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Here you will find all the distributed CDs from A - M. To browse other sections of the shop please click the red links below:
AURORA BOREALIS RELEASES
DISTRIBUTED ITEMS: vinyl, CD (A-M), CD (N-Z), clothing, other items, add registered shipping.
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aethenor
'Betimes black cloudmasses' CD
Genre: avant garde
Highly-anticipated second album from the trio of Vincent De Roguin (Shora), Stephen O'Malley (Sunn0))), KTL) and Daniel O'Sullivan (Guapo).
Like their genre and audience-confounding debut 'Deep In Ocean Sunk the Lamp of Light', 'Betimes' is an atmospheric, constantly changing piece
that encompasses a mind-boggling array of different performance and processing techniques. The deeply psychedelic and affecting results present a
soundstage that is continually evolving, with new elements entering and leaving the fray every couple of seconds. Betimes includes significant
contributions from free percussionists Nicolas Field and Alex Babel, who sprinkle the sound field with an almost FMP-style rush of splattering
drum sound, raising the intensity of the music (without resorting to bashing). 'Betimes' also features effects and vocals from Ulver mastermind
Kristoffer Rygg.
Cover design by Swiss designer Nicola Todeschini and Vincent De Roguin. CD is in a letterpress card folio, printed by Stumptown.
"Musically, Aethenor summon the most somnolent examples of Bernard Parmegiani, Organum, Nurse with Wound, Klaus Schulze, Igor Wakhevitch, Coil,
Iancu Dumitrescu and Charlemagne Palestine. Acousmatic drones ebb and flow into crackling and bubbling sonic clusters. Lulling piano motifs
and lamenting chants shimmer into distant lunar horizons while oscillators spin and drove serenely into unchartered audial regions. Sometimes
as calm as a silvery sea, so that every gentle cat's-paw and lapping wave is deafening. Sometimes as tempestuous as a fuming lava beach,
spitting and popping at the surface." - Daniel O'Sullivan
£12.99
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aethenor
'Deep in Ocean Sunk the Lamp of Light' CD
Genre: avant garde
Debut by trio of Stephen O'Malley (Sunn0))) ), Daniel O'Sullivan (Guapo), and Vincent de Roguin (Shora). Taking its title from The Iliad,
the music here is deep and cosmic, completely unlike anything you'd expect from such heavyweights. More in the tradition of 'Spiral Insana'
and 'Cyborg' than anything, the tracks float along in a masterful collage of activity, where careful scene changes highlight O'Sullivan's
classic but artfully placed Rhodes bombs, de Roguin's organ, and O'Malley's guitar. Extraordinary effort has gone into editing, mastering,
and shaping these pieces - these are not tossed off improvisations or "side-project" orphans. Housed in CD jackets hand-printed by
Alan Sherry/SIWA
£12.99
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ALABASTER SUNS
"Alabaster Suns" CD (RPG-03)
Genre: Hardcore
ALABASTER SUNS is the new band rising from the ashes of the much celebrated CAPRICORNS (Rise Above records). The band features K A Williams on guitar and vocals and Nathan Perrier on drums with new blood DL on bass. After playing numerous shows, this is the bands first recording, with John Hannon at the controls (NO RECORDING studio).
The album opens at a furious pace with 'Iron Gang', brutal and heavy, it bears comparison with elements of VOIVOD, PRONG and similarly progressive brutal acts of the mid 80s, though with a Dischord edge, perhaps bringing to mind bands such as SWIZ and CIRCUS LUPUS. The band's complex time signatures, and atypical riffs create a true sound all their own though, as they seamlessly blend staggeringly heavy freight-train bludgeon with more mellow breakdowns. Indeed penultimate track 'Alabaster Suns' is a remarkably gentle piece, which makes very effective use of a perfectly selected guitar tone: being veterans of the hardcore scene, ALABASTER SUNS are perfectly clear about what they want to achieve and they know their equipment. 'The World Got Lighter' closes the proceedings with nearly eight minutes mixing mid-paced groove and ferocious rocking.
