ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO - "Songs 4 Hate &
Devotion" [Limited] Gatefold LP
SUNSET WINGS - "Farewell"
TRINITHOS - "Zeichnungen"
CD
DERVENN - "Gwad Roueel"
V/A - "...where tattered clouds are stranding"
PHRAGMENTS - "The
burning world"
ABANDONED PLACE - "Derelicts of Distant Hope"
TABOR
RADOSTI - "Agartta"
V/A - "Hyperthermia"
HEADDREAMER - "Human frequencies"
THE OPPOSER DIVINE - "Barb wire around your
neck"
DISHARMONY - "Cloned II"
TeHÔM - "Lacrimae Mundi"
REFUSE TO DIE - "The Piper
At The Gates of Donna"
REFUSE TO DIE - "The
Penguin"
NRYY - "Wind And Cloud" +
"Kiss" + "Red"
KREUZER - "Lilium"
KAPITAL - "Chaos to Chaos"
KAPITAL - "No New Age"
X-NAVI:ET - "Dead City Voice"
X-NAVI:ET - "Dead City Voice /
Remix Project"
HATI - "Wild
Temple"
PHURPA - "Mantras
of Bon"
CUSTOMER.NOISE – "Chaos
Factory" digipack
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N O W O Ś C I
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:: !! Nowość w Beast Of Prey !! ::
X-NAVI:ET
"Machina
Nova"
CD
2017
/ Electroacoustic Dark
Sounds /
Nowy solowy mini
album X-NAVI:ET czyli Rafała Iwańskiego (znanego m.in. z grup HATI,
Innercity Ensemble, Alameda 5, Kapital, Voices of the Cosmos).
Materiał nosi tytuł "Machina Nova" i zawiera sześć premierowych
kompozycji. Na krążku CD znajduje się 12 utworów - dodatkiem jest
sześć kompozycji opublikowanych pierwotnie na świetnie przyjętej
kasecie "Vox Paradox" (Wounded Knife, 2015).
Oba materiały muzyczne – premierowy "Machina Nova" oraz wznowiony
jako bonus "Vox Paradox" – łączą brzmienia elektroniczne z
instrumentami akustycznymi, głównie etnicznymi, dość często
pojawiającymi się na albumach Iwańskiego i prawie wszystkich
zespołów, których jest współzałożycielem. Tym razem usłyszeć
możemy mniej lub bardziej przetworzone za pomocą efektów m.in.
chiński flet hulusi, rosyjską bałałajkę, melodikę, rozmaite
grzechotki i inne instrumenty perkusyjne. Istotny jest też fakt,
że do udziału w nagraniach zaproszono gości (Anna Zielińska
- skrzypce, Wojciech Jachna - trąbka, Radek Dziubek
- elektronika, Marcin Zyglarewicz - gitara basowa).
Płyta wyprodukowana
wspólnie przez Beast of Prey i Eter Records w nakładzie
limitowanym do 300 sztuk. Nowocześnie zaprojektowany ekopack z
okładką autorstwa Ewy Bińczyk.
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HARD ART
12/2017
informator
kultury niezależnej
W numerze m.in.
wywiady z
ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO, BAD SECTOR, EXPO 70, RIGOR MORTISS, :WUMPSCUT:,
LO+PH, DOMOVOYD, ATROCIOUS FILTH, FOIE GRAS, ESCAPE FROM WARSAW,
ZOSIA BERNARD, BRANDKOMMANDO, KRZYSZTOF LINNIKE, BARTOSZ ‘ALAADIN’
GOGUŚ (artysta rzeźbiarz), FORTUNE, artykuł: SYD
BARRETT (cienie we mgle - historia życia artysty), a także
relacje (Dark Ambient Night podczas CASTLE PARTY, CoCArt Music
Festival) oraz mnóstwo recenzji!
Na okładce grafika autorstwa Krzysztofa Linnike, a więcej jego
prac w środku.
Dwunasty numer HARD
ART to 68 strony o muzyce, sztuce i kulturze niezależnej.
