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Spring Bi-Weekly Newsletter - 22nd February 2007
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NEW
RELEASE - MERZBOW VS NORDVARGR: PARTIKEL T-SHIRT
We are very proud to announce the release of a stunning new shirt
to compliment and celebrate the Partikel trilogy! Pre-orders at
a special reduced price are now being accepted for the shirt,
which will be in stock 16th March. For full details and to order,
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| MERZBOW
Vs NORDVARGR | Partikel
T-Shirt (CSR81TS) |
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Shipping:
16th March
We are very proud to announce the release of a stunning new
shirt to compliment and celebrate the Partikel trilogy! White
print on heavy-quality black shirt. Sizes: Girlie, Medium,
Large and Extra Large.
UK: £12
| EU: £13 | World: £14
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| MERZBOW
Vs NORDVARGR | Partikel
II CD (CSR73CD) |
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Shipping:
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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. Last copies!
UK: £12
| EU: £13 | World: £14
MP3
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| SISTRENATUS
| Division
One CD (CSR61CD) |
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Shipping:
now
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: £12
| EU: £13 | World: £14
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| COLD
SPRING CALENDAR 2007 | Info&
Order (CSR76CA) |
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Shipping:
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The
first ever Cold Spring calendar! Feat: H.E.R.R., Von Thronsthal,
Sistrenatus, Merzbow, Rose Rovine E Amanti, Sagittarius, TenHornedBeast,
Z’EV, Nordvargr, Deadwood, SleepResearch_Facility &
Clear Stream Temple, and . (50cm x 70cm). Ltd x 500. |
Folded: UK: £2 | EU: £2.50 | World:
£3
Tube (Rolled): UK: £4 | EU: £5
| World: £6
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| BLEIBURG
| Pieces
Of A Broken Dream 2CD (CSR68CD) |
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Shipping:
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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) |
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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
MP3
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NEXT
PLANNED RELEASES:
Sleep Research
Facility - 'Deep Frieze' CD (CSR72CD)
Shinjuku Thief - 'The Scribbler' CD (CSR62CD)
Inanna - 'Day Ov Despair' CD (CSR71CD)
TenHornedBeast- 'The Sacred
Truth' CD (CSR77CD)
H.E.R.R. - 'Fire And Glass: A Norwood Tragedy'
MCD (CSR74EP)
Inade - 'Aldebaran' CD (CSR13CD)
- 3rd Pressing! |
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Sistrenatus
- 'Division One' - From Beyond All Remorse
Bleiburg
- 'Pieces Of A Broken Dream' - From Vital Weekly,
Blow Up (IT)
John
Watermann - 'Calcutta Gas Chamber' - From Heathen
Harvest
H.E.R.R.
- 'Vondel's Lucifer - First Movement' - From
Judas Kiss, DSide
Rose
Rovine E Amanti - 'Rituale Romanum' - From Holy
Steel
Goatvargr
- 'Goatvargr' - From Phosphor
Archon
Satani - 'Mind Of Flesh & Bones' - From Phosphor
Various
Artists - 'Swarm' - From Phosphor
Kreuzweg
Ost - 'Edelrost' - From Earshot (AT)
Deadwood
- '8 19' - From Earshot (AT)
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SISTRENATUS
22 Feb 07, Pub 340, Vancouver (CA)
ANDREW
LILES
24th Feb 07, Sala Apolo, Barcelona (ES) with Nurse With
Wound
3rd Mar 07, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (UK) with Nurse
With Wound
20th Apr 07, Donau Festival, Donau (AT) with Nurse With
Wound
MASONNA
9th Mar 07, Bears, Osaka (JP)
20th Apr 07, Bears, Osaka (JP)
SOL
INVICTUS
10th Mar 07,CC Luchtbal, Antwerp (BE)
MERZBOW
11th Mar 07, Osaka (JP)
LAIBACH
23rd Mar 07, Delavski Dom, Trbovlje (SI)
24th Mar 07, Delavski Dom, Trbovlje (SI)
5th Apr 07, Frison, Fribourg (CH)
6th Apr 07, TBC, Milan (IT)
7th Apr 07, TBC, Turin (IT)
10th Apr 07, Werk II, Leipzig (DE)
11th Apr 07, Kulturfabrik, Krefeld (DE)
12th Apr 07, De Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL)
18th Apr 07, Batschkapp, Frankfurt (DE)
5th Jun 07, Pise Se Leto Festival, Maribor (SI)
