New Arrivals
An Electric Storm
When White Noise’s debut album, An Electric Storm, landed on Island Records in 1969, it must have sounded like nothing else. Packaged in a striking black and white sleeve that pictured a spark of lightning streaking across a black sky, this was an album that - quite rightly as it turned out - resembled as much a scientific experiment as any conventional musical document.
White Noise were first conceived when American electronic engineer David Vorhaus-- following a lecture by BBC Radiophonic Work…
Dimensions Of The Drums
This album was inspired by the music coming out of Jamaica in the mid 1970s, in particular the use of drum machines by Lee Perry and Aston Family Man Barrett (and Sly Stone in the USA) but also the instrumentals and dubs by Keith Hudson and Im & Count Ossie etc. Searching out, buying and listening to those records had a deep and profound effect on me and became a big influence on me as a musician, which continues to this day.
Kickin' In
Dark Entries again shines a spotlight on bathhouse disco don Patrick Cowley with a newly remastered release of Kickin’ In. Although Cowley tragically passed from AIDS-related illness in 1982, he left an extensive archive of unreleased tapes, many of which Dark Entries has had the honor of releasing. While working as a lighting technician at The City, SF’s disco cabaret, Cowley saw rising star Frank Loverde perform. Cowley asked Loverde to contribute vocals to some material in progress, and Frank…
Ear Bitten / No Vowels, No Bowels
Dark Entries picks up Severed Heads yet again for Ear Bitten, a double LP reissue of some of the band’s earliest material. As originary Aussie industrial legends - although founder Tom Ellard would balk at being branded as such - Severed Heads shaped the continental subcultural sound with their kitchen electronics, chaotic tape loops, and quietly infectious nursery-rhyme-esque melodies.
In 1979 Ellard, Richard Fielding, and Andrew Wright abandoned the moniker Mr. and Mrs. No Smoking Sign and ado…
Collected Music Graphics (Magazine)
*200 copies limited edition* Dark Entries Collected Music Graphics compiled by Josh Cheon and Eloise Shir-Juen Leigh to celebrate 15 years of Dark Entries, this zine showcases the label’s visual aesthetic, bringing together some of the most iconic designs that we’ve released.
While Dark Entries’ sonic mission has included sounds as diverse as synth-pop, Italo disco, darkwave, house, and techno, it is equally staggering to see the breadth of visuals the label has encountered and collected over th…
Le Heron / A Reunião
Stellage delivers a compelling split LP from Katya Shirshkova and David Maranha, "Le Héron / A Reuniåo," set for release in July 2024. Created and produced in residence at La Box contemporary art gallery at ENSA - École national supérieure d'arts de Bourges in 2023, this album is a profound exploration of the two artists' respective voices, showcasing their distinctive approaches.
Katya Shirshkova opens the LP with side-long "Le Héron." This piece is an unadulterated exploration of voice, devoid…
Stratégies Obliques II
Tip! *200 copies limited edition* Latest split from Coppice and Toy Bizarre on Ferns Recordings.
Insisting
Two hardcore proponents of free improvisations from different generations meet for a granular explosion.
Mistbreaker
*2024 stock. 50 copies limited edition* Recorded to 1/4 inch tape on a 2-track reel to reel during 2021 by Ben Van Houdt using oscillators, tape recorders, tube preamp and effects.
Tape Cuts II
*2024 stock. 50 copies limited edition* "The second tape started to develop when I was looking for a way to play Tape Cuts live. A track was composed and its shapes were repeatedly explored. The final form was ultimately recorded in a single take on 1/4 inch tape, mirroring a live performance and celebrating one moment in time.
After completing this recording I was faced with a mass of tape loops left hanging on the wall, the wreckage of the composing process. Layers and layers of sound buried a…
End At Blue Cut
*50 copies limited edition* "It was a slow growing body of work with material continuously transforming, being re-recorded and discarded, lost sounds emerging from forgotten loops and a few staple tracks dragging at me to dig deeper. I also found myself working on other music during this time and gradually the Blue Cut tapes went lingering into hibernation.
