Noise & Industrial / All styles

a very nice reissue of the 1994 studio album recorded by Steve Albini in Chicago and featuring colour artwork by Trevor Brown. One of their few truly 'minimal' and 'meditative' is i can say so...

Released autumn 2007. 300 copies (first edition), 200 copies (second edition). Piano music by Ambarchi and Marhaug. Recorded Oslo november 2006. Reviews: October 2007 release; a pair of 'piano music' pieces, acting as the debut collaborative single from two of contemporary experimental music's most prolific/consistently rewarding practitioners; oren ambarchi and lasse marhaug... those of you expecting something on par with maurizio pollini's reading of satie's gnossiennes might be a little shock…

The CD consists of two complete sets; one Incapacitants as a duo and on the second joined by finnish noise-connoisseur Tommi Kernen (Testicle Hazard) as a trio under the name of Fumio Tommiakawa (a take on Gomikawa Fumio; the trio of Pain Jerk and Incapacitants). The sound of Incapacitants is described in the liner notes of Burning Orange by Tommi Kernen as an inspiring, pure, all-encompassing, ecstatic storm of sound that has a power of near-religious proportions Ð and that alone, without any u…

"Great minimal recording of 'Mr. Cassettencombinat II' from early 80's compiled from TASS I and II and unreleased TASS III material. A brilliant mixture of Portion Control meeting SPK and Throbbing Gristle." All Vinyl On Demand LPs are on 180 gram vinyl, in limited editions of 500 copies. 

Last copy available ..."the principles of cooperative working and of a free-floating exchange of musical material and ideas always were a crucial point for P16.D4's work. These principles were put to work in the DISTRUCT and N4 - projects and taken to an extreme with the "THREE PROJECTS": "Bruitiste" was done by non-P16.D4-members of selektion (an organization of artists and musicians, related to P16.D4 since 1984) in an attempt to create P16-D4-style music."Captured Music" uses non-P16.D4-sound…

Rare and original,  limited to 488 handnumbered copies. It comes in a 6-page 17x14.5 cm booklet-cover which is closed with a sticker. A cardbord-sleeve for the CD is sticked inside the cover. Inserts are a 2-page 10.5x21 cm postcard and an one sided 16x13 cm label-catalogue.

Rare original first edition  with cover artwork printed on tracing paper. In the Galakthorrö family, Karl Runau could fit the role of the silent professor with a compulsive obession for minimal analog electro. This album was recorded between 1994 - 1998, and tracks vary from punchy beatbox pieces to brooding synth noodlings, all with that certainGalakthorrö touch.

rare and long out of print 7" Limited to 1.690 handnumbered copies (this is n. 341) comes in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve and a sealed string. Haus Arafna is a German duo comprised of shrouded Mr. & Mrs. Arafna (it seems that House Arafna was originally some kind of cryptic medical facility in Germany) and they have been steadily supplying the world with dark analog experimentation for the last twenty years.

Rare original first edition, that comes in a jewelcase which is put in a cardboard slipcase. It contains a folded poster.

Pioneer, innovator and visionary are words easily associated with Toshiji Mikawa. One of the prime movers of Japanese noise, he started his musical activities in the late 1970s and joined the legendary and notorious Hijokaidan. In 1981 he formed Incapacitants to pursue his interest in pure noise, in contrast to the more performance art oriented Hijokaidan of that time. Initially a solo project, later he was joined by Fumio Kosakai to make Incapacitants a duo that has been widely acknowledged for…

Penultimate and incredible controversial album - marking a revolutionary new approach in style, includes 16-page booklet featuring extensive lyrics and information Produced by William Bennett, except 'public' by Steve Albini Mastered by Denis Blackham; definitely one of Whitehouse's best albums. As far as complaints about it being too short: well, many of the Whitehouse albums that the folks on this list state as being good starting points or favorites ("Dedicated To Peter Kurten", "Bu…

Staggeringly deluxe box sets from VOD. This label stands on top of the mountain, looking down pitifully at all the dirt-diggers below trying to scrap their way up the side. How do they do it?? "The 5LP box contains his tape-material from 1980: Mectpyo/Blut 1 & Mectpyo Blut 2 (1979/80), Atomique/Murder, Gene-P, Nervo/Hydra, Technology 2, all officially unreleased material on vinyl.

From the first split second on Krube. grabs your attention with his hyper tight musique concrete that combines sounds from everyday objects, body openings and non-definable machinery. An old accordion may surface but it doesn't prevent him from continuing straightforward cut-ups, thus exploring scary maybe even unknown territory. If he's to perform at your local venue, leave mama at home and witness. Raionbashi's bunker soundscape seems to be breathing with anxiety. In celebration of his …

A pioneer of the 'industrial' movement Z'EV has been cultivating his percussive noise for over 20 years. Collaborating with the likes of Glenn Branca, Genesis P.Orridge, KK.Null & Stephen O'Malley to name a few. Started in late 2005, Symphony #2 was composed in London using source material drawn from his live performance in October 1990 at the Wang Concert Hall, Amsterdam. Completed January 2006 in LA, Elementalities is a text+s ound docutment and comes housed with a 12 page booklet.