ZENI
GEVA
11th Apr 07, Club Rental, Prague (CZ)
12th Apr 07, Alter Sch8hof, Wels (AT)
13th Apr 07, Club W71, Weikersheim (DE)
14th Apr 07, De Kreun, Kortrijk (BE)
15th Apr 07, Instants Chavires, Paris (FR)
16th Apr 07, Magasin 4, Brussels (BE)
17th Apr 07, Worm, Rotterdam (NL)
18th Apr 07, Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
20th Apr, 07, Forum Stadtpark, Graz (AT)
21st Apr 07, Kset, Zagreb (CT)
22nd Apr 07, Circolo Magnolia, Milan (IT)
23rd Apr 07, Kindergarten, Bologna (IT)
25th Apr 07, Bad Bonn, Düdingen (CH)
26th Apr 07, Grrrnd Zero, Lyon (FR)
28th Apr 07, Treibhaus, Innsbruck (AT)
29th Apr 07, Channel Zero, Ljubljana (SI)
30th Apr 07, Donau Festival, Krems an der Donau (AT)
13th - 14th Jul 07, Custard Factory, Birmingham, UK Super
Sonic 2007
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| AESTHETIC
MEAT FRONT - 'Temple Of Flesh’ CD (Old
Europa Cafe / AMF)
- £12 / £13 / £14 |
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Aesthetic Meat Front celebrates 10 years of Public
Deprogramming Rituals with this release. to be released
on Old Europa Cafe / AMF Records. "Temple of
Flesh" is based on an Invocation of Rapture from
A-M-F's "Blood Sun Rising" Rituals (2003-4).
The text of this invocation has been translated into
12 languages, and sculpted into a dark electronic
abyss. Ritual drones are the framework for haunting
invocations and chants, which are supported by the
seductive mantras of Zaskia Morgan. Bombastic drums
and instruments connected with hooks into the skin
of the ritual participants are also sound sources
for this release. Packaged in a DVD case with 6 double-sided
cards reflecting the essence of an A-M-F ritual.
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| ANDREW
KING - 'The Harbinger Of The Decaying Mind’
10" (Old
Europa Cafe) - £10 / £12 / £14 |
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RESTOCK! Andrew King’s personal selection of
those live recordings and un-issued tracks that he
considers worth preserving from the years following
his celebrated album “The Amfortas Wound”.
This 10” brings together six recordings from
four very different occasions. Side one consists of
3 recordings in preparation for King’s performance
at Hinoeuma in 2001. Side two contains collaborative
pieces with noted experimental artist Andrew Liles
(Nurse With Wound) and two live pieces. For the majority
of these recordings, King was joined by John Murphy
(Death In June, Knifeladder), Andrew Trail (Knifeladder)
and Hunter Barr (Knifeladder). Ltd x 500 copies only
in “traditional” heavy black vinyl.
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| BEYOND
BLACK VOID - 'Desolate’ CD (Marche
Funebre Productions) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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This is a reissue of debut release from this Belgian
act. The creator, Stijn Van Cauter, characterises
his musical style as massive nihilistic funeral doom
and writes: "Beyond Black Void was founded mid-2002
in an attempt to create oppressive, minimalistic and
very desolate music." The desolation is portrayed
through long echoing guitars and heavy droning storms.
Over an of the heaviest and most nihilistic in drone
/ funeral / ambient doom. The re-release features
the same 3 massive tracks but with improved sound
quality and completely remastered. Limited edition
in a textured slipcase.
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| BISCLAVERET
- 'Psyche NoMine’ CD (The
Eastern Front) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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Bisclaveret are a Polish dark ambient / darkwave duo.
6 songs (53 minutes) of music for those interested
in moving, yet extraordinary art. Lush strings, industrial
rhythms and even noise tones at times summarise the
background for Dragos' voice. Lyrically, this concept
album of sorts deals with the human subconsciousness;
of reckless arrogance; of being lost in the surrounding
reality. The words of 'Akeldama XIV' are by Aleister
Crowley. A must-have album for fans of Nordvargr,
Dead Man's Hill, In Slaughter Natives etc. Hand-numbered
edition of 1000 copies in a fold-out sleeve with insert.
Israeli import.
