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Cold Spring Bi-Weekly Newsletter - 7th February 2008

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IN STOCK AND SHIPPING!
VON THRONSTAHL - 'Sacrificare' T-Shirt Click here for full details! (All pre-orders will ship within 24 hours).
Cold Spring 2008 Calendar. Yes, we're a little late this year... but hey... it's well worth the wait! Click here for full details!

PRESS NEWS
There's a nice little feature on Sleep Research Facility in this month's Terrorizer, as well as an interesting feature on
'Lost Classics' with particular reference to the Industrial genre (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Sutcliffe Jügend, Merzbow, Skullflower, Maurizio Bianchi, Whitehouse, Ramleh etc)...


Cold Spring 2008 Calendar (CSR94CA)

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2008 edition of the Cold Spring calendar! All your (soon to be) favourite Cold Spring artists with releases in 2008: Skitliv, Seelenlicht, Sutcliffe Jügend, The Triple Tree, Nordvargr, TenHornedBeast, Von Thronsthal, Rose Rovine E Amanti, Deadwood, H.E.R.R., Satori and Laibach. This outsized poster-style calendar (50cm x 70cm) features the stunning artwork of Abby Helasdottir. Ltd x 500..

Folded: £2.00 / £2.50 / £3.00
Rolled: £4.00 / £5.00 / £6.00
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Skitliv | Amfetamin CD (CSR90CD)

Shipping: End February
Exclusive release from the Doom / Noise project of Maniac (ex-MAYHEM), featuring Kvarforth (SHINING), and with special guest vocals by Attila (SUNN O))), MAYHEM). From Black Metal through Funeral Doom and Demonic Noise, Skitliv cover all the bases in modern extreme sonics. The CD version includes bonus tracks from Skitliv's live performance at the Camden Underworld, London, 13th December 2007, with a special intro from CURRENT 93 (David Tibet & Andrew Liles). Forthcoming limited 12" etched edition (CSR90EP) on Cold Spring.

Skitliv MySpace

£8 / £9 / £10 | MP3 | MP3
Pre-Order Now | Download 15/02


Seelenlicht | Gods & Devils CD (CSR86CD)

Shipping: End February
This stunning debut release from Troy Southgate (H.E.R.R.) and Butow Maler (Kammer Sieben) contains 14 darkly satirical compositions that strip bare the mechanism of human nature and the madness of the contemporary world. Bittersweet excursions into social conformity, mass apathy and mindless consumerism, as well as Gothic murder ballads. Comprised of electronic, folk and neoclassical elements, this album is brimming with originality, enthusiasm and creativity. Digipak.

Seelenlicht MySpace

£9 / £10 / £11 | MP3 | MP3
Pre-Order Now | Download 15/02


Von Thronstahl | Sacrificare T-Shirt (CSR91TS)

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High quality shirt celebrating the latest album from Von Thronstahl! Black shirt with full colour gold/white print depicting the album cover. Available in sizes: Girlie, Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large (XL).

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Zeni Geva | Maximum Money Monster CD (CSR78CD)
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Japanese noise / doom / post-rock from Kazuyuki K. Null, Mitsuru Tabata (ex-Boredoms), Ikuo Taketani and Tatsuya Yoshida. 3 bonus tracks.
£12 / £13 / £14 | MP3 | Order Now
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Sleep Research Facility | Nostromo CD (CSR34CD)
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Ultra deep, dark ambience, based on the first 8 minutes of the movie 'Alien'. Reissue with bonus track 'Narcissus'.
£12 / £13 / £14 | MP3 | Order Now
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Inade | Aldebaran CD (CSR13CD)
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An hour of immense walls of dark atmospherics and pulsating anthems. The ultimate document of deep and cavernous dark ambient.
£12 / £13 / £14 | MP3 | Order Now
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South Saturn Delta | Experience The Concreteness CD (CSR80CD)
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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
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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
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FORTHCOMING RELEASES:

