2015 September update
CD
Ambiansu – Tagebuch CD (New Approach Records) 2e
First work for Ambiansu, a Portuguese duo performing ambient music with some Folk touches.
This CD is limited to 500 copies and is presented on a Card Wallet.
Burial Hex – In Psychic Defense CD (Cold Spring) 12e
Burial Hex is a composition cycle of Post-Industrial music, dubbed “Horror Electronics”, by Clay Ruby. With a progressive mix of influences as far-reaching as vintage Industrial and Power Electronics, Kosmische Music, Black Metal, Techno and Electro, Early Music and Contemporary Classical, these dynamic compositions are simply unclassifiable. This compilation continues the stunning trajectory of the previous Cold Spring reissue collection, “Book of Delusions”, falling even further into the spiraling abyss of ritual music made in preparation for the Final Mysteries in the twilight of this Kali Yuga. Collecting tracks from various out-of-print vinyl releases, including In Psychic Defense, The Tower, Fantasie und Fuge, Hunger, and the highly sought-after “A Kiss To Birth The Rotted Sun” from the WVNDRKMMER 5xCS compilation, this volume is a welcome addition to every Burial Hex collection, as well as an ideal introduction for the Horror Electronics neophyte.
Caligula031 / Halalnihil – Caligula031/Halalnihil CD (Turgid Animal) 12e
Turgid Animal is proud to present this split release from two of the most interesting modern Power Electronics acts from Italy and Hungary respectively. Marco Deplano, whose Wertham project has been a major act in the PE scene for quite some time now, with his latest project Caligula031 supplies one long, droning assault full of filth and decay. This uncomfortable listen focuses on the underworld theme of human trafficking akin to his other releases on important labels such as Filth & Violence, Nil By Mouth Recordings and Freak Animal sub-label Institute Of Paraphilia Studies. Halalnihil, the solo project of one Inhos, a relative new comer to the genre but already with plenty of excellent releases under his belt released mainly via his own imprint; The Level of Vulnerability. Here he provides 5 tracks of ear splitting and hate filled Power Electronics with impressive and commanding vocal delivery. Certainly a project which will no doubt be included among the ranks of the most dedicated in years to come. Pro pressed CD in jewel cases with full colour 8 page booklet with full lyrics and notes from each band.
Coil / Nine Inch Nails – Recoiled CD (Cold Spring) 12e
“Recoiled” is a rambunctious alchemy, of magikal Coil sensibilities and hi-tech home circa 90’s mixing technique, all fused in the cave-like early studios of Danny Hyde / Peter Christopherson. These were the unrestrained PRE- BIG studio- mix downs, of four songs which long time Coil admirer / collaborator Trent Reznor requested Coil to remix. Reznor sent over the original multi-tracks and DATs to Hyde / Christopherson, who independently mixed versions and then met to synch both creations, molding them into these master versions. ”Recoiled” includes a fuller, more opulent version of the track ‘Closer’, which eventually made it onto the opening credits to the movie “SE7EN“. These 5 lengthy compositions (just under 40 minutes) are pre-Ableton / laptop generation type priest song creations, with the use of baby alarms and numerous wires to create bespoke effects. These legendary tracks were always rumoured to exist and, only the due diligence of a dedicated NIN forum who hunted them down, are released/unleashed for your listening pleasure. 4 of the tracks were released on the download-only “Uncoiled”. A bonus, previously unheard track from the same sessions closes the album. Jhonn Balance is also manifest on this gilded constellation. Beautifully remastered.
Concrete Mascara – Blossoms Of Shame CD (Corrosive Art Records) 12e
After different releases out on Untergeschoss, Filth & Violence, Vanity Recordings, etc... Concrete Mascara is back on Corrosive Art Records with their first full-length CD. A total 9 tracks using of intensive Harsh Electronics, scrap metal and some calm periods for one of the most accomplished album of this US Power Electronics artist. CD and cover pro all packaged in jewel case
Fanum / Karna – Something Else CD (Zhelezobeton Distribution Division) 10e
A split-album by two brother projects from Moscow and Rostov-on-Don, each of them having a serious discography under the belt: Fanum has released two solo works and several collaboration recordings with such projects as Exit In Grey, Kromeshna, Vazhes, etc., and Karna has eight solo discs and two collaborations with Melek-Tha and Velehentor... On this album we will hear two long suites in classical industrial dark ambient style. The track by Fanum is an unhurried drift through deserted mechanized spaces, slow loops of soft noises and streams of vibrant drones. It seems like birds singing somewhere? Or is it just a rusty flap creaking in the wind?.. The composition features many field recordings, the origins of which are not so easy to guess. Sound fabric sways like waves, sometimes rolling over with assertive density, then retreating and creating a rarefied atmosphere with sweeps of rare electric flashes and phantom echoes... Karna presented the final recording of the project here: a monotonous post-apocalyptic soundscape imbued by cold moonlight. Lifeless space, painted with pulsating low frequencies and grainy crackling of the electrified air. The composition is minimalistic at first sight, but it gradually sprouts with various layers and structures: rare metal clangs and machine samples, electronic strokes, a grid of simple rhythm and a quiet synth melody underlining the overall atmosphere of desolation. Like an automated sand mining colony somewhere on the outskirts of the galaxy, long abandoned, semi-ruined, living out its remaining days in vacuum, zero gravity and oblivion…
In Search Of Death – III CD (Death Continues Records) 11e
Death Industrial from Belgium
Iron Fist Of The Sun – We Can Yield Our Own Footsteps CD (Cold Spring) 12e
In a scene dominated by outsiders, Iron Fist Of The Sun still seems to stand alone. “We Can Yield Our Own Footsteps” sees IFOTS maintain his exemplary, melancholic, cold industrial, with sinister frequencies and tumultuous, mutilated vocals. The album utilises new recording methods and extraordinary, intoxicating song arcs that will leave the listener still hearing and absorbing the album long after it has been filed away. “Follow no-one… yield your own footsteps”.
Last Dominion Lost – Towers Of Silence CD (The Epicurean, Silken Tofu) 12e
In Mumbai there are a number of brick towers, into which the Parsi people of India throw their dead ones, bound for their final journey up to heaven inside the vulture's bellies. This habit of sky burial derives from the Zoroastrian cult of Ancient Iran, where heaven was imagined as a very physical place. The towers, which remind of archaic silos, are called Dakhma or in English Towers of Silence.
The Australian unit LAST DOMINION LOST, originally founded in 1992 by Dominik Guerin (SPK) and Jon Evans, leave it to the listeners to guess where “Towers of Silence”, the allegorical title of their new album, really refers to – the fatal nature of physical life? The awkward edges between biological mortality and the idea of an eternal afterlife? The dreadful content which you may find inside what people built up? It's all open. One thing that LAST DOMINION LOST clearly show is how loud and infernal the silence of ending can be imagined. Screams of rage and anxiety intermingle with the shoutings of warriors – if the latter is not rather the croaking of vultures, which gather around corpses – until all is buried under an avalanche of infernal noise.
More than 20 years after the recordings for their debut album “The Tyranny of Distance” (Tesco, 2004), LAST DOMINION LOST come up with brand-new material recorded between 2012 and 2014, brilliantly mastered by James Plotkin in June 2014. Besides the core band members Jon Evans, John Murphy (Krank, Knifeladder, Shining Vril, Ex-SPK) and Julian Percy (Ratbag), “Towers of Silence” includes guest contributions by Ash Wednesday (Ex-Einstürzende Neubauten), Till Brüggemann (Gerechtigkeits Liga) and Annie Stubbs among others.
MZ. 412 - Hekatomb CD (Cold Spring) 12e
Hekatomb is the manifestation of MZ. 412’s monumental performance @ Cold Spring’s 21st Anniversary at The Garage, London, March 2011. The fortuitous congregation on that curse’d evening bore witness to the band’s first EVER complete live line-up: Nordvargr, Drakh, and Ulvtharm. Powerful, pounding Industrial, desolate drones, dense electronics, grim nefarious rituals, reigned over by the malevolent intonations of Nordvargr. This satanic, blackened ritual from the creators of Black Industrial will evolve from memory, to history, and into legend. “Hekatomb” features different versions and interpretations of MZ. 412 material spanning 23 years. Presented in a 6-panel digipak featuring images from the ceremony.
Peal Grim – Peal Grim CD (Moonsun Productions) 10e
Peal Grim is one of the names of Dmitriy Shilov known for the projects Unknown, Neznamo and Magickal Things. Peal Grim explores the theme of dramatic experiences of the human life using acoustic and electric guitars, overdrive, distortion and spatial effects. Their sound creates clouds of guitar drone, noise and ringing, assuming different shapes in the acoustic atmosphere: sometimes floating like an impenetrable fog, sometimes rolling like a gigantic front of thunderclouds, sometimes creeping over a dark pit of overwhelming melancholia… These five compositions were recorded over the course of three years from 2007 to 2009 and were mastered by Sergey Bulychiov (kshatriy.pro) in 2014... "This record is not recommended to listening for depressively inclined persons".