With their past pedigree and the sheer quality on offer with this debut album its certain that ALABASTER SUNS will get the attention they deserve.
Read more on the blog.
Iron Gang 7:52
Royal 6 in Hand 4:13
Cosmo-Nought 6:56
Alabaster Suns 3:51
The World Got Lighter 7:57
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ISAK ANDERSSEN
' The Kromatican/Evig' 3" cdr
Genre: modern classical/electronica
Isak Anderssen is a composer, musician and producer. Previously he has been releasing records under the alias of Upper Rooms, with two album-releases and more on the Norwegian label Beatservice. Isak Anderssen deals with a wide variety of styles and expressions. But whatever the setting might be, he deals with the simple and immediate and the hidden complexity that lies within the material he's working with.
In addition to a variety of electronica-projects, he's been working with ballet music, chamber music, music for theatre productions and sound-sculptures,
and he is also a member of the multimedia-duo Bndvidda (with Jon Halvor Bjærnseth). This beautiful release conjures sunlight glinting on ice fields, the freezing of breath on the Nordic air...
Tavarnkeben, edition of 60.
£3.99
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Architeuthis Rex
'Dark as the Sea' CD
Genre:drone/experimental
"Architeuthis rex. Leviathan. King. Magnificent sea dweller and haunter of the dreams of Italian artist Antonio Gallucci. Dark as the Sea is that dream, each of the seven recordings an aperture into a horrific underwater world filled with the
fear of what lies outside. Together, the album is a kaleidoscope of Don Cherry's Brown Rice, backward masked King Tubby acetates, strange strings, outer space broadcasts of unholy funeral rites, mescaline, percussion and metaphysical drone. Photograph by Kengo Matsuda." - UTECH
Final copies of this in an edition of 50 with new art.
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ATAVIST
"ATAVIST" CD
"Atavist is the sound of every conceivable negative emotion channelled through the medium of cranium- crushing doomed despair. Ungodly vocals are pitched against unholy foul sludge with bass levels tailored specifically for maximum bowel demolishing discomfort.
This is essential for fiends into: Corrupted, Khanate, Eyehategod, Grief etc.. Features Burning Witch wardrummer Jamie "Boggy" Sykes. Released in Europe via Invada records.
"Atavist are from sunny Manchester and their critically acclaimed debut album features 3 extended tracks of dark, grimacing, doom ridden metallic sludge. The first track on offer is cleverly titled Ō31:38Õ ; a half hour droning jam, harnessing all the finest elements of drone-rockÕs greats
(The Melvins, Earth, Sunn o))), Boris etc) and injecting enough intelligence to put it next to even heavy post-rockers Pelican for scope and vision. In fact the album reminds me very much of OceanÕs debut record on
Important not too long ago, large mutating compositions moving slowly (but surely) from place to place keeping the listening interesting but always deep, dark and heavy! A hugely satisfying listen, Atavist have the power, and they ainÕt afraid to use it!" - INVADA
PELICAN NECK / BOOMCAT
"This is intense, brutal and raw anti-music. Utterly fantastic and recommended to anyone with a taste for the truely extreme"
METAL HAMMER 8/10
£10.50
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AUN
'Blackhorse' CD
Genre:drone/ambient
"Echoes of an adolescent past, nurtured to the sound of Swans, Ennio Morricone , Zoviet France and some dirty shoegazing came to the forefront, even including a 1990 squeeling guitar solo in the
track Horsemen. 'Blackhorse' is a raw, forward thinking, highly musical album" -Oral
Beautiful shimmering drone, much lighter in tone than a lot of the drone stuff out there and better for it. Structured and layered pieces shift pass the listener like sun dappled clouds,
an almost POPOL VUH feel. Glorious. Just found a couple of this 2007 release hidden away at the bunker, I recommend you snap them up. Total duration: 55m42s
Look out for the forthcoming
AUN vinyl, 'VII', coming very soon on AB.
£10.99 postpaid
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THE AUSTRASIAN GOAT
'Stains of resignation' CD
Genre:drone/doom/noise/avant...
