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JARL / ENVENOMIST - "Tunguska Event" CD (Zoharum Records) - 11 euro - A long time ago we discovered little known musician called Erik Jarl. We really liked his first albums and we were watching his music mature over the years. So when Erik contacted us with the offer concerning releasing his album we jumped at the chance. Erik has teamed up with David Reed aka Envenomist to create a sonic reenactment of the Tunguska event. It was ”was a large explosion which occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, at about 07:14 on June 30, 1908” [Wikipedia]. It flattened 2,000 km2 of the forest and it caused glowing sunsets on the horizon. There are many theories concerning the cause of this particular event. Some scientists claim it was connected with an asteroid or comet that burst in the air above the region, others claim that it might have been a small black hole passing near the Earth. The mystery is still unsolved. The music, presented here in five parts, is full of oily drones and industrial blasts intertwined with unsettling ambient textures. The sound on this recording is of complex and mature nature, which hardly comes as a surprise when thinking about years both musicians spent mastering their skills (David with Envenomist and Luasa Raelon; Erik both in IRM and Skin Area, and solo known simply as Jarl). It is an interesting piece of work for those who search for something on the fringes of electronic music. The CD is housed in an ecopak sleeve and is strictly limited to 300 copies. The cover picture and design was made by Karolina Urbaniak (responsible for the lastest covers Jarl, IRM and Skin Area albums and widely known for here photographic work.)

JARL - "Out of Balance" digipack CD  (Malignant Rec.) - 11 euro - 17 tracks in total, each flowing into each other, with the early pieces having an almost cosmic heaviness a la Inade. As it progresses however, the seeds of profound sickness begin to blossom as tones and textures become more surreal and unsettling.

JAZKAMER - "Balls The Size Of Texas Liver The Size Of Brazil" CD (Purple Soil) - SOLD OUT!!

JESUS OF NAZARETH / EXPLODING METH LAB – "The Seed Mouth Collection" CDr (Crucial Blast) - 7 euro - Total fucking blast noise armageddon !!! This disc has been in the works over here for an eon, but we've finally gotten it together and have this jackhammer assembled and ready to trepan any of you mutants out there that might be looking for some extreme cut-up grindnoise violence to ruin yer day. This is part split album, part collaboration between two DC-area projects that have been orbitting the underground grind/punk scene in the region since the turn of the decade. The Seed Mouth Collection is packaged in a foldout sleeve printed in high contrast red and black, with an insert card and the disc affixed to the inside of the jacket on a plastic hub. Limited to 300 copies...

JOB KARMA - "Punkt" digipack CD 2010 (Obuh Records) - 11 euro - Those who follow post-industrial music know well (or at least they should know) the name of JOB KARMA. We present  with utmost pleasure a still-hot fresh album of this merited duo, who are gradually becoming the spearhead of landscapists of the genre. These two brave-hearted boosters of  post-industrial tradition are now forging hit by hit 8 well-shaped and perversely tuneful pieces, which form an ideal soundtrack for an apocalyptic soap opera that eats up bits of our lives every now and then. Escape from...but where? Everywhere is the same in the giant guts of the mechanical Leviathan. Cosmos serves more and more dark lards from the frighteningly far galactic preserves, the black hole gets bigger and bigger. But do not be afraid. The Mind Grinding and Oppression Machine (the fearful MGOM), choking and wheezing with its own enormity, gets jammed and broken more and more often. Somewhere in a System bowels a new Snake Plissken is born. The fight goes on. As ever. And me... Well, I recommend to you the most sensational album this Spring. Covered as it should be, in a three-fold digipack with a phenomenal cover design by Arek Bagiński, let happiness and joy be with him for now and ever.

KARSTEN HAMRE - "Through the Eyes of a Stranger"  CD + DVD /PAL/ 2009 (First Fallen Star) - 12 euro - Having created music for many years under such project names as Arcane Art, Penitent, and Defraktor, Karsten Hamre returns with the "Through the Eyes of a Stranger". Similar to his project Dense Vision Shrine, under his own name, Karsten crafts desolate dark ambient sound structures, ornamented by sampled sounds and experimental textures. The end result of this process is an experience categorized perhaps too simply as dark ambient, though it more closely resembles a dark soundtrack to a movie, or to a life - as seen through the eyes of a stranger. Ltd x 500 copies in a DVD case with bonus DVD that takes the viewer on a visual journey of imagery used for live performances. PAL Format, Region 0 (will play in all European DVD players).