Regler - Regel #4 (HNW) CD (At War With False Noise) 10e
Regler is a project from Mattin (known mostly for collaborations with Junko, Phillip Best, Tony Conrad and others) and Anders Bryngelsson of Brainbombs.
This project aims to re-create musical sub-genres using only traditional "rock" instruments; in this case, harsh noise wall. I guess my feelings on HNW are mixed; by putting out what I'd argue is the "gateway" release on the genre (Proanomie by Vomir) I have to take some responsibility for what is maybe the most redundant sub-sub genre of them all, one which in my opinion often uses ridiculous over-conceptualisation to mask an entire lack of originality. Which is kind of entirely the opposite to what Vomir was all about when he came up with the term! Anyway, how best to combat this: take it from an entirely new angle! Good! Regler on this album most definitely play ROCK music, but it's half an hour of absolutely blistering, all-out, in-the-red heavy metal. It's exhausting and invigorating and totally unlike anything else, and is the closest thing I've heard in years to the spirit of the genius avant-rock of Les Rallizes Denudes without actually sounding anything like them. Most certainly one for those interested in hearing the limits of rock music and where it can go. Recommended!
500 copies in beautiful 6-panel matte sleeves.
Shift – Altamont Rising CD (Cold Spring) 12e
Ferocious and misanthropic new full-length from Sweden’s son Shift. “Altamont Rising” is a calibration of the cosmic equilibrium in 7 chapters presented by Shift. The album deals with the consequences of man defying nature with Altamont as an example of what happens when pushed far enough. Three works /events stand as inspiration for the album: Apocalypse Now, Valhalla Rising and Altamont Free Festival. “Altamont Rising” is a brutal amalgamation of malicious vocals, drenched in heavy, claustrophobic death industrial and harsh noise.
Skullflower – Draconis 2xCD (Cold Spring) 18e
Synapse scorching occult industrial prog noise folk from the strings of Matthew Bower and Samantha Davies.
Churning mantras and drukpa elegies for two erased darkside tree limbs: that of the Draconian in Khem, and of Drax Priory in West Yorkshire, which together with Bhutan are the Dragon Lands. The twilight language of flowers is spoken and wolves are raised, finally, Kali dances. For fans of Bathory and Popul Vuh.
Comes in a deluxe 6-panel outsized double-digipak with a 16-page booklet.
Snuff – III CD (Filth and Violence, Untergeschoss) 12e
New album of Finnish PE act
Snuff – Live CD (Filth and Violence) 12e
2 live recordings + hidden track
S.T.A.B. Electronics – Born For Righteous Abuse / Temple Of Self-Disgust CD (Filth and Violence) 12e
2 tapes released on F&V rereleased as a CD
System Morgue – Feu CD (Zhelezobeton Distribution Division) 10e
"Feu" is the first CD of the Moscow-based project System Morgue which has been active since 2006 and released one cassette "Hekatombaion" (2010, Heliophagia), as well as plenty of web-releases. In its early period the project relied on aggressive and pushing sound in vein of harsh noise and power electronics, but later changed to milder sonorities and finally came to the now traditional form of guitar drone ambient... Using only guitar and bass as sound sources as well as a chain of effects, the man behind this project - Peter L. - has created five compositions the mood of which varies from uneasy, slightly distorted soundscapes to gentle enshrouding harmonics. The lingering drone of vibrating strings, rare accents of psychedelic chords, slow semi-melodic loops - everything that a real connoisseur of dark meditative music needs. The album is inspired by the literary works of Ilya Masodov and Charles Baudelaire...
Trepaneringsritualen – Perfection & Permanence CD (Cold Spring) 12e
Trepaneringsritualen explores themes of religion, magick and the hidden realms of consciousness, taking its musical cues from the old school of ritual ambient & death industrial. Rhythmic and seething at times, and oozing forward with a creeping sense of desolation at others, Trepaneringsritualen conjures forth bleak but mesmerizing visions of the end-times.
“Perfection & Permanence”: a hymn to Isis; a further exploration of the duality of the holy harlot, the black skinned Magdalen, mother and concert of the Christ; Yeshua Ben Yosef, son of MAN; the shameful dead, those who sold their brothers, condemned to forever roam the earth; to transgress the abyss, to mortify flesh, towards cosmic renovation. It is lonely, it is awful; on the verge of physical death, but still unable to understand; absolute perfection may be attained through WILL. A conversation with angels, in archaic tongues; Eir?kr inn Sigrsæli sold his blood and kin to desert rats for corporeal power. Eirikr, we spit on you.; from across the abyss, it rises. Ceaseless, blood-churning, terrible; an incoherent accusation by the mirror image, he who’s blood was shed to atone another man’s sins. Without bloodshed there can be no salvation.
Trepaneringsritualen – Veil The World CD (Cold Spring) 12e
»All seals have been broken« proclaims a demonic voice on the titular track of Veil The World, and that is something terrifyingly evident in the music contained therein. On Veil The World, Trepaneringsritualen veers from crepuscular ritual moods to rabid death chants reveling, even celebrating the imminent end of flesh. Veil the World – originally released in a very limited and ultra-lavish box by Kości Tapes in 2011 – marks the half-way point between the earlier, more atmospheric works of T × R × P, and the more visceral aggression of the later material.
Trepaneringsritualen explores themes of religion, magick and the hidden realms of consciousness, taking its musical cues from the old school of ritual ambient & death industrial. Rhythmic and seething at times, and oozing forward with a creeping sense of desolation at others, Trepaneringsritualen conjures forth bleak but mesmerizing visions of the end-times.
Originally released in an edition of just 40 tapes in 2011, we’re very proud to announce the CD reissue of “Veil The World”. Remastered and presented in a 6 panel digipak, T x R x P once again assert themselves as the true masters of Swedish Ritual Industrial. Ltd x 1000 copies only. Anyone who saw the show at SE:UK Industrial Alliance knows this is *essential*!
Tunnels Of Āh – Thus Avici CD (Cold Spring) 12e
“Firstly, the punishment is meted out day and night, kalpa after kalpa, without a moment’s interruption or relief. Thus Avici”. ‘Thus Avici’ is the second album from Tunnels Of Ah (Stephen Ah Burroughs / Head Of David). The title references ‘the sutra of bodhisattva Ksitigarbha’s fundamental vows’, a section of which Burroughs reads daily in homage to Ksitigarbha whom Burroughs pledged ‘entreaty and supplication’ under solemn tantric oath 20 years ago. Tantric buddhism, christian mysticism and personal magick make up the subject matter for ‘Thus Avici’. Where traces of 2013?s ‘Lost Corridors’ album can be heard, ‘Thus Avici’ is a harder, more focused offering. Shards of distorted noise, ritual drums, caustic drones and haunted vocals make ‘Thus Avici’ a dark hallucinatory swoon into the hinterland of the Tunnels Of Ah. The dull blue light of brute-world calls.
Various – Epicurean Escapism II CD+DVD (The Epicurean, Silken Tofu, Peripheral Records) 22e
On the occasion of the second Epicurean Escapism Festival 15th of June 2013 a CD/DVD compilation was released, including a CD with exclusive tracks by the performing artists KE/HIL, POST SCRIPTVM, ANEMONE TUBE, DIETER MÜH & TREPANERINGSRITUALEN,a DVD by CON-DOM with super 8 short films and experimental movies created by Mike Dando in the 1980s to early 1990s and finally digitally restored in 2013 and a 20-page catalogue with essay & artworks by ALEX TENNIGKEIT, ANDREW LILES, CARMEN BURGUESS, DENNIS RUDOLPH, PHILIP BEST & RUDOLF EB.ER.
Various – 15 Poems by Franz Kafka 2xCD (Zhelezobeton Distribution Division) 14e
We are pleased to present this unique double release produced by our label along with the "Own Editions" publishing house, the translator Olga Roschina, the illustrator Daniil Grazhdankin and a number of musicians from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and Odessa. The first part - the "15 Poems by Franz Kafka" book - is the first ever bilingual illustrated edition of all known Kafka lyrics (in German and Russian). The second part is the musical compilation based on the material of this book... As it turned out Kafka's works and their atmosphere are close to musicians from very different cultural layers. It's the point where many musical styles interwine: radical chanson and neofolk, female choir and collage electronics, post-industrial and dark ambient, rampant neoclassic, minimalistic improvisation and post-rock. The compilation features I. Belorukov, A. Popovskiy + D. Sorokin + B. Shershenkov, Pustotsvet, N. Sudnick, UtrovortU, Uhushuhu, Chumaho DRU, Bardoseneticcube & Chivadeshe, Eject, Kryptogen Rundfunk, Majdanek Waltz, Monocube, Sal Solaris, Sequoian Aequison, The Tune 3.0.
