0 ("Null") - "I."
profi CDR
(Valse Sinistre Prod.)
- 5 euro -
Experimental, bleak
& dark ambient soundscapes.. Unconventional instrument-handling
and manipulation of sound... Haunting dissonance echoes in obscure
shapes, crafting a hypnotic & dizzy minimalist soundscape.
Experience the feeling of empty sadness, and realize life is
nothing, zero, null....0. 3" CDr, pro mini cover, special
gridded case professionally manufactured CDr.
A
CHALLENGE OF HONOUR - "No Way Out"digipack CD
(Vrihaspati Records)
- 12 euro -
Finally after a long pause, the new A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR album is
out now! their last album "Seven Samurai" was released 4 years ago
and in these past years many things changed (in) ACOH. with "No
way out" you will hear a completely new side of ACOH. the album
would be best described as a pure Neo(Pop)Folk album with many
Neoclassical and some Martial elements. Peter learned to play
several acoustic instruments in the last years and some guest
musicians also helped to create the band's new style. on "No way
out" You hear acoustic piano, guitars, e-bass and contrabass,
drums, violin and bells, as well as electronic instruments. most
songs are with lyrics and have quite a dreamy and catchy
atmosphere with monumental and heroic parts. some songs even
spread a feeling of early 80ies independent music like Joy
Division, the Fall, New Model Army,... 56 min. / 10 songs
A CHALLENGE
OF HONOUR -
"Where
No Angels Dare To Come"
CD(Vrihaspati
Recordings)- 12 euro -High quality recording
from the very first ACOH live-concert, performing their early and
very martial style. This additionally includes 2 live-versions of
the ACOH-hits "Dum pater familias" and "La Legion", at the
Flammenzauber Festival in 2003. Lim. 500.
A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR - "Ashigaru Revealed" digipack CD 2008
(Eternal Pride) - 11 euro - "Warrior's way means death. When there are
two ways to choose, choose the one that leads to death. Don’t
argue! Direct your thoughts to the way you’d prefer, and follow..."
The latest work from one of the most prominent and outstanding
Martial / neoclassical European projects. Continuation of music
Odyssey began 7 EP - box-set "Ashigaru and dedicated to warrior’s
traditions of medieval Japan. Graceful and epic cocktail of
atmospheric neoclassical passages, Japanese drums and rhythms. The
album is released as appealing digi-pack, its design in classical
Japanese style was created by Peter Savelkoul.
AD LUX TENEBRAE - "Zov Predkov (The Call of the
Wild)" DigiCD
(Vegvisir Music) – 11 euro –
/Shamanic
Dark Ambient/.
First full-lengh album of well-known masters of
deep ritualistic Dark ambient from north of Rifey Mountains. Great
powerfull sounds from Primeval Ural Woods. It is possible to
compare Ad lux tenebrae with Halo Manash.
ADRIVA - "Losung"
CD-R (Strely
Peruna) -
SOLD OUT!!
-lim.ed. numbered 100 copies.Side project of Rostov-onDon artist Denis Shapovalov (SUNCHARIOT).Grateful dark ambient/ritual atmosphere. Thisalbum has special catacomb –sound, it is likemixture of ACHON SATANI, ZOVIET-FRANCE and(early) SCORN!Cover
of A5 format, handmadedesign. 2
inserts, 2 photo-cards.
AETERNA
- "New
Dawn" digipack CD
(Cold Meat Industry)- 13 euro -Aeterna is a new
apocalyptic folk outfit from Germany, born in 2007. In the
beginning it was intended to be the strictly personal musical
outlet for founding member Birthe Klementowski, well-known from
her artwork for Cold Meat Industry’s Desiderii Marginis, :Golgatha:
and Dawn & Dusk Entwined, but the dynamics between Alpha and Omega
brought forth something new. The dark and brooding atmospheres
invoke the mood of decline and decay, a direct resemblance to the
artist’s photography. The album ‘New Dawn’ ultimately presents 11
songs about the decline and rebirth of culture.
AGHAST - "Hexerei
Im Zwielicht Der Finsternis" digipack CD (Eternal Pride) -
11 euro- Aghast was a project by Nebelhexe and Nacht,
released in 1994. This album was released back then by legendary
Cold Meat Industry and now we present a great re-edition in
DIGI-CD. "Hexerei Im Zwielicht Der Finsternis" is real dark and
gloomy ambience, played in a classical dark wave vein. Minimalism
in musical content, compensated by spooky and ice-cold vocals that
will haunt you. Macabre enchantresses in lovely disguise will
seduce you to end your life and take you th their ghastly realm
from which you will never rise. Hear gods cry and angels fall.
AGHIATRIAS - "Ethos"
digipak CD 2006 (Epidemie Rec.) -
11 euro - Brand new album of Prague chorus AGHIATRIAS
overflow you with an apocalyptic orchestral dark industrial.
Compared with the previous album “Regions of Limen”, newcomer
“Ethos” has shorter footage, but you can expect more aggressive
conception of the whole thing. Limited edition of 500 copies in
digipak.
AIDAN BAKER THE INFANT CYCLE - "Rural Sprawl" CD-R (Zhelezoboton)
- 6 euro -
Canadian musicians
Aidan Baker and Jim DeJong (aka The Infant Cycle) have used the "gentleman's
kit" of modern experimenters for creating the compositions of this
disk: guitar, bass, tapes, samples, feedback generator, playouts
and thumb piano. Four album tracks correspond with four seasons,
four states of the soul... Summer - repetitive loops become
overgrown with the juicy flesh of atonal sound and transform into
sampled rhythms flown over by a soft guitar tune. Autumn - the
rhythm is reduced to a hardly evident monotonous shroud, the
atmosphere becomes more melodic and melancholic and in the end
turns into a heart-piercing guitar solo. Winter - time for sleep
and detachment: icy ringing, the slow breath of bass impulses, the
rustling of electronics and sluggish drones painting vast snowy
soundscapes. And finally spring - the drone ambient nature unfolds
large as life, majestic sonic waves sweep accompanied by a swarm
of tiny sounds awoken to life again.
AIDAN BAKER -
"The
sea swells a bit..."
CD
2006 (Small Voices) - 11 euro -
Three long and beautiful tracks construct this
album. 44 minutes of hypnotic ambient drone textures in a deep
psychedelic and post-rock attitude. Guitar treatments, amazing
looping work and droning percussion take the listener to a
peaceful state of mind. A Silent Luxurious packaging with a heavy
textured glossy cover. Ltd x 1000 copies. A Silent Place is a
sister label of Small Voices, Italy.
AIT! - "Romanticismo Oltranzista" digipack CD
(Punch Rec.) -
SOLD OUT!! -
Ladies and Gentlemen: Mr. AIT!
is back at last to reveal himself with a new kinky show for those
of you having lost their heart in a dark Italian discotheque, some
thirty years ago. With a couple of hard-boiled songs and a boxful
of extremist love letters this obscure erotique one man orchestra
gets its stylish fists right into the face of todays fashion kids.
Too strong to be pussy. Too pussy to be romantic. A bizarre cup of
circus fun served in a Jess Franco ballet dance through hell.
Remember the mirrorballs and watch this whole unique striptease
from lounge to funk to rock'n'punk. Everything in here, more than
a spicy cocktail. All shaken not stirred. A punch of its own!
AKPAN - "Schwarze
Sonne"
CD (Strely
Peruna) - 10 euro -lim.ed. numbered 420 copies. Ritual/dark
ambient/esoteric music. AKPAN means “chtonic, underworld,
internal, black sun” in one of the Siberian languages. Mix of
shamanism, bon-po tradition and military atmosphere – this album
is great soundtrack to the book of Ferdinand Ossendlovskij «And
Beasts and People and Gods». And it brings memories of
half-mythic/half-legend «black» baron von Ungern-Schtenberg.
Sounds used in record: traditional vocal in the manner of Tibetan
throat songs, vargan, metallic wind trumpets…
ALBIREON - "I passi di Liu" CD (Palace Of Worms) - 12 euro -
ALBIREON started as a musical project back in late 1998 from the
strong will of self expression of Davide Borghi (Vocals, guitars,
lyrics) and Carlo Baja-Guarienti (keyboards, piano, flute) .
Albireon developed an heartfelt and clear sound with acoustic
guitar and keyboards and started to write and record music.
folk-dark music. Albireon collaboration of drummer Lorenzo Borghi,
Sonne Hagal, David E. Williams. 2008 Albireon completed the "I
passi di Liu'", their definitive emotional masterwork.
ALEX TIUNIAEV - "I Knew Her"CD (Cold Spring) - 11 euro -
Alex
Tiuniaev is an electronic musician and producer from Moscow,
Russia. 'I knew Her' is a 40-minute long journey of heart-melting,
melancholic and neo-symphonic splendour - full of choirs, strings
and neoclassical orchestration. This solitary track builds to a
haunting and breathtaking crescendo... then brings the listener
gently back down to the warm earth. A truly monumental release,
with influences ranging from Sigur Rós to Philip Glass and Stars
Of The Lid.
ALLERSEELEN / NEUTRAL / OTZEPENEVSHIYE - Georg Trakl. Umnachtung
CD 2008
(Ewers Tonkunst - Indiestate) -
11 euro - NeoFolk, Dark Folk, Ambient.
The CD "Georg Trakl. Umnachtung" by Allerseelen / Otzepenevshiye /
Neutral, released by Ewers Tonkunst in Moscow, is now available.
All the recordings were inspired by the dark symbolist poetry of
the Austrian poet Georg Trakl. All poems were narrated by Gerhard
Hallstatt in Walpurgis Night, 30.IV.2007 at Haus zur letzten
Latern, Wien. This CD was presented live in February and March
2008 in these Russian cities: Kazan, Rostov, Nizhniy Novgorod,
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ryazan by Allerseelen, Otzepenevshiye. In
the photo section of the
Allerseelen Myspace
page you may see some photographs by Gerhard Hallstatt which are
used for the bi-lingual booklet of this Austrian / Russian
collaboration.
ALLERSEELEN / SANGRE CAVALLUM - "Barco do
Vinho"digipack CD-
12 euro - (Ahnster /
Steinklang)Barco do
Vinho is the Portuguese word for Wine Boat - the boats that in the
past brought the barrels of wine from the vineyards in Callaecia
(Northern Portugal) on the river Douro to the town of Porto. The
CD features four exclusive songs by the Northern-Portuguese group
Sangre Cavallum and four exclusive songs by the Austrian group
Allerseelen - ancient and traditional but at the same time
brand-new avant-garde music, somewhere between apocalyptic
folklore and psychedelic rock. Poetical songs about wine taken
down rivers with crews of strong men, floating down throats with
crews of sparkling spirits. Inspired by the vineyards that welcome
the sun bringing character to grapes. Then a silent darkness, a
timeless life inside oak barrels turn wine into flavoured blood
for a toast between men and nature. this CD is sold for the price
of a mCD or 7"-single, despite the length of 45 minutes is even
albumlength. Barco do Vinho was originally planed as a split-7",
but the artists were so much inspired by this theme, that in the
end we received a brilliant split-album. although we changed the
medium from 7" to CD, we decided to keep the price of the
originally planed medium.
ALL HAIL THE TRANSCENDING GHOST - "All Hail The
Transcending Ghost" CD 2009 (Cold Spring)
- 11 euro -
Cold
Spring are proud to announce the debut album from All Hail The
Transcending Ghost - a joint collaboration between Henrik
Nordvargr Björkk (MZ.412, Toroidh, Folkstorm etc) and Tim
Bertilsson (Fear Falls Burning, Switchblade). Together the Swedish
legends have created arguably one of the most haunting
drone-dark-ambient-industrial works in recent years, invoking the
spirits of old Nordvargr, meets the sludge-doom vibe of Tim's
hellish guitar. This has to be the most unsettling work from
Nordvargr, as the man himself states "truly the most scary music I
have recorded". An icy chill down your spine... a cold hand on
your shoulder... you are never alone in the darkness.
ALL MY FAITH LOST... - "In A Sea, In A Lake, In A River... or
in a teardrop" digipack CD 2009 (Infinite Fog Productions) -
11 euro -"In a sea, in a lake, in a river ... ... or in a teardrop"
was composed and recorded by "all my faith lost .." in its
original line-up (Francis, Federico, Viola and Raffaella) as a
first full album. The songs included in this album are inspired by
spirits and fairies somehow releated to water. There is
Grageth-Anoon, a fairy that can be seen near small lakes, there is
Argea, that comes out from a river to tell your destiny and Anja,
a fairy hidden in a tear. The sound of the album is just more
acoustic than recent releases of the band and almost all songs are
following the verse/chorus/verse rule. Acoustic and Classic
guitars are the main instruments at the base of the compositions,
flutes and delicate synths create, then, light arrangements giving
that ethereal mood that will be more present in the following
releases of the band. The vocal parts are equally divided among
the male one (Federico) and the female ones (Viola and Raffaella)
creating a perfect balance between heavenly/frail and profound/dark
atmospheres. "In a sea, in a lake, in a river ... ... or in a
teardrop" is a beatiful travel in the early steps of "all my faith
lost ..." music.
ALL MY FAITH LOST...
- "The
Hours" CD (Cold Meat Industry) - 12 euro - Darkfolk, Dark Ambient / Romantic,
melancholic, seductive. Acoustic, ethereal, lush. Sensual,
beautiful and stirring. All are good words to describe The Hours'
passionate search through the soul, an album inspired by the lifes
and books of great authors. The Italian due of Viola and Federico
create graceful and elegant music for fans of Dark Folk and
Ethereal soundscapes. All My Faith Lost's second album quickly
follows their 2005 debut on Cold Meat Industry. The album is slow
and tranquil, featuring male and female vocals which serve as
instruments contributing to the soundscape of acoustic guitar,
flute, piano, violin, and cello. All My Faith Lost... unlock a
beautifully tender and delicate world, a view into the soul of
delicate seduction.
AMBIGUOUS - "Stone
Cross" CD
(metal box)(Aliens
Production) -
10 euro - This year's frozen winter brought cold into the womb
of this new Slovak Dark Ambient project - a horrifying, deeper and
darker form of Slovak terror! This mystical project, in which the
protagonist combines beautiful moods with destruction, combines
deathly atmosphierics with deep space textures, covered in a veil
of mystery. The soundtrack for a movie in another time and
place... for cleansing the soul or looking into an imaginary world
to escape from reality. Ambiguous take you through the darkest
corners of Slovakia's woods. Ltd x 333 copies in a metal box.
AMYGDALA - "Memento Mori" Digi CD / format A5 (Dying Art
Productions) -
11 euro - Originally released on the legendary (and now defunct)
Hyperium label, this early work of dark Neoclassical / heavenly voices
music is now made available again. This unique album of German act
Amygdala (Dirk Schölmer, Christian Schuh and ELA Hermes) started the
fire of European neoclassical campaign way back in 1997 and had been
out of print for a long time. This 2009 edition of "Memento Mori (A
Mosaic Of Transitions In IX Parts)" comes with the bonus track 'Barbarosh
Canthos'. Ltd x 500 copies in an exquisite A5 Digipak CD.