KAUNA TRAIPS – "Kauna Traips" CD (Sturm) - 5 euro - Experimental dark ambient release by Tarchoks and Koils. It all started in 2006 when it seemed no longer possible to keep holding all this within, partly due to the surrounding environment. Like induction, shame - as masochistic means to feel strange guilt for breaking imagined social and moral constructions, or making them serve another purpose; and conservation of energy - the two minds and bodies, often being intoxicated death close, transforming energy into something else. A tranquil accompaniment for madness, and information overload, pouring into your consciousness and subconsciousness through every smallest crack.

KRISTOFFER NYSTROMS ORKESTR /Megaptera/  - "Brakehead"  digipack CD  (Malignant) - 11 euro - A must for fans of Megaptera/Negru Voda, with a battery of iron fisted rhythms hammering down in a thunderous downpour, and the caustic reverberations of the analog doom machine grinding and screeching in a symphony of clangorous and distressed beauty.

L'EFFET C'EST MOI - "Les Voix De L'Apocalypse"   digipack CD (Midnight Productions) - 5 euro - The brand new album from the Italian Medieval-Martial-Neoclassical project! Greatly invoked by romanticism as well as a martial spirit, "Les Voix De L'Apocalypse" is more epic sounding music-wise than their last full-length "Tomber En Heroes" (War Office Propaganda), with a great mix of more medieval melodies. CD Reissue of the 2008 release on SkullLine (100 copies). Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.

LA PIETRA LUNARE – "Same" CD (Lichterklang) - 11 euro - La Pietra Lunare's debut is a concept album dedicated to the mysteries of Italy. It tells how, in the years between the two wars, in some small villages of the south it was believed that magic rites and amulets could have some form of will on daily life.Taking inspiration from some cult italian books, such as Tommaso Landolfi's homonymous novel, these song show how neofolk music has an esoteric origin through their real popular beliefs. Recorded in five years, the album includes guests from the italian neofolk scene, such as Egida Aurea, ZSP, Lupi Gladius and Antiqua Lunae. Their genre could be a strange kind of neofolk called "verist post-folk".

LAGOWSKI PRESENTS LEGION - "False Dawn" digipack 2CD (Zoharum Records) - 13 euro - LEGION came as a surprising side-project in comparison to the British audio visual technician's regular tracks released up to that date. "False Dawn" was an excellent venture into the world of spacey electronica which might have served as a complement to the dense world of techno on LAGOWSKI's early vinyl releases and to the dark wave of NAGAMATZU. Containing two lengthy tracks ("Colossus" and "The Plasma Pool") supported by a short rhythmic "Accurone", it explored the potential of digital electronics in order to create atmospheric soundscapes, for which it was critically praised. The reissue is presented in a 2CD edition in a luxurious 6-panel digipak.

LAHARIS - "Unpolitical Alchemy" CD (Vrihaspati Records) - 5 euro -  Laharis is the new project of Johan König who was the original founder of A Challenge of Honour. After recording the 'Wilhelm Gustloff' sessions, Johan left ACOH and gave the Project to Peter, who is ACOH nowadays. In 2005 Johan started working on his own music again under a name that he used already several years ago: Laharis. On the new album "unpolitical alchemy" he works again (for the first time in 5 years) together with Peter. The sound is between the early ACOH recordings with modern electronic influences. A beautiful album with many psychedelic moments. the best soundtrack for long car-rides in dark nights. ATTENTION: this CD contains a hidden VIDEO-CLIP!

LARVA 108 – "99.09 Inside the stones" digipack CD (Greytone) - 5 euro - “99.09 Inside the stones” is a collection of the most significant tracks made by LARVA 108 during the first 10 years. 12 songs for 60 minutes. A sountrack for walking alone through a winter snowstorm or between the trees during a grey day of november. Experimental, electronica, drones creates organic gloomy atmospheres.

