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Cold Spring Bi-Weekly Newsletter - 15th December 2007

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ZENI GEVA / SLEEP RESEARCH FACILITY / INADE
All pre-orders have now been shipped to customers

INTERVIEWS
Christopher Walton of TenHornedBeast features in this month's Rock-A-Rolla magazine (#12)
There's a nice interview with Josef K of Von Thronstahl in Darkroom (IT)

TURSA RARITIES
We're pleased to offer our customers a selection of rare CDs from our good friends at Tursa. Act fast on these!

COLD SPRING IN BIBERACH
We wish to say a big thanks to all those who came along to the concert in Germany and came to say hello.
We hope to see many of you during the next few months at shows in the UK, Poland and Russia!

COLD SPRING CHRISTMAS DRAW!
Don't forget - all orders received between 15th November and 24th December will be entered into a
special prize draw, which will be made on Christmas Day. Full details here!

LAST POSTAGE DATES!
All orders will ship 1st class to UK next week and airmail as usual for non-UK customers.
Orders received after 3pm 21st December will not ship until 29th December!


Zeni Geva | Maximum Money Monster CD (CSR78CD)

Shipping: Now
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.

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Sleep Research Facility | Nostromo CD (CSR34CD)

Shipping: Now
Ultra deep ambience, based on the first 8 minutes of the movie 'Alien' which depicts the deep space haulage vessel slowly moving through the void. The disc takes you through a slow trip into the ship via tracks DECK A-E, deeper and deeper into the bowels of the 'Nostromo'. Colossal dark ambience from the abyss, with beautiful artwork that evokes the sinister atmosphere of the ship. Reissue with bonus track 'Narcissus'.

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Inade | Aldebaran CD (CSR13CD)

Shipping: Now
Debut CD from the masters of Black Ambient, back in print after 6 years! "Aldebaran" is the black sun of the secret knowledge. This work focuses on the German Vril society myths of 'Aldebaran', from which universal spirituality is said to originate. One hour of immense walls of dark, brooding atmospherics, pulsating anthems of the universal power, mixed with themes of heritage and history. The ultimate document of deep and cavernous dark ambient.

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South Saturn Delta | Experience The Concreteness CD (CSR80CD)
Shipping: Now
SSD is Maso Yamazaki (Masonna), Hiroshi Hasegawa (Astro, C.C.C.C.) and Nobuko Emi (Tsurubami). An extreme psychedelic noise trip.
£12 / £13 / £14 | MP3 | Order Now

C.C.C.C. | Chaos Is The Cosmos CD (CSR79CD)
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The first album from C.C.C.C. in 10 years! Cult Japanese Noise from Hiroshi Hasegawa (Astro, South Saturn Delta), Mayuko Hino, Fumio Kosakai (Hijokaidan, Incapacitants), and Ryuichi Nagakubo.
£12 / £13 / £14 | MP3 | Order Now

FORTHCOMING RELEASES:

VON THRONSTAHL - 'Sacrificare' T-Shirt (CSR91TS)

SKITLIV - 'Amfetamin' MCD (CSR90EP)

SEELENLICHT - 'Gods & Devils' CD (CSR86CD)


ALL AVAILABLE COLD SPRING TITLES

South Saturn Delta - 'Experience The Concreteness' - From Brainwashed, Gothtronic, Alternativmusik (DE)

C.C.C.C. - 'Chaos Is The Cosmos' - From Brainwashed, Alternativmusik (DE)

VA - 'John Barleycorn Reborn' - From Evening Of Light, Vital Weekly, Obliveon (DE)

H.E.R.R. - 'Fire And Glass: A Norwood Tragedy' - From Heathen Harvest, Musique Machine, Darkroom (IT), NecroWeb (DE), Obliveon (DE)

Von Thronstahl - 'Sacrificare' - From Vital Weekly, Obliveon (DE)

TenHornedBeast - 'The Sacred Truth' - From Vital Weekly, Heathen Harvest, Mentenebre (ES), Obliveon (DE)

Inanna - 'Day Ov Torment' - From La Defuncion (ES)

VIEW FULL REVIEW ARCHIVE


SLEEP RESEARCH FACILITY
17th Dec 07, Altaira, Club Z, The White Orchid, Toronto (CA)
29th Jan 08, The Ambient Ping, The Underground, The Drake Hotel, Toronto (CA)