ANHEDONIA - "Ontology" CD (Aliens Prod.) -
10 euro - A long awaited album of this talented musician, who
has with its album DESTRUCTIVE FORCES crossed waters of idm genre and
his next phase will be for sure a desert for fans of industrial
community. Crystal electronics in pulsating rhythms and atmospheric
labyrinths is again timeless phase in production of this creative
artist, that is crossing over boundaries of human perception.
Noncommercial electronic full of alterations and industrial methods in
combination with melodies and destructive surfaces. On this album you
can find interesting cooperations with projects like: DOCTOROFMINDMD,
SOMBRA, DISHARMONY, that has moved this work again on higher level.
ANTHESTERIA - "Phobos 1953 (OST)" CD (Zhelezoboton) -
10 euro - After releasing the appreciated game "Sublustrum" ("Outcry")
filled with the spirit of decadence, steampunk and sombre surrealism,
spring 2010 saw the release of a new psychological quest - "Phobos
1953". The action takes place in March 1953 in an abandoned Soviet
bunker - a place of strange experiments on the human psyche. The game
explores such themes as the limits of mental possibilities, the
electronic voice phenomenon, experiments with thought-transference and
impact of fear on the human organism. The game soundtrack, presented
on this CD, embodies the project's concept in sound. Imbued with an
industrial atmosphere, leisurely soundscapes turn into states of calm
estrangement and isolationism. Excursions into the unknown corners of
the consciousness bring to its surface old memories and long forgotten
yet vaguely familiar images... and laboratorial claustrophobia grows
into light melancholia. This musical picture is performed in the
trademark style of Anthesteria combining abstract dark ambient,
melodic neoclassics and experimental sonic artifacts. The release is
packed in a DVD-size double cardboard sleeve with full-colour cards
depicting game locations and fragments of a book about mental
suggestions from 1962. Released in cooperation with 7Hz Publishing.
APART - "Across The Empty Night" CD (Final Muzik) -
10 euro - Apart is the music project by Francis M. Gri, "Across The Empty
Night" is his official debut, though he already released a few
private demo CDs. Francis has been member and co-founder of
well-known ethereal Italian act All My Faith Lost, until "In A Sea,
In A Lake, In A River..." band's official first release. "Across
The Empty Night" is a fabulous dark album, developing new
influences and sound structures. The songs alternate male (by
Daniele Stefanuto and Alberto Milani) and female vocals (by Viola
Roccagli of All My Faith Lost...), building a bridge between the
ethereal music past and current moody / somptous identity. Fans of
obscure dark / etehreal sounds, Projekt Records, cloudy postrock,
Antimatter and – of course – All My Faith Lost will 100% love this
album! Digipack, limited to 500 copies.
APHELION - "Lay" digipack CD 2008 (Shadowgraph Records)
- 11 euro - Industrial, Power Electronics. Cool stuff from this US
artist. Soundwise, think the love child of Dissecting Table and
Navicon Torture Technologies (with a few stray sperm cells from
Winterkalte), that came out completely malformed and mishapen....
10 brutal creations fueled by anger and pain, spewing forth a
barrage of relentless sound layers combining dark, chaotic noise
with walls of blasting percussion, screams, samples, and just
plain bedlam. A great new discovery!
ARCANA
- "Raspail"
CD
(Kalinkaland)
-
SOLD OUT!!
-
Gothic, Ethereal, Medieval.
Arcana's approach to
Neoclassical and symphonic ethno-ambient could well be defined in the
meaning of the word "Arcana" itself: specialised knowledge of
something generally considered a mystery or a secret. On their 6th
album, "Raspail", the moving music of this Swedish quintet creates a
magical atmosphere which weaves together lush elements familiar to
Arcana fans old and new. Mystery, silence and revealed secrets are
interconnected within the 10 new songs. Lush electronics mix with
acoustic guitar, serene piano and intricate oriental percussions. Warm
vocals return to the focus, with obvious comparisons to Dead Can Dance:
a heavenly blend of baritone and soprano courtesy of Peter Bjärgö and
Ann-Mari Thim. In fact, never before has an Arcana album contained so
many vocals giving "Raspail" an emotional touch, a deeper
thoughtfulness, a profound feeling of mysterious vision and a sense of
secrets.
ARCANE DEVICE - "Devices 1987-2007" 2CD (Monochrome Vision)
- 12 euro - Anthology of rare and previously unreleased tracks by
Arcane Device, recorded within the 20 years. It is divided into two
parts. The first one consists of tracks from compilations issued by
Subterranean Records, Tragic Figures, SFCR Tapes, and Generations
Unlimited, but also unreleased material remastered and/or remixed in
2007. The second one is subtitled as "Feedback symphony" and based on
various recordings, presented in four movements and finished in 2007.
One more chance to approve the exceptional skills and compositional/technical
talent of David Myers who can control the electrons by will, creating
fantastic soundscapes.
ARDITI - "Omne Ensis Impera" Digipack CD
(Equilibrium Music) -
12 euro -
The highly
anticipated new album by the Swedish duo is finally upon us, under
the title “Omne Ensis Impera” . The sense of determination that
echoes through their music and which has brought them to the
forefront of Martial / Industrial Neo-Classical scene has stayed
untouched, evoking the sense of duty and commitment that Italy’s
WWI elite storm troops, from which the name Arditi originated,
were known for.
“Omne Ensis Impera” introduces an additional strength to Arditi’s
compositions - epic orchestral loops and thunderous percussions
are granted a more prominent role, stirring the damp and
suffocating ambiance that the duo have always produced so well
with their use of ominous synths, obscure speeches and mesmerizing
narrations. The CD version is presented in a deluxe glossy Digipak,
with embossed artwork.
ARDITI - "Standards of Triumph" Digipak CD
(Equilibrium Music)
-
12 euro -
Boasting the unique personality of this Swedish combo, "Standards of
Triumph" taps further into the darker tones of Militaristic
Neo-Classical ambiance that has become the band's trademark, resulting
in their strongest effort so far - ever effective in their use of
crushing orchestrations and evocative speeches, Arditi hereby drags
the listener around muddy trenches, leaving aside overly pompous
festive marches or alcohol fueled merry bunker songs which seem to
have become the norm as of late, and casting an hypnotizing veil over
the turmoil of warfare-inspired Industrial soundscapes.
ARDITI - "Destiny of Iron" 7' (Equilibrium Music)
- 8
euro
- "Destiny
of Iron" presents 2 new tracks by Arditi, exclusive to this
release, in their unique brand of obscure and suffocating
Militaristic ambiance. Limited edition of 500 copies, pressed in
high-quality heavy vinyl. The title track brings sluggish humming
horns and ominous strings, crushed under heavy pounding
percussions, all building into an hypnotic orchestral march that
serves as backdrop to obscure speeches and inflamed combat
commands. "Struggle for Victory", on the other hand, draws into
the music a hazier ambiance, as if spawned out of a waking dream
filled with battlefield memories haunted by turgid battlefield
memories haunted by turgid orchestrations washing over faraway
chants.
ASHRAM - "Shining Silver Skies" Digipak CD 2006 (Equilibrium Music)
- 12 euro - The Neo-Classical style that acts as a foundation
to Ashram’s music is usually built upon the moods of pianist Luigi
Rubino, who sets a black and white cinematographic mannerism to the
songs, hereby uplifted by violinist Edo Notarloberti’s arrangements, a
performer well-known from various previous collaborations with other
Napolitan projects, and whose soaring violin phrases confer a moving
brilliance and distinct character to the project. Sergio Panarella,
the group’s singer endowed with a beautiful crooning voice, adds the
lighter tones to Ashram’s creations, by contributing also with a
couple of acoustic guitar-based mellower Folk ballads now and again.
ASPECTEE
– "Morben"digipack CD
2009 (First Fallen Star)
- 11 euro - It's as if you are
staring into the cold night sky. An infinite expanse of darkness,
a void, punctuated only here and there with points of shining
light. What little light exists fluctuates, flutters, dances ever
so faintly, though it remains forever dominated by a blackened
backdrop. Influenced by the human condition and the human
experience, by humanity's fortune and misfortune, the soundscapes
of "Morben" are varied, ranging from ambient to dark ambient to
experimental, though the sounds remain forever blackened, and the
moods heavy. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
ASTRAL SURF GYPSIES - "Breath of the Rat Lady" CDR (Bunkier Prod.)
- 7 euro - Weird neofolk inspired by the psychodelic music
of the 60'ties. Opiumic visions, sharp acoustic melodies, drones.
Three pages gatefold. Professional printing. Ltd: 190 copies
ATARAXIA - "Cavaleiros Do Templo (Live in Portugal)" Digi
DVD+CD / format A5 (Dying Art Productions) - 16 euro -
Neo classic/Medieval empress ATARAXIA from
Italy.which was originally released by Portugal The only official
recognition Portugal Knights Templar live site VHS + CD edition,
the first edition in 1998, out of print for many years. Does not
need more introduction, The new edition Through professional
digital video restoration (2 x A5 Digipack CD + DVD + poser +
Knights Templar Badge + Kraft paper bag + Handwritten Number)
ATOMINE ELEKTRINE - "Archimetrical Universe" digipack CD (Eternal
Pride Productions) - 11 euro - 2009 remixed version of "Archimetrical
Universe" (1999, Yantra Atmospheres) from the project of Peter
Andersson (Raison D'Etre, Necrophorus, Stratvm Terror). This album
showcases Peter's dissection of the sky, birthing massive,
geometrically perfect sonic diversions, burnished metal dreams and
pristine sonic caresses that reconfigure sound into smooth
surfaces. To counterbalance the exactness of the sonic development,
light rhythms emerge, huge slabs of disrupting tones puncture...
The clarity of production and meticulous restructuring of the
known with the unknown only heightens this alluring venture into
the cavernous realm of space. Intoxicating, mind-altering sound
manipulations that inspire one's imagination with conflicting
emotional responses at all times. Ltd x 1000 copies with 3 bonus
tracks taken from the "Nebulous" boxset bonus disc (Essence Music).
AUBE : OCTOBER – CD (Armonika) - 4 euro -
1 of a 12 part series strictly limited to 500
copies.
Aube otherwise known as Akifumi Makajima is one of the leading
artists in the Japanese noise scene. He uses some of the most
unusual instrumentation in his recordings to create dark
atmospheres with outbursts of noise.
AUBE :
DECEMBER – CD (Armonika)
- 4 euro -1
of a 12 part series strictly limited to 500 copies.
Aube otherwise known as Akifumi Makajima is one of the leading
artists in the Japanese noise scene. He uses some of the most
unusual instrumentation in his recordings to create dark
atmospheres with outbursts of noise.
AURAL HOLOGRAMS - "Aural Holograms Vol. I"
CD (Aural Hypnox) - 11 euro - The
very first part of the Aural Holograms series incorporates various
call and response patterns manifesting vibrating, subtle energies,
all of which have been accurately divided into separate rhythmic
dimensions and time-shifting aural tapestries. The overall
experience - i.e. the ecstatic effect - is transmitted by the
intensity of syncopated rhythms, reed organ lingering on a few
tones, self-transforming vocal work accompanied with carefully
chosen oscillating tunes and a variety of percussive patterns
utilising artefacts crafted according to the methods of
traditional metallurgia, as well as real-time tape operations.
..:: B ::..
BAI SHUI - "Yu Lai" digipack CD (Midnight Productions)
- 11 euro -
The third
album gestated by the Neo-folk artist BAI SHUI from Si Chuan,
China. Still, enriched mainly based on the traditional Chinese
folklore musical elements along with the deep emotions regarding
the friendship and farewell throughout the whole album. The most
fantastic work created by BAI SHUI thus far - you'll be falling
deep inside....Limited to 500 copies, DigipackCD.
BAI SHUI -
"Winter" digipack CD (Midnight
Productions)
- 11 euro - They told me that all our lives we were just walking
on our way.One day I stopped to look back, I found the stories of
all of us, just by the side the road. So I wrote them
down...Baishui, the folk singer from Yibin, China, his second
debut album
will be released soon after
his first album
BARDOSENETICCUBE "Naegleria Fowlery" – CD 2007 (Blade Records)
- 10 euro
-
Russian Dark Ambient act Bardoseneticcube are back with a new
release on Blade Records. Limited to 300 copies, and presented on
13x15 cm carboard professional printed full-colour sleeve.
BARDOSENETICCUBE - "Noosphere" CD (Monochrome Vision) -
10 euro - New album by russian project Bardoseneticcube
dealing with theory of russian scientist Vladimir Vernadsky about
collective consciousness, emerging from the interaction of human
minds. The continuos computer-generated music, minimally changing
but reaching maximum concentration, comes as the one long track,
designed for your mind challenge.
BARZEL - "Born to destroy Amalek" CD (Topheth Prophet) -
10 euro - The second album from militant Jewish act BARZEL
(New York) is finally unleashed! 10 tracks of lo-fi Zionist Power
Electronics... extreme walls of Harsh Noise, Power Electronics,
screaming vocals... fits right beside fellow American heavyweights
Brethren, Slogun, Prurient, Fire In The Head etc. Released in a
matt digifile. Israeli import.
BASTARDS OF LOVE - "Decadance Royale" CD
(Deja Vu-Music) - 12 euro - Electro-Pop / Old School. Featuring
guest appearances from Geneviéve Pasquier, and Nora Below,
Bastards Of Love are tearing you up! Tobi Margaux has arisen from
the vinyl release underground with his first CD. 70 minutes of
pure electronic passion connecting old school synth-lines with
amazing pumping rhythms that lead you straight into ecstasy. The
vocals provide an emotional note ranging from whispering,
melancholic layers, to the final heights of power: shouts of life.
Invoking an experience that flows into the spirit and creates an
everlasting impression. The magic of "Alchemy" with Geneviéve
Pasquier flows into pulsating industrial pop with "The Love Café,
and "Fast Reaction". The mellower crooning side of Bastards Of
Love is also finely represented by "Misunderstandings" and "World
Of Matter". Bonus remixes of the hits "Stories" and "Rouge Fatale"
round out the complete infusion of this "Decadance Royale". This
is the language of pure energy, this is rebel electropop!
Башня Ледяных Воронов - "Башня Ледяных Воронов" CDR (Valgriind
Records) -
5 euro -
“Live” recorded mystical Dark Ambient. Successful combination of
professional women's vocalize, icy atmosphere and guimbarde sounds.
Slim - box with rune.
BEN
ZEEN –
"Error
/ b³¹d"
CD
(No Music) - 10
euro - (Ex SPEAR) - Audovisual / analog structures /
experimental / ambient-noise /Audiowizualny
projekt Macieja O¿oga i Paw³a Cieœlaka istniej¹cy od 2005 roku.
Druga p³yta Ben Zeen „Error
/ b³¹d“.