LARRNAKH - "Like the silken shrouds of loneliness" digipack CD (Epidemie Records) - 5 euro - I founded Larrnakh in 2005. I wanted to incarnate a musical entity that is based on my own ideas and conceptions alone. This is dictatorship. I am in control, I make all the important decision. Of course there are friends, who help me out. They provide their instrument skills or technical support, and sometimes ideas too, under my guidance. I expressed my musical ideas in a certain militant, heroic way from the start, making them complete with a little lyric harmony. Mostly industrial, neofolk and noise influences dominate, with various other tiny elements and ideas, keeping all in continuous formation. After long preparations, the recordings of the Now will you believe? album started in 2009. The album was released in 2010 by the Austrian label Steinklang. The reputation of the 40 minute long album was really good among both professionals and the audiance too, so the band filled with self confidence and fresh energy has started the next album. In May 2011 the second album titled Like the silken shrouds of loneliness was released. As previously, the disc contains neofolk rich in emotions and vivid industrial elements. The dark ambient influences are less dominant, making the music of LARRNAKH more explicit.

LARRNAKH - "Now will you believe?" digipack CD  (Steinklang Industries) - 5 euro - Great NeoFolk album featuring (ex)members of CAWATANA, STURMAST and SCIVIAS! "Now will you believe?" is a brilliant mix of classical guitar-based NeoFolk with electronic elements, varied and assembled with droning Ritual/Dark-Ambient tracks. the mix of two completely different styles in music makes this album to a outstanding new milestone of "crossovers". Dark and sometimes frightening soundscapes with samples, trumpets and haunting drums are compiled with beautiful harps, piano, violin and narrating vocals, rounded by fine NeoClassical elements. 7 songs / 41 min.

LES COLONNES DE L'ÉTERNITÉ - "A Soldier Of Lifeforce" Digipack CD (Lichterklang) Limited edition 300 copies - 11 euro - LES COLONNES DE L’ÉTERNITÉ were founded in 2009, when Vilkas found new forms of expression in the Martial Industrial-genre after first musical experiences in the Black Metal scene. „Soldier Of A Lifeforce“ now is his first step into public where powerful drumming corresponds with melancholic melodies und muliple layered passages, influenced by neoclassical orchestrations and choirs. Conceptionalwise „Soldier Of A Lifeforce“ deals with the clash of cultures in a global world, where the loss of cultural identitiy is increasing day by day. LES COLONNES DE L’ÉTERNITÉ stand in the tradition of bands such as Toroidh or Karjalan Sissit, but with their own unique musical brand that makes „Soldier Of A Lifeforce“ nothing less than one of the most impressive Martial Industrial albums of the year.

LIGHT COOPERATION - "Aliens From Planet Earth" CD (ReR Megacorp) - SOLD OUT!!

LUFTWAFFE – "Trephanus Uhr" digipack CD (Lichterklang) - SOLD OUT!!

LUL & BETA CLOUD & ANDREW LILES - "Circadian Rhythm Disturbance Reconfigured" digipack CD (Cold Spring) - 11 euro - From England to the United States and back again… it all started as a simple drone project between LULL (aka Mick Harris of Scorn, ex-Napalm Death) and BETA CLOUD (aka Carl Pace), based on the concept of how insomnia can effect your thought patterns. Billows of powerful bass drones set to indistinct flourishes of temporary insanity. The original track is there, but also included is a fierce remix track by legendary sound artist Andrew Liles (NURSE WITH WOUND). Fans of Lull and Beta Cloud will really sink their teeth into this one; what Liles has created here is not a simple remix but a raging, deconstruction as only he can do. Originally released as a limited 3″ CD in 2008, now proudly presented in a deluxe digipak edition with stunning new artwork. A captivating listen for dark ambient and harsh noise fans alike.