SUTCLIFFE JÜGEND
30th Dec 07, The Buffalo Bar, Islington, London (UK)

VON THRONSTAHL / ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI
16th Feb 08, Neuropa Meeting, Klub Muzyczny 'Frogresja', Warsaw (PL)

FULL DETAILS IN EVENTS SECTION

 

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Soulsearch
Svarrogh
Thelema
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ALGIZ - 'Claire-Voie' CD (Tursa) - £12 / £13 / £14

A Belgian group produced by Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus). Strong female vocals in French, a folksy acoustic medieval style, haunting ethereal melodies, weaving strings, and a busy acoustic guitar all characterise Algiz's debut (and to date only) release. There’s a lovely Eastern European feel to the album that suggests twirling gypsy dancers, dark eyes and tambourines, cavorting around a campfire on full moon nights. Includes a cover of Death in June's "Fall Apart."

CLOAMA - 'In The State Of Unbelief' 7" (Cipher Productions) - £5 / £6 / £7
Two new pieces from Cloama at its most vehement. A savage exposition of raw power electronics, which has never been quite so overt in Cloama’s sound until this project. Notwithstanding the clear ‘80s PE influences, the production and composition are distinct, discreet layers, with the usual attention to detail giving this work flair. Regular edition, limited to just 130 copies. Presented in a foldout, screen-printed sleeve with inner flap. Australian import. ACT FAST!

All Cloama TitlesAll 7" Vinyl

GOAT / SIXES / XOME - 'Deluxe Incinerator' 3 x 3" CD (Crippled Intellect Productions)
- £14 / £15 / £16
Triple header from Goat (Andy O'Sullivan / Goatvargr), Sixes (Ryan Jencks / Crash Worship), and Xome (Bob Scott Sato). Each artist delivers approximately 20 minutes of noise explosions, the likes of which one might only dream of acquiring in an ideal world. A small but deadly package and a worthy addition to any noise aficionado's colleciton. Limited to 1000 pro-pressed 3" CDs in a hand-numbered 6-panel cardboard sleeve.

All Goat TitlesAll Sixes Titl esAll Xome Titles

HOWDEN / WAKEFORD - 'Wormwood' CD (Tursa) - £12 / £13 / £14

Second collaborative project of Matt Howden (Sieben) and Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus), inspired by the Book Of Revelation. This album examines events contingent on the opening of the Seventh Seal when a star called Wormwood immolates the earth turning a third part of its waters to wormwood (the psychoactive ingredient in absinthe). Apocalyptic and dark tales told through Howden's violin and Tony's bass, with sparse vocal parts from both artists. Experimental and surreal, yet "Wormwood" is a very accessible album rich with dark folk and ritual elements. Ltd x 1000 copies.

All Matt Howden TitlesAll Tony Wakeford Titles

INCAPACITANTS - 'El Shanbara Therminosis' CD (Segerhuva) - £12 / £13 / £14
Reissue of the extremely limited cassette of the same title, originally released on the Japanese label G.R.O.S.S. in 1995. This is the Incapacitants in their most intense modes right from the beginning of the disc - albeit in a bit special way through the use of theremins instead of vocals. A total convulsive barrage of sound packed in detail and spaced out frenzy. Contains the two original cassette tracks, with a bonus 20-minute track 'El Shanbara Therminosis 2007'. Re-mastered by T. Mikawa. Digipak.

All Incapacitants Titles

JOHN DUNCAN / KONTAKT DER JÜNGLINGE / C. M. VON HAUSSWOLFF - 'Untitled' CD (Die Stadt)
- £11 / £12 / £13
A compilation of live recordings, specially released for a Die Stadt label night featuring all 3 artists at Argos in Brussels on 18 October 2007. The John Duncan recording was made at The Compound , San Francisco on 21 July 2007. Kontakt der Junglinge (Asmus Tietchens & Thomas Koner) 'Montreal Solution 1' is an excerpt from their live performance at Mutek Festival, Montreal on 28 May, 2003. The final track on this CD is by C.M. Von Hausswolff and was recorded at 'Easy To Swallow', All Tomorrows Parties, SEOne Club, London, curated by Russel Haswell, on 2 June 2005. Released in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies.