"Originally started since 4 years and after a bunch of Eps, splits an compilations records, here's finally the second full lenght by THE AUSTRASIAN GOAT, one-man band project leaded by Julien Louvet. After one year of work, this record is built by 9 various tracks, between furious black metal, atmoshperic funeral doom and folk ballads, surely his best and mature work ever. There are also a lot of guest appearances on this album like JARBOE on Voice of Aenima" - MUSICFEARSATAN
Another great outing from THE AUSTRASIAN GOAT. Such a great, rich and diverse artist. Different from his work in YRSEL, but you can hear the connection. Brilliant.
Amazing release, features Jarboe on vocals on one track. CD in jewel case.
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BAPTISM
'Grim Arts of Melancholy' CD
Genre:Finnish Black Metal
BAPTISM is known as one of the most reliable Finnish black metal acts with it«s instantly recognizable, yet deeply traditional, sort of puritanical "Eliterian" musical worship and esotericism. Referencing both older metal and a newly awakened purpose for a more extreme form of Luciferian art, BAPTISM«s work is always more than mere music - it«s a theistic black metal ceremony. As it is, "Grim Arts of Melancholy" stands as a natural continuation of the work BAPTISM initiated in the 90«s. Sargofagian«s articulated vocals unveil mysteries of a blackest nature in the foreground of a deeply darkened, almost insane, mostly mid-paced riffscape, which seems this time to have kept to a minimum the use of beautiful counterpointing of melodies. Old-school thrashing parts are captured amidst songs in their flight across godless depths, yet return to obscurity as soon as the listener is awakened from the morbid trance of a mid-paced minor key hammering. For most of the time the whole album sounds like one single extended ceremonial track dedicated to Azazel or some other force whose name is unknown to mankind. It achieves this atmosphere without using standard tricks such as extremely lo-fi production; in fact, this one probably has the clearest and most dynamic production BAPTISM ever had. It serves it«s purpose here to highlight the nature of the album as a sort of anti-symphony, a prayer, a clear vision of doom. The messages of BAPTISM«s "Grim Arts" are serious prophecies, not entertaining background music! 6 panel cover booklet
including exclusive artwork and for the first time all lyrics printed also in CD version.
£12.99 postpaid
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BONG
'Gilgamesh Lives' CD
Genre:doom/drone
"Amazing new live jams from Newcastle's BONG. Two long tracks of stoned slow motion drums, guitar, bass and sitar... This is a great follow up to
their previous split LP we put out earlier in the year, edition of 1000 copies is bleak pro-printed card sleeve with cover artwork by Chris from
Gnod and back artwork by the band." - Blackest Rainbow.
Awesome drugged out doom with sitaar for maximum abuse. Check out their other releases too if you can. RESTOCK!
£8.99
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BOOK OF SAND
'Destruction, Not Reformation' CD
Genre:post-black metal
Following in the wake of our recent Murmuure release, Paradigms is proud to be working with BOOK OF SAND from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Another
pioneering artist redefining the artistic and experimental possibilities of black metal as a building block to creating vast cathedrals of intoxicating sound. 'Destruction, Not Reformation' is a visionary work of outside black metal. Gamelan influenced, atmospheric, hazy cello driven, modern classical chamber black metal if you will. Epic and truly unique.
Seven celestial tracks presented in finely crafted spined cardboard wallet sleeve
featuring commisioned artwork from John Martin Bell, with Paradigms inner wallet. Limited editoon of 500 copies only.
£9.99 POSTPAID
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bosnia
'Nazarene Hallucinations' CD
Genre: grind/hardcore/doom
"Blackened doom crust from Denver, Colorado. Brutal, grinding filth and downtuned terror with an underlying air of atmospheric menace which reminds us of His Hero Is Gone, Kylesa and
such, with a deathly nod to black metal aesthetics. Glorious." - Paradigms
Paradigms is on a roll with these gnarly filthy hardcore sounding releases. Well worth checking out, an edition 500.