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| BLACK
SUN PRODUCTIONS - 'OperettAmorale’
CD (Divine
Frequency) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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"Operett Amorale" is Massimo and Pierce's
personal tribute to the poetry of German poet and
playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956). 11 classic
Brecht's songs, here revisited according to Black
Sun Production’s irreverent attitude. "OperettAmorale"
includes contributions recorded exclusively for this
album from Coil
(with the song "A List of Wishes" - one
of the final studio performances by Jhonn
Balance), "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency"
delivered by the incomparable voice of Lydia
Lunch and guest vocals by none other than HR Giger
on "Seeräuber-Jenny". Other musicians
participating include Julia Kent (Anthony and the
Johnsons) and Marco Schiavo (Larsen). Cover artwork
on this digipak is provided by HR Giger. Essential!
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BLACK
SUN PRODUCTIONS - 'The Impossibility Of Silence’
2 x CD (Old
Europa Cafe)
- £16 / £17 / £18 |
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23 tracks spanning two thematic CDs: "As Above"
and "So Below". This is a cinematic journey
into sonic abstractness and gloomy, poetic invocation.
Chasing rhythms and haunting melodies to score a motion
picture made of eerie dreams and hallucinogenic visions.
Labelled by the artists themselves as "intuitive
music for sensible ears", the album incorporates
reworked versions of material originally featured
in the Black Sun Production's limited edition releases
''Toilet Chant'' and ''Once In A Full Moon'', as well
as new and unreleased material. An impressive array
of guest artists litter this release: Jhonn
Balance (Coil), Val Denham, Lydia
Lunch, Dave
Phillips, Sonne
Hagal and Sudden
Infant. Presented in a stunning 8-panel digipak
with art by renowned artist Val Denham (who's worked
with Throbbing Gristle, PTV, Soft Cell etc). Need
we say more?
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| BUBEN
- 'Furor Poetics’ CDR (No
Angels Prod.) - £8 / £9 / £10 |
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A project from Belarussian artist Vladislav Buben.
Shrill, Brooding Industrial with wonderfully pitched
tones, ear-splitting drones and dark ambient influences.
A "twisted" album, both melodious and rhythmical;
but on the other hand chaotic and far from any sense
of order. The label warns "Caution! Atmosphere
is so dense that it can kill you"! Standard CDR
placed in a professionally-printed A5 package. Limited
to just 120 hand numbered copies. Polish import.
Email
to order this title | Visit
the Cold Spring CDR website
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| CAMERATA
MEDIOLANENSE - 'Pankration’ CD (Twilight
Records) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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After
a long silence, Camerata Mediolanense return with
a 'Best Of' album including all of their greatest
and most beautiful moments, together with a collection
of unreleased bonus tracks. All songs are presented
in remastered sound quality and tells the complete
story of one of the most important Dark Fok / Medieval
bands of Europe. Ancient
instruments like harpsichord, trumpet and timpano
live together with modern features like the use keyboards.
A great experience that carries the listener along
on an impressive musical journey. ''Pankration'' (named
after a violent kind of Graeco-Roman wrestling) comes
presented in a beautiful digipak.
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| CLOSING
THE ETERNITY & AD
LUX TENEBRAE - 'Nearby Being’ CD (Epidemie)
- £12 / £13 / £14 |
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A wonderful meeting of two minds from the mountainous
Ural region of southern Russia. Fascinating ritual,
shamanic, organic Drone Ambient, changing your consciousness.
A real delicacy for lovers of ethno-ambient / drone:
Alio Die, Troum, Oöphoi, Sostrah Tinnitus etc.
Presented in a stunning 6-panel matt digifile. Ltd
x 500 copies. Czech import.
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| DRAPE
EXCREMENT / SÖLDNERGEIST
- 'Black Rider’ CD (Steinklang)
- £12 / £13 / £14 |
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Dark and impressive Industrial-Electronics in a classic
style, mixed with droning and pulsating Power-Electronics
tracks. 'Black Rider' includes unreleased early recordings
from these pioneers of the early 90's! Stark cover-art
by Fabrice Billard. Ltd x 500 copies. Austrian import.
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HENRIK
NORDVARGR BJÖRKK & BEYOND
SENSORY EXPERIENCE Vs. KENJI
SIRATORI -
'Hypergenome666’ 2 x CD Boxset (Old
Europa Cafe) - £20 / £22 / £24 |
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Two renowned Scandiniavian dark-industrial projects
headed by MZ.412 members make an excursion into Kenji
Siratori's acid world. Kenji gives birth to a virulent
amalgam of modern technology and illness like a mixture
of Tetsuo the Iron Man and a modern version of William
Burroughs cut-ups. On these two discs Nordvargr and
BSE create superb dark ambient sounds in support of
Kenji’s vocal frames. Japanese words vomited
by Siratori are here strongly entwined in the chaotic
calmness of BSE's audio universe and in the deepest
sounds born from Mr. Nordvargr’s brain synapses.