Do pisma dołączona jest płyta gratis:
BRANDKOMMANDO "USA – United States of China" CD wydana i ufundowana przez
Beast of Prey.
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HARD ART
11/2016
informator
kultury niezależnej
Dzięki Waszemu
wsparciu, uporowi wydawców i silnej ekipie redaktorskiej ukazał
się jedenasty numer informatora kultury niezależnej. Ponad 60 stron o
muzyce, kulturze i sztuce z szeroko pojmowanej sceny Industrial,
Dark Ambient, Experimental.
W numerze m.in.
wywiady z
AUTHOR & PUNISHER, SHE SPREAD SORROW, ZENIAL, GENETIC TRANSMISSION,
ROTO VISAGE, MASZYNY I MOTYLE, DAISY BELL, NOWA ZIEMIA, JACEK
ZIELIŃSKI (artysta malarz, grafik), DUHKA, BOANEGRES, K.,
ATTENNUTATION CIRCUIT... artykuły o RUNE GRAMMOFON
(norweskim labelu), NICK DRAKE (historia życia, twórczości
i śmierci artysty), THE KLINIK, EUGENIUSZ RUDNIK (świetny
artykuł o naszym polskim artyście), MARIE MADELEINE (Lucifer
& Morfina), BIOTOP, RESTYTUCJE... duża dawka recenzji!!
(ponad 10 stron!), relacje z festiwali (Transgresje Festival,
Castle Party, Kalisz Ambient)
Na okładce obraz "Lucifer" Jacka Zielińskiego,
a więcej jego prac w środku.
Jedenasty numer HARD
ART to 68 strony o muzyce, sztuce i kulturze niezależnej.
Do pisma dołączona jest płyta gratis: ZENIAL - "Minotaur /
Chimera" DVD wydana i ufundowana przez Zoharum Records.
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Nowe NASZYWKI:
Dwa nowe wzory
naszywek! Okrągłe średnicy 8 cm z wzorami LUCIFER oraz
THELEMA - czarne
naszywki wyszywane szarymi nićmi.
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:: ! Nowości w
distro ! ::
ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO - "Songs 4 Hate &
Devotion" [Limited] Gatefold LP (Out of line) Strictly limited
edition VINYL in deluxe GATEFOLD-Cover, featuring an alternative
track listing.
Crossing the borders between art, rebellion, passion, apocalypse
and sex, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio have managed to settle in their
very own musical niche with their opulent and intense sonic
sculptures. “Songs 4 Hate & Devotion” is an emotional
rollercoaster ride driven by the intense voice of Tomas Petterson
that alternates martially majestic monuments of orchestral sounds,
marching drums and percussion with very intimate and fragile
moments, mingles Cold-Wave-, Shoegazing- and Minimal-elements with
folkloristic structures and that manages to slip in the odd
musical quote as well. The Swedish duo has carefully opened and
evolved its unique sound into a wholly exceptional epic that
consequently evades any easy categorization. Pop music for
non-conformists. "
SUNSET WINGS - "Farewell" CD
(The Eastern Front) The album was composed, written and arranged
by brilliant collective from Russia—Sunset Wings especially for
The Eastern Front label. “Farewell” is solely for those who love
beautiful music and beautiful lyrics. Leitmotif of the “Farewell”
is famous “Farewell To The Fatherland” by Polish composer,
diplomat and politician Michał Kleofas Ogiński.
TRINITHOS - "Zeichnungen"
CD
(The Eastern Front) "Zeichnungen" ist das insgesamt vierte und
dritte offiziell veröffentlichte Album von Trinithos. Datum der
Fertiggestellung ist der Sommer 2009. Inhaltlich bewegt es sich im
Strom und Atem des Meeres: Zwischen kontemplativer Besinnung in
Text und Klangbau, zwischen Erinnerung in Eingängigkeit und
melodischer Federführung und dem Sturm des Aufbruchs in Rhythmik
und musikalischen Umbrüchen. Das Album enthält mit einer über 70
minütigen Länge insgesamt 12 konzeptionell angeordnete Lieder.