£8.99
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DEADWOOD
'Ramblack' CD
Genre: noise/death ambient
'Ramblack' is the follow up to Deadwood's successful 2005 album "8 19" (CSR53CD). Over the past 3 years this Swedish artist has been toiling away, creating a new black ambient / death noise
masterpiece and 'Ramblack' is the result. Cloaked in a more raw and morbid sound then its predecessor, this album truly changes ones perspective of audial darkness. This analogue beast of an album
layers the tonal prayers of demons and the distorted cries of angels, sickness and depravity. True Death Electronics. The soundtrack to your end. 'Ramblack' features guest vocals from
Norwegian Black Metal legend Maniac (Skitliv, ex-Mayhem), whose vocal approach on the song 'Forakt' shows the full range of his capacity. Truly one of the most sick and twisted pieces of
sonic art ever recorded. Enjoy the disease!
£10.99
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elitist
s/t CD
Genre: grind/hardcore/doom
"Venomous doom grind horror from Portland, Oregon.
The raw, blackened energy and sonic power of this band really do suggest something very special is lurking here. It kind of gives us the feral excitement that cutting edge extremists like Burning Witch and
Nasum have given us in the past. Slow, fast, colossally heavy and effortlessly executed basement crust metal punk. Five
vital tracks to rip faces. You will be hearing much more from these guys. Watch out for a future Elitist / Transient split
album coming out on Paradigms too." - Paradigms
Excellent raging hardcore in the Converge all out assault style, great production. Recommended for sure.
£7.49
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EYEBALLS
'The Invisible Castle' CD
Genre:drone/ambient
"Richard Dawson's project that debuted on Blackest Rainbow earlier this year, which was followed by CDRs on Bells Hill, Low Point and Dead Pilot,
and another release on Blackest Rainbow, a split cassette with fellow UK droner Gareth Hardwick. The Invisible Castle is far more intense, and
in some ways heavier than the previous releases on BR, but retains Dawson's own dark take on the world of psychedelic drone music, and this is
a proper drone release, clocking in an hour for the full piece. Intense and superb! Limited to 1000 copies in pro-printed wallets." - Blackest Rainbow.
Very subtly shifting drone marathon, another quality release of out-there sound from the Blackest Rainbow stable.
£8.99
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Runhild Gammelsaeter
'Amplicon' CD
Genre: experimental
Runhild Gammelsaeter (Thorr's Hammer, Sunn0))), Khlyst) releases her first solo recording. The purpose was to create something organic Š sound with and about life.
A lonely thing, like life, arisen from void. Stillness and a microphone, vocal chords. An idea, thoughts, a goal. Sounds of cycles of life and death, birth and cessation,
described with terminology from physics, chemistry and biology. Creating by amplifying an infinitely small idea Š creating an Amplimer, an Amplicon. Amplicons are pieces of
DNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events. Like evolution, giving rise to animal forms with ability to reproduce and die. Amplifying from a minute
non-tangible idea something larger which may be experienced with the auditory sense. In physics, matter creation is the appearance of elementary particles in physical processes;
the opposite of annihilation. Amplicon sees Gammelsaeter as a creation operator, increasing the number of particles in a given state, taking the operation necessary to
amplify ideas to sound. Mixed by Tore Ylvisaker of Ulver.
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GHAST/ABANDONER
s/t CD
Genre:doom/noise
Two tracks each from bands coming at dark heaviness from different ends of the spectrum, but who compliment each other perfectly.
The two Ghast (Canada) tracks are painfully slow, heavy and unrelentingly repetitive funeral dirges of ultradoom. There are some definite sludge ovetones going on there but this is definitely for fans of bleak doom/sludge: think Moss/Burning Witch/Corrupted etc
Abandoner is Jay and Ryan from Unearthly Trance but this is a different proposition altogether: post-indutrial soundscapes, this is almost like an alternative soundtrack to Eraserhead. Drenched in feedback, almost lost vocals, buzzing, processed guitar all come together in a MASSIVE dark, almost symphonic whole. Total void music.
