★Galakthorro
Impending Divulgence
Startled out of a nightmare, words and melodies echo – emissaries of the Tempted Dissident. Minimalist analogue electronics and haunting vocal lines emerge from the darkness and get caught in the folds of the brain. That’s how you might feel after listening to the fourth album by Te/DIS. The clarity of the electronics and vocals does not fail to make an impact. With this release, Te/DIS continues the sonic path laid out by the previous albums, shaping a body of work whose internal coherence is a…
Déjà Si Mort
Déjà si mort is a manifesto of inconsolability. The eponymous title track is deeply moving. At its core lies a female voice of disarming authenticity, permeable and vulnerable. This creates an immense emotional density: pain that is not staged, but lived. This is underpinned by throbbing analogue drums, whose stoic pulse carries the almost liturgical synthesizer motif. The second track responds in its own way. And in general, Distoromance do things their own way – they sound like no one else.
Kosmoloko 3
We are delighted that Kosmoloko 3 becomes a reality on Galakthorrö’s 30th birthday. The concept hasn’t changed: Kosmoloko 3 is still a label sampler. Like its predecessors, it features only artists from the Galakthorrö label. No leftovers, no duplicates, no rehashes, ten tracks of exclusive material, no title has been released in any form before. Karl Runau’s contribution comes as a surprise after countless years with no signs of life. As a colleague from the early days of Galakthorrö, his contr…
Amer Armor
The debut EP Kelc’h-Lizher is now followed by Mode In Gliany’s first full-length album Amer Armor on Galakthorrö. The unique synth wave of Boris Völt is freed from all exhilarating characteristics. The minimal wave pleasures of the early days are making way for that melancholy that is inherent in the music of Mode In Gliany anyway. Nourished by Boris Völt’s deep connection to his home on the north coast of Brittany. Instead of blood, the cool water of the seas flows through his veins, cold wave,…
Sore
The third album by Da-Sein fits seamlessly into the duo’s previous sphere of work. A gloom-ridden sound panorama, packed full of pulsating bass frequencies, swathes of feverish synths and noise-rhythms, spreads itself out before us. The voice of Kas Visions combines the manifold creative streams of Da-Sein to a cohesive whole. No matter how cold and unemotional the voice is, on this album it’s often the last human signal before the blackness absorbs the listener’s soul. Power electronics violenc…
Schmerzportrait
Sühne Mensch has no musical past history. This is seldom in times when a trace is left behind early, even if it is merely digital. But this debut album is in no way the work of a beginner. The brain behind Sühne Mensch has collected many experiences even if primarily from other musical fields. Now he impressively channels all his knowledge into this very different music. Schmerzportrait is incredibly rounded and mature, complex yet compact, fitting in perfectly with the Galakthorrö style, but po…
Butterfly
Intensive elektronik and cold old school industrial at his very best! A long awaited return from this duo, finally with some new material. Haus Arafna does a disturbingly brilliant job of exploring the more uncomfortable side of human nature. The band has a ten year history of uncompromising dedication to their art. With no regard for anything but the bands artistic integrity they have stayed true to their vision and now celebrate a hard earned tenth year anniversary. If you have not checked in …
Gracebudd
Subliminal, a Galakthorrö project next to Haus Arafna, and just as ominous and secretive as its better-known label colleagues, offers analogue sound collages which perfectly bridge the gap between power electronics, noise and ambient. Very structured sounds are distorted, blurred and merged with echo effects, screams and voice samples; are endowed with throbbing rhythms quite similar to organic beats and pulsations; and incessantly are covered by a flow of hissing, induced noises which build up …
Pompeji
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.
Beyond frequencies
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.
Für Immer
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.
Children Of God
Rare original first edition, that comes in a jewelcase which is put in a cardboard slipcase. It contains a folded poster.