MANINKARI - "Continuum Sonore 7>1" CD (Zoharum Records) - 11 euro - Maninkari, a duo hailing from France, should be a well-known one for ambient lovers. They have already released six albums on renowned labels such as Conspiracy, Neuropa or Basses Frequencies. Their influences range from classical music through jazz and free improv ending with ambient and drone. Therefore, it is not easy to classify them as a modern post-industrial electronica combo. The duo works quite intensively. They have just prepared the second volume of their 2012 ”Continuum Sonore” album. What enchanted us about Maninkari while listening to part 7-14 ”Continuum Sonore” compostion of is their easiness in creating beautiful, but haunting melodies drowned in cinema-like atmosphere. It is not surprising as the duo have created music for films of Thomas Pantalacci. Their other advantage is varied instrumental textures. Apart from regular synthesizers and not so common persussion, they use atypical instruments, such as bodhran, viola, cimbalom, santoor. It brings them closer to the neoclassical genre. The CD is housed in an ecopak sleeve and is strictly limited to 300 copies.

MARS – "Blood Is The Food Of The Gods" digipack CD (Lichterklang) - 11 euro - ‘Blood is the Food of the Gods’ - MARS, a pagan brotherhood founded in 2011, present their third release after the folk-debut ‘Sons of Cain’ and the powerful vinyl-e.p. ‘Sacrifice’. Inspired by American pagan folk and apocalyptic philosophy the sound of MARS is dominated by purely acoustic arrangements using guitars, various percussions and two male voices. Their drum-driven hymns tell of the persisting powers of nature, of the ancient breath of the gods and of the Eternal Cyclic Law of life. This is no simple escapism into dreamy realms, it’s a multifaceted journey into the subconscious parts of the human spirit, driven by pounding rhythms and accentuated guitars. With ‘Blood is the Food of the Gods’ MARS has become a powerful force in the European pagan underground. Their songs are energetic rituals to awaken the forgotten powers. Like the 12” ‘Sacrifice’ before this album displays unique hand-painted artwork by Nadine O. Demmler. Featured are new interpretations of ‘Icarus Falling’ (:Golgatha:) and ‘Man is Disorder’ (Aeterna).

MEPHI - "MoRgAnIuM Ad AyLaNiUm" digipack CD (MidNight Productions) - 5 euro - The debut album from the swedish neo-classical project MephI, sparkling like a crystal, melancholy like in a moon-night, 2 souls of solitude present you this sorrowful love poem which interweaved by full moon and numerous stars. Limited to 500 copies,digipack CD.

MERZBOW - "Scene" CD  (Waystyx) - 12 euro -  Recorded in November 2004, this material is not remarkable for it's brutality, rather on the contraty, sometimes it reminds quite normal music. The album is filled with straight rhythmic moments and ambient diffusions, but of course Masami Akita couldn't do it without good noise flavouring even here.

MERZBOW & Z'EV – "Spiral Right / Spiral Left" CD (Cold Spring) - 11 euro - In the planning (and many faxes, emails and discussions in person) for 20 years, finally this stunning collaborative release for Cold Spring from Japanese Noise king Merzbow and legendary elemental sound artist Z'EV is here. The tracks were created in London and Tokyo, with each artist remixing the other's original sounds. Two tracks weighing in at 22 minutes apiece! Dark Ambient Noise in a special textured card digisleeve.

MERZBOW - "Camouflage" CD (Essence Music)  - 12 euro - We salute the ferocious torrents of abused, imploding and exploding electronics, the sharp, pulverizing and abrasive high frequencies and the unrelenting punishment of frenzied throbbing machine-screams witnessed in the controlled cacophonic environment of the latest Merzbow offering! "Camouflage" plays by the straight MERZBOW rules, going back to his comfort zone of audio barbarism. Ltd x 800 copies in a deluxe gatefold hardback sleeve.

MERZBOW - "Anicca"  CD   (Cold Spring) - SOLD OUT!!

MERZBOW / SUTCLIFFE JUGEND / SATORI - "split" CD (Cold Spring) - 10 euro - Released on the occasion of Merzbow, Sutcliffe Jügend and Satori at ULU, London, 19th April 2008. Japanese Noise, Power Electronics and Fortean Electronics from these 3 giants of the Noise / Industrial scene, with one exclusive studio track from each act. This CD is presented in a full colour card slip and is shrinkwrapped. Limited to 1000 copies only!