500 copies, split release AWFFN/Choking Hazard.
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GRUEL
s/t CD
Genre:sludge
"CD issue of this instant classic of avant-sludge. This is the only recording Gruel made, or will ever make since they announced their recent split, and what a testament it is! Like The Melvins playing King Crimson's "Red" album, this is at both theatrical, beautifully composed, and troglodyte-ianly heavy. Utterly immersive, each passage of quiet atmospherics is shattered by a barrage of brilliant repetitious riffing. Four 15 minute-long songs and it's totally captivating from start to finish. Will definitely be right up the alleys of those into Melvins, Swans, Grief, Throbbing Gristle, Goblin, Harvey Milk etc etc etc.
500 copies in a stickered PVC sleeve, with the disc wrapped in a big double-sided full colour poster." - AWWFN
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gruenewald
s/t CD
Genre: ethereal post-BM
Beautiful, introspective songwriting from Germany's Gruenewald. Slow, melancholic and powerful compositions that bring to mind the mellow, mid-period of Anathema, Ulver and the nocturnal resonance of maybe Bohren And Der Club Of Gore building with a hazy glow of Jesu. "Gruenewald" is three deep and involving tracks spanning 45 minutes, each based around the power of the earth and the forces of nature. Clean guitars, deep bass, low-end tones and drifting percussion are brought together by bold Teutonic vocals, all building to soaring atmospheric peaks.
Presented in a stunning limited edition digipak format of 1000 copies. An intimate album, full of wonder, with it's original roots in the world of atmospheric, experimental metal music but with it's eyes firming fixed on the stars.
This is an excllent album and a real grower: after a couple of listens its hard to imagine listening to anything else. Highly recommended - RESTOCK -
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HALLVARDUR ASGEIRSSON
"Lifsblomid" CD
Eight pieces written by Icelandic composer Hallvardur Asgeirson and performed at the Academy Of Arts in Reykjavik.
Challenging yet beautiful, powerful and evocative avant modern classical composition taking elements of the 20th
Century Viennese musical school of Schonberg, Berg and Webern, the urban deconstructionalism of Einsturzende
Neubauten and the desolate arctic glow of Sigur Ros, Biosphere or the Kranky Records roster. Droning doomed
classical, shadowy atmospherics and carefully layered works complemented by choral Teutonics for female voice.
A mighty proposition indeed. Another excellent release from Paradigms, mining rich and untapped seams as always.
Ltd to 500, CD in DVD case.
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HALO MANASH
'TAIWASKIVI' CD + DVD
Genre:experimental ambient / ritual
As winter hibernation and spring awakening gives way to summer, Halo Manash rises radiant into luminosity, with wings spread into all worlds, and brings forth Taiwaskivi, an opulent work of solar ambience and primordial Ur-music.
Taiwaskivi, a work of sonic flame and aural ash, consists of seven interrelated tracks, utilizing such diverse instrumentation as organ, horns, vocals, drums, gongs, percussions and various string instruments as well as field-recordings captured during the pilgrimage that the creation of the work embodies.
An air of finality abounds, as Taiwaskivi, although a complete work in itself, can also be viewed as the third and final facet of a tripartite series of works that are part of one holistic creation Š a treelogy, with seed, root, trunk and finally, branches. Being the culmination of an ascending journey through the aforementioned realms within and without, Taiwaskivi is the celestial crown at the peak, reaching toward Sol, source and beyond; it is the leaves and fruit of the branches and their skybound nectar ever-flowing - the sacred fire, the consummation and conjunction of All.
Comes in a hand finished cardboard booklet.
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HALO MANASH
'Language of Red Goats' CD
Genre:experimental ambient / ritual
Guided by nether nectars and dream herbs, oneiric visions and the light of lunar tides, Halo Manash Language of Red Goats aims to be a cartography of cavernous elemental realms and regions, sources and springs that run deep and thick with the fluids of life, death and dream. What was seeded at the Thin Veils has been gathered at Harvest time, and is offered to the seeker as a libation and guide into the ever-liminal, shrouded spaces, for dream-vigils and awakenings.