Muzyka Ben Zeen to po³¹czenie analogowego syntezatora modularnego,
kontrolowanego przy pomocy anten Theremin i kontrolera wstêgowego,
laptopów stanowi¹cych Ÿród³o poddanych dekonstrukcji,
zniszczonych, przetworzonych pêtli i sampli ró¿nego pochodzenia i
u¿ywanych równoczeœnie jako centrala efektów dla innych,
zewnêtrznych Ÿróde³ dŸwiêku, instrumentów preparowanych oraz field
recordings. Laptopy wyposa¿one s¹ w liczne sterowniki – ga³kowe,
dotykowe, œwietlne.
BEN
ZEEN –
"SierϾ"
CD (Monotype
Records) - 10 euro - (Ex SPEAR) - Audovisual / analog
structures / experimental / ambient-noise /
Audiowizualny
projekt Macieja O¿oga i Paw³a Cieœlaka istniej¹cy od 2005 roku.
Pierwsza p³yta Ben Zeen „Sierœæ“ wydana nak³adem wytwórni Monotype
Records. Ben Zeen koncentruje siê na tworzeniu kola¿y dŸwiêkowych
o ekstremalnie otwartej strukturze, tworzonych w trakcie
improwizacji. Zespó³ u¿ywa, przekracza i zderza ze sob¹ metody,
formy, konwencje i klisze charakterystyczne dla ró¿nych nurtów
muzyki wspó³czesnej. Miesza ze sob¹ elementy minimalizmu, muzyki
repetytywnej, konkretnej czy noise'u tworz¹c eklektyczne,
niezdeterminowane i zaskakuj¹ce formy.
BEYOND SENSORY EXPERIENCE & MOLJEBKA PVLSE - "Zielona Gora"
digipack CD (Ur Muzik) - 12 euro - The debut release on
this Polish label comes from two well-known Swedish acts: Beyond
Sensory Experience and Moljebka Pvlse. Both bands were invited in
April 2008 to play a concert in Zielona Góra, Poland. After the
concert the two bands joined together on stage and recorded the
raw material for this release. This material was then taken to
chilly Stockholm and reworked by the artists. The result is a
monumental, 70 minutes long, dark ambient work that unifies the
excellence of Beyond Sensory Experience and Moljebka Pvlse's
worlds. Ltd x 500 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
BISCLAVERET – “Psyche NoMine” CD (The Eastern Front)
-10 euro -
Bisclaveret are a Polish dark ambient / darkwave duo. 6 songs (53
minutes) of music for those interested in moving, yet
extraordinary art. Lush strings, industrial rhythms and even noise
tones at times summarise the background for Dragos' voice.
Lyrically, this concept album of sorts deals with the human
subconsciousness; of reckless arrogance; of being lost in the
surrounding reality. The words of 'Akeldama XIV' are by Aleister
Crowley. A must-have album for fans of Nordvargr, Dead Man's Hill,
In Slaughter Natives etc. Hand-numbered edition of 1000 copies in
a fold-out sleeve with insert.
BIZARRE UPROAR / GELSOMINA "Assisted Self Sterilization" CD
300 copies (Freak Animal Rec.) -
11 euro -
Finnish harsh noise at its best!!! Full of energy, scrapmetal,
feedback,... I dare to say best material in the harsh noise
category and recommended to any noise freak.
BLACK LEATHER
JESUS - "Yes, Sir (Filth Play)" CD 2009 (Mask of the Slave) -
11 euro - The great new album from the legendary Texas based noise band
formed in 1989! The 20th Anniversary album! The band was founded
by Richard Ramirez. Currently, it also includes Kevin Novak (TEF),
Sean Matzus (The Secret Geography/ITLOA), Scott Houston(Respirator/S.P.I.T.),
Vance Osborne (Murex/ITLOA), with occasional assistance by Jovan
Hernandez (ze'r0-sum/Anatomy of a Blackout). Pro CD in normal
jewel case limited to 500 copies.
BLACK SUN PRODUCTION –“Astral Walk” CD
(Final Muzik) -6 euro - Energetic, breathtaking ritual musick for both
mind and body, from this project
known for their live collaborations with Coil.
BLEIBURG - "Open Wound" CDR (The Eastern Front) -
9 euro - Edition of 300 copies. Special 3 panels folded
cardboard packing. Martial / Industrial / Electronic. Audio record
of Bleiburg live performance in Kassel, Germany on 23.06.2007.
German- Croatian legendary project Bleiburg does not need to be
presented. This year we introduce an unique document - a record of
live performance of Bleiburg in Kassel, Germany at Panoptikum club
in June 2007. Live performances of Bleiburg take place seldom, all
the more this release witnessing Bleiburg on stage may represent the
particular interest. "Open Wound" is a collection of well-known
Bleiburg songs like Gulag Good-bye, Na Rad!, Nezdrava Tvorba, Good
evening, Zagreb and more...
BLEIBURG - "Way Of Crosses" CD (The Eastern
Front) - 10 euro - Though only people themselves
create History, they always prefer to re-write it afterwards,
being horrified and embarrassed by what they have committed. But
sometimes we must make bold to face the truth and to acknowledge
the fact that we are guilty of what we made and that we are guilty
towards History. And we must carry our own cross and pass our own
way and once reach the Golgotha of our own conscience.
BLOOD & SAND - "Bardo" CDR (Bunkier Prod.) -
SOLD OUT!!
- Without doubt one of the most interesting albums released lately
on the dark folk scene. "Bardo" is a collection of never published
before songs by Russian dark folk masters: Blood & Sand. Eleven
astonishing acoustic ballads with plenty of instruments and
wonderful arrangements. Released as an oversized, eight page
booklet with lyrics. Professional print. Strictly limited to 350
copies, hand numbered. A true must for fans of Backworld, Forseti..
BLOODY WOODS - "Colour" digipack CD (Midnight Productions)
- 11 euro - The Neofolk outfit Bloody Woods (aka Bai Shui) from Sichuan, China
has finally completed the first (and maybe their last) full-length
album. More percussion elements are added here, plus more dark and
obscure Middle Eastern musical elements that give a ritualistic
feeling. You will hear influences from G.O.R. and the like but BW
also comes with its own style. This is an absolutely fantastic
piece of art and deserves to be owned! Ltd x 500 copies in a
digipak. Chinese import.
BRANDKOMMANDO -
"Pytania O.." 3'CDr (R.O.N.F. Records) - 6 euro - New BRADKOMMANDO
release!! Amazing Polish act burning the last days of 2009 in dark
Power Electronics offense. 3 tracks / 19 minutes Length. Packaged
in a mini-dvdr black case.
BRANDKOMMANDO - "New Fucking Radical Orthodox" CDr (Deserted
Factory)
- 6 euro - Japanese re-edition of the great album BRADKOMMANDO!!
Limited Edition 100 copies. Power Electronics / Harsh Noise.
BRANDKOMMANDO - "Patria,
Socialismo O Muerte!" CDR 2009 (Sickcore Label)
- 6 euro - New
album of polish power electronics projekt BRANDKOMMANDO. Power
voices and spanish samples from the revolution in South
America. Limited edition to 100 copies.
BRIGHTER
DEATH NOW -
"Where
Dreams Come True"digipack CD (Cold
Meat Industry) - 13 euro -The
assault lasted for just over sixty agonizing minutes, intimidation
of power the only lubrication. Sometimes slow and accompanied by
whispered threats, other times hard and gratuitously painful.
Always overbearing and unrelenting. Isn't that what LOVE is
supposed to feel like? Moans of pleasure in the throes of
violation. The amplification of obsession within an ongoing "abusive"
relationship. The evidence of trauma conveniently packaged and
presented as commodity. Feel dirty and ashamed over and over again.
Remember, you're a victim, not a survivor. On this special
occasion the personell of BDN was Roger Karmanik and Proiekt Hat.
Your trauma comes in packed in a deliciously foilprinted 4-panel
digipak. Limited to only 1000 copies!
BUBEN vs.
ABSTRACTIVE NOISE - "Dychotomia"
CDR 2008 (No Angels Prod.) - 6 euro -It is a
specific tribute to Contradictions, but also for Differences, that
force world to move, give course for time, and form space. To
eternal antagonisms, which are one universal unity in fact.
Musical „visualisation” of this concept is based on diversity of
participating projects. Buben – presents music built on massive
attack of powerful beats and high paces, and on the other side
there is young and promising Greek project Abstractive Noise with
more quiet, sober, but surprising dark ambient. Both creations,
despite of obvious differences, fits very well into experimental
electronics aesthetics and have fundamental common elements, which
attentive listener will recognize for sure. We want to invite you
to take a look and listen to dichotomy of presented world of
sounds.
Packaging is non-typical - profi printed CDR in hard foil envelope
is placed in cardboard, printed package, A5 size after folding,
with additional graphic on photo paper inside. Foiled, limited to
110 hand numbered copies.
BUNKER / GORNGOLTZ "Ashes" CDR
(UFA Muzak) -
5 euro
- 7 + 1 tracks, 35 minutes, CD-r, black glossy
envelope with 8 page black & white booklet /
Heavy Electronics / The Iron Birth of the new archetype
pervaded before edge by memory about "good" times. Ashes in our
blood is degenerated... sickness, hunger. Too late. Black as Hell
BUNKER's work is a fury in burning captivity. 4 pulsing heavy
electronics bullets. Nightmareish record. In vision of endless
murder... defect tape... controled bile. GORNGOLTZ is asphyxiating
gas noise... cut the vein... mass kill like cattle. 3 deep cuts.
The secret burning pages of the terrible will.
..:: C ::..
CAMERATA MEDIOLANENSE - "Pankràtion" digipack CD 2006
(Twilight Rec.) - 11
euro- The
present collection contains some of the most representative of
CAMERATA MEDIOLANENSE's tracks taken from their previous releases
on cd and on 10", thus offering a taste of CM's aesthetics and
approach to music. Epic impetus alternates with a lyrical and
intimate mood, embroidering imaginative frescos of the past or of
the mysterious and fascinating lands of the mind and of the soul.
CAUL and KIRCHENKAMPF - "Sleep-Night-Death" CD 2008 (Malignant)
-
11 euro
- Dark Ambient. Two artists return to the Malignant
roster, having teamed up to create over 60 minutes of dark ambient
solitude. A soundscape for late night reflections, full of quiet,
whispering drones, cosmic flutterings, arching climatic tones and
textures that ascend and descend in a delicate interplay between
beauty and bleak desolation. You know their work as separate
entities, find out what they do when brought together. Limited to
888 copies with specialty eco-wallet packaging designed by :::
eye.lyft.
CHANGES / ALLERSEELEN - "Men Among the Ruins" CD (Ewers
Tonkunst)
-
11 euro
- The brandnew split release from Allerseelen and
Changes. The Allerseelen track "Tropfen schöner Zeit" is based of
a tale from Yukio Mishima. A few tracks from him include russian
singing from Drynwhyl, a member of Svarrogh and Katatonia. The Changes
tracks are brilliant oldschool folk, as we love them.
CHAOSMOS.pl -
Esoteric Art in Poland in
21st century - book + CD (Okultura) -
23 euro - "Chaosmos.pl"
and the accompanying disc are the unique presentation of
Polish artists inspired by the western esoteric tradition.
Recognized and renowned practitioners such as Anna Maria Bauer,
Marek Przyby³a, Erwin Sówka,
R. Ryszard Szczerbowski, Andrzej Urbanowicz and Henryk Waniek
here come together with a group of young, talented beginners,
turn-of-the-century children of Chaos.
Chaosmos marks the space where meetings occur of such diverse
traditions as masonic and alchemical symbolism, artists' books
and grimoires, tantric and alchemical iconography, surrealism,
psychedelia and automatic writing. Artistic forms manifest
similar diversity: paintings mix with drawings and photography,
collages and graphics – with found objects. The book's 21
artists showcasing their unorthodox imaginations are matched
and pitted against the disc's sound architects and their
experimental and ritual auralities.
The book is
bilingual (Polish and English).
Limited edition of 1111 numbered copies.
Full colour. 152 pages. 21 x 27.8 cm. Hardbound.
CISFINITUMAAAA - "Drone" CD-R 2008 (Triangle Records)
- 5 euro -
Mail-art drone/concrete stuff from CISFINITUM and MAAAA.
Limited to 20 CD-R.
CLINT LISTING
- "My Father, My Keeper" digipack CD (Autumn Wind Prod.) -
11 euro -
Dark Ambient
memories from the creator of As All Die..."My Father, My Keeper"
was three years in the making, Clint Listing combines the sounds
of Post Rock, Ambient Soundscapes, Avantgarde Jazz and Post
Industrial elements. A unique and unusual release that plays the
soundtrack for a mind feeling lost...embracing loss and
remembering the sounds now long gone and slowly fading from memory..."My
Father, My Keeper" will bring you the solace your mind is starving
for. This release also contains a 3 song EP called "The Snow Ghost
EP", this EP brings alive the ambient shadows you thought you saw
in the dark...the gentle breath on the back of your neck...the
face you thought you saw reflected in the window....melting the
frost from the glass. Encased in an excellent looking 4-panal
digipak. Limited To 1,000 copies.
CO.CASPAR.OSP - "Labcopilation 2" CD ltd.500 (Paranoise
Records) - 8 euro - Compilation of studio works from
98-03, containing spoken poetry set to sound. Most tracks allready
released on different labels. Two new tracks.
COLLAPSAR - "Beyond the Event Horizon" digipack CD 2009
(Malignant) -
SOLD OUT!! - NEW!! Malignant presents another rising star
within the dark ambient scene, this time in the form of French act
Collapsar. With their debut CD, “Beyond The Event Horizon”
Collapsar transports the listener on an epic journey deep into the
cosmos, forging a path across a vast, inky void, and steering a
course around a roiling galactic core of hyper-dense stars and
black holes. The sound is epic, expansive, and most of all, HEAVY.
There is beauty and tranquility within these realms, but there is
no light – just massive, pulsating textures coalescing into
shimmering drones, rippling sound waves, and billowing,
multi-dimensional layers of powerful dark energy. “Beyond the
Event Horizon” is without question, dark ambient in its purest
form and one of the more genre defining releases of the last
several years. A must for fans of Inade, Lustmord and the like. In
6 panel digipak, with design by ::: Eye.Lyft :::
COLD FUSION / RUKKANOR - "Silk Road" digipack CD
(Rage In Eden) -
11 euro
-
The Silk Road is a series of trade and cultural
transmission routes connecting East and West by linking traders,
merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads and urban dwellers
from China to the Mediterranean Sea during various periods of
time.Many artistic influences transited along the Silk Road,
especially through the CentralAsia, where Hellenistic, Iranian,
Indian and Chinese influence were able to intermix."Silk Road" - a
split of Cold Fusion and Rukkanor is a road album, connecting past
with present, East and West, classical oriental melodies with
modern arrangements. 9 tracks, 43 minutes, CD in digipack. Limited
edition of 500 handnumbered copies.