All John Duncan Titles
All Kontakt Der Jünglinge Titles
All C. M. Von Hausswolff Titles

KADAVER - 'This Time... It's Cancer' CD (Topheth Prophet) - £10 / £11 / £12
Latest release by Israeli death industrial / harsh noise / twisted ambient prodigy Kadaver (Michael Zolotov). This is a cancer. It’s sickness. It’s a warm streaming vomit of hatred towards life, humans and existence. It’s the knife in your hand when nightmares twist your dreams. It’s the emptiness that devours your meaningless being and bleed as tears of decay over it. "...Death needs time for what it kills to grow in..." (William S. Burroughs). Limited to 500 copies.

All Kadaver Titles

L'ORCHESTRE NOIR - '11' CD (PREcordings) - £12 / £13 / £14

The masterpiece by L’Orchestre Noir from 1999, now remastered, remixed and re-released by Italian label Precordings. L'Orchestre Noir is Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus), along with Eric Rogers (Gae Bolg), Nathalie Van Keymeulen and Céline Marleix-Bardeau (amongst others), who contribute to this mainly instrumental project - a vehicle for Wakeford's interest in classical and soundtrack composition - with bass, cello, harp, trumpet and violin building a ritual and magical requiem for the fallen of WWI. Digipak.

MOLJEBKA PVLSE / SEVENTEEN MIGS OF SPRING - 'Ravha / Electricity Gardens' CD
(Topheth Prophet) - £12 / £13 / £14
A split / collaboration disc, with one 27-minute track by the Swedish trio Moljebka Pvlse, five tracks by the Israeli duo Seventeen Migs of Spring and one shared piece. Both acts are known for their unique approach to drone ambient sounds - with processed field electronics, quiet metallic rumbles, dark brooding ambience and drones - with a more aggressive approach by SMOS. Limited to 500 copies in a digifile, with artwork and design by Niko Skorpio.

All Moljebka Plvse Titles
All Seventeen Migs Of Spring Titles

MONARCH! - 'Dead Men Tell No Tales' 2 x CD (Crucial Blast) - £15 / £16 / £17
A colossal collection of two full length albums, previously released on vinyl only, plus unreleased songs exclusive to this release. French act Monarch! unleash a slow motion avalanche of impossibly glacial, blackened sludge and hypnotic feedback, each song a series of epic tarpit riffage, stretched out eternally over lumbering drums and cavernous rumbles. Over these yawning expanses of black void appears the demonic, throat-shredding shrieks and ghostly singing of Emilie, whose petite appearance belies one of the harshest throats in the underground Doom spectrum. Presented in an offset-printed, gatefold digifile with all new artwork. North American edition.

OPUS FINIS - 'Penance' 7" (SDM) - £6 / £7 / £8
Second hard to find release by the Miami-based duo of Ramiro Jeancarlo and Carlos E. Oni (after a CDR limited to just 50 copies). This EP features lyrics "...extracted in piecemeal from Liber Al Vel Legis and King James". Dark and cold minimal electro, reminding of Galakthorrö, Black Sun Productions, Haus Arafna and TG's "United" in places. Recorded August 2006 / March 2007. Presented with full colour sleeve and insert, with strangely discordant artwork for this style of release.

All 7" Vinyl

PAUL BRADLEY & CRIA CUERVOS - 'Moraines II' CD (Small Voices) - £12 / £13 / £14
Moraines II is a radical re-working of the limited release Moraines. The original recordings have been augmented, re-worked and newly mixed into an entirely different piece of music. The final result is a far heavier and more substantial work that creates a light and dark relationship with the original release and is much more than a simple 'remix' of Moraines. Glacial drones melt to liquid and degrade to static. Andrew Liles also contributes a track which that takes elements and unique contributions to twist the work into his own personal sound world. Packaged in a textured digisleeve.

All Paul Bradley Titles

RLW - 'The Pleasure Of Burning Down Churches' CD (Black Rose Recordings) - £12 / £13 / £14

The title of the CD dates back to the mid 90s when RLW was travelling around Vietnam and met an American veteran soldier. He talked about the churches he bombed during the War, with great enthusiasm and was extremely pleased to show him some of the ruins... leading to the title of this work. RLW utilises his trademark electro-acoustic sounds alongside field recordings, musique concrete, industrial, microsounds and improv. Features Kouhei Matsunaga. Digipak.

