GX) and a 30-minute collaborative piece by GX Jupitter-Larsen & Masami Akita. Resurrected to its full digital glory by John Wiese (Bastard Noise), and still sounds amazing all these years later. Also uses all the original artwork from the original cassette. Essential!

MORTALMANIFEST - 'Wake’ CDR (House Of The Last Light) - £6 / £7 / £8
MortalManifest's debut album 'Wake' is now available after several years of making and participating in different sound galleries around the world. MortalManifest is Israeli artist Oren Ben Yosef working on this project" for the sake of the divine and for the end of post modernism". Slow, somewhat ritualistic dark ambience, heavily burdened by erratic explosions of noise. In jewelcase with handmade artwork.

O QUAM TRISTIS - 'Meditations Ultimes’ CD (Palace Of Worms) - £6 / £7 / £8
RESTOCK! Third album by this outstanding medieval act. 'Meditation Ultimes" is another modern interpretation of medieval and ancient folk music. Their medieval folk will certainly appeal to fans of Dead Can Dance, Qntal, Ataraxia and similar acts. The heavenly vocals female singers Anna and Katarina combined with selected male chants in Latin is very moving. The music offers a wide range of variations, from purest folk to sometimes more electronic interferences, tribal drums, bagpipes, flutes, dulcimer and various other natural instruments.

PUGNA - 'Pugna’ CDR (UFA Muzak) - £8 / £9 / £10
Ultra limited, ultra obscure release from this Russian label. "The ashes above ruins of city, slowly settles, everything is dead. Destruction became the new mother. The shadows of the dead remain in a smoke of the post-military world, subjected to bombardment, the silent signs that this will be will be repeated again and again." Pugna ('Slaughter') present 2 gloomy tracks from of Ambient atmospheres of complete burning and emptiness. For fans of Karna, Funerary call etc. File under Black Ambient. Released in a slimline DVD case with insert. Limited to 111 hand-numbered copies. *** Very, very hard to find! First come, first served! ***

RYR - 'In The Spring 117’ CDR (UFA Muzak) - £8 / £9 / £10
Ultra limited, ultra obscure release from this Russian label. Apocalyptic Martial Avantgarde. "War... void... desperation... hope... fog... blood... in 117 steps... downward... Position turned around by pre-destination and fury, the need for killing passes into the only possibility. A view into eternal existence." Distorted noise, military rhythms, ritual percussion, ambient landscapes, semi-classical. Here you will hear apocalyptical poetry in French, the Russian, German and Swedish. Released in a foldout cover. Limited to 117 hand-numbered copies. *** Very, very hard to find! First come, first served! ***

SPRUNG AUS DEN WOLKEN - 'Early Recordings Plus’ CD (Klang Galerie) - £12 / £13 / £14
Sprung Aus Den Wolken is the rhythmic-noisy music project by Kiddy Citny. This CD collects 21 tracks that have previously been either unreleased or available only on ultra limited tapes on the band's own Cassettencombinat label in the early Eighties. SADW were part of the Berlin movement 'Geniale Dilletanten' along with Einstürzende Neubauten - a band with whom they are often compared. Not surprising considering tracks were composed / produced by Alexander Hacke. Recommended!

THE HAFLER TRIO / COLIN POTTER / ANDREW LILES - '3 Eggs’ CD (Important Records)
- £13 / £14 / £15
This album was originally recorded to be a tour only item for the doomed US tour with all 3 artists. However, the tour had to be cancelled but the disc was not. Andrew Liles playing the Hafler Trio and Colin Potter, Colin Potter playing the Hafler Trio and Andrew Liles and the Hafler Trio playing Andrew Liles and Colin Potter - as well as each individual being themselves. Drones, Ambient and experimental sounds. Packaged in a deluxe 12 panel fold out cover designed by Andrew McKenzie. Limited edition of 1000. Highly recommended!!

THE WARDROBE (ANDREW LILES & TONY WAKEFORD) - 'A Sandwich Short’ CD (Tursa)
- £12 / £13 / £14
The Wardrobe is an experimental project by ambient artist Andrew Liles (live member of Nurse With Wound) and Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus). The second album by this project, "A Sandwich Short" features a brand new version of "Lucifer Before Sunrise" which originally appeared some 14 years ago on the "Revenge of the Selfish Shellfish" album ( Wakeford / Stapleton). This album combines the very best of Andrew Liles' twisted 'vision' with Tony Wakeford's dark sensibilities. Guest appearances by John Murphy (Death In June, KnifeLadder etc) and Colin Potter's daughters Helen and Alice. Ltd x 1000.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Ne - The Anthology’ 2 x CDR (Banned Production) - £13 / £14 / £15
The Ne cassette series ('Ne', 'Ne Ni', 'Ne San', 'Ne Shi') was one of the first compilations of the Japanese Noise scene. This compilation set collects together some of the acts that appeared on those tapes: CD1: Merzbow, K2, The Gerogerigegege, Bloody Cum, Agencement, S*Core, Yuzuru Syogase, Violent Onsen Geisha, The Rape Presidents, Hanatarash, Hedlah and on CD2: Masonna (2 tracks), Tatsuya Yoshida, Haiginsha / The Gerogerigegege, Impressions d'Afrique, Incapacitants, C.C.C.C., Solmania, MSBR, Vasilisk and Merzbow again. An absolutely essential look at the beginning of the Japanese scene. Presented in a slimline DVD case with great artwork.