COLD FUSION - "Report" re-issue digipack CD (Rage
In Eden) - 11 euro - This record is the re-edition of Cold
Fusion's classic second full-lenght work. The concept album
entitled "Report" with 46 minutes of military ambient soundscapes
and rhythms, so characteristic for Cold Fusion. The first issue (
sold-out ) was published by War Office Propaganda only in 200 CDR
copies in 2005. Now re-issued on CD in digipack with Michal
Karcz's artwork.
COMPULSIVE SHOPPING DISORDER - "In The Cube" digipack CD
(Rage in Eden)
- 11 euro - Bold and original arrangements, dense and
oppresive electronic sounds, aggressive industrial phrases,
melancholic melodies and cold, impassive voice. Where the darkness
and music become to one, COMPULSIVE SHOPPING DISORDER is alone
with you. This is a testimony filled with gloomy romanticism of
Kirlian Camera, Coil's sonic sadness and energetic clamour of
Skinny Puppy. Listen on minimal level, at night's solitude. 7
tracks, 52 minutes, 3-pannel digipack.
CONTAGIOUS ORGASM - "Invasion" CD (SSSM Rec.) - 11 euro -
First new full-length release from Japanese sound virtuoso
Contagious Orgasm (aka Hiroshi Hashimoto) in 3 years! "From the
outside space to the inner space. Music that enters your deep
psychology from eardrum. Processed field recordings &
electro-acoustic sound art collage, a mixture of constituted
delicately industrial and noisy ambient sounds. Infected person
increase!!" Presented in a sealed card sleeve.
CONTAGIOUS ORGASM
- "Thin
Skinned"
CD (Industrial
Recollections)
- 11 euro -
Contagious Orgasm's 3rd tape release (SSSM, 1989) presents 2 long
tracks coming in at around 45 minutes of playing time. Excellent
experimental industrial sounds by the Japanese cult band. Those
who heard the previous two tapes re-issued by Industrial
Recollections, can't go wrong with this one! "I highly recommend
headphones, alternatively listen though speakers at loud volume.
Give priority to aural senses."
CONTAGIOUS ORGASM & KOTODAMA - "Blackout" CD (SSSM Rec.) - 11 euro -
Two unique Japanese bands took part in this wonderful work. Both
are very active in in the electronic music scene, with Manabu
Hiramoto of Kotodama also recording as Shinkiro. But each act
defines their own unique sound within many spectrums, from deep
electro and dark sounds, noise to dreamy and atmospheric
soundtracks. Presented in a sealed card sleeve.
CONTAGIOUS ORGASM & FLUTWACHT - "Inspection Of 1 Hour" CD (SSSM
Rec.) - 11 euro - The latest volume of Contagious Orgasm's
frequent collaborations, this time with prolific German act
Flutwacht. "Inspection of 1 hour" starts off very scraping, noisy
and harsh, and evolves slowly towards more drone-oriented and
calmer material. It's only towards the last tracks that the poetic
side of Contagious Orgasm shows up, when some charming piano lines
provide the core of the collaboration. One of the noisiest and
less collage-based release by C.O. in some years, which still
manages to keep their usual quality level. Ltd x 300 copies in a
sealed card sleeve.
CREST 218 - "Nova
stereometria doliorum vinariorum" profi 2CDR
(Reverse Alignment) - 6 euro - From the dark, noisey pits
of Partille comes this rough double album from Crest. Second after
the two year old crustburst " Kajaani, Sotkamo, Perkele!", on
PAS-83 productions, this excellent album sees the day of light.
Here you´ll find a package full of intense analogue
powerstructures and noncompromising attitude that makes your
industrial heart beat faster...Daniel Jansson (Deadwood, S.T.U.G.
218) appears on Crest 218 as well(!). Professionally made
CDRs in double DVD box. Limited edition of 100 copies,
hand-numbered.
CRISIS - "Reactor4" CD (Syndrom Records)
- 11 euro -
The Crisis project came about in early 2009 after recording the
album ‘Reactor4’. Reactor number 4 was the nuclear reactor that
exploded within the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, in
1986. It was considered to be the worst nuclear disaster in
history. The disaster left the city of Prypiat abandoned. To this
day the city remains an exclusion zone. The recordings on this
album were made to create a soundtrack to the whole era, when in
1986 the Western world learned of the disaster. (Crisis are not
linked to the early punk band of the same name). This is the debut
album for Syndrom Records. A mixture of dark ambient and
electronics assembled in ten tracks. There are sampled voices from
the Chernobyl nuclear disaster era, coupled with distorted signals
and electronics.
CYCLOTIMIA - "Music
for Stockmarkets" CD (Zhelezoboton) - 11 euro -
The music material itself is nothing like the one heard in the
previous records of Cyclotimia. There is no apocalyptic
soundscapes of "Wasteland" times, no cybernetic hi-tech and media
madness of "E$chaton", no cosmic downtempo of "Celestis: Space
Ceremonial Music"... Minimalism, academic sterility, surgical
accuracy and meditative ataraxy prevail on "Music for Stockmarkets".
Then again it is not the familiar "idm", "glitch", "noise", "clicks
and cuts" and not "minimal techno"... The sound of the album is
chrystal-clear and warm at the same time. "Vintage" lovers have a
wonderful chance to listen to the masterpieces of Soviet music
production (such as Rhythm 1, Rhythm 2, Aelita, Formanta UDS,
Formanta EMS-01, Polyvox) in pure sound, unprocessed by effects.
CYCLOTIMIA - "Styx"
CD (Zhelezoboton) - 11 euro - 7th full-length
album from the masters of "stockmarket industrial". "Styx" is the
most mainstream-oriented work in the Cyclotimia discography. The
music here is free of experimental and academic explorations
traditional for the band; here the emphasis is made on the
rhythmical component. Inexorable like an economic recession and
steadfast like a financial indicator chart, eleven compositions
depict the sickly technogenic reality of the planet wrapped by
networks of global capital, media glamour and ideological
obsessions. In the ancient Greek mythology Styx was the embodiment
of primeval dread and gloom, from which the first living creatures
emerged. This was a personification of the underworld river whose
pestilent currents seclude life from death... Similarly to this
mythic river, currents of credits, percent, funds, financial
quotations, capital issues, barrels of oil and advertising spaces
flow on the Cyclotimia album to the accompaniment of hard, sterile
and atmospheric electronic music.
CYCLOTIMIA - "TimeBank"
CD (Zhelezoboton) - 11 euro - "TimeBank" is a
collection of exclusive compositions recorded by Cyclotimia in
2003-2007 and for some reasons left out of the main albums. The
material presented here is hard to fit in the Procrustean bed of
common musical styles, but we can try to list the ingredients from
which this post-industrial "dish" was cooked: both cyber jazz and
idm, neoclassics and trademark technological ambient, old-school
electronics and atmospheric new age, experimental and many more
can be found here... Despite the seeming stylistic incompatibility
the band succeeded in creating a self-sufficient album with a
spectacular plot no worse than a good Hollywood thriller. A
special jewel of the disk is the track "Nocturne" combining aerial
melodies and uneasy sonic "cinematography". Also worth mentioning
is the "live" 10-minute prog-industrial suite "Economic Meditation",
imbued with psychedelic dramatism.
CYCLOTIMIA -
"Deja Vu" CD (Shadowplay Records) - 11 euro - The Moscow project CYCLOTIMIA is not needed to be
present. It's albums were released at the cult western
electro-industrial labels and also in Russia. It's music were sent
even in space. During the period of 9 years there are lot of
reviews about this band almost all sites and magazines that are
devoted to the electro-industrial music mention CYCLOTIMIA or
write articles about it. But you could make your own opinion about
it - just listen the CD... All songs from the album were written
in 2001 year and were released as two vinyls "Same Time Same
Place" and "Metamorphosis" in 2002 year. But were difficult to buy
because of the very limited edition... Chronologically the album
"Deja Vu" is between "Wasteland" and "E$chaton"
CYCLOTIMIA - "New
Death Order" CD (Ewers Tonkunst) - 11 euro -
This is a re-issue of the first MCD by Cyclotimia which has been
released by the now defunct State-Art back in 2000 and now is a
very hard-to-find collector item. This depressive gloomy work is
closer to the early band's vinyl releases than to more
electro-oriented latest albums. The claustrophobic aura of the
world dying in the strangling embraces of the new world order, the
total horror of everyday life, the omnipresent tentacles of
consumerism - all the distinctive conspirological Cyclotimia
topics are already here on this debut work, and lo-fi
industrial-oriented sound makes it all totally revealed and free
of any veneer. This album is a brilliant soundtrack for
pre-apocalyptic times which could appeal not only to Cyclotimia
fans, but to all the lovers of obscure atmospheric industrial in a
vein of Schloss Tegal "Oranor III" or some 90-ies Sigillum S works.
In addition to the initial MCD material, the release includes 8
previously unreleased tracks from the same period and comes in a
cardboard full-colour envelope limited to 500 copies only. Total
length is 74 min.
CYCLOTIMIA - "Algorithms" digipack CD (Rage In
Eden) - 11 euro - Moscow duo Cyclotimia is one of the best recognized,
well-known Russian projects in the electronic scene today. On "Algorithms"
album Cyclotimia presents apocalyptic version of electronic music,
dark ambient sounds supported by bouncing electronic rhythms,
religious samples and different effects, all blended in that way
which makes this album very intriguing. Cyclotimia's trademark
sound proceeds from using a mix of the modern synthesis
technologies and cult vintage analog / Soviet machines. For all
who listen into Ulver, Holon or Forma Tadre. 11 tracks, 52 minutes,
3 panel glossy digipack.
..:: D ::..
DARK AWAKE - "meseonas"
digipack CD 2008
(Twilight Records) - 11 euro - Dark Awake's debut CD
entitled "Meseonas" is a mystical avant-garde art with majestic/pompous
feeling explores the macabre fantasies from the nocturnal
macrocosm of imagination. The music of Dark
Awake is not just a piece of art...it is the ritual of life as a
sacrifice of will towards the totality of infinite possibility
DASEIN - "Vae Victis" CDR (Valgriind Records) - 5 euro
-
Deep noise ambient, associated with history of world wars.
Author's artworks are used in design. 100 copies.
DEAD FACTORY - "NowherE"
CDR
/dark industrial/ - 6 euro
- DEAD
FACTORY has operated since 2001 industrial music project. "NowherE"
material it's industrial thud, spatial and reverberates in a distance
souds of work. Dead Factroy project is very often compares to MOAN!!
DEAD
FACTORY - "Solitude" CDR /dark industrial/ -
6 euro - Solitude" is a first Dead Factory music material
- blast spaces, machine music world. Minimalistic industrial.
DEAD MAN'S HILL - "Songs from the forthcoming apocalypse"
digipack CD (MidNight Productions) -
11 euro -
After almost 2 years of
silence, Dead Man's Hill is now back with a new full length,
themed around the apocalypse, and what will happen thereafter.
This is a journey which starts on a darkened earth, which sky is
filled with aurora's and fire, and continues it's way trough
planets and spaces of no life. The music on this album sounds in
the line of "Dog Burial", but with more atmospheric elements, more
black metal influences and haunting vocals. Ltd x 500 copies in a
digipak with booklet.
DEAD MAN'S
HILL - "Esoterica Orde De Dagon" digipack A5 CD (Dying Art Productions) -
11 euro - Reissue of the very limited fourth release from this Belgian
act, originally issued on Polish label Beast Of Prey in 2005.
43 minutes of music in apocalyptic dark ambient style. A
combination of dynamic percussion and industrial rhythms with
characteristic vocals. "...the first project that crosses my
mind when listening to them is the Jouni Havukainen project In
Slaughter Natives" (Dagaz). Ltd x 500 copies in a matt DVD
digipak.
DEAD MAN'S HILL - "The Daemons of Death" digipack CD 2006
(WOP) - 11 euro - The newest Dead Man's Hill CD contains 8
songs consisting of organic howling sounds, crossed with lots of
choirs, strings, horns and trumpets, beautiful clean vocals and
usual DMH-percussions.
DEADWOOD - "Ramblack"CD
(Cold Spring)- 11 euro -“Ramblack" is the follow up to Deadwood's successful 2005
album "8 19". Over the past 3 years this Swedish artist has been
toiling away, creating a new black ambient / death noise
masterpiece and "Ramblack" is the result. Cloaked in a more raw
and morbid sound then its predecessor, this album truly changes
one's perspective of audial darkness. This analogue beast of an
album layers the tonal prayers of demons and the distorted cries
of angels, sickness and depravity. True Death Electronics. The
soundtrack to your end. "Ramblack" features guest vocals from
Norwegian Black Metal legend
Maniac (Skitliv, ex-Mayhem), whose vocal approach on the
song 'Forakt' shows the full range of his capacity. Truly one of
the most sick and twisted pieces of sonic art ever recorded.
DEADWOOD - "8 19" CD'05
(Cold Spring)
- 11 euro -
Outstanding Power Electronics from Sweden. This is DEADWOOD's
debut album and is a solid, pounding force of electronics, Death
Ambient atmospheres and brutal vocals. Featuring a member of
Satanic Black Metal act Blodulv. File alongside such luminaries as
The Grey Wolves and Mz.412. DEADWOOD is a relentless assault on
the senses! Approach with due caution!
DEFEKTRO
- "Collapse
of the Unseen Wall"
3'CD-R
(Linija Shuma)
- 6 euro -
lim.ed. numbered 54 copies, hand made design.
Project from Japan noise-artist Hirofumi
Uchino. DEFEKTRO was released in Europe on such labels as
Hardbringer Sound and
Steinklang. Live noise is built on
concrete-metallic constructions sounds. Very rhythmic and
positive!!! Something in the middle of K2 and early EINSTURZENDE
NEUBAUTEN!!!
DEMONS THAT DROVE - "Kraft" digipack CDR (Midnight
Productions)
- 11 euro -
The latest album
from the Swedish Industrial Ambient & Power Electronics act Demons
That Drove, with stronger and more powerful soundscapes in
comparison with Kraft's older materials. Unlike many other similar
artists that handle the themes of anarchism and terrorism, DTD is
walking on the path of building up the malefic vision of the
underworld. The vocal within his music works as creating the
atmosphere of making listeners feeling personally on the
scene.Pro-CDr on 6-panel digipak in limited edition of 200 copies.
DESIDERII MARGINIS
- "Seven
Sorrows"digipack
CD(Cold Meat Industry)
- 12 euro -
Johan Levin has dug
deeper than ever before within the creative depths and so ventures
even further into the darklands of dispair and solitude, deeper
into the vibrant shadows of the human mind, bringing a good amount
of acoustic instruments into play.
DESIDERII MARGINIS
- "Strife"
CD(Cold Meat Industry)
- 12 euro -
"Strife" is, as the
name implies, a sort of reflection over the rather pitiful human
desire to engage in all kinds of conflict. Everywhere and always.