Language of Red Goats is a complete work in itself, but can also be viewed as the first facet of a tripartite series of works that are part of one holistic creation Š three faces of the same being. More akin to a primitive fieldrecording in the realm of oneirotropic exploration, than an actual album, the work consists of one lengthy tripartite soundscape. Utilizing only gongs, bells, metal bowls and wind instruments, as well as flocks of birds, the work is in contrast to earlier more refined works that feature a wide multiplicity of instruments and soundsources. Language of Red Goats is a bare, primitive and sometimes raw aural landscape, and yet nonetheless achieves a rare subliminal intensity and an edge of otherwordly luminosity.
Comes in a hand finished cardboard booklet, in an edition of 920 copies.
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Hapsburg Braganza
'Hatchling' CD
Genre: experimental/ambient/drone
"To the exorcism of the ghosts and escaping from cities"
Hatchling is a slow-burning electroacoustic piece, integrating dense atmospheric collage of field recordings and concrete sound source with highly
textural drones and warm subtle harmonics. A very personal and breathtaking piece, both in the heritage of Francisco Lpez and Charlemagne Palestine.
Edition of 300 in an Ekopack, on the Idiosyncratics label.
'Moving and morphing into various genres, musique concrete, field recordings, minimalist music, this is one solid sound experience. Very nice work!'
- Vital Weekly
'Phil Begg weaves sounds derived from acoustic instruments and field recordings into a rather enchanting warp and weft.'
- Just Outside
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HEINALI AND MATT FINNEY
'Conjoined' CD
Genre:drone/cinematic/spoken word
"The Paradigms debut of collaborative work from Ukrainian composer Heinali and American poet / spoken word lyricist Matt Finney.
'Conjoined' is a vast sonic work - cascading, crashing layers of enveloping hazey heaviness crafted into beautiful, warm yet i
ntrospective songs interlaced with Matt Finney's haunting spoken word delivery. An emotionally affecting recording of powerful
"doomgaze" which has drawn comparison to Nadja and the like, yet way more focused, engaging and rewarding, in our humble opinion."
- Paradigms.
Really great find this one, somehow reminds me of 80's stuff like Lydia Lunch, maybe its the raw emotional content of the spoken word. An excellent marriage - no
pun intended - off bleak spoken word and cinematic clouds of drone. Very good indeed.
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hunting rituals
s/t CDr
Genre: noise /lo-fi
"Horn, crap junk and electronics forming a canvas of broken bones and barbed wire. Wait until the creeping drone gets louder, to become increasingly distorted until swallowed up
into the rising fires of the magical ritual".
Another great and highly limited CDr (65)from Faunasabbatha. Sounds like some horrendously murky goings on in a forest clearing at the dawn of a new prehistory... Doublesided wraparound sleeve, black CDr with ink stamp in a poly sleeve.
£6.99
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K11
'Metaphonic Portrait 1230 A.D.' CD
Genre:experimental/drone/dark ambient
Continuing with his interest in cathedrals, with the new K11 release 'Metaphonic Portrait 1230 A.D.', Riparbelli entered Assisi Cathedral
in the Umbria region of Italy, not far from RiparelliÕs hometown of Tuscany; the 1230 A.D. in the albumÕs title referring to the date of
completion of the original cathedral. Audio was recorded in the cathedral's lower basilica, the oldest area, where the actual relics of St.
Francis Of Assisi are kept. Again utilizing short-wave radios as his primary "instrument" Riparbelli has captured a haunting array of cavernous
sounds, displaced signals and found ambiance. With the addition of some voice and organ elements, Metaphonic Portrait 1230 A.D. sounds not
unlike the recordings of experimentalists Philip Jeck and William Basinski under the influence of Crowleyean Magick and Sacred Geometry.
A psychedelic meditation from some medieval crypt captured out of time in the present. The numbers used in the songtitles are chosen with
purpose, all related to the Gematria, the ancient system that assigns numbers to words and how they relate to each other. A video shot
inside the cathedral by Riparbelli is included on the disc to give the listener a visual picture of the aging structure.