MICHAEL MANTRA - "D#m/Gm"  CD (Purple Soil) - 5 euro -  "D#m / Gm" is an album of extended ambient listening of sonic icebergs, slowly shifting over time. The album is based in ultra minimal atmospheric dronecore - an exploration into the dark unknown of sombre sonic states, of the mysterious unknown, leveraging changes in states of feeling and states of consciousness. Presented in a stunning 6-panel digisleeve with images courtesy of NASA.

MICHAEL MANTRA - "Mobius Logic"  CD   (Silentes) - 5 euro - Evocative and crepuscular atmospheres, tenuous sounds from the inks color pastel, minimalistic melodies acclimatized on background of "discreet" but wrapping field recordings... Evoked and surrealistic soft sonorous landscapes  with warm synthetic sounds, mixed to crystalline natural noises, concrete sounds, breaths... A fascinating classic "and" quiet "album of" ambient music, to work of one of the greatest and "historical" masters of the sort...

MIEL NOIR - "Der Honigflügel"  CD (The Eastern Front) - 5 euro - Another, absolutely different project of Dimo Dimov (Svarrogh, Sturmpercht, Allerseelen, Saggitarius). Brilliant piano symphony with industrial elements and samples from Russian movies inspired by classical Russian novel "Crime and Punishment" written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Goncharov novels. Edition of 500 copies. Special 3 panels folded cardboard packing. Released on CD format.

MIXTURIZER - "Senile Dementia" CDr 2009 (Mask of the Slave)  - 3 euro - Noise / Experimental project based in Canary Islands, Spain. Started on summer 2006 by Manuel M. Cubas as a scape from music to pure sound and noise experimentation to express and creating through a personal point of view on surrealistic/ abstract/ non conventional/ anti-commercial and personal ways. Also defined as a multi-layered noise act combining unsightly sound forms with Harsh Noise, Experimental, Industrial, Ambient elements. CD-R in normal slim-jewel case, limited to 60 copies.

MIZAR - "A View to a Flower Garden"  Digipak CD (Corvus Records) - 10 euro - The return of a classic dark wave band from the 80’s, this time with a more minimalistic approach (in the vein of Joy Division, for instance), but quite dark, elegant, melodic, very gothic and still sweetly melancholic.

MOLJEBKA PVLSE – "Zojo" digipack CD (Greytone) - 10 euro  - The Moljebka Pvlse album Zojo was recorded during the Mathias studies at the Royal Institute of Art. He was inspired by the longest night of the year in Stockholm, the day when there is almost no daylight. His ambition was to make an acoustic album of minimal music without any musical instruments. Moljebka Pvlse setup long nylon strings across his entire studio at school, which he then plucked and bowed and recorded with his favorite contact microphones on that very night. These recordings became the fundament of the album and set the tone for the rest of the work. Moljebka Pvlse are very grateful for the contribution by the Japanese artist Michiko Kashiba on this album.

MOON FAR AWAY - "Minnesang" CD (Ahnstern / Steinklang)  - 10 euro - Brand new album from cult Russian Neofolk act Moon Far Away! "Minnesang" is an album of 21st century ritual music encased in a unique fusion of the most diverse and zeitgeist-capturing musical styles, from neofolk, dark folk and post punk to practically future pop. The theme of the album, the deep-rooted feminine archetypes in contemporary art, is embodied in the title, which identifies a genre of medieval knight lyrics. At the same time, most of the original Russian lyrics on the album are drenched with the trademark Pomor flavours, emphasising the pride that the band has always taken in its cultural roots that extend deep into the epic traditions of the Russian North. "Minnesang" is a new milestone achieved by a cult group who already gave contemporary art scene a number of discoveries and revelations. This Ahnstern version has partly different artwork to the Russian edition and the last song is completely different to the Russian version.

MORTUOR - "I'm Waiting for You" CD (Syzmic Records) - 10 euro - Debut release from this US act. The stale state of experimentalism has forced this; the union of sickness and sound. A tribute to the forerunners of power-death electronics. Pure emotion. Pure sickness. Pure power. Nothing compromised. Classic Death Industrial, dedicated to and inspired by the works of the late Marco Corbelli (Atrax Morgue) and the Italian Death Industrial Movement. Ltd x 250 copies in an outsized gatefold sleeve.

MOST OF THE TACITURN - "Nan King" CD 2009 lim. 400 copies (Dying Art Productrion) - SOLD OUT!!