Often strife takes the form of mere pointless destruction for no
purpose. That particular lack of meaning is what this album is all
about. "War is a continuation of politics" von Clausewitz wrote in
the 1830s. Guns go silent only to discover that nothing has really
been accomplished. Old structures of injustice remain, recent
conflicts are added to old ones. The music on this album is not
intended to sound like the blazing guns of a world at war. "Politics
are firmly rooted in the present. Strife itself is eternal. The
music is, as always, a personal way to deal with and express the
ever-present madness of man. Nothing changes, everything is new."
DESIDERII MARGINIS
- "Deadbeat"
CD(Cold Meat Industry)
- 12 euro -
Close your eyes, and
find yourself moved to desolate windswept forests - where mist
lingers around leafless branches, moonbeams just barely break
through, and distant howls both entice and frighten.
DESIDERII MARGINIS
- "Songs
over ruins" CD(Cold Meat Industry)
- 12 euro -
The debut for this
Swedish Dark Ambient project, in the finest Raison d´Être
tradition.
DIE WEISSE ROSE
- "A
Martyrium of White Roses"
digipack CD(Cold Meat Industry)
- 12 euro -
When most other
bands talk about Gesamtkunstwerke (total works of art), it sounds
pretentious. When Die Weisse Rose do it, it makes sense. Die
Weisse Rose are now available for the first time on record. The
music is painstakingly crafted and orchestrated to include
electronic elements, field recordings and real instruments, and
its creative merits really stand out in an underground culture
where bands of far lesser talents than Die Weisse Rose would
release three albums in the time Die Weisse Rose have patiently
worked on theirs. Digipak with booklet.
DIORAMA - "Child
of Entertainment
" MCD 2010
(Accession Records)
- 7 euro -
New powerful 7-track single of this underestimated German electro/gothic
band, taken from the highly anticipated upcoming album "Cubed".
The title-track appears in five versions under which a forceful "Clubbed"-version,
a fragile piano "Broken"-version and an electronic "Stolen"-version.
A live track "Advance" (recorded in their heimat Reutlingen) and a
remake of the song "Hla (Hideous Heart)" are also featured on this
36 minute Mcd. Diorama continues to bring a mix of melancholic and
melodic drama in their unique style and is definitely a band to
keep an eye on in the near future!
DISHARMONY -
"Malignant
shields" CD
(Aliens
Production) -
10 euro
- Cold atmospheres, samples from movies, hypnotic
rhythms, crystalic electronics and distorted vocals are the main
elements of the music, which was reflected in their first release,
Moonflower. Endless transformations and experimenting with sounds
is natural phase that brings Disharmony to their next work. This
is the fifth album which opens their next phase into the space of
electro underground. Combining industrial elements and IDM, puts
Disharmony into the modern, electro revolution, including the
ambient waters covered into hybrid structures that seconds
cinematic moods and lived vocals. Destructive and at the same time
beautiful, those who listen to DIsharmony from their beginnings
will hear a primary root that has put their electrodes into the
time depths. Electronic vibrations are pulsating between organic
frequencies and beautiful moods. Disharmony has moved one level
higher.
DISHARMONY - "Evolution" digipack CD (Tympanik) -
11 euro
-
Disharmony's new album, and these guys' second CD for
Tympanik (following a remix album) repeats how deeply rooted in
90's dark EBM this slovekian band is. Save for a few pads here and
there, this is a very nostalgic CD that should appeal to all of
you who still remember fondly the days of Yelworc, Zoth Ommog &
co: 4/4 beats, über distorted voice, and the most goth / emo
atmosphere you can think of. Black clad people, this one's for you,
and just for you.
DOWN IN
JUNE - "Covers" CD (NERVUS) - 15 euro - No
slavish imitators, Sweden's Down In June deconstruct and lavishly,
as well as lovingly, reinvent songs from the Death In June
catalogue with their own distinctive Totenpop vision. A very rare
and surprising discovery awaits. Recommended!
DEATH IN JUNE - "Live
in New York City" Digipak DVD (Tesco) -
16 euro -
This
beautiful and unique documentary piece, recorded in New York City
on November 10, 2002, is a career-spanning collection of 30 tracks,
each receiving definitive a live performance in DIJ’s more recent
stripped-down acoustic arrangements. 88 min, PAL.
DEEP & JUNE PAIK - "I mog Deep (deepinjune - the abraxas tapes)"
3'CDR 2008 (Suggestion Records) -
3 euro
- Ltd.-edition
50 copies, An electro-accoustic experience. Smoothy feedbacks,
drones and hidden melodies, played with e-basses and e-guitars.
Slowly changes, from lower non-impulsive sounds to intensive
vibrations, from deep (2 e-basses) to june paik (2 e-guitars and 1
e-bass) and back.
DÉFILÉ DES
AMES - "Lust 'n' Stone" CD (Steinklang
/ Ahnstern) - 12 euro - Dark Folk. The swirling sense of lust meets the
hardness of stone. The music of Défilé Des Ames is a blend of
contrary elements: Violence & lyricism, atmosphere & rage, murder,
purity, winds & mushrooms… Their traditional and classical
instruments are accompanied by powerful percussions and the
participation of the great MATT HOWDEN (SIEBEN) gives a
uncompareable accent to the album. "Lust 'n' Stone" is a brilliant,
dark Avant-Garde Folk album and after many years of live
appearances and independent releases, here is finally the debut
album of the Mediterranean Folk-gods Défilé Des Ames.
DENSE VISION
SHRINE - "Time Lost in Oblivion"CD
+ DVD /PAL/ 2009
(First Fallen Star) - 14 euro -
Although it
mysteriously shares a similar title and artwork with "Lost Time in
Oblivion", "Time Lost in Oblivion" is a completely new album with
no known connection to the 2007 release. Building upon a solid
foundation of dark ambient, Dense Vision Shrine also employs
sampled sounds and sparse rhythm to carefully design the listening
experience of a realm where time itself has stopped, of a
blackened voyage into oblivion. Each track of the album is
distinctive, yet always possessing the signature of Dense Vision
Shrine and proving unmistakably bleak. Ltd x 500 copies in a DVD
case with bonus DVD of visual material used for the background
screening during live performances. PAL Format, Region 0 (will
play in all European DVD players).
DER BLAUE REITER - "Silencis" digipack CD (Caustic Records)
- 12 euro - More apocalyptic than ever, DBR are back
with a new chapter of darkness and sadness. Decadence and death,
sin and desolation are the keys which guide us through forgotten
ambiences where the martial holds the reins of our sad reality.
DER BLAUE REITER - "Le paradise funebre... "
CD (Caustic Records) - 11 euro - DER BLAUE REITER, new project of Sathorys
Elenorth (Narsilion, Lugburz, Ordo Funebris) inspired by warlike
ambiences impregnated with an apocalyptic martiality, where
powerful percussions and majestic neoclassic passages are the
protagonists of this new work, more than an hour of melancholic
music replete of feelings and deep pain … Feel how the crying of a
cold war, legacy of the past, stir itself in the tops of
destruction of our last days, where the dreams are just a legend
and the death is a dark reality … Industrial dark ambient for fans
of Predella Avant, Sophia, Raison d'êtré, Triarii and Les joyaux
de la princesse…
DESIDERII MARGINIS - "Years Lend a Golden Charm" digipack CD
2009 (Eternal Pride) - 11 euro - To gain a deeper
understanding of what is, it is necessary to examine what was – to
go to the sources and the origins. With the emergence of this
brand new offering by Desiderii Marginis, ‘Years Lend a Golden
Charm’ we are invited to experience the very birth of what is now
a well established and worldwide recognised project within the
dark-ambient industrial scene. The contents of the new album is
made up of some 73 minutes of material from the first three
tapereleases from 1993. Highly sought after by collectors but only
available in a mere dozen of handmade copies, these songs are now
finally made available to a greater audience. When you listen to
the music with the knowledge that hindsight brings - it is obvious
that these are the roots and the foundations, not only of the
first full length album ‘Songs Over Ruins’, but of every succesive
release up to the latest ‘Seven Sorrows’. In 1993 there was no set
course, no long term plan – and still, maybe it couldn’t have
turned out any other way?
DIARY OF DREAMS - "If"
CD 2009
(Accession Records) - 13 euro - new album by Diary of Dreams bears the
simple but expressive title “(if)” – subtitled ‘the memento Ritual
project'. In contrast to previous works, “(if)” is no conceptual
album, as the band recently announced – each of the 12 songs on
this ninth studio album is telling its very own story. Expect
otherworldly sounds of extraordinary intensity on this eagerly
awaited all new album by one of the most successful German Dark
Electro-Pop acts! With (if), Diary of Dreams open a new chapter of
their ‘Dream Diary' and take the listener to a world full of
tender melodies. The compositions on (If) seem to be even deeper
and more personal than ever, the charismatic voice of frontman
Adrian Hates appears even more varied and the sound of this new
opus reaches new levels of versatility. The stylistic spectrum
embraces all sound colours for which Diary of Dreams are acclaimed
and respected for, but at the same time (If) succeeds to surprise
with loads of New and Fresh influences and sonorities! Definitely
a candidate for our 2009 end of the years sales charts!
DIARY OF DREAMS - "Nekrolog
43" CD(Accession
Records) - 13 euro - Darkwave / Gothic masters Diary Of Dreams are back,
three years after “Nigredo” ( an album that was showered with
praise world wide and earned them seven cover stories before they
started their acclaimed and extensive world tour ) with their
follow up and 9th studio album proper : "Nekrolog 43".
DISCIPLINA URBANA - "Non dvcor dvco" Digipack CDR (Species Production)
- 6 euro -
The second full length piece of work by
Brazilian Disciplina Urbana. 14 politically incorrect/ oldschool
industrial tracks straight from Sao Paulo. A concrete wall of
noise, oldschool power electronics combined with sounds reminding
the second generation of the scene, combined with harsh and piping
vocals.
DISHARMONY- „x frazes” - CD 2006 / dvdpack (Alians Prod.)
–5 euro
- In order, it´s 4th album of Bratislava´s dark-electro project.
This time the protagonists are maping their early period of time
and on their new release they´re presenting works, regarding to
release MOONFLOWER. The tracks on this CD are actually unreleased
retrospective and the material, which appeared on this CD leaves
in the listeners the phases where Disharmony keeps moving.
Rhythmical, hybrid structures. Atmospherical spaces and film moods
meet on each step. Typical destructive vocals in Ryby´s
interpretation give more agressive face of this one side
harmonical and on the contrary dark and destructive walk in
electronic underground.
DIVISION S - "Something to Drink 4" CDR (Bunkier Prod.)
-
8 euro
- The
album from Italian masters of gloomy music. More pop/noir/folk but
still in the same weird style. Released in jewel box.
Recommendation! Take a journey. Ltd: 300 copies.
DRONE LEBANON / WERTHAM - "Roma & Yerushalayim" CD (Topheth
Prophet) - 10 euro - The battle between Rome &
Jerusalem continues through the ages. Spirituality vs. Materialism,
Civitate Dei vs. Sin City. But where is Rome ? and where is
Jerusalem... and which is which? New release by the promising
newcomer, Drone Lebanon and a scene veteran, Wertham (featuring
John Murphy of Knifeladder, SPK, Whitehouse, Death In June etc.etc.).
power electronics and ambient atmosphere.
..:: E ::..
}E{NIGMAPLASME & X-NAVI:ET - "Sote
/ the experience of losing control" profi CDR 2010 (Eter
Records) -
7 euro - The collaborative album "SLOPE/THE EXPERIENCE OF
LOSING CONTROL", by }e{nigmaplasme & X-naVI:et, is the
culmination of several months of live improvised experimentation
and discussion. Concerts took place variously over 2009 and in the
few days remaining of that year, the artists shacked up in Poznan
(Poland) and recorded over four days, live and direct, all the
materials mixed in the next months by Jeff Gburek, resulting in
the album you should be listening to by now. The album is without
doubt experimental and, we feel, raw, in the best sense of the
term, pushing the digital edge. Structures are evident but fluid.
Gburek's guitar-work, disarmingly stripped down to the strings,
fingers and ebow, here is a strong voice, woven sinuosly
throughout Iwanski's analog processor and processed acoustic
sounds. At no point do we feel the remoteness of disengaged
one-off improv but rather a great synthesis of sounds more
characteristic of composition or the mature improvisational
collectives. The emotive core of the music appears to be
simultaneously electro-acoustic, industrial and psychedelic,
reflecting the divergent experiences of both players. Rafal
Iwanski is the founder of Torun-based trance-gong ensemble HATI,
now almost legendary in Poland and which has performed and
recorded with Z'EV and most recently played with John Zorn.
Gburek's roots are in electro-acoustic music, years in the Berlin
scene, receiving praise for solo releases such as "Red Rose for
the Sinking Ship" (Triple Bath), "Virtuous Circles" (Absurd) and "Remote
Provinces" (Aural Terrains). "SLOPE/THE EXPERIENCE
OF LOSING CONTROL" comes in waves of driving rythyms,
skull-penetrating wah-guitar, volcanic eruptions of drone-clouds
and a spectral tonality appearing in a textured sound-canvass
often boldly slashed through in the manner of Fontana and it
represents perhaps the year's end and decade's end, the peak
moment in which it was recorded. One track of quieter departure
and revelation consists of Iwanski's lively processed zanza
coupled with Gburek's guitar voicing in chorus with shades of
Hendrix, Pharaoah Sanders and Sonny Sharock straddling the fence
between lyricism and throaty noise without losing balance. Each
track on the album is a first take improvisation with the
exception of a take two, "Overdrive the Moon," arguably the
album's centerpiece, a tour de force that bends all the rules of
genre, a new vehicle for the mental transport.
E.V.P.
- "Postmortem Canticles of Necromancy" CD (Autumn Wind Prod.)
- 11 euro - Over 70 minutes of Sinister Dark Ambient /
Neo-Classical Dirge's that will surround and engulf the listener
into a world of death postures, seances and the forgotten places
of what has yet to be found." Comes in a DVD case with an insert
that folds out into a ouija board.
EIDVLON - "Idolatriae" digipack CD (Malignant Rec.) -
11 euro - With the release of Eidvlon's (Italy) debut CD
Idolatriae, Malignant are pleased to welcome another new project
into the cozy confines of their slowly expanding roster. 7 tracks
of ultra bleak, abstract atmospheres, with sounds and textures
that seem to seep from catacomb walls and come slithering out of
subterranean chambers. Certainly, this can be classified as a dark
ambient record, but at its core, it's more than just that simple
classification. There's a gritty, more jagged edge here, with
tetonic shifts, deep rumblings, and crackling, climatic squalls
buried under a bed of ghostly reverb and haunting tonal resonance.
Fits in nicely with past Malignant releases such as R|A|A|N's 'The
Nacrasti', Heid's 'Arktogaa', and even Caul's 'Crucible' CD. In 6
panel digipak.
EHE - "The last try to survive immortality" CDR 2008 (Suggestion
Records) -
3 euro
- Ltd.-edition 60 copies, After a long
time of silence here comes a new album from the german Harshnoise
project EHE. The sound is created by different sources, e.g. a
broken guitar pick-up, mutated by a few effectpedals. The music is
a strong, impenetrable harshnoisewall in which there are permanent
accumulations, changes or extiktions of structures. These quick
changes create a speed effect and the whole sound appears as Speed
Harshnoise.