The two CDs come with an exclusive 80-page book by
Kenji Siratori, packaged together in a special presentation
box with artwork by Paul McCarroll. ACT FAST!!
Click
here for a close-up of the cover!
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| JÄÄPORTIT
- 'Avarrus’ CD (Epidemie)
- £12 / £13 / £14 |
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Second full-length album from this excellent Finnish
project. Jääportit play profoundly azure
ambient music. The record's musical style grows over
simple limits with electronic sequences blending into
progressive elements. You travel across levels as
rhythmic combinations distance themselves from preceding
minimalistic soundscapes. The music of digital machines
is enlivened by acoustic instruments such as violin
and female voice. The story is carried along and afar
by soundstream gathered from a live environment. Presented
in a 6-panel matt digifile with original artwork.
Ltd x 500 copies. Czech import.
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| JAZKAMER
- 'Balls The Size Of Texas, Liver The Size Of Brazil’
CD (Purple
Soil) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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What a great title! Jazkamer / Jazzkammer is the joining
of two Norwegian composers / musicians: John Hegre and
Lasse Marhaug. "Balls The Size Of Texas, Liver
The Size Of Brazil" follows in the landscape of
"Panic" (2006); slow-moving passages of weeping
guitar, overlapped with textures of turntable surface-noise
and distant location recordings. "This is one for
the rainy days, or when you're longing for the prairie".
Presented in a very nice 6-panel digifile. Czech import. |
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MEIZTER - 'Dark Matters’ CD (Old
Europa Cafe) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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Dark enigmatic sound-scientist K. Meizter (Beyond
Sensory Experience) leaves his murky laboratory
to release "Dark Matters", a dark puzzle
piece to his debut solo album "Travelling Light".
K. Meizter's new album is a strong musickal reaction
of Dark Ambient soundscapes with subtle and sinister
melodies, catalyzed by pounding rhythms and distorted
experimental electronics. "Dark Matters"
comes presented in a stylish black and white digipak.
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| KAYNO
YESNO SLONCE - 'Elohim Neva Senzu’
CD (Corvus
Records) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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Veselin Mitov furnishes a mix of monumental and epic
ambient soundscapes with powerful, natural Bulgarian
folklore played with gaida (bagpipe), kaval (wooden
flute) and percussion. Add to this a voice encompassing
the pure feeling of freedom and archaic wisdom at
the same time and you will be mesmerised! Some thrilling
versions of traditional Bulgarian folk songs are added
for the lovers of the old culture of the Balkans,
where every stone is soaked with blood and has his
own story.
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| KIRLIAN
CAMERA - 'Erinnerung’ CD (Twilight
Records) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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RESTOCK!
Re-release of the long-deleted Kirlian Camera masterpiece
‘Erinnerung’. This legendary band commanded
by Angelo Bergamini and Elena Fossi, present an incredible
album and a trip into the time to the post war Europe,
with beautifully expressive female vocals. Another
piece of the puzzle into the band discography. The
album comes in a deluxe digipak with brand new artwork
and includes four bonus unreleased tracks.
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| MOLJEBKA
PVLSE - 'Dvnkl’ CD (Fifth
Week) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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With
the seventh album from Moljebka Pvlse, Mathias Josefson
is joined by Karin Jakobson. Together they craft three
lengthy tracks of deep, droney and surreal Dark Ambient
soundscapes out of field recordings and manipulated
voices. The sound is rich; carefully layered, very
intense and oddly nightmarish. A highly meditative,
almost hypnotic recording. Ltd x 500 copies in a beautiful,
handmade A5 foldout package with silkscreen cover
and opaque sleeve. Highly recommended!!
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| NEST
- 'Trail Of The Unwary’ CD (Corvus
Records) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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Eerie, acoustic, calm Nordic ambient/folk music played
on the kantele, giving the music a medieval touch.
Beautiful sounds dedicated to nature and inspired
by her beauty… and of legends untold. "A
hidden pool amidst the woods where the otters come
to play, an owl's faint call echoing through the woods,
sparkling waterfalls and vast snow-covered landscapes
where the reindeer folk and wolves hold their domain.
These are only some of the things with the atmosphere
Nest strives to capture.” Though Finnish, the
music of Nest has a Celtic feel and even reminds of
Clannad in places!
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| PIMENTOLA
- 'MM-MMV’ CD (Twilight
Records) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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RESTOCK!