MULTIPOINT INJECTOR - "Digital Ownerless" CDR 2009 (Mizantrophy) - 3 euro - The gathering of chosen compositions from last years of the creation this project. Experimental and postindustrial collages, something for fans Thomasa Konera! The outlay  limited edition to 50 copies.

MURDEROUS VISION - "The Times Without Gods" CD  (Live Bait Rec.) - 11 euro - Deep layers, melodic keyboards, classical samples, some ritualistic percussion here, some low-pitched echoed plus chorused voices there, and a good dose of darkness via reverb and minor chords; you already know the formula, don't you? But the fact is that, even if Murderous Vision repeats the patterns of an established genre with a superb accuracy .. and then, maybe you can infer that this is the case of a perfectly planned album, which lacks an own soul, and that's not precisely what surrounds me .., Mr Petrus demonstrates that it has an identity as a composer. And moreover, I would describe some parts of the recording as highly emotional, giving that somewhat special touch to the album; the quality all art should transmit and something that some technically depurated musicians tend to forget nowadays. Add to it a few carefully arranged pictures (layout work of the acclaimed Michael Riddick) in a standard jewel case, but with a professional appearance, and, as a whole, here you have the reasons why an edition like this couldn't keep on passing unnoticed for the average fan of the more listenable side of Industrial. A perfectly designed product and an infallible bet, which surely decided the artist to give its best in all senses once he realized what he had between hands. A moment of brilliancy and a high mark difficult to be surpassed in the near future, but that can set a new beginning for the band.

OBOZDUR – "Winter Canabinol Essence""CD (Nihil Art Records) - 4 euro -  lim. 500 copies, jewel box, style: noise.  6 tracks… which will penetrate deeply into your mind & stay there for long time… leaving unique feeling of novelty & at the same time immersing you in depths of style… in a word… noise… free comments…

OF SWINE AND SWILL - "Of Swine and Swill" CD (Live Bait Rec.) - 5 euro - Like an ancient bottle of Absinthe found buried in some dark cellar, you’ve discovered something very unique here. Elements of the classics, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Hawkwind perfume the air as an aural louche, sonic clouds swirling with Industrial soundscapes a la Deutsch Nepal or In Slaughter Natives, with a touch of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Stephen Petrus (Murderous Vision) and John Potter (Flintknap/Murderous Vision) created the initial concepts for Of Swine and Swill as childhood friends. Musical discussions turned to all night experimentations. Recording sessions turned into weekends, then weeks of nothing but the music. Over the course of the summer of ’08, Stephen and John blended their rock and electronic roots into a finely honed project, with over an hour of material recorded. With the addition of Rick Pfluger (Reichardt Van Grieken, Rambler 454) contributing vocals on two tracks, and eventually joining the project full time, the circle has been made complete.Without the constraints nor boundaries of any one genre, the music of Of Swine and Swill is very personal, introspective and emotional, a palette of color, aggressive yet subtle. Atmospheric, yet never a passive listen!The album features a 8 page full color booklet, which includes all lyrics and artwork by both John and Stephen. Limited to 1000 Professionally replicated copies.

OF THE WAND & THE MOON - "The Lone Descent" CD (Tesco Organisation) - SOLD OUT!!

ORCHIS - "A Thousand Winter" digipack CD (Infinite Fog Productions)  - 11 euro - "A Thousand Winter" it is improbable result of the deep mystical experiences embodied in studio work! It's a сonceptual album, with Grand Theme: The story of one part of Europe is extraordinarily like every other part; a thriving pagan culture that at first laughs in derision at the priests of the desert messiah, and then is slowly submerged by the rising tide of christianity until all that remains is folk memory and old tales and songs. The cult of the Nazarene has built many truly awe-inspiring cathedrals from the blood of the people of Europe whilst incorporating and subverting their culture into that of the Blood of the Lamb. Now this album also the important part of history Neo-Folk of music to which we again have possibility to touch... So, ORCHIS again with us and returning begins with "A THOUSAND WINTERS" which we with pride represent in 6 pannel-digiCD with a bronze stamping.

OUTOFSIGHT / KRĘPULEC - "Furious friends + bonus" Digipak CD 2007 (Twilight Records) - SOLD OUT!!