As in all K11's work, the themes of magick, religion, numerology and esotericism are present throughout this reverent document of
aural mysticism.
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K11
'The Sacred Wood' CD
Genre:experimental/drone/dark ambient
K11 (aka Pietro Riparbelli) is a very good sound-sculptor continuing the long tradition of Italian Ambient Industrial artists ...
This special album was recorded at the enchanting park of Monsters of Bomarzo.
The park of Monsters of Bomarzo was devised by the architect Pirro Ligorio (he completed the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Rome after the death
of Michelangelo and built Villa d'Este in Tivoli) on commission of Prince Pier Francesco Orsini, called Vicino, only to vent the heart broken
at the death of is wife Giulia Farnese.
The park was born in 1552 as "Villa of Wonders" to be the only one of it's kind in the world.
Incredible but true, the Park of Monsters remained in complete oblivion till 1954 and only few people were aware about all the fantastic treasures contained
within the park for over 400 years !
K11 recorded the soul of this park of Monsters and Wonders and after re-working the sounds he delivers us a trip between reality and dream.
Psychadelic, ritual ambient music from an other space, from an other era, from another land...
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KRUGERS MEDBRAGTE
'Den Sindsyge Broders Bon' CD
Genre:Nordic death tango
"The sublime debut album from Norway's Krugers Medbragte. "Den Sindsyge Broders Bon" is an instrumental soundtrack of Nordic death tango.
Guitars, banjo, upright bass, accordion, musical saws and percussion interweave a glorious folkloric journey which reminds us of an unnerving Weimar Republic cabaret troupe or an
intoxicated Tom Waits rattling out a musical accompaniment to old, fireside murder ballads. Limited edition of 500 copies only, packaged in full colour, wrap-around sleeve and wallet." - Paradigms
Excellent and unusual release from Paradigms. Brand new release for March 2010.
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LUBYANKA
'Suprematism I' 2CDr
Genre: noise/ambient
"Two discs of incredibly minimal non-shifting tone from Lubyanka. The music is based on the Suprematist art movement, and particularly focussing on Malevich's "Black Square". Ultimately minimal,
the first disc (3") is an unsettling low throbbing tone with utterly no variation; the second "black" disc is a more harsh static robotic tread, white noise digitised crunching against a harsh
noise wall bass backdrop. Warning: NOT easy listening!
100 copies. Jewel case with the CDs themselves as art, concentric circles against a transparent printed insert of a black square. Ultra minimal!" - AWWFN
This is out of print, I just have a couple of these. Great packaging too.
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PHIL MAGGI
'Blue Fields in Paramount' CD
Genre:drone/ambient/home listening
"A member of Eve And The Sickness, Idiosyncrasia and Ultraphallus and Idiosyncratics label's boss along with Yannick Franck,
Phil Maggi also released this new solo album on the aforementioned Idiosyncratics. The album contains a 39 minute track that is formed by
totally different mini suites made with loops, fields recordings (he did his sessions in a church and in the streets of Zagreb) and sampled
contemporary classical music. The track starts with a dark ambient drone mood with tonal inserts and follows with Zagreb sounds mixed with
backward classical music. Suddenly anxious atmospheres take a hold thanks to synth sounds coupled with an orchestration of sampled/treated
breaths. The track changes skins many different times, each one like a phoenix born from its ashes and Phil succeeds into keeping the listener's
attention thanks to interesting sounds, light melodies and tension."
This is a really great piece of composition, beautifully constructed, layered and exectued. Nice packaging too from this interesting Belgian label.
Limited to 300 only.
Recommended.
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MAMIFFER
'Mare Decendrii' CD
Genre:psychedelic/drone/noise
On This Recording:
Faith Coloccia & Aaron Turner with:
Eyvind Kang, Don Mcgreavy, Brian Cook, Timb Harris, Mika Ratto, Jussi Lehtisalo, Joe Preston, Jessika Kinney,
Travis Rommeriem, Moriah Neils, Parvaneh Daneshvar, Sere Timms, Aaron Harris, Randall Dunn.