DERVENN - "Gwad Roueel" CD
(The Eastern Front) Dervenn in Breton means «oak», the sacred tree
of the ancient Celts. Wood is the matter of our instruments and
our breath is the «wind that shakes the Barley»… even if we are
living in the era of digital and numeric realities. The soul is
still musical and deeply tainted by the landscape of Brittany, by
the musicality of it, by the symbolism of it. Arthur, Perceval,
Merlin, we still share their quest for truth and beauty when
riding our cars… No commercial folklore, no infatuated «world» or
«ethnic» music, no archeological mythology nor so-called
traditionalism. Just our true modern Breton music. Beauty and
breath of the arthurian past speaking a present day, but not
vulgar, musical language. «Gwad Roueel» («royal blood») is the
first act of the quest, a personal and emotional evocation, using
both traditional «celtic» instruments (bag pipe, Breton oboe,
transverse flute, Irish whistle and bodhran) and modern ones.
Invention and respect of the past are the key words, poetry,
melody and strength are the feelings one gets from listening to
this musical travel through the lights and darkness of human quest
for purity and beauty…
V/A - "...where tattered clouds are stranding"
2CD (The Eastern Front) Double CDs compilation of European
neofolk, industrial, dark ambient projects dedicated to the art of
Icelandic sculptor and painter Einar Jonsson (1874-1954). Almost
all the songs presented on the compilation inspired by Einar
Jonsson’s art are unique, previously unreleased and composed
especially for this compilation. Part I “Grief” is a neofolk/martial
part with the songs of Belborn, Storm Of Capricorn, Westwind,
Rukkanor, H.E.R.R./Von Thronstahl, Horologium, Weihan, Cold
Fusion, Larrnakh, Zebaoth, Agnivolok, Kammer Sieben, Aeldaborn and
Cawatana. Part II “Birth Of Psyche” is dark ambient/industrial/esotheric
part with the songs of Rose Rovine E Amanti, Wach, Objekt4,
Hoarfrost, Gandolfs Gedanken, Shining Vril, Echo West, Gregorio
Bardini, Artefactum, Kadaver, Bisclaveret, Sitra Ahra and
Simulacra.
PHRAGMENTS - "The
burning world" CD
(The Eastern Front) Coming in oversized (almost
A5-size) 3-panel cardboard packaging, limited to 1’000 copies. New
powerful and emotional full-length album by Slovakian Martial
bombast project PHRAGMENTS. 7 orchestral / industrial compositions
heavily accented by dark ambient and martial atmosphere. Majestic
orchestrations, industrial machinery and noisy outbursts. This
second full-length album by this gifted act is a dramatic vision,
a sombre view of a world that is burning…
ABANDONED PLACE - "Derelicts of Distant Hope"
digipack CD
(Malignant Records) - Dark Ambient / The
album from Poland’s Abandoned Asylum and a welcome new entry into
the Malignant family, fitting nicely alongside roster mates
Rasalhague, Collapsar, and Phelios, in its ability to explore not
only the outer edges of the cosmos, but deep into catacombs and
dimly lit underground passages. Derelicts of Distant Hope is a
collection of 7 tracks in total where shape shifting tonal swells
are met with a host of nebulous textures, distant mechanical whir
and industrial debris, and drifting atmospheric desolation, all
expertly constructed and layered into a sprawling and expansive
whole. With dark ambient, it’s not so much about re-inventing the
wheel (which isn’t so easy to do given the genre’s defining
characteristics) as much as it is about setting the mood, and
Abandoned Asylum accomplishes that with great precision and skill.
In 6 panel digipak, lmtd 500 copies.