ELDAR
- "Sapere
Aude"
digipack CD (Cold Meat Industry)-
12 euro -ELDAR is a
Barcelona-based project created in 2004 by Marc Merinee and Merce
Spica, with a few obscure and limited releases in the past, Cold
Meat Industry are pleased to present a new chapter in the bands
history, a chapter certain to put ELDAR on the Dark-Ambient /
Martial map. On this new album, entitled SAPERE AUDE, each track
has been created in a unique collaboration with close related
bands and projects, each introducing new instruments, melodies and
voices - all treated and strongly bound together by the special
ELDAR-sound to an epic and entralling listening. This is classic
old-school CMI music, in the vein of Archon Satani, early Raison
d'être; low brooding analog industrial sounds and voices,
thunderous percussion with a densed martial bombast.
ELISABETHA - "Über das Prinzip der Unschuld" CD 2007 (Beverina
Prod.) -
5 euro
-Is there a desire to live a life after
you awoke? Do you wish to flee? Are you strong enough to be your
dream? Are you ready to give up what you think is reality? Can you
leave behind your faith and to focus the light of your eyes on
perception You must be willing to learn to live again and to bear
the pain of thousands of aeons Pain will be a friend on your side.
You will bring death to your loved ones and this will be the sin
of your love. 14th release of band. Mix of neo-classic and ambient.
Limited edition digipack CD - 500 copies
ELTAN RENAXY - "Weird Ballads In My Town" CD(Dying Art
Productions) - 11 euro
- Lim.
ed. 500 copies. NeoFolk created this perfect combination of Ordo
Rosarius Equilibrio's vicarious ardour and Nick Cave's weird,
morbid story telling style.
EMIT
- "Abortions" CD (Autumn Wind Prod.) - 11 euro -
"ABORTIONS" is the second cd release by EMIT, constructed by
EMIT's doppelganger Unknown I. "ABORTIONS" consists of 16 tracks
which make up over 63 minutes of dark ambient experiments...past
compositions and newer passages of black ambience...harbingers of
what will become of the presence they feel called EMIT.... This cd
will lead you down the dark tunnels of abandoned temples filled
with past rituals...dust covered hallways littered with the bones
of fear. These are the lost relics and newly created moans of EMIT.
The wind is warm on my skin....like the breath of a beast I cannot
see... Comes with a gloss covered 8-page booklet, limited to 1,000
copies.
EONIC - "Secret Land" CD (Zhelezoboton)
- 10 euro -
Secret land lost in an unknown dimension... Like ancient ruins
this place hides the traces of stories, which are told in this new
album by the St. Petersburg project Eonic. This is their 6th
release (and 2nd "professional" CD) and it easily combines
different stylistic approaches, making its own way to the
listener's heart. Ethno-gothic in vein of Dead Can Dance and
Arcana is layered over tout electronic rhythms a la Delerium and
Enigma and spiced by pleasant psychedelic arrangements. Musicians
don't hesitate to step on the territory of pop-ambient and even
new-age, and it just adds more lightness and airness to their
energetic music. A firm and masterful work.
EXPERIMENTS IN DARKNESS - "From The Heart" digipack CD (Midnight
Productions) - 11 euro - Experiments in Darkness (Piette / Dead Man's
Hill) presents it's 2nd release. On this album you can hear the
soundtrack of a man who became more and more introvert against the
entire world. A man who got buried under so many problems and
sorrows, with no single place where he can lose his grief. And
this entire expression of sorrow is accompanied by a background of
oppressive neoclassical music. A must have for people who can find
(and cure) themselves into music which represents total sorrow and
neo-romanticism. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
..:: F ::..
FALSE MIRROR - "North" CD
(Thonar Records)
- 11 euro -
North is the second full-length album from False Mirror. Many of
the techniques, methods and effects I developed during the
production of 'Chronostatic Scenes' were applied. Whereas
'Chronostatic Scenes' dealt with a dreamscape athmosphere, 'North'
is much colder and darker. He was always impressed by arctic
surroundings and the early expeditions to the poles. This is the
mood of the album, like an arctic expedition somewhere into
nowhere.
FARYUS & ROBERT RICH - "Zerkalo" CD (Faria Records)
- 11 euro -
Tangential glimpses remotely echoed, untethered from touch. No
time nor place, no past nor future, internal, external. Sculpting
from energy, clouded motion vaguely slipping. Evanescent vibration,
without meaning apart from its own open secret.
FEUERBERG - "The Eternal Bridge Between Vastness and Void"
profi CDR
(Valse Sinistre Prod.)
- 6 euro -
With influences from
ambient, classical music, Tangerine Dream, Yann Tiersen and...
Burzum (!) Newton Schner, the only man behind Feuerberg managed to
create a very dreamy-like & atmospheric music, which is balancing
somewhere between melancholy, nostalgia and… hope. With use of
“old school” analogue keyboards, real drums, electro-acoustic
guitar, piano he created a one hour album which as the title
says is somewhere “between vastness and void”. Special A5/DVD case
with an insert and professionaly manufactured CDr. Limited to 125
handnumbered copies.
FIRE IN THE HEAD – "Meditate
/ mutilate"
CD
(Eibon Records) –
11 euro -
44’23” / Power Noise - The straightjacket has been removed, the
medication has worn off and the delusions have intensified.
F/I/T/H has returned to spread the poison with
“Meditate/Mutilate”, a schizophrenic and volatile mix of seething,
harsh electronics, dark ambience and tortured vocals. From the
blackest depths of neurosis to the apex of unrestrained psychosis,
the ten tracks on this cd hone F/I/T/H’s dual-edged blade to
perfection. The assault has just begun. There's a world out
there. Prepare to
bleed.
FIRST LAW - "Refusal as Attitude" CD (Loki Foundation) -
11 euro - With the third CD First Law presents once again an outstanding
sound journey into the Inner Cinema. Soundstructures of unusual
beauty and depth are enriched with psychedelic effects and precise
rhythms to unfold an atmosphere in that the spatial concept of the
CD creates its effect. Multi-layered fragments of speech are
connected with sound and the infinite analog modulations and
reaches levels, which lie expressed deeply embodied within the
listeners. “Refusal As Attitude” commences where the black-silver
shivering of “Velochrome” ended and convinces by his
self-contained compact, which holds an infinite variation of
interpretations
FIRST LAW - "Velochrome" CD (Loki Foundation) -
11 euro - The second full length album is the continuation of the Velochrome
recordings that have been started with the Saturn Gnosis
contribution of First Law. Voices from the edge of hearing,
whispering ambient soundscapes and symphonielements building deep
organic compositions that blend beautifully into a grand enigmatic
atmosphere of winding darkness blowing through controlled cycles.
Music for connoisseurs!
FLUTWACHT - "Breath"
CD 2008 (Mask of the Slave) - 10 euro - Full length album from the
well known German Power Electronics/Noise projekt. Flutwacht
returned to Mask of the Slave Records with this great stuff, at
this time with an real dark-ambient album after several releases
with other labels in the industrial/experimental scene. The best
Flutwacht release to date, highly recommended for PE/Noise/Experimental
maniacs. Pro CD in DVD case limited to 500 copies. Collaboration
release with The Tourette Tapes Germany.
FLUTWACHT - "Traumsplitter" LP with ceramic pieces in box
lim. ed. 100 copies (Tourette Tapes) -
10 euro
- 12 inch lp with unique
handpainted artwork by ds, bits of broken ceramic, handnumbered
limited to 100 copies.
FLUTWACHT - "Creta"
CD 2006 lim. ed. 222 copies (Apocalyptic Radio) -
6 euro -
A new 70 minutes album from this well known german
power electronics/noise act.
FOLKSTORM -
"Victory Or Death"CD 2009 (Cold Spring)
- 11 euro - The
mammoth sound of Folkstorm in captured here, on what has been
called the project's finest album to date! Samples of war,
speeches, harsh noise, heavy gritty vocals. distorted rhythms and
extremely intense sonics fuse into this mammoth blast of war
themed assaults. Executed with brutal thoroughness by Nordvargr,
of MZ.412, Toroidh etc. Brilliantly re-mastered, unlimited edition
with modified artwork for 2009.
FOLKSTORM -
"Sweden" CD 2009 (Cold Spring)- 11 euro - Discovered in the Cold Spring archives, an album
shelved for over two years (recorded 2000). Pulled out, dusted
down and remixed by Lord Nordvargr himself! This is the final full
body of work by the legendary harsh Industrial Noise project.
Prepare yourself for an intense trip through these 11 brutal and
punishing tracks! 2nd, unlimited edition with modified artwork for
2009.
FRANCISO LOPEZ - "Untitled 2006-2007" 2CD (Monochrome
Vision) - 12 euro - Wide and diverse selection of several
short pieces, composed by this prolific spanish musician during
the last two years. It features quite a variety of sonic materials,
from very atmospheric to quite fast-paced, and everything in
between, including pieces made with recordings from planes, a
piece for an instrumental ensemble, etc. The whole is quite
cohesive and strong work, very characteristic and intense.
FREIBAND - "Replicas" CD (Monochrome Vision)
- 10 euro - Highly conceptual project that combines features
of remix, recycling and plagiarism – the re-interpretation of
classic album by Asmus Tietchens “Daseinsverfehlung”. All what can
be heard on this CD, as always in case of Frans de Waard framework,
is made from music that already existed: every sound, word in
titles and even the cover picture – all is just processing and
manipulation techniques.
..:: G ::..
G.S. - "Metafizyka" CD (Ars Benevola Mater)
-
SOLD OUT!!
- GS’s
sound evokes the elemental completion of the symbol together with
the mechanical and almost unconscious gesture of the ritual. This
is the ideal place for a music which is obsessive in its forms,
rarified and nebulous in its emanations. The six tracks which
coldly paint the soundpath evoked by GS offer a series of
industrial soundscapes in a sacred and tormented key, where the
inviolable dark of an ancient nave meet the grieving silence of an
abandoned industrial area. Lim. ed. 545 numered copies is deluxe
package. / G.S. is side project HOROLOGIUM/
GAS CHAMBER - "The
filth at the bottom of the barrel..." CDr 2009 (Mask of the
Slave) - 4 euro - Great new Power Electronics, Noise band from UK. CD-R
in normal slim-jewel case limited to 60 copies.
GELSOMINA / NO XIVIC - "Furnace" CD (Some Place Else)
- 11 euro -Furnace is an unlikely yet strangely natural union of No
Xivic, renowned sculptor of dark electro-acoustic soundscapes, and
Gelsomina, Finland's most prolific harsh noise artist. The title
track, also the main piece on the album, is a live collaboration
recorded in late 2006, a grand opus of psychedelic noise with a
peculiar 'kraut' flavour! In addition to this, both artists
created exclusive tracks on their own to complete the album. In
total, Furnace is a 44-minute blast of fire, brimstone and
hazardous electric currents, and thus a fine completion of Some
Place Else's tenth year of activity.
GELSOMINA / SQUAMATA "Junkyard Behemoth" CD 300 copies
(Freak Animal Rec.)
- 11 euro -
Finnish harsh noise at its best!!! Full of energy, scrapmetal,
feedback,... I dare to say best material in the harsh noise
category and recommended to any noise freak.
GELSOMINA "Cronenberg / Dead Music Live" CD 200 copies
(Freak Animal Rec.)
- 11 euro -
Finnish noise.
Cronenberg was originally released as 3"CDr done only 50 copies.
It was too good material to disappear so soon into obscurity, so
Freak Animal decided to make real CD release, accompanied with
Gelsomina's 2nd live assault, when they were warming up for
Deutsch Nepal in Turku. Total playingtime around 45 minutes. Harsh
and painful noise meets more p.e. orientated live assault with a
lot of feedback and vocals. Edition of 200 handnumbered copies.
GENETIC TRANSMISSION -
"Untitled" special packing CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik
Werk) -
SOLD OUT!! -
The latest album of Genetic Transmission, acoustic and
experimental industrial sounds, excellent issued cd in hand-made
"digipack" - glued leafs, additional cardboard frame. Special
package - hand-made!
GENETIC
TRANSMISSION - "My inspiration is you" special packing - CDR
(Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
-
SOLD OUT!!
- Tomasz Twardawa - the only member of Genetic Transmission is one
of the mostinteresting
creator of polishindustrial/
experimental. He has been making
very astonishing music for many years by using various single
sounds up to very complicated experimental compositions. "My
inspiration is you" is outstanding trip through the hospital for
mad people, hand-made "digipack" made from used bandages. Special
package - hand-made!
GENETIC TRANSMISSION - "R.E.T.R.O." digipack CD 2007
(War Office Propaganda) - 11 euro - GT album -
R.E.T.R.O is recorded in vein of old industrial. Most of basic
sounds are microphone recordings of different instruments,
original acoustic installations like set of stones, glass and
metal as well as field recordings. The equipment is wide spectrum
of contact and dynamic microphones, old telephone headphones. All
enriched with vintage soviet made electronic devices from early
80's. More than sixty minutes of pure industrial sounds in six
tracks, CD in digipack.
GENETIC TRANSMISSION - "Genetic Transmission" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
-
SOLD OUT!!
-
Classical industrial in TG, SPK or Einsturzende Neubauten
style. Debiut of the project. Great hand made cover in gold
colours.
GENETIC TRANSMISSION - "Sote" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
- 6 euro
- Wznowienie
¿elaznej pozycji G.T. z nowym masteringiem. Szalona muzyka na
styku preparacji i improwizacji. Muzykowanie na kaloryferze,
zrujnowany fortepian, odg³osy pary uprawiaj¹cej seks, taœmy,
industrialne odg³osy. Oryginalna rzecz. W rêcznie wykonanej szacie
graficznej nawi¹zuj¹cej do orygina³u.
GENETIC TRANSMISSION - "Doppelganger" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
- 10 - euro
-
Early GT. Primordial industrial, noise, environmentals, some
space sounds & prepared piano. Incredible cover made from
tar-paper!
GENETIC TRANSMISSION - "Electro Bruitiste" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk) -
SOLD OUT !!
-
Dawno nie widziana "czarna p³yta" Genetic Transmission. Pierwsze
flirty z noise industrialem. Od razu z tym z wy¿szej pó³ki!
Materia³ na nowo zremasterowany i atrakcyjnie wydany w czarnej
tekturze z przewodami elektrycznymi na froncie!!
GENETIC TRANSMISSION - "Bruit Assemblage" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
- 6 euro
-
Nagranie duchem bliskie legendarnemu ju¿ betonowemu boksowi "Vanitas
Vanitum". DŸwiêki przedmiotów i instrumentów, g³osy i odg³osy w
totalnym, preparowanym kola¿u. Rêcznie robiona ok³adka.
GENETIC TRANSMISSION - "News From The Wormland" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
-
SOLD OUT !!