Xazzaz – Extinctions CD (Turgid Animal) 12e
For years Mike Simpson's Xazzaz has been tucked away in the far reaches of the North East, obsessively playing, recording and honing his craft with no regard for standard noise or scene conventions. His live appearances are few and far between but are always shrouded in a magical darkness and shamanic intrigue. All manner of instrumentation has and will continue to be used in the creating of his music; from temperamental handmade devices to bass guitars and percussion creating churning low end industrial noise that crashes like the waves of the North Sea. Xazzaz expertly utilizes vocals and synth loops, decay and above all; an egoless dedication to the worship of pure sound. Those few East Pennine dwellers that are familiar with his work (markedly several low run CD-rs and tapes on his own Molotov imprint) will discover that "Extinctions", which marks his first on a professional format, encompass his four best tracks to date. Those that are not yet familiar should be so immediately. This limited edition CD comes in a standard jewel case and features the stunning artwork that enshrines all Xazzaz and Molotov releases, lovingly created by the man himself.
Tapes
Alo Girl – Bangkok CS (Nil By Mouth) 7e
The forms of prostitutes. Only faces, eyes and/or empty rooms, toilets, inns.
Everything is very reminiscent of the 'smell of rotten stuff! "Bangkok" finds the always worthwhile and brutally creative Italian HNW/Harsh noise project
Alo Girl offers up forty minutes worth of thick‘n’truly tortures noise matter. The tracks focus in on building up,
shifting and often storm swirling layers of static roar, hammering noise down-pours and oceanic waves of noise tone
with inserts of real interviews from the red light districts.
The tape comes with classy & professional luxury cards set in black plastic bag with photo attached.
Backasvinet – Gevisol / Ivisol CS (Elbogen Fonogram) 7e
Harsh noise from the heart of Northeast Malmö.
32 minutes of dirty explosive junk-abusive no bullshit violence.
Inspired by the hospital(ity) killings of 1978-79. Östra sjukhuset: a nice glass of lemonade spiked with detergent.
Black State – We Hate Them CS (Filth and Violence) CS 8e
UK PE
Brethren – Alienated And Radicalized CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Tape version of sold out power electronics masterpiece. Chrome tapes, including 20 pages full color booklet with all lyrics.
Brethren – Savage Inequalities CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Tape version of sold out power electronics masterpiece
Constrain – Option To Hide CS (New Forces) 7e
A rare example of an artist not sacrificing dynamism in pursuit of harsh, raw textures. Flawless - a project at the forefront of contemporary Americanoise.
Contour – Year Of The Hunter CS (Posh Isolation, Distort) 10e
Contour’s ”Year of the Hunter” consists of four pieces of improvised rock music. The session was recorded during the very first days of 2014 in a tiny room filled with cigarette smoke and lukewarm vodka drinks and while sometimes chaotic, the result is surprisingly precise; there is an underlining mood that is present throughout the entire recording which is somewhat similar to the strange mix of excitement and melancholia that a new year’s celebration most often holds; mournful of endings, while celebratory of new beginnings.
Contour was, or is, Anton Rothstein, DX, Julia Nowak, Frederikke Hoffmeier, Loke Rahbek & Elias Bender Rønnenfelt.
Dead Body Collection – Remembrance Of Flesh, Memories Of Heaven 2xCS (New Approach Records, Narcolepsia) 15e
This set gathers eight long sold out 3”CD-R releases put out by labels such as AnarchoFreaksProduction, Quagga Curious Sounds or L. White Records. Covering many of the sounds Dead Body Collection has been dwelling in, from crisp to arid, from the heavily distorted to the massively impenetrable, this is both a good introduction to the project and an essential release for those who have been active and closely following its output.
Professionally duplicated tapes with on body printing, housed in a double box with a professionally printed 8 page booklet including all info from original releases.
Dead Body Collection – The Night CS (Nil By Mouth) 7e
Tonight is that night!
The bloodthirsty killer will enter into your home in search of a victim - a victim to fulfill his darkest desires.
He finds her, in her apartment, alone! Press play and home invasion can begin at midnight.
The first track reflects a sadistic murder at midnight, portrayed with bloody harsh noise wall.
The second track is pure brutal static madness that mirrors the hidden desires found in of most of us.
Yes, half of hour is enough for two glorious murders! This was a night to remember...
Deche-Charge – The Best Of D-C CS (Cadaverizer Records) 10e
Noisecore
Disgust – I Am Simply Not There. CS (Crown Tapes) 7e
Still angry, still brooding. Self-hate, and loathing still brimming at the surface. Recorded between 2012-2015, this is an even darker glimpse into the world of Disgust. Kindness is nothing but a warning for violence.
Disgusting Sanctum – Nekrotik Aktion CS (Black Psychosis) 8e
Following on from his self titled debut tape, Disgusting Sanctum continues his exploration in post-mortem electronics. Black Psychosis is proud to present two new tapes from the project, each around 30 minutes of bleak, disturbing tracks from this Coma Detox side project. Pro dubbed on chrome tapes with printed colour double sided j-cards
Disgusting Sanctum – Stimulation From Assault CS (Black Psychosis) 8e
Following on from his self titled debut tape, Disgusting Sanctum continues his exploration in post-mortem electronics. Black Psychosis is proud to present two new tapes from the project, each around 30 minutes of bleak, disturbing tracks from this Coma Detox side project. Pro dubbed on chrome tapes with printed colour double sided j-cards
Edge Of Decay – The Whores Of New Age CS (Nil By Mouth) 7e
”The Whores of New Age” is cruel and filthy soundtrack from the endless wastelands of junk. It is never ending story from the dirtiest and darkest thoughts of mankind. A world filled with tortured souls and lies bigger than human itself. End result from this agony and frustration is something more than unspeakable.
Where man meets metal there is always space for uncontrollable art creation Meet your maker and worship the ugly sound of metal and junk.
Limited edition of 120 copies
Extreme Hair Stench / Potabilizadora / Machakakraneos – Three Way Tape CS (Cadaverizer Records) 12e
Noisecore
Genital Masticator / El Kaso Urkijo – Genital Masticator / El Kaso Urkijo CS (Cadaverizer Records) 12e
Noisecore
Genital Masticator – From Geniality To Stupidity... The Very Worst Of G.M. CS (Cadaverizer Records) 10e
Spanish noisecore
Knurl – Ectodurotomy CS (New Forces) 7e
The master of amplified metal returns with an effort as good as anything in his +20 years. Intensity, texture, and propulsion. Walls of white-hot scrap and iron.
Knurl – Thoracia CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Saturated and ultra distorted harsh noise drone! Emergentism.
Koufar – Glory/Snobbery CS (Crown Tapes) 9e
Marking the official return of this project, this tape takes a more personal approach thematically. Time has only hardened and added depth. The sins of the father have now become the glory of the son. Supremacy without romance, knuckle-dragging passion and frustration over my own limitations. Dubbed on Cobalt tapes.
Edition of 100.
Koufar/Full Blooded - split CS (Crown Tapes) 8e
Koufar returns with a revision of the infamous track "Patriot". Full Blooded marks the debut solo project of Sam Torres of Miscreant. Continuing sonically in the same vein as Miscreant, but with a much heavier emphasis on la Raza. Koufar is Achrafieh, Lebnan and Full Blooded is San Jose, Califas. The fuck do we have to apologize about? Dubbed on Cobalt Tapes
La Mancha Del Pecado, Culver – Collaboration 5 CS (Narcolepsia) 6e
Another volume in this collaboration series, with previous releases in such fine labels as Turgid Animal UK, Molotov, Agorafobia, Matching Head and At War With False Noise. Here we will find both projects in a particularly static effort, even within their register. This is the beautiful sound of suspension, clean and intangible, as bleak as it is distant.
Edition of 80
Leo Brochu – Cicatrix CS (New Forces) 7e
Simultaneously concussive and jagged. Thick, blasting harsh noise. A fist repeatedly punching through sheets of glass.
Les Hommes-Chiens / Spermicidal – Les Hommes-Chiens / Spermicidal CS (At War With False Noise) 8e
Les Hommes Chiens from Canada came to my attention over a year ago when I got in a copy of their debut tape (still available in distro by the way!) and was blown away by the rough and ready sci-fi space noise within. This one is much more focussed, minimal and esoteric. One long piece built around a simple, throbbing bass line, with a slow build of analogue electronics coming through. There's a feeling of space here, not only in the allusions to 2001: A Space Odyssey, but the actual sparseness of the sound. Another absolute topper of a tape from these guys.