Finnish act PIMENTOLA has been active since 1996,
originally with a line-up of two members. With a limited
release on War Office Propaganda last year, many of
you will know what quality to expect! “MM-MMV”
offers fine neoclassical / dark orchestral music,
while infusing ethnic and industrial sounds. Also
incorporated are self-produced samples and acoustic
instruments. An album very much in the vein of bands
such as In Slaughter Natives or Raison D'Etre (no
surprise then that they have been since picked up
by Cold Meat Industry). Pimentola is a great and refreshing
discovery and promises to have a bright future! Presented
in a digipak.
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| RISING
SHADOWS - 'Falling Deep Within’ CD
(Twilight
Records) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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Welcome
to the amazing fairy world of Rising Shadows! "Falling
Deep Within" is the debut album of this gifted
Swedish act. A beautiful journey into the darkness
of ourselves and our past. Initially a solo project
of Fredrik
Klingwall, vocalist Linda-li joined the band in
2004. Stylistically, comparisons could be made to
Arcana and Stoa, drawing the listener into beautiful
medieval dreamscapes full of nostalgia and twilight
darkness. This is music for the soul and it will paint
your mind images and dreams. Soon the shadows will
rise again! Presented in a deluxe digipak.
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| SIMULACRUM
- 'Upuaut’ CD (Old
Europa Cafe) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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Third full length album from this great Slovakian
project! "Upuaut" is ancient Egyptian and
means "that (man), who opens a door". ...
This album is less ambient than their previous two
releases, instead containing great tantric rhythms
(sometimes sounding close to the best of Rapoon),
many sampled voices and droning, with mystic, hypnotic
and sexual sounds. The perfect soundtrack for your
rituals. Simulacrum is a side-project of Einleitungszeit.
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| SKADI
- 'Eliwagar’ CD (Art
Konkret) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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SKADI
(the Goddess of hunting and winter in Germanic mythology)
is a project created by Alexander Leßwing in
2001.'Eliwagar' contains cold and mystical soundscapes
with ritual percussive elements. SKADI creates dark
atmospheres with chants, dark drones, strings and
natural sounds, but also with percussion and bells.
Because of this SKADI is an interesting mixture of
various dark ambient soundscapes. Ltd x 300 copies.
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| SPIRITUAL
FRONT - 'Songs For The Will’ CD (Old
Europa Cafe / Misty
Circles) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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Debut album of this great Italian "apocalyptic"
group, now back in print again! Very dark and Nihilistic
Neofolk 'n' Pop with a 1920's fetish twist! Produced
by Ain Soph, ''Songs For The Will's'' mixture of sound
proves to be very intriguing - a sound augmented by
breathtaking arrangements and wonderful song structures.
Much darker and more depressing than their recent
releases, you'd be advised to file this next to 90's
Swans! The reworked cover is a masterpiece of Italian
decadence and beauty.
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| STALINGRAD
- 'Court Martial’ CD (Twilight
Records) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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RESTOCK!
Re-release of the first album by Stalingrad, a side-project
of, and the more orchestral side of, Kirlian
Camera. An amazing mixture of bombastic pompous
orchestration, combining Neofolk elements with Neoclassical
and Industrial atmospheres. Oppressive Neoclassical,
utilising militant percussion and heavenly voices,
though some tracks have a more industrial feel. Perhaps
the soundtrack for a movie about the battle of Stalingrad?
Remastered with all new artwork in a very nice digipak.
Highly recommended!
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| STORM
OF CAPRICORN - 'Retours Des Tranchées’
CD (Twilight
Records) - £12 / £13 / £14 |
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RESTOCK!
A remarkable debut on Twilight Records from Storm
Of Capricorn (the side project of Neon
Rain, known from their split “Hopes Die
In Winter” with HERR etc). “Retours Des
Tranchées” offers a well balanced mix
of martial pop (with the main theme being World War
I) and neoclassical touches, very much in the vein
of Collection D'arnell Andrea, A Challenge Of Honour
or Ordo Equitum Solis, with French lyrics. The CD
comes in a beautiful digipack and is strictly limited
to 500 copies only.
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THE
SOIL BLEEDS BLACK - 'Alchemie’ CD (Twilight
Records / The
Fossil Dungeon)
- £12 / £13 / £14 |
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Long
out-of-print, this was The Soil Bleeds Black's fourth
album, "Alchemie," originally published
in 1999 (World Serpent). This new edition features
re-mastered and newly embellished versions of the
original songs along with three bonus tracks. “Alchemie”
is a conglomeration of pagan folk and esoteric songs,
based heavily upon the medieval occult science for
which the album is named. The album also features
other songs portraying Arthurian legend and the bravery
of knights on the battlefield. Peter Bjärgö
(Arcana),
makes a very special guest appearance on the track,
“Lapis Philosophorum.” Presented in an
elegant bronzed digipak.