-
If you like P16D4, first Nurse With Wound's albums or
Pauline Oliveros' early recordings - that's album just for you!
GENETIC TRANSMISSION - "White Nights" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
- 6 euro
-
Piêkne prepary i kola¿e zapieraj¹ce dech w piersiach. Akustyczne
westchnienia, elektronowe eksplozje, wyziewy strun g³osowych.
Muzyka wspó³czesna z eksperymentalno - bruitystycznym zaciêciem.
Bardzo ³adne opakowanie
GENETIC TRANSMISSION - "(...)" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
- 6 euro
- Pod
tajemniczym tytu³em kryje siê porcja muzyki opartej g³ównie na
pojedynczych sygna³ach, szcz¹tkowych dŸwiêkach, minimalnie
dawkowanych instrumentach akustycznych (akordeon, pianino),
szmerach, preparowanych g³osach. Pozycja interesuj¹ca acz trudna w
odbiorze. Specjalne opakowanie.
GENETIC
TRANSMISSION / MOAN "Dedicated to Luigi Russolo" split CDR
(Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk) -
- 6 euro
- -
split of two polish experimental - industrial projects.
Presentatoin of machines in collation with humans. It all minds
vanguard from 10' and 20', pioneer copositions by bruitmakers and
the music of machines. Special package - hand-packed!
GENETIC
TRANSMISSION – "Spójrzcie PAZALSTA jakie piekne macie geby" CDR
-
- 6 euro
-
-
Following proposition of Tomasz Twardawa, crooked
reflection of experimental noise.
Various echoes and preparated sounds - from melodies from music
box up to crushing noise. Acoustic instruments, tapes, voices of
mysterious places and spaces - a bit dark. Cd issued in hand-made
"book" in A5
format. Special package - hand-packed!
GENETIC TRANSMISSION - "Offals
Of Emotions" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
-
SOLD OUT!!
- hand-made cd with painted cover! Tomasz Twardawa have worked for
many years to achieve his own style and trasmision of feelings.
"Offals Of Emotions" cd is a storm of all what is inside the
human, his fury, anger, chaos... Special package, hand-made!
GENETIC TRANSMISSION
– Garbage Substance Manipulations – CDR,
-
- 6 euro
-
-
Electroacoustic penetrations in the best form. Sublimed concrete
sounds, more space. Unique issue, experimental music of Genetic
Trasmission, bruitism. Special package
- hand-made!
GENETIC TRANSMISSION -
"Scumerzbruit" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
-
SOLD OUT !!-mix of industrial
acoustics, processed vocal experiments, samples and a lot of
sounds wandering from every direction, chaos controled by Tomasz
Twardawa - the creator of Genetic Transmission.
GENETIC TRANSMISSION -
"Plunderbruit" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
-
- 6 euro
- -
GT on it's own way of plunderphony. The origin materials of this
compositions are sizzles of longplay cds. 60 minutes of
experimental acoustic sounds!!
GENETIC TRANSMISSION -
"Strychnina" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
-
SOLD OUT!!-
The following masterpiece of GT bring fully acoustic material, or
maybe nearly fully because the drill was in use. Various items and
constructions which played in the attic ( so it's called
"Strychnina") of the artist, and sounds coming behind the window.
With no mastering- just clean, vivid sound.
GENETIC TRANSMISSION -
"Lullabies" CDR (Die Schone Blumen Musik Werk)
- 6 euro-
More than one hour of lullabies made by Genetic Transmission -
bruitism, industrial and acoustics. Music the best to listen in
the night, with no strong noises but full of various sounds and
bruits.
GEROSTENKORP
- "Terre Brûlée" digipack CD (OPN
Records)- 12 euro - Interesting and highly
unique CD from the French project Gerostenkorp; a hallucinatory,
post-apocalyptic vision full of luminous, multi-layered sounds,
that move from the surreal, fractured and dreamlike to something
more structured, with sprinkles of tribal rhythms, industrial
beats, loops, and actual songs. Features Phil of Von Magnet among
others. I'm having a terrible time trying to pigeonhole this and
I'm just not able. I pick up nuances of Skincage, The Young Gods,
and a whole bunch of other stuff. Regardless, the production is
impeccable..
GEROSTENKORP
/ NEON RAIN - "Io
non ho paura" CD (OPN Records) - 11 euro -Available the brandnew split gathering Gerostenkorp &
Neon Rain. Velluto Grigio & Profondo Giallo are 2 tracks dedicated
to Dario Argento's works and Giallo movies. More than 50 minutes
of Industrial Ambient "Giallo" music. Limited edition of 500
copies housed in a slim dvd package with full "Giallo" colour
artwork.
GHOSTS OF BRESLAU - "Sacred
place" digipack CD 2008 (Twilight
Records) - 11 euro -Third album by
GHOSTS OF BRESLAU, this time it's a
collection of material from numerous compilations, split releases
and never before published tracks. Including extremely limited and
hard to get "Gas" mini-cd (released by Z-Bugle Records in China),
very special song "Warszawa" (intended for now defunct "63 Days" -
7" vinyl series from Fluttering Dragon) and special guest
appearance by Ritual Front.
GHOSTS OF BRESLAU - "...And Should The Spring Come" digipack CD
(Twilight Records) - 11 euro - New album!! Polish dark
martial songs!! Thirteen brand new tracks, more than 54 minutes of
amazing, haunted sounds, inspired by old songs and poems from
Polish resistance movement from World War II. Cinematic, deep,
dark and full of evocative moments. Lim. 555 copies.
GODHEADSCOPE - "A City Out of Sight" CD
(God is Myth) - 10 euro -Every once in awhile we get a promo in the mail from a
band/artist that is so completely out of left field and stunning
that we make plans right away to put out an album by said band/artist.
In this case we were absolutely pleased as hell to learn that
longtime DEAD RAVEN CHOIR
contributor Matt Rosin (working
here as M.KOLOPHONIUM)
has his own "ambient drone song" project called
GODHEADSCOPE. This
musical endeavour presents
M.KOLOPHONIUM's attempt to bring Ambient, Noise and
Chamber Music together in an all new relationship and the results
come together with beautiful and original effect. Imagine if
ARVO PART were to
arrange and conduct a performance by
CORRUPTED and you will
only begin to scratch the surface of these deep and mysterious
sonorities. For fans of
WOLFMANGLER, vidnaObmana,
LYCIA,
BORIS,
JESU,
ROBERT RICH,
DEAD RAVEN CHOIR and
TOBY DRIVER.
GOL DOLAN - "The Traces of Mist" digipack CD (Midnight
Productions) - 11 euro - Gol Dolan are a Neoclassical /
Neofolk band from Beijing, China. "The fresh smell of grass,
blended with the mist on the lake penetrate into the long long
silent night. The remembrance comes insurgently just like the
water flows. At this moment, I am keen to touch and feel it, touch
it softly and feel the memory flash down my heart... You point to
the star which is at the south end and whisper to me softly if one
day we get lost and are apart, you will be there waiting for me,
holding the lights for me. Time and tide always make people miss
the lapsed words in the past. Now, I am getting old. The very star
that we promised to still shines brightly and stays there. It is
the home of you and me in the sky, and also the home for both of
us to return to". Digipak
GOL DOLAN - "Pino" Digipak CD 2008 (Midnight Productions)
-
6 euro
- NeoClassical / Full-length / I left my heart in the fairyland.Only
took the earthly body through the ordinary.Hoping the silence
forest can give me a peaceful moment. It allows me to feel and
touch my soul.Pouring the stream deeply in my heart,with the
playing of my guitar, but it destroyed by the paleness and
bloodiness earth. the first debut album of the neo classical /
folk project from Beijing, China. Quiet and beautiful music.
Ltd.500 DigiCD.
:GOLGATHA: & BIRTHE KLEMENTOWSKI - "Cycles" digipack CD (Midnight
Productions) - 11 euro - In 2007 :Ikonen: media published a postcard
collection by photographic artist Birthe Klementow called "Circles".
The limited (x10), cloth-bound and hand-numbered edition was
accompanied by an EP featuring dark ambient tracks on the cycles
of life and death, inspired by those postcards. "Cycles" is a
completely reworked reincarnation of this exclusive collaborative
project and features new artwork and remixes of the original songs.
Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak with 12-page booklet. Chinese
import.
GREEN ARMY FRACTION – “Caste War – Back in Their Place” – CD
2006 (Stainklang)11 euro - Green Army Fraction travels through the
totality of Indo-Europa, from the far East to the high North, to
present you his personal vision of individuality and collective
consciousness in the light of the Absolute and the Self. a
metaphysical speculation wrapped in harsh and well structured
Power Electronics, crowned with screaming dirtorted and clean
vocals and many fine samples. songtitles like "Yggdrasil 3000" and
"Heliga Nord" round the album to a powerful conceptual work about
Eurasian understanding of spirituality.
GREGORIO BARDINI – “Sentinelle Del Mattino” CD (The Easter
Front)
-11 euro -
Hypnotic musical journey composed by the legend of Italian scene
Gregorio Bardini. An artist who is on scene since early 80s, stood
behind TAC and Kino Glaz, collaborated with Thelema and Tuxedo
Moon, Tony Wakeford and Vidna Obmana, Alio Die and Steve Pikkolo,
Thierry Lolif and Doubling Riders. "Sentinelle
Del Mattino" dips you into the world of harmony, expressiveness
and anguish melodies. Wide specter of musical instruments (piano,
flutes, guitars, drums, zurna, kena, ciaramella, saxophone),
unforgettable vocals, unique records of Mary de Rachewilts voice,
reading her father Ezra Pound' Cantos and musical innovations of
Stefan Rukavina (Bleiburg), Tiziano Popoli, Mauro Franceschi,
Paolo Longo Vaschetto, Peter “Kompripiotr” Holzknecht, Martin
“Mala” Langes, Stephan “Physh” Fischnaller, touches a heart up to
its deepest depths.
GRUNT
-
"Petturien Rooli" CD
(Freak Animal Records)
-11 euro -
The
brand new full length CD of Grunt! Presenting a new side of Grunt,
this album contains no harsh noise, but is an innovative mixture
of fierce power electronics with echoes of early 80s Ramleh and
Sutcliffe Jügend, mixed with experimental organic noise influences
a'la Organum, Ferial Confine, to heavy dominant euro PE/industrial
attacks to rhythmic elements and metal percussion linking towards
Vivenza, Test Dept. and Militia. Exclusively Finnish language
lyrics and samples, with themes related to the history of Finland
since early turbulent years of civil war to post WWII atmosphere.
64 minutes with 9 songs presenting wide variety of moods, sound
sources, compositions, approaches, blended into album that could
be said to be unique, even in the extensive Grunt discography!
..:: H ::..
HAG-HAG-HAGAL - "Hag-Hag-Hagal" digipack CD (Valgriind
Records)
- 8 euro
- High-quality atmospheric Martial Dark Ambient, recorded with
termenvox using.
HATI - "Ka" CD 2009 (Eter) - 11
euro - New album polish project
HATI. Industrial, trance and drone.
HATI vs. LAL - "The journey like never
before..." CD 2008 (Requiem
Rec.) - 10 euro -
HATI vs. LAL –
The clash of HATI's acoustic explorations with avant-garde,
rhythmical electronica signed by LAL (2nd Hand Beatnix, The
Witcher). It's one of the most electronically sounding projects
ever done by HATI, which – as a band focused on playing live –
uses mainly acoustic instruments. The mood of music changes from
ambient, meditation and transcendence to experiment and rhythmical
madness.
HATI - "Works for Scrap Metal" CD 2007 (Eter Rec.)
-
10 euro
- limited edition 500 copies - Album of
polish project HATI. HATI is a musical project based on
acoustic instruments sounding. HATI uses ethnic istruments (Asian
gongs, North African drums and clarinets, Polish wooden trumpets
and horns) and hand-made instruments or find objects of scrap
metal, plastic, wood. Musicians use electronic equipments to
modulate acoustic sound as well. HATI connects a personal interest
in modern improvised and acoustic music with ritual and meditation
music.
HATI / prehistory of hati Vol.1 - "Mantra-I"
CDR 2006 (Eter Rec.) - 6 euro - Cd
contains original recordings from 1997 sessions. Never published
in digital recording. "Mantra-I" contains 6 electroacoustic tracks
recorded "live in studio". This is the first of the psychodelic
and experimental music series which was made by future creators of
HATI in the last decade of XX century.
[haven] - "Plastic" digipack CD 2009
(Tympanik Records) - 11 euro -Poland’s hidden talent [Haven]
signs to the Tympanik Audio family for his debut album titled ‘Plastic‘.
A gradual scorching dirge that reveals itself amidst an impeccable
quilt of tight beatwork, sleuthing throughout memorable
soundscapes, and airy atmospheres. With heavy basslines, delicate
sampling, infectious, stabbing beats, and an uncanny sense of raw
emotion woven into each piece of work,
[Haven] separates
himself from the pack with his debut album ‘Plastic‘
on Tympanik Audio. Bonus
material will be supplemented by
Aphorism and Tapage
with secular results. Sloppy-wet and wanting you real bad…
Graphic design and mastering by Justin Brink of
Pneumatic Detach.
[haven] - "A2982" digipack CD (Rage In Eden)
- 11 euro -
42 minutes 05 seconds. Electronics, postindustrialj
atmosphere, signals of space... It will communicate any meter of
time. Let us not however be deluded by the spells of this sorcerer;
because the first sounds overturn its acknowledged and safe
definition and begin construction of different,weirder spaces.
10 tracks, 42 minutes, CD in digipack.
HEXPEROS - "The Garden of the Hesperides" Digipak CD 2007
(Equilibrium Music)
- 12 euro -Debut album by Hexperos, a new project by soprano Alessandra
Santovito, founding member of Gothica. Dark Neo-Classical chamber
music, which easily deserves a place alongside the best works from
acts such as Arcana, Ophelia’s Dream or Sopor Aeternus.
HIV+ - "Overdose Kill me" CD (Caustic Records)
-
6 euro
- After four albums very appreciated by
the public as well as by the international dark press-media, and
after a lot of collaborations and remixes (for Hocico, Sonar, Glis
or Tamtrum among others) this Spanish artist who lives in France
has created an industrial universe which has its roots in the more
insane part of the human mind. With this new album Pedro Peñas y
Robles explores his favorite topics: the madness, the desire, the
contamination, the drugs or the death, collaborating with the
Swiss musician STENDECK and allowing remixes by the great Saverio
Evangelista (member of ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO/MSB) as well as by
electro dark scene bands like OBSZÖN GESCHÖPF, NÖVÖ and DATARAPER.
This excellent new album enters into complex universes of SKINNY
PUPPY, DOWNLOAD or GRIDLOCK, without forgetting the rhythm n'noise
structures that give his own personality to this artist.
HARVEST RAIN - “Blood Hymns” CD (OPN Records)
- 10 euro -
These Midnight Sessions began within the Winter
Solstice and the recordings continued during the 12 Nights of Yule
in 2002. 'Blood Hymns' is a personal soundtrack to the search for
Thule/Hyperborea. The Spirit's journey back to the lost homeland.