Spermicidal is a new project by Cathal Rodgers of Wreck Of The Hesperus and Wereju. This is SERIOUSLY heavy stuff, sluggish, monolithic industrial metal in the vein of the first Godflesh LP. I'm reminded most of all by the Tom Choi sound, most particularly the genius IT IS I album; this has the same uber-low tone, relentlessly thumping bass drum and nasty, almost computerized vocals. It's fuckin great quite frankly!
100 copies in nice oversize snapcases, pasted inner art and two inserts.
Libertine Volk - Presentent: Please & Secretly CS (Crown Tapes) 9e
Brand new duo from the bay area combining influences from Industrial, Power Electronics, Synth-Pop, New Wave, 80's Goth, to create whatever they so choose. These three songs are a little showcase of what is to come from the project. The culture of the pursuit of ultimate pleasurable freedom will not be confined by any boundaries that so called music fans choose to decree.
Mad Recital – Immoral Music Panic CS (Cadaverizer Records) 8e
Japanese noisecore
Mania – Insidious And Alone CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Back in stock! Mania tape released back in 2010! Mania presents slightly shorter & focused pieces of noise. but still all his trademarks of feedback. junk metal and electronics malformed into heavy and physically intense experience. C-30 chrome tapes with real time dubbing on high volume levels. Full color J-card with collages.
Maskhead – Female Mutilations CS (Hiisi Productions) 7e
Loud and torturing harsh noise with piercing feedback and filthy snippets of metal junk abuse. MASKHEAD is a project which exams extreme sexual perversions and obscurities via raw sound. Professionally dubbed tape comes with stylish b/w cover art.
Not recommended for easily offended people!
Limited to 50!
Murder Book – Diary Entry #1 Stalked Walking Home CS (Narcolepsia) 6e
Born out of the hermetic effervescence of the northern UK drone circuit, Murder Book evokes volcanic soundscapes, drowned in mud, blood and hiss. Slowly boiling, as heavy as sparse, with long forgotten cinematic reminiscences in the shape of subtle melodies and juxtaposed nostalgia. Less prolific than other projects from George Proctor vast output, but with a very interesting discography, and a special focus on detail all throughout.
Edition of 70
Mutant Ape - Live North 13/14 CS (Turgid Animal) 6e
Two rare live actions from Leeds and Gateshead recorded 2013-2014. Abrasive Industrial Harsh Noise with live metal junk abuse and primitive electronic attacks.
Naxal Protocol – The Stasi File CS (Nil By Mouth) 7e
Arising from the ashes of Cazzodio, Naxal Protocol paves the way for a telluric, warmongering power electronics, reminding the molotov blasts of The Grey Wolves and Survival Unit. The CD released by Eibon Records “The Guilty Should Get What They Deserve!” set the role of the citizen inside a state-controlled system. THE STASI FILE resumes the terror of the ill-famed police of the late DDR to establish an analogy with the recent disorders of Ferguson e Baltimora. Two long tracks of ominous electronics, sometimes rough, sometimes wrapped in a suffocating atmosphere. An endless descent into the disorders, among flames and billy clubs, between the abuse of the authority and the social impotence.
Wrapped in a 'top secret' envelope with inserts
Limited edition of 130 copies
Nordens Dødsmyter - S/T S-sided CS (Turgid Animal) 6e
The first tape from the very personal new project of Sindre Foss Skancke (Utarm). "Nordic Deathmyths", as the name translates, centers around how deathrites have changed over the years since the fierce Pagan rituals of the Viking ages in his native Norway to the waning Christian rites which still loom large over much of Europe in the present day. It seems death has all but become hidden; gone from the glorious bonfires or spectacular public executions of old and moved towards being tucked way in the sterile, quiet rooms of hospital basements. Death has become an estranged relation to life itself in the Western world. The footprint of this 30 minute epic is a field recording of an actual funeral; the ambience of the church which later unfolds into mockery of the priest, who clearly does not even care about the person he is about to bury nor the family and friends that have gathered to pay their respects. Anger that even your own wishes for burial rites cannot be followed, because of restricting laws, being denied your own wishes because the dead do not protest. A hard but rewarding listen for those of us all too familiar with death and those who are seeking a return to the more honest old ways. File under: Folk inspired Power Electronics.
Order Of The Violence – Studies For Degeneration And Destruction Of Brain Cells CS (New Approach Records) 6e
PE project by Alex from Dead Body Collection
Damaged vintage JVC CQ-F2 walkman with FM stereo adapter cassette ---> Boss GE-7 ---> Boss RV5 ---> Behringer DD400 ---> EHX Big Muff Pi ---> DOD FX69 ---> Marshall MG50FX AMP ---> Recorder
Everything was recorded live in one take without computers, overdubs and editing.
No vocals or keyboards are used on this recording.
All voices that you hear comes from your brain.
This is the complete recording session.
Organized Resistance – Day Of The Rope CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Finally reissue of this radical power electronics album! Chrome tapes, 1:1 dubbing on loud levels, lyric insert and double sided j-card with all stuff that was on CD, but also unheard bonus track from 2006!!
Puce Mary – Fear And Pleasure CS (Posh Isolation) 12e
Underground stalwarts Posh Isolation offer a much needed re-issue of PUCE MARY's "Fear & Pleasure" cassette, originally self-released by the artist in 2014. Puce Mary is the harsh noise/death industrial solo project of Copenhagen's Frederikke Hoffmeier, known for her severe approach and uncompromising sonics.
Puce Mary – The Great Panic CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Since early 2014 this tape has remained in high demand. FA keeps it available as long as possible. Amazing tape, with sound and design closer to "success" LP, but perhaps more industrial? Crisp and strong sound, several tracks. Each being different from another. Some aggressive and rhythmic, some dark and brooding. If you have yet to hear it, I recommend to check it out.
Rotat – Mob Justice CS (Deviants Clove Productions) 6e
finnish noise/industrial. 44 copies
Rotat - Rotat CS (Deviants Clove Productions) 6e
finnish noise/industrial.
SSRI – Robust CS (Narcolepsia) 6e
Making use of schizoid cut-up tactics while never losing total focus, “Robust” shows experienced skills, brilliant timing and an orthodox reverence to the cult of magnetic decomposition. Hardly definable, with an obsessive take on recycled sounds and destroyed objects, this is another fine effort from one of the absolute best in activity within the current noise underworld.
Edition of 100
SSRI – Stab Your Demonic Smile To My Brain! CS (Hiisi Productions) 7e
First release from new line-up of SSRI. Occult Harsh noise with strong power electronics elements.
Professionally dubbed tape comes with full color cover art by Si Clark in the special package with Thoth Tarot card and piece of incense.
Various – Cadaverizer Spasms Compilation CS (Cadaverizer Records) 12e
Noisecore
Magazines
ANDY KRUPINSKI “THE REPETITION OF UNAPPEALING MOMENTS” ZINE 5e
Making use of collages, while subtly incorporating other related techniques, this is a compilation of new and unpublished material by the individual behind the great Amnesia Program label artworks. This is his view on the daily routines, ultimate dullness, and excruciating emptiness of the post-modern nightmare we live in.
Edition of 60
24 pages
KEVIN McELENEY “DOG-TIRED” ZINE 5e
Heavily saturated and degraded past the point of recognition, “Dog-Tired” is a collection of pieces close to most of the artworks on his own Heavy Psych label; crude, with the right amount of digital treatment, and a superb sense of balance. Dealing with textural microscopy, repetitive saturation, machines and interferences, this is graphic rust at its finest.
Edition of 60
24 pages
New Forces Issue #4 5e
The latest edition of the New Forces zine. Includes interviews with Encephalophonic, Private Archive, Extraction Records, and Plagues, along with other features, reviews, and photographs from Summer Scum 2014
ROMAIN PERROT “ABSURDUM COMPIL DECEMBRE 2013” ZINE (extended edition – includes MANUEL PEREIRA “FRANCE LUCIFER” ZINE) 10e
After being previously self-released in a micro edition that very few had the opportunity to get, I was delighted with Romain´s invitation for a reissue. Be prepared for a truly lethal dose of mongoloid drawings and excessive bad taste, in a unique style, close to some sort of infantile mania episode. This new edition comes with an extra zine entitled “France Lucifer”, which consists of my own interpretation of this deranged universe, along with some untouched classic pieces from the Maison Brut archives.