TABOR
RADOSTI - "Agartta" CD (Aliens Production) Dark ambient
surfaces in conjunction with shamanic rhythms of space corners and
unearthly sounding voices are a reminiscent of a civilization gap
between space-time and with their oriental breath flows in your
subconscious mind literally with space pace. Great orchestral
elements hypnotic loops and electronic arrangement waves in every
corner of this space walk that knows how to dip deep into your
imaginary interior. New material is a path that has its musical
and internal magic as excellent cooperation with member of ARCANA,
Ann-Mari Thim or nice cooperation in remix versions from masters
such as: KENJI SIRATORI, AH CAMA SOTZ. The last work LAMAT
determined the strong position and direction that has in this
positions took even greater energy and balance so that we can only
confirm that the demonstration of faith in the infallibility of
cosmic cycles continues…
V/A - "Hyperthermia" CD
(Aliens Production) 18 bands 20 songs. Exclusive tracks with
some different atmo combinations and modern electronics works.
Industrial sounds from underground… Atmospherics vibrations from
other side. Exclusive tracks from projects: Tod, Totakeke, Tokee,
Atiq and Enk, Huron, Disharmony, Basementgrrr, Mind.Divided,
Structural fault, Mnemonic, Flint Glass and Collapsar, Oxyd, Ish,
Tapage and Syndemic, Stasis Device, Polygon, Headdreamer, Angel
Epilepsia.
HEADDREAMER - "Human frequencies" CD (Aliens
Production) After many digital releases comes project Headdreamer
with his new production and his modern sound will not leave any
fan of ambient music unheeded. Melodic lines in down tempo rhythms
and magical atmospheres are rolling the emotional canals of the
listener. Many mysterious atmospheres, spherical elements and
unmistakable atmospheres from dISHARMONY member. This listening
discloses many uncharted corners and many interesting
collaborations from projects like Huron, Esoteric sob, Ish, Stasis
Device, Rentip, Lucidstatic, Basementgrrr...
THE OPPOSER DIVINE - "Barb wire around your
neck" CD (Aliens Production) After successful experimentations
and several digital releases we have a news from protagonist of
TERMINAL STATE, he has released his solo album entitled The
opposer divine. Minor Float on his album brings us a very
interesting mix of electronic and experimental surfaces.
Atmospheric tracks in down tempo surfaces of minimalistic tones
and melodic lines often sound like the soundtrack for the dark
sci-fi movie. Numerous analogue sequences of cybernetic vocals and
explosive themes pressing on you from the introductory minutes.
The combination of film music, ebm, idm and ambient color makes
this project colorfully creative. Slovakia's production starts to
take over a strong position in the generating of serious musical
particles that knows to offer the concept for each music
enthusiast.
DISHARMONY - "Cloned II" CD
(Aliens Production) Slovakian duo dISHARMONY is once again showing
its remix activity. Their new achievement presents a varied
palette, either with every way routing electronic genres or never
released pieces which are part of this project from the beginning.
Many electronic nooks, industrial turbulences, movie atmospheres
and original passages are accompanying this rare matter.
Contrasted, but still compacted, wraps in a electronic spirit and
for sure once again something from the archive which was never
published. Bratislava's electro underground never sleeps, so watch
out for this release, which transfers you into a dimension where
the clones are pulsing in your blood circulation.
TeHÔM - "Lacrimae Mundi" digipack CD (Cyclic Law) Active in
the mid 90's, Croatia's TeHÔM has been resurrected in the past
years by original member Miljenko Rajakovic. Their first 2 albums
were released on Twilight Command, side label of Douglas P's NER
label. TeHÔM's founding member Sinisa Ocurscak unfortunately
passed away in 1997, victim of a probable war related cancer. 3
years after his passing their 2nd album, and what was thought to
be their last, "Theriomorphic Spirits' was finally released. The
project was then laid to rest and years later finally revived. A
very surreal, obscure and cinematic sounding opus has been created
by Miljenko, following closely in the footsteps of previous works
but now taking the project to new levels. Yet always in keeping
with Sinisa's vision and in honor of his memory and spirit.
Artwork By Dehn Sora. Edition of 500 copies in 6 panel digipack. 9
Tracks. Running Time 59:00
REFUSE TO DIE - "The Piper
At The Gates of Donna" CDR (T'an! Kaven!! Ash!!!) Weird
experimental work «The piper at the gates of Donna» of
acknowledged Israeli industrial avant-garde project Refuse To Die.
Comes in white digipack with disco styled artwork.