SAGITTARIUS - 'Songs From The Ivory Tower' CD (CSR89CD) MySpace

SUTCLIFFE JÜGEND - 'Pigdaddy' CD (CSR92CD) MySpace


ALL AVAILABLE COLD SPRING TITLES

South Saturn Delta - 'Experience The Concreteness' - From Terrorizer, Ritual (IT)

C.C.C.C. - 'Chaos Is The Cosmos' - From Terrorizer, Mentenebre (ES), Ritual (IT)

H.E.R.R. - 'Fire And Glass: A Norwood Tragedy' - From Side-Line, Ritual (IT)

Von Thronstahl - 'Sacrificare' - From Ritual (IT)

TenHornedBeast - 'The Sacred Truth' - From Side-Line, Ritual (IT), Flash Magazine (IT), Darkroom (IT)

Shinjuku Thief - 'The Scribbler' - From Darkroom (IT)

VIEW FULL REVIEW ARCHIVE


New Date! VON THRONSTAHL / ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI
• 29th March 08, Neuropa Meeting, Klub Muzyczny 'Progresja', Warsaw (PL).
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FULL DETAILS IN EVENTS SECTION

 

Download full stocklist with descriptions (143pp - 8pt). Updated 3rd February 2008)

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Vinterriet '...Und Die Nacht Kam Schweren...'
Vinterriket 'Berglandschaften 2001-2004'
Vinterriket 'Lichtschleier'
Vinterriket / Orodruin 'Split'
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ALEISTER CROWLEY - '1910-1914 Black Magic Recordings - Red Edition' LP (Cleopatra)
- £22 / £24 / £26

These recordings were originally made on wax cylinders between 1910 and 1914 and then later preserved onto 78 rpm acetates. These recordings were resurrected in 1986 by David Tibet (Current 93) on his Goetia label under the title "The Hastings Archive / The World As Power". An extremely collectable piece for fans of the Great Beast's spoken word pieces, Enochian Magic incantations and poetry. Presented in an edition of just 200 copies on red vinyl with cloth patch. ACT FAST!

ONE COPY PER CUSTOMER ONLY!
If you attempt to purchase more than 1 copy, your order will be refunded.


All LP / 12" Vinyl

ALFREDO COSTA MONTEIRO - 'Épicycle' CD (Etude Records) - £10 / £11 / £12
Portugese minimal-electro-acoustic artist Alfredo Costa Monteiro surprises with “Epicycle”. The steady-state, relatively drone-ish character of this 38-minute piece of work is much more fluid than his earlier work and is also based on sound recordings of his voice, although processed virtually beyond recognition. “Epicycle” fluctuates from roars to barely perceptible pings, often with an abruptness that initially startles but on second listen seems entirely natural, like a cloud suddenly blotting out sunlight. It’s a fascinating, chillingly beautiful journey; you never feel quite safe but always have the sense you’re in capable, acutely sensitive hands guided by a deep musical imagination. Comes in an outsized sleeve, with choice of metallic red or metallic brown cover.

BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL - 'Gunpowder Temple Of Heaven' CD (Pica Disk) - £12 / £13 / £14
Birchville Cat Motel is the project of New Zealander Campbell Kneale, who many of you will know from his doom / drone project Black Boned Angel. "Gunpowder Temple of Heaven" is a 40 minute long-form piece that keeps building and unfolding; heaven for drone-noise enthustiasts. The CD comes in a digifile containing a booklet with a complete Birchville discography as well as liner-notes by Bruce Russell.

All Birchville Cat Motel Titles

BRANDKOMMANDO - 'Keine Arbeit Macht Frei!' CD (Beast Of Prey) - £12 / £13 / £14
Over 60 minutes of Harsh Noise / Power Electronics with walls of merciless noise and extreme distortion! "Keine Arbeit Mach Frei!" is a vision of the fear, pain, hunger and suffering of man, forced to live in death camps during WWII. Thousands of people faced inhumane suffering and terror, violence and humiliation. "Keine Arbeit Mach Frei!" is a vision of those work and death camps. Presented in a hand-assembled outsized, foldout, envelope-style package. Contains disturbing imagery. Hand-numbered to just 350 copies.