OXYD - "Liveforms" CD (Aliens Production)  - 5 euro - Oxyd follows up their 2009 release, Astral Border, with Liveforms, a rare recording of live performances showcasing this talented duo's ability to drift somewhere out in the darkest waters of ambient and IDM. Oxyd delivers dark tones and mysterious twists that balance seamlessly to create hypnotic sequences and atmospheric soundscapes that surge beyond the typical industrial voyage. Features several unreleased tracks along with songs selected to elicit a new emotion with each listen. Ltd x 333 copies in a square DVD case..

PBK & Josh Lay - "Split" CDR  (Syndrom Records) - 4 euro - American composer, Phillip B. Klingler, better known as PBK, has been active in the experimental music underground since 1986. His soundwork correlates to electroacoustic, classic industrial and free jazz genres. PBK has fashioned a noise-based music that doesn't rely on power electronics process, but rather, by placing noises themselves into ambient/atmospheric sound environments. His soundworks are composed from turntable manipulation, sampling and analog/digital synthesis. Improvising spontaneously and with little preconception, PBK creates pulsing, echoing, organic soundscapes of unknown sonic origin. Josh Lay combines his horror-noise approach with PBK's psychedelic synth improvisation into a deep, forbidding soundscape.

PBK / TELEPHERIQUE -  "Noise Ambient Connection" CD (Monochrome Vision) - 5 euro -  This particular album is the first ever collaboration between american soundartist Phillip B. Klingler and german band Telepherique, it represents yet another breakthrough in the search for a music that is comprehensively exploring 21st century ambient music, an essential listening experience which is absolutely unique for the whole genre history as well as for both artists.

PERSONA - "Ruines" digipack CD (Marbre Negre) - SOLD OUT!!

PHASE II - Afterglow" digipack CD (Ahnstern / Steinklang) - 5 euro  - It has been a little over 32 since the inception and all-too-brief life span of Phase II, the prog-folk band founded by Mark Andrews (Blue Grass) and Nicholas Tesluk (Changes). "Afterglow" introduces modern listeners to Phase II's unique and timeless mixture of varied musical styles. Included in this expansive release are 6 songs from their original repertoire, all recorded here for the very first time. As a special reprise, all songs from their only release ( a long out of print 7" blue vinyl) have been enhanced and included on the album. To bring things full-circle, Phase II is also proud to present a recording of its first all-new song of the 21st century on this CD. The 69 minute album concludes with "Candle in the Night", their complete pre-progressive, conceptual radio program from 1978. Digipak with booklet featuring full lyrics, as well as an anecdotal history of the band in text and photos.

PHRAGMENTS - "The burning world" CD (The Eastern Front) - 11 euro - 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…

PHRAGMENTS - "Earth Shall Not Cover Their Blood" digipack CD  (Malignant)  - 11 euro -  You’ve seen it before. Certain bands or artists delivering their finest work with their first recording. Then, in futile attempts to capture some of the same magic, becoming formulaic and stale, rehashing ideas and never really achieving the same caliber of work. Others, expanding on the elements of their prior releases, and through a natural maturation process, get stronger with each release. That would certainly be the case with Phragments. With their third full length studio CD, this Slovakian duo have made remarkable strides not only in quality but in scope. Equipped with an enriched sonic palate, Earth Shall Not Cover Their Blood mixes forceful brass and dark orchestral strings with rolls of powerful tribal percussion, somber wind instrumentation, ominous atmospheres, industrial clangor, and a strong and commanding vocal presence, particularly on tracks like “Over Deadlands” and “The Kin of Cain”. Cohesive, complete, and epic, this is a release that will open some eyes to new found authority of Phragments. Yours to discover. In 6 panel digipak

RAISON D'ETRE - "Mise en Abyme" digipack CD (Transgredient Records) - SOLD OUT!!

RAJNA - "Offering" Digipak CD (Equilibrium Music) - 12 euro - With "Offering", their 9th album and their first for Equilibrium Music, Rajna continue their musical and cultural quest, crossing the Mediterranean and taking us over the Aegean islands, the Cyclades, Crete and Greece, towards Turkey.