Edition of 80
116 pages + 32 pages
Ambiansu – Tagebuch CD (New Approach Records) 2e
First work for Ambiansu, a Portuguese duo performing ambient music with some Folk touches.
This CD is limited to 500 copies and is presented on a Card Wallet.
Burial Hex – In Psychic Defense CD (Cold Spring) 12e
Burial Hex is a composition cycle of Post-Industrial music, dubbed “Horror Electronics”, by Clay Ruby. With a progressive mix of influences as far-reaching as vintage Industrial and Power Electronics, Kosmische Music, Black Metal, Techno and Electro, Early Music and Contemporary Classical, these dynamic compositions are simply unclassifiable. This compilation continues the stunning trajectory of the previous Cold Spring reissue collection, “Book of Delusions”, falling even further into the spiraling abyss of ritual music made in preparation for the Final Mysteries in the twilight of this Kali Yuga. Collecting tracks from various out-of-print vinyl releases, including In Psychic Defense, The Tower, Fantasie und Fuge, Hunger, and the highly sought-after “A Kiss To Birth The Rotted Sun” from the WVNDRKMMER 5xCS compilation, this volume is a welcome addition to every Burial Hex collection, as well as an ideal introduction for the Horror Electronics neophyte.
Caligula031 / Halalnihil – Caligula031/Halalnihil CD (Turgid Animal) 12e
Turgid Animal is proud to present this split release from two of the most interesting modern Power Electronics acts from Italy and Hungary respectively. Marco Deplano, whose Wertham project has been a major act in the PE scene for quite some time now, with his latest project Caligula031 supplies one long, droning assault full of filth and decay. This uncomfortable listen focuses on the underworld theme of human trafficking akin to his other releases on important labels such as Filth & Violence, Nil By Mouth Recordings and Freak Animal sub-label Institute Of Paraphilia Studies. Halalnihil, the solo project of one Inhos, a relative new comer to the genre but already with plenty of excellent releases under his belt released mainly via his own imprint; The Level of Vulnerability. Here he provides 5 tracks of ear splitting and hate filled Power Electronics with impressive and commanding vocal delivery. Certainly a project which will no doubt be included among the ranks of the most dedicated in years to come. Pro pressed CD in jewel cases with full colour 8 page booklet with full lyrics and notes from each band.
Coil / Nine Inch Nails – Recoiled CD (Cold Spring) 12e
“Recoiled” is a rambunctious alchemy, of magikal Coil sensibilities and hi-tech home circa 90’s mixing technique, all fused in the cave-like early studios of Danny Hyde / Peter Christopherson. These were the unrestrained PRE- BIG studio- mix downs, of four songs which long time Coil admirer / collaborator Trent Reznor requested Coil to remix. Reznor sent over the original multi-tracks and DATs to Hyde / Christopherson, who independently mixed versions and then met to synch both creations, molding them into these master versions. ”Recoiled” includes a fuller, more opulent version of the track ‘Closer’, which eventually made it onto the opening credits to the movie “SE7EN“. These 5 lengthy compositions (just under 40 minutes) are pre-Ableton / laptop generation type priest song creations, with the use of baby alarms and numerous wires to create bespoke effects. These legendary tracks were always rumoured to exist and, only the due diligence of a dedicated NIN forum who hunted them down, are released/unleashed for your listening pleasure. 4 of the tracks were released on the download-only “Uncoiled”. A bonus, previously unheard track from the same sessions closes the album. Jhonn Balance is also manifest on this gilded constellation. Beautifully remastered.
Concrete Mascara – Blossoms Of Shame CD (Corrosive Art Records) 12e
After different releases out on Untergeschoss, Filth & Violence, Vanity Recordings, etc... Concrete Mascara is back on Corrosive Art Records with their first full-length CD. A total 9 tracks using of intensive Harsh Electronics, scrap metal and some calm periods for one of the most accomplished album of this US Power Electronics artist. CD and cover pro all packaged in jewel case
Fanum / Karna – Something Else CD (Zhelezobeton Distribution Division) 10e
A split-album by two brother projects from Moscow and Rostov-on-Don, each of them having a serious discography under the belt: Fanum has released two solo works and several collaboration recordings with such projects as Exit In Grey, Kromeshna, Vazhes, etc., and Karna has eight solo discs and two collaborations with Melek-Tha and Velehentor... On this album we will hear two long suites in classical industrial dark ambient style. The track by Fanum is an unhurried drift through deserted mechanized spaces, slow loops of soft noises and streams of vibrant drones. It seems like birds singing somewhere? Or is it just a rusty flap creaking in the wind?.. The composition features many field recordings, the origins of which are not so easy to guess. Sound fabric sways like waves, sometimes rolling over with assertive density, then retreating and creating a rarefied atmosphere with sweeps of rare electric flashes and phantom echoes... Karna presented the final recording of the project here: a monotonous post-apocalyptic soundscape imbued by cold moonlight. Lifeless space, painted with pulsating low frequencies and grainy crackling of the electrified air. The composition is minimalistic at first sight, but it gradually sprouts with various layers and structures: rare metal clangs and machine samples, electronic strokes, a grid of simple rhythm and a quiet synth melody underlining the overall atmosphere of desolation. Like an automated sand mining colony somewhere on the outskirts of the galaxy, long abandoned, semi-ruined, living out its remaining days in vacuum, zero gravity and oblivion…
In Search Of Death – III CD (Death Continues Records) 11e
Death Industrial from Belgium
Iron Fist Of The Sun – We Can Yield Our Own Footsteps CD (Cold Spring) 12e
In a scene dominated by outsiders, Iron Fist Of The Sun still seems to stand alone. “We Can Yield Our Own Footsteps” sees IFOTS maintain his exemplary, melancholic, cold industrial, with sinister frequencies and tumultuous, mutilated vocals. The album utilises new recording methods and extraordinary, intoxicating song arcs that will leave the listener still hearing and absorbing the album long after it has been filed away. “Follow no-one… yield your own footsteps”.
Last Dominion Lost – Towers Of Silence CD (The Epicurean, Silken Tofu) 12e
In Mumbai there are a number of brick towers, into which the Parsi people of India throw their dead ones, bound for their final journey up to heaven inside the vulture's bellies. This habit of sky burial derives from the Zoroastrian cult of Ancient Iran, where heaven was imagined as a very physical place. The towers, which remind of archaic silos, are called Dakhma or in English Towers of Silence.
The Australian unit LAST DOMINION LOST, originally founded in 1992 by Dominik Guerin (SPK) and Jon Evans, leave it to the listeners to guess where “Towers of Silence”, the allegorical title of their new album, really refers to – the fatal nature of physical life? The awkward edges between biological mortality and the idea of an eternal afterlife? The dreadful content which you may find inside what people built up? It's all open. One thing that LAST DOMINION LOST clearly show is how loud and infernal the silence of ending can be imagined. Screams of rage and anxiety intermingle with the shoutings of warriors – if the latter is not rather the croaking of vultures, which gather around corpses – until all is buried under an avalanche of infernal noise.
More than 20 years after the recordings for their debut album “The Tyranny of Distance” (Tesco, 2004), LAST DOMINION LOST come up with brand-new material recorded between 2012 and 2014, brilliantly mastered by James Plotkin in June 2014. Besides the core band members Jon Evans, John Murphy (Krank, Knifeladder, Shining Vril, Ex-SPK) and Julian Percy (Ratbag), “Towers of Silence” includes guest contributions by Ash Wednesday (Ex-Einstürzende Neubauten), Till Brüggemann (Gerechtigkeits Liga) and Annie Stubbs among others.
MZ. 412 - Hekatomb CD (Cold Spring) 12e
Hekatomb is the manifestation of MZ. 412’s monumental performance @ Cold Spring’s 21st Anniversary at The Garage, London, March 2011. The fortuitous congregation on that curse’d evening bore witness to the band’s first EVER complete live line-up: Nordvargr, Drakh, and Ulvtharm. Powerful, pounding Industrial, desolate drones, dense electronics, grim nefarious rituals, reigned over by the malevolent intonations of Nordvargr. This satanic, blackened ritual from the creators of Black Industrial will evolve from memory, to history, and into legend. “Hekatomb” features different versions and interpretations of MZ. 412 material spanning 23 years. Presented in a 6-panel digipak featuring images from the ceremony.
Peal Grim – Peal Grim CD (Moonsun Productions) 10e
Peal Grim is one of the names of Dmitriy Shilov known for the projects Unknown, Neznamo and Magickal Things. Peal Grim explores the theme of dramatic experiences of the human life using acoustic and electric guitars, overdrive, distortion and spatial effects. Their sound creates clouds of guitar drone, noise and ringing, assuming different shapes in the acoustic atmosphere: sometimes floating like an impenetrable fog, sometimes rolling like a gigantic front of thunderclouds, sometimes creeping over a dark pit of overwhelming melancholia… These five compositions were recorded over the course of three years from 2007 to 2009 and were mastered by Sergey Bulychiov (kshatriy.pro) in 2014... "This record is not recommended to listening for depressively inclined persons".