REFUSE TO DIE - "The
Penguin" CDR (T'an! Kaven!! Ash!!!) Weird experimental work
«The Penguin» of acknowledged Israeli industrial avant-garde
project Refuse To Die. The conceptual album consists of four
parts: «The Penguin: Spring», «The Penguin: Summer», «The Penguin:
Autumn» and «The Penguin: Winter».
NRYY - "Wind And Cloud" +
"Kiss" + "Red" 3xMCDR (T'an! Kaven!! Ash!!!) Weird guitar
industrial album from Japanese project NRYY. Mix of guitar
industrial sounds and melodic noise. Released as 3 parts, each
under its own title, come on 3″ CD-Rs with avantgarde artwork.
KREUZER - "Lilium" MCDR
(T'an! Kaven!! Ash!!!) The newest work of Israeli
power-electronics and ambient project Kreuzer—mini-album «Lilium»
is out now. It is the second mini-album released on T’an! Kaven!!
Ash!!! following «Noises Of Independence»
PHURPA - "Mantras
of Bon" CD
(Zoharum Records)
The magic and
strength of their music has been appreciated by Stephen O'Malley
among others, who released one of their albums on his own label.
Zoharum would like to present the latest album by the band
entitled "Mantras of Bon." It is an extraordinary release, even
for such an extraordinary and unusual project as PHURPA. More than
70 minutes of music here is divided into two parts. The first one,
featuring Alissa Nicolai on vocals, shows the band from a
completely different angle; the other one presents the most
important and interesting sessions recorded over the past few
years, with a recording from CTM festival where they impressed the
audience with "kuntunzangpo."
"Mantras of Bon" is an excellent introduction into the adventures
with PHURPA, the world of Tibetan music filtered by contemporary
reinterpretation free from rigid rules. It may enchant both those
looking for interesting sacral music and the ones searching for a
new form of sonic statement.
KAPITAL - "Chaos to Chaos" digipack CD (Istant
Classic)
The album consists of 8 tracks recorded by the band and mastered
by Marcin Bociński. It’s a huge musical step forward from the
realms of drone that engulfed “No New Age” – it seems quite enough
to mention the vocal-centered single “The Music of Goodbye” with
it’s wide pallette of moods. A brighter and somehow more uplifting
cover art (courtesy of Joanna John) makes this unique enigma even
more compelling.
KAPITAL - "No New Age" digifile CD (Bocian
Records) Kapital is an encounter of two artists that usually
penetrate different musical genres and ideas. It is an encounter
of two musical worlds: psychoactive electro-acoustic music
generated with electronic instruments and found objects and
extreme psychedelia based on the sounds of processed guitar.
Ziołek and Iwański worked together for the first time during
recording sessions of improvisational group Innercity Ensemble
formed in 2011. In August of 2013 they recorded in Bory Tucholskie
their debut album titled "No New Age", released on CD by Bocian
Records.
X-NAVI:ET - "Dead City Voice" vinyl LP (Zoharum
Records) The second vinyl album by Rafał Iwański aka X-Navi:Et (of
HATI, Voices of the Cosmos, KAPITAL, Innercity Ensemble fame). The
theme of the city has appeared in the modern art territory quite a
few times before. Wim Wenders, a cult German director, once said
that "thecity shapes people, leaves its stigma on them and deforms
them to its own likeness." Murray Schafer, a Canadian composer,
while working on the concept of "soundscape", claimed that many of
the surrounding sonic incidents infiltrates the music of our
times. Following the footsteps of Charles Baudelaire among
others, urban artists, Rafał Iwański and Ewa
Bińczyk, replayed the city, penetrated its spirit and echoed it in
their activities. Telling the city by means of sound and vision is
becoming an inward journey as well.
X-NAVI:ET - "Dead City Voice /
Remix Project" digipack CD
(Istant
Classic)
Limited edition to 200 copiec with art cover graphics by Agnieszka
Zwara. Remixes by Z'EV, PURE, RAPOON, STARA RZEKA, Yannick Franck and
MIRT. The best psychoactive sounds.