A "musical diary" of the blood answering the Pull of Magnetic
North's Most Northerly Midnight. Where one finds the 13th Hour.
The largest line-up for a Harvest Rain album yet. Special
preparations and work with the Chilean artist Juan Almarza
Anwandter of Der Arbeiter without whom this album would not be.
'Blood Hymns' is for all those on the Path of A-MOR.
HARVEST RAIN - "Night's Glow"
digipack CD 2006 (War Orfice Propaganda) - 11 euro - Masters of American dark folk in theirs
newest full lenght album. 11 beautiful songs, 42 minutes of
haunting, atmospheric and melancholic music. Glossy varnished
digipack with original cover designed by Michal Karcz and
reproduction of Tor Lundvall's paintings inside.
H.E.R.R. - "XII Caesars" CD 2009 (Cold
Spring)
- 11 euro -
Based on Suetonius' De Vita Caesarum (121 AD), this
wonderful new album deals with the notorious lives of a dozen
Roman emperors and leads you on a gripping musical adventure
through the greed, cruelty, fratricide and excess, which
characterised their incomparable lust for power. But this is no
run-of-the-mill exercise in historical sychopancy... H.E.R.R.
retell the lives of the Emperors with honesty, drama and humour.
This release - complete with the compositional and vocal hallmarks
for which the group is so widely renowned - is set to become a
true classic of the genre. Comes with an elegant 16-page booklet!
H.E.R.R. - "Fire And Glass: A Norwood Tragedy" MCD
(Cold Spring)
- 8 euro -
This brilliant new four-track EP from the Anglo-Dutch masters of
Neoclassical music relates to the incredible story of the Crystal
Palace, an architectural jewel in the heart of Victorian London
and itself a tragic metaphor for the rise and fall of the British
Empire. Recited alongside talented Dutch composer Michiel Spape's
wonderful score, Troy Southgate - who was born and bred in the
area - begins his tale with a beautiful description of the Palace
in all its majestic glory, before moving on to a dramatic account
which deals with its cataclysmic destruction in 1936 and, finally,
a very moving and personal epilogue which elaborates upon the
heartfelt sadness he feels for Upper Norwood's contemporary
decline.
H.E.R.R. - "Vondel's Lucifer - First Movement" CD
(Cold Spring) -11 euro -
Taken from the Dutch playwright's 17th century opus, 'Lucifer',
this release tells of heavenly discontent amid a jealous tale of
angelic rebellion in the face of God's love for humankind.
Containing half-sung and spoken vocals, a gentle folk-like melody,
baroque composition and rich musical arrangements, this album
introduces the first three acts in 75 bombastic minutes. Guest
appearances from members of Ostara, While Angels Watch, Belborn
and Sagittarius.
HOARFROST &
INNER VISION LABORATORY - "Decline" digipack CD 2010 (Zoharum
Records) - 11 euro - dark ambient / industrial.
'Decline' – a tale of descending into the pits of madness in 8
parts. Inspired by two poems, 'Madman' and 'Modern Icarus,' takes
you on a journey into the realms of dark thoughts. With such a
clear concept, it's no wonder that the music is cinematic, thus
slowly building images in the listener's head. Face the stillness,
but remember: something is lingering in the corner.
Норма Реакции - "Конденсация тектонического заряда" CDR (Valgriind
Records)
-5 euro -
The first part of an experimental radiology devoted to the life
history and activities of Nikola Tesla. Record was made with
reconstructed receiver of 1947 release. A kind of radical Ambient
/ Noise. Cardboard cover.
Норма Реакции - "Теллурическая энергия" CDR (Valgriind
Records)
-5 euro -
The second part of an experimental radiology devoted to the life
history and activities of Nikola Tesla. Record was made with
reconstructed receiver of 1947 release. A kind of radical Ambient
/ Noise. Cardboard cover.
Норма реакции - "Вриль" CDR (Valgriind Records)
-6 euro -
Analogue Ambient with Radio noise elements, recorded with the
restored radio of 1937 release, with the Russian language lyrics
and pure female voice. Sound manifestation of Eternal Ice and
Hollow Earth theories. CD-box with radio details.
Норма Реакции - "Chaosgaze" CDR (Valgriind Records)
-7 euro -
Analog multi-layer sound canvas with elements of Drone, based on
events of autumn 1942 on Czech territory. Non-standard approach to
militaristic theme.
Big cardboard cover A4.
HOROLOGIUM - "A Handful of Dust and Ashes"digipack CD 2010 (Zoharum
Records)- 12 euro
-
„A Handful of
Dust and Ashes” is a collection of tracks recorded during various
occasions, but united here by a peculiar sediment of dust and rust;
it’s a journey in time to strictly limited “A Handful of Dust”,
published by Cynfeirdd, and to “Opium”, amounts of which are long
sold out and yearned for by those in search of lost time. The (re)collection
is crowned by three tracks performed live in Barcelona and Bologna
in 2008 and 2009. The artwork by Fab and Sophie embody fin de
siècle that has never been that convincing and tangible.
Packaged in 3-panel digipack in new design
HOROLOGIUM - "Le Paradis
des Chasseurs" digipack CD 2008
(Twilight Records) - 11 euro
-
Horologium is one of the most important acts in Poland if we talk
about dark ambient, martial music. With lot of works in different
labels and important collaborations with important bands they
return with a new beautiful work trought Twilight Records. We
think we are an exotic label and Horologium is an exotic band too.
HOROLOGIUM & K. MEIZTER - "Eight Studies in
Transition" CD
(Old Europa Cafe) - 11 euro - On Eight Studies in
Transition the Polish industrial nostalgic Horologium and the
Swedish BSE sound scientist K. Meizter examine human’s impossible
fight against time. From birth to death, from playfulness to
bitterness, from serenity to mental awe, this tale is transposed
into music ranging from calm dark ambient to orchestral delirium,
making it a fascinating exploration that will appeal to most
industrial and dark ambient tastes. Presented in a special
re-cicled like cardboard 6-panel digi-file + inserts.
HOROLOGIUM - "Paradise Inverted" 3'CDR
(Old Europa Cafe)
- 7 euro -
A short but
impressive tribute to mankind's emancipation and strife for
liberty, which always end up with eternal damnation and
anathemas for some reason... In spite of this, it is man who owns
the Kingdom, it is man who has the Power and the Glory till the
end. Martial Industrial and classical music mixed with vocal
contributions from Troy Southgate and Maria Southgate (H.E.R.R.).
Plus one track recorded together with Der Arbeiter. Special, Large
7" booklet cover.
HUNTING LODGE - "Will" CD (Dark Vinyl)
- 11 euro - Originally released 25 years ago on S/M Operations as LP in 1983 ,
and on CD in 1995, the time was right to do an limited repressing
of one of the real classic “Industrial” albums of this genre.
HUNTING LODGE can be seen as one of the few real “Industrial “
pioneers in the early 80`s (beside SPK, LUSTMORD, THROBBING
GRISTLE ..) and “Will” is one of THE essential Industrial albums
of this genre. The CD version contains all tracks from the
LP version, 2 tracks from the EXHUMED Tape release and two demo
tracks from 1990 (incl.one of their all time killer tracks “ Rip
You To Shreds” !!)
HYIOS - "Consuetudines" digipack CD 2009 (Malignant
Records) - 11 euro - The alluring debut from Leipzig Germany's Hyios
offers 7 lengthy compositions of cold ritual drones, arching
trajectories, and visceral descents into subterranean caverns,
where rich, kinetic textures and deep resonant tones move and
morph in a fluid, serpentine fashion, sprinkled with the debris of
an ancient culture and something more otherworldly and primordial.
Leipzig has historically proven to be fertile ground for dark
ambient and "Consuetudines" continues in the fine tradition set
forth by such notable acts as Inade and Herbst9. Presented in a 6
panel digipak, mastered by Secret Lab. A great new discovery!
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I.M.M.U.R.E. - "The
New Circle" CD-R (Zhelezoboton) - 6 euro - The
project i.m.m.u.r.e. is a part of St. Petersburg based musical
foundation Forbidden Sounds Group and "The New Circle" is its
first release on physical media. Before this the project
successfully performed live several times and released a number of
recordings on the net-label DNA Productions. The music of
i.m.m.u.r.e. combines serious dark ambient, rhythmic electronics
and psychedelic industrial in vein of English school a la Coil. It
is full of gloomy melodies, light noises and sonic experiments,
and is flavoured with morbid vocals narrating about infinite love
to the dog and other schizophrenic joys of life. Part of the
compositions from the album appeared to the author in his dreams.
A nice soundtrack for an introspective pastime.
IN SCHERBEN
- "Ostrakon" CD-R 2009 (Skull Line)-
8 euro -CDr, 16 Tracks (70min) +
handnumb.,lim 100, Genre: Neofolk - Apocalyptic Pop -
Acoustic - Folk Rock
IN SCISSORS
- "Orbis Terrarum Requiem" digipack CD (Zoharum Records) -
SOLD OUT!! - 9 tracks / 56 minutes /
"Orbis Terrarum Requiem" in brief means "The World's Requiem" or "The
Earth's Requiem" and in the case of this album the second
explanation given fits better to its concept and thematology. It
is a requiem for the destruction that has befallen Earth/Nature
inflicted by humans. It describes a world deserted and the only
inhabitants are life forms that used to dwell beneath the Earth's
surface even long before the Nature's fall and they still do after
it... For fans of Sanctum, Mental Destruction, Dead Man's Hill..
INANNA - "Day Ov
Torment" CD 2007(Cold Spring)
- 11 euro - Reissue of the massive Death
Industrial album from this ARCHON SATANI side-project, originally
issued by Staalplaat in 1993. INANNA were at the forefront of a
new force in Doom Ambiance way back in the early '90s. This
stunningly remastered and repackaged album brings alive one of the
classic scene albums - a milestone in ultra grim and crushing
death sonics, that paved the way for many Drone and Ritual
Industrial bands around today. Mixed by J Havukainen (IN SLAUGHTER
NATIVES).
INFERIOR GOD - "And
I Smile As I Die" CDR (Species Production) - 6 euro -
Inferior God's debut release. Inferior God is the project of
Iverus, coming from the south end of Greece, Crete. This album
combines gracefully folk music with experimental ambient, creating
dark, mouldy atmospheres and apocalyptic soundscapes.
INFESTATION
- "Bastion Intouchable" digipack CD (Rage in Eden)- 11 euro - INFESTATION is the martial industrial
act of Louis Carrier. The act is best defined by its burning
orchestral textures and its violent percussions that give rhythm
and life to combative vocal clamours. Evoking subjects concerning
the fight for subsistence of cultural heritage, the project covers
the unending determination of the minority French-speaking people
of Québec that survives through centuries of assimilation and
gives the clear indication that struggling is never vain. 11
tracks, 64 minutes, 3-pannel digipack.
INITIAL CHAOS – "Ego Splitting" CD
(Nihil Art Records)
- 11 euro -
lim. 500 copies, jewel box, style: synth / darkwave. Sombre synth
/ darkwave with screaming "black" vocals and sophisticated
existentialist lyrics on russian.
INNFALLEN
- "Three
Days of Darkness"digipack A5 / CD
2009 (First Fallen Star)
- 11 euro -Collaborative
effort between veteran Doyle Finley (Invercauld) and talented
newcomer Kevin Scala, presenting a rich, illustrative tapestry of
multi-layered soundscapes that is undeniably the soundtrack to the
frightening prophecy of the "Three Days of Darkness."Slow drifts
of very bleak textures and keyboard drone, sprinkled with the
slithering background noise of some lurking horror. "Three Days of
Darkness" is presented to you in a retro uncoated A5 digipak..
INNER GLORY –
"Remains
of a Dream"
CD (TESCO/WKN)-
12 euro -
The highly
anticipated first full length album by this folk project from
Italy. 11 Tracks about Love, wine, sickness, magic, dreams,
nightmares and inner revolution! A travel inside the structures of
traditional music reinvented with IG attitude.
INSTITUTION D.O.L. - "Instructions
For Modern Weakniks"digipack CD (Steinklang) -
12 euro
- "Instructions for modern Weakniks" is
the opus magnum of the Austrian Obscure-Electronic act no.1. This
album is the most violent, harshest and simultaneosly the most
musical release in the history of INSTITUTION D.O.L. The album was
recorded in co-operation with artists from projects like CONTROL,
OPERATION CLEANSWEEP, A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR, RASTHOF DACHAU,
WERTHAM and FUCKHEAD. This is a groundbreaking piece of Extreme
Electronic Music with all facettes and at the same time a very
entertaining and enjoyable piece of weird and sick Noise-Pop. The
CD will be issued in digipack with booklet including a video.
INSTITUTION D.O.L. - "With her I
had some tropical feelings" CD / >500< copies released 2005
(Steinklang) - 10 euro -
The masterpiece
from Austria's obscure-electronic act no.ONE! This musical mixture
between rhythmic noise sequences, psychedelic melodies and
ambient/hypnotic patterns treats the untold story of Madamé I. and
M. (the man behind INSTITUTION D.O.L.). Listen and be part of a
psychoacoustic trip through romantic storytales, disturbed by
violence, brutal sex and the sound of a chainsaw! the perfect
soundtrack for your private S/M-party; reminds a little to Cosey
Fanni Tutti's masterpiece "Time to tell".
INSTITUTION D.O.L. - eleven anticlerical
supersongs CD / >500< copies
(Steinklang Distribution) - 10 euro -
"Eleven
Anticlerical Supersongs" it's a full
album released in 2005.
Strong, dynamic, scarp project of mister M. Album includes amazing
samples and powerful hits, very rhythmic and garish!
INSTITUTION
D.O.L"Diskotheka
Dekadenza" digipack CD (Starkloff Medien) - 10 euro
- CD Institution
D.O.L. is a so-called "post-industrial-project" founded in 1998.
Attributes are miscellaneous sounds, from mellow ambient-sounds
and rhythmic patterns to harsh noise, which is still showing clear
structures. Due to the high quality of the new songs we decided to
produce a less limited edition of "Diskotheka Dekadenza". This CD
will surely run soon on high rotation in various Noise-Clubs.
INTERIOR
DISPOSITION – "Taedium Vitae" CD
(Nihil Art Records)
- 11 euro -
lim. 500 copies, jewel box, style: dark drone ambient. The album
is dedicated to memory of Italian musician Marco Corbelli, the
only member of project Atrax Morgue. On May, 6th, 2007 at the age
of 36 years old he has committed suicide. New album of Interior
Disposition "Taedium Vitae" is the attempt to glance in the
painful world of the Italian artist.
INVISIBLE FRONT -
"Interferences And Time - Kampf auf allen Frequenzen" CD (Indie-Ziert)
- 11 euro - new cd from Indie-Ziert!! Industrial/Power
Electronics/Martial/Dark Ambient project from Berlin/Germany.
Small DVD package with postcard & sticker - limited to 477
handnumbered copies.