Regler - Regel #4 (HNW) CD (At War With False Noise) 10e
Regler is a project from Mattin (known mostly for collaborations with Junko, Phillip Best, Tony Conrad and others) and Anders Bryngelsson of Brainbombs.
This project aims to re-create musical sub-genres using only traditional "rock" instruments; in this case, harsh noise wall. I guess my feelings on HNW are mixed; by putting out what I'd argue is the "gateway" release on the genre (Proanomie by Vomir) I have to take some responsibility for what is maybe the most redundant sub-sub genre of them all, one which in my opinion often uses ridiculous over-conceptualisation to mask an entire lack of originality. Which is kind of entirely the opposite to what Vomir was all about when he came up with the term! Anyway, how best to combat this: take it from an entirely new angle! Good! Regler on this album most definitely play ROCK music, but it's half an hour of absolutely blistering, all-out, in-the-red heavy metal. It's exhausting and invigorating and totally unlike anything else, and is the closest thing I've heard in years to the spirit of the genius avant-rock of Les Rallizes Denudes without actually sounding anything like them. Most certainly one for those interested in hearing the limits of rock music and where it can go. Recommended!
500 copies in beautiful 6-panel matte sleeves.
Shift – Altamont Rising CD (Cold Spring) 12e
Ferocious and misanthropic new full-length from Sweden’s son Shift. “Altamont Rising” is a calibration of the cosmic equilibrium in 7 chapters presented by Shift. The album deals with the consequences of man defying nature with Altamont as an example of what happens when pushed far enough. Three works /events stand as inspiration for the album: Apocalypse Now, Valhalla Rising and Altamont Free Festival. “Altamont Rising” is a brutal amalgamation of malicious vocals, drenched in heavy, claustrophobic death industrial and harsh noise.
Skullflower – Draconis 2xCD (Cold Spring) 18e
Synapse scorching occult industrial prog noise folk from the strings of Matthew Bower and Samantha Davies.
Churning mantras and drukpa elegies for two erased darkside tree limbs: that of the Draconian in Khem, and of Drax Priory in West Yorkshire, which together with Bhutan are the Dragon Lands. The twilight language of flowers is spoken and wolves are raised, finally, Kali dances. For fans of Bathory and Popul Vuh.
Comes in a deluxe 6-panel outsized double-digipak with a 16-page booklet.
Snuff – III CD (Filth and Violence, Untergeschoss) 12e
New album of Finnish PE act
Snuff – Live CD (Filth and Violence) 12e
2 live recordings + hidden track
S.T.A.B. Electronics – Born For Righteous Abuse / Temple Of Self-Disgust CD (Filth and Violence) 12e
2 tapes released on F&V rereleased as a CD
System Morgue – Feu CD (Zhelezobeton Distribution Division) 10e
"Feu" is the first CD of the Moscow-based project System Morgue which has been active since 2006 and released one cassette "Hekatombaion" (2010, Heliophagia), as well as plenty of web-releases. In its early period the project relied on aggressive and pushing sound in vein of harsh noise and power electronics, but later changed to milder sonorities and finally came to the now traditional form of guitar drone ambient... Using only guitar and bass as sound sources as well as a chain of effects, the man behind this project - Peter L. - has created five compositions the mood of which varies from uneasy, slightly distorted soundscapes to gentle enshrouding harmonics. The lingering drone of vibrating strings, rare accents of psychedelic chords, slow semi-melodic loops - everything that a real connoisseur of dark meditative music needs. The album is inspired by the literary works of Ilya Masodov and Charles Baudelaire...
Trepaneringsritualen – Perfection & Permanence CD (Cold Spring) 12e
Trepaneringsritualen explores themes of religion, magick and the hidden realms of consciousness, taking its musical cues from the old school of ritual ambient & death industrial. Rhythmic and seething at times, and oozing forward with a creeping sense of desolation at others, Trepaneringsritualen conjures forth bleak but mesmerizing visions of the end-times.
“Perfection & Permanence”: a hymn to Isis; a further exploration of the duality of the holy harlot, the black skinned Magdalen, mother and concert of the Christ; Yeshua Ben Yosef, son of MAN; the shameful dead, those who sold their brothers, condemned to forever roam the earth; to transgress the abyss, to mortify flesh, towards cosmic renovation. It is lonely, it is awful; on the verge of physical death, but still unable to understand; absolute perfection may be attained through WILL. A conversation with angels, in archaic tongues; Eir?kr inn Sigrsæli sold his blood and kin to desert rats for corporeal power. Eirikr, we spit on you.; from across the abyss, it rises. Ceaseless, blood-churning, terrible; an incoherent accusation by the mirror image, he who’s blood was shed to atone another man’s sins. Without bloodshed there can be no salvation.
Trepaneringsritualen – Veil The World CD (Cold Spring) 12e
»All seals have been broken« proclaims a demonic voice on the titular track of Veil The World, and that is something terrifyingly evident in the music contained therein. On Veil The World, Trepaneringsritualen veers from crepuscular ritual moods to rabid death chants reveling, even celebrating the imminent end of flesh. Veil the World – originally released in a very limited and ultra-lavish box by Kości Tapes in 2011 – marks the half-way point between the earlier, more atmospheric works of T × R × P, and the more visceral aggression of the later material.
Trepaneringsritualen explores themes of religion, magick and the hidden realms of consciousness, taking its musical cues from the old school of ritual ambient & death industrial. Rhythmic and seething at times, and oozing forward with a creeping sense of desolation at others, Trepaneringsritualen conjures forth bleak but mesmerizing visions of the end-times.
Originally released in an edition of just 40 tapes in 2011, we’re very proud to announce the CD reissue of “Veil The World”. Remastered and presented in a 6 panel digipak, T x R x P once again assert themselves as the true masters of Swedish Ritual Industrial. Ltd x 1000 copies only. Anyone who saw the show at SE:UK Industrial Alliance knows this is *essential*!
Tunnels Of Āh – Thus Avici CD (Cold Spring) 12e
“Firstly, the punishment is meted out day and night, kalpa after kalpa, without a moment’s interruption or relief. Thus Avici”. ‘Thus Avici’ is the second album from Tunnels Of Ah (Stephen Ah Burroughs / Head Of David). The title references ‘the sutra of bodhisattva Ksitigarbha’s fundamental vows’, a section of which Burroughs reads daily in homage to Ksitigarbha whom Burroughs pledged ‘entreaty and supplication’ under solemn tantric oath 20 years ago. Tantric buddhism, christian mysticism and personal magick make up the subject matter for ‘Thus Avici’. Where traces of 2013?s ‘Lost Corridors’ album can be heard, ‘Thus Avici’ is a harder, more focused offering. Shards of distorted noise, ritual drums, caustic drones and haunted vocals make ‘Thus Avici’ a dark hallucinatory swoon into the hinterland of the Tunnels Of Ah. The dull blue light of brute-world calls.
Various – Epicurean Escapism II CD+DVD (The Epicurean, Silken Tofu, Peripheral Records) 22e
On the occasion of the second Epicurean Escapism Festival 15th of June 2013 a CD/DVD compilation was released, including a CD with exclusive tracks by the performing artists KE/HIL, POST SCRIPTVM, ANEMONE TUBE, DIETER MÜH & TREPANERINGSRITUALEN,a DVD by CON-DOM with super 8 short films and experimental movies created by Mike Dando in the 1980s to early 1990s and finally digitally restored in 2013 and a 20-page catalogue with essay & artworks by ALEX TENNIGKEIT, ANDREW LILES, CARMEN BURGUESS, DENNIS RUDOLPH, PHILIP BEST & RUDOLF EB.ER.
Various – 15 Poems by Franz Kafka 2xCD (Zhelezobeton Distribution Division) 14e
We are pleased to present this unique double release produced by our label along with the "Own Editions" publishing house, the translator Olga Roschina, the illustrator Daniil Grazhdankin and a number of musicians from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and Odessa. The first part - the "15 Poems by Franz Kafka" book - is the first ever bilingual illustrated edition of all known Kafka lyrics (in German and Russian). The second part is the musical compilation based on the material of this book... As it turned out Kafka's works and their atmosphere are close to musicians from very different cultural layers. It's the point where many musical styles interwine: radical chanson and neofolk, female choir and collage electronics, post-industrial and dark ambient, rampant neoclassic, minimalistic improvisation and post-rock. The compilation features I. Belorukov, A. Popovskiy + D. Sorokin + B. Shershenkov, Pustotsvet, N. Sudnick, UtrovortU, Uhushuhu, Chumaho DRU, Bardoseneticcube & Chivadeshe, Eject, Kryptogen Rundfunk, Majdanek Waltz, Monocube, Sal Solaris, Sequoian Aequison, The Tune 3.0.