Also available:

BRANDKOMMANDO - 'Pax Vobiscum' Pro-CDR £10

BURMESE / CADAVER EYES - 'Splittt' CD (HCB Records / New Scream Industry) - £12 / £13 / £14
Like demented twins in crime, Burmese and Cadaver Eyes rephrase Doom, Grindcore and Power Electronics by using an agonising mechanism of plain brutal aesthetics, ascending these genres to a higher level of cognitive surge. This split CD (40 minutes in length) is difficult and pungent, a warm spew in the face and an endless buzz in the eardrum that fiercely occupies the brain and treats the grey cells as if they were an ashtray. A crude awakening and a classic case of ponderous self indulgence. Israeli import.

DRUDKH - 'Songs Of Grief And Solitude' CD (Supernal) - £10 / £11 / £12
This 5th attack ventures into acoustic territory, offering ancient, sorrowful, Ukrainian folk songs, based on legends, traditional songs and fairy tales. Their radical, conservative revolutionary ideas here establish a dynamic counterpoint with the serene, earthy, primitivist atmosphere of the music. The unusual booklet comes adorned with old illustrations of Medieval / fantasy folk tales and traditional, Ukrainian decorative motifs. A truly unique item, different from their other albums, yet wholly consistent with the conception of this stellar band.

GHOSTS OF BRESLAU - 'And Should The Spring Come...' CD (Twilight Records) - £12 / £13 / £14
Second album from this Polish martial / industrial / ambient act. 13 brand new tracks, with more than 54 minutes of amazing, haunted sounds, inspired by old songs and poems from Polish resistance movement from World War II. This is a tribute to brave men and women who kept on fighting even when all hope seemed to be lost. An album full of cinematic, dark and evocative moments. Ltd x 555 copies in a matt digipak. Argentinian import.

All Ghosts Of Breslau Titles

HIJOKAIDAN - 'Polar Nights Live' CD (Pica Disk) - £12 / £13 / £14
"Polar Nights Live" documents the historical and astonishing performances from this Japanese Noise duo at All Ears festival in Oslo Norway, January 2006, made all the more significant as the duo rarely perform outside Japan. The duo of Jojo and Junko performed as Hijokaidan on the opening night. On the second evening they were joined by Norwegian guitarist Per Gisle Galåen (DEL, The Birds), unleashing thick layers of psychedelic and distorted guitar fog. The final night saw Junko hooking up with noise-nik Sten Ove Toft (Ryfylke) for a hellish meltdown of twisted electronics and the most intense voice in music. Unlike most other noise acts Hijokaidan has not spoiled their fans with a huge number of releases, which makes "Polar Nights Live" an even more unique statement of pure noise sound. Presented in a digifile.

All Hijokaidan Titles

HOLLOWING / MAOR APPELBAUM - 'Collaborating Torture' CD (Topheth Prophet / HCB Records)
- £12 / £13 / £14
"Collaborating Torture" is one of the last known recordings made by Matt Gibney (Hollowing), who died in January 2006. Gibney, a member of SOIHADTOSHOOTHIM and label boss of the Rectrix label, was joined here by the prolific Maor Appelbaum (Grave in the Sky, Poochaltz, Vectorscope) to create a brooding and massive 54-minute track of dark, pitch-black ambient, hypnagogic swirls and industrialised drones. Sometimes subtle, yet mostly haunted and delirious, this is highly recommended if you like Wilt, Aidan Baker, Z'EV, Daniel Menche and John Duncan. Israeli import.

