Noise /
Medora
*2022 stock. Limited edition of 300 copies.* Here comes the next The Rita attack on Old Europa Cafe...This time also coadiuvated in noise-crime by Caligula031, Climax Denial, Lingua Ignota, Ted Byrnes...
“I’ve seen some people saying that English National Ballet’s Le Corsaire is so out-of-date it’s risible to see it staged in the 21st century. Sex trafficking, men in black with scimitars in Istanbul, pirates trading slaves across the Mediterranean, rich fat men rubbing their jewelled paws over f…
Integrity Of The Preconscious System
*2022 stock.* Conceived between Saitama and Berlin, this album is a collaboration between Japanese junk metal noise-master Masahiko Okubo (Linekraft) and Italian rhythmic heavy electronics pioneer P/S (Cazzodio, Naxal Protocol). A bludgeoning combination of the analogue pulsations of vintage Italian power electronics, the furious overdriven metal percussion Linekraft is renowned for, and the trademark mechanical saturated electronics of Cazzodio, assembled with the earsplitting esthetics of Japa…
Tarmac
Tip! *In process of stocking* Maranata is Jon Wesseltoft and Dag Stiberg, a Norwegian duo active since the mid 2000s with releases on distinguished labels such Picadisk, [OHM] Records, New Forces and Abhorrent A.D. “Tarmac” consists of two long-form barrages of sharp hellfire - the first being a tight slab of density and frenzied purge; the second a nest of fractured pressure and restrained intensity, eventually giving in to total implosion. Stiberg’s baritone sax sits perfectly along the spinal…
Siege (1999-2009)
*2022 stock.* Recorded and assembled between 1999 and 2009, “Siege” is the audio-documentation of the activities of cultural terrorist multiple name entity known since the 80’s as Death Pact International a monicker worn as a balaklava by several notorious noisemongers to undermine certanties and spread chaos through heavy electronics tracks, slogans and art-war. For this occasion sounds and words were collected by members of Thee Grey Wolves, Wertham, Con-Dom with the help of other anonymous co…
Initial Shock
*2022 stock.* Knurl sits among a very small handful of Canadian harsh noise acts to debut in the 90s and remain active to this day. Among the likes of Ryan Bloomer (Flatline Construct), Sam McKinlay (The Rita) and Pierre-Marc Tremblay (Âmes Sanglantes), Alan Bloor was the first. Coming off of playing in hardcore punk band Binge of Violence, Alan "found" noise by accident while doing performance art, but it had always been a source of interest for him: “While I was working in welding shops I used…
III
"Texture. A nice word, wouldn’t you say, settling into the audible dis-course with whiffs of sophistication, complexity, depth. The Oxford English Dictionary gives us "the constitution, structure, or substance of anything with regard to its constituents or formative elements". Merriam-Webster offers "the disposition or manner of union of the particles of a body or substance". And here, courtesy Barstool Mountain, III, a deep-dive into fractured reservoirs of textural dis-course, whiffs of smudge…
Seinsart : Live at Morden Tower
Tip! *Limited edition of 300 copies.* Live At Morden Tower was first released in 1983 and re-released many times through the years but never into CD format. Finally here comes the very first CD re-edition of such seminal work including as bonus also the track "Live At Anti-Fest".
Changez Les Blockeurs (1982), is the first true Noise LP of the modern era. Although Changez Les Blockeurs was undoubtedly hugely influential, TNB’s Live At Morden Tower cassette (1983) was perhaps even more so, just ab…
Flesh Metal Orgasm
*Limited edition of 300 copies.* Out via Old Europa Café in early September is the CD re-edition of an ultra-rare Merzbow tape, “Flesh Metal Orgasm”, which was originally released in 1989 on Nihilistic Recordings and then re-released in 2010 by Blossoming Noise. Both editions are long time sold out and this is the first time this album is released on CD format.
Recorded live at the ZSF Studio in September 1988, the tapes and CD hold 2 tracks, “No-1” (21:50) and “No-2” (24:14). The material for t…
Global Terror Split
Tip! 75+ Minutes of harsh noise from the Japanese noise veteran Hiroshi Hasegawa in collaboration with amplified vocal noise artist Kazehito Seki, French HNW pionneer Vomir and Canadian Stutter Noise artist Lolipoop.