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| THE
SOIL BLEEDS BLACK - 'Three Living, Three
Dead ’ 10" (Old
Europa Cafe) - £10 / £12 / £14 |
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Mini album with unreleased songs from this very well
known USA neo-medieval act. As usual, beautiful and
first quality acoustic medieval ballads! One track
is composed with Francesco Banchini (Ataraxia
/ Gor). Texts taken from the European tradition by:
Pier Della Vigna, Charls D'Orleans, Bertran De Bora
and Carmina Burana. Presented on brown vinyl, with
stunning artwork printed in brown and gold on a high
quality textured sleeve. Limited edition of 500 copies
only. ACT FAST!
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| TROUM
- 'Ryna’ CD (Transgredient)
- £12 / £13 / £14 |
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This is the much-welcomed re-release of Troum's debut
album, first released in an edition of 500 copies
on Myotis Records in October 1998. "Troum is
the next step in the evolution of Maeror Tri, taking
the highly processed guitar ambiance of their previous
venture and channeling it through a more tumultuous,
volatile outlet... The general feel of the sounds
here is reminiscent of the earth moving, tectonic
plates in constant shuffle, the tracks building and
then either shifting or worn away via attrition. It‘s
as if Maeror Tri learned to fly through ingenuity,
smoke and mirrors, while Troum has taken the ingenuity,
smoke and mirrors and, somehow, grown wings."
[Side-Line]. Presented in a stunning digipak.
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VARIOUS
ARTISTS - 'A Selection Of Drones Past: Singles
1993-2000' 2 x CD (Tumult)
- £15 / £16 / £17 |
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This compilation serves as a digital introduction
to the analogue world of DRONE
RECORDS. "A small sampling of wondrous sounds
from this ongoing series of limited, lovingly hand
assembled 7" singles." Featuring: Alio
Die, Aube,
Delphium,
Die
Feinen Trinker Bei Pinkels, Dronæment,
Dual,
Francisco
Lopez, Inade,
Kallabris,
Klood,
Maeror
Tri, Osso
Exotico, Reynols,
Spear,
Tarkatak,
Toy
Bizarre, Ultra
United, Vance
Orchestra, Vir
and Yen
Pox. Packaged in a gatefold digisleeve with a
poster showing the sleeves of the 7" records,
from which the songs are taken. A true gem for non-vinyl
fans and drone fanatics alike.
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ARTISTS - 'Audiotion’ 2 x CD (Vital)
- £16 / £17 / £18 |
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An outstanding conceptual masterpiece of art dedicated
to the Japanese master of controversial new wave cinema,
Takashi Miike. Featuring over 2 hours of brand new material
inspired by Miike's films, "Audiotion" features
viral outpourings and unique experimentation from: KK
Null, Shinjuku
Thief, Converter,
Hentai,
Shinkiro,
Sunao
Inami, Jazkamer,
Henrik
Nordvargr Björkk, Contagious
Orgasm, Hecate,
P.A.L.,
S:Cage,
Asmorod
and Iszoloscope.
This release opens with an exclusive audio voice introduction
by Takashi Miike himself, specially recorded for this
tribute. "Audiotion" also features an exclusive
outroduction vocal song preformed by Japanese movie
actor Tokitoshi Shiota. Presented in a stunning 6 panel
digipak, which includes a full colour booklet, featuring
a special foreword from Japanese cinema expert and Miike
biographer Tom Mes. Stylish and vivid cover art designs
by S.ALT (Ant-Zen).
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ARTISTS - 'Night Science III’ Magazine
+ CD (Cipher
Productions) - £14 / £16 / £18 |
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Third edition of this excellent Noise zine. The accompanying
CD contains tracks from Astro,
Prurient
(2 tracks), Edwige,
Yellow
Cab, Romance,
Defektro
(3 tracks) and Armenia
- plus extensive interviews with all 7 of these artists,
and a profile for Swedish label Abisco. Over 180 reviews.
Perfect bound A5 B&W magazine (more like a softback
book!) with 104 pages. Ltd x 500 copies, Australian
import. An impressive collection, a very enjoyable
read and a highly recommended addition to any noise
collection!!
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