The compositions are malleable and organic, taking on a multiple forms. A song takes a fixed and permanent shape on record, and assumes a completely different incarnation in the live setting.
Over the course of Mare DencendriiÕs five songs, Mamiffer travels between moments of minimalist tone worship, choral meditations, syncopated funeral marches, elaborate odd-time classical passages, and deconstructed doom metal.
At its core, itÕs a melancholic and occasionally vengeful exploration of texture and melody. ItÕs a sonic journey, a dynamic, living, breathing experience, a labor of love, and a bold new language.
This is an excellent album, truly amazing and totally recommended. Essential in fact. CD in card cover with slipcase and insert.
£11.99 POSTPAID
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Mamiffer/House of Low Culture
split CD
Genre:drone/experimental
"A spacious, luxurious split release from Mamiffer and House of Low Culture. Piano, guitar, synthesizer, organ and field recordings are just a few of the devices that
etch the open, free passages of music. A remarkable piece from each contributor. LP available on Sige. Collage by Are Mokkelbost." - UTECH
Really like this. Gentle and beautiful, great stuff. The HOUSE OF LOW CULTURE track is quite different to the material of theirs that I have heard before.
£11.99 POSTPAID
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MARBLEBOG/VORKUTA
split CD
Genre: black metal
This is the CD version of the MARBLEBOG/VORKUTA split EP released as a 7" vinyl by the US label Autopsy Kitchen Records. This must surely sound better as ther tracks are too long for a quality sound on a 7" in my opinion...
MARBLEBOG, from Hungary, are still at the top of their game with their take on minimalist, atmospheric and epic Black Metal. Those who loved 'Forestheart' will love "Uttalan Utakon", an epic track as good as anything they've ever done;
VORKUTA come good with "Prophecies", written in three parts (War/Cleansing/Triumph), a blazing track that totally complements Marblebog (I think the vocals are pretty similar), and makes for a great split release.
£7.99 postpaid
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MENTAT
'AMARILLO ABISAL' CD
Genre: doom/sludge/post hardcore
Great CD from MENTAT, really high quality from this Spanish band. The sound fairly difficult to pin down but they have a strong experimnetal side to their sludge, doom and post hardcore sound.
Mostly screamed vocals are given the perfect counterpoint by some beautiful ambient sections and there are some real surprises here like the use of brass and clean piano in parts. Well worth checking out.
6 tracks in 56 minutes, this is a very mature recording and an engrossing and epic listen.
£9.99
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Monument of Urns
'The Old Man And Death' 3" CDr
Genre:drone/Doom
Sixth release from the might and mysterious Doom juggernaut. Awesome packaging as always, a great aesthetic.
Giant dissolving slabs of midpaced dissonant riffage with huge percussion, vocals a shrieking ghost in the background. Relentless but with an
overall warm and organic sound. Breaks down at around 17 minutes in and induces fear the speakers will rattle to bits, whilst also sounding as though there
were a brass section somewhere in the mix, adding a melancholy veil as life drifts away. Great stuff as always.
£7.99 POSTPAID
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MOURNER
'Still' CD
Genre: doom
Now this is one monolith of an album - total crushing down-tempo bleakness from Nashville, Tennessee. MOURNER summon a haunting 40 minute soundtrack of
downtuned, glacially slow blackness, laced with witch-rasping vocal incantations, crashing percussion and an atmosphere of foreboding dread. Isolationist
funeral doom has rarely sounded so claustophonic, epic, beautiful and harrowing all at the same time. Three cursed hymns presented here - The Death Posture,
Still I and Still II. A monumental piece of misery for appreciators of Burning Witch, Khanate and the like, whilst dragging it's own unique and heavy path through
the oppressive mirk.
Packaged in beautiful textured print and card sleeve and Paradigms wallet. Limited edition of 500 copies only.
£8.99 postpaid
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