Reissue of the extremely limited LP from 1991 transfered from the original master tapes. Classic Sudden Infant -schimpfluch noise dramas featuring Joke Lanz (Schimpfluch-Gruppe), B. Lingg, Inzekt & Dave Phillips (Fear of God). Essential noise listening.

cardboard digipack edition, 11-page booklet features recording details and discography. All the tracks had appeared on different compilations (from X / 1982 to VII / 1986) before they where restored and compiled during 1986 for Tiochor which was released II / 1987 as LP (Selektion SLP 013). Three bonus tracks (recorded 1987 - 1991 ; N° 16 - 18) have been added for this CD reissue

Over 60 minutes of total analog destruction by noise king Merzbow and Brooklyn noise boss Carlos Giffoni, this live collaboration was recorded during Giffoni's Synth Destruction Japan tour in September of 2006. This is Sound Totalism and is as heavy as it comes: totally brutal, totally ugly, totally beautiful, totally intense, totally classic, totally analog, total synth and total destruction. Intense artwork by Jenny Akita. Author, activist, painter and sound artist Masami Akita had been at the…

Japan's king of noise returns with Zophorus. Speaker massaging pulsations of psychic skree & frequency abuse housed in a deluxe 5 color digipak designed by Masami Akita, in february of 2007.

Italian composer maurizio bianchi (1955) produced his first tapes of noise in the early 1980s, at the peak of the industrial scene, but his chaotic dissonant orgies harked back to the musique concrete of the 1950s, despite similarities with Nocturnal Emissions, Metabolist, Whitehouse, early Throbbing Gristle.

Hailing from the land of the rising snow, Lasse Marhaug has become one of the most commanding and respected sound artists in Norway. As a musician and composer he has contributed to cd, vinyl and cassette releases for labels throughout Europe, Asia and America. Aside from solo work, Marhaug contributes to several ensembles including Nash Kontroll (iDEAL) and a large Jazkamer unit (Smalltown Supernoise) with black metal legends Enslaved. Having collaborated with artists from varying fields of mus…

Lasse Marhaug released between 60 to 70 cassette tapes in the 90-ies. These tapes were released in limited quantities in the noise/metal underground and have been unavailable for years, so for many this will be the first time to hear this music. From the early cut-up voice and turntable experiments, to the later full-on wall-of-sound scrap metal noise. Mostly solo work (none of Marhaug's work with Origami Replika is represented), but there's also collaboration tracks with artists like Macronymph…

Collaborative studio album from Keji Haino of the legendary FUSHITSUSHA & KK Null the man behind ZENI GEVA. Limited to 1000 copies beautifuly printed with vegetable based inks using both traditional letterpress & offset printing methods on custom black folders.

Ergosphere was recorded live during Kazuyuki Kishino's (Zeni Geva, etc.) tour of Russia in late 2005, specifically on his only two solo dates, live at Moscow Palace of Youth in Moscow Russia October 5, 2005 and 'Festival Hea Uus Heli' Kanuti Gildi Saal in Tallinn Estonia on October 7, 2005. An uneasy balance of lull and divide.

'Prime Radiant' is noise as a spray of blood-red roses, a vast wash of colour concealing six inch thorns. Kazuyuki Kishino has been at the forefront of the Japanese noise scene for over 20 years, both as guitarist/leader of extremist sludge rockers Zeni Geva and as a solo artist exploring the outer territories of electronica. Along with Masonna and Merzbow, he is part of a trinity of noisemakers whose work seems to operate at the very limits of human endurance. Like theirs, Null's work transcend…

"Yep, this is Series III all right. It’s the work of Yasutoshi Yoshida (his address is on the CD if you feel like sending him the address of a good Ear Nose and Throat specialist), and apart from a few seconds of light relief at the beginning of Cryptic Cave, it’s a non-stop 57 minute barrage of EXTREMELY LOUD noise. Even at normal listening volume (though exactly how you’d define that is up to you, I guess), Pale Eyed Lemming sounds like a jackhammer trying in vain to punch its way through a te…

Fantastic album of pure guitar and drums brutality (and the first non-Japanese release for PSF in several years) from the greatest noise musician in China, Li Jianhong. Long resident in Hangzhou, Li has released several records on his own 2pi label, including solo noise work for TV monitors and an album by his avant-rock unit Second Skin. He also curates the annual 2pi noise festival in Hangzhou. He played in at the Nuit Blanche festival in Paris in 2004, and this will be his second non-Chinese …

Francisco López's Absolute noise ensemble 2CD set featuring: Alain Wergifosse, Albert Mestre, Antón Ignorant, Carlos Medina, César Góngora, Christian Dergarabedian, Daniel Menche, Ferrán Fages, Francisco López, Games Addiction, Ilios, Io casino, Joe Colley, Jorge Haro, Koji Asano, Masami Akita, Mego laptop orchestra, Michael Gendreau, Michael Northam, Oren Ambarchi, Philippe Faujas, Roc Jiménez, Ruben García, Russell Haswell, Shunichiro Okada, Víctor Nubla, Zbigniew Karkowski, Zipperspy, Alan Co…

Metacompound is the first full length studio album from ANP in 19 years. Lavish metallic ink on vellum packaging by ANP fan and Sunn O))) member Stephen O'Malley. .ANP was formed in 1984 by KK Null & Seijiro Murayama. In 1987 ANP broke up. 17 years later they reformed for some live performances and released the singular Live In Japan on Important Records. Metacompound, their first studio recordings in over 19 years, is as undescibable as Live In Japan was. Combining free jazz, heavy rock, indust…

ANP (Absolut Null Punkt) was originally formed in 1984 by KK.Null (before he started his progressive hardcore rock trio Zeni Geva) and Seijiro Murayama (founding drummer of Keiji Haino's Fushitsusha). Live In Japan was recorded at dates between December and February 2003 in Osaka as well as Tokyo. The live setting is a perfect showcase for ANP's diverse inspirations and unique approach to creating music. An echoing chamber of stark,pummeling fusion is created by combining strong elements of free…