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The Ontology Of Noise
Mastered by Denis Blackham. The Ontology of Noise researches the dark associations of post-black metal. No traditional instruments are used on the album and all techniques are digital in their application. There are almost no arrangements or layers, but the pieces consist of single streams which change intuitively. This makes The Ontology of Noise a concrete journey through an abstract language evolving around light and darkness, nature and artificiality, and sometimes even takes the form of a s…
13 Japanese birds Vol.2
Merzbow's 13 Japanese Birds is a 13 month-13 CD set that begins January 2009 and ends February 2010. These are pressed in a limited edition of 1000 and once they are sold out they will not be repressed. This series was inspired by Olivier Messiaen's Catalogue D'Oiseaux.
Carboniferus
Zu have just finished mixing their new cd, which happens to be also their Ipecac Recordings debut and features collaborations with Mike Patton and King Buzzo of The Melvins . “Carboniferous” cd comes after one year of consistent touring in quartet with Patton. The album opens with an amazing, almost’ techno-hypnotic’, bass and drum assault only to be rudely interupted by what sounds like an insane, distorted saxophone. Time signatures are all over the place, but not out of control, which adds a…
Senmaida
Masami Akita serves up a cacophony of high tension frequencies and blasting rhythms in his newest evolution, Senmaida. Housed in a digipak featuring cover art by Val Denham and photos by Jenny Akita.
Turmeric
Brooding harsh malevolence packed into a 4 disc box-set with luxurious foil stamped slip cover & photos of the in-flight bomber taken by Jenny Akita. Abrasive analog and digital wings give Tumeric flight as an altogether different bird. Limited edition of 900.
Faces the Firing Squad (1978-81)
Third Door from the Left was a project formed by Raye Calouri (now in the band Hydra) and Kevin Thorne (We Be Echo). Both met at the TG/Cabaret Voltaire-Gig in 1978 and decided to join forces and make their own kind of music. The result of those session recordings between October 1980 and Augsut 1981 has been astonishing and a classic of its genre. This classic Tape-Release is in line with the best Throbbing Gristle releases and as serious collector / listener to TG you just can’t miss this cla…
The Story of COUM Transmissions and THROBBING GRISTLE
Wreckers of Civilisation tells the story of two interconnected groups: the performance art group COUM Transmissions and the music group Throbbing Gristle, focusing on their key protagonists – Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fani Tutti, Peter Christopherson and Chris Carter. "These people are the wreckers of civilisation", exlaimed the conservative Member of Parliment Nicholas Fairbairn in 1976. Hs outburst was meant to describe four artists and musicians - Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fani Tutti, Peter Chr…
Black Vase
7th album from noise maker extraordinaire who attacks 2 large amplifiers w/2 microphones swirling into the invisible electro-magnets fields around the amps. His masterwork of harshness that feat. drums in addition to his wailing subsonic shit fest.
13 Japanese Birds Vol. 1
Opening up Merzbow's new 13-disc series of monthly releases themed around Japanese birds, Suzume gets underway with even more of a bang than the usual Merzbow fare, combining those familiar, expertly wrought noise emissions with wild, flailing drums. The first track, 'Red Bird Of Summer Part 1' lasts some twenty minutes, dishing out aural punishment at every conceivable frequency. After a while it becomes apparent that for better or worse, the drumming somehow detracts from the intensity of the …
Japanoise Of Death I + II
This limited collectors edition comes in a laser-engraved metal box and contains parts 1 and 2 of the cult Japanese Noise compilations. Part 1 was compiled by Koji Tano (MSBR -R.I.P.) and Shinichi Shikada (Noiseuse) and was originally released in 2003 on vinyl (Ltd 500) and CDR (Ltd 100). Part 1 has now been reissued onto CD for this release andt is not available separately! CD1 features: Defectro, Government Alpha, Guilty Connector, Incapacitants, K2, KK Null, Masonna, MSBR, Noiseuse and Wage-S…
The Black Post Society
The Black Post Society embraces and accepts the depression of not having anything left to hunt. The mask without a face to hold. The depression of the hunter after the deer is killed. It is better to be hungry than to have eaten. As fantasy shatters under the whip of reality, erotic malaise settles in the nest of the mind inverting this dormant fuel to rekindle the endless cycle of sexual chaos. Black industrial / power noise from this highly respected US act!