Xazzaz – Extinctions CD (Turgid Animal) 12e
For years Mike Simpson's Xazzaz has been tucked away in the far reaches of the North East, obsessively playing, recording and honing his craft with no regard for standard noise or scene conventions. His live appearances are few and far between but are always shrouded in a magical darkness and shamanic intrigue. All manner of instrumentation has and will continue to be used in the creating of his music; from temperamental handmade devices to bass guitars and percussion creating churning low end industrial noise that crashes like the waves of the North Sea. Xazzaz expertly utilizes vocals and synth loops, decay and above all; an egoless dedication to the worship of pure sound. Those few East Pennine dwellers that are familiar with his work (markedly several low run CD-rs and tapes on his own Molotov imprint) will discover that "Extinctions", which marks his first on a professional format, encompass his four best tracks to date. Those that are not yet familiar should be so immediately. This limited edition CD comes in a standard jewel case and features the stunning artwork that enshrines all Xazzaz and Molotov releases, lovingly created by the man himself.
Tapes
Alo Girl – Bangkok CS (Nil By Mouth) 7e
The forms of prostitutes. Only faces, eyes and/or empty rooms, toilets, inns.
Everything is very reminiscent of the 'smell of rotten stuff! "Bangkok" finds the always worthwhile and brutally creative Italian HNW/Harsh noise project
Alo Girl offers up forty minutes worth of thick‘n’truly tortures noise matter. The tracks focus in on building up,
shifting and often storm swirling layers of static roar, hammering noise down-pours and oceanic waves of noise tone
with inserts of real interviews from the red light districts.
The tape comes with classy & professional luxury cards set in black plastic bag with photo attached.
Backasvinet – Gevisol / Ivisol CS (Elbogen Fonogram) 7e
Harsh noise from the heart of Northeast Malmö.
32 minutes of dirty explosive junk-abusive no bullshit violence.
Inspired by the hospital(ity) killings of 1978-79. Östra sjukhuset: a nice glass of lemonade spiked with detergent.
Black State – We Hate Them CS (Filth and Violence) CS 8e
UK PE
Brethren – Alienated And Radicalized CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Tape version of sold out power electronics masterpiece. Chrome tapes, including 20 pages full color booklet with all lyrics.
Brethren – Savage Inequalities CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Tape version of sold out power electronics masterpiece
Constrain – Option To Hide CS (New Forces) 7e
A rare example of an artist not sacrificing dynamism in pursuit of harsh, raw textures. Flawless - a project at the forefront of contemporary Americanoise.
Contour – Year Of The Hunter CS (Posh Isolation, Distort) 10e
Contour’s ”Year of the Hunter” consists of four pieces of improvised rock music. The session was recorded during the very first days of 2014 in a tiny room filled with cigarette smoke and lukewarm vodka drinks and while sometimes chaotic, the result is surprisingly precise; there is an underlining mood that is present throughout the entire recording which is somewhat similar to the strange mix of excitement and melancholia that a new year’s celebration most often holds; mournful of endings, while celebratory of new beginnings.
Contour was, or is, Anton Rothstein, DX, Julia Nowak, Frederikke Hoffmeier, Loke Rahbek & Elias Bender Rønnenfelt.
Dead Body Collection – Remembrance Of Flesh, Memories Of Heaven 2xCS (New Approach Records, Narcolepsia) 15e
This set gathers eight long sold out 3”CD-R releases put out by labels such as AnarchoFreaksProduction, Quagga Curious Sounds or L. White Records. Covering many of the sounds Dead Body Collection has been dwelling in, from crisp to arid, from the heavily distorted to the massively impenetrable, this is both a good introduction to the project and an essential release for those who have been active and closely following its output.
Professionally duplicated tapes with on body printing, housed in a double box with a professionally printed 8 page booklet including all info from original releases.
Dead Body Collection – The Night CS (Nil By Mouth) 7e
Tonight is that night!
The bloodthirsty killer will enter into your home in search of a victim - a victim to fulfill his darkest desires.
He finds her, in her apartment, alone! Press play and home invasion can begin at midnight.
The first track reflects a sadistic murder at midnight, portrayed with bloody harsh noise wall.
The second track is pure brutal static madness that mirrors the hidden desires found in of most of us.
Yes, half of hour is enough for two glorious murders! This was a night to remember...
Deche-Charge – The Best Of D-C CS (Cadaverizer Records) 10e
Noisecore
Disgust – I Am Simply Not There. CS (Crown Tapes) 7e
Still angry, still brooding. Self-hate, and loathing still brimming at the surface. Recorded between 2012-2015, this is an even darker glimpse into the world of Disgust. Kindness is nothing but a warning for violence.
Disgusting Sanctum – Nekrotik Aktion CS (Black Psychosis) 8e
Following on from his self titled debut tape, Disgusting Sanctum continues his exploration in post-mortem electronics. Black Psychosis is proud to present two new tapes from the project, each around 30 minutes of bleak, disturbing tracks from this Coma Detox side project. Pro dubbed on chrome tapes with printed colour double sided j-cards
Disgusting Sanctum – Stimulation From Assault CS (Black Psychosis) 8e
Following on from his self titled debut tape, Disgusting Sanctum continues his exploration in post-mortem electronics. Black Psychosis is proud to present two new tapes from the project, each around 30 minutes of bleak, disturbing tracks from this Coma Detox side project. Pro dubbed on chrome tapes with printed colour double sided j-cards
Edge Of Decay – The Whores Of New Age CS (Nil By Mouth) 7e
”The Whores of New Age” is cruel and filthy soundtrack from the endless wastelands of junk. It is never ending story from the dirtiest and darkest thoughts of mankind. A world filled with tortured souls and lies bigger than human itself. End result from this agony and frustration is something more than unspeakable.
Where man meets metal there is always space for uncontrollable art creation Meet your maker and worship the ugly sound of metal and junk.
Limited edition of 120 copies
Extreme Hair Stench / Potabilizadora / Machakakraneos – Three Way Tape CS (Cadaverizer Records) 12e
Noisecore
Genital Masticator / El Kaso Urkijo – Genital Masticator / El Kaso Urkijo CS (Cadaverizer Records) 12e
Noisecore
Genital Masticator – From Geniality To Stupidity... The Very Worst Of G.M. CS (Cadaverizer Records) 10e
Spanish noisecore
Knurl – Ectodurotomy CS (New Forces) 7e
The master of amplified metal returns with an effort as good as anything in his +20 years. Intensity, texture, and propulsion. Walls of white-hot scrap and iron.
Knurl – Thoracia CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Saturated and ultra distorted harsh noise drone! Emergentism.
Koufar – Glory/Snobbery CS (Crown Tapes) 9e
Marking the official return of this project, this tape takes a more personal approach thematically. Time has only hardened and added depth. The sins of the father have now become the glory of the son. Supremacy without romance, knuckle-dragging passion and frustration over my own limitations. Dubbed on Cobalt tapes.
Edition of 100.
Koufar/Full Blooded - split CS (Crown Tapes) 8e
Koufar returns with a revision of the infamous track "Patriot". Full Blooded marks the debut solo project of Sam Torres of Miscreant. Continuing sonically in the same vein as Miscreant, but with a much heavier emphasis on la Raza. Koufar is Achrafieh, Lebnan and Full Blooded is San Jose, Califas. The fuck do we have to apologize about? Dubbed on Cobalt Tapes
La Mancha Del Pecado, Culver – Collaboration 5 CS (Narcolepsia) 6e
Another volume in this collaboration series, with previous releases in such fine labels as Turgid Animal UK, Molotov, Agorafobia, Matching Head and At War With False Noise. Here we will find both projects in a particularly static effort, even within their register. This is the beautiful sound of suspension, clean and intangible, as bleak as it is distant.
Edition of 80
Leo Brochu – Cicatrix CS (New Forces) 7e
Simultaneously concussive and jagged. Thick, blasting harsh noise. A fist repeatedly punching through sheets of glass.
Les Hommes-Chiens / Spermicidal – Les Hommes-Chiens / Spermicidal CS (At War With False Noise) 8e
Les Hommes Chiens from Canada came to my attention over a year ago when I got in a copy of their debut tape (still available in distro by the way!) and was blown away by the rough and ready sci-fi space noise within. This one is much more focussed, minimal and esoteric. One long piece built around a simple, throbbing bass line, with a slow build of analogue electronics coming through. There's a feeling of space here, not only in the allusions to 2001: A Space Odyssey, but the actual sparseness of the sound. Another absolute topper of a tape from these guys.