All Hollowing TitlesAll Maor Appelbaum Titles

INCAPACITANTS - 'Burning Orange' CD (Pica Disk) - £12 / £13 / £14
Incapacitants need no introduction. The duo of Fumio Kosakai and T.Mikawa are veterans and originators of Japanese noise music and are cult band number one for noise fanatics worldwide. In January 2007 Incapacitants performed live, for only the second time in Europe in 25 years, at the All Ears festival in Oslo Norway (the band later described the two shows as highlights of their career). "Burning Orange" documents these concerts. The CD consists of two complete sets; one Incapacitants as a duo and on the second joined by Finnish noise connoisseur Tommi Keränen (Testicle Hazard), who describes incapacitants in the liner notes as "...an inspiring, pure, all-encompassing, ecstatic storm of sound that has a power of near-religious proportions". Presented in a nice digifile.

All Incapacitants Titles

JEAN-LUC GUIONNET & SEIJIRO MURAYAMA - 'Le Bruit Du Toit' CD (Xing Wu) - £12 / £13 / £14
'Le Bruit Du Toit' is a rare meeting between two stalwarts of music - Seijiro Murayama, founding figure of numerous seminal avant-rock outfits during the 80s/90s such as Fushitsusha (on drums) and Absolut Null Punkt; and Jean-Luc Guionnet, a veteran and a revered artist in the musical constellation of sound art / composition and improvised music. This was their first and only time playing together, and a culmination of a series of unprecedented events (mostly seemingly banal and mundane) and musical possibilities that occurred before and during that meeting. Recorded at a Buddhist temple in Mishima. Digipak. Malaysian import.

KADAVER - 'Kadaver' T-Shirt (None) - £13 / £14 / £15
Official shirt from Israeli death industrial / harsh noise / twisted ambient prodigy Kadaver (Michael Zolotov). Black shirt with front print (Kadaver text and grayscale image) and back print ("Kadaver supports the total annihilation of the human race... thank you for your cooperation"). Available in sizes Medium, Large and Extra Large (XL).

All Kadaver TitlesClick here for close up of designs!


KASPER VAN HOEK - 'Minerva - Special Edition' LP (KVH) - £14 / £16 / £18
Private release from Kasper Van Hoek, made for his final exam at the Groningen art academy, Minerva. "..Van Hoek uses old cassette players, turntables, speakers, microphones, mixers and in the studio the computer, using field recordings as their source, but also feedback generated sound... Van Hoek crosses the lines between the non rhythmic Pan Sonic, and combines it with nice, but not all too harsh noise and leap frogs into the world of drone. His use of loops prevents this to be much in the world of musique concrete, but there too lies some of his interest... a most enjoyable album of experimental music" [FdW]. This is the special edition of 100 hand-numbered copies (No's 1-100 of the 300 total pressing) with hand-printed covers, each with uniquely-coloured artwork. Very collectable piece!

All LP/12" Vinyl

KREPULEC - 'New Radical' CD (Beast Of Prey) - £12 / £13 / £14
Over 40 minutes of Martial, Neofolk and Industrial music, with melodies, accordions, drums and accoustic guitars. Thematicaly it reaches to the post war times, the coming "new" times, building new alliances on the brink of the common fight for the good of country and nation. "New Radical" is a vision of a reality that was forming after a long time of fighting and determination. A vision of change. Presented in an outsized, foldout package with obi strip.

All Krepulec Titles

Also available:

KREPULEC / OUTOFSIGHT - 'Furious Friends (1st Edition)' Pro-CDR £10


LARKIN GRIMM - 'Time Is A Spiral #02' 10" (Clear Spot) - £10 / £12 / £14
Following the In Gowan Ring 10", this is the second release in the Time Is A Spiral 10" series, which is enitirely dedicated to recordings made by, at and for the highly regarded radio show 'Dwars' at VPRO. Larkin Grimm, who beyond doubt is one of the most intriguing and talented exponents of the contemporary folk-boom, entered the VPRO studio in 2006 to record this extremely intense session. This 10" captures the very soul of Larkin Grimm at its purest. Truly wonderful and very unique! Limited edition of 500 copies.