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Not Found - Crime Electronics Compilation’ CDR (UFA Muzak) - £8 / £9 / £10

Ultra limited, ultra obscure release from this Russian label. Harsh Noise and Power Electronics presented in 2 parts. "The ear-piercing wave sonic harsh terrorism of the 'white' part is changed by the calming and meditative folly of the 'black' part." Extreme electronics and punishing feedback from Ganzer, "Dead Ice", Sudanstrain, N.O.I.S.E., "Bunker", Tchernoblyad, Indra, "The Whip". Released in a mini DVD box. Limited to 131 hand-numbered copies with inserts. *** Very, very hard to find! First come, first served! ***

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'onemandrone’ 12" (Petty Bourgeois) - £10 / £12 / £14
Compilation 12" release following the tour of these four one-man bands through France & Spain. One track each from Shit, Oldine, Tamagawa and B°tong. The music ranges from Dark Ambient drones and tones, Sunn 0)))-like bass-thunderings to Spacemen 3-like guitars... very warm guitar drones a la Fear Falls Burning, to drift off late at night. Ltd x 500 copies on beautiful clear, marbled vinyl. Swiss import.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Storm The Palace: Worms A.D. MCXVII’ CD (Palace Of Worms)
- £12 / £13 / £14
RESTOCK! 18 bands contributed to this outstanding compilation which pays homage to the Dark and Middle Ages with many previously unreleased tracks. Features: Arcane Art, Ataraxia, Autumn Tears, El Luto Del Rey Cuervo, Hagalaz Runedance, Jaramar, Mors Syphilitica, Nothvs Filivs Mortis, Ontario Blue, Opera Multi Steel, Penitent, Proscriptor, Rosa Crvx, Stay Frightened, Stone 588, The Protagonist, The Soil Bleeds Black and XVII VIE.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'The Power Of A New Aeon’ 2 x CD (Palace Of Worms) - £15 / £16 / £17
RESTOCK! One of the most interesting compilation projects ever to emerge on the Darkwave scene, where all the artists included have created a track to represent one of the 22 trumps of the Major Arcana especially for this double-CD. 4th Sign of the Apocalypse, Ah-Cama Sotz, Arcana, Arcanta, Athanor, Autumn Tears, Bleeding Like Mine, Chants for the Fallen, Conscientia Peccati, Dead Leaves Rising, Dream Into Dust, Endvra, In Winter Bleeding, Loretta's Doll, Nothvs Filivs Mortis, Ontario Blue, Opera Multi Steel, Pilori, Psychonaut, Stay Frightened, The Soil Bleeds Black and Vehemence Realized,

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'With Eyes Wide Open For A Brighter Future’ CD (House Of The Last Light)
- £12 / £13 / £14
Subtitled "9/11 - In Memory And In Myth", these 11 tracks are offered both in memory and in doubt of the events of 11 September 2001. Industrial, Noise, Ambient, Power Electronics and Experimental from international artists: 15 Degrees Below Zero, As All Die, Brainquake, Circle Six, Clear Stream Temple, Ctephin, .cut & One Figure, Kadaver, Thee Virginal Brides & Cheerleader69, MichaelThomasJackson, Sound 00. "History Has To Repeat Itself. In Memory Of In Myth". Ltd x 500.
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DCD version of the Weird Forest 3LP boxset. The most insane black metal release ever! Harsh sounding evil, atmospheric off-kilter black metal. Call it black metal folk. The loudest noisest crazy insane sounding blasts of skree with strange folky melodic undertones of banjo, cello, mandolin, and percussions and the most frightening vocals ever dared to be recorded. Many traditional folk songs shrouded in blasts of white noise armageddon. For fans of twisted, unique, raw black metal with a very bent edge. Pray (no, commit ritual sacrifice) to the underworld that your stereo survives! For fans of Leviathan, Gorgoroth, Draugar, Xasthur, Burzum, and the like.

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