Masochist Living
*Limited edition of 200 copies.* "Masochist Living" is fourth album by Vigilantism (New-commer in the Finnish Industrial-Noise scene). Vigilantism might be known also for having released first two albums on Freak Animal, the Finish cult label.
Vigilantism is militant rhythms and violent hymns.Noisy phenomenons from the era of machines and men.Polished compositions and dark electronic terror.This is industrial madness with a vile aftertaste.
Steel Desert Around Tokyo
*Limited edition of 300 copies.* Re-edition of the cult tape out on OEC in 1996 and long time sold out. Best and historical Japanoise with the use of junk metal scraping for which Kimihide is well known. An alternative and perfect sound-track to "Tetsuo - The Iron Man". The sensation of a real steel desert around Tokyo....
Hole in the heart
* Black Vinyl Edition * On its initial release in 1987 on Broken Flag, Hole in the Heart was a radical reinvention of Ramleh. The band had split in 1984 after two years of power electronics noise assaults and it was assumed this would be more of the same. Listeners were in for a shock though. Gary Mundy, the sole survivor from earlier line-ups was a big fan of the writer Jean Genet and had been deeply upset to hear of his death and had recorded a four track solo tribute called Hole in the Heart …
Music Under Intoxication
*2022 stock.* Alk0 is the solo project by Jouni Ulvtharm member of MZ.412 and Econocon! Harsh analog sounds in best powerful nordic industrial tradition. Fear of the unknown, machines alienation & high cerebral intoxication! Large full-color booklet with interesting "technology archeology" graphics.
Bølverk
*Limited edition of 300 copies.* Another dangerous Nordic monster is aproaching us! Who is Bøltorn? What is Bøltorn? Why are we going Bøltorn? Well, Bøltorn has now been joined by Nordvargr and bacame the monster that you will discover.
OEC proudly presents the CD version of Bøltorn´s first full length album. This is true old school industrial music that unites the old masters of the style and yet brings something new to the table. Expect harsh textures of jagged waveforms and distorted drums. T…
All Whores
*Limited edition of 300 copies.* Another dangerous Nordic monster is aproaching us! Who is Bøltorn? What is Bøltorn? Why are we going Bøltorn? Well, Bøltorn has now been joined by Nordvargr and bacame the monster that you will discover.
"All whores" compiles the early Bøltorn demo tapes ("I" and "II") and covers a broad palette of exquisite industrial music From full on rhythmic assaults to depressive and oppressive textures of saturated synths roaring behind desperate vocals. Old School Industr…
Alive And Dead
*Limited edition of 199 copies, hand-numbered.* Two unreleased live actions in their entirety by Atrax Morgue. Re-edition into CD of the tape out on OEC in 2018 and immediately sold-out. Re-mastered for CD by Devi(L)s Granziera (aka Teatro Satanico)Live @ Sottomondo - Treviso / Italy - on October 23 1999Live @ Urga - Tokyo / Japan - on December 03 2006"Alive and Dead" no need to say more.
Adding And Subtracting Limbs
*Limited edition of 300 copies.* Formed in Texas by Richard Ramirez back in 1989, Black Leather Jesus is for sure one of the more prominent and reknown harsh-noise collectives world-wide. The Rita is the solo project of Sam McKinlay, also reknown for inventing a new noise sub-genere called "Harsh Noise Wall" (HNW). That said, you already know what to expect from such collaboration. This is a 43 minutes long track of pure and violent NOISE!
Sharks And The Female Form / Tight Fitting Armor
Sharks and the Female Form. The aesthetics and patterns of a woman’s physical form violently and tragically manipulated in the arts:
Painting“You have dared to torture the female who was so certain he would always be adored! You have scourged her, flogged her in all her pride; you have emptied her breasts, creviced her belly, blown up her buttocks, twisted her legs, battered her face! And over it all you have spread a noxious color, composed of all the reds of blood and the greens of putrefactio…
Blear
Tip! An entropic vortex of full-room tear-up texture. Duo lineup of Charlie Mumma and John Wiese. Originally released in 2018 on LP/CS, this crucial CD reissue brings back into a print a pinnacle of modern, harsh musique concrète – with nearly 15 minutes of bonus material!
Reslayer
Tip! ‘Sissy Spacek reaching full maturation – Hyper destructive low end heavy cut ups. Harsh noise from unheard nether-realms.’ - Brandon Hill