People Who Do Noise
People Who Do Noise is a film about the experimental music of Portland, Oregon. Extensive interviews and intimate performance footage provide an intense portrait of the motivations, emotions, and ideas that go into this uncompromising, sometimes brutal musical form. Unwavering in its focus, the film brings to light an art form unfathomable to many, with only the words of the musicians themselves providing any explanation for the pulsating sonic chaos they create.The film takes a very personal a…
For Ake Hodell
Limited edition 330. Total time: aprox. 9 min. Side A. Lasse Marhaug 'So-so Green Tea With Buddha' (for Ake Hodell). Lasse Marhaug: turntable, guitars and location recordings. Side B. Mats Gustafsson: 'Jag Vill Lyda Order' (for Ake Hodell). Mats Gustafsson: slide sax and live electronics. This vinyl only release is inspired by Swedish avant-garde artist Ake Hodell and features the music of two giants of contemporary experimantal music : free-jazz, improv saxophone player Mats Gustafsson and nois…
Unsane
First official release of this Italian sonic assoult. Harsh psychedelic noise influenced by C.C.C.C. and Incapacitans. LP comes in a deluxe silver silk screen on black cardboard sleeve, and is limited to 114 hand numbered copies. Possibly the most extreme recording you will ever own!
Black Chapel
Awesome release by the label Urashima, here's Werewolf Jerusalem, the side project of Richard Ramirez (Black Leather Jesus). A study in static textures and crackling wall noise. A project initially influenced by the work of Chop Shop. LP comes in a deluxe silver silk screen on black cardboard sleeve limited to 114 hand numbered copies. Amazing!
red light companion
After lots of delays and mishaps, we are now happy to announce the release of this massive box set. Offered here is three full length vinyl LPs by the Swedish master of harsh noise minimalism and perversity -- BLOD.In the late 90's, Blod released two full length tapes that were only distributed in a mere handful of copies. Both these recordings are now presented in this box, on one LP each. The third LP contains the Blod tracks from his split CDR with Goat on the Japanese Xerxes label -- it was …
IV
Written and performed by ktl. Produced by Jim O'Rourke. Recorded and mixed at Studio GOK Sound, Tokyo, September 2008 Mastered at Piethopraxis, Köln, October 2008. Stephen O'Malley : guitar. Peter Rehberg : computer & synthesizer. Atsuo : drums on 2 and gong on 6. Design by SOMA. 'And how things have evolved. Long awaited new album by the ongoing duo of Stephen O'Malley and Peter Rehberg. ktl's first full length release that is not commissioned work for theatre or film, showcases their approach …
3
LP-only release. This is the third full-length release by KTL, the formidable collaboration between Stephen O'Malley (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.) and Peter Rehberg (Pita, etc.). Another soul-destroying follow-up to the highly-acclaimed 2, with more accompaniments created for the theatre piece, Kindertotenlieder by Gisele Vienne and Dennis Cooper, which premiered in Brest, France, March 2007. Perhaps the broadest bulletin from the duo thus far, featuring two contrasting tracks. The layered dementia …
The Fall Of Nature
As far as the history of power electronics goes, few acts have maintained as much interest and activity as Sutcliffe Jügend. The duo of Paul Taylor and Kevin Tompkins has released crucial early recordings on labels as revered as Come Organization and Broken Flag. The group has resumed actions under the Sutcliffe Jügend banner with a return album, This is the Truth last year also on Hospital Productions. While that record pleased fans old and new with the power electronics style SJ helped pioneer…
Tumbler
Total Head Crush Destruction from Mr Wiese (also of Sissy Spacek and LHD, works with Sunn 0)), etc,etc), if your head was made out of a boulder the sounds here enclosed are still designed to leave behind nothing but blood stain dust. Side A is the eternal acid rain that we all fear slowly melting your skin away and reminding of your insignificant humanity, Side B is a metallic behemoth continously punching you from all directions leaving you with just enough unbroken bones so that you can…