All 10" Vinyl


OLHON - 'Underwater Passage' CD (Eibon Records) - £12 / £13 / £14
"Underwater passage" is based upon underwater recordings taken in 2006 by Zairo (Where), which were then treated by Massimo Magrini (Bad Sector). These recordings were taken using special sensing microphones attached to an abandoned telephone cable running on the seabed at -40m. They were then processed with particular demodulating treatments, resulting in a complex and rich ambiental monument, with strange clicks, impulses and a lot of movements. Definitely far from the usual concept of dark ambient, "Underwater passage" shimmers with cutting mid / high frequencies bursts. Digipak.

All Olhon Titles

PARANOIA INDUCTA feat KENJI SIRATORI - 'Black Paper' CD (Beast Of Prey) - £12 / £13 / £14
Split release from Polish Industrial act Paranoia Inducta and the extremely prolific Japanese 'cyberpunk' Kenji Siratori, featuring two different musical genres. The surprising album that they made together is made up of grim dark ambient, with lots of Japanese culture infuences, instruments and sounds and filled with songs made by Kenji in his native language. Cold soundscapes filled with the soul of a Japanese warrior give this album unique feel! Released in an A5 foldout sleeve with 3 inserts, featuring Japanese-style graphics.

All Paranoia Inducta TitlesAll Kenji Siratori Titles

Also available:

BETA CLOUD Vs KENJI SIRATORI - 'Plug' 3" Pro-CDR £6


ROBEDOOR - 'Rancor Keeper' CD (Release The Bats) - £12 / £13 / £14
After about 30 limited releases since 2005, this Los Angeles duo finally unleash their most definite major opus to the masses. "Rancor Keeper" is a bleak and uncompromising trip into the nightmarish drone-rituals of Robedoor. A sinister haze of bleeding walls, humans hanging from trees and rotten corpses returning from the other side. Four songs with a total playtime of about 40 minutes. Robedoor have been compared to The Skaters and Skullflower, but with their unique occult atmosphere, Robedoor will always stand on their own. Ltd x 500 copies in gatefold sleeve.

SHIT AND SHINE - 'Cherry' 2 x LP (Riot Season) - £15 / £17 / £19
Shit And Shine return with their third Riot Season album 'Cherry'. Fusing their trademark long drum / bass led epics, freenoise freakouts and their short off the wall blasts, 'Cherry' takes on all sides of the Shit And Shine sound. Equal parts Strangulated Beatoffs, Butthole Surfers, Merzbow, Melvins and Boredoms, Shit And Shine fuse sonic blasts and monster riffs into a wretched brew. 14 songs, pressed over two LPs in a suitably garish sleeve. Ltd x 500 copies.

All LP/12" Vinyl

STAPLERFAHRER - 'Treetops' LP (HeilsKabaal Records) - £12 / £14 / £16
The first LP by Dutch act Staplerfahrer and also the first LP released by Heilskabaal Records. The A side is the soundtrack to "Treetops for the New Millenium (a film by Mahatma LeRoi)". A 15 minute long Stars of the Lid-esque track - slowly building with lots of hidden tension. On the flipside you'll find "Lullaby (for my Dad)", also a slowly arising, captivating piece, but more staccato. Finally there is "Lover's Breath" - a very open and clear collage-piece of field recordings. Shrinkwrapped, with beautiful artwork.

All LP/12" Vinyl

THE SKULL DEFEKTS - 'Skkull' CD (Release The Bats) - £12 / £13 / £14
Hailing from Göteborg, Sweden, The Skull Defekts is a music collective featuring core members Joachim Nordwall, Henrik Rylander, Jean-Louis Huhta and Daniel Fagerström. On "Skkull" the band is stripped down to the trio of Nordwall / Rylander / Huhta and what we get is an all electronic album containing 4 long songs. Compared to their earlier releases this one takes a more minimalistic and monotonous approach but still manages to be heavy as hell! Expect total Scandinavian coldness. Digipak, ltd x 500.