Koncepcja na skompletowanie
tego wydawnictwa narodziła się jeszcze w momencie edytowania
albumu "Dead City Voice", wydanego na winylu i kasecie i
zawdzięczam ją po części Z'EV-owi, który powiedział, że kilku
artystów z którymi kiedyś współpracował nie miało pojęcia co to
znaczy prawdziwy remiks. Według Z'EV-a prawdziwy remiks polega na
pracy na surowym miksie albo nawet jeszcze lepiej - na wybranych z
niego trackach. No i tak też zrobiłem - każdemu artyście wysyłałem
osobne tracki danego numeru zebrane w jednym folderze, a oni
robili z nimi co chcieli. Według mnie dało to ciekawy efekt,
utwory na "Remix Project" są całkiem inne od oryginałów, mimo że
szczątkowo można usłyszeć dźwięki źródłowe.
HATI - "Wild
Temple"
digifile CD
(Monotype Records) Studio album recorded by Rafał
Iwański and Rafał Kołacki with special guest Sławomir Ciesielski -
great percussionist and drummer of legendary Polish rock band
Republika (in 80. Republika was one of the most original European
bands - thanks to their specific antimainstream rock & roll songs,
with new wave-inspired music and lyrics). HATI forms a link
between a personal interest in modern improvised and acoustic
music with ritual and meditation. They worked together in 2010 on
several tracks presented on the album and finally all material was
recorded in big military objects in T orun from XIX century called
Fort I. After the recording session the trio played one concert in
Centre of Contemporary Art in Torun.
CUSTOMER.NOISE – "Chaos
Factory" digipack CD (CustomRec.)
Jednoosobowy projekt Sławka Tutak (Toruń), którego twórczość
oscyluje wokół szeroko rozumianej elektroniki. W swoich
kompozycjach wykorzystuje stylistyczne elementy takich gatunków
jak dark ambient, industry/noise czy experimental. Zafascynowany
możliwościami środowiska cyfrowego za źródło wybrał wirtualne
generatory z ich nieograniczonymi możliwościami kreowania dźwięku.
W latach 2012-2013 skupił się na, jak to mówi, powoływaniu do
istnienia nowych dźwięków w naszej rzeczywistości. W 2014 roku
podjął decyzję, że nadszedł czas aby dźwięki "z szuflady" ujrzały
światło dzienne w postaci płyty. W tym celu powołał do życia firmę
producencką CustomRec., której pierwszą produkcją był wydany w
grudniu 2014 roku album "chaos factory" zawierający 7
zróżnicowanych utworów w opisanej wyżej stylistyce. Z ciekawostek
można dodać, że mastering materiału przeprowadził Marcin Cichy
(Skalpel).
RITUAL – ":08:16:02:"
digipack CD (Lichterklang)
LA PIETRA LUNARE –
"Same" CD (Lichterklang)
WEIHAN – "Blódslitinn
á Steininum" CD (Lichterklang)
MARS – "Blood Is The
Food Of The Gods" digipack CD (Lichterklang)
FAHL – "The Halls Of
The Dead"
CD (Lichterklang)
TRAUM’ER LEBEN - "Was wird bleiben"
digipack CD (Lichterklang)
DESIDERII
MARGINIS - "Thaw" digipack CD (Zoharum Records)
INNER VISION
LABORATORY - "Austeros" CD (Zoharum Records)
INNER VISION
LABORATORY & NEPENTHE - "Ambit" CD (Zoharum Records)
MACHINEFABRIEK -
"The Measures Taken" CD (Zoharum Records)
MACHINEFABRIEK -
"Dubbeltjes" CD (Zoharum Records)
RAPOON - "Seeds
in the Tide Volume 3" digipack 2CD (Zoharum Records)
RAPOON & PROMUTE
- "Machine River" CD (Zoharum Records)
EXPO 70 - "Frozen
Living Elements" CD (Zoharum Records)
EXPO 70 - "Corridors
to Infinity" 2CD (Zoharum Records)
MANINKARI - "Continuum
Sonore 7>1" CD (Zoharum Records)