All RLW Titles

ROCK-A-ROLLA - 'Issue #12’ Magazine - £5 / £6 / £7
Dillinger Escape Plan are the main attraction of UK bi-monthly magazine Rock-A-Rolla #12. Interviews this time around: TenHornedBeast, OM, Magik Markers, Maninkari, VIbracathedral Orchestra, Miasma, Lento, Fog, - and a Q&A with Sunburned Hand Of The Man. Plus a special on "Classic Label" American Tapes. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Always highly recommended!

All Rock-A-Rolla Issues All Magazines


ROGER DOYLE - 'The Ninth Set' CD (Die Stadt) - £12 / £13 / £14
Irish composer Roger Doyle's first release on Die Stadt is his prize-winning work 'The Ninth Set' - a 67 minute masterpiece in 5 parts. He was awarded the Magisterium Prize at the prestigious 2007 Bourges International Electro-acoustic Music Competition in France for parts 4 and 5. Doyle has also appeared on Fovea Hex's 'Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent' series and is known for his project Operating Theathre (United Dairies). The CD comes in a full colour digipak in a first edition of 600 copies.

All Roger Doyle Titles

SALA DELLE COLONNE - 'Cronache' CD (Autumn Wind Productions) - £12 / £13 / £14

"A Martial Industrial / Electronics study of war in song... the song of war infused into our history and over-flowing into our present... The shell-shocked mind on display before you. Sala Delle Colonne from Italy liberates the minds occupied zone with this first full-length album." SDC use military songs with blasts of harsh noise, demonic voices, pounding war drums, distorted speech samples and shortwave transmissions, all woven into a grim wartime soundscape.

SEEKER - 'Invocation Of The Sleeper' MCD (Autumn Wind Productions) - £8 / £9 / £10

"Seeker, the manifestation of the will to power, was invoked by Xardas (20.SV / Stalaggh) to the earthly dimensions in year one after two thousand. Its existence is of a transcendent one, it’s the path of self-illumination rising from its most disciplined practice to its most oppressive trance inducing rituals. Thus, the first ritual of self-awakening is now unleashed on a luxurious CD with a 4 panel cardboard 7” sleeve bringing forth the darkest and most ritualistic frequencies of will to power that ever emerged on planet earth. One song over 25 minutes long... Submit to The Power of The One" [AWP].

SEVENTH HARMONIC - 'Promise Of Sacrifice' CD (First Light Records) - £12 / £13 / £14

Seventh Harmonic are a female ensemble formed in Autumn 1999, creating symphonic, atmospheric dreamscapes, drawing on many influences from Celtic through Eastern. The music on their second release blends an intoxicating mix of soaring violin and angelic vocals, with classical piano undertones, drawing comparisons to the likes of Dead Can Dance, The Machine In The Garden, Ordo Equitum Solis and Cocteau Twins. Features Daemonia Nymphe on 2 tracks.

SKULLFLOWER - 'IIIrd Gatekeeper' CD (Crucial Blast) - £12 / £13 / £14
Reissue of Skullflower's 1992 album 'IIIrd Gatekeeper' (originally on Justin Broadrick's Headdirt label), featuring the lineup of Matthew Bower, Stuart Dennison and Anthony DiFranco. This is Skullflower at their heaviest, grinding out slow, sludgy riffs and crushing, almost industrial rhythms amid a tempest of psychedelic guitar noise and dense sheets of feedback - easily the most crushing, rock-based music that Skullflower ever produced. A skulldozing dose of post-industrial dirge rock that sat comfortably next to Godflesh, Swans and Ramleh. Gatefold digifile (retaining much of the original artwork), with new liner notes and a complete remastering.

All Skullflower Titles

SOL INVICTUS - 'All Things Strange And Rare' CD (Tursa) - £12 / £13 / £14

Combines Six Rare Tracks from the Sol Invictus catalogue. 3 tracks previously appeared on the MCD included with the book by Tony Wakeford called "Above Us The Sun", along with 3 bonus tracks: a 7" version of "Looking for Europe" and two previously released on compilations tracks ("A Palace of Worms" and "Hedda Gabbler"). Guests: Colin Potter (Monos), Ian Read (Fire + Ice), Karl Blake (Shock Headed Peters). This is the European version of deleted US edition, with different artwork and extensive sleevenotes.