However, early spring brought me focus when I was unable to play music due to surgery I had undergone. Seemingly, the only way of creating m…
Please Pick It Up
“Please Pick It Up” wraps up two duets conceived, played and recorded by Jia Xiao and Yifan in late spring (April 3 at Ming Room, June 8 at trigger). The title is derived from the action of making a phone call, which appears on Side A, serving as the medium and operation of producing and transmitting sound. Jia Xiao and Yifan opened the microphones and receivers of a landline telephone and cellphones to the air—the air of certain spaces the two creators inhabited—a living room extended a balcony…
Tinkerer Of Cernavoda
Tinkerer of cernavoda ;The Garden that lies within the Womb, serves as a metaphorical genesis, encapsulating the innocence and origin of life. ;;Acclimatizat, the narrative unfolds, illustrating the process of adapting to the elaborate nuances of the world. ;;;Hathor draws inspiration from the ancient Egyptian goddess of music and dance, infusing cultural and spiritual elements into the sonic tapestry. ;;;;Sirens/Numb navigates the tumultuous waters of allure and emotional numbing. ;;;;;Abend, m…
I Am Only A Thinking And Unextended Thing
*50 copies limited edition* We try to reach out/eminent voices/extending ourselves. This album is a presentation of 13 voices & colors, from different spaces, different mentalities and different approaches to art & sound.
Enochian Music For Beginners
What if Coil would have gone playing Black Metal music? Well, we cannot say it for sure, but probably the outcome could have been something very similar to some of these last Teatro Satanico tracks. Heavily influenced by explicit occult and esoteric topics, “Enochian Musick For Beginners" is an unforeseen psychedelic journey beyond the frontiers of the usual post-industrial noise. A true original mixture of electric and electronic frequencies. It got something new, something that inspires awe, s…
Oppressor
After two demos and a trilogy of albums (on OEC, Tesco and Unrest) Böltorn decided to call it quits.The goals were achieved, there was nothing more to accomplish. In their wake they did however leave one recording behind; a "live in the studio" session recorded in January of 2022. These recordings are the most uncompromising ones the band ever did and fueled by anger, rage and alcohol in the company of good friends this is as hard and good as it gets.The live & final BØLTORN album. In one word: …
Up The Rolls
The summer of love is here...Claudio Frassine (MADEMOISELLE BISTOURI / NORTH CENTRAL) teams up with Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (FOLKSTORM / MZ. 412 / BØLTORN) to bring some seriously filthy noise to your dungeon.This is as extreme as it gets; blazing textures and walls of feedback collide with junk noise, roaring electronics and the commanding lyrics of Nordvargr.Harsh noise connoisseurs as well as power electronics fans take note - this is how it's done!A fantastic heavyweight debut.In a coupld of…
Eternal Paralysis / Peony Crackers
Eternal Paralysis and Peony Crackers was the first two tape albums by Incapacitants released back in 1981 and 1983 by Toshiji Mikawa alone (in the beginning Incapacitants was a solo project) on his own label Pariah Tapes. Two cult and very rare tapes finally made available again, 40 years after their first release. Original tapes has been digitally transferred from the original tapes by din-i-ilahi (advaita records) and was completely re-mastered for best experience on CD format by Mr. Mikawa.
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Waters
*40 copies limited edition* Harsh noises from slightly splatters to massive fontains by nodolby from Italy and Exedo from Germany.Nodolby: "Nodolby's sounds constantly shift between the rhapsodic and the minimal, organized and destabilized sound flow. The sound sources are old, broken and bented devices – the aim of the process being the search for musicality in the most abstract sounds and explore limits and opportunities of control."(attenuation circuit)Exedo: "Headcleaning, dynamic harsh nois…
Schmerzen Eines Traumhauses
*40 copies limited edition* Join the musical destruction of a dream house. Sounds by D.K.E.