RAPOON - "To west and blue" CD  (Zoharum Records) - 11 euro - "To West and Blue" is 50th RAPOON album. And this one will become a staple in our CD players for long time. 7 long, slowly evolving tracks appealing to your subconscious side. An album that is definitely not to everyone's tastes. This one gradually grows on you until you are captivated by its haunting beauty. But there is an underlying uneasiness in it. A sort of clash between reality and a ghost world or a world that is long-gone. With choral voices hidden beneath layers of treated sounds, "To West and Blue" is a stand-out album among RAPOON numerous releases.
Robin Storey talks about this album: These pieces are about the area grew up in in the UK. A peninsula of land which stuck out into the Solway Firth. Surrounded by the sea when the tide was in and surrounded by endless mudflats when the tide was out. When the water covered the ground the line between the sea and the sky was almost non-existent. A diaphanous boundary. The sea came in from the West where the huge skies hung without end in a vault of blue.

RAPOON - "Vernal Crossing Revisited" digipack 2CD (Zoharum Records)  - 13 euro - The double album celebrates the 20th anniversary of "Vernal Crossing" release, Robin Storey's third album. But it's not a mere reissue. The artist revisited the original and adapted it for the 21 century,hence the title. "Vernal Crossing Revisited" is two sides of the same coin: the first disc contains the original album and the other one being the 2013 reinterpretation of the original. This is Rapoon at its most rhythmic stage. Prepare yourself for the journey to the desert.

RAPOON - "Disappeared Redux" digipack CD (Zoharum Records) - 11 euro -  Album by the legendary avant-garde project. Robin Storey, the man behind the moniker, has been creating music incessantly for more than 3 decades and is responsible for inspiring legions of other artists with his music released together with Zoviet France and then with Rapoon, New Cult of the Sun Moon, Hand & Slim, and also under his own name. With almost 50 releases under his belt, Rapoon is a household name in the ambient world. 'Disappeared' is not entirely new album. It was first released in 2010 as a download and as an extremely limited CDR edition. Now it has been remixed and partly re-recorded especially for this Zoharum release totalling to 72 minutes (the original album was 7 minutes shorter). Hence the title, "Disappeared Redux".

RASALHAGUE - "Theories Behind Chaos" 3'CDr (Rasalhague Music) - SOLD OUT!!

RECLUSA - "The AntiConscience" CDR + ART ZINE (Crucial Blast) - 9 euro - ...a new offering of vile, absurdly heavy low-fi mechanized horror from this cult Ohio outfit. A seventy-seven minute descent into filthy sub-Godflesh / (early) Pitch Shifter machine pummel, putrescent guttural vocal-fumes, ultra bleak dark ambience, diseased dub, deformed deathdoom, blasts of orchestral terror, & murky industrial noisescapes. Hopeless, terminally nihilistic ugliness from the bowels of the American Midwest. The disc comes with a 20-page chapbook of nightmarish artwork and writing...

REFORMED FACTION - "Until..." digipack CD (Greytone) - SOLD OUT!!

ROSEGARDEN - "Novenna" CD (Dying Art Production) - 10 euro - Dark Medieval & Dark Neo-Classic.  Rosegarden, famous dark neo-classical project from Poland and formerly named Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores, re-issues their all-time classic album NOVENNA through Dying Art. NOVENNA, which was originally released by German dark music tower Hyperium (closed down now) in 1997(10 years ago!!), is regarded as the darkest and most romantic album of Rosegarden's, and had been out of print for a long time. The new edition is with 3 bonus tracks, manufacted in formal disk factory, limited to 500 copies and luxuriously packed in A5 digipack!

ROTO VISAGE - "Where The Mandrakes Grow" digipack CD (Autumn Wind Productions) - 11 euro -“Where the Mandrakes Grow” is conceptualized around autoerotic asphyxiation, forming an abstract narrative into a singular autoerotic experience. A singular moment in flux within the body. The sound compositions consist of consciousness cut ups – flashes of memory and anomalies of the moment interweaving. Dark drone and experimental ambience. Mastered by the legendary Robert Rich. Beautiful 6-panal digi-CD designed by Anastasia Sarandou limited to 1,000 copies. 64 minutes.