All Sol Invictus Titles

SOL INVICTUS - 'The Angel' CD (Tursa) - £10 / £11 / £12

A collection of rarities, remixes and unreleased tracks (1998-2003), with both Sol Invictus and Tony Wakeford solo pieces. 'The Angel' also contains two previously unreleased songs (including a collaboration with Joe Budenholzer of Backworld). "The various acoustic and demo mixes give an excellent sense of what Sol Invictus is like at their core, their essence, before all the polish has been added in the studio" [Heathen Harvest]. Ltd x 1000 copies in a slim card cover, with artwork by Tor Lundvall.

All Sol Invictus Titles

SOL INVICTUS - 'Thrones' CD (Tursa) - £12 / £13 / £14

Another splendidly majestic Sol Invictus release, 'Thrones' largely follows in the style of 'Hill of Crosses'. A balance of dark and uplifting songwriting, and the established medieval / industrial / jazz / ballad / folk style played by this talented six piece band. Homage is given to the English folk stronghold of Cornwall, and the romantic south-west tip of England. Tony Wakeford is joined here by Matt Howden (Sieben), Sally Doherty, Karl Blake (Shock Headed Peters), Eric Roger (Gae Bolg) and Renée Rosen. This CD contains the same track listing as the Signed LP Version.

All Sol Invictus Titles

TONY WAKEFORD - 'Cupid & Death' CD (Tursa) - £12 / £13 / £14

"Cupid & Death" is devoted to the theme of vanitas, the juxtapositioning of beauty with the fleetingness of life. While the CD contains pieces in the classic Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus) style, classical instruments are used in conjunction with keyboard and electric guitar to establish a timeless mood located somewhere between the present and the arcane. Perhaps the most impressive piece is the opening track - a 1653 baroque masque set to Tony's own music, with vocal accompaniment by Karl Blake. Also appearing: Eric Roger (Gae Bolg), Matt Howden (Sieben). Features stunning original artwork by Andrew King and Tor Lundvall.

All Tony Wakeford Titles

TROUM - 'Symballein' CD (Small Voices) - £12 / £13 / £14
A collection of very rare material, from the very beginning of TROUM (1997 - 1999). The concept of the 'Dream' is the common thread running through TROUM (and indeed Troum is the German word for 'Dream'); the name, the music and the philosophy. In 'Symballein' dreams are obscure and indecipherable - in one word nightmares. The music is archaic and droney, with multi-layered guitar drones. Oneiric ambient industrial near to Maeror Tri's best releases. Packaged in an elegant, textured digisleeve.

All Troum Titles
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DUO NOIR - 'Marseilles’ CD (Tursa) - £10 / £11 / £12

Part 4 in the Sol Invictus archive series. "Marseilles" features Tony Wakeford (guitar, vocals) and Matt Howden of Sieben (violin, vocals) in an extraordinary live performance, recorded in Marseille in 2000. Ltd x 1000 copies in a slim card cover.


FOVEA HEX - 'Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent’ 3 x MCD Boxset (Die Stadt /
Janet Records) - £30 / £32 / £34

Boxset housing all 3 EPs from the "Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent" series. Ethereal vocals with a haunting quality over beautiful string laden electronica and featuring (amongst others): Colin Potter, Roger Doyle, Brian Eno, Donal Lunny (Planxty), Andrew McKenzie (The Hafler Trio). Ltd x 1000 copies in an embossed box.


SIEBEN - 'Forbid The Sun's Escape’ CD (Tursa) - £12 / £13 / £14

Debut album by Sieben. Moody classical arrangements with eerie synths produce beautiful gothic soundscapes. Matt Howden appears with his violin prominently on most of the tracks. Also features Sally Doherty and Tony Wakeford.


SKALD - 'Voices Of Thula’ CD (Tursa) - £12 / £13 / £14

A record of sublime melancholic beauty. Harps, trumpets, violins and female vocals swirl and sway in the Odinic way! Features Eric Roger of Gae Bolg (trumpet). Produced by Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus).


WHITEHOUSE - 'Present... Birthdeath Experience’ LP (Very Friendly)
- £15 / £17 / £19

The seminal first album by Whitehouse, recorded in London 1980. Raw and unpolished noise / industrial from the trio of William Bennett, Paul Reuter and Peter McKay. Lyrically full of what would be their uncompromising trademark irony. Presented on thick 180g vinyl with inner sleeve, featuring the original artwork.


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