All The Skull Defekts Titles

THE SKULL DEFEKTS - 'The Black Hand' LP (Riot Season) - £12 / £14 / £16
'The Black Hand' is the first part of a trilogy on black vinyl investigating the power of deep drone and extreme sound and the beast that is creativity and sound. The Skull Defekts was formed by Henrik Rylander and Joachim Nordwall in early 2005 (the only members on this recording, normally a quartet). They have since collaborated with Damo Suzuki, Wolf Eyes, C.M. Von Hausswolff and Lasse Marhaug. Ltd x 500 copies with stunning black on black artwork by Fredrik Söderberg.

All The Skull Defekts TitlesAll LP/12" Vinyl

TROBAR DE MORTE - 'Legends Of Blood And Light' CD (Morningside Records) - £12 / £13 / £14
Highly anticipated follow-up to this Spanish act's 2006 album "Reverie". The music of Trobar De Morte is set in Medieval folk with roots of ethnic European songs, classical orchestrations and a strong epic and poetic feeling. Crowned by Lady Morte's voice, the music of Trobar de Morte is unique, but will appeal to fans of Ataraxia, Ordo Funebris, O Quam Tristis, The Soil Bleeds Black etc. Deluxe Edition in a stunning digipak with booklet and presented in a slipcase. Limited to 3000 copies!

All Trobar De Morte Titles

TROUM - 'Darvê Sh / Ajin' CD (Nefryt) - £12 / £13 / £14
Reissue of two rare vinyls, presented on one CD. This is the ritual face of Troum! “Darvê Sh” was released in 2003 as a 10” vinyl on Beta-Lactam Ring Records, as part 10 in the “Lactamase” series. Darvê Sh is the etymological Persian source for “Dervish”, meaning “doorway” (a metaphor for being between this world and the netherworld). “Ajin” was released in 2005 as a picture disc 12” vinyl on Equation Records. Ajin is Hebrew for “eye”, but also means “colour” or “source” and is the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The right eye looks into the sky for transcendence, the left eye looks to the ground to the word of god (one that dances and the other that speaks) - a balance of contradictions. A5 gatefold package.

All Troum Titles

VINTERRIKET / ORODRUIN - 'Split' LP (Aphelion Productions) - £13 / £15 / £17
Re-release of the album from 2002 (originally released by Desolate Landscapes), between Germany's prolific dark ambient / black metal one-man act, Vinterriket, and the doom-laden black metal of Holland's Orodruin. An interesting blend of raw and atmospheric Black Metal alongside orchestral Dark Ambient tones, melancholic passages and unnatural sounds. Ltd x 500 copies in a striking gatefold sleeve with completely new layout and artwork. (2007 CD version also available from us).

All Vinterriket TitlesAll Orodruin Titles
All LP/12" Vinyl
+ BACK IN STOCK! +
ENDVRA - 'Black Eden' CD (Red Stream) - £12 / £13 / £14

Electronic soundscape alchemists Christopher Walton (TenHornedBeast) and Stephen Pennick (Ontario Blue), combining synths with (un)healthy doses of Crowley, Lovecraft and psychedelic chemical enhancement. Nothing in the Dark Ambient category has ever emerged to dethrone this work of sinister aural mystery.


FALL OF THE GREY-WINGED ONE - 'Aeons Of Dreams' CD (Supernal)
- £10 / £11 / £12

Monumental Drone Doom by Stijn van Cauter, also known for his involvement in a number of Doom / Drone / Noise / Ambient projects, including Until Death Othertakes Me among others. File alongside Earth, Sunn O))), Wierzba, M87.


SRMEIXNER / BAND OF PAIN - 'Texture.Montage.Sequence / Tripping In Q’ 7"
(Black Rose Recordings) - £5 / £6 / £7

A cinematic and inspiring musical journey which combines beautiful ambience interspersed with haunting atmospheres, with each artist creating a distinctive, yet complimentary, electro-acoustic soundscape. White vinyl, limited to 250 copies.


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