Spermicidal is a new project by Cathal Rodgers of Wreck Of The Hesperus and Wereju. This is SERIOUSLY heavy stuff, sluggish, monolithic industrial metal in the vein of the first Godflesh LP. I'm reminded most of all by the Tom Choi sound, most particularly the genius IT IS I album; this has the same uber-low tone, relentlessly thumping bass drum and nasty, almost computerized vocals. It's fuckin great quite frankly!
100 copies in nice oversize snapcases, pasted inner art and two inserts.
Libertine Volk - Presentent: Please & Secretly CS (Crown Tapes) 9e
Brand new duo from the bay area combining influences from Industrial, Power Electronics, Synth-Pop, New Wave, 80's Goth, to create whatever they so choose. These three songs are a little showcase of what is to come from the project. The culture of the pursuit of ultimate pleasurable freedom will not be confined by any boundaries that so called music fans choose to decree.
Mad Recital – Immoral Music Panic CS (Cadaverizer Records) 8e
Japanese noisecore
Mania – Insidious And Alone CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Back in stock! Mania tape released back in 2010! Mania presents slightly shorter & focused pieces of noise. but still all his trademarks of feedback. junk metal and electronics malformed into heavy and physically intense experience. C-30 chrome tapes with real time dubbing on high volume levels. Full color J-card with collages.
Maskhead – Female Mutilations CS (Hiisi Productions) 7e
Loud and torturing harsh noise with piercing feedback and filthy snippets of metal junk abuse. MASKHEAD is a project which exams extreme sexual perversions and obscurities via raw sound. Professionally dubbed tape comes with stylish b/w cover art.
Not recommended for easily offended people!
Limited to 50!
Murder Book – Diary Entry #1 Stalked Walking Home CS (Narcolepsia) 6e
Born out of the hermetic effervescence of the northern UK drone circuit, Murder Book evokes volcanic soundscapes, drowned in mud, blood and hiss. Slowly boiling, as heavy as sparse, with long forgotten cinematic reminiscences in the shape of subtle melodies and juxtaposed nostalgia. Less prolific than other projects from George Proctor vast output, but with a very interesting discography, and a special focus on detail all throughout.
Edition of 70
Mutant Ape - Live North 13/14 CS (Turgid Animal) 6e
Two rare live actions from Leeds and Gateshead recorded 2013-2014. Abrasive Industrial Harsh Noise with live metal junk abuse and primitive electronic attacks.
Naxal Protocol – The Stasi File CS (Nil By Mouth) 7e
Arising from the ashes of Cazzodio, Naxal Protocol paves the way for a telluric, warmongering power electronics, reminding the molotov blasts of The Grey Wolves and Survival Unit. The CD released by Eibon Records “The Guilty Should Get What They Deserve!” set the role of the citizen inside a state-controlled system. THE STASI FILE resumes the terror of the ill-famed police of the late DDR to establish an analogy with the recent disorders of Ferguson e Baltimora. Two long tracks of ominous electronics, sometimes rough, sometimes wrapped in a suffocating atmosphere. An endless descent into the disorders, among flames and billy clubs, between the abuse of the authority and the social impotence.
Wrapped in a 'top secret' envelope with inserts
Limited edition of 130 copies
Nordens Dødsmyter - S/T S-sided CS (Turgid Animal) 6e
The first tape from the very personal new project of Sindre Foss Skancke (Utarm). "Nordic Deathmyths", as the name translates, centers around how deathrites have changed over the years since the fierce Pagan rituals of the Viking ages in his native Norway to the waning Christian rites which still loom large over much of Europe in the present day. It seems death has all but become hidden; gone from the glorious bonfires or spectacular public executions of old and moved towards being tucked way in the sterile, quiet rooms of hospital basements. Death has become an estranged relation to life itself in the Western world. The footprint of this 30 minute epic is a field recording of an actual funeral; the ambience of the church which later unfolds into mockery of the priest, who clearly does not even care about the person he is about to bury nor the family and friends that have gathered to pay their respects. Anger that even your own wishes for burial rites cannot be followed, because of restricting laws, being denied your own wishes because the dead do not protest. A hard but rewarding listen for those of us all too familiar with death and those who are seeking a return to the more honest old ways. File under: Folk inspired Power Electronics.
Order Of The Violence – Studies For Degeneration And Destruction Of Brain Cells CS (New Approach Records) 6e
PE project by Alex from Dead Body Collection
Damaged vintage JVC CQ-F2 walkman with FM stereo adapter cassette ---> Boss GE-7 ---> Boss RV5 ---> Behringer DD400 ---> EHX Big Muff Pi ---> DOD FX69 ---> Marshall MG50FX AMP ---> Recorder
Everything was recorded live in one take without computers, overdubs and editing.
No vocals or keyboards are used on this recording.
All voices that you hear comes from your brain.
This is the complete recording session.
Organized Resistance – Day Of The Rope CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Finally reissue of this radical power electronics album! Chrome tapes, 1:1 dubbing on loud levels, lyric insert and double sided j-card with all stuff that was on CD, but also unheard bonus track from 2006!!
Puce Mary – Fear And Pleasure CS (Posh Isolation) 12e
Underground stalwarts Posh Isolation offer a much needed re-issue of PUCE MARY's "Fear & Pleasure" cassette, originally self-released by the artist in 2014. Puce Mary is the harsh noise/death industrial solo project of Copenhagen's Frederikke Hoffmeier, known for her severe approach and uncompromising sonics.
Puce Mary – The Great Panic CS (Freak Animal) 8e
Since early 2014 this tape has remained in high demand. FA keeps it available as long as possible. Amazing tape, with sound and design closer to "success" LP, but perhaps more industrial? Crisp and strong sound, several tracks. Each being different from another. Some aggressive and rhythmic, some dark and brooding. If you have yet to hear it, I recommend to check it out.
Rotat – Mob Justice CS (Deviants Clove Productions) 6e
finnish noise/industrial. 44 copies
Rotat - Rotat CS (Deviants Clove Productions) 6e
finnish noise/industrial.
SSRI – Robust CS (Narcolepsia) 6e
Making use of schizoid cut-up tactics while never losing total focus, “Robust” shows experienced skills, brilliant timing and an orthodox reverence to the cult of magnetic decomposition. Hardly definable, with an obsessive take on recycled sounds and destroyed objects, this is another fine effort from one of the absolute best in activity within the current noise underworld.
Edition of 100
SSRI – Stab Your Demonic Smile To My Brain! CS (Hiisi Productions) 7e
First release from new line-up of SSRI. Occult Harsh noise with strong power electronics elements.
Professionally dubbed tape comes with full color cover art by Si Clark in the special package with Thoth Tarot card and piece of incense.
Various – Cadaverizer Spasms Compilation CS (Cadaverizer Records) 12e
Noisecore
Magazines
ANDY KRUPINSKI “THE REPETITION OF UNAPPEALING MOMENTS” ZINE 5e
Making use of collages, while subtly incorporating other related techniques, this is a compilation of new and unpublished material by the individual behind the great Amnesia Program label artworks. This is his view on the daily routines, ultimate dullness, and excruciating emptiness of the post-modern nightmare we live in.
Edition of 60
24 pages
KEVIN McELENEY “DOG-TIRED” ZINE 5e
Heavily saturated and degraded past the point of recognition, “Dog-Tired” is a collection of pieces close to most of the artworks on his own Heavy Psych label; crude, with the right amount of digital treatment, and a superb sense of balance. Dealing with textural microscopy, repetitive saturation, machines and interferences, this is graphic rust at its finest.
Edition of 60
24 pages
New Forces Issue #4 5e
The latest edition of the New Forces zine. Includes interviews with Encephalophonic, Private Archive, Extraction Records, and Plagues, along with other features, reviews, and photographs from Summer Scum 2014
ROMAIN PERROT “ABSURDUM COMPIL DECEMBRE 2013” ZINE (extended edition – includes MANUEL PEREIRA “FRANCE LUCIFER” ZINE) 10e
After being previously self-released in a micro edition that very few had the opportunity to get, I was delighted with Romain´s invitation for a reissue. Be prepared for a truly lethal dose of mongoloid drawings and excessive bad taste, in a unique style, close to some sort of infantile mania episode. This new edition comes with an extra zine entitled “France Lucifer”, which consists of my own interpretation of this deranged universe, along with some untouched classic pieces from the Maison Brut archives.
Edition of 80